2015 Super GT Series

GT500

• Honda:
  • With the Weider Honda Racing Team leaving Super GT, Naoki Yamamoto moved to Team Kunimitsu to partner Takuya Izawa. Frederic Makowiecki will not return to the series.
  • After years of being with Real Racing, Toshihiro Kaneishi will not drive for this season, being replaced by former Team Kunimitsu driver Hideki Mutoh.
  • Weider Honda Racing leave the Super GT series, and the entrant replaced by the Drago Modulo Honda Racing Team. They utilize Bridgestone tyres. Oliver Turvey joined Drago Modulo Honda Racing, partnering Takashi Kogure.^[36]
  • Team Mugen withdrew from the series.
  • ARTA driver Vitantonio Liuzzi will be replaced by former Mugen driver Tomoki Nojiri after a disappointing season last year.
  • Nakajima Racing changed the car number from 32 to 64.
• Toyota:
  • Kazuki Nakajima, like Oliver Jarvis, will not return to focus on his LMP1 drive in the 2015 World Endurance Championship.Daisuke Ito will move from the KeePer TOM'S team to the Petronas TOM'S team. Ryo Hirakawa, who previously drove for the Petronas TOM'S team, joined the KeePer TOM'S team.
  • Oliver Jarvis left the series to drive for Audi Sport Team Joest in the 2015 World Endurance Championship.^[37] Former F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen joined the SARD team, replacing Oliver Jarvis.^[38]Hiroaki Ishiura swapped seats with Kohei Hirate at the Zent Cerumo Team, while Hirate for SARD.
• Nissan:
  • Lucas Ordonez moves from NDDP Racing to drive for Kondo Racing for the first three rounds. Michael Krumm replaces him to drive the remaining rounds.^[39]

GT300

• Yuhki Nakayama dropped to GT300, and drive for the new UPGARAGE with BANDOH team. Former Sauber F1 test driver Marko Asmer partner Yuhki Nakayama in the UPGARAGE with BANDOH team.^[40]
• Porsche Team KTR overhauled their driver line-up, recruiting Rebellion Racing driver Alexandre Imperatori and All-Japan Formula Three Championship driver Kenta Yamashita.
• Hideki Yamauchi moved from GAINER to R&D Sport, replacing Kota Sasaki.^[24]
• Morio Nitta, who drove for apr in the Toyota Prius, moved to LM Corsa to drive the #51 BMW Z4 GT3, along with Shigekazu Wakisaka.
• Asian Le Mans Series driver Takamitsu Matsui drive for the new VivaC team Tsuchiya.
• All-Japan Formula Three Championship driver Mitsunori Takaboshi will drive for NDDP Racing with Kazuki Hoshino in the Nissan GTR GT3.
• Team Taisan withdrew from the series.
• Audi Team Racing Tech join the series with an Audi R8 LMS ultra.
• R&D Sport will switch to Dunlop tyres.

Mid-season changes

• From round 6 and up, Team UPGARAGE with BANDOH will change their racing number from 18 to 20.
• Audi Team Racing Tech left the series after the Suzuka round due to a severe accident. They will return in 2016 with the upgraded Audi R8 LMS ultra.^[41]

GT500

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Rank Driver No. OKA FUJ CHA FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts. 1 Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli 1 13 1 5 4 7 6 1 2 79 2 João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda 12 7 2 4 3 3 11 2 4 74 3 Takuya Izawa Naoki Yamamoto 100 2 Ret Ret 5 5 1 11 3 60 4 Hiroaki Ishiura Yuji Tachikawa 38 3 Ret Ret 2 2 10 4 5 59 5 Andrea Caldarelli Ryō Hirakawa 37 1 6 6 12 8 9 12 1 56 6 Satoshi Motoyama Masataka Yanagida 46 8 10 1 14 6 2 6 Ret 50 7 Daisuke Itō James Rossiter 36 14 3 7 7 1 13 5 Ret 49 8 Hideki Mutoh Koudai Tsukakoshi 17 12 4 3 8 Ret 8 3 8 39 9 Yuji Kunimoto Kazuya Oshima 6 9 9 2 13 Ret 4 8 9 32 10 Daiki Sasaki 24 11 11 Ret 1 13 3 15 12 31 Michael Krumm 24 1 13 3 15 12 31 11 Yuhi Sekiguchi Juichi Wakisaka 19 10 7 9 10 4 5 9 10 27 12 Takashi Kogure Oliver Turvey 15 6 8 10 6 12 7 7 7 26 13 Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen 39 5 5 7 9 11 Ret 13 6 23 14 Kosuke Matsuura Tomoki Nojiri 8 4 13 Ret Ret 10 12 14 11 10 15 Bertrand Baguette Daisuke Nakajima 64 Ret 12 11 11 9 Ret 10 13 4 - Lucas Ordóñez 24 11 11 Ret 0 - Christian Klien 39 11 0 Rank Driver No. OKA FUJ CHA FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

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GT500 Teams' standings

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Rank	Team	No.	OKA	FUJ	BUR	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	Pts.
1	Nismo	1	13	1	5	4	7	6	1	2	100
2	Team Impul	12	7	2	4	3	3	11	2	4	96
3	Team Kunimitsu	100	2	Ret	Ret	5	5	1	11	3	76
4	Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	37	1	6	6	12	8	9	12	1	75
5	Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	38	3	Ret	Ret	2	2	10	4	5	75
6	MOLA	46	8	10	1	14	6	2	6	Ret	66
7	Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S	36	14	3	7	7	1	13	5	Ret	66
8	Keihin Real Racing	17	12	4	3	8	Ret	8	3	8	58
9	Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS	6	9	9	2	13	Ret	4	8	9	49
10	Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh	19	10	7	9	10	4	5	9	10	47
11	Drago Modulo Honda Racing	15	6	8	10	6	12	7	7	7	46
12	Kondo Racing	24	11	11	Ret	1	13	3	15	12	43
13	Lexus Team SARD	39	5	5	7	9	11	Ret	13	6	40
14	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	8	4	13	Ret	Ret	10	12	14	11	19
15	Nakajima Racing	64	Ret	12	11	11	9	Ret	10	13	13
Rank	Team	No.	OKA	FUJ	BUR	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	Pts.

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GT300

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Rank	Driver	No.	OKA	FUJ	CHA	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	Pts.
1	André Couto	10	7	1	2	6	1	6	2	6	94
2	Katsumasa Chiyo	10	7	1		6	1		2	6	74
3	Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga	31	1	4	9	9	10	2	13	1	69
4	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi	3	8	2	1	Ret	14	8	1	Ret	61
5	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim	11	12	3	4	3	11	3	Ret	3	52
6	Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	55	2	17	10	1	12	12	6	4	49
7	Seiji Ara Jörg Müller	7	Ret	6	3	Ret	2	19	3	9	47
8	Ryuichiro Tomita	10		1	2		1	6			45
9	Naoya Gamou Haruki Kurosawa	65	22	7	5	2	6	7	12	5	41
10	Takeshi Tsuchiya	25	6	Ret	7	5	23	1	Ret	12	35
	Takamitsu Matsui	25	6	Ret	7	5	23	1			35
11	Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi	0	5	5	13	18	8	16	7	2	35
12	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	61	17	8	6	8	3	5	Ret	11	30
13	Tomonobu Fujii Richard Lyons	21	3	Ret	19	20	5	13	5	8	28
14	Manabu Orido	88	Ret	Ret	17	7	4	4	Ret	7	26
15	Kazuki Hiramine	88	Ret	Ret			4	4	Ret	7	22
16	Morio Nitta Shigekazu Wakisaka	51	9	9		4	Ret	9	17	15	14
17	Kyosuke Mineo	77	11	13	18	12	9	11	4	10	12
	Naoki Yokomizo	77	11	13	18		9	11	4	10	12
18	Kota Sasaki	31		4			10	15			10
19	Shinya Hosokawa	86	4	10	16	Ret	17				9
	Christian Mamerow	86	4	10		Ret	17				9
20	Kenta Yamashita	33	14	12	8	Ret	18	17	8	14	6
21	Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi	2	16	Ret	11	22	7	Ret	21	13	5
	Hiroshi Hamaguchi	2					7				5
22	Kimiya Sato	88/87		Ret	17	7	4	18		16	4
23	Alexandre Imperatori	33	14	12	8	Ret					3
	Yuya Sakamoto	33					18	17	8	14	3
24	Taiyo Iida	77		13		12	9				3
25	Yuhki Nakayama	18/20	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	15	9	Ret	2
	Yuji Ide	18/20	19	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	9	Ret	2
26	Masaki Jyonai Hisashi Wada	22	DNS		15	10	16	10	22	24	2
27	Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto	60	10	Ret	Ret	15	19	22	10	17	2
-	Takayuki Aoki	87	20	DNS	Ret	11	24	18	11	16	0
-	Koji Yamanishi	87	20	DNS	Ret	11	24		11		0
-	Masaki Kano	50	18	11	14	Ret	Ret	20	16	22	0
-	Nanin-Indra Payoong	50		11	14	Ret	Ret			22	0
-	Hideto Yasuoka	50	18	11			Ret	20	16		0
-	Chonsawat Asavahame Tomáš Enge	28			12						0
-	Yuki Iwasaki Hiroshi Koizumi	30	13	16	Ret	17	13	24	18	18	0
-	Kazuya Tsuruta Masayuki Ueda	111	21	14		13	20	14	19	19	0
-	Hiroshi Takamori Masaki Tanaka	48	15	18		14	15	21	15	25	0
-	Hiroki Yoshida	360	24	15		21	Ret	Ret	14	23	0
-	Atsushi Tanaka	360	24	15		21	Ret		14	23	0
-	Shin Ikegami	111		14			20				0
-	Wolfgang Reip	3					14				0
-	Yusaku Shibata	48/47		18		19	15			20	0
-	Masato Narisawa	360		15			Ret	Ret			0
-	Masanobu Kato	86			16		17				0
-	Takuya Shirasaka	9	23	Ret		16	22	23	20	Ret	0
-	Ryohei Sakaguchi	9				16	22	23	20	Ret	0
-	Masami Kageyama	30		16							0
-	Shohei Yuzawa	47				19					0
-	Dominik Farnbacher	60					19				0
-	Marko Asmer	18/20		Ret			21				0
-	Nick Cassidy	20					21				0
-	Daisuke Yamawaki	9		Ret			22				0
-	Tohjiro Azuma	9	23	Ret							0
-	Tatsuya Tanigawa	25					23		Ret	12	0
-	Shogo Mitsuyama Tetsuji Tamanaka	5	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret		Ret	21	0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
-	Yoshitaka Kuroda	86/87		10			24				0
-	Nirei Fukuzumi	55					12				0
-	Stéphane Ortelli	21		Ret							0
-	Junichiro Yamashita	5		Ret							0
Rank	Driver	No.	OKA	FUJ	CHA	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	Pts.

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GT300 Teams' standings

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Rank	Team	No.	OKA	FUJ	BUR	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	Pts.
1	Gainer	10	7	1	2	6	1	6	2	6	116
2	apr	31	1	4	9	9	10	2	13	1	93
3	NDDP Racing	3	8	2	1	Ret	14	8	1	Ret	75
4	Gainer	11	12	3	4	3	11	3	Ret	3	71
5	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	2	17	10	1	12	12	6	4	69
6	BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie	7	Ret	6	3	Ret	2	19	3	9	65
7	Leon Racing	65	22	7	5	2	6	7	12	5	63
8	Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo	0	5	5	13	18	8	16	7	2	55
9	VivaC team Tsuchiya	25	6	Ret	7	5	23	1	Ret	12	51
10	R&D Sport	61	17	8	6	8	3	5	Ret	11	49
11	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	21	3	Ret	19	20	5	13	5	8	45
12	JLOC	88	Ret	Ret	17	7	4	4	Ret	7	39
13	LM corsa	61	17	8	6	8	3	5	Ret	11	28
14	Direction Racing	77	11	13	18	12	9	11	4	10	28
15	Porsche Team KTR	33	14	12	8	Ret	18	17	8	14	19
16	Audi Team Racing Tech	86	4	10	16	Ret	17				15
17	Cars Tokai Dream28	2	16	Ret	11	22	7	Ret	21	13	15
18	R'QS Motorsports	22	DNS		15	10	16	10	22	24	12
19	LM corsa	60	10	Ret	Ret	15	19	22	10	17	10
20	JLOC	87	20	DNS	Ret	11	24	18	11	16	10
21	Rn-sports	111	21	14		13	20	14	19	19	9
22	Dijon Racing	48	15	18		14	15	21	15	25	9
23	Arnage Racing	50	18	11	14	Ret	Ret	20	16	22	8
24	apr	30	13	16	Ret	17	13	24	18	18	7
25	Tomei Sports	360	24	15		21	Ret	Ret	14	23	7
26	Team Up Garage with Bandoh	20						15	9	Ret	5
27	Pacific Racing Team	9	23	Ret		16	22	23	20	Ret	5
28	Team Up Garage with Bandoh	18	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	21				2
29	Dijon Racing	47				19				20	2
30	Team Mach	5	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret		Ret	21	1
-	Reiter Vattana Motorsport	28			12						0
Rank	Team	No.	OKA	FUJ	BUR	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	Pts.

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