2023 D1 Grand Prix series
Japanese Grand Prix series
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2023 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series is the 23rd season of D1 Grand Prix. Started in May 13 in Okuibuki Motorpark and finished at Odaiba in November 12.[1]
Masashi Yokoi is the series reigning champion.
Hideyuki Fujino win both Overall and Tanso series championship for the second time.
Schedule
Calendar released by D1GP[1]
| Round | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kick Off Drift | January 14 & 15 | |
| 0 (Exhibition) | April 23 | |
| 1 | May 13 | |
| 2 | May 14 | |
| 3 | June 24 | |
| 4 | June 25 | |
| 5 | August 26 | |
| 6 | August 27 | |
| 7 | October 28 | |
| 8 | October 29 | |
| 9 | November 11 | |
| 10 | November 12 |
Changes
- Fuji Speedway will only held an exhibition event rather than championship round as previous season.
- Odaiba returned to host D1GP round for the first time since 2018 season, 2019 was the last time D1GP ever held any event at Odaiba as the venue was in use for 2020 Summer Olympics. The round will be certified as JAF CUP.[2]
- After 1 year absent D1GP planned to return to Tsukuba Circuit.
- Okuibuki and Ebisu round will held alongside D1 Lights.
Drivers and Teams
| Team | No | Driver | Machine | Tires | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-MAX RACING TEAM | 70 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Goodride | All | |
| 46 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | |||
| TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT | 88 | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Toyo Tires | All | |
| 66 | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | All | |||
| VALINO x N-STYLE | 99 | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Valino | All | |
| TEAM MORI | 52 | Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Shibatire | All | |
| SHIBATA RACING TEAM | 31 | Infiniti Q60 | Shibatire | All | |
| 18 | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | All | |||
| SHIBATA RACING SEIMI STYLE DRIFT | 2 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | ||
| +Leno Racing watanabe | 77 | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Toyo Tires | All | |
| TMS RACING G-MEISTER | 16 | BMW 3-Series (E92) | Valino | All | |
| 79 | BMW 3-Series (E92) | All | |||
| FAT FIVE RACING | 87 | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Goodride | 1-2 | |
| Shibatire | 3-10 | ||||
| DRIFT STAR RACING X RACING GEAR | 98 | Nissan Silvia (S13) | Valino/ Drift Star | All | |
| VALINO VAZESTRA | 15 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1-8 | |
| Z CHALLENGER x BOOSTAR | 69 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All | |
| 75 | Toyota Chaser (JZX100) | 5-10 | |||
| TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ APA | 7 | Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Toyo Tires | All | |
| RS WATANABE SPEEDMASTER | 43 | Toyota AE86 | Habilead | All | |
| 51 | Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) | Federal | All | ||
| Mercury 車楽人 VALINO | 38 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All | |
| GP SPORTS | 56 | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Valino | All | |
| WEINS Toyota Kanagawa x OREDA RACING | 90 | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Yokohama | All | |
| Team VERTEX x NEXZTER x D2D | 78 | Lexus RC | Goodride | 1-2 | |
| Shibatire | 3-10 | ||||
| 95 | Toyota Soarer (Z30) | Toyo Tires | 1-4 | ||
| Nissan Silvia (S15) | 5-8 | ||||
| Repair Create x 326Power | 11 | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Shibatire | All | |
| TEAM TNR | 30 | Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Zestino | 3-4 | |
| GUNSAI Racing SHIBATIRE | 27 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Shibatire | All | |
| EWALU RACING SHIBATIRE | 84 | Nissan Skyline (R34) | Shibatire | 1-2,9-10 | |
| HIRANO TIRE ★ VALINO RACING | 8 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All | |
| 93 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | |||
| FORGEDcrew x SATO RANCH | 9 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Shibatire | 3-10 | |
| DSL.com | 86 | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Valino | 3-6,9-10 | |
| Toyota Chaser (JZX100) | 7-8 | ||||
| Team miyaseimitsu | 38 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 5-6 | |
| 浅井工業 SP security レーシングチーム | 6 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 3-4,8-10 | |
| MUSEE PLATINUM DxD | 12 | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Shibatire | All | |
| HIROSHIMA TOYOTA Team DRoo-P | 55 | Toyota Sprinter (AE85) | Dunlop | All | |
| 33 | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | All | |||
| CAR SHOP GLITTER X Car Life ORANGE x Next Dream | 29 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | TBA | 1-2,9-10 | |
| GOODRIDE x NEXZTER | 45 | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Goodride | 1-6,9-10 | |
| Hot Wheels x Rocket Bunny Racing | 39 | Nissan Silvia (S13) | Toyo Tires | 3-10 | |
| NEXZTER DRIVE TO DRIFT | 63 | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | 5-10 | ||
| 89 | Toyota Supra (J29/DB) | 5-8 | |||
| Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 9-10 |
Changes
- D-MAX changes their tire supplier to Goodride, ending 7-year partnership with Nankang.[3]
- Naoki Nakamura return as Valino's works driver alongside Katsuhiro Ueo and will debut a newly build 2JZ powered GR86.[4]
- On Toyo Tires talkshow at 2023 Tokyo Auto Salon, Daigo Saito announce that he will be using Toyo Tires for this season replacing Yokohama.[5] but on first round he's using Goodride instead of Toyo. He will also compete under Fat Five Racing team after TMAR fell through in 2021. For round 3 onwards Daigo use Shibatire and would be supported by them.[6]
- After 2 years out of D1GP, Tetsuya Hibino return as Shibatire Racing Team second driver and will be driving a Toyota GR86 previously driven by Koudai Sobagiri in Formula Drift Japan[7] he replace Masakazu Hashi who will compete as privateer and still using Shibatire. On later date Seimi Tanaka is announced to be joining the team and Shibatire will support Yusuke Kitaoka, Masakazu Hashi, Takeshi Mogi, Wataru Yamamoto and Sumika Kubokawa as tire supplier.[8]
- Both Team G-Meister driver Koji Yamaguchi and Kojiro Mekuwa will participate in E92 BMW 3 Series with support from TMS Racing and entered as "TMS RACING G-MESITER", Kazumi Takahashi planned to pariticipate as spot driver but never participate throughout the season.[9]
- Hiroki Vito will compete under Team Drift Star x RG.[10]
- RE Amemiya reform partnership with their old JGTC sponsor Matsumoto Kiyoshi as their main sponsor.[11]
- Takahiro Mori switch tires from Vitour to Valino.
- Mitsuru Murakami replace his car to Toyota GR86
- Genki Mogami graduate from D1 Lights and elected to be the driver for WEINS Toyota Kanagawa x OREDA! Racing after an audition held by Oreda Racing.[12]
- Takahiro Ueno planned to debut his second Lexus RC with aim of it being lighter than his previous car. He will be joined by returning Daychapon Toyingcharoen who will borrowing Toyota Soarer from Ueno but later fielding his own S15 Silvia.
- Hirano Tire ★ Valino entered Tetsuya Kume and Hiroki Kano with both driver using a Nissan Silvia S15.[13]
- Wataru Yamamoto will compete in a S15 Silvia replacing A90 Supra he use in 2022.[14]
- Shigehisa Sasayama will use Toyota GR86 previously driven by Hokuto Matsuyama in Formula Drift Japan.
- Former D1 Ladies League champions, Sumika Kubokawa will make her debut in D1GP, Kubokawa had previously competed in D1 Street Legal and D1 Lights.[15]
- Team Droo-P returned to D1GP after last competing in 2018 with Kazuya Matsukawa and Junya Ishikawa as driver both returning to D1GP along with Dunlop.[16]
- Yumeto Hatanaka graduate from D1 Lights to join Ryusei Akiba in Z CHALLENGER x BOOSTAR Team.
- Chanatpon Kerdiam make his returm to D1GP.[3]
- Toshiki Nagai makes his debut with Hot Wheels x Rocket Bunny Racing driving an S13 Silvia starting from round 3.
- NEXZTER DRIVE TO DRIFT enter 2 Thai driver Konpichit Toyingcharoen and Lattapon Keawchin, debuting from round 5.
Results and Point Standing
Results
| Round | Event | Winner | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo Run | Battle | |||
| Kick Off Drift | Kick Off Drift | Exhibition only | ||
| 0 (Exhibition) | D1GP Round Zero | Hideyuki Fujino | Hideyuki Fujino | [17] |
| 1 | Okuibuki Drift | Seimi Tanaka | Masashi Yokoi | [18] |
| 2† | Masashi Yokoi | Masashi Yokoi | [19] | |
| 3 | Tsukuba Drift | Koudai Sobagiri | Katsuhiro Ueo | [20] |
| 4 | Koudai Sobagiri | Koudai Sobagiri | [21] | |
| 5 | Ebisu Drift | Hideyuki Fujino | Masato Kawabata | [22] |
| 6 | Hokuto Matsuyana | Hideyuki Fujino | [23] | |
| 7 | Autopolis Drift | Naoki Nakamura | Masao Suenaga | [24] |
| 8 | Naoki Nakamura | Naoki Nakamura | [25] | |
| 9 | Tokyo Drift | Junya Ishikawa | Hideyuki Fujino | [26] |
| 10 | Hideyuki Fujino | Hokuto Matsuyama | [27] | |
Overall Drivers' Ranking
| Rank. | Driver | Okuibuki | Tsukuba | Ebisu | Autopolis | Odaiba | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD.1 | RD.2† | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD.8 | RD.9 | RD.10 | |||
| 1 | Hideyuki Fujino | 12 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 10 | - | 27 | 25 | 146 |
| 2 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 18 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 13 | - | 13 | 25 | 134 |
| 3 | Naoki Nakamura | 11 | - | DSQ | 7 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 21 | - | 124 |
| 4 | Seimi Tanaka | 17 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 117 | |
| 5 | Koudai Sobagiri | - | 10 | 12 | 29 | - | 10 | 19 | 20 | 9 | - | 109 |
| 6 | Masao Suenaga | 21 | 9 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 27 | - | 7 | 10 | 87 |
| 7 | Tetsuya Hibino | - | 12 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | 77 |
| 8 | Masashi Yokoi | 28 | 15 | DSQ | DSQ | 3 | 14 | - | 11 | - | 3 | 74 |
| 9 | Masato Kawabata | - | 3 | - | 13 | 26 | - | 5 | 12 | - | 13 | 72 |
| 10 | Hiroki Vito | 16 | 7 | 11 | 8 | - | 4 | 6 | 13 | - | - | 65 |
| 11 | Katsuhiro Ueo | - | 5 | 25 | 17 | - | - | 12 | 5 | - | - | 64 |
| 12 | Mitsuru Murakami | 6 | 4 | - | - | 24 | 6 | 4 | - | 6 | 11 | 61 |
| 13 | Ryusei Akiba | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 58 |
| 14 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 8 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 10 | - | - | 19 | 12 | 56 |
| 15 | Kojiro Mekuwa | 1 | - | 17 | - | 7 | 3 | 7 | - | 12 | - | 47 |
| 16 | Junya Ishikawa | - | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | - | 1 | 22 | 7 | 45 |
| 17 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 10 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | - | 36 |
| 18 | Chanatpon Kerdpiam (S) | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 33 |
| 19 | Daigo Saito | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | 17 | - | 2 | 32 |
| 20 | Yukio Matsui | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 21 | Yuji Saito | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 20 |
| 22 | Tetsuya Kume | - | - | 10 | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 23 | Takahiro Mori | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | 19 |
| 24 | Sayaka Shimoda | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 10 | - | - | 16 |
| 25 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 13 |
| 26 | Kazuya Matsukawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 5 | 9 |
| 27 | Sumika Kubokawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
| 28 | Genki Mogami | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| 29 | Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 30 | Hirotaka Kanou | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| 31 | Yumeto Hatanaka | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| 32 | Koji Yamaguchi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 33 | Akinori Utsumi | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 34 | Takeshi Mogi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Tanso Drivers' Ranking
| Rank. | Driver | Okuibuki | Tsukuba | Ebisu | Autopolis | Odaiba | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD.8 | RD.9 | RD.10 | |||
| 1 | Hideyuki Fujino | 12 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 6 | - | 15 | 20 | 113 |
| 2 | Koudai Sobagiri | - | 15 | 20 | 20 | - | 8 | 16 | 15 | 14 | - | 108 |
| 3 | Seimi Tanaka | 20 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 14 | - | 11 | 15 | 107 |
| 4 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 13 | - | 13 | 12 | 103 |
| 5 | Naoki Nakamura | 7 | - | 0 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 4 | - | 86 |
| 6 | Masao Suenaga | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 15 | - | 10 | 2 | 73 |
| 7 | Mitsuru Murakami | 11 | 8 | - | - | 16 | 7 | 4 | - | 7 | 16 | 69 |
| 8 | Masashi Yokoi | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | - | 5 | - | 6 | 65 |
| 9 | Hiroki Vito | 3 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 | - | - | 62 | |
| 10 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 14 | - | - | 10 | 1 | 15 | - | 0 | 16 | 4 | 60 |
| 11 | Tetsuya Hibino | - | 16 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | 60 |
| 12 | Masato Kawabata | - | 6 | - | 11 | 14 | - | 5 | 10 | - | 8 | 54 |
| 13 | Kojiro Mekuwa | 1 | - | 14 | - | 11 | 4 | 11 | - | 12 | - | 53 |
| 14 | Junya Ishikawa | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | - | - | 20 | 14 | 50 |
| 15 | Chanatpon Kerdpiam (S) | 10 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 44 |
| 16 | Katsuhiro Ueo | - | 10 | 1 | 14 | - | - | 10 | 7 | - | - | 42 |
| 17 | Daigo Saito | 5 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | 14 | - | 5 | 38 |
| 18 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 4 | 1 | 6 | - | 7 | 1 | - | 11 | 3 | - | 33 |
| 19 | Yuji Saito | 15 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 32 |
| 20 | Ryusei Akiba | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 21 | Takahiro Mori | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | - | 12 | - | - | 28 |
| 22 | Yukio Matsui | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 23 | Tetsuya Kume | - | - | 3 | 7 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| 24 | Kazuya Matsukawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 11 | 15 |
| 25 | Sumika Kubokawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 26 | Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 |
| 27 | Sayaka Shimoda | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| 28 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen (pon) | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 |
| 29 | Genki Mogami | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| 30 | Hirotaka Kano | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| 31 | Yuto Hatanaka | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| 32 | Koji Yamaguchi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 33 | Akinori Utsumi | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 34 | Takeshi Mogi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Teams' Ranking
| Rank. | Team | Okuibuki | Tsukuba | Ebisu | Autopolis | Odaiba | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD.8 | RD.9 | RD.10 | |||
| 1 | TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 130 |
| 2 | +LenoRacing watanabe | 15 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 6 | - | 6 | 26 | 105 |
| 3 | D-MAX RACING TEAM | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 95 |
| 4 | TEAM VALINO × N-style | 6 | - | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 20 | - | 95 |
| 5 | SHIBATIRE RACING | - | 10 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 3 | - | 83 |
| 6 | SHIBATIRE RACING SEIMI STYLE D | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 20 | - | 6 | 3 | 70 |
| 7 | VALINO VAZESTRA | - | 3 | 26 | 10 | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | 48 |
| 8 | Z CHALLENGER × BOOSTAR | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 42 |
| 9 | Repair Create × 326power | 3 | 2 | - | - | 20 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 37 |
| 10 | DRIFT STAR Racing × RACING GEAR | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 34 |
| 11 | TMS Racing Team G-meister | 3 | - | 10 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 31 |
| 12 | 広島トヨタ team DROO-P | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | 3 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| 13 | TEAM MORI | 3 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 14 | RS Watanabe SPEED MASTER | 6 | 2 | 3 | - | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 26 |
| 15 | FAT FIVE RACING | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 10 | - | 3 | 24 |
| 16 | TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ APA | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| 17 | HIRANO TIRE ★ VALINO RACING | 3 | - | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 18 |
| 18 | GOODRIDE × NEXZTER | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| 19 | Mercury 車楽人 VALINO | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 12 |
| 20 | TEAM VERTEX × NEXZTER × D2D | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 11 |
| 21 | CAR SHOP GLITTER × Carlife ORANGE × Next Dream | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 9 |
| 22 | GP SPORTS | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| 23 | ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 俺だっ!レーシング | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| 24 | NEXZTER DRIVE TO DRIFT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | GUNSAI Racing SHIBATIRE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 26 | MUSEE PLATINUM DxD | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| 27 | 浅井工業 SP security レーシングチーム | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Notes :
- † - Round 2 is cancelled after the Solo Run due to weather condition, the results was taken from Solo Run results and only half points were awarded.