2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

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The 2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the ninth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the nineteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2001 were Yuji Tachikawa and Hironori Takeuchi, who had not won a single race during the season driving the No. 38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra, while Nismo won the teams' championship. In the GT300 category, the class champions were the No. 81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia driven by Takayuki Aoki and Noboyuki Oyagi.

This season marked the final competitive race victory for the McLaren F1 GTR, when Team Take One won the CP Mine GT Race.

Drivers and teams

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GT500

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 1   Ryo Michigami B All
  Hidetoshi Mitsusada All
18   Sébastien Philippe All
  Hiroki Katoh 1–4, NC
  Benoît Tréluyer 5–7
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6   Hideki Noda B All
  Juichi Wakisaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8   Katsutomo Kaneishi B All
  Keiichi Tsuchiya All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 12   Satoshi Motoyama B All
  Naoki Hattori 1–3
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino 4–7, NC
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 21   Akihiko Nakaya D 1–3, 5–6
  Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 1
  Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2–4, NC
  Naoki Hattori 4–7, NC
  Mikio Hitotsuyama 7
Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 22   Michael Krumm B All
  Tetsuya Tanaka All
23   Érik Comas All
  Masami Kageyama All
Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25   Manabu Orido Y 1–7
  Seiji Ara 1–7
Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30   André Couto B 1–7
  Hideki Okada 1–7
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 33   Masahiko Kondo B All
  Ukyo Katayama 1–4, 6–7, NC
  Shigekazu Wakisaka 5
38   Yuji Tachikawa All
  Hironori Takeuchi All
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36   Takeshi Tsuchiya M All
  Takuya Kurosawa 1–4, 6–7
  Paolo Montin 5
  Wayne Gardner NC
37   Wayne Gardner 1–7
  Shinichi Yamaji 1–7
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39   Jérémie Dufour Y 1–7
  Masahiko Kageyama 1–2
  Romain Dumas 3–7
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64   Tsugio Matsuda B All
  Dominik Schwager All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88   Marco Apicella D All
  Naohiro Furuya All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100   Akira Iida B All
  Daisuke Ito All

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 0   Masahiro Matsunaga Y All
  Kumi Sato All
Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2   Kazuho Takahashi Y 5, 6
  Hiroshi Kimura 5
  Akira Watanabe 6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 3   Yuji Ide Y All
  Masataka Yanagida All
BSA Porsche Team Competizione Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 5   Key Soon Yue M NC
  Ila Ridak NC
15   Siu Tit Lung NC
  Siu Yuk Lung NC
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7   Tetsuya Yamano Y All
  Haruhiko Matsumoto All
Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/80 3.6 L Turbo F6 9   Akira Watanabe Y 1–5
  Tsunefumi Hioki 1, 4–6
  Yukihiro Hane 2, NC
  Yosuke Shimoshima NC, 6
Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 10   Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–2, 4
  Takahisa Ohno 1–2, 4
Team Gainer Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 11   Junichi Ikura Y All
  Koji Ushikubo 1, 7
  Yusei Maki 2–6
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Satoshi Goto Y All
  Minoru Tanaka All
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 24   Hideshi Matsuda Y All
  Kazuyuki Nishizawa All
26   Atsushi Yogo All
  Hideo Fukuyama All
Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 55   Eiji Yamada All
  Takayuki Kinoshita All
ARTA with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31   Morio Nitta Y All
  Shinichi Takagi All
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51   Naofumi Omoto Y 2–7
  Yasukichi Yamamoto 2–7
R&D Sport Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 62   Shinsuke Shibahara D All
  Yasuhisa Fujiwara 1–2
  Shogo Mitsuyama 3–7
63   "OSAMU" All
  Takamasa Nakagawa All
Amprex Motorsports Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 65   Genji Hashimoto Y NC
  Charles Kwan NC
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70   Yoshimi Ishibashi D All
  Hiroaki Suga All
SigmaTec Racing Team Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 71   Guts Jyonai Y 1, 3–7
  Eiichi Tajima 1, 3–7
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77   Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
  Tatsuya Tanigawa All
Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 81   Nobuyuki Ohyagi Y All
  Takayuki Aoki All
KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86   Masaoki Nagashima Y 1–3
  Koji Matsuda 1–3
Toyota MR-S   Masaoki Nagashima 4–7
  Koji Matsuda 4–7
Dentaire ProJet Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 360   Seigo Nishizawa Y All
  Kota Sasaki All
Team Sri Lanka Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 900   Dilantha Malagamuwa Y 1–4
  Takeshi Asami 1–4
  João Barbosa NC
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 901   Takeshi Asami Y 5
  Yasutaka Hinoi 5–6
  Tetsuji Tamanaka 6–7
  Tetsuya Nakajima 6–7
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910   Jukuchou Sunako Y All
  Hisashi Wada All
  Adam Wilcox NC
911   Masamitsu Ishihara 2, 4
  Akira Hirakawa 1

Schedule

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Round Race Circuit Date
1 GT Championship in TI   TI Circuit April 15
2 All Japan Fuji GT Race   Fuji Speedway May 4
3 SUGO GT Championship   Sportsland SUGO May 27
NC Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia   Sepang Circuit June 24
4 Japan Special GT Cup   Fuji Speedway August 5
5 Motegi GT Championship Race   Twin Ring Motegi September 16
6 Suzuka GT 300 km   Suzuka Circuit October 28
7 CP Mine GT Race   Mine Circuit November 11

Season results

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Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers
1 TI Circuit   #1 Loctite Mugen Honda NSX   #31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
  Hidetoshi Mitsusada
  Ryo Michigami
  Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi
2 Mt. Fuji   #6 ESSO Toyota Supra   #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
  Hideki Noda
  Juichi Wakisaka
  Takayuki Aoki
  Noboyuki Oyagi
3 Sportsland SUGO   #37 ZENT TOM'S Toyota Supra   #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
  Shinichi Yamaji
  Wayne Gardner
  Haruhiko Matsumoto
  Tetsuya Yamano
NC Sepang Circuit   #6 ESSO Toyota Supra   #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
  Hideki Noda
  Juichi Wakisaka
  Masataka Yanagida
  Yuji Ide
4 Mt. Fuji   #22 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R   #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
  Tetsuya Tanaka
  Michael Krumm
  Takayuki Aoki
  Noboyuki Oyagi
5 Twin Ring Motegi   #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX   #19 WedsSport Toyota MR-S
  Tsugio Matsuda
  Dominik Schwager
  Minoru Tanaka
  Satoshi Goto
6 Suzuka Circuit   #8 ARTA Honda NSX   #86 KRAFT Toyota MR-S
  Keiichi Tsuchiya
  Katsutomo Kaneishi
  Koji Matsuda
  Masaoki Nagashima
7 Mine Circuit   #30 Team Take One McLaren F1 GTR   #71 Sigma Tech Toyota MR-S
  Andre Couto
  Hideki Okada
  Eiichi Tajima
  'Guts' Jyonai

Standings

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GT500 class

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Drivers' standings

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Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Rank Driver TAI
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
FUJ
 
MOT
 
SUZ
 
MIN
 
PTS
1   Hironori Takeuchi
  Yuji Tachikawa
Ret 2 3 4 2 6 16 58
2   Katsutomo Kaneishi
  Keiichi Tsuchiya
2 6 2 12 11 1 Ret 56
3   Ryo Michigami
  Hidetoshi Mitsusada
1 8 4 5 12 2 12 56
4   Érik Comas
  Masami Kageyama
13 4 10 2 Ret 3 2 53
5   Michael Krumm
  Tetsuya Tanaka
4 3 Ret 1 10 8 6 52
6   Shinichi Yamaji
  Wayne Gardner
5 9 1 10 8 4 9 46
7   Hideki Noda
  Juichi Wakisaka
Ret 1 5 3 13 Ret 14 40
8   Tsugio Matsuda
  Dominik Schwager
3 12 14 6 1 Ret Ret 38
9   André Couto
  Hideki Okada
8 Ret 12 16 6 10 1 30
10   Akira Iida
  Daisuke Ito
6 5 Ret 9 4 13 8 29
11   Satoshi Motoyama 15 Ret 7 7 3 11 5 28
12   Takeshi Tsuchiya 11 10 8 8 5 5 7 27
13   Kazuyoshi Hoshino 7 3 11 5 24
14   Jérémie Dufour 7 7 9 13 Ret 9 4 22
15   Takuya Kurosawa 11 10 8 8 5 7 19
16   Sébastien Philippe 14 15 6 15 14 12 3 18
17   Romain Dumas 9 13 Ret 9 4 14
18   Benoît Tréluyer 14 12 3 12
19   Manabu Orido
  Seiji Ara
9 11 11 DNQ 7 7 10 11
20   Paolo Montin 5 8
21   Masahiko Kageyama 7 7 8
22   Hiroki Katoh 14 15 6 15 6
23   Naoki Hattori 15 Ret 7 11 Ret Ret 11 4
24   Masahiko Kondo 12 14 13 14 9 Ret 13 2
  Shigekazu Wakisaka
26   Akihiko Nakaya 10 13 Ret Ret Ret 1
  Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Rank Driver TAI
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
FUJ
 
MOT
 
SUZ
 
MIN
 
PTS
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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)

Teams' standings

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For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[1]

Rank Team No. TAI
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
FUJ
 
MOT
 
SUZ
 
MIN
 
PTS
1 Nismo 22 4 3 16Ret 1 10 8 6 71
23 13 4 10 2 18Ret 3 2
2 Mugen x Dome Project 1 1 8 4 5 12 2 12 68
18 14 15 6 15 14 12 3
3 Toyota Team Cerumo 33 12 14 13 14 9 18Ret 13 58
38 16Ret 2 3 4 2 6 16
4 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 2 6 2 12 11 1 18Ret 56
5 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 11 10 8 8 5 5 7 55
37 5 9 1 10 8 4 9
6 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6 17Ret 1 5 3 13 15Ret 14 40
7 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64 3 12 14 6 1 17Ret 17Ret 38
8 Team Take One 30 8 16Ret 12 16 6 10 1 30
9 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 6 5 15Ret 9 4 13 8 29
10 Team Impul 12 15 17Ret 7 7 3 11 5 28
11 Toyota Team SARD 39 7 7 9 13 16Ret 9 4 22
12 Tsuchiya Engineering 25 9 11 11 20- 7 7 10 11
13 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 10 13 17Ret 11 17Ret 16Ret 11 1
- JLOC 88 18DNS 18Ret 17DNS 17Ret 15 14 15 0
Rank Team No. TAI
 
FUJ
 
SUG
 
FUJ
 
MOT
 
SUZ
 
MIN
 
PTS

GT300 class

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Drivers

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Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1   Takayuki Aoki
  Noboyuki Oyagi
#81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia 66 2
2   Haruhiko Matsumoto
  Tetsuya Yamano
#7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 54 1
3   Hisashi Wada
  Jukuchou Sunako
#910 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 54 0
4   Masataka Yanagida
  Yuji Ide
#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia 53 0
5   Hideshi Matsuda
  Kazuyuki Nishizawa
#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3R 49 0
6   Atsushi Yogo
  Hideo Fukuyama
#26 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3R 44 0
7   Morio Nitta
  Shinichi Takagi
#31 ARTA with Apex Toyota MR-S 40 1
8   Katsuo Kobayashi
  Tatsuya Tanigawa
#77 Cusco Racing Subaru Impreza 34 0
9   Minoru Tanaka
  Satoru Gotou
#19 Weds Sports Racing Project Bandoh Toyota MR-S 33 1
10   Shinsuke Shibahara #62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 30 0
11   Shogo Mitsuyama #62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 23 0
12   Takamasa Nakagawa
  Osamu Nakajima
#63 Leyjun R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 21 0
13   Masaoki Nagashima
  Kouji Matsuda
#86 project μ Kraft Toyota Trueno·Toyota MR-S 20 1
14   Masaki Jyonai
  Eiichi Tajima
#71 Sigmatech Racing Toyota MR-S 20 1
15   Eiji Yamada
  Takayuki Kinoshita
#55 Team Taisan Jr. Chrysler Viper GTS-R 10 0
16   Naofumi Omoto
  Yasukichi Yamamoto
#51 Auto Staff Racing Nissan Silvia 8 0
17   Kumi Sato
  Masahiro Matsunaga
#0 Tom's Spirit Toyota MR-S 5 0
18   Junichi Ikura
  Yuusei Maki
#0 Team Gainer Porsche 911 GT3R 5 0
20   Yasuhisa Fujiwara #62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 4 0

References

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  1. ^ "JGTC 2001 Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
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