The Japan Cup Series is a racing series operated by SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan. The races are contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The series used to compete together alongside GT World Challenge Asia, but as of 2024, the Japan Cup be held as a stand-alone series.[1]

Japan Cup Series
CategoryGrand tourer sportscars
CountryJapan
Inaugural season2022
Drivers' champion
Official websitewww.gt-world-challenge-asia.com
Current season

Circuits

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  • Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2024 season.
Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 Suzuka International Racing Course 3 2022–present
Fuji Speedway 3 2022–present
Okayama International Circuit 3 2022–present
4 Sportsland Sugo 2 2022, 2024
5 Mobility Resort Motegi 1 2023

Champions

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Drivers

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Year GT3 Overall GT3 Pro-Am GT3 Am GT4 Overall GT4 Silver-Am GT4 Am
2022   Kei Cozzolino
  Takeshi Kimura
  Kei Cozzolino
  Takeshi Kimura
  Yudai Uchida
  Tadao Uematsu
  Hiroaki Hatano
  Shinya Hosokawa
  Hiroaki Hatano
  Shinya Hosokawa
  Masayoshi Oyama
2023   Yuta Kamimura
  Hiroaki Nagai
  Yuta Kamimura
  Hiroaki Nagai
  Yorikatsu Tsujiko
  Yusuke Yamasaki
  Masaki Kano
  Manabu Orido
  Masaki Kano
  Manabu Orido
  Sho Kobayashi
  Naohiko Otsuka

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SRO to stage separate Japan Cup and Fanatec GT Asia races from 2024". Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
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