2008 Super GT Series

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The 2008 Autobacs Super GT Series was the sixteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourth season as the Super GT series. It marked as well as the twenty-sixth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. This was the first season for the new R35 GT-R, replacing the Z which had been used for all GT500 Nissan teams from 2004-2007. The season began on March 15 and ended on November 9, 2008 after 9 races.

2008 Xanavi Nismo GT-R (R35).

Drivers and teams[edit]

GT500[edit]

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 1 Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman B All
Japan Takuya Izawa All
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 3 Italy Ronnie Quintarelli B All
Japan Naoki Yokomizo All
ENEOS Toyota Team LeMans Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 6 Japan Daisuke Ito B 1–4, 9
Sweden Björn Wirdheim All
Japan Akira Iida 5–8
Brazil Roberto Streit 6
Team Impul Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 12 Japan Tsugio Matsuda B 1–4, 6–9
France Sébastien Philippe All
Germany Dominik Schwager 5
Real Racing with Leon Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 17 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi B All
Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi All
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi 6
Dome Racing Team Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 18 Japan Ryo Michigami B All
Japan Takashi Kogure All
Nismo Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 22 Germany Michael Krumm B All
Japan Masataka Yanagida All
Germany Dominik Schwager 6
23 Japan Satoshi Motoyama All
France Benoît Tréluyer All
Brazil Fabio Carbone 6
Kondo Racing Nissan Nissan GT-R GT500 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 24 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira Y All
Japan Seiji Ara All
Toyota Team Tsuchiya Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 25 Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya Y All
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura All
Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 32 France Loïc Duval D All
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
Houzan Toyota Team Kraft Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 35 United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck B All
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka All
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka 6
Petronas Toyota Team TOM'S Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 36 Japan Juichi Wakisaka B All
Germany André Lotterer All
Netherlands Carlo van Dam 6
ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 38 Japan Yuji Tachikawa B All
United Kingdom Richard Lyons All
Toyota Team SARD Lexus Lexus SC430 GT500 Lexus 3UZ-FE 4.5 L V8 39 Japan Toranosuke Takagi D All
Portugal André Couto All
Japan Koki Saga 6
Team Kunimitsu Honda Honda NSX GT500 Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Japan Yuji Ide B All
Japan Shinya Hosokawa All
Japan Kosuke Matsuura 6

GT300[edit]

Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Cars Tokai Dream28 Mooncraft Mooncraft Shiden Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.4 L V8 2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Japan Hiroki Katoh All
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 6
Team Uematsu Nova Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 4 Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi Y All
Japan Masaki Matsushita All
Japan Tadao Uematsu 6
Vemac RD350R Zytek ZV348 3.9 L V8 16 Japan Tadao Uematsu 1, 3, 9
Japan Katsuhiko Tsutsui 1, 3, 9
Team Mach Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 5 Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
Japan Naoya Yamano 1–7, 9
Japan Katsuhiko Tsutsui 6, 8
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Japan Hiroyuki Iiri Y All
Japan Ryo Orime All
Japan Hiroyuki Matsumura 6
A&S Racing Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 9 Japan Tatsuya Tanigawa K 3, 6, 8
Japan Hirofumi Takei 3, 6, 8
Japan Takayuki Matsumoto 6
Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari Ferrari F430 Ferrari F136E 4.3 L V8 11 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka Y All
Japan Masayuki Ueda All
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota Celica Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Manabu Orido Y 1–3
Japan Tsubasa Abe 1–3
Lexus Lexus IS350 Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 Japan Manabu Orido 4–9
Japan Tsubasa Abe 4–9
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 6
Team Taisan with Nishizawa Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 26 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi Y All
Japan Shinichi Yamaji 1–8
Japan Keita Sawa 6
Germany Dominik Farnbacher 9
Team Shadow Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RSR Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 27 Japan Takashi Inoue H 1, 3, 6–7, 9
South Korea Hwang Jin Woo 1, 3, 6–7
Japan Yasuhiro Takasaki 6
Japan Koji Aoyama 9
apr Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 2GR-FSE 3.5 L V6 31 Japan Kyosuke Mineo M 1–5, 7–9
Japan Yuya Sakamoto 1–5, 7–9
95 Japan Kohei Hirate 1–5, 8–9
Japan Keisuke Kunimoto All
Japan Yuya Sakamoto 6
Japan Kazuya Oshima 6
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 7
Hankook KTR Porsche Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/80 3.8 L F6 33 Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita H All
Japan Masami Kageyama All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ASL ARTA Garaiya Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 43 Japan Morio Nitta M All
Japan Shinichi Takagi All
Japan Kyosuke Mineo 6
MOLA Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 46 Japan Kazuki Hoshino M All
Japan Hironobu Yasuda All
Team Takeuchi with Shift Lexus Lexus IS350 Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 52 Japan Takuya Kurosawa K 3–9
Japan Takuto Iguchi 3–9
Japan Hideki Yamauchi 6
Willcom R&D Sport Vemac Vemac RD408R Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8 62 Japan Shinsuke Shibahara Y 1, 5–9
Japan Haruki Kurosawa All
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama 2–4, 6
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 66 Japan Koji Yamanishi Y All
Japan Atsushi Yogo All
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 Lamborghini 07L1 5.0 L V10 87 Japan Hisashi Wada All
Japan Muneyuki Kurihara All
Japan Yoshihisa Namekata 6
88 Japan Hideshi Matsuda All
Japan Naohiro Furuya All
Japan Yuya Sakamoto 6
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Japan Takehide Maeda Y 1
Japan Yutaka Yamagishi 1–7, 9
Japan Akazame Oyaji 2–3
Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi 4–7
Japan Kazuyoshi Takamizawa 6, 9
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Japan Tetsuya Yamano D All
Japan Kota Sasaki 1–7
Netherlands Carlo van Dam 8–9
Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Fairlady Z Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 81 Japan Takayuki Aoki Y All
Japan Tomonobu Fujii All
Arktech Motorsports Porsche Porsche 986 Boxster Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 110 Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada K All
Japan Daisuke Ikeda All
111 Japan Hiroshi Koizumi 1–6
Japan Guts Jyonai 1
Japan Tsubasa Kurosawa 2–6
Hong Kong Paul Ip 6
Tomei Sports Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 118 Japan Takashi Miyamoto Y 1, 3, 6–9
Japan Takashi Ohi 1
Japan Masayuki Kurihara 3, 6–7
Japan Guts Jyonai 6, 8–9
Avanzza Rosso Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 666 Japan Shogo Suho K 1–3, 5–9
Japan Junichiro Yamashita 1–3, 5–9
Japan Takamori.com 6
Studie & Glad with Asada Racing BMW BMW Z4 M Coupe BMW S62B50 4.9 L V8 808 Japan Yasushi Kikuchi Y 6–7, 9
Japan Shozo Tagahara 6–7, 9

Schedule[edit]

Round Race Circuit Date
1 Japan Suzuka GT 300 km Suzuka Circuit March 16
2 Japan Okayama GT 300 km Okayama International Circuit April 13
3 Japan Fuji GT 500 km Fuji Speedway May 4
4 Malaysia Super GT International Series Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 22
5 Japan SUGO GT 300 km Sportsland SUGO July 27
6 Japan International POKKA 1000km Suzuka Circuit August 24
7 Japan Motegi GT 300 km Twin Ring Motegi September 14
8 Japan Autopolis GT 300 km Autopolis October 19
9 Japan Fuji GT 300 km Fuji Speedway November 9

Season Winners[edit]

Rd Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka Japan #23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R Japan #7 ORC Amemiya SGC-7
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît Tréluyer 		Japan Hiroyuki Iiri
Japan Ryo Orime
2 Okayama Japan #23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R Japan #43 ARTA Garaiya
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît Tréluyer 		Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
3 Mt. Fuji Japan #38 ZENT Cerumo SC430 Japan #95 Lightning McQueen apr MR-S
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Republic of Ireland Richard Lyons 		Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Keisuke Kunimoto
4 Kuala Lumpur Japan #24 Woodone ADVAN Clarion GT-R Japan #77 Cusco Dunlop Subaru Impreza
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Seiji Ara 		Japan Tetsuya Yamano
Japan Kouta Sasaki
5 Sportsland SUGO Japan #18 Takata DOME NSX Japan #43 ARTA Garaiya
Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Takashi Kogure 		Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
6 Suzuka
Report 		Japan #12 Calsonic IMPUL GT-R Japan #46 MOLA LEOPALACE Z
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
France Sebastien Philippe 		Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Hironobu Yasuda
7 Motegi Japan #3 Yellow Hat YMS Tomica GT-R Japan #19 WedsSport IS350
Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
Japan Naoki Yokomizo 		Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Tsubasa Abe
8 Autopolis Japan #23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R Japan #81 Daishin Advan Z
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît Tréluyer 		Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
9 Mt. Fuji Japan #12 Calsonic IMPUL GT-R Japan #26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 996 GT3
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
France Sebastien Philippe 		Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Germany Dominik Farnbacher

Standings[edit]

GT500 Drivers[edit]

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Qualifying 3 2 1
Fastest Lap 1 1 1
  • Only the best four results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
  • There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
Rank Driver SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SEP
Malaysia 		SUG
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		PTS
1

(#23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R)

Japan Satoshi Motoyama
France Benoît Tréluyer 		1 1 14 13 14 8 12 1 9 76
2

(#38 ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo SC430)

Japan Yuji Tachikawa
United Kingdom Richard Lyons 		4 7 1 Ret 3 9 9 4 2 72
3

(#36 Petronas Toyota Team TOM'S SC430)

Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Germany André Lotterer 		3 4 2 7 10 3 3 8 7 63
4

(#12 Calsonic Team Impul Nismo GT-R)

France Sébastien Philippe Ret 2 9 14 12 1 11 10 1 61
5

(#12 Calsonic Team Impul Nismo GT-R)

Japan Tsugio Matsuda

(Only attempted rounds 1–4, 6–9)

Ret 2 9 14 1 11 10 1 61
6

(#18 Takata Dome Honda NSX)

Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Takashi Kogure 		7 12 3 3 1 12 8 7 14 60
7

(#22 Motul Nismo GT-R)

Germany Michael Krumm
Japan Masataka Yanagida 		2 15 15 2 13 4 7 5 11 57
8

(#1 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda NSX)

Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
Japan Takuya Izawa 		14 3 Ret 11 15 13 2 3 12 49
9

(#35 Houzan Toyota Team Kraft Lexus SC430)

United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 		6 6 5 10 2 10 6 15 6 45
10

(#32 Nakajima Racing Epson Honda NSX)

France Loïc Duval
Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka 		10 5 7 Ret Ret 11 5 2 4 43
11

(#100 Team Kunimitsu Raybrig Honda NSX)

Japan Yuji Ide
Japan Shinya Hosokawa 		13 9 4 5 5 2 16 9 Ret 41
12

(#3 Hasemi Motorsport Yellow Hat YMS Tomica Nismo GT-R)

Italy Ronnie Quintarelli
Japan Naoki Yokomizo 		15 10 15 9 11 5 1 6 13 39
13

(#6 ENEOS Toyota Team LeMans Lexus SC430)

Sweden Björn Wirdheim 9 13 6 8 7 6 4 14 3 39
14

(#24 Kondo Racing Clarion Nismo GT-R)

Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Japan Seiji Ara 		5 8 11 1 8 7 14 16 15 34
15

(#25 Toyota Team Tsuchiya Lexus SC430)

Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya
Japan Hiroaki Ishiura 		11 11 8 4 4 14 10 12 8 23
16

(#6 ENEOS Toyota Team LeMans Lexus SC430)

Japan Daisuke Ito

(Only attempted round 1–4, 9)

9 13 6 8 3 21
17

(#6 ENEOS Toyota Team LeMans Lexus SC430)

Japan Akira Iida

(only attempted rounds 5–8)

7 6 4 14 20
18

(#100 Team Kunimitsu Raybrig Honda NSX)

Japan Kosuke Matsuura

(only attempted round 6)

2 19
19

(#17 Real Racing with Leon Honda NSX)

Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi 		8 16 10 6 9 Ret 15 11 Ret 16
20

(#36 Petronas Toyota Team TOM'S SC430)

Netherlands Carlo van Dam

(only attempted round 6)

3 11
21

(#39 Toyota Team SARD Lexus SC430)

Japan Toranosuke Takagi
Portugal André Couto 		12 14 13 12 6 15 13 13 5 11
22

(#12 Calsonic Team Impul Nismo GT-R)

Germany Dominik Schwager

(only attempted round 5)

12 4 10
23

(#6 ENEOS Toyota Team LeMans Lexus SC430)

Brazil Roberto Streit

(only attempted round 6)

6 5
24

(#23 Xanavi Nismo GT-R)

Brazil Fabio Carbone

(only attempted round 6)

8 3
25

(#23 Real Racing with Leon Honda NSX)

Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi

(only attempted round 6)

Ret 1
Rank Driver SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SEP
Malaysia 		SUG
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		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[edit]

Rank[1][2] Team No. SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SEP
Malaysia 		SUG
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		Pts.
1 Petronas Toyota Team TOM'S 36 3 4 2 7 10 3 3 8 7 94
2 ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo 38 4 7 1 Ret 3 9 9 4 2 93
3 Nismo 23 1 1 14 13 14 8 12 1 9 86
4 Team Impul 12 Ret 2 9 14 12 1 11 10 1 78
5 Dome Racing Team 18 7 12 3 3 1 12 8 7 14 75
6 Nismo 22 2 15 12 2 13 4 7 5 11 69
7 Houzan Toyota Team Kraft 35 6 6 5 10 2 10 6 15 6 68
8 Eneos Toyota Team LeMans 6 9 13 6 8 7 6 4 14 3 64
9 Team Kunimitsu 100 13 9 4 5 5 2 16 9 Ret 60
10 Nakajima Racing 32 10 5 7 Ret Ret 11 5 2 4 60
11 Kondo Racing 24 5 8 11 1 8 7 14 16 15 56
12 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 1 14 3 Ret 11 15 13 2 3 12 54
13 Hasemi Motorsport 3 15 10 15 9 11 5 1 6 13 53
14 Toyota Team Tsuchiya 25 11 11 8 4 4 14 10 12 8 44
15 Real Racing with LEON 17 8 16 10 6 9 Ret 15 11 10 30
16 Toyota Team SARD 39 12 14 13 12 6 15 13 13 5 29
Rank Team No. SUZ
Japan 		OKA
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		SEP
Malaysia 		SUG
Japan 		SUZ
Japan 		MOT
Japan 		AUT
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		Pts.

GT300 Class (Top 3)[edit]

Drivers[edit]

Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Hironobu Yasuda 		#46 MOLA LEOPALACE Z 78 1
2 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi 		#43 ARTA Garaiya 77 2
3 Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi #26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche 71 1

Teams[edit]

Rank Number/Team Car Points
1 #46 MOLA MOLA Leopalace Z 104
2 #43 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ARTA Garaiya 89
3 #81 Team Daishin Daishin ADVAN Z 85

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "SUPERGT.net | Race Archive". supergt.net. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  2. ^ Magazine, Speedsport. "Super GT & All Japan GT: Overview of seasons". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2023-07-13.

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