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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 Japan Ryo Michigami B All
Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada All
18 France Sébastien Philippe All
Japan Hiroki Katoh 1–4, NC
France Benoît Tréluyer 5–7
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Japan Hideki Noda B All
Japan Juichi Wakisaka All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi B All
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya All
Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Japan Satoshi Motoyama B All
Japan Naoki Hattori 1–3
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino 4–7, NC
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 21 Japan Akihiko Nakaya D 1–3, 5–6
Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 1
Japan Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2–4, NC
Japan Naoki Hattori 4–7, NC
Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama 7
Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 22 Germany Michael Krumm B All
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka All
23 France Érik Comas All
Japan Masami Kageyama All
Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25 Japan Manabu Orido Y 1–7
Japan Seiji Ara 1–7
Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 Portugal André Couto B 1–7
Japan Hideki Okada 1–7
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 33 Japan Masahiko Kondo B All
Japan Ukyo Katayama 1–4, 6–7, NC
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka 5
38 Japan Yuji Tachikawa All
Japan Hironori Takeuchi All
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya M All
Japan Takuya Kurosawa 1–4, 6–7
Italy Paolo Montin 5
Australia Wayne Gardner NC
37 Australia Wayne Gardner 1–7
Japan Shinichi Yamaji 1–7
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 France Jérémie Dufour Y 1–7
Japan Masahiko Kageyama 1–2
France Romain Dumas 3–7
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 Japan Tsugio Matsuda B All
Germany Dominik Schwager All
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Italy Marco Apicella D All
Japan Naohiro Furuya All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Japan Akira Iida B All
Japan 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 Japan Masahiro Matsunaga Y All
Japan Kumi Sato All
Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi Y 5, 6
Japan Hiroshi Kimura 5
Japan Akira Watanabe 6
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Japan Yuji Ide Y All
Japan Masataka Yanagida All
BSA Porsche Team Competizione Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 5 Malaysia Key Soon Yue M NC
Malaysia Ila Ridak NC
15 Hong Kong Siu Tit Lung NC
Hong Kong Siu Yuk Lung NC
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Japan Tetsuya Yamano Y All
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto All
Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/80 3.6 L Turbo F6 9 Japan Akira Watanabe Y 1–5
Japan Tsunefumi Hioki 1, 4–6
Japan Yukihiro Hane 2, NC
Japan Yosuke Shimoshima NC, 6
Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 10 Japan Yutaka Yamagishi Y 1–2, 4
Japan Takahisa Ohno 1–2, 4
Team Gainer Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 11 Japan Junichi Ikura Y All
Japan Koji Ushikubo 1, 7
Japan Yusei Maki 2–6
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Satoshi Goto Y All
Japan Minoru Tanaka All
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 24 Japan Hideshi Matsuda Y All
Japan Kazuyuki Nishizawa All
26 Japan Atsushi Yogo All
Japan Hideo Fukuyama All
Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 55 Japan Eiji Yamada All
Japan Takayuki Kinoshita All
ARTA with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Japan Morio Nitta Y All
Japan Shinichi Takagi All
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51 Japan Naofumi Omoto Y 2–7
Japan Yasukichi Yamamoto 2–7
R&D Sport Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 62 Japan Shinsuke Shibahara D All
Japan Yasuhisa Fujiwara 1–2
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama 3–7
63 Japan "OSAMU" All
Japan Takamasa Nakagawa All
Amprex Motorsports Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 65 Japan Genji Hashimoto Y NC
Hong Kong Charles Kwan NC
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi D All
Japan Hiroaki Suga All
SigmaTec Racing Team Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 71 Japan Guts Jyonai Y 1, 3–7
Japan Eiichi Tajima 1, 3–7
Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77 Japan Katsuo Kobayashi Y All
Japan Tatsuya Tanigawa All
Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 81 Japan Nobuyuki Ohyagi Y All
Japan Takayuki Aoki All
KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 Japan Masaoki Nagashima Y 1–3
Japan Koji Matsuda 1–3
Toyota MR-S Japan Masaoki Nagashima 4–7
Japan Koji Matsuda 4–7
Dentaire ProJet Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 360 Japan Seigo Nishizawa Y All
Japan Kota Sasaki All
Team Sri Lanka Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 900 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa Y 1–4
Japan Takeshi Asami 1–4
Portugal João Barbosa NC
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 901 Japan Takeshi Asami Y 5
Japan Yasutaka Hinoi 5–6
Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka 6–7
Japan Tetsuya Nakajima 6–7
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910 Japan Jukuchou Sunako Y All
Japan Hisashi Wada All
United Kingdom Adam Wilcox NC
911 Japan Masamitsu Ishihara 2, 4
Japan Akira Hirakawa 1

Schedule

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Round Race Circuit Date
1 GT Championship in TI Japan TI Circuit April 15
2 All Japan Fuji GT Race Japan Fuji Speedway May 4
3 SUGO GT Championship Japan Sportsland SUGO May 27
NC Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia Malaysia Sepang Circuit June 24
4 Japan Special GT Cup Japan Fuji Speedway August 5
5 Motegi GT Championship Race Japan Twin Ring Motegi September 16
6 Suzuka GT 300 km Japan Suzuka Circuit October 28
7 CP Mine GT Race Japan 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 Japan #1 Loctite Mugen Honda NSX Japan #31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada
Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
2 Mt. Fuji Japan #6 ESSO Toyota Supra Japan #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
Japan Hideki Noda
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Noboyuki Oyagi
3 Sportsland SUGO Japan #37 ZENT TOM'S Toyota Supra Japan #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Japan Shinichi Yamaji
Australia Wayne Gardner
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto
Japan Tetsuya Yamano
NC Sepang Circuit Japan #6 ESSO Toyota Supra Japan #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
Japan Hideki Noda
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Japan Masataka Yanagida
Japan Yuji Ide
4 Mt. Fuji Japan #22 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R Japan #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
Germany Michael Krumm
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Noboyuki Oyagi
5 Twin Ring Motegi Japan #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX Japan #19 WedsSport Toyota MR-S
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Germany Dominik Schwager
Japan Minoru Tanaka
Japan Satoshi Goto
6 Suzuka Circuit Japan #8 ARTA Honda NSX Japan #86 KRAFT Toyota MR-S
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
Japan Koji Matsuda
Japan Masaoki Nagashima
7 Mine Circuit Japan #30 Team Take One McLaren F1 GTR Japan #71 Sigma Tech Toyota MR-S
Portugal Andre Couto
Japan Hideki Okada
Japan Eiichi Tajima
Japan '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
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
FUJ
Japan
MOT
Japan
SUZ
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Ret 2 3 4 2 6 16 58
2 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
2 6 2 12 11 1 Ret 56
3 Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada
1 8 4 5 12 2 12 56
4 France Érik Comas
Japan Masami Kageyama
13 4 10 2 Ret 3 2 53
5 Germany Michael Krumm
Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
4 3 Ret 1 10 8 6 52
6 Japan Shinichi Yamaji
Australia Wayne Gardner
5 9 1 10 8 4 9 46
7 Japan Hideki Noda
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Ret 1 5 3 13 Ret 14 40
8 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Germany Dominik Schwager
3 12 14 6 1 Ret Ret 38
9 Portugal André Couto
Japan Hideki Okada
8 Ret 12 16 6 10 1 30
10 Japan Akira Iida
Japan Daisuke Ito
6 5 Ret 9 4 13 8 29
11 Japan Satoshi Motoyama 15 Ret 7 7 3 11 5 28
12 Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya 11 10 8 8 5 5 7 27
13 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino 7 3 11 5 24
14 France Jérémie Dufour 7 7 9 13 Ret 9 4 22
15 Japan Takuya Kurosawa 11 10 8 8 5 7 19
16 France Sébastien Philippe 14 15 6 15 14 12 3 18
17 France Romain Dumas 9 13 Ret 9 4 14
18 France Benoît Tréluyer 14 12 3 12
19 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Seiji Ara
9 11 11 DNQ 7 7 10 11
20 Italy Paolo Montin 5 8
21 Japan Masahiko Kageyama 7 7 8
22 Japan Hiroki Katoh 14 15 6 15 6
23 Japan Naoki Hattori 15 Ret 7 11 Ret Ret 11 4
24 Japan Masahiko Kondo 12 14 13 14 9 Ret 13 2
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
26 Japan Akihiko Nakaya 10 13 Ret Ret Ret 1
Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Rank Driver TAI
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
FUJ
Japan
MOT
Japan
SUZ
Japan
MIN
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

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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
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
FUJ
Japan
MOT
Japan
SUZ
Japan
MIN
Japan
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
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
FUJ
Japan
MOT
Japan
SUZ
Japan
MIN
Japan
PTS

GT300 class

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Drivers

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