1996 Japanese Touring Car Championship

The 1996 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 12th edition of the series. It began at Fuji Speedway on 7 April and finished after seven events, also at Fuji Speedway on 3 November. The championship was won by Naoki Hattori, driving for Mooncraft.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Teams & Drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
HKS Opel Team Japan	Opel Vectra	3	Masahiro Hasemi	All
YTR Mazdaspeed	Mazda Lantis	6	Yojiro Terada	1-2
YTR Mazdaspeed	Mazda Familia	6	Yojiro Terada	5-7
Toyota Team FET	Toyota Corolla AE110	8	Tatsuya Tanigawa	1-4
Toyota Team FET	Toyota Corolla AE110	8	Morio Nitta	5-7
Mazdaspeed	Mazda Familia	9	Franck Fréon	All
Team Advan with MOGG	BMW 318i	10	Kazuo Mogi	1
Object T	Toyota Corona EXiV	11	Takahiko Hara	All
Team Impul	Nissan Primera P11	12	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	All
Asano Racing Service	BMW 318i	13	Takeo Asano	5, 7
Mooncraft	Honda Accord	14	Naoki Hattori	1-3, 5-7
Nakajima Planning	Honda Accord	15	Takuya Kurosawa	1-3, 5-7
Castrol Mugen Honda	Honda Accord	16	Osamu Nakako	1-3, 5-7
Castrol Mugen Honda	Honda Accord	33	Ryo Michigami	7
Suzuki Bankin	Opel Vectra	17	Tatsuhiko Kaneumi	All
Endless Sport	BMW 318i	18	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	All
Racing Project Bandoh	Toyota Corona EXiV	19	Katsutomo Kaneishi	All
Hitotsuyama Racing	BMW 318i	20	Takayuki Kinoshita	7
		21	Yasushi Hitotsuyama	1-3, 7
		21	Mikio Hitotsuyama	4-6
Nismo	Nissan Primera Camino P11	23	Masahiko Kageyama	All
	Nissan Sunny	32	Satoshi Motoyama	1-4
	Nissan Primera Camino P11	32	Satoshi Motoyama	5-7
BMS Scuderia Italia	Nissan Primera GTe	24	Anthony Reid	7
Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota Corona EXiV	25	Masami Kageyama	All
Auto Tech Racing	BMW 318i	35	Akihiko Nakaya	All
Toyota Team TOM's	Toyota Corona EXiV	36	Masanori Sekiya	All
Toyota Team TOM's	Toyota Corona EXiV	37	Michael Krumm	All
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota Corona EXiV	38	Hironori Takeuchi	All
Toyota Team Cerumo	Toyota Corona EXiV	39	Érik Comas	All
SYMS Racing	Subaru Impreza Sport Wagon	66	Shunji Kasuya	1-4, 6-7
Dandelion Racing	Toyota Corona EXiV	68	Tetsuya Tanaka	All
Team Something	Toyota Corolla AE110	72	Masahiro Matsunaga	4, 7
Kosei J.P. Team Pures	Ford Mondeo	88	Hisashi Wada	3-7

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	7 April	Naoki Hattori	Naoki Hattori	Naoki Hattori	Mooncraft
1	R2	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	7 April	Naoki Hattori	Naoki Hattori	Naoki Hattori	Mooncraft
2	R3	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	19 May	Naoki Hattori	Naoki Hattori	Naoki Hattori	Mooncraft
2	R4	Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi	19 May	Michael Krumm	Michael Krumm	Michael Krumm	Toyota Team TOM's
3	R5	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	2 June	Takuya Kurosawa	Takuya Kurosawa	Osamu Nakako	Castrol Mugen Honda
3	R6	Suzuka Circuit, Mie	2 June	Naoki Hattori	Satoshi Motoyama	Naoki Hattori	Mooncraft
4	R7	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	14 July	Satoshi Motoyama	Michael Krumm	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Team Impul
4	R8	Mine Central Circuit, Yamaguchi	14 July	Masahiko Kageyama	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Masahiko Kageyama	Nismo
5	R9	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	8 September	Takuya Kurosawa	Naoki Hattori	Takuya Kurosawa	Nakajima Planning
5	R10	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Miyagi	8 September	Takuya Kurosawa	Naoki Hattori	Akihiko Nakaya	Auto Tech Racing
6	R11	Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō	22 September	Takuya Kurosawa	Osamu Nakako	Naoki Hattori	Mooncraft
6	R12	Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaidō	22 September	Naoki Hattori	Osamu Nakako	Osamu Nakako	Castrol Mugen Honda
7	R13	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	3 November	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Anthony Reid	Érik Comas	Toyota Team Cerumo
7	R14	Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka	3 November	Takuya Kurosawa	Anthony Reid	Anthony Reid	BMS Scuderia Italia

Championship Standings

Points were awarded 15, 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the top 10 finishers in each race, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. Drivers counted their ten best scores.

Pos	Driver	FUJ		SUG		SUZ		MIN		SEN		TOK		FUJ		Pts
1	Naoki Hattori	1	1	1	4	2	1	WD	WD	2	4	1	2	Ret	Ret	125
2	Osamu Nakako	2	2	2	3	1	4	WD	WD	3	2	2	1	Ret	Ret	115
3	Michael Krumm	4	7	4	1	3	3	2	6	9	3	4	4	7	10	87
4	Takuya Kurosawa	3	4	10	7	5	2	WD	WD	1	Ret	3	3	Ret	DNS	72
5	Masahiko Kageyama	7	Ret	8	9	4	6	4	1	7	6	Ret	18	3	7	63
6	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Ret	Ret	5	16	9	17	1	2	4	Ret	10	Ret	5	2	61
7	Masanori Sekiya	5	3	3	2	Ret	15	20	3	Ret	7	7	14	NC	9	55
8	Érik Comas	18	6	6	10	Ret	Ret	13	8	6	5	Ret	8	1	3	52
9	Satoshi Motoyama	Ret	8	Ret	DNS	8	7	8	9	5	Ret	6	5	4	4	46
10	Akihiko Nakaya	13	13	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	5	19	1	5	7	9	8	40
11	Masami Kageyama	9	9	9	6	16	5	3	7	14	9	9	6	Ret	DNS	39
12	Katsutomo Kaneishi	6	5	14	Ret	6	8	10	12	Ret	13	NC	9	6	5	33
13	Anthony Reid													2	1	27
14	Masahiro Hasemi	8	12	Ret	8	10	9	12	15	8	Ret	8	10	8	6	24
15	Mitsuhiro Kinoshita	11	16	Ret	5	7	10	5	10	10	8	11	11	11	11	22
16	Hironori Takeuchi	10	10	Ret	11	12	11	7	4	18	11	Ret	20	Ret	DNS	13
17	Takahiko Hara	14	14	Ret	14	14	13	6	14	11	10	NC	12	12	12	6
18	Hisashi Wada					Ret	16	9	19	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	2
19	Tetsuya Tanaka	12	11	Ret	15	11	12	11	11	16	Ret	12	13	10	Ret	1
20	Tatsuhiko Kaneumi	Ret	DNS	11	Ret	13	14	14	16	15	14	DNS	DNS	15	13	0
21	Morio Nitta									13	12	13	15	13	DNS	0
22	Franck Fréon	17	15	12	13	Ret	DNS	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	16	Ret	DNS	0
23	Yasushi Hitotsuyama	15	Ret	Ret	12	17	Ret							Ret	15	0
24	Mikio Hitotsuyama							15	17	12	Ret	Ret	17			0
25	Yojiro Terada	Ret	Ret	13	Ret					17	16	NC	19	14	Ret	0
26	Tatsuya Tanigawa	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	13							0
27	Takayuki Kinoshita													NC	14	0
28	Takeo Asano									DNS	15			16	16	0
29	Shunji Kasuya	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	16	18			Ret	Ret	17	NC	0
30	Masahiro Matsunaga							18	Ret					Ret	DNS	0
NC	Kazuo Mogi	DNS	DNS													0
NC	Ryo Michigami													DNS	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	FUJ		SUG		SUZ		MIN		SEN		TOK		FUJ		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

References

[1] ttps://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jaf.or.jp%2FCGI%2Fmsports%2Fresults%2Frace%2Flist.cgi%3Ftype%3DTC&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

[2] ttps://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fms.bridgestone.co.jp%2Fdatabase%2Frace_list_category04%3Fcid%3D20&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

[3] ttp://www.driverdb.com/standings/474-1996/

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v t e Japanese Touring Car Championship seasons
Group A era (JTC)	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Super Touring era (JTCC)	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

v t e Super Touring championships
Australian Super Touring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Belgian Procar Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997
British Touring Car Championship	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Central European Supertouring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996
Czech Supertouring Car Championship	1996 1997
French Supertouring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Super Tourenwagen Cup	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Italian Superturismo Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Japanese Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Guia Race of Macau	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Portuguese Touring Car Championship	1993 1994
Campeonato de España de Turismos	1994 1995 1996 1997
South African Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996
Swedish Touring Car Championship	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship	1994 1996 1997 1998 1999
European Touring Car Championship	2000 2001
North American Touring Car Championship	1996 1997
South American Super Touring Car Championship	1997 1998 1999 2000
Touring Car World Cup	1993 1994 1995