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The 2005 Autobacs Super GT Series was the thirteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the first season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-third 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 cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300. The season began on March 27 and ended on November 6, 2005 after 8 races.
The drivers' champions were Yuji Tachikawa and Toranosuke Takagi in GT500; and Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano in GT300.
Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Team
Make
Car
Engine
Drivers
Tyre
Rounds
M-Tec
Honda
Honda NSX
Honda C32B 3.5 L V6
0
Shinya Hosokawa
D
All
Haruki Kurosawa
All
Verno Tokai Dream28
Vemac
Vemac RD320R
Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
2
Kazuho Takahashi
Y
All
Akira Watanabe
All
Team Mach
Vemac
Vemac RD320R
Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
5
Tetsuji Tamanaka
Y
All
Katsuhiko Tsutsui
All
RE Amemiya Racing
Mazda
Mazda RX-7
Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor
7
Hiroyuki Iiri
Y
All
Shinichi Yamaji
All
A&S Racing
Mosler
Mosler MT900R
Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8
9
Junichiro Yamashita
Y
All
Eiji Yamada
1–4, 6–7
Shogo Suho
5, 8
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8
913
Hideo Fukuyama
1–6
Haruhiko Matsumoto
1
Shogo Suho
2–4, 6
Eiji Yamada
5
Jim Gainer Racing
Ferrari
Ferrari 360
Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8
10
Yasutaka Hinoi
D
All
Hideshi Matsuda
1–2, 4–5, 7–8
Taku Bamba
3, 6
11
Paolo Montin
All
Tetsuya Tanaka
All
Endless Sports
Nissan
Nissan Fairlady Z
Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6
13
Masami Kageyama
Y
All
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
All
Amprex Motorsports
Lotus
Lotus Exige 300RR
GM Ecotec 3.0 L V6
15
Tengku Djan Ley
Y
3
Norman Simon
3
Racing Project Bandoh
Toyota
Toyota Celica
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4
19
Hiroki Katoh
Y
All
Nobuteru Taniguchi
All
Team Taisan
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3-R
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6
26
Yutaka Yamagishi
Y
1–3, 8
Kaoru Ijiri
1–2
Takashi Inoue
3
Isao Ihashi
8
Direxiv Motorsport
Vemac
Vemac RD320R
Honda C32B 3.2 L V6
27
Shogo Mitsuyama
Y
All
Yasuo Miyagawa
1–6
Hiroki Yoshimoto
7–8
Team Reckless
Toyota
Toyota MR-S
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4
30
Kota Sasaki
M
All
Tetsuya Yamano
All
apr
Toyota
Toyota MR-S
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4
31
Kazuki Nakajima
M
All
Minoru Tanaka
All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
ASL
ASL ARTA Garaiya
Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6
43
Morio Nitta
M
All
Shinichi Takagi
All
MOLA
Nissan
Nissan Fairlady Z
Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6
46
Takayuki Aoki
Y
All
Kazuki Hoshino
All
47
Go Shimizu
All
Tomonobu Fujii
All
Toyota Team Cerumo
Toyota
Toyota Celica
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4
52
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
K
All
Hironori Takeuchi
All
R&D Sport
Vemac
Vemac RD350R
Zytek ZV348 3.9 L V8
62
Tadao Uematsu
Y
All
Shinsuke Shibahara
1–6, 8
Hiroyuki Yagi
7
Team Gaikokuya
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3-RS
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6
70
Yoshimi Ishibashi
Y
1–6
Eiichi Tajima
1, 3
Hirofumi Takei
2, 4–5
Yutaka Yamagishi
6
170
Yoshimi Ishibashi
8
Takashi Inoue
8
Teramoto Technical Office
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3-RSR
Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6
72
Akira Hirakawa
Y
All
Takashi Inoue
1, 5
Hiroshi Wada
2–3, 7–8
Akihiro Asai
4
Cusco Racing
Subaru
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4
77
Katsuo Kobayashi
Y
All
Tatsuya Tanigawa
All
JLOC
Lamborghini
Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
86
Koji Yamanishi
Y
8
Naohiro Furuya
8
87
Hisashi Wada
4–6, 8
Naohiro Furuya
4–5
Marco Apicella
6, 8
Arktech Motorsports
Porsche
Porsche 986 Boxster
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6
110
Takashi Ohi
Y
All
Ichijo Suga
All
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6
112
Atsushi Yogo
1–3, 5–8
Keita Sawa
1–3
Takaya Tsubobayashi
5–8
Team LeyJun
Porsche
Porsche 968 GT4
Porsche M44/12 3.0 L I4
111
Hiroya Iijima
Y
All
Masaki Jyonai
All
910 Racing
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3 RS
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6
777
Kazuyoshi Takamizawa
Y
All
Jukuchou Sunako
All
Schedule
Season results
Overall winner in bold
Standings
GT500 class
Drivers' standings
Scoring system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
20
15
12
8
6
5
4
3
2
1
Qualifying
2
1
1
Fastest Lap
1
1
1
There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
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
For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.[ 1]
Rank
Team
No.
OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS
1
Nismo
1
15 Ret
4
1
8
6
10
6
2
86
22
12
2
6
7
4
9
2
8
2
Team Honda Racing
8
4
12
2
6
16
8
1
12
82
18
7
13
7
17 Ret
2
11
5
6
3
Toyota Team TOM'S
36
2
10
3
3
7
5
8
5
73
37
6
6
13
1
8
7
17 Ret
7
4
Toyota Team Cerumo
38
14
1
11
11
12
1
7
1
67
5
Esso Toyota Team LeMans
6
11
5
4
4
9
3
10
3
51
6
Hasemi Motorsport
3
3
9
16 Ret
15
13
4
3
4
42
7
Nakajima Racing
32
5
8
5
13
10
2
14
10
38
8
Team Impul
12
17 Ret
15
8
5
3
13
4
9
35
9
Kraft
34
18 Ret
7
12
14
11
16
12
16
29
35
9
3
14
10
5
6
9
13
10
Team Advan Tsuchiya
25
1
14
15
9
15
18 Ret
16 Ret
14
26
10
Team Kunimitsu
100
10
11
10
18 Ret
1
14
15 Ret
17 Ret
26
12
Toyota Team SARD
39
8
17 Ret
9
2
14
12
11
11
21
-
Hitotsuyama Racing
20
18 DNS
17
0
21
16 Ret
16 Ret
17 Ret
12
18 Ret
15
13
15
-
JLOC
88
13
19 DNS
16 Ret
17
19 Ret
0
Rank
Team
No.
OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
MOT
FUJ
AUT
SUZ
PTS
GT300 class (Top 3)
Drivers
Teams
References
External links