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Japanese motor racing season
The 2023 Bridgestone Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup was the eleventh running of the TGR GR86/BRZ Cup , a one-make motor racing championship for Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ sports cars operated by Toyota Gazoo Racing .[ 1] The championship featured a mix of Toyota factory drivers, independent professional drivers, and gentleman drivers, and commenced on 13 May at Sportsland SUGO and concluded on 26 November at Fuji Speedway .[ 2]
Subaru factory driver Takuto Iguchi won his second series championship during the series finale at Fuji despite a first-lap collision with Takamitsu Matsui and Reimei Itō, clinching the title by four points over runner-up Yuui Tsutsumi and third-placed Tōgo Suganami .[ 3]
Professional Series [ edit ]
Manufacturer
Team
Driver
Rounds
Toyota
Delta Motorsports
1
Yūsuke Tomibayashi
2–7
504
1
KIM International
3
Kengo Ichijou
5–7
Mansaku Jidousya
5
Takashi Inoue
All
T by Two CABANA Racing
7
Yuui Tsutsumi
All
700
Hikaru Jitōsho
All
770
Ryō Yamada
All
KWR Motorsports
8
Keiichi Watanabe
7
OTG Motor Sports
10
Tōgo Suganami
All
60
Ryō Ogawa [ja ]
All
70
Naoki Hattori
All
80
Reimei Itō
All
ASSO Motor Sports
11
Juichi Wakisaka
All
112
Toshiki Ishimori
All
Kobannyanneru
12
Seiya Jin
1–5
Tsubasa Mekaru
6–7
120
Masaya Kohno
5–7
K-one Racing team
17
Kiyonori Imai
1–2
Shunji Okumoto
4–7
32
Kiyonori Imai
4–7
Ibaraki Toyopet Racing Team
18
Yūichi Nakayama
2, 4–7
KMS Racing
31
Takayuki Aoki
All
Ogura Clutch with Revolution
34
Masahiro Sasaki [ja ]
All
TEAM GMB
38
Manabu Yamazaki
3
Spread
Shō Tsuboi
5, 7
Shinya Hosokawa [ja ]
6
Takashima Noboru
50
Noboru Takashima
5
Y's PRODUCE
55
Yūki Kamakura
1, 3, 6–7
Tochigi Toyota T2FACTORY
56
Yoshiyuki Tsuruga
All
Maruta Toshimasa
58
Toshimasa Maruta
2
Morikawa Motoo
76
Motoo Morikawa
5–7
DTEC Team MASTER ONE
97
Tomoki Takahashi
1–5
98
Yūya Motojima [ja ]
All
RSS
114
Miki Onaga
2, 4–7
Netz Hyōgo Racing Team
121
Naoya Gamou
All
Netz Toyama Racing
123
Takamitsu Matsui
1, 3, 5–7
Saitama Toyopet Green Brave
160
Hiroki Yoshida
All
AVANTECH racingteam
186
Takafumi Katsuki
6–7
Nine with ARN Racing
199
Hibiki Taira
1–4, 6–7
Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports
225
Miki Koyama
All
KSM
293
Daichi Okamoto
1, 3–7
4MINUTES
340
Atsushi Miyake
All
Hojust Racing
501
Takeshi Suehiro
5–6
Team MEISHIN
550
Shōtarō Munetou
1–2, 4–7
SHIFT
556
Ryōsuke Go
All
M Planning
910
Hiroyuki Saka
1, 3–7
Subaru
Atract/K
62
Junpei Katoh
1–3, 5, 7
Team Takuty
87
Rintarō Kubo [ja ]
All
88
Takuto Iguchi
All
Recaro Racing Team
909
Takashi Kogure
All
Source: [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Race calendar and results [ edit ]
All races were held in Japan. The provisional calendar was announced on 25 November 2022.[ 11] The sixth round at Suzuka was run in support of the Super Formula Championship , with other rounds being run alongside local racing events and Formula Beat races.
Championship standings [ edit ]
Drivers' Championship[ edit ]
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers, with one point awarded for pole position and fastest lap respectively.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PP
FL
20
15
12
10
8
6
4
3
2
1
1
1