2020 D1 Grand Prix series
The 2020-21 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series is the twentieth season of D1 Grand Prix series which started at Okuibuki Motorpark on 24 July 2020 and ended at Tsukuba Circuit on 31 January 2021.[1] The season was supposed to start on 16 May,[2] but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Masashi Yokoi entered the season as the defending champion.
Teams and drivers[edit]
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, only Japanese drivers participated in the season, with no foreigners competing.
| Team | No | Driver | Car[3] | Tires | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX | 70 |  Masashi Yokoi
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nankang | All |
| 46 | Masao Suenaga
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | ||
| Team RE雨宮 K&N | 7 | Yukio Matsui
|
Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Toyo Tires | All |
| Team TOYOTIRES DRIFT-1 | 66 | Hideyuki Fujino
|
Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Toyo Tires | All |
| 90 | Masato Kawabata
|
Toyota GR Supra (A90) | All | ||
| LINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE | 4 | Masanori Kohashi
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Linglong | All |
| 9 | Naoto Suenaga
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | ||
| CrystalH.E VALINO N-style | 99 | Naoki Nakamura
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All |
| SAILUN TIRE SUNRISE | 18 | Tetsuya Hibino
|
Nissan Silvia (S14) | Sailun | All |
| SAILUN TIRES DIXCEL MOTORSPORT | 5 | Akinori Utsumi
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Sailun | All |
| TEAM MORI | 52 | Yusuke Kitaoka
|
Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Valino | All |
| SAILUN TIRE IGM Racing | 45 | Shingo Hatanaka
|
Toyota Chaser (JZX100) | Sailun | All |
| VALINO | 15 | Katsuhiro Ueo
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1,4-8 |
| SEIMI STYLE DRIFT SAILUN TIRE | 2 | Seimi Tanaka
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Sailun | All |
| FAT FIVE RACING | 87 | Daigo Saito
|
Toyota GR Supra (A90) | Zestino | All |
| 77 | Hokuto Matsuyama
|
Toyota GR Supra (A90) | Toyo Tires | All | |
| TEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE | 78 | Takahiro Ueno
|
Lexus RC (GSC10) | Sailun | All |
| TMS RACING TEAM | 36 | Kazumi Takahashi
|
Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Toyo Tires | All |
| Rydanz | |||||
| BUY NOW JAPAN スピードマスターWATANABE | 51 | Teruyoshi Iwai
|
Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) | Goodride | All |
| 43 | Yoshifumi Tadakoro
|
Toyota AE86 | Toyo Tires | All | |
| adidas a-unit LINGLONG G-meister | 16 | Koji Yamaguchi
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Linglong | All |
| BUY NOW JAPAN eternal | 14 | Tomohiro Murayama
|
Nissan Silvia (S14) | Dunlop | All |
| AUTO-TEC-RACING | 19 | Kentaro Kawai
|
Toyota Chaser (JZX100) | Valino | All |
| HIRANO TIRE | 22 | Kenji Kiguchi
|
Nissan Laurel (C33) | Vitour | 1-6 |
| Team C.M.Feeling. | 23 | Mitsuru Murakami
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Toyo Tires | 1-6 |
| Weins 横浜トヨペット 俺だっ！ | 91 | Toyota GR Supra (A90) | 7-8 | ||
| Team M2 Racing | 25 | Masataka Kawashima
|
Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Valino | 1,4-8 |
| 33 | Shigehisa Sasayama
|
Toyota Chaser (JZX100) | Valino | All | |
| SHIBATA DRIFT RACING TEAM | 31 | Koudai Sobagiri
|
Infiniti Q60 (Q60) | Rydanz | All |
| Sailun | |||||
| IWANA CENTER SPEED MASTER | 27 | Takeshi Mogi
|
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 2-3,6-8 |
| Entered on entry list but unable to participate due to travel restrictions | |||||
| Mozambique Team | 17 |  Zanil Satar
|
Nissan Skyline GT-T (R34) | Valino | - |
| SAILUN MOTORSPORT SAILUN TIRE | 84 |  Charles Ng
|
BMW 3 Series (E90) | Sailun | - |
| Team TOYOTIRES DRIFT-2 | 95 |  Daychapon Toyingcharoen
|
Toyota 86 (ZN6) | Toyo Tires | - |
Schedule[edit]
2020 schedule[edit]
| Round | Venue | Date | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | July 24 2020 | Masato Kawabata[4] |
| 2 | Ebisu Circuit (Drift Stadium), Fukushima Prefecture | August 22 2020 | Masanori Kohashi[5] |
| 3 | August 23 2020 | Masanori Kohashi[6] | |
| 4 | Autopolis, Oita Prefecture | October 31 | Masanori Kohashi[7] |
| 5 | November 1 2020 | Katsuhiro Ueo[8] | |
| 6 | Ebisu Circuit (West Course), Fukushima Prefecture | November 15 2020 | Masanori Kohashi[9] |
| 7 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | January 30 2021 | Naoki Nakamura[10] |
| 8 | January 31 2021 | Masanori Kohashi[11] |
Proposed schedule before pandemic[edit]
| Round[12] | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | May 17 2020 |
| 2 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | June 27 |
| 3 | June 28 | |
| 4 | Ebisu Circuit (Drift Stadium), Fukushima Prefecture | August 22 |
| 5 | August 23 | |
| 6 | Central Circuit, Hyogo Prefecture | September 27 |
| 7 | Autopolis, Oita Prefecture | November 1 |
| 8 | Ebisu Circuit (West Course), Fukushima Prefecture | November 15 |
Series ranking[edit]
Drivers' ranking[edit]
| Pos. | Driver | Round.1 | Round.2 | Round.3 | Round.4 | Round.5 | Round.6 | Round.7 | Round.8 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masanori Kohashi | 0 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 29 | 174 |
| 2 | Masashi Yokoi | 16 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 129 |
| 3 | Hideyuki Fujino | 20 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 108 |
| 4 | Tetsuya Hibino | 22 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 93 |
| 5 | Naoki Nakamura | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 91 |
| 6 | Masato Kawabata | 25 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 87 |
| 7 | Naoto Suenaga | 11 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 80 |
| 8 | Seimi Tanaka | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 71 |
| 9 | Daigo Saito | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 64 |
| 10 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 57 |
| 11 | Yukio Matsui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 50 |
| 12 | Takahiro Ueno | 10 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 49 |
| 13 | Masao Suenaga | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 47 |
| 14 | Katsuhiro Ueo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 15 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 37 |
| 16 | Akinori Utsumi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 37 |
| 17 | Shingo Hatanaka | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
| 18 | Koudai Sobagiri | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 19 | Tomohiro Murayama | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 20 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 | Mitsuru Murakami | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 22 | Kenji Kiguchi | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 23 | Koji Yamaguchi | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | Kazumi Takahashi | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 25 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 26 | Takeshi Mogi | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Shigehisa Sasayama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Kentaro Kawai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Note :
- Bold : Tsuiso (Dual-run) Winner
- Italic : Tanso (Single-run) WInner
Tanso series ranking[edit]
| Pos. | Driver | RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD.8 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masashi Yokoi | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 109 |
| 2 | Masanori Kohashi | 0 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 106 |
| 3 | Hideyuki Fujino | 15 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 105 |
| 4 | Naoki Nakamura | 20 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 82 |
| 5 | Tetsuya Hibino | 14 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 80 |
| 6 | Seimi Tanaka | 7 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 80 |
| 7 | Naoto Suenaga | 5 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 63 |
| 8 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 62 |
| 9 | Daigo Saito | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 61 | |
| 10 | Masato Kawabata | 11 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 11 | Masao Suenaga | 13 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 56 |
| 12 | Yukio Matsui | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 52 |
| 13 | Koudai Sobagiri | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 33 |
| 14 | Akinori Utsumi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 15 | Katsuhiro Ueo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 16 | Takahiro Ueno | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| 17 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 27 |
| 18 | Koji Yamaguchi | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 19 | Shingo Hatanaka | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 20 | Mitsuru Murakami | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 21 | Kazumi Takahashi | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 22 | Kenji Kiguchi | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 23 | Tomohiro Murayama | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 24 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Takeshi Mogi | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 27 | Shigehisa Sasayama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Note :
Bold : Tanso (Single-run) Winner
Teams' ranking[edit]
| Rank. | Team | RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | RD.7 | RD8 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE | 6 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 171 |
| 2 | Team TOYOTIRES DRIFT-1 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 89 |
| 3 | NANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 86 |
| 4 | Crystal HE VALINO N-style | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 70 |
| 5 | FAT FIVE RACING | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 62 |
| 6 | SAILUN TIRE SUNRISE | 20 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 58 |
| 7 | VALINO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 8 | SEIMI STYLE DRIFT SAILUN TIRE | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 37 |
| 9 | TEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Team RE Amemiya K & N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| 11 | TEAM SHIBATA SAILUN TIRE | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 12 | SAILUN TIRES DIXCEL MOTORSPORT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | TEAM MORI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 14 | SAILUN TIRE IGM Racing | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | BUY NOW JAPAN with eternal | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Team CM Feeling. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | BUY NOW JAPAN SPEED MASTER WATANABE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | Team M2 Racing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | HIRANO TIRE | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | TMS RACING TEAM | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | adidas a-unit LINGLONG G-meister | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | AUTO-TEC RACING | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | IWANA CENTER SPEED MASTER | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Source : 2020 D1GP series ranking
References[edit]
- ^ "D1GP Archive". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "D1 OFFICIAL WEBSITE – 2020 Event Schedule". www.d1gp.co.jp. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ Tutu, Andrei (2019-03-11). "2020 Toyota Supra Gets 2JZ Engine Swap, Becomes Daigo Saito's Drift Car". autoevolution. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ "D1GP Rd.1 OKUIBUKI DRIFT 詳細レポート". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "D1GP RD.2 詳細レポート". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "D1GP RD.3 詳細レポート". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "D1GP RD.4 AP 詳細レポート". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "D1GP RD.5 AP 詳細レポート". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "D1GP RD.6 エビス 詳細レポート". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "D1GP RD.7 筑波 詳細レポート". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "D1GP RD.8 筑波 詳細レポート". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "D1 OFFICIAL WEBSITE – 2020 Event Schedule". www.d1gp.co.jp. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
External links[edit]
- Official Website (In Japanese)