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2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

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The 2002 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the tenth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the twentieth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2002 were Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida driving the No. 6 Esso Team LeMans Toyota Supra, and the teams' champion was Honda team Mugen x Dome Project with their No. 16 Mugen NSX and No. 18 Takata Dome NSX.[1] The GT300 class drivers' champions were the No. 31 ARTA with A'PEX Toyota MR-S driven by Morio Nitta and Shinichi Takagi.

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image icon The Honda NSX cars of team champions Mugen x Dome Project

Drivers and teams

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GT500

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 1 Japan Yuji Tachikawa B All
Japan Hironori Takeuchi All
33 Japan Masahiko Kondo 1, 3–8
Japan Ukyo Katayama 1, 3
Japan Hayanari Shimoda 4–8
Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6 Japan Akira Iida 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 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka B All
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1–5
France Benoît Tréluyer 6–8
Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.2 L V6 16 Japan Daisuke Ito B All
Germany Dominik Schwager 1–4
Japan Ryo Michigami 5–8
18 United Kingdom Richard Lyons All
France Sébastien Philippe All
Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.8 L Twin Turbo I6 / Nissan VQ30DETT 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 22 Germany Michael Krumm B All
Japan Satoshi Motoyama 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 Shinichi Yamaji Y All
Japan Seiji Ara 1, 3–8
United Kingdom Geoff Lees 2
Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30 Japan Haruki Kurosawa D 1–3, 5–8
Japan Hideki Okada 1–3, 5–8
Project Mu Kraft Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 35 Japan Masahiko Kageyama D All
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka All
Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36 Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya M All
Australia Wayne Gardner All
37 Japan Takuya Kurosawa All
Italy Paolo Montin 1–7
Japan Hideki Noda 8
Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39 France Jérémie Dufour Y All
Japan Manabu Orido All
Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64 Japan Tsugio Matsuda B All
Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman All
Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 76 Japan Naoki Hattori D All
Japan Eiichi Tajima All
HKS Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Mercedes-Benz M119 6.0 L V8 87 Japan Yudai Igarashi M 2–3, 6–8
Japan Koji Yamanishi 2–3, 6–8
JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88 Italy Marco Apicella D All
Japan Hisashi Wada All
Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100 Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada B All
Japan Hiroki Katoh 1, 3–8
Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi 2

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Verno Tokai Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2 Japan Kazuho Takahashi Y All
Japan Akira Watanabe All
Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 3 Japan Tetsuya Yamano Y All
Japan Masataka Yanagida All
Zipspeed Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C4 Chevrolet L98 5.7 L V8 4 Japan Izumi Yoshida D All
Japan Toshiyuki Yamamoto 2
Japan Naohiro Furuya 2–3, 5–6, 8
A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 5 Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka Y All
Japan "Gō Mifune" All
RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7 Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto Y All
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 1–7
Japan Takayuki Kinoshita 8
Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 9 Japan Yosuke Shimoshima Y 1–4, 8
Japan Tsunefumi Hiki 1
Japan Masanobu Takenaka 2–5, 8
Japan Akihiko Tsutsumi 5
Amprex Motorsports BMW BMW M3 (E46) BMW M52 3.2 L I6 15 Japan Genji Hashimoto BF All
Hong Kong Charles Kwan All
TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 17 Japan Masahiro Matsunaga Y 1–3, 5–8
Japan Ken Namekawa 1–3, 5–8
Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19 Japan Minoru Tanaka Y All
Japan Satoshi Goto All
Hitotsuyama Racing BMW BMW M3 CSL BMW S50B32 3.2 L I6 21 Japan Yasushi Kikuchi D All
Japan Mikio Hitotsuyama 1, 7
Japan Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2–6, 8
Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 24 Japan Hideo Fukuyama Y All
Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita All
26 Japan Atsushi Yogo All
Japan Kazuyushi Nishizawa All
28 Japan Yutaka Yamagishi All
Japan Yukihiro Hane 1, 3–8
Japan Jukuchou Sunako 2
Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler Viper 8.0 L V10 55 Japan Eiji Yamada All
Japan Takashi Shimizu 1–2, 5–8
Japan Takayuki Kinoshita 3–4
ARTA with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31 Japan Morio Nitta BF All
Japan Shinichi Takagi All
Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51 Japan Naofumi Omoto Y 3–5, 7–8
Japan Masanobu Kato 3–5, 7
Japan Akira Ishikawa 8
R&D Sport Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 61 Japan Yasuo Miyagawa D 1–5
Japan Hiroaki Suga 1, 3
Japan Tsubasa Kurosawa 2
Japan Atsushi Katsumasa 4–5
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Japan Shinsuke Shibahara 1
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama 1
Vemac Vemac RD320R Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara 2–8
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama 2–8
Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 63 Japan "OSAMU" All
Japan Takamasa Nakagawa All
Team Revolution Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 66 Japan Tetsuya Shimizu Y 5, 6, 8
Japan Shinji Abe 5
Japan Mutsumi Shiono 6, 8
Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70 Japan Yoshimi Ishibashi D All
Belgium Patrick van Schoote 1–5
Japan Seiichi Sodeyama 6
Japan Nobuo Komiya 7–8
SigmaTec Racing Team Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 71 Japan Keita Sawa D All
Japan Guts Jyonai All
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 MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86 Japan Masaoki Nagashima D All
Japan Koji Matsuda All
Dentaire ProJet Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 360 Japan Seigo Nishizawa Y 1–3, 5, 7–8
Japan Kota Sasaki 1–3, 5, 7–8
910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910 Japan Hideshi Matsuda Y All
Japan Yasuo Miyagawa 1
United Kingdom Adam Wilcox 2–8
911 Japan Akira Hirakawa All
Japan Toshihide Hashimura 1
Japan Shigemitsu Haga 2–3, 6, 8
Japan Jukuchou Sunako 5, 7

Schedule

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Round Race Circuit Date
1 GT Championship in TI Japan TI Circuit April 14
2 All Japan Fuji GT Race Japan Fuji Speedway May 4
3 SUGO GT Championship Japan Sportsland SUGO May 26
4 Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia Malaysia Sepang Circuit June 23
5 Japan Special GT Cup Japan Fuji Speedway July 28
6 Motegi GT Championship Race Japan Twin Ring Motegi September 15
7 CP Mine GT Race Japan Mine Circuit October 27
8 Suzuka GT 300 km Japan Suzuka Circuit November 17

Season results

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Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team
GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers
1 TI Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
2 Mt. Fuji #1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra #62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara
3 Sportsland SUGO #6 ESSO Team LeMans Toyota Supra #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
Japan Akira Iida
Japan Masataka Yanagida
Japan Tetsuya Yamano
4 Sepang Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
Japan Haruhiko Matsumoto
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
5 Mt. Fuji #1 au Cerumo Toyota Supra #24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
6 Twin Ring Motegi #18 Takata Dome Honda NSX #62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
France Sebastien Philippe
United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara
7 Mine Circuit #16 Mugen Honda NSX #62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R
Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Daisuke Ito
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara
8 Suzuka Circuit #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX #81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Noboyuki Oyagi

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
Qualifying 1 1 1
Fastest Lap 1 1 1
Rank Driver TAI
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
FUJ
Japan
MOT
Japan
MIN
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS
1 Japan Akira Iida
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
10 2 1 11 7 4 4 3 75
2 Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman
1 11 Ret 1 12 14 6 1 74
3 Japan Hironori Takeuchi
Japan Yuji Tachikawa
4 1 16 9 1 13 9 6 65
4 Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada 9 5 2 5 8 2 Ret 4 63
5 Japan Daisuke Ito 5 3 3 10 11 16 1 10 59
6 Japan Hiroki Katoh 9 2 5 8 2 Ret 4 55
7 Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya
Australia Wayne Gardner
8 14 10 2 5 6 3 9 52
8 Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Germany Michael Krumm
11 7 7 4 2 10 2 Ret 51
9 United Kingdom Richard Lyons
France Sébastien Philippe
2 15 16 13 6 1 12 14 47
10 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
Japan Keiichi Tsuchiya
7 4 13 6 9 8 8 2 29
11 Japan Takuya Kurosawa Ret 12 5 3 3 7 Ret 16 38
12 Italy Paolo Montin Ret 12 5 3 3 7 Ret 38
13 Germany Dominik Schwager 5 3 3 10 35
14 France Jérémie Dufour
Japan Manabu Orido
3 Ret 12 Ret 15 5 7 5 33
15 Japan Shinichi Yamaji 6 13 11 Ret 4 9 5 7 32
16 Japan Seiji Ara 6 11 Ret 4 9 5 7 32
17 Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Eiichi Tajima
13 8 6 8 13 3 Ret Ret 27
18 Japan Ryo Michigami 11 16 1 10 24
19 France Érik Comas
Japan Masami Kageyama
12 6 4 16 14 17 Ret 8 19
20 Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi 5 8
21 Japan Masahiko Kondo 15 9 7 16 12 11 13 6
22 Japan Hayanari Shimoda 7 16 12 11 13 4
23 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka 14 Ret 8 14 Ret 11 13 17 4
24 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino 14 Ret 8 14 Ret 3
25 Japan Masahiko Kageyama
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
17 10 Ret 12 10 15 10 12 3
26 Japan Haruki Kurosawa
Japan Hideki Okada
16 9 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 2
27 Japan Ukyo Katayama 15 9 2
28 France Benoît Tréluyer 11 13 17 1
United Kingdom Geoff Lees 13 0
Italy Marco Apicella
Japan Hisashi Wada
DNQ Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret 0
Japan Hideki Noda 16 0
Japan Yudai Igarashi
Japan Koji Yamanishi
DNQ DNQ Ret Ret Ret 0
Rank Driver TAI
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
FUJ
Japan
MOT
Japan
MIN
Japan
SUZ
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.[2]

Rank Team No. TAI
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
FUJ
Japan
MOT
Japan
MIN
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS
1 Mugen x Dome Project 16 5 3 3 10 11 16 1 10 96
18 2 15 16 13 6 1 12 14
2 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 6 10 2 1 11 7 4 4 3 75
3 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64 1 11 19Ret 1 12 14 6 1 74
4 Toyota Team Cerumo 33 15 9 7 16 12 11 13 69
1 4 1 17 9 1 13 9 6
5 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 8 14 10 2 5 6 3 9 65
37 18Ret 12 5 3 3 7 18Ret 16
6 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 9 5 2 5 8 2 14Ret 4 63
7 Nismo 22 11 7 7 4 2 10 2 18Ret 62
23 12 6 4 15 14 17 17Ret 8
8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 7 4 13 6 9 8 8 2 46
9 Toyota Team SARD 39 3 17Ret 12 18DSQ 15 5 7 5 33
10 Tsuchiya Engineering 25 6 13 11 16Ret 4 9 5 7 32
11 Hitotsuyama Racing 76 13 8 6 8 13 3 15Ret 19Ret 27
12 Team Impul 12 14 18Ret 8 14 19Ret 11 13 17 4
13 Kraft 35 17 10 18Ret 12 10 15 10 12 3
14 Team Take One 30 16 9 14 17Ret 19Ret 20Ret 11 2
- JLOC 88 19DNQ 16Ret 15 17Ret 18Ret 18 19Ret 20Ret 0
- HKS 87 19DNQ 20DNQ 20Ret 16Ret 15 0
Rank Team No. TAI
Japan
FUJ
Japan
SUG
Japan
SEP
Malaysia
FUJ
Japan
MOT
Japan
MIN
Japan
SUZ
Japan
PTS

GT300 class (Top 5)

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Drivers

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Rank Drivers Number/Team Points Wins
1 Japan Morio Nitta
Japan Shinichi Takagi
#31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S 75 1
2 Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan Shinsuke Shibahara
#62 R&D Sport Vemac RD320R 73 3
3 Japan Masataka Yanagida
Japan Tetsuya Yamano
#3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia 70 1
4 Japan Hideo Fukuyama
Japan Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
#24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 996 65 1
5 Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Noboyuki Oyagi
#81 Team Daishin Nissan Silvia 56 1

References

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  1. ^ "【JGTC第8戦】トヨタ/ホンダでタイトルを分け合う……最終戦". レスポンス(Response.jp) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  2. ^ "JGTC 2002 Team Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
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