2008 Super GT Series
The 2008 Autobacs Super GT Series was the sixteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the fourth season as the Super GT series. It marked as well as the twenty-sixth 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 race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. This was the first season for the new R35 GT-R, replacing the Z which had been used for all GT500 Nissan teams from 2004-2007. The season began on March 15 and ended on November 9, 2008 after 9 races.
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Drivers and teams
GT500
GT300
Team | Make | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
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Cars Tokai Dream28 | Mooncraft | Mooncraft Shiden | Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.4 L V8 | 2 | ![]() | Y | All |
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![]() | 6 | ||||||
Team Uematsu Nova | Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | 4 | ![]() | Y | All |
![]() | All | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
Vemac RD350R | Zytek ZV348 3.9 L V8 | 16 | ![]() | 1, 3, 9 | |||
![]() | 1, 3, 9 | ||||||
Team Mach | Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 | 5 | ![]() | Y | All |
![]() | 1–7, 9 | ||||||
![]() | 6, 8 | ||||||
RE Amemiya Racing | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor | 7 | ![]() | Y | All |
![]() | All | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
A&S Racing | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Corvette | Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8 | 9 | ![]() | K | 3, 6, 8 |
![]() | 3, 6, 8 | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
Jim Gainer Racing | Ferrari | Ferrari F430 | Ferrari F136E 4.3 L V8 | 11 | ![]() | Y | All |
![]() | All | ||||||
Racing Project Bandoh | Toyota | Toyota Celica | Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 | 19 | ![]() | Y | 1–3 |
![]() | 1–3 | ||||||
Lexus | Lexus IS350 | Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 | ![]() | 4–9 | |||
![]() | 4–9 | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
Team Taisan with Nishizawa | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 26 | ![]() | Y | All |
![]() | 1–8 | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
![]() | 9 | ||||||
Team Shadow | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6 | 27 | ![]() | H | 1, 3, 6–7, 9 |
![]() | 1, 3, 6–7 | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
![]() | 9 | ||||||
apr | Toyota | Toyota MR-S | Toyota 2GR-FSE 3.5 L V6 | 31 | ![]() | M | 1–5, 7–9 |
![]() | 1–5, 7–9 | ||||||
95 | ![]() | 1–5, 8–9 | |||||
![]() | All | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
![]() | 7 | ||||||
Hankook KTR | Porsche | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche M97/80 3.8 L F6 | 33 | ![]() | H | All |
![]() | All | ||||||
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ASL | ASL ARTA Garaiya | Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 | 43 | ![]() | M | All |
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![]() | 6 | ||||||
MOLA | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 | 46 | ![]() | M | All |
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Team Takeuchi with Shift | Lexus | Lexus IS350 | Lexus RV8J 3.4 L V8 | 52 | ![]() | K | 3–9 |
![]() | 3–9 | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
Willcom R&D Sport | Vemac | Vemac RD408R | Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8 | 62 | ![]() | Y | 1, 5–9 |
![]() | All | ||||||
![]() | 2–4, 6 | ||||||
JLOC | Lamborghini | Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 | Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12 | 66 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 | Lamborghini 07L1 5.0 L V10 | 87 | ![]() | All | |||
![]() | All | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
88 | ![]() | All | |||||
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![]() | 6 | ||||||
Team Gaikokuya | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 70 | ![]() | Y | 1 |
![]() | 1–7, 9 | ||||||
![]() | 2–3 | ||||||
![]() | 4–7 | ||||||
![]() | 6, 9 | ||||||
Cusco Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 | 77 | ![]() | D | All |
![]() | 1–7 | ||||||
![]() | 8–9 | ||||||
Team Daishin | Nissan | Nissan Fairlady Z | Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6 | 81 | ![]() | Y | All |
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Arktech Motorsports | Porsche | Porsche 986 Boxster | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 110 | ![]() | K | All |
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111 | ![]() | 1–6 | |||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||
![]() | 2–6 | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
Tomei Sports | Porsche | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 | 118 | ![]() | Y | 1, 3, 6–9 |
![]() | 1 | ||||||
![]() | 3, 6–7 | ||||||
![]() | 6, 8–9 | ||||||
Avanzza Rosso | Vemac | Vemac RD320R | Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 | 666 | ![]() | K | 1–3, 5–9 |
![]() | 1–3, 5–9 | ||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||
Studie & Glad with Asada Racing | BMW | BMW Z4 M Coupe | BMW S62B50 4.9 L V8 | 808 | ![]() | Y | 6–7, 9 |
![]() | 6–7, 9 |
Schedule
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | ![]() | Suzuka Circuit | March 16 |
2 | ![]() | Okayama International Circuit | April 13 |
3 | ![]() | Fuji Speedway | May 4 |
4 | ![]() | Sepang International Circuit | June 22 |
5 | ![]() | Sportsland SUGO | July 27 |
6 | ![]() | Suzuka Circuit | August 24 |
7 | ![]() | Twin Ring Motegi | September 14 |
8 | ![]() | Autopolis | October 19 |
9 | ![]() | Fuji Speedway | November 9 |
Season Winners
Standings
GT500 Drivers
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Qualifying | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Fastest Lap | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Only the best four results in the first six races would be counted for the championship.
- There were no points awarded for pole position and fastest lap in the final race.
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Teams' standings
Rank[1][2] | Team | No. | SUZ![]() | OKA![]() | FUJ![]() | SEP![]() | SUG![]() | SUZ![]() | MOT![]() | AUT![]() | FUJ![]() | Pts. |
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1 | Petronas Toyota Team TOM'S | 36 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 94 |
2 | ZENT Toyota Team Cerumo | 38 | 4 | 7 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 93 |
3 | Nismo | 23 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 86 |
4 | Team Impul | 12 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 78 |
5 | Dome Racing Team | 18 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 75 |
6 | Nismo | 22 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 69 |
7 | Houzan Toyota Team Kraft | 35 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 68 |
8 | Eneos Toyota Team LeMans | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 64 |
9 | Team Kunimitsu | 100 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | Ret | 60 |
10 | Nakajima Racing | 32 | 10 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 60 |
11 | Kondo Racing | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 56 |
12 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 1 | 14 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 54 |
13 | Hasemi Motorsport | 3 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 53 |
14 | Toyota Team Tsuchiya | 25 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 44 |
15 | Real Racing with LEON | 17 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
16 | Toyota Team SARD | 39 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
Rank | Team | No. | SUZ![]() | OKA![]() | FUJ![]() | SEP![]() | SUG![]() | SUZ![]() | MOT![]() | AUT![]() | FUJ![]() | Pts. |
GT300 Class (Top 3)
Drivers
Rank | Drivers | Number/Team | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() ![]() | #46 MOLA LEOPALACE Z | 78 | 1 |
2 | ![]() ![]() | #43 ARTA Garaiya | 77 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | #26 Yunker-Power Taisan Porsche | 71 | 1 |
Teams
Rank | Number/Team | Car | Points |
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1 | #46 MOLA | MOLA Leopalace Z | 104 |
2 | #43 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | ARTA Garaiya | 89 |
3 | #81 Team Daishin | Daishin ADVAN Z | 85 |
Footnotes
External links
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- Super GT official website (in English)