Super GT & All Japan GT

Japanese Super GT Series 2008 – Race 1: Suzuka

Suzuka, Japan

Class GT500

Race result

Finishers
1. #23 Benoit Treluyer / Satoshi Motoyama NISMO · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35) 20
2. #22 Michael Krumm / Masataka Yanagida NISMO · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35) 15
3. #36 Andre Lotterer / Juichi Wakisaka Team TOM's · Lexus SC430 11
4. #38 Richard Lyons / Yuji Tachikawa Team Cerumo · Lexus SC430 8
5. #24 Joao Paulo de Oliveira / Seiji Ara ** Kondo Racing · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35) 7
6. #35 Peter Dumbreck / Tatsuya Kataoka Kraft · Lexus SC430 5
7. #18 Ryo Michigami / Takashi Kogure Dome Racing Team · Honda NSX-R GT 4
8. #17 Katsumoto Kaneishi / Toshihiro Kaneishi Real Racing · Honda NSX-R GT 3
9. #6 Björn Wirdheim / Daisuke Ito Team LeMans · Lexus SC430 2
10. #32 Loic Duval / Katsuyuki Hiranaka * Nakajima Racing · Honda NSX-R GT 2
11. #25 Takeshi Tsuchiya / Hiroaki Ishiura Team Tsuchiya · Lexus SC430
12. #39 Andre Couto / Toranosuke Takagi Team SARD · Lexus SC430
13. #100 Yuji Ide / Shinya Hosokawa Team Kunimitsu · Honda NSX-R GT
14. #1 Ralph Firman jr / Takuya Izawa Racing Team Aguri · Honda NSX-R GT
15. #3 Ronnie Quintarelli / Naoki Yokomizo *** Hasemi Motorsport · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35) 1
Not classified
nc #12 Sebastien Philippe / Tsugio Matsuda Team Impul · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35)

Qualifying

Starting grid
1. #22 Michael Krumm / Masataka Yanagida NISMO · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35) 3
2. #23 Benoit Treluyer / Satoshi Motoyama NISMO · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35) 2
3. #12 Sebastien Philippe / Tsugio Matsuda Team Impul · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35) 1
4. #36 Andre Lotterer / Juichi Wakisaka Team TOM's · Lexus SC430
5. #38 Richard Lyons / Yuji Tachikawa Team Cerumo · Lexus SC430
6. #18 Ryo Michigami / Takashi Kogure Dome Racing Team · Honda NSX-R GT
7. #32 Loic Duval / Katsuyuki Hiranaka Nakajima Racing · Honda NSX-R GT
8. #24 Joao Paulo de Oliveira / Seiji Ara Kondo Racing · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35)
9. #100 Yuji Ide / Shinya Hosokawa Team Kunimitsu · Honda NSX-R GT
10. #1 Ralph Firman jr / Takuya Izawa Racing Team Aguri · Honda NSX-R GT
11. #3 Ronnie Quintarelli / Naoki Yokomizo Hasemi Motorsport · Nissan GT-R CBA (R35)
12. #17 Katsumoto Kaneishi / Toshihiro Kaneishi Real Racing · Honda NSX-R GT
13. #6 Björn Wirdheim / Daisuke Ito Team LeMans · Lexus SC430
14. #25 Takeshi Tsuchiya / Hiroaki Ishiura Team Tsuchiya · Lexus SC430
15. #35 Peter Dumbreck / Tatsuya Kataoka Kraft · Lexus SC430
16. #39 Andre Couto / Toranosuke Takagi Team SARD · Lexus SC430

Class GT300

Race result

Finishers
1. #7 Hiroyuki Iiri / Ryo Orime * Amemiya Racing · Mazda RX-7 (FD) 21
2. #2 Kazuho Takahashi / Hiroki Katoh * Tokai Dream · Shiden MC/RT-16 16
3. #26 Nobuteru Taniguchi / Shinichi Yamaji * Team Taisan · Porsche 911 GT3-RS (996) 12
4. #81 Takayuki Aoki / Tomonobu Fujii Team Daishin · Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33) 8
5. #43 Morio Nitta / Shinichi Takagi Racing Team Aguri · ASL Garaiya 6
6. #77 Tetsuya Yamano / Kota Sasaki Cusco Racing · Subaru Impreza (GD) 5
7. #19 Manabu Orido / Tsubasa Abe Racing Project Bandoh · Toyota Celica (ZZT231) 4
8. #4 Ryohei Sakaguchi / Masaki Matsushita Team Nova · Vemac RD320R 3
9. #110 Hidetoshi Mitsusada / Daisuke Ikeda Arktech Motorsports · Porsche Boxster GT (986) 2
10. #31 Kyosuke Mineo / Sukenari Yuya Sakamoto APR · Toyota MR-S
11. #33 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita / Masami Kageyama Team KTR · Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997)
12. #11 Tetsuya Tanaka / Masayuki Ueda Jim Gainer · Ferrari F430 GT2
13. #95 Keisuke Kunimoto / Kohei Hirate APR · Toyota MR-S
14. #5 Tetsuji Tamanaka / Naoya Yamano Team Mach · Vemac RD320R
15. #111 Hiroshi Koizumi / Masaki (Guts) Jyonai Arktech Motorsports · Porsche Boxster GT (986)
16. #16 Tadao Uematsu / Katsuhiko Tsutsui Team Nova · Vemac RD350R
17. #666 Shogo Suho / Junichiro Yamashita Avanzza Rosso · Vemac RD320R
18. #27 Takashi Inoue / Hwang Jin-Woo Team Shadow · Porsche 911 GT3-RSR (996)
19. #118 Takashi Miyamoto / Takashi Ohi Tomei Sports · Porsche 911 GT3-RS (996)
20. #70 Takehide Maeda / Yutaka Yamagishi Team Gaikokuya · Porsche 911 GT3-RS (996)
Retirements
R #46 Kazuki Hoshino / Hironobu Yasuda Mola · Nissan Fairlady Z Type-E (Z33)
R #66 Koji Yamanishi / Atsushi Yogo JLOC · Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1
Did not start
ns #62 Haruki Kurosawa / Shinsuke Shibahara R&D Sport · Vemac RD408R
ns #87 Hisashi Wada-Q / Muneyuki Kurihara JLOC · Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3
ns #88 Hideshi Matsuda / Naohiro Furuya JLOC · Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3

Qualifying

Starting grid
1. #2 Kazuho Takahashi / Hiroki Katoh Tokai Dream · Shiden MC/RT-16 3
2. #7 Hiroyuki Iiri / Ryo Orime Amemiya Racing · Mazda RX-7 (FD) 2
3. #26 Nobuteru Taniguchi / Shinichi Yamaji Team Taisan · Porsche 911 GT3-RS (996) 1
4. #43 Morio Nitta / Shinichi Takagi Racing Team Aguri · ASL Garaiya
5. #46 Kazuki Hoshino / Hironobu Yasuda Mola · Nissan Fairlady Z Type-E (Z33)
6. #81 Takayuki Aoki / Tomonobu Fujii Team Daishin · Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33)
7. #19 Manabu Orido / Tsubasa Abe Racing Project Bandoh · Toyota Celica (ZZT231)
8. #77 Tetsuya Yamano / Kota Sasaki Cusco Racing · Subaru Impreza (GD)
9. #110 Hidetoshi Mitsusada / Daisuke Ikeda Arktech Motorsports · Porsche Boxster GT (986)
10. #66 Koji Yamanishi / Atsushi Yogo JLOC · Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1
11. #95 Keisuke Kunimoto / Kohei Hirate APR · Toyota MR-S
12. #11 Tetsuya Tanaka / Masayuki Ueda Jim Gainer · Ferrari F430 GT2
13. #4 Ryohei Sakaguchi / Masaki Matsushita Team Nova · Vemac RD320R
14. #31 Kyosuke Mineo / Sukenari Yuya Sakamoto APR · Toyota MR-S
15. #5 Tetsuji Tamanaka / Naoya Yamano Team Mach · Vemac RD320R
16. #111 Hiroshi Koizumi / Masaki (Guts) Jyonai Arktech Motorsports · Porsche Boxster GT (986)
17. #33 Mitsuhiro Kinoshita / Masami Kageyama Team KTR · Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997)
18. #16 Tadao Uematsu / Katsuhiko Tsutsui Team Nova · Vemac RD350R
19. #70 Takehide Maeda / Yutaka Yamagishi Team Gaikokuya · Porsche 911 GT3-RS (996)
20. #118 Takashi Miyamoto / Takashi Ohi Tomei Sports · Porsche 911 GT3-RS (996)
21. #666 Shogo Suho / Junichiro Yamashita Avanzza Rosso · Vemac RD320R
22. #27 Takashi Inoue / Hwang Jin-Woo Team Shadow · Porsche 911 GT3-RSR (996)
23. #62 Haruki Kurosawa / Shinsuke Shibahara R&D Sport · Vemac RD408R
24. #87 Hisashi Wada-Q / Muneyuki Kurihara JLOC · Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3
25. #88 Hideshi Matsuda / Naohiro Furuya JLOC · Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3
  • *Fastest Lap
  • **2nd Fastest Lap
  • ***3rd Fastest Lap