2020 Super Taikyu Series

The 2020 Super Taikyu Series is the 29th season of the Super Taikyu Series. The season starts on 23rd March at Suzuka Circuit but was postponed to 4th September at Fuji Speedway due to COVID-19 and the Fuji 24 Hours will serve as the opening round.


The season was cut short to 5 rounds instead of 6 after a state of emergency in Japan forced to cancel the final round at Suzuka, promoting championship leader No.888 Mercedes-AMG Team HIRIX Racing as the Champion with 105 points.

Class Champions

Bold drivers indicate a driver that was entered in every race for their respective team. Drivers listed in italics competed in a select number of rounds for their respective team.

Class Team Vehicle Drivers
ST-X (FIA GT3) Mercedes-AMG Team Hirix Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Daisuke Yamawaki
Shaun Thong
Shinichi Takagi (Rd. 1-3)
Yuki Nemoto (Rd. 1, 4-5)
ST-Z (FIA GT4) Endless Sports Mercedes-AMG GT4 Yudai Uchida
Hideki Yamauchi
Tsubasa Takahashi
Shinnosuke Yamada (Rd. 1)
Ryuichiro Tomita (Rd. 1)
Togo Suganami (Rd. 4-5)
ST-TCR Floral Racing with Uematsu Honda Civic Type R TCR Tadao Uematsu
Yuji Ide
Shintaro Kawabata
Tomoki Nojiri (Rd. 1)

Teams and Drivers
Entrant Vehicle No Drivers Rounds
ST–X (FIA GT3)
Daishin GTNET Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 1 Kiyoto Fujinami 1,3-5
Nobuyuki Oyagi
Kazuki Hoshino
Ryuichiro Oyagi
MP Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 9 Joe Shindo All
Yusaku Shibata
Masami Kageyama
Tsugio Matsuda 1
Keiichi Inoue
Porsche Centre Okazaki Porsche 991 GT3-R 16 Hiroaki Nagai 2-5
Yuta Kaminura
APR Lexus RCF GT3 31 Hideki Nagai All
Koki Saga
Kazuto Kotaka
Hiroaki Nagai 1
Yuta Kamimuta
Yuichi Nakayama
D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 777 Tomonobu Fujii All
Satoshi Hoshino
Tsubasa Kondo
Mercedes-AMG Team HIRIX Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 888 Daisuke Yamawaki All
Shaun Thong
Shinichi Takagi 1-3
Yuki Nemoto 1,4-5
ST–Z (FIA GT4)
K'S Frontier Syntium KTM KTM X-Bow GT4 2 Taiyo Ida All
Hiroki Katoh
Kazuho Takahashi
Takashi Kobayashi 1
Masataka Yanagida
Endless Sports Mercedes-AMG GT4 3 Yudai Uchida All
Hideki Yamauchi
Tsubasa Takahashi
Shinnosuke Yamada 1
Ryuichiro Tomita
BRP Sunrise BLVD Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 19 Kohei Fukuda All
Takeshi Matsumoto
Yusuke Shiotsu
Koichi Okumura
SS/YZ Studie BMW M4 GT4 20 Hirokazu Suzuki All
Takayuki Kinoshita
Jukuchou Sunako
Seiji Ara 1
João Paulo de Oliveira
STP with Studie BMW M4 GT4 21 Takashi Kochiya 2-5
Takumi Sanada
Yuji Takahashi
TKRI Mercedes-AMG GT4 23 Daisuke Matsunaga 2-5
Yuya Motojima
Takaaki Hamada
D'Station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 47 Tatsuya Hoshino All
Manabu Orido
Takuro Shinohara
Kenji Hama
Diamango Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport 51 Masamitsu Ishihara 4
Atsushi Yogo
Daisuke Ikeda
Team 5ZIGEN Mercedes-AMG GT4 500 Ryuichiro Otsuka All
Takayuki Aoki
Kazuya Shimogaki
Toshihiko Hachiro
Yuya Sakamoto 2-5
Toshihiro Kaneishi 1
Shuma Hiroshima
A.T. Field Audi R8 LMS GT4 505 Motoki Nishimura 1-2,4
Takeshi Okamoto
Shozo Tagahara
Yoshinari Fujiwara
ST–TCR
Waimarama Kizuna Racing Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 22 "Kizuna" All
Katsumasa Chiyo
Riki Okusa
Hironobu Yasuda
Naoya Yamano 1
Toshihiro Yoshida
Audi Driving Experience Japan Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 33 Hideki Nakahara 4
Ryuichiro Tomita
Masataka Yanagida
Yuki Fujii
Rebellion Team Mars Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 65 Taketoshi Matsui All
Masanobu Kato
Masato Shimoyama
Toshiro Tsukada 1-2,5
Yosuke Yamazaki 3-4
Sakon Yamamoto 1
Daisuke Hasegawa
Racer Dome Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 97 Mitsuhiro Endo 1,4-5
Shinji Nakano
Syun Koide 1,4-5
Hiroki Otsu 1,4
Kenta Harada 1
Ryusuke Matsumoto
F-Link Home Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 290 Tadao Uematsu All
Yuji Ide
Shintaro Kawabata
Tomoki Nojiri 1
ST–1
Field Management Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 12 Mika Salo 1
Kosuke Matsuura
Max Salo
Katsuhiki Kumabayashi
Masatoshi Uesugi
Yuya Hiraki
Rookie Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 28 Naoya Gamou 1-3,5
Daisuke Toyoda
Yasuhiro Ogura
Shunsuke Kohno
Hisashi Yabuki 1
Kazuya Oshima
ADVICS Muta Racing Lexus RCF ST-1 38 Makoto Hotta 1,3
Ryohei Sakaguchi
Yuui Tsutsumi
Shunsuke Kohno 1
Sena Sakaguchi
ST–2
Shinryo Racing Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 6 Tomohiro Tomimasu All
Yasushi Kikuchi
Masazumi Ohashi
Takahisa Ohno 1
Zene Okazaki
Takahiro Matsuzawa
Shinryo Racing Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 7 Masato Narisawa All
Keisuke Anzai
Yoshiki Fujii
Wataru Yamaki 1,3-5
Shingo Imai 1
Hirofumi Okumura
Team Nopro Mazda Axela Skyactiv-D 17 Tatsuya Nogami, Tobio Ohtani 1-4
Toshihiko Nogami
Tobio Ohtani
Horo Yamamoto
Keita Sawa 1
Hideyoshi Nishizawa
Rookie Racing Toyota GR Yaris 32 Takuto Iguchi, All
Masahiro Sasaki
"MORIZO"
Norihiko Katsuta 1
Hiroaki Ishiura
TOWAINTEC Racing Subaru Impreza WRX STI 59 Manabu Osawa All
Hitoshi Gotoh
Mizuki Ishizaka
Yoshiyuki Tsuruga 1
Honda R&D Challenge Honda Civic Type-R (FK8) 743 Hideki Kakinuma 5
Junichi Kidate
Tetsuaki Mochisuki
Hitoshi Sesai
ST–3
Okabe Jidosha Motorsport Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) 15 Masaaki Nagashima All
Kazuomi Komatsu
Jun Tashiro
Manabu Yamazaki
Yuga Katsumata 1
Masaya Kono
Tracy Sports Lexus RC350 39 Kazuya Oshima All
Yusuke Tomibayashi
Hirotaka Ishii
Sesshu Kondo 1,4
Hirohito Ito
HELM Motorsports Lexus RC350 62 Yuya Hiraki 2,4
ReijiHiraki
Ai Miura 2
Tomoki Takahashi 4
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave Toyota Crown RS 52 Naoki Hattori All
Hiroki Yoshida
Kohta Kawaai
Takayuki Hiranuma 1,4-5
Max Racing Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) 244 Toru Tanaka All
Tetsuya Tanaka
Atsushi Miyake
Kimiya Sato 1
ST–4
Endless Sports Toyota 86 13 Ryo Ogawa 1-4
Ritomo Miyata
Takamitsu Matsui
Masaya Hanazato 1,4
Tougo Suganami 1
Asano Racing Service Toyota 86 18 Takeo Asano All
Daiki Fujiwara
Takeshi Tsuchiya
Masataka Inoue 1-2,4
Kazunori Nishimura 1,5
Toshikazu Shiba 1
Team G/Motion Honda Integra Type R 60 Resshu Shioya All
Takuya Shiga
Takao Seto
Taro Matsunami
Kazuyuki Matsumoto
TC Corse Mazda Roadster (ND) 54 Teruaki Kato 2-5
Koichi Ishii
TOM’s Spirit Toyota 86 86 Takamitsu Matsui All
Sho Tsuboi
Yuichi Nakayama 1, 3–6
Kazuya Oshima 2
Kimiya Sato 3
Racing Family 137 Mazda Roadster (ND) 137 Hayato Date 2
Takeshi Iseya
Koji Takeda
C.S.I Racing Toyota 86 310 Rintaro Kubo All
Shinya Hosokawa
Sho Tsuboi
Kota Matsui 1
Hayashi Telempu Shade Racing Toyota 86 884 Katsuyuki Hiranaka All
Yuji Kunimoto
Hiro Hayashi
Keishi Ishikawa
ST–5
Team Bride Honda Fit 3 4 Hiroshi Ito All
Mitsuaki Matsuo
Yuya Ota 2-5
Souichi Kurosu 1
Shunsuke Sato
Koji Miura
Hidefumi Minami
Blood Sports Toyota Vitz 11 Takao Ohnishi 3
Yoichi Nishino
Miki Takahiro
Over Drive Mazda Roadster (ND) 66 Takayuki Takechi All
“Moko-san”
Shigeyasu Kanamori 1–5
Yusuke Hashimoto 3
Akiichiro Hokazono
Nanami Tsukamoto
J’s Racing Honda Fit 3 69 Shinsuke Umeda All
Hideo Kubota
Toshihiro Kubota
Junichi Umemoto
MC Hirata
Yoshikazu Sobu
Hihon Automobile College Mazda Roadster (ND) 72 Hiroko Komatsu All
Anna Inotsume
Tatsuya Okahara
Makoto Kanai
Yasuhiro Matsuro
Love Drive Racing Mazda Roadster (ND) 78 Junko Fujii All
Sayaka Kato
Akie Iinuma
Murakami Motors Mazda Roadster (ND) 88 Hiroyuki Murakami All
Keiji Amemiya
Yasunori Nakajima
Naoki Yamaya
HM Racers Mazda Demio 102 Kota Sasaki 3
Soichiro Yoshida
Yugo Ohsaki
Junpei Kato
Ryunosuke Yoshida
Hiroshima Toyopet Racing Toyota Vitz 111 Yasutaka Hinoi
Yuga Furutani
Atsushi Yogo
Tatsuya Osaki
Yuya Sakamoto
Close Up Racing Honda Fit 3 182 Riki Tanioka All
Tatsuya Osaki
Kyosuke Inomata
Kazusa Nishio
Close Up Racing Mazda Roadster (ND) 456 Riku Hashimoto All
Tatsuya Ota
Koji Obara
Aruga Tomita
Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Team Championship standings
Pos. Team FUJ SUG OKA MOT AUT SUZ  Pts. 
ST–X (FIA GT3)
1 No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Hirix Racing 1 2 Ret 1 4 C 105
2 No. 9 MP Racing 4 3 3 3 2 C 87.5
3 No. 81 Daishin GTNET 3 DNS 2 2 3 C 82.5
4 No. 777 D'Station Racing Ret 5 1 4 1 C 81
5 No. 31 APR 2 4 4 5 5 C 79
6 No. 16 Porsche Center Okazaki 1 Ret C 20
ST–Z (FIA GT4)
1 No. 3 Endless Sports 1 1 3 2 1 C 129.5
2 No. 47 D'Station Racing 3 4 2 1 2 C 108.5
3 No. 500 5ZIGEN 4 5 3 3 4 C 84
4 No. SS/YZ Studie 2 7 8 4 7 C 84
5 No. 19 BRP Sunrise BLVD 5 2 4 5 6 C 64
6 No. 2 K'S Frontier Syntium KTM Ret 3 6 9 3 C 41
7 No. 23 TKRI 6 5 Ret 5 C 26
8 No. 505 A.T.Field 6 8 7 C 22
9 No. 21 STP with Stuide 9 7 6 8 C 19.5
10 No. 51 Diamango 8 C 4.5
ST–TCR
1 No. 290 F・Link Home 2 1 2 1 Ret C 194
2 No.22 Waimarama Kizuna Racing Team 1 2 1 Ret 2 C 102.5
3 No. 65 Rebellion Team Mars 3 3 3 4 3 C 77.5
4 No. 97 Racer Dome 4 2 1 C 77.5
5 No. 33 Audi Driving Experience Japan 3 C 18
ST–1
1 No.28 Rookie Racing 1 1 1 1 C 121
2 No. 88 ADVICS Muta Racing 2 2 C 50
3 No. 12 Field Management Racing 3 C 50v
ST–2
1 No. 32 Rookie Racing 1 3 2 1 1 C 140
2 No. 59 TOWAINTEC Racing 3 1 1 2 3 C 107.5
3 No. 7 Shinryo Racing Team 4 4 4 4 2 C 80.5
4 No. 6 Shinryo Racing Team 2 3 3 3 Ret C 80
5 No. 17 Team Nopro 5 5 5 Ret C 16
6 No. 743 Honda R&D Challenge Ret C 13
ST–3
1 No. 39 Tracy Sports 2 1 1 3 2 C 117.5
2 No.52 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 1 3 3 5 1 C 114
3 No. 15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport 3 2 4 4 3 C 87
4 No. 244 Max Racing 4 Ret 3 2 4 C 72.5
5 No. 62 HELM Motorsports 5 1 C 44
ST–4
1 No. 310 C.S.I Racing 1 1 5 3 1 C 129
2 No. 884 Shade Racing 3 3 1 1 2 C 113.5
3 No. 18 Asano Racing Service 4 4 3 4 3 C 78
4 No. 13 Endless Sports 2 2 2 4 C 74
5 No. 225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports 4 2 5 C 44.5
6 No. 60 Team G/Motion 5 5 Ret 5 Ret C 38
7 No. 54 TC Corse Ret 6 7 4 C 27
8 No. 137 Racing Family 137 Ret C 0
ST–5
1 No. 69 J'S Racing 2 3 2 1 3 C 110
2 No. 456 Over Drive 10 5 1 2 1 C 89.5
3 No. 4 Team Bride 4 1 8 5 5 C 70
4 No. 102 H.M Racers 3 9 7 3 4 C 62
5 No. 37 Team Nopro 1 4 13 12 7 C 59.5
6 No. 72 Hihon Automobile College 9 7 5 6 2 C 48.5
7 No. 182 Close Up Racing 5 13 7 3 10 C 40
8 No. 66 Over Drive 11 111 4 4 6 C 34
9 No. 88 Murakami Motors 6 2 Ret Ret 8 C 33.5
10 No. 111 Hiroshima Toyopet Racing 6 6 6 Ret 11 C 21
11 No. 78 Love Drive Racing 8 14 11 10 9 C 11.5
12 No. Murakami Motors 12 14 9 7 C 9
13 No. 50 Love Drive Racing Ret 10 10 8 Ret C 6.5
14 No. 67 Team Yamato 8 Ret C 3
15 No. 11 Blood Sports 9 C 2
Pos. Team FUJ SUG OKA MOT AUT SUZ  Pts. 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References
  1. "Suzuka entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. "SUGO entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. "Fuji entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. "Autopolis entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  5. "Motegi entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. "Okayama entry list" (PDF). supertaikyu.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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