2022 D1 Grand Prix series
2022 D1 Grand Prix series is the 22nd season of D1 Grand Prix which going to be held April 24 on Fuji Speedway and ended on November 6.[1]
Naoki Nakamura entered the season as the Defending Champion.[2]
Schedule
| Round | Venue | Date | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Run | Follow-up | |||
| 1 | Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture | April 23 | Hideyuki Fujino | Masato Kawabata[3] |
| April 24 | ||||
| 2 | Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | June 11 | ||
| 3 | June 12 | |||
| 4 | Ebisu Circuit (Nishi Course), Fukushima Prefecture | August 20 | ||
| 5 | August 21 | |||
| 6 | Autopolis, Ōita Prefecture | October 22 | ||
| 7 | October 23 | |||
| 8 | TBA | November 5 | ||
| 9 | November 6 | |||
Changes
- Fuji Speedway return to the calendar after last held D1GP event in 2016.The competition will be held alongside Motor Fan Festa with the Qualifying and Top 16 held on Saturday and Top 8 onwards held the following day.
- For the first time in competition history, Ebisu Drift Stadium (Minami) will not held an event as the track reverted to the gravel track. Instead Ebisu Circuit will held its D1 round in Nishi (West) Course which previously used in 2020.
- Okuibuki Motorpark will only held 2 round as supposed to 4 the previous season
Drivers and Teams
Entry list as of round 1
| Team | No. | Driver | Machine | Tires | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMAR x TEAM 紫 | 99 |  Naoki Nakamura |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1 |
| Nissan Silvia (S13) | TBA | ||||
| TEAM 紫 TOPTUL x VALINO TIRES | 98 | Hiroki Vito |
Nissan Silvia (S13) | 1 | |
| DMAX RACING TEAM | 70 | Masashi Yokoi |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nankang | 1 |
| 46 | Masao Suenaga |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | 1 | ||
| TMAR | 87 | Daigo Saito |
Toyota GR Supra | Yokohama | TBA |
| 77 | Hokuto Matsuyama |
Toyota GR Supra | Toyo Tires | TBA | |
| Freem TEAM G-meister | 16 | Koji Yamaguchi |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1 |
| 79 | Kojiro Mekuwa |
Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | 1 | ||
| TEAM RE雨宮 K & N | 7 | Yukio Matsui |
Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Toyo Tires | 1 |
| TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT | 66 | Hideyuki Fujino |
Toyota GR86 | Toyo Tires | 1 |
| 88 | Masato Kawabata |
Toyota GR86 | 1 | ||
| VITOUR RACING SEIMI STYLE DRIFT | 2 | Seimi Tanaka |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Vitour | 1 |
| TMAR x TEAM VERTEX | 78 | Takahiro Ueno |
Lexus RC | Yokohama | 1 |
| TEAM MORI | 52 | Yusuke Kitaoka |
Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Vitour | 1 |
| SHIBATA RACING TEAM SHIBATIRE | 31 | Koudai Sobagiri |
INFINITI Q60 | Shibatire | 1 |
| 84 | Masakazu Hasi |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | 1 | ||
| VALINO | 15 | Katsuhiro Ueo |
Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Valino | 1 |
| Team CM Feeling. | 23 | Mitsuru Murakami |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Toyo Tires | 1 |
| RS WATANABE SPEED MASTER BUY NOW JAPAN | 43 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro |
Toyota AE86 | Habilead | 1 |
| 51 | Teruyoshi Iwai |
Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) | Federal | 1 | |
| OKUTONE FP IWANACENTER | 27 | Takeshi Mogi |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | TBA | 1 |
| VITOUR Racing GP SPORTS | 56 | Takahiro Mori |
Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Vitour | 1 |
| SPAN Racing | 9 | Ko Yamamoto |
Toyota GR Supra | TBA | TBA |
| TEAM TNR | 30 | Tetsuro Nakata |
Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | TBA | 1 |
| Mercury 車楽人 VALINO | 38 | Sayaka Shimoda |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1 |
| OS GIKEN SUNOCO | 48 | Tomoyuki Kitashiba |
Toyota GT86 (ZN6) | Shibatire | 1 |
| Team miyaseimitsu | 55 | Hisashi Saito |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Vitour | 1 |
| Team BOOSTAR VALINO | 69 | Ryusei Akiba |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1 |
| HIRANO TIRE Auto Garage KATAOKA | 93 | Kazuyuki Masuda |
Nissan Silvia (S15) | Goodride | 1 |
| CAR GUY Racing | 97 | Shinichiro Saito |
Toyota GR Supra | Goodride | 1 |
Changes
- Linglong Tire and Sailun Tires withdraw as tyre supplier for this season. As of results Team Orange who have Linglong as title sponsor compete in Formula Drift Japan instead, Akinori Utsumi would not compete in D1GP for the first time since 2001, Kazumi Takahashi will only compete in Formula Drift Japan following Sailun withdrawal while Seimi Tanaka and Yusuke Kitaoka changes tyre maker to Vitour.
- Shibata Racing changes tyre maker to Shibatire with Masakazu Hashi joining the team as second driver.
- Yokohama return as tyre supplier for Daigo Saito and Takahiro Ueno after last supplying tires in 2016 season.
- Despite using Yokohama during Exhibition event in 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon Masashi Yokoi and DMAX remain using Nankang but no longer became team's title sponsor.
- Teruyoshi Iwai changes tyre supplier from Vitour to Federal.
- Tetsura Nakata return to D1GP after last competing in 2019.
- Trail Motor Apex Racing join D1GP with Fat Five Racing entry name and at same time collaborating with Team Vertex and Naoki Nakamura.
- Naoki Nakamura replace his S15 Silvia with V8 powered S13 Silvia but due to engine issue during testing he reuse the S15 for the opening round.
- Team Toyo Tires will debut the new Toyota GR86 build by Wisteria and will be driven by Masato Kawabata and Hideyuki Fujino.
- Katsuhiro Ueo replace S15 Silvia to 180SX which he use in Formula Drift Japan the previous year
References
- "2022年度暫定スケジュール". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- "2021年D1グランプリシリーズランキング". d1gp.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- "D1GP RD.1 富士 詳細レポート" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-04-28.
External links
- Official Website (In Japanese)
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