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2007 GT500 champions, #8 ARTA Honda NSX .
2007 RE Amemiya RX-7 (FD) .
The 2007 Autobacs Super GT Series was the fifteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the third season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-fifth 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 final season for the 350Z , as it was announced by Nissan and Nismo near the end of the season that the new R35 GT-R would be replacing it the following season. The season began on March 18 and ended on November 4, 2007, after 9 races.
In the GT500 class, ARTA drivers Ralph Firman and Daisuke Itō won the championship in a dominating fashion, becoming the first GT500 champion to clinch the title before the final race of the season, a feat only matched by the 2012 champions Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli as of the end of the 2018 season. In the GT300 class, Kazuya Oshima and Hiroaki Ishiura in the apr Toyota MR-S won the driver's championship title by winning the tiebreaker against the Shiden of Kazuho Takahashi and Hiroki Katoh - the two teams finished the season with the same number of points, but Oshima and Ishiura had two race wins compared to Takahashi and Katoh's one. Takahashi and Katoh's overall consistency, however, would gave Cars Tokai Dream28 the team's championship title by six points over Oshima and Ishiura.
Team
Make
Car
Engine
Drivers
Tyre
Rounds
Honda Cars Tokai Dream28
Mooncraft
Mooncraft Shiden
Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.4 L V8
2
Kazuho Takahashi
Y
All
Hiroki Katoh
All
Hiroki Yoshimoto
6
Ebbro Team Nova
Vemac
Vemac RD350R
Zytek ZV348 3.9 L V8
4
Tetsuya Tanaka
Y
1–4, 6–9
Shinsuke Yamazaki
1–4, 6–9
Akira Watanabe
6
Team Mach
Vemac
Vemac RD320R
Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
5
Tetsuji Tamanaka
K
All
Hironori Takeuchi
All
Keita Sawa
6
RE Amemiya Racing
Mazda
Mazda RX-7
Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor
7
Hiroyuki Iiri
Y
All
Ryo Orime
All
Naoya Yamano
6
A&S Racing
Mosler
Mosler MT900R
Chevrolet LS1 6.0 L V8
9
"OSAMU"
D
1–3, 6, 9
Guts Jyonai
1–3
Masaki Tanaka
5–8
Katsuhiko Tsutsui
5–9
Jim Gainer Racing
Ferrari
Ferrari 360
Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8
11
Masayuki Ueda
Y
All
Hideshi Matsuda
1–3, 6
Ichijo Suga
4–9
Endless Sports
Nissan
Nissan Fairlady Z
Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6
13
Tomonobu Fujii
Y
All
Masami Kageyama
All
Racing Project Bandoh
Toyota
Toyota Celica
Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4
19
Akira Iida
Y
All
Yuhi Sekiguchi
All
Team Taisan with Nishizawa
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3-RS
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6
26
Nobuteru Taniguchi
Y
All
Shinichi Yamaji
1–3
Kazuyuki Nishizawa
4, 6
Dominik Farnbacher
5–9
apr
Toyota
Toyota MR-S
Toyota 2GR-FSE 3.5 L V6
31
Kyosuke Mineo
M
All
Yuya Sakamoto
All
101
Hiroaki Ishiura
All
Kazuya Oshima
All
Hankook KTR
Porsche
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Porsche M97/80 3.8 L F6
33
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
H
2–9
Yuya Sakamoto
2–9
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
ASL
ASL ARTA Garaiya
Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6
43
Morio Nitta
M
All
Shinichi Takagi
All
MOLA
Nissan
Nissan Fairlady Z
Nissan VQ35DE 3.5 L V6
46
Kota Sasaki
D
All
Naoki Yokomizo
All
47
Shogo Mitsuyama
All
Shigekazu Wakisaka
All
DHG Racing
Ford
Ford GT
DHG D35806V 3.5 L V8
55
Daisuke Ikeda
Y
1–3, 5–9
Taku Bamba
1–3, 5–9
Hideo Fukuyama
6
Willcom R&D Sport
Vemac
Vemac RD408R
Mugen MF458S 4.5 L V8
62
Shinsuke Shibahara
Y
All
Haruki Kurosawa
All
JLOC
Lamborghini
Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3
Lamborghini 07L1 5.0 L V10
66
Naohiro Furuya
Y
All
Muneyuki Kurihara
All
Atsushi Yogo
6
67
Tsubasa Kurosawa
All
Hisashi Wada
All
Yasutaka Hinoi
6
Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1
Lamborghini L535 6.0 L V12
87
Yasutaka Hinoi
1–5, 9
Atsushi Yogo
1–5, 9
Yoshihisa Namekata
6
88
Koji Yamanishi
1–5, 9
Marco Apicella
1–3, 9
Hideshi Matsuda
4–5
Team Gaikokuya
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3-RS
Porsche M96/97 3.6 L F6
70
Hiroshi Koizumi
Y
1–3, 5–6
Kazuyoshi Takamizawa
1
Yoshimi Ishibashi
2–3, 5–6, 9
Akazame Oyaji
6, 9
71
Yoshimi Ishibashi
7–8
Hirofumi Takei
7
Yutaka Yamagishi
8
Cusco Racing
Subaru
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4
77
Tetsuya Yamano
D
All
Takayuki Aoki
All
Yokoyama Racing
Vemac
Vemac RD320R
Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
83
Tadao Uematsu
Y
1, 3
Ryohei Sakaguchi
1, 3
Arktech Motorsports
Porsche
Porsche 986 Boxster
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6
110
Takuya Kurosawa
Y
1–2
Hidetoshi Mitsusada
1–2
Takuya Kurosawa
K
3–9
Hidetoshi Mitsusada
3–9
111
Yasushi Kikuchi
3, 5–6
Takaya Tsubobayashi
3–6
Guts Jyonai
5–6
112
Hiroshi Koizumi
7–9
Yasushi Kikuchi
7
Guts Jyonai
8–9
Tomei Sports
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3-RS
Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6
118
Takashi Miyamoto
Y
1, 3, 8–9
Shozo Tagahara
1, 3
Takashi Ohi
8–9
Mario Racing
Porsche
Porsche 996 GT3-RSR
Porsche M96/73 3.6 L F6
333
Takashi Inoue
Y
1–3
Katsuo Kobayashi
1–3
Team Uematsu
Vemac
Vemac RD320R
Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
333
Tadao Uematsu
Y
4–7, 9
Takashi Inoue
4, 6
Ryohei Sakaguchi
5–6, 9
Avanzza Bomex
Vemac
Vemac RD320R
Honda C32B 3.4 L V6
666
Shogo Suho
K
All
Junichiro Yamashita
All
Masato Shimoyama
6
Scoring system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
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.
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points classification
Blue
Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired, not classified (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)
GT300 Drivers' championship[ edit ]
GT300 Teams' standings[ edit ]
Rank
Team
No.
SUZ
OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
SUZ
MOT
AUT
FUJ
Pts.
1
Cars Tokai Dream28
2
2
2
5
11
4
1
6
10
3
106
2
apr
101
3
1
3
1
15
14
21
9
2
100
3
WILLCOM R&D Sport
62
5
8
Ret
14
5
3
2
1
4
91
4
Endless Sports
13
1
7
4
6
12
5
23
3
5
81
5
Team Taisan with Nishizawa
26
11
3
19
13
Ret
Ret
1
8
1
72
6
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
43
18
17
1
Ret
Ret
2
3
5
7
72
7
MOLA
46
13
6
18
3
6
4
24
2
18
64
8
MOLA
47
17
14
11
4
2
8
7
4
14
53
9
Racing Project Bandoh
19
14
19
Ret
4
1
12
18
4
16
46
10
Ebbro Team Nova
4
10
22
10
2
6
10
Ret
8
41
11
Arktech Motorsports
110
6
5
Ret
Ret
13
Ret
5
7
10
37
12
JLOC
88
4
Ret
2
12
9
Ret
36
13
apr
31
8
9
6
15
7
7
9
Ret
Ret
35
14
RE Amemiya Racing
7
9
12
8
8
8
11
8
Ret
12
32
15
Team Mach
5
7
11
12
19
14
Ret
4
18
6
32
16
Hankook KTR
33
10
20
10
3
16
17
11
9
31
17
JLOC
87
12
4
9
7
DNS
15
25
18
Cusco Racing
77
21
13
Ret
5
Ret
Ret
11
14
11
17
19
Mario Racing/Team Uematsu
333
19
18
17
16
16
10
12
13
11
20
Jim Gainer Racing
11
22
16
15
18
10
DSQ
13
12
9
21
DHG Racing
55
Ret
15
13
11
9
14
Ret
17
9
22
Yokoyama Racing
83
15
7
8
23
Avanzza Bomex
666
16
Ret
14
17
18
13
16
Ret
20
8
24
A&S Racing
9
Ret
23
Ret
Ret
18
15
13
23
5
25
Team Gaikokuya
70
20
20
Ret
DNQ
15
22
4
26
JLOC
67
DNP
DNQ
DNQ
DNS
DNQ
17
19
Ret
25
3
27
Arktech Motorsports
112
Ret
17
19
3
28
Arktech Motorsports
111
16
17
Ret
2
29
JLOC
66
DNP
21
Ret
DNQ
DNP
DNP
22
Ret
Ret
2
30
Team Gaikokuya
71
20
16
2
31
Tomei Sports
118
Ret
Ret
15
24
2
32
Jim Gainer Racing
10
21
1
Rank
Team
No.
SUZ
OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
SUZ
MOT
AUT
FUJ
Pts.