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Japan Cup Series

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Japan Cup Series
CategoryGrand tourer sportscars
CountryJapan
Inaugural season2022
Drivers' champion
Teams' champion
Official websitewww.gt-world-challenge-asia.com
Current season

The Japan Cup Series is a racing series operated by SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan. The races are contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The series used to compete together alongside GT World Challenge Asia, but as of 2024, the Japan Cup be held as a stand-alone series.[1]

Circuits

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  • Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2024 season.
Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 Suzuka International Racing Course 3 2022–present
Fuji Speedway 3 2022–present
Okayama International Circuit 3 2022–present
4 Sportsland Sugo 2 2022, 2024
5 Mobility Resort Motegi 1 2023

Champions

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Drivers

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Year GT3 Overall GT3 Pro-Am GT3 Am GT4 Overall GT4 Silver-Am GT4 Am
2022 Japan Kei Cozzolino
Japan Takeshi Kimura
Japan Kei Cozzolino
Japan Takeshi Kimura
Japan Yudai Uchida
Japan Tadao Uematsu
Japan Hiroaki Hatano
Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Hiroaki Hatano
Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Masayoshi Oyama
2023 Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki
Japan Masaki Kano
Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Masaki Kano
Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Sho Kobayashi
Japan Naohiko Otsuka
2024 Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki
Japan Shinichi Takagi
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki
Japan Tadao Uematsu Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Kenji Hama
Japan Tatsuya Hoshino

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SRO to stage separate Japan Cup and Fanatec GT Asia races from 2024". Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
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