2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
Introduction The '''2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship''' was the ninth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the nineteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class drivers' champions of 2001 were Yuji Tachikawa and Hironori Takeuchi, who had not won a single race during the season driving the No. 38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra, while Nismo won the teams' championship. In the GT300 category, the class champions were the No. 81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia driven by Takayuki Aoki and Noboyuki Oyagi.This season marked the final competitive race victory for the McLaren F1 GTR, when Team Take One won the CP Mine GT Race.
Drivers and teams ===GT500=== Team Make Car Engine  Drivers Tyre Rounds Mugen x Dome Project Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 1  Ryo Michigami   All  Hidetoshi Mitsusada All 18  Sébastien Philippe All  Hiroki Katoh 1–4, NC  Benoît Tréluyer 5–7 Esso Toyota Team LeMans Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 6  Hideki Noda  All  Juichi Wakisaka All Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 8  Katsutomo Kaneishi  All  Keiichi Tsuchiya All Calsonic Team Impul Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 12  Satoshi Motoyama  All  Naoki Hattori 1–3  Kazuyoshi Hoshino 4–7, NC Hitotsuyama Racing McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 21  Akihiko Nakaya  1–3, 5–6  Mitsuhiro Kinoshita 1  Yasushi Hitotsuyama 2–4, NC  Naoki Hattori 4–7, NC  Mikio Hitotsuyama 7 Nismo Nissan Nissan Skyline GT-R Nissan RB26DETT 2.7 L Twin Turbo I6 22  Michael Krumm  All  Tetsuya Tanaka All 23  Érik Comas All  Masami Kageyama All Tsuchiya Engineering Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 25  Manabu Orido  1–7  Seiji Ara 1–7 Team Take One McLaren McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.0 L V12 30  André Couto  1–7  Hideki Okada 1–7 Toyota Team Cerumo Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 33  Masahiko Kondo  All  Ukyo Katayama 1–4, 6–7, NC  Shigekazu Wakisaka 5 38  Yuji Tachikawa All  Hironori Takeuchi All Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 36  Takeshi Tsuchiya  All  Takuya Kurosawa 1–4, 6–7  Paolo Montin 5  Wayne Gardner NC 37  Wayne Gardner 1–7  Shinichi Yamaji 1–7 Denso Toyota Team SARD Toyota Toyota Supra Toyota 3S-GT 2.0 L Turbo I4 39  Jérémie Dufour  1–7  Masahiko Kageyama 1–2  Romain Dumas 3–7 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 64  Tsugio Matsuda  All  Dominik Schwager All JLOC Lamborghini Lamborghini Diablo GT-1 Lamborghini L532 6.0 L V12 88  Marco Apicella  All  Naohiro Furuya All Raybrig Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.5 L V6 100  Akira Iida  All  Daisuke Ito All===GT300=== Team Make Car Engine  Drivers Tyre Rounds TOM'S Spirit Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 0  Masahiro Matsunaga  All  Kumi Sato All Dream28 Honda Honda NSX Honda C32B 3.4 L V6 2  Kazuho Takahashi  5, 6 Hiroshi Kimura 5 Akira Watanabe 6 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 3   Yuji Ide  All Masataka Yanagida All BSA Porsche Team Competizione Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/60 3.6 L Turbo F6 5  Key Soon Yue  NC Ila Ridak NC 15  Siu Tit Lung NC Siu Yuk Lung NC RE Amemiya Racing Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 7  Tetsuya Yamano  All Haruhiko Matsumoto All Team Daikokuya Porsche Porsche 993 RS Porsche M64/80 3.6 L Turbo F6 9  Akira Watanabe  1–5 Tsunefumi Hioki 1, 4–6 Yukihiro Hane 2, NC Yosuke Shimoshima NC, 6 Ability Motorsport Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 10  Yutaka Yamagishi  1–2, 4 Takahisa Ohno 1–2, 4 Team Gainer Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 11 Junichi Ikura  All Koji Ushikubo 1, 7 Yusei Maki 2–6 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 19  Satoshi Goto  All  Minoru Tanaka All Team Taisan Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 24  Hideshi Matsuda  All Kazuyuki Nishizawa All 26  Atsushi Yogo All Hideo Fukuyama All Chrysler Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 55  Eiji Yamada All Takayuki Kinoshita All ARTA with A'PEX Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 31  Morio Nitta  All Shinichi Takagi All Auto Staff Racing Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 51  Naofumi Omoto  2–7 Yasukichi Yamamoto 2–7 R&D Sport Porsche Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 62  Shinsuke Shibahara  All Yasuhisa Fujiwara 1–2 Shogo Mitsuyama 3–7 63  "OSAMU" All Takamasa Nakagawa All Amprex Motorsports Mazda Mazda RX-7 Mazda RE20B 2.0 L 3-rotor 65  Genji Hashimoto  NC Charles Kwan NC Team Gaikokuya Porsche Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 70  Yoshimi Ishibashi  All Hiroaki Suga All SigmaTec Racing Team Toyota Toyota MR-S Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 71  Guts Jyonai  1, 3–7  Eiichi Tajima 1, 3–7 Cusco Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 77  Katsuo Kobayashi  All Tatsuya Tanigawa All Team Daishin Nissan Nissan Silvia (S15) Nissan SR20DET 2.0 L Turbo I4 81  Nobuyuki Ohyagi  All Takayuki Aoki All KRAFT Toyota Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Toyota 3S-GTE 2.0 L Turbo I4 86  Masaoki Nagashima  1–3  Koji Matsuda 1–3 Toyota MR-S  Masaoki Nagashima 4–7  Koji Matsuda 4–7 Dentaire ProJet Racing Ferrari Ferrari 360 Ferrari F131B 3.6 L V8 360  Seigo Nishizawa  All  Kota Sasaki All Team Sri Lanka Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 900 Dilantha Malagamuwa  1–4  Takeshi Asami 1–4  João Barbosa NC A&S Racing Mosler Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 901 Takeshi Asami  5  Yasutaka Hinoi 5–6  Tetsuji Tamanaka 6–7  Tetsuya Nakajima 6–7 910 Racing Porsche Porsche 996 GT3 RS Porsche M96/77 3.6 L F6 910  Jukuchou Sunako  All Hisashi Wada All Adam Wilcox NC 911  Masamitsu Ishihara 2, 4 Akira Hirakawa 1
Schedule  Round Race Circuit Date 1 GT Championship in TI  TI Circuit April 15 2 All Japan Fuji GT Race  Fuji Speedway May 4 3 SUGO GT Championship  Sportsland SUGO May 27 NC Tmtouch Japan GT Championship Malaysia  Sepang Circuit June 24 4 Japan Special GT Cup  Fuji Speedway August 5 5 Motegi GT Championship Race  Twin Ring Motegi September 16	 6 Suzuka GT 300 km  Suzuka Circuit October 28	 7  CP Mine GT Race  Mine Circuit November 11
Season results  Round Circuit GT500 Winning Team GT300 Winning Team GT500 Winning Drivers GT300 Winning Drivers 1 TI Circuit  #1 Loctite Mugen Honda NSX  #31 ARTA A'PEX Toyota MR-S  Hidetoshi Mitsusada Ryo Michigami  Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi 2 Mt. Fuji  #6 ESSO Toyota Supra  #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia  Hideki Noda Juichi Wakisaka   Takayuki Aoki Noboyuki Oyagi  3 Sportsland SUGO  #37 ZENT TOM'S Toyota Supra  #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7  Shinichi Yamaji Wayne Gardner  Haruhiko Matsumoto Tetsuya Yamano NC Sepang Circuit  #6 ESSO Toyota Supra  #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia    Hideki Noda Juichi Wakisaka   Masataka Yanagida Yuji Ide  4 Mt. Fuji  #22 Xanavi NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R  #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia  Tetsuya Tanaka Michael Krumm   Takayuki Aoki Noboyuki Oyagi  5 Twin Ring Motegi  #64 Mobil 1 Honda NSX  #19 WedsSport Toyota MR-S   Tsugio Matsuda Dominik Schwager  Minoru Tanaka Satoshi Goto 6 Suzuka Circuit  #8 ARTA Honda NSX   #86 KRAFT Toyota MR-S     Keiichi Tsuchiya Katsutomo Kaneishi   Koji Matsuda Masaoki Nagashima 7 Mine Circuit  #30 Team Take One McLaren F1 GTR  #71 Sigma Tech Toyota MR-S     Andre Couto Hideki Okada  Eiichi Tajima 'Guts' Jyonai
Standings ===GT500 class=======Drivers' standings====;Scoring system: Position  1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th Points  20  15  12  10  8  6  4  3  2  1RankDriverTAIFUJSUGFUJMOTSUZMINPTS1 Hironori Takeuchi Yuji TachikawaRet2342616582 Katsutomo Kaneishi Keiichi Tsuchiya26212111Ret563 Ryo Michigami Hidetoshi Mitsusada184512212564 Érik Comas Masami Kageyama134102Ret32535 Michael Krumm Tetsuya Tanaka43Ret11086526 Shinichi Yamaji Wayne Gardner59110849467 Hideki Noda Juichi WakisakaRet15313Ret14408 Tsugio Matsuda Dominik Schwager3121461RetRet389 André Couto Hideki Okada8Ret121661013010 Akira Iida Daisuke Ito65Ret941382911 Satoshi Motoyama15Ret7731152812 Takeshi Tsuchiya1110885572713 Kazuyoshi Hoshino731152414 Jérémie Dufour77913Ret942215 Takuya Kurosawa111088571916 Sébastien Philippe1415615141231817 Romain Dumas913Ret941418 Benoît Tréluyer141231219 Manabu Orido Seiji Ara91111DNQ77101120 Paolo Montin5821 Masahiko Kageyama77822 Hiroki Katoh1415615623 Naoki Hattori15Ret711RetRet11424 Masahiko Kondo121413149Ret132 Shigekazu Wakisaka26 Akihiko Nakaya1013RetRetRet1 Mitsuhiro KinoshitaRankDriverTAIFUJSUGFUJMOTSUZMINPTS====Teams' standings====For teams that entered multiple cars, only the best result from each round counted towards the teams' championship.RankTeamNo.TAIFUJSUGFUJMOTSUZMINPTS 1 Nismo 22 4 316Ret 1 10 8 6 71 23 13 4 10 ''2''18Ret 3 2 2 Mugen x Dome Project 1 '''1''' 8 4 5 12 2 12 68 18 14 15 6 15 14 12 3 3 Toyota Team Cerumo 33 12 14 13 '''14''' 918Ret 13 58 3816Ret ''2'' 3 4 ''2'' 6 16 4 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 8 2 6 2 12 11 '''''1'''''18Ret 56 5 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 11 10 8 8 5 5 7 55 37 5 9 ''1'' 10 8 4 9 6 Esso Toyota Team LeMans 617Ret '''1''' 5 3 1315Ret 14 40 7 Mobil 1 Nakajima Racing 64 3 12 14 6 '''1'''17Ret17Ret 38 8 Team Take One 30 816Ret 12 16 6 10 '''''1''''' 30 9 Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft 100 ''6'' 515'''Ret''' 9 4 13 8 29 10 Team Impul 12 1517Ret 7 7 3 11 5 28 11 Toyota Team SARD 39 7 7 9 1316Ret 9 4 22 12 Tsuchiya Engineering 25 9 11 1120- 7 7 10 11 13 Hitotsuyama Racing 21 10 1317Ret 1117Ret16Ret 11 1- JLOC  8818DNS18Ret17DNS17Ret 15 14 15 0RankTeamNo.TAIFUJSUGFUJMOTSUZMINPTS===GT300 class =======Drivers==== RankDriversNumber/Team Points Wins 1  '''Takayuki Aoki''' '''Noboyuki Oyagi''' #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia 66 2 2  Haruhiko Matsumoto Tetsuya Yamano #7 RE Amemiya Mazda RX-7 54 1 3  Hisashi Wada Jukuchou Sunako #910 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R  54 0 4  Masataka Yanagida Yuji Ide  #3 Hasemi Motorsports Nissan Silvia    53 0 5  Hideshi Matsuda Kazuyuki Nishizawa #24 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3R   49 0 6  Atsushi Yogo Hideo Fukuyama #26 Advan Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3R   44 0 7  Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi #31 ARTA with Apex Toyota MR-S 40 1 8  Katsuo Kobayashi Tatsuya Tanigawa #77 Cusco Racing Subaru Impreza 34 0 9  Minoru Tanaka Satoru Gotou #19 Weds Sports Racing Project Bandoh Toyota MR-S 33 1 10  Shinsuke Shibahara #62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 30 0 11  Shogo Mitsuyama #62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 23 0 12  Takamasa Nakagawa Osamu Nakajima #63 Leyjun R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 21 0 13  Masaoki Nagashima Kouji Matsuda  #86 project μ Kraft Toyota Trueno·Toyota MR-S 20 1 14  Masaki Jyonai Eiichi Tajima  #71 Sigmatech Racing Toyota MR-S 20 1 15  Eiji Yamada Takayuki Kinoshita #55 Team Taisan Jr. Chrysler Viper GTS-R 10 0 16  Naofumi　Omoto Yasukichi Yamamoto #51 Auto Staff Racing Nissan Silvia    8 0 17  Kumi Sato Masahiro Matsunaga #0 Tom's Spirit Toyota MR-S 5 0 18  Junichi Ikura Yuusei Maki #0 Team Gainer Porsche 911 GT3R 5 0 20  Yasuhisa Fujiwara #62 R&D Sport Porsche 911 GT3R 4 0
References
External links *  Super GT/JGTC official race archive