The 2025 Autobacs Super GT Series is a planned motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It will be the thirty-third season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the twenty-first season under the Super GT name. It will be also the forty-third overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

TGR Team au TOM'S of Sho Tsuboi and Kenta Yamashita entered the season as the defending champions of the GT500 class.

Teams and drivers

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GT500

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
TGR Team au TOM'S[1] Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 1   Sho Tsuboi[1] B TBC
  Kenta Yamashita[1]
TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S[1] 37   Ukyo Sasahara[1] B TBC
  Giuliano Alesi[1]
NISMO NDDP[2] Nissan Nissan Z NISMO GT500 Nissan NR4S24 2.0 L Turbo I4 3   Daiki Sasaki[2] B TBC
  Atsushi Miyake[2]
NISMO[2] 23   Katsumasa Chiyo[2] B TBC
  Mitsunori Takaboshi[2]
ARTA[a][3] Honda Honda Civic Type R-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 8   Tomoki Nojiri[3] B TBC
  Nobuharu Matsushita[3]
16   Hiroki Otsu[3] B TBC
  Ren Sato[3]
Team Impul[2] Nissan Nissan Z NISMO GT500 Nissan NR4S24 2.0 L Turbo I4 12   Kazuki Hiramine[2] B TBC
  Bertrand Baguette[2]
TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE[1] Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 14   Kazuya Oshima[1] B TBC
  Nirei Fukuzumi[1]
Astemo Real Racing[3] Honda Honda Civic Type R-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 17   Koudai Tsukakoshi[3] B TBC
  Syun Koide[3]
TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh[1] Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 19   Yuji Kunimoto[1] Y TBC
  Sena Sakaguchi[1]
Kondo Racing[2] Nissan Nissan Z NISMO GT500 Nissan NR4S24 2.0 L Turbo I4 24   Tsugio Matsuda[2] Y TBC
  Teppei Natori[2]
TGR Team KeePer Cerumo[1] Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 38   Hiroaki Ishiura[1] B TBC
  Toshiki Oyu[1]
TGR Team SARD[1] Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT500 Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4 39   Yuhi Sekiguchi[1] B TBC
  Sacha Fenestraz[1]
Modulo Nakajima Racing[3] Honda Honda Civic Type R-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 64   Takuya Izawa[3] D TBC
  Riki Okusa[3]
Stanley Team Kunimitsu[3] Honda Honda Civic Type R-GT Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4 100   Naoki Yamamoto[3] B TBC
  Tadasuke Makino[3]

GT300

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Team Make Car Engine No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
INGING Motorsport Toyota GR Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 2   Hibiki Taira[1] B TBC
  TBA
Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO[4] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4   Nobuteru Taniguchi[4] Y TBC
  Tatsuya Kataoka[4]
Team LeMans[5] Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 6   Yoshiaki Katayama[5] Y TBC
  Roberto Merhi Muntan[5]
BMW M Team Studie × CRS[6] BMW BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 7   TBA M TBC
  TBA
Pacific Racing Team Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 9   TBA Y TBC
  TBA
Team UpGarage[7][8] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 18   Takashi Kobayashi[8] Y TBC
  Yuto Nomura[8]
apr Toyota GR Toyota GR86 GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30   Miki Koyama[1] Y TBC
  TBA
Lexus Lexus LC 500h GT Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8 31   TBA B TBC
  TBA
Saitama Green Brave Toyota GR Toyota GR Supra GT300 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 52   Seita Nonaka[1] B TBC
  TBA
R&D Sport[9] Subaru Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8) Subaru EJ20 2.0 L Turbo F4 61   Takuto Iguchi[9] D TBC
  Hideki Yamauchi[9]
D'station Racing[10] Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 777   TBA D TBC
  TBA
Anest Iwata Racing[11] TBA TBA TBA TBA   TBA TBA TBC
  TBA
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA   Rikuto Kobayashi[1] TBA TBC
  TBA

Vehicle changes

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GT300

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Entrant changes

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GT500

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GT300

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Calendar

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The provisional calendar for 2025 was confirmed on 1 August 2024, which consists of eight races.[20] The series will race abroad for the first time since 2019, and they will return to race at Sepang International Circuit for the first time since 2013.[21]

Round Circuit Location Dates
1   Okayama International Circuit Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture 12–13 April
2   Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture 3–4 May
3   Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia 27–28 June
4   Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture 2–3 August
5   Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Mie Prefecture 23–24 August
6   Sportsland Sugo Murata, Miyagi Prefecture 20–21 September
7   Autopolis Hita, Oita Prefecture 18–19 October
8   Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture 1–2 November

Championship standings

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Drivers' championships

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Race points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Qualifying points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd 
Points 3 2 1

Teams' championships

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Race points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Class Lead Lap -1 Lap -2 Laps or more
GT500 3 2 1
Lead Lap -1 Lap -2 Laps -3 Laps or more
GT300 3 2 1

Notes

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  1. ^ The team is operated by Mugen, and their cars are entered as ARTA Mugen Civic Type R-GTs.

References

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  6. ^ a b Sobotta, Jens (12 December 2024). "Team Studie Set For BMW M4 GT3 EVO Upgrade". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b Klein, Jamie (5 December 2024). "Team UpGarage Set for Final Race With Honda NSX GT3". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d Klein, Jamie (10 January 2025). "Team UpGarage Reveals Switch to Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b c Klein, Jamie (10 January 2025). "Subaru Reveals Revamped BRZ for GT300 Effort". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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  16. ^ Goodwin, Graham (3 December 2024). "Record 44 Car Grid for 2025 European Le Mans Series Revealed". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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  18. ^ "End of the collaboration! @pacificracing has announced that the collaboration with the VTubet esports group @Vspo77 has ended after two years with a best result of P11 at the Suzuka summer round in 2023. The team will announce their 2025 activities at a later date. #SUPERGT". 27 December 2024.
  19. ^ Klein, Jamie (17 January 2025). "Sasaki Lands NISMO Drive As Nissan Names GT500 Lineups". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  20. ^ Thukral, Rachit (1 August 2024). "Super Formula, SUPER GT to expand outside of Japan in 2025". motorsport.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  21. ^ Klein, Jamie (1 August 2024). "Sepang Returns as 2025 Calendar Revealed". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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