2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

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The 2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the fifth season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series.

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
South Korea KMSA Motorsport N Hyundai Elantra N TCR 3 South Korea Choi Jeongweon 3–5
65 Japan Masanobu Kato 5
Japan Tamada Racing / Team LeMans Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Japan Seiji Tamada All
Japan Tobio Otani 5
Japan Birth Racing Project Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 17 Japan Kenji Suzuki 1–4
Japan Kento Kimura 5
CUPRA Leon Competición TCR 19 Japan "Hirobon" 1–2, 5
Japan Takeshi Suehiro 3–4
Japan 55MOTO Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR 55 Japan "Mototino" All
Japan Audi Team Mars Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 65 Japan Masanobu Kato 1–4
Japan J's Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 69 Japan Junichi Umemoto All
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 690 Japan Hideo Kubota 4
Japan Hagoromo Six DOME Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR 98 Japan Anna Inotsume All

Race calendar and results[edit]

The calendar was announced on 3 January 2023 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1 Suzuka Circuit 13 May Japan Anna Inotsume Japan "Hirobon" Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2 14 May Japan "Hirobon" Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2 3 Okayama International Circuit 10 June Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
4 11 June Japan "Hirobon" Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
3 5 Twin Ring Motegi 19 August Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Birth Racing Project
6 20 August Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Birth Racing Project
4 7 Fuji Speedway 7 October Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
8 8 October Japan Anna Inotsume Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Takeshi Suehiro Japan Birth Racing Project
5 1 Sportsland Sugo 25 November South Korea Choi Jeongweon Japan "Hirobon" South Korea Choi Jeongweon South Korea KMSA Motorsport N
2 26 November Japan Tobio Otani Japan Tobio Otani Japan Tobio Otani Japan Tamada Racing / Team LeMans

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Qualify 5 4 3 2 1 —
Race 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

TCR Japan Series[edit]

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
1 Japan Anna Inotsume 11 11 Ret2 11 44 108
2 Japan Masanobu Kato 34 35 34 DNS 32 69
3 Japan "Hirobon" 22 43 23 58
4 Japan "Mototino" 55 Ret2 23 5 7 52
5 Japan Takeshi Suehiro 11 23 51
6 Japan Junichi Umemoto 6 24 Ret 44 6 50
7 Japan Kenji Suzuki 43 5 55 65 45
8 South Korea Choi Jeongweon 6† 7 11 44
9 Japan Seiji Tamada 7 6 4 8 8 34
10 Japan Hideo Kubota 32 19
11 Japan Kento Kimura 55 11
Japan Tobio Otani WD
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
1 Japan Anna Inotsume 12 12 Ret2 21 22 107
2 Japan "Mototino" 33 34 45 45 4 73
3 Japan Masanobu Kato 44 23 24 Ret 85 60
4 Japan Takeshi Suehiro 11 13 58
5 Japan "Hirobon" 21 51 33 56
6 Japan Junichi Umemoto 65 4 6 64 5 49
7 South Korea Choi Jeongweon 33 3 7 39
8 Japan Kenji Suzuki 5 75 5 7 33
9 Japan Tobio Otani 11 30
10 Japan Seiji Tamada Ret 6 7 5 WD 24
11 Japan Kento Kimura 64 10
12 Japan Hideo Kubota Ret2 4
Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Entrants championship[edit]

Pos. Entrant No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
1 Japan Birth Racing Project 19 22 21 43 51 11 11 23 13 23 33 223
2 Japan Hagoromo Six DOME Racing 98 11 12 11 12 Ret2 Ret2 11 21 44 22 215
3 Japan 55MOTO Racing 55 55 33 Ret2 34 23 45 5 45 7 4 125
4 Japan Audi Team Mars 65 34 44 35 23 34 24 DNS Ret 105
5 Japan J's Racing 69 6 65 24 4 Ret 6 44 64 6 5 99
6 Japan Birth Racing Project 17 43 5 5 75 55 5 65 7 55 64 99
7 Japan Tamada Racing / Team LeMans 7 7 Ret 6 6 4 7 8 5 8 11 88
8 South Korea KMSA Motorsport N 3 6† 33 7 3 11 7 83
9 South Korea KMSA Motorsport N 65 32 85 24
10 Japan J's Racing 690 32 Ret2 23
Pos. Driver No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Five-round 2023 TCR Japan calendar unveiled". TouringCarTimes. 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-11-25.

External links[edit]

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