2024 D1 Grand Prix series

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2024 D1 Grand Prix Series is the 24th season of D1 Grand Prix drifting competition set to be started in May 10 at Okuibuki Motorpark and ended between November 10 at Odaiba. The series is run by Sunpros under Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) official semi-national competition format.

Hideyuki Fujino is the defending champion in both Overall and Single run championship.[1]

Schedule[edit]

Calendar released by Japan Automobile Federation[2]
Round Venue Date
1 Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture May 11
2 May 12
3 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture June 28
4 June 29
5 Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture September 28
6 September 29
7 Autopolis, Oita Prefecture October 26
8 October 27
9 Odaiba, Tokyo Bay November 9
10 November 10

Rule Changes[edit]

Tire Regulation[edit]

On 21st March, D1GP changes tire allocation rules.[3]

Under the new regulation, tires allocation for each round is limited to :

  • 2 tires set for Friday practice session. If a third tire set is used for practice session, a 10 points deduction will be applied to Solo Run score.
  • 4 tires set + 1 tire set (for finals) for Saturday and Sunday competition. Tire set used in morning check-run had to be used in Solo Run.
  • An extra 1 tire set will be added for Autopolis and Tsukuba round.

Drivers and Teams[edit]

Entry list as of Round 1 & 2[4]
Team No Driver Machine Tires
Team Toyo Tires Drift 66 Japan Hideyuki Fujino Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Toyo Tires
88 Japan Masato Kawabata
Team Toyo Tires Drift +Leno Racing 77 Japan Hokuto Matsuyama Toyota GR Corolla (E210)
Valino x N-Style 99 Japan Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia (S13) Valino
Shibata Racing Seimi Style Drift 2 Japan Seimi Tanaka Nissan Silvia (S15) Shibatire
Shibata Racing Team 31 Japan Koudai Sobagiri Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Shibatire
18 Japan Tetsuya Hibino
Team D-Max Racing 70 Japan Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyo Tires
80 Japan Yuki Tano
Drift Star Racing 98 Japan Hiroki Vito Nissan Onevia (S13) Valino
75 Japan Yumeto Hatanaka Toyota Chaser (JZX100)
Vazestra 15 Japan Katsuhiro Ueo Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino
Repair Create × Result Japan 23 Japan Mitsuru Murakami Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Shibatire
TOP Team G-Meister 79 Japan Kojiro Mekuwa BMW 3-Series (E92) Valino
16 Japan Koji Yamaguchi
広島トヨタ team DROO-P 33 Japan Junya Ishikawa Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Dunlop
55 Japan Kazuya Matsukawa Toyota Sprinter (AE85)
Racing Service Watanabe 51 Japan Teruyoshi Iwai Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Antares
43 Japan Yosifumi Tadokoro Toyota Sprinter (AE86) Habilead
Fat Five Racing 87 Japan Daigo Saito Toyota Supra (J29/DB) Shibatire
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
21 Malaysia Tengku Djan Ley Toyota GR86 (ZN8) TBA
TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ 7 Japan Yukio Matsui Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Shibatire
Team Vertex 78 Japan Takahiro Ueno Lexus RC (XC10) Shibatire
95 Thailand Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyo Tires
GP Sports × Greentop 56 Japan Takahiro Mori Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Valino
47 Japan Hisato Yonai
Nexzter Drive to Drift 63 Thailand Konpicit Toyingcharoen (Pay) Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Shibatire
89 Thailand Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) Toyota GR86 (ZN8)
俺だっ! レーシング×ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 90 Japan Maopo Yamanaka Toyota Supra (J29/DB) Yokohama
ハイチュウ インターナショナル 11 Japan Sumika Kubokawa Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Shibatire
平野タイヤ ★ ハードコア ★ ロケットバニーレーシング 93 Japan Hirotaka Kanou Nissan Silvia (S15) TBA
27WORKS 27 Japan Takeshi Mogi Nissan Silvia (S15) Shibatire
FORGED crew × 佐藤牧場 9 Japan Wataru Yamamoto Nissan Silvia (S15) Shibatire
Team Miyaseimitsu 38 Japan Hisashi Saito Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino
Team RDS 84 Japan Masakazu Hashi Nissan Skyline (ER34) Shibatire
Team Frontier Next 86 Japan Shigehisa Sasayama Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Valino
URAS Racing 3 Japan Keiichi Nomura Nissan Skyline (R34) Dunlop
Team MJ Style Valino 10 Japan Hayato Miyoshi Toyota GR86 (ZN8) Valino
Toyo Tires × RedBull TCP Magic 12 New Zealand "Mad" Mike Whiddett Mazda RX-3 (S102W) Toyo Tires
Team Sasarin 24 Japan Atsushi Hirayama Toyota GT86 (ZN6) Valino
トヨプラス Racing Team 57 Japan Toshiyuki Jinno Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino

Changes[edit]

  • Hokuto Matsuyama is set to join the main Toyo Tires team but due to limit on drivers per team, He will be entering under Team Toyo Tires Drift +Leno Racing.[5] He will be debuting a Toyota GR Corolla replacing his previous GR Supra.[6]
  • Naoki Nakamura announced he will be reusing his V8 powered S13 Silvia he previously use in 2022 season.[5]
  • Koudai Sobagiri will compete in a Toyota GR86 replacing the Infiniti Q60 he's been using since his debut in the series. [7]
  • D-Max will be using Toyo Tires for this season. A third tire manufacturer in 3 season.[5][8]
  • Masao Suenaga announced his retirement from pro-drifting competition at 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon. He will be replaced by 2022 D1 Lights champion Yuki Tano.[5]
  • Daigo Saito is planned to replace his GR Supra with a Mercedes SLS AMG but due to the SLS not ready on time, he will compete in Supra for the first two round.[9] The SLS he use is a GT3 car previously used in Super Taikyu. Shibatire will remain as his tire supplier.[10][9]
  • Tengku Djan Ley will make his D1GP debut joining Daigo Saito in Fat Five Racing and will be driving Toyota GR86. Djan Ley supposed to be entering in 2020 but unable to do so due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Yumeto Hatanaka will join Hiroki Vito in Drift Star Racing.[9][11]
  • RE Amemiya will use Shibatire and entered as "TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ". Ending a partnership with Toyo Tires.[12][13]
  • Two-time D1 Street Legal champion Yusuke Kitaoka is leaving Team Mori after 7 season together.[14]He will be participate in D1 Lights instead.[15]
  • 2023 D1 Lights champion Hisato Yonai will stepping up to the series joining Takahiro Mori at GP Sports. He will participate in Nissan 180SX.
  • 2021 Formula Drift Japan 2 champion Maopo Yamanaka will make his series debut for 俺だっ! レーシング×ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 (Read as Ore Da! Racing x Weins Toyota Kanagawa) replacing Genki Mogami. Evangelion Racing will no longer be team's sponsor.[16]
  • Sumika Kubokawa will be sponsored by fruit candy maker Hi-Chew and entering under ハイチュウ インターナショナル (Hi-Chew International).[17]
  • Ken Nomura's son, Keiichi Nomura is set to make his debut in the series, having successfully score enough points for GP license in previous D1 Lights season.[18].He will continue to drive his R34 Skyline he use in D1 Lights with Dunlop as tire supplier.[19] He will be the second son of a former driver to compete in D1GP after Yumeto Hatanaka make his debut in previous season.
  • "Mad" Mike Whiddett is set to return to D1GP, having previously competed in Formula Drift Japan and will be driving a Mazda RX-3 Wagon powered by a 4 rotor.[20][21]
  • D1 Lights driver Toshiyuki Jinno planned to enter D1GP with his S15 Silvia he previously use in D1 Lights.[22][23]
  • Hayato Miyoshi stepped up to D1GP and will be driving a GR86 previously driven by Shigehisa Sasayama[24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2023年D1グランプリシリーズランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  2. ^ "競技会カレンダー". モータースポーツトップ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  3. ^ "2024 D1GP Tire Regulations" (PDF).
  4. ^ "D1GP RD.1&2 奥伊吹 エントリーリスト" (in Japanese). 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  5. ^ a b c d 2024 TOKYO AUTO SALON 屋外会場 LIVE！！（SAT）, retrieved 2024-01-13
  6. ^ "Hokuto Matsuyama on X". 12 January 2024.
  7. ^ "『【重大】今年の"新"体制発表！』". ⚡シバタイヤ・シバホイ⚡ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-09.
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  10. ^ "『【コラム】D1GP2024体制発表！』". ⚡シバタイヤ・シバホイ⚡ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
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  13. ^ "【このタッグすごっ!】RE雨宮とシバタイヤがタッグを組んでドリフトレースに参戦! SNSでも「ビックニュースです!!」「シバタイヤ止まらないwwww」と驚きの声がたくさん!". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
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  15. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  16. ^ 【 俺だっ！ レーシング2024体制発表会】 3月30日14時生配信！. Retrieved 2024-03-30 – via www.youtube.com.
  17. ^ "久保川澄花が2024年参戦体制を発表！" (in Japanese). 2024-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  18. ^ "のむけんジュニア野村圭市がついにD1GPへ！" (in Japanese). 2024-04-12. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
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  20. ^ "4ローター600馬力のRX-3ワゴンが爆誕！ マッドマイクxトーヨータイヤがD1GPに電撃参戦（レスポンス）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
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  24. ^ "スカイライン好きの三好はGR86でD1GP初参戦！" (in Japanese). 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
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