2023 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series is the 23rd season of D1 Grand Prix. Started in May 13 in Okuibuki Motorpark and finished at Odaiba in November 12.
Masashi Yokoi is the series reigning champion.
Hideyuki Fujino win both Overall and Tanso series championship for the second time.
Schedule Calendar released by D1GP +RoundVenueDateKick Off Drift Makuhari Messe, Chiba PrefectureJanuary 14 & 150 (Exhibition) Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka PrefectureApril 231 Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga PrefectureMay 132May 143 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki PrefectureJune 244June 255 Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima PrefectureAugust 266August 277 Autopolis, Oita PrefectureOctober 288October 299 Odaiba, Tokyo BayNovember 1110November 12
Changes
Fuji Speedway will only held an exhibition event rather than championship round as previous season. Odaiba returned to host D1GP round for the first time since 2018 season, 2019 was the last time D1GP ever held any event at Odaiba as the venue was in use for 2020 Summer Olympics. The round will be certified as JAF CUP. After 1 year absent D1GP planned to return to Tsukuba Circuit. Okuibuki and Ebisu round will held alongside D1 Lights.
Drivers and Teams +TeamNoDriverMachineTiresRoundsD-MAX RACING TEAM70 Masashi YokoiNissan Silvia (S15)GoodrideAll46 Masao SuenagaNissan Silvia (S15)AllTEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT88 Masato KawabataToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyo TiresAll66 Hideyuki FujinoToyota GR86 (ZN8)AllVALINO x N-STYLE99 Naoki NakamuraToyota GR86 (ZN8)ValinoAllTEAM MORI52 Yusuke KitaokaToyota Mark II (JZX100)ShibatireAllSHIBATA RACING TEAM31 Koudai SobagiriInfiniti Q60ShibatireAll18 Tetsuya HibinoToyota GR86 (ZN8)AllSHIBATA RACING SEIMI STYLE DRIFT2 Seimi TanakaNissan Silvia (S15)All +Leno Racing watanabe77 Hokuto MatsuyamaToyota GR Supra (J29/DB)Toyo TiresAllTMS RACING G-MEISTER 16 Koji YamaguchiBMW 3-Series (E92)ValinoAll79 Kojiro MekuwaBMW 3-Series (E92)AllFAT FIVE RACING87 Daigo SaitoToyota GR Supra (J29/DB)Goodride1-2Shibatire3-10DRIFT STAR RACING X RACING GEAR98 Hiroki VitoNissan Silvia (S13)Valino/ Drift StarAllVALINO VAZESTRA15 Katsuhiro UeoNissan Silvia (S15)Valino1-8Z CHALLENGER x BOOSTAR69 Ryusei AkibaNissan Silvia (S15)ValinoAll75 Yumeto HatanakaToyota Chaser (JZX100)5-10TEAM RE雨宮 ﾏﾂﾓﾄｷﾖｼ APA7 Yukio MatsuiMazda RX-7 (FD3S)Toyo TiresAllRS WATANABE SPEEDMASTER43 Yoshifumi TadokoroToyota AE86HabileadAll51 Teruyoshi IwaiMazda RX-7 (FC3S)FederalAllMercury 車楽人 VALINO38 Sayaka ShimodaNissan Silvia (S15)ValinoAllGP SPORTS56 Takahiro MoriNissan 180SX (RPS13)ValinoAllWEINS Toyota Kanagawa x OREDA RACING90 Genki MogamiToyota GR Supra (J29/DB)YokohamaAllTeam VERTEX x NEXZTER x D2D 78 Takahiro UenoLexus RCGoodride1-2Shibatire3-1095 Daychapon ToyingcharoenToyota Soarer (Z30)Toyo Tires1-4Nissan Silvia (S15)5-8Repair Create x 326Power11 Mitsuru MurakamiToyota GR86 (ZN8)ShibatireAllTEAM TNR30 Tetsuro NakataToyota Mark II (JZX100)Zestino3-4GUNSAI Racing SHIBATIRE27 Takeshi MogiNissan Silvia (S15)ShibatireAllEWALU RACING SHIBATIRE84 Masakazu HashiNissan Skyline (R34)Shibatire1-2,9-10HIRANO TIRE ★ VALINO RACING8 Tetsuya KumeNissan Silvia (S15)ValinoAll93 Hiroki KanoNissan Silvia (S15)AllFORGEDcrew x SATO RANCH9 Wataru YamamotoNissan Silvia (S15)Shibatire3-10DSL.com86 Shigehisa SasayamaToyota GR86 (ZN8)Valino3-6,9-10Toyota Chaser (JZX100)7-8Team miyaseimitsu38 Hisashi SaitoNissan Silvia (S15)Valino5-6浅井工業 SP security レーシングチーム6 Akinori UtsumiNissan Silvia (S15)Valino3-4,8-10MUSEE PLATINUM DxD12 Sumika KubokawaNissan 180SX (RPS13)ShibatireAllHIROSHIMA TOYOTA Team DRoo-P55 Kazuya MatsukawaToyota Sprinter (AE85)DunlopAll33 Junya IshikawaToyota GR86 (ZN8)AllCAR SHOP GLITTER X Car Life ORANGE x Next Dream29 Yuji SaitoNissan Silvia (S15)TBA1-2,9-10GOODRIDE x NEXZTER 45 Chanatpon KerdpiamNissan Silvia (S15)Goodride1-6,9-10Hot Wheels x Rocket Bunny Racing39Toshiki NagaiNissan Silvia (S13)Toyo Tires3-10NEXZTER DRIVE TO DRIFT63 Konpichit ToyingcharoenNissan 180SX (RPS13)5-1089 Lattapon KeawchinToyota Supra (J29/DB)5-8Toyota GR86 (ZN8)9-10
Changes
D-MAX changes their tire supplier to Goodride, ending 7-year partnership with Nankang. Naoki Nakamura return as Valino's works driver alongside Katsuhiro Ueo and will debut a newly build 2JZ powered GR86. On Toyo Tires talkshow at 2023 Tokyo Auto Salon, Daigo Saito announce that he will be using Toyo Tires for this season replacing Yokohama. but on first round he's using Goodride instead of Toyo. He will also compete under Fat Five Racing team after TMAR fell through in 2021. For round 3 onwards Daigo use Shibatire and would be supported by them. After 2 years out of D1GP, Tetsuya Hibino return as Shibatire Racing Team second driver and will be driving a Toyota GR86 previously driven by Koudai Sobagiri in Formula Drift Japan he replace Masakazu Hashi who will compete as privateer and still using Shibatire. On later date Seimi Tanaka is announced to be joining the team and Shibatire will support Yusuke Kitaoka, Masakazu Hashi, Takeshi Mogi, Wataru Yamamoto and Sumika Kubokawa as tire supplier. Both Team G-Meister driver Koji Yamaguchi and Kojiro Mekuwa will participate in E92 BMW 3 Series with support from TMS Racing and entered as "TMS RACING G-MESITER", Kazumi Takahashi planned to pariticipate as spot driver but never participate throughout the season. Hiroki Vito will compete under Team Drift Star x RG. RE Amemiya reform partnership with their old JGTC sponsor Matsumoto Kiyoshi as their main sponsor. Takahiro Mori switch tires from Vitour to Valino. Mitsuru Murakami replace his car to Toyota GR86 Genki Mogami graduate from D1 Lights and elected to be the driver for WEINS Toyota Kanagawa x OREDA! Racing after an audition held by Oreda Racing. Takahiro Ueno planned to debut his second Lexus RC with aim of it being lighter than his previous car. He will be joined by returning Daychapon Toyingcharoen who will borrowing Toyota Soarer from Ueno but later fielding his own S15 Silvia. Hirano Tire ★ Valino entered Tetsuya Kume and Hiroki Kano with both driver using a Nissan Silvia S15. Wataru Yamamoto will compete in a S15 Silvia replacing A90 Supra he use in 2022. Shigehisa Sasayama will use Toyota GR86 previously driven by Hokuto Matsuyama in Formula Drift Japan. Former D1 Ladies League champions, Sumika Kubokawa will make her debut in D1GP, Kubokawa had previously competed in D1 Street Legal and D1 Lights. Team Droo-P returned to D1GP after last competing in 2018 with Kazuya Matsukawa and Junya Ishikawa as driver both returning to D1GP along with Dunlop. Yumeto Hatanaka graduate from D1 Lights to join Ryusei Akiba in Z CHALLENGER x BOOSTAR Team. Chanatpon Kerdiam make his returm to D1GP. Toshiki Nagai makes his debut with Hot Wheels x Rocket Bunny Racing driving an S13 Silvia starting from round 3. NEXZTER DRIVE TO DRIFT enter 2 Thai driver Konpichit Toyingcharoen and Lattapon Keawchin, debuting from round 5.
Results and Point Standing
Results +RoundEventWinnerReportSolo RunBattleKick Off DriftKick Off DriftExhibition only0 (Exhibition)D1GP Round ZeroHideyuki FujinoHideyuki Fujino1Okuibuki DriftSeimi TanakaMasashi Yokoi2†Masashi YokoiMasashi Yokoi3Tsukuba DriftKoudai SobagiriKatsuhiro Ueo4Koudai SobagiriKoudai Sobagiri5Ebisu DriftHideyuki FujinoMasato Kawabata6Hokuto MatsuyanaHideyuki Fujino7Autopolis DriftNaoki Nakamura Masao Suenaga8Naoki Nakamura Naoki Nakamura 9Tokyo DriftJunya IshikawaHideyuki Fujino10Hideyuki FujinoHokuto Matsuyama
Overall Drivers' Ranking Rank.DriverOkuibukiTsukubaEbisuAutopolisOdaibaTotalRD.1RD.2†RD.3RD.4RD.5RD.6RD.7RD.8RD.9RD.101Hideyuki Fujino1231311172810 -27251462Hokuto Matsuyama186211122513 -13251343Naoki Nakamura11 -DSQ71618222921 -1244Seimi Tanaka1741212181222 1191175Koudai Sobagiri -101229 -1019209 -1096Masao Suenaga21994 - -27 -710877Tetsuya Hibino -1222410161111 -778Masashi Yokoi2815DSQDSQ314 -11 -3749Masato Kawabata -3 -1326 -512 -137210Hiroki Vito167118 -4613 - -6511Katsuhiro Ueo -52517 - -125 - -6412Mitsuru Murakami64 - -2464 -6116113Ryusei Akiba - - - - - -112110165814Yusuke Kitaoka8 - -6110 - -19125615Kojiro Mekuwa1 -17 -737 -12 -4716Junya Ishikawa - - - -411 -12274517Teruyoshi Iwai1014 -111 -63 -3618Chanatpon Kerdpiam (S)5261010 - - - - -3319Daigo Saito32 - -62 -17 -23220Yukio Matsui - -3 - - - - -5182621Yuji Saito106 - - - - - -4 -2022Tetsuya Kume - -105 -5 - - - -2023Takahiro Mori - - - -57 -7 - -1924Sayaka Shimoda4 - - -2 - -10 - -1625Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond) -11 - - - - - -111326Kazuya Matsukawa - - - - - - -4 -5927Sumika Kubokawa - - - - - -8 - - -828Genki Mogami - - -3 - -3 - - -629Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) - - - - - - - - -4430Hirotaka Kanou2 - - - - - - -2 -431Yumeto Hatanaka - - - - - -22 - -432Koji Yamaguchi - - - - - - -3 - -333Akinori Utsumi - - -2 - - - - - -234Takeshi Mogi - - - - - - - - -11
Tanso Drivers' Ranking Rank.DriverOkuibukiTsukubaEbisuAutopolisOdaibaTotalRD.1RD.2RD.3RD.4RD.5RD.6RD.7RD.8RD.9RD.101Hideyuki Fujino12513620166 -15201132Koudai Sobagiri -152020 -8161514 -1083Seimi Tanaka20788121214 -11151074Hokuto Matsuyama811121132013 -13121035Naoki Nakamura7 -012101320204 -866Masao Suenaga1314154 - -15 -102737Mitsuru Murakami118 - -1674 -716698Masashi Yokoi162000414 -5 -6659Hiroki Vito313713 5813 - -6210Yusuke Kitaoka14 - -10115 -01646011Tetsuya Hibino -16416331161 -6012Masato Kawabata -6 -1114 -510 -85413Kojiro Mekuwa1 -14 -11411 -12 -5314Junya Ishikawa - - - -511 - -20145015Chanatpon Kerdpiam (S)10311515 - - - - -4416Katsuhiro Ueo -10114 - -107 - -4217Daigo Saito54 - -82 -14 -53818Teruyoshi Iwai416 -71 -113 -3319Yuji Saito1512 - - - - - -5 -3220Ryusei Akiba - - - - - -76872821Takahiro Mori - - - -610 -12 - -2822Yukio Matsui - -5 - - - - -6132423Tetsuya Kume - -37 -6 - - - -1624Kazuya Matsukawa - - - - - - -4 -111525Sumika Kubokawa - - - - - -12 - - -1226Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) - - - - - - - - -101027Sayaka Shimoda6 - - -2 - -1 - -928Daychapon Toyingcharoen (pon) -22 - - - - - -3729Genki Mogami - - -3 - -3 - - -630Hirotaka Kano2 - - - - - - -2 -431Yuto Hatanaka - - - - - -22 - -432Koji Yamaguchi - - - - - - -3 - -333Akinori Utsumi - - -2 - - - - - -234Takeshi Mogi - - - - - - - - -11
Teams' Ranking Rank.TeamOkuibukiTsukubaEbisuAutopolisOdaibaTotalRD.1RD.2RD.3RD.4RD.5RD.6RD.7RD.8RD.9RD.101TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT626626266626201302+LenoRacing watanabe1532036206 -6261053D-MAX RACING TEAM2613333626636954TEAM VALINO × N-style6 -031015152620 -955SHIBATIRE RACING -1032661010153 -836SHIBATIRE RACING SEIMI STYLE D626615620 -63707VALINO VAZESTRA -32610 - -63 - -488Z CHALLENGER × BOOSTAR - - - - - -620610429Repair Create × 326power32 - -2033 -333710DRIFT STAR Racing × RACING GEAR10363 -336 - -3411TMS Racing Team G-meister3 -10 -33336 -3112広島トヨタ team DROO-P - - - -36 -31533013TEAM MORI3 - -333 - -1062814RS Watanabe SPEED MASTER623 -63 -33 -2615FAT FIVE RACING32 - -33 -10 -32416TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ APA - -3 - - - - -3152117HIRANO TIRE ★ VALINO RACING3 -63 -3 - -3 -1818GOODRIDE × NEXZTER32363 - - - - -1719Mercury 車楽人 VALINO 3 - - -3 - -6 - -1220TEAM VERTEX × NEXZTER × D2D -23 - - - - - -61121CAR SHOP GLITTER × Carlife ORANGE × Next Dream33 - - - - - -3 -922GP SPORTS - - - -33 -3 - -923ウエインズトヨタ神奈川 俺だっ！レーシング - - -3 - -3 - - -624NEXZTER DRIVE TO DRIFT - - - - - - - - -3325GUNSAI Racing SHIBATIRE - - - - - - - -3326MUSEE PLATINUM DxD - - - - - -3 - - -327浅井工業 SP security レーシングチーム - - -3 - - - - - -3
Notes :
† - Round 2 is cancelled after the Solo Run due to weather condition, the results was taken from Solo Run results and only half points were awarded.
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