2023 D1 Grand Prix series
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2023 D1 Grand Prix series will be the 23rd season of D1 Grand Prix planned to be started in May 13 in Okuibuki Motorpark and finished at Odaiba in November 12th.[1]
Masashi Yokoi is the series reigning champion.
Schedule
Provisional calender released by D1GP[1]
| Round | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kick Off Drift | Makuhari Messe, Chiba Prefecture | January 14 & 15 |
| D1 Festival | Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture | April 23 |
| 1 | Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | May 13 |
| 2 | May 14 | |
| 3 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | June 24 |
| 4 | June 25 | |
| 5 | Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture | August 25 |
| 6 | August 26 | |
| 7 | Autopolis, Oita Prefecture | October 28 |
| 8 | October 29 | |
| 9 | Odaiba, Tokyo Bay | November 11 |
| 10 | November 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.
- After 1 year absent D1GP planned to returned to Tsukuba Circuit.
- Okuibuki and Ebisu round will held alongside D1 Lights.
Drivers and Teams
| Team | No | Driver | Machine | Tires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-MAX RACING TEAM | 70 | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | TBA |
| 46 | Masao Suenaga | Nissan Silvia (S15) | ||
| TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT | 88 | Masato Kawabata | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Toyo Tires |
| 66 | Hideyuki Fujino | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | ||
| VALINO x N-STYLE | 99 | Naoki Nakamura | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Valino |
| TBA | 87 | Daigo Saito | TBA | Toyo Tires |
| 77 | Hokuto Matsuyama | Toyota GR Supra | ||
| SHIBATA RACING TEAM | 31 | Koudai Sobagiri | Infiniti Q60 | Shibatire |
| TBA | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | ||
| TBA | 79 | Kojiro Mekuwa | BMW 3-Series (E90) | TBA |
| VALINO | 15 | Katsuhiro Ueo | TBA | Valino |
| TEAM DRIFT STAR X RG | 98 | Hiroki Vito | Nissan Silvia (S13) | Valino/ Drift Star |
| RE Amemiya | 7 | Yukio Matsui | Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Toyo Tires |
| Mercury 車楽人 VALINO | 38 | Sayaka Shimoda | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino |
| WEINS Toyota Kanagawa x OREDA RACONG | 90 | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Yokohama |
| VERTEX | 78 | Takahiro Ueno | Lexus RC | TBA |
| TBA | 9 | Wataru Yamamoto | Nissan Silvia (S15) | TBA |
| TBA | 6 | Akinori Utsumi | TBA | TBA |
Changes
- Naoki Nakamura return as Valino's works driver alongside Katsuhiro Ueo and will debut a newly build 2JZ powered GR86[2].
- On Toyo Tires talkshow at 2023 Tokyo Auto Salon, Daigo Saito announce that he will be using Toyo Tires for this season replacing Yokohama[3].
- After 2 years out of D1GP, Tetsuya Hibino return as Shibata Racing Team second driver and will be driving a Toyota GR86 previously driven by Koudai Sobagiri in Formula Drift Japan[4].
- Kojiro Mekuwa replaced his D1 Lights championship winning 180SX with a BMW 3-Series, marking the chassis return to D1GP[5].
- Hiroki Vito will compete under Team Drift Star x RG[6].
- RE Amemiya reform partnership with their old JGTC sponsor Matsumoto Kiyoshi as their main sponsor[7].
- Takahiro Ueno built his second Lexus RC with aim of it being lighter than his previous car.
- Wataru Yamamoto will compete in a S15 Silvia replacing A90 Supra he use in 2022[8]
References
- ^ a b "D1GP 2023年度暫定スケジュール" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ 【特報】 中村直樹 が D1GP 2023シリーズに ニューマシン 投入！～ VALINO ワークス体制 で GR86 製作～ 連載企画第1回 【新作】, retrieved 2023-01-25
- ^ 【 D1GP 速報 】 齋藤太吾 が TOYO タイヤへ 移籍 ！ ～ 東京オートサロン2023 ～, retrieved 2023-01-25
- ^ "『【コラム】日比野選手紹介！』". ⚡シバタイヤ⚡社長のブログ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/hayaijzx100/status/1526043582599397377". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- ^ "#DRIFTSTAR #秋葉瑠世 #ヴィトー博貴 #粟野如月 #RollingDancer". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ 2023雨宮チーム体制発表（松井）, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ 【Sラジ】プレミアム 第37回ゲスト 山本航 選手 カーボンA90スープラにて北海道よりD1GPに参戦中！今年も大暴れ間違いなし！？【SuperStar & キャサリン】, retrieved 2023-02-09