2023 D1 Grand Prix series
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2023 Gran Turismo 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 calendar released by D1GP[1]
| Round | Venue | Date | Winner | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo Run | Battle | ||||
| Kick Off Drift | Makuhari Messe, Chiba Prefecture | January 14 & 15 | Exhibition only | ||
| 0 (Exhibition) | Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture | April 23 | Hideyuki Fujino | Hideyuki Fujino | [2] |
| 1 | Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | May 13 | Seimi Tanaka | Masashi Yokoi | [3] |
| 2 | May 14 | Masashi Yokoi | Masashi Yokoi | [4] | |
| 3 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | June 24 | |||
| 4 | June 25 | ||||
| 5 | Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture | August 26 | |||
| 6 | August 27 | ||||
| 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 | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-MAX RACING TEAM | 70 | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Goodride | 1 |
| 46 | Masao Suenaga | Nissan Silvia (S15) | 1 | ||
| TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT | 88 | Masato Kawabata | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Toyo Tires | 1 |
| 66 | Hideyuki Fujino | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 1 | ||
| VALINO x N-STYLE | 99 | Naoki Nakamura | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Valino | 1 |
| TEAM MORI | 52 | Yusuke Kitaoka | Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Shibatire | 1 |
| SHIBATA RACING TEAM | 31 | Koudai Sobagiri | Infiniti Q60 | Shibatire | 1 |
| 18 | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 1 | ||
| SHIBATA RACING SEIMI STYLE DRIFT | 2 | Seimi Tanaka | Nissan Silvia (S15) | 1 | |
| +Leno Racing watanabe | 77 | Hokuto Matsuyama | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Toyo Tires | 1 |
| TMS RACING G-MEISTER | 16 | Koji Yamaguchi | BMW 3-Series (E92) | Valino | 1 |
| 79 | Kojiro Mekuwa | BMW 3-Series (E92) | 1 | ||
| 36 | Kazumi Takahashi | BMW 3-Series (E92) | TBA | TBA | |
| FAT FIVE RACING | 87 | Daigo Saito | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Goodride | 1 |
| DRIFT STAR RACING X RACING GEAR | 98 | Hiroki Vito | Nissan Silvia (S13) | Valino/ Drift Star | 1 |
| VALINO | 15 | Katsuhiro Ueo | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1 |
| Z CHALLENGER x BOOSTAR | 69 | Ryusei Akiba | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1 |
| 75 | Yumeto Hatanaka | Toyota Chaser (JZX100) | 1 | ||
| RE Amemiya | 7 | Yukio Matsui | Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Toyo Tires | 1 |
| RS WATANABE SPEEDMASTER | 43 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | Toyota AE86 | Habilead | 1 |
| 51 | Teruyoshi Iwai | Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) | Federal | 1 | |
| Mercury 車楽人 VALINO | 38 | Sayaka Shimoda | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1 |
| GP SPORTS | 56 | Takahiro Mori | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Valino | 1 |
| WEINS Toyota Kanagawa x OREDA RACING | 90 | Genki Mogami | Toyota GR Supra (J29/DB) | Yokohama | 1 |
| Team VERTEX x NEXZTER x D2D | 78 | Takahiro Ueno | Lexus RC | Goodride | 1 |
| 95 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen | Toyota Soarer (Z30) | Toyo Tires | 1 | |
| Repair Create x 326Power | 11 | Mitsuru Murakami | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Shibatire | 1 |
| GUNSAI Racing SHIBATIRE | 27 | Takeshi Mogi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Shibatire | 1 |
| EWALU RACING SHIBATIRE | 84 | Masakazu Hashi | Nissan Skyline (R34) | Shibatire | 1 |
| HIRANO TIRE ★ VALINO RACING | 8 | Tetsuya Kume | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 1 |
| 93 | Hiroki Kano | Nissan Silvia (S15) | 1 | ||
| FORGEDcrew x SATO RANCH | 9 | Wataru Yamamoto | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Shibatire | TBA |
| BLUE FACE | 6 | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | TBA | TBA |
| MUSEE PLATINUM DxD | 12 | Sumika Kubokawa | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Shibatire | 1 |
| HIROSHIMA TOYOTA Team DRoo-P | 55 | Kazuya Matsukawa | Toyota Sprinter (AE85) | Dunlop | 1 |
| 33 | Junya Ishikawa | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 1 | ||
| TBA | 29 | Yuji Saito | Nissan Silvia (S15) | TBA | 1 |
| GOODRIDE x NEXZTER | 45 | Chanatpon Kerdpiam | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Goodride | 1 |
Changes
- D-MAX changes their tire supplier to Goodride, ending 7 year partnership with Nankang.[5]
- Naoki Nakamura return as Valino's works driver alongside Katsuhiro Ueo and will debut a newly build 2JZ powered GR86.[6]
- On Toyo Tires talkshow at 2023 Tokyo Auto Salon, Daigo Saito announce that he will be using Toyo Tires for this season replacing Yokohama.[7]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.
- 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[8] 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.[9]
- 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.[10]
- Hiroki Vito will compete under Team Drift Star x RG.[11]
- RE Amemiya reform partnership with their old JGTC sponsor Matsumoto Kiyoshi as their main sponsor.[12]
- Takahiro Mori swtich 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.[13]
- Takahiro Ueno built his second Lexus RC with aim of it being lighter than his previous car. He will be joined by returning Daychapon Toyingcharoen who will drive Toyota Soarer.
- Hirano Tire ★ Valino entered Tetsuya Kume and Hiroki Kano with both driver using a Nissan Silvia S15.[14]
- Wataru Yamamoto will compete in a S15 Silvia replacing A90 Supra he use in 2022.[15]
- Former D1 Ladies League champions, Sumika Kubokawa will make her debut in D1GP, Kubokawa had previously compete in D1 Street Legal and D1 Lights.[16]
- Team Droo-P returned to D1GP after last competing in 2018 with Kazuya Matsukawa and Junya Ishikawa as driver both returning to D1GP.[17]
- Yumeto Hatanaka graduate from D1 Lights to join Ryusei Akiba in Z CHALLENGER x BOOSTAR Team.
- Chanatpon Kerdiam make his returm to D1GP.[5]
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