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2020 D1 Grand Prix series

The 2020-21 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series is the twentieth season of D1 Grand Prix series which started at Okuibuki Motorpark on 24 July 2020 and ended at Tsukuba Circuit on 31 January 2021.[1] The season was initially scheduled to start on 16 May,[2] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Masashi Yokoi entered the season as the defending champion.

Teams and drivers

Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, only Japanese drivers participated in the season, with no foreigners competing.

Team No Driver Car[3] Tires Rounds
NANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX 70 Japan Masashi Yokoi Nissan Silvia (S15) Nankang All
46 Japan Masao Suenaga Nissan Silvia (S15) All
Team RE雨宮 K&N 7 Japan Yukio Matsui Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Toyo Tires All
Team TOYOTIRES DRIFT-1 66 Japan Hideyuki Fujino Nissan 180SX (RPS13) Toyo Tires All
90 Japan Masato Kawabata Toyota GR Supra (A90) All
LINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE 4 Japan Masanori Kohashi Nissan Silvia (S15) Linglong All
9 Japan Naoto Suenaga Nissan Silvia (S15) All
CrystalH.E VALINO N-style 99 Japan Naoki Nakamura Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino All
SAILUN TIRE SUNRISE 18 Japan Tetsuya Hibino Nissan Silvia (S14) Sailun All
SAILUN TIRES DIXCEL MOTORSPORT 5 Japan Akinori Utsumi Nissan Silvia (S15) Sailun All
TEAM MORI 52 Japan Yusuke Kitaoka Toyota Mark II (JZX100) Valino All
SAILUN TIRE IGM Racing 45 Japan Shingo Hatanaka Toyota Chaser (JZX100) Sailun All
VALINO 15 Japan Katsuhiro Ueo Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino 1,4-8
SEIMI STYLE DRIFT SAILUN TIRE 2 Japan Seimi Tanaka Nissan Silvia (S15) Sailun All
FAT FIVE RACING 87 Japan Daigo Saito Toyota GR Supra (A90) Zestino All
77 Japan Hokuto Matsuyama Toyota GR Supra (A90) Toyo Tires All
TEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE 78 Japan Takahiro Ueno Lexus RC (GSC10) Sailun All
TMS RACING TEAM 36 Japan Kazumi Takahashi Toyota Mark II (JZX100) Toyo Tires All
Rydanz
BUY NOW JAPAN スピードマスターWATANABE 51 Japan Teruyoshi Iwai Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) Goodride All
43 Japan Yoshifumi Tadakoro Toyota AE86 Toyo Tires All
adidas a-unit LINGLONG G-meister 16 Japan Koji Yamaguchi Nissan Silvia (S15) Linglong All
BUY NOW JAPAN eternal 14 Japan Tomohiro Murayama Nissan Silvia (S14) Dunlop All
AUTO-TEC-RACING 19 Japan Kentaro Kawai Toyota Chaser (JZX100) Valino All
HIRANO TIRE 22 Japan Kenji Kiguchi Nissan Laurel (C33) Vitour 1-6
Team C.M.Feeling. 23 Japan Mitsuru Murakami Nissan Silvia (S15) Toyo Tires 1-6
Weins 横浜トヨペット 俺だっ! 91 Toyota GR Supra (A90) 7-8
Team M2 Racing 25 Japan Masataka Kawashima Toyota Mark II (JZX100) Valino 1,4-8
33 Japan Shigehisa Sasayama Toyota Chaser (JZX100) Valino All
SHIBATA DRIFT RACING TEAM 31 Japan Koudai Sobagiri Infiniti Q60 (Q60) Rydanz All
Sailun
IWANA CENTER SPEED MASTER 27 Japan Takeshi Mogi Nissan Silvia (S15) Valino 2-3,6-8
Entered on entry list but unable to participate due to travel restrictions
Mozambique Team 17 Mozambique Zanil Satar Nissan Skyline GT-T (R34) Valino -
SAILUN MOTORSPORT SAILUN TIRE 84 Hong Kong Charles Ng BMW 3 Series (E90) Sailun -
Team TOYOTIRES DRIFT-2 95 Thailand Daychapon Toyingcharoen Toyota 86 (ZN6) Toyo Tires -

Schedule

2020 schedule

Round Venue Date Winner
1 Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture July 24 2020 Masato Kawabata[4]
2 Ebisu Circuit (Drift Stadium), Fukushima Prefecture August 22 2020 Masanori Kohashi[5]
3 August 23 2020 Masanori Kohashi[6]
4 Autopolis, Oita Prefecture October 31 Masanori Kohashi[7]
5 November 1 2020 Katsuhiro Ueo[8]
6 Ebisu Circuit (West Course), Fukushima Prefecture November 15 2020 Masanori Kohashi[9]
7 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture January 30 2021 Naoki Nakamura[10]
8 January 31 2021 Masanori Kohashi[11]

Proposed schedule before pandemic

Round[12] Venue Date
1 Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture May 17 2020
2 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture June 27
3 June 28
4 Ebisu Circuit (Drift Stadium), Fukushima Prefecture August 22
5 August 23
6 Central Circuit, Hyogo Prefecture September 27
7 Autopolis, Oita Prefecture November 1
8 Ebisu Circuit (West Course), Fukushima Prefecture November 15

Series ranking

Drivers' ranking

Pos. Driver Round.1 Round.2 Round.3 Round.4 Round.5 Round.6 Round.7 Round.8 Total.
1 Masanori Kohashi 0 27 28 25 16 28 21 29 174
2 Masashi Yokoi 16 21 13 16 2 21 23 17 129
3 Hideyuki Fujino 20 12 16 25 12 7 11 5 108
4 Tetsuya Hibino 22 16 10 16 0 11 12 6 93
5 Naoki Nakamura 12 6 18 2 0 0 29 24 91
6 Masato Kawabata 25 11 17 14 18 0 1 1 87
7 Naoto Suenaga 11 7 21 0 21 9 7 4 80
8 Seimi Tanaka 4 12 11 11 0 6 16 11 71
9 Daigo Saito 1 22 4 0 7 4 6 20 64
10 Hokuto Matsuyama 5 13 0 0 4 22 0 13 57
11 Yukio Matsui 2 0 0 19 3 13 5 8 50
12 Takahiro Ueno 10 1 5 10 11 10 0 2 49
13 Masao Suenaga 7 0 3 8 9 0 10 10 47
14 Katsuhiro Ueo 0 0 0 3 25 18 0 0 46
15 Yusuke Kitaoka 0 0 0 0 16 0 14 7 37
16 Akinori Utsumi 0 0 2 0 12 12 8 3 37
17 Shingo Hatanaka 12 10 10 0 0 0 4 0 36
18 Koudai Sobagiri 0 3 0 1 5 5 3 12 29
19 Tomohiro Murayama 16 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 19
20 Yoshifumi Tadokoro 0 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 14
21 Mitsuru Murakami 3 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 11
22 Kenji Kiguchi 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 11
23 Koji Yamaguchi 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
24 Kazumi Takahashi 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 9
25 Teruyoshi Iwai 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 7
26 Takeshi Mogi 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
27 Shigehisa Sasayama 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
28 Kentaro Kawai 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

Note :

  • Bold : Tsuiso (Dual-run) Winner
  • Italic : Tanso (Single-run) WInner

Tanso series ranking

Pos. Driver RD.1 RD.2 RD.3 RD.4 RD.5 RD.6 RD.7 RD.8 Total.
1 Masashi Yokoi 16 16 14 16 5 13 15 14 109
2 Masanori Kohashi 0 15 16 7 16 16 16 20 106
3 Hideyuki Fujino 15 7 12 20 20 12 11 8 105
4 Naoki Nakamura 20 11 13 2 0 0 20 16 82
5 Tetsuya Hibino 14 10 15 12 0 6 12 11 80
6 Seimi Tanaka 7 20 11 13 0 10 13 6 80
7 Naoto Suenaga 5 13 8 0 12 14 7 4 63
8 Hokuto Matsuyama 10 12 0 0 10 20 0 10 62
9 Daigo Saito 2 14 0   14 5 6 15 61
10 Masato Kawabata 11 5 20 15 7 0 1 1 60
11 Masao Suenaga 13 0 4 11 15 0 8 5 56
12 Yukio Matsui 3 0 0 14 6 11 5 13 52
13 Koudai Sobagiri 0 4 0 1 11 7 3 7 33
14 Akinori Utsumi 0 0 2 0 8 8 10 3 31
15 Katsuhiro Ueo 0 0 0 3 13 15 0 0 31
16 Takahiro Ueno 1 2 6 10 4 4 0 2 29
17 Yusuke Kitaoka 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 12 27
18 Koji Yamaguchi 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
19 Shingo Hatanaka 6 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 14
20 Mitsuru Murakami 4 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 13
21 Kazumi Takahashi 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 13
22 Kenji Kiguchi 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 12
23 Tomohiro Murayama 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11
24 Teruyoshi Iwai 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 8
25 Takeshi Mogi 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
26 Yoshifumi Tadokoro 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 7
27 Shigehisa Sasayama 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3

Note :

Bold : Tanso (Single-run) Winner

Teams' ranking

Rank. Team RD.1 RD.2 RD.3 RD.4 RD.5 RD.6 RD.7 RD8 Total.
1 LINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE 6 26 26 26 20 26 15 26 171
2 Team TOYOTIRES DRIFT-1 26 6 10 20 15 3 6 3 89
3 NANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX 6 15 6 6 3 20 20 10 86
4 Crystal HE VALINO N-style 3 3 15 3 0 0 26 20 70
5 FAT FIVE RACING 3 20 3 0 3 15 3 15 62
6 SAILUN TIRE SUNRISE 20 10 3 10 0 6 6 3 58
7 VALINO 0 0 0 3 26 10 0 0 39
8 SEIMI STYLE DRIFT SAILUN TIRE 3 3 6 6 0 3 10 6 37
9 TEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE 6 3 3 6 6 6 0 3 33
10 Team RE Amemiya K & N 0 0 0 15 3 6 3 3 30
11 TEAM SHIBATA SAILUN TIRE 0 3 0 3 3 3 3 6 21
12 SAILUN TIRES DIXCEL MOTORSPORT 0 0 3 0 6 6 3 3 21
13 TEAM MORI 0 0 0 0 10 0 6 3 19
14 SAILUN TIRE IGM Racing 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 15
15 BUY NOW JAPAN with eternal 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 13
16 Team CM Feeling. 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 9
17 BUY NOW JAPAN SPEED MASTER WATANABE 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 9
18 Team M2 Racing 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 6
19 HIRANO TIRE 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 6
20 TMS RACING TEAM 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
21 adidas a-unit LINGLONG G-meister 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
22 AUTO-TEC RACING 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
23 IWANA CENTER SPEED MASTER 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Source : 2020 D1GP series ranking

References

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