2021 D1 Grand Prix series
The 2021 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the twenty-first season of D1 Grand Prix started on April 24 at Okuibuki Motopark and ended on November 21 at Ebisu Circuit.[1]
Masanori Kohashi was the defending champion.
Teams and Drivers
| Team | No | Driver | Machine | Tires | Round | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE | 4 |  Masanori Kohashi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Linglong | All | 
| 9 |  Naoto Suenaga | Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | ||
| NANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX | 70 |  Masashi Yokoi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Nankang | All | 
| 46 |  Masao Suenaga | Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | ||
| Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT | 66 |  Hideyuki Fujino | Toyota 86 (ZN6) | Toyo Tires | All | 
| 90 |  Masato Kawabata | Toyota GR Supra (A90) | All | ||
| MUGEN PLUS team ALIVE VALINO | 99 |  Naoki Nakamura | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All | 
| TEAM SAILUN TIRE | 2 |  Seimi Tanaka | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Sailun | All | 
| 6 |  Akinori Utsumi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | All | ||
| FAT FIVE RACING | 87 |  Daigo Saito | Toyota GR Supra (A90) | Sailun | 1-2,7-10,5-6 | 
| 77 |  Hokuto Matsuyama | Toyota GR Supra (A90) | Toyo Tires | All | |
| Team RE雨宮 K&N | 7 |  Yukio Matsui | Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) | Toyo Tires | All | 
| TEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE | 78 |  Takahiro Ueno | Lexus RC (GSC10) | Sailun | 1-7,9-10 | 
| VALINO | 15 |  Katsuhiro Ueo | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All | 
| TEAM MORI | 52 |  Yusuke Kitaoka | Toyota Mark II (JZX100) | Linglong | All | 
| 横浜トヨペット SAILUN 俺だっ! | 91 |  Shingo Hatanaka | Toyota GR Supra (A90) | Sailun | All | 
| TEAM SHIBATA SAILUN TIRE | 31 |  Koudai Sobagiri | Infiniti Q60 (Q60) | Sailun | All | 
| RS WATANABE SPEED MASTER BUY NOW JAPAN | 43 |  Yoshifumi Tadokoro | Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86) | Toyo Tires | All | 
| 51 |  Teruyoshi Iwai | Mazda RX-7 (FC3S) | Vitour | All | |
| alpinestars LINGLONG G-MEISTER | 16 |  Koji Yamaguchi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Linglong | All | 
| 79 |  Kojiro Mekuwa | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | All | ||
| TMS RACING TEAM SAILUN TIRE | 36 |  Kazumi Takahashi | BMW 3 Series (E92) | Sailun | All | 
| VITOUR TIRE & SPEED MASTER | 27 |  Takeshi Mogi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Vitour | All | 
| Team M2 Racing | 33 |  Shigehisa Sasayama | Toyota Chaser | Valino | All | 
| 25 |  Masataka Kawashima | Toyota GR Supra (A90) | Toyo Tires | 1-2,7-10,5-6 | |
| AUTO-TEC-RACING | 19 |  Kentaro Kawai | Toyota Chaser | Sailun | All | 
| MSR.kitakyushu | 17 |  Masaru Fuchigami | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Sailun | All | 
| Team CM Feeling | 23 |  Mitsuru Murakami | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Toyo Tires | 1-2,7-10,5-6 | 
| OS-GIKEN SUNOCO | 48 |  Tomoyuki Kitashiba | Toyota 86 (ZN6) | Goodride | 9-10 | 
| GP SPORTS | 56 |  Takahiro Mori | Nissan 180SX (RPS13) | Vitour | All | 
| Team BOOSTAR | 69 |  Ryusei Akiba | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | 7-8,5-6 | 
| GARAGE わいず | 76 |  Teruaki Shimoda | Nissan Silvia (S13) | Sailun | 9-10 | 
| PEACE WORKS 男気 DRIFT Racing | 84 |  Masakazu Hashi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Valino | All | 
Source : 2021 D1GP Drivers
Schedule
| Round | Venue | Date | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Run | Follow-up | |||
| 1 |  Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | April 24 | Hokuto Matsuyama | Daigo Saito [2] | 
| 2 | April 25 | Hokuto Matsuyama | Masashi Yokoi [3] | |
| 3 |  Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | June 26 | Naoki Nakamura | Akinori Utsumi [4] | 
| 4 | June 27 | Yukio Matsui | Masanori Kohashi [5] | |
| 7 |  Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | October 2 | Koudai Sobagiri | Naoki Nakamura [6] | 
| 8 | October 3 | Naoki Nakamura | Naoki Nakamura [7] | |
| 9 |  Autopolis, Oita Prefecture | October 30 | Naoki Nakamura | Yukio Matsui [8] | 
| 10 | October 31 | Naoki Nakamura | Naoki Nakamura [9] | |
| 5 |  Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture | November 20 | Masashi Yokoi | Naoto Suenaga [10] | 
| 6 | November 21 | Masashi Yokoi | Naoki Nakamura [11] | |
Note : Round 5 and 6 supposed to be held on August 21 and 22, but were postponed due to the rising COVID-19 cases in Japan. The event was moved to November 20 and 21 but the event was not renamed.[12]
Ranking
Drivers' Ranking
| Pos | Driver | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Rd.7 | Rd.8 | Rd.9 | Rd.10 | Rd.5 | Rd.6 | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naoki Nakamura | 11 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 206 | 
| 2 | Masashi Yokoi | 5 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 169 | 
| 3 | Kazumi Takahashi | 16 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 125 | 
| 4 | Masao Suenaga | 16 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 111 | 
| 5 | Kojiro Mekuwa | 13 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 103 | 
| 6 | Yukio Matsui | 0 | 6 | 21† | 17 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 97 | 
| 7 | Masanori Kohashi | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 94 | 
| 8 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 
| 9 | Seimi Tanaka | 3 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 87 | 
| 10 | Naoto Suenaga | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 75 | 
| 11 | Hideyuki Fujino | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 74 | 
| 12 | Daigo Saito | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 66 | 
| 13 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 58 | 
| 14 | Koudai Sobagiri | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 
| 15 | Akinori Utsumi | 6 | 5 | 21† | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 
| 16 | Shingo Hatanaka | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 
| 17 | Takahiro Ueno | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 48 | 
| 18 | Masato Kawabata | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 
| 19 | Mitsuru Murakami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 
| 20 | Katsuhiro Ueo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 
| 21 | Shigehisa Sasayama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 
| 22 | Yoshifumi Tadakoro | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 
| 23 | Takeshi Mogi | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 
| 24 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 
| 25 | Takahiro Mori | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 
| 26 | Koji Yamagauchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 
| 27 | Ryusei Akiba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 
| 28 | Masakazu Hashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 
| 29 | Masaru Fuchigami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 30 | Hisashi Saito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
Note :
- Bold : Tsuiso (Dual-run) Winner
- Italic : Tanso (Single-run) WInner
- † - Round 3 at Tsubaka was abandoned before the final because of curfew. Both finalists were co-champions for championship purposes, and the points for both first and second place were combined and split, with each driver awarded 21 points each as co-champions. Akinori Utsumi was symbolically the winner based on higher seed.[4]
Tanso series Ranking
| Pos. | Driver | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Rd.7 | Rd.8 | Rd.9 | Rd.10 | Rd.5 | Rd.6 | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naoki Nakamura | 10 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 155 | 
| 2 | Masashi Yokoi | 8 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 145 | 
| 3 | Masao Suenaga | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 118 | 
| 4 | Kazumi Takahashi | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 100 | 
| 5 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 
| 6 | Seimi Tanaka | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 79 | 
| 7 | Yukio Matsui | 0 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 77 | 
| 8 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 72 | 
| 9 | Koudai Sobagiri | 4 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 
| 10 | Naoto Suenaga | 6 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 65 | 
| 11 | Kojiro Mekuwa | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 63 | 
| 12 | Hideyuki Fujino | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 62 | 
| 13 | Masanori Kohashi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 55 | 
| 14 | Masato Kawabata | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 52 | 
| 15 | Shingo Hatanaka | 12 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 
| 16 | Daigo Saito | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 49 | 
| 17 | Akinori Utsumi | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 
| 18 | Takahiro Ueno | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 
| 19 | Shigehisa Sasayama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 
| 20 | Katsuhiro Ueo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 
| 21 | Mitsuru Murakami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 
| 22 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 
| 23 | Takeshi Mogi | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 
| 24 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 
| 25 | Takahiro Mori | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 
| 26 | Koji Yamaguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 
| 27 | Masukazi Hashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 
| 28 | Ryusei Akiba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 
| 29 | Masaru Fuchigami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 30 | Hisashi Saito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
Note :
Bold : Tanso (Single-run) Winner
Teams' Ranking
| Pos. | Team | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Rd.7 | Rd.8 | Rd.9 | Rd.10 | Rd.5 | Rd.6 | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUGEN PLUS team ALIVE VALINO | 6 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 160 | 
| 2 | NANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX | 6 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 123 | 
| 3 | LINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 114 | 
| 4 | FAT FIVE RACING | 26 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 92 | |
| 5 | TMS RACING TEAM SAILUN TIRE | 10 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 82 | |
| 6 | alpinestars LINGLONG G-MEISTER | 6 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 78 | ||
| 7 | Team RE雨宮 K&N | 3 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 67 | |||
| 8 | Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT | 20 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 64 | ||
| 9 | TEAM SAILUN TIRE | 3 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 60 | |
| 10 | TEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 38 | ||||
| 11 | TEAM MORI | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 33 | |
| 12 | 横浜トヨペット SAILUN 俺だっ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |||
| 13 | TEAM SHIBATA SAILUN TIRE | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | VALINO | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 19 | ||||||
| 15 | Team M2 Racing | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | ||||||
| 16 | Team C.M.Feeling | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||||||
| 17 | RS WATANABE SPEED MASTER BUY NOW JAPAN | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| 18 | VITOUR TIRE SPEED MASTER | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| 19 | GP SPORTS | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| 20 | PEACE WORKS 男気DRIFT Racing | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| 21 | Team BOOSTAR | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 22 | msr kitakyushu | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 23 | マチュアーミヤセイミツS15 | 3 | 3 | 
Source : 2021 D1GP Series ranking
External links
- Official Website (In Japanese)
References
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