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2022 Super GT Series
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The 2022 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirtieth season of the JAF Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the eighteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the fortieth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

Team Impul won the GT500 championship for the first time since 1995, as Kazuki Hiramine and Bertrand Baguette won the Drivers' Championship. It was the first Teams' Championship for Impul since the inaugural 1994 season, and the first championship for the new Nissan Z GT500 which made its debut this season. In GT300, Kondo Racing, Kiyoto Fujinami, and João Paulo de Oliveira won their second set of Drivers' and Teams' Championships in three years.

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Kazuki Hiramine, and Bertrand Baguette were the GT500 driver's champion, driving for Team Impul, who were the GT500 teams' champions
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Calendar

A confirmed eight round provisional 2022 calendar was announced on 6 August 2021.[1] The calendar was updated on 20 October 2021, with the sixth round at Sportsland Sugo moving from the weekend of 10–11 September to 17–18 September, avoiding a clash of dates with the 2022 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji.[2] Distances for all events were confirmed on 5 March 2022: Rounds two and four at Fuji Speedway, and round five at Suzuka Circuit, were 450 kilometre races, while all other rounds were 300 kilometres.[3]

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Teams and drivers

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All teams competed under a Japanese license.

GT500

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Vehicle changes

GT500 Class

GT300 Class

Entrant changes

GT500 Class

GT300 Class

Mid-season changes

GT300 Class

  • Team LeMans terminated their contract with driver Satoshi Motoyama after the opening round of the season.[19] The name of the team reverted from "Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans" back to Team LeMans. Former Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi and GT300 race winner Shintaro Kawabata joined the team for the Fuji GT 450 km Race. Merhi would contest the remainder of the season alongside Yoshiaki Katayama.
  • Drago Corse and Busou terminated their partnership, and the team did not return for the remainder of the season.[49]
  • Due to Takeshi Kimura's commitments in the European Le Mans Series, 2012 GT300 Champion Naoki Yokomizo joined Pacific CarGuy Racing for the opening round at Okayama.[23] Yokomizo was the team's third driver in the Fuji 450 km in May. For the Fuji 100 Lap race in August, Shintaro Kawabata became the team's third driver.[50] Yokomizo again replaced Kimura for the Suzuka 450 km.
  • 2020 FIA F4 Japanese Champion Hibiki Taira joined apr for the two races at Fuji Speedway, as a third driver in the number 30 Toyota GR86 GT.[27] Taira also joined the team for the Suzuka 450 km, while Hiroaki Nagai was replaced by Yuta Kamimura just before the Suzuka 450 km due to illness.
  • Super Formula Lights driver Kazuto Kotaka joined apr for the Fuji 100 Lap race and Suzuka 450 km, as a third driver in the number 31 Toyota GR Sport Prius PHV GT.[50]
  • 2019 TCR Japan Sunday Series Champion Takeshi Suehiro joined Arnage Racing as a third driver for the three long-distance races at Fuji and Suzuka.[27][50]
  • Togo Suganami replaced Hiroki Yoshida for the Fuji GT 450 km Race, after Yoshida tested positive for COVID-19.[31]
  • Yusaku Shibata rejoined Tomei Sports as a third driver for the three long-distance races at Fuji and Suzuka.[27][50] Shibata also took part in the Suzuka 300 km and in the sixth round at Sugo, replacing Atsushi Tanaka.
  • Yuya Hiraki joined NILZZ Racing for the Suzuka 300 km, replacing Yuki Tanaka. For the following Fuji GT 100 Lap Race, Tanaka rejoined the team. Masaya Kohno made his series debut in the Fuji 100 Lap race and also competed in the Suzuka 450 km as a third driver.[50]
  • Yusuke Shiotsu replace Ryuichiro Tomita at Autopolis round as Tomita prioritise on GT World Challenge Europe campaign.
  • Former Team UpGarage driver Teppei Natori joined Tomei Sports for the final round at Motegi.
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Results

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Drivers credited with winning Pole Position for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

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Championship standings

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Drivers' championships

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Notes

  1. For the first round the team entered as Motoyama Racing with Team LeMans, and the team rebranded as Team LeMans for the rest of season.
  2. Car No. 18 entered as Team UpGarage, and car No. 55 entered as ARTA
  3. Car No. 22 entered as R'Qs Motor Sports, and car No. 50 entered as Arnage Racing
  4. Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
  5. Half points were awarded as 62 of 100 laps were completed when the race reached the time certain finish at 18:20 local time (75 laps needed for full points) as the race was stopped twice, for crash barrier damage on Lap 49 and Lap 58.
  6. The race was ended after less than 75% of laps were completed. Therefore, half points were awarded.
  7. Yusuke Shiotsu did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
  8. Atsushi Tanaka did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
  9. Shinnosuke Yamada did not run during the race as a third driver and was ineligible for championship points.
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