2026 Super GT Series

The 2026 Super GT Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2026 Autobacs Super GT Series) is a planned motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, which will be the thirty-fourth season of the Super GT series, tracing its lineage to the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era. It is the twenty-second season for the series under the Super GT name, and the forty-fourth season of a Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) national sportscar championship, dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

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2026 Super GT Series

The 2026 Super GT Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2026 Autobacs Super GT Series) is a planned motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, which will be the thirty-fourth season of the Super GT series, tracing its lineage to the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era. It is the twenty-second season for the series under the Super GT name, and the forty-fourth season of a Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) national sportscar championship, dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

TGR Team TOM'S drivers Sho Tsuboi and Kenta Yamashita enter the season as the defending champions of the GT500 class.

Calendar

2026 Super GT Series

The provisional calendar for 2026 was confirmed on 5 August 2025, which consists of eight races. On 9 January 2026, the dates of the Sepang International Circuit round were shifted from 19–20 June to 20–21 June.

<table><thead><tr><th>Round</th><th>Race</th><th>Circuit</th><th>Location</th><th>Dates</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Okayama GT 300 km Race</td><td>Okayama International Circuit</td><td>Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture</td><td>11–12 April</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Fuji GT 3 Hours Race</td><td>Fuji Speedway</td><td>Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture</td><td>3–4 May</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Sepang GT 300 km Race</td><td>Sepang International Circuit</td><td>Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia</td><td>20–21 June</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Fuji GT 300 km Race</td><td>Fuji Speedway</td><td>Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture</td><td>1–2 August</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Suzuka GT 300 km Race</td><td>Suzuka Circuit</td><td>Suzuka, Mie Prefecture</td><td>22–23 August</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Sugo GT 300 km Race</td><td>Sportsland Sugo</td><td>Murata, Miyagi Prefecture</td><td>19–20 September</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Autopolis GT 3 Hours Race</td><td>Autopolis</td><td>Hita, Oita Prefecture</td><td>17–18 October</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Motegi GT 300 km Race</td><td>Mobility Resort Motegi</td><td>Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture</td><td>7–8 November</td></tr></tbody></table>

Regulation changes

2026 Super GT Series

On 19 October 2025, it was announced that the 2026 season would be the last with different tire manufacturers competing against one another. The series will switch to a single tire manufacturer in each class in 2027.

Teams are now only permitted to use one engine per season, and the standard fuel flow rate of GT500 engines has been reduced from 95 kilogrammes per hour to 90.2 kg/h.

GT500 Success Weight has been modified. Once a car accumulates over 50 kilogrammes of Success Weight, the engine fuel flow rate is reduced to 88 kg/h. When that car accumulates more than 67 kg of Success Weight, a "success refuelling restrictor" is installed in to lengthen the refuelling time during pit stops. An even smaller restrictor is installed once the car accumulates more than 84 kg of Success Weight. In addition, none of the original 50 kg of physical ballast weight is removed until the Success Weight is reduced over the final two rounds of the season.

<table><thead><tr><th>2026 GT500 Success Weight Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Success Weight (SW)</td><td>0–50 kg</td><td>51–67 kg</td><td>68–84 kg</td><td>85–100 kg</td></tr><tr><td>Ballast weight</td><td>0–50 kg</td><td>50kg</td></tr><tr><td>Engine fuel flow rate</td><td>90.2 kg/h</td><td>88.0 kg/h</td></tr><tr><td>Success fuelling restrictor</td><td>Standard (25mm)</td><td>Level 1 (21mm)</td><td>Level 2 (19mm)</td></tr></tbody></table>

No individual can serve as both an active racing driver and as a team director simultaneously.

Teams and drivers

GT500

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Make</th><th>Car</th><th>Engine</th><th>No.</th><th>Drivers</th><th>Tire</th><th>Rounds</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Team HRC ARTA Mugen</td><td>Honda</td><td>Honda HRC Prelude-GT</td><td>Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>8</td><td>Kakunoshin Ohta</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hiroki Otsu</td></tr><tr><td>ARTA Mugen</td><td>16</td><td>Tomoki Nojiri</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ren Sato</td></tr><tr><td>Team Impul</td><td>Nissan</td><td>Nissan Z NISMO GT500</td><td>Nissan NR4S26 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>12</td><td>Kazuki Hiramine</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bertrand Baguette</td></tr><tr><td>TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE</td><td>Toyota GR</td><td>Toyota GR Supra GT500</td><td>Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>14</td><td>Nirei Fukuzumi</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kazuya Oshima</td></tr><tr><td>Astemo Real Racing</td><td>Honda</td><td>Honda HRC Prelude-GT</td><td>Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>17</td><td>Koudai Tsukakoshi</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Yuto Nomura</td></tr><tr><td>TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh</td><td>Toyota GR</td><td>Toyota GR Supra GT500</td><td>Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>19</td><td>Yuji Kunimoto</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sena Sakaguchi</td></tr><tr><td>NISMO</td><td>Nissan</td><td>Nissan Z NISMO GT500</td><td>Nissan NR4S26 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>23</td><td>Katsumasa Chiyo</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mitsunori Takaboshi</td></tr><tr><td>Kondo Racing</td><td>Nissan</td><td>Nissan Z NISMO GT500</td><td>Nissan NR4S26 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>24</td><td>Teppei Natori</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Atsushi Miyake</td></tr><tr><td>TGR Team au TOM'S</td><td>Toyota GR</td><td>Toyota GR Supra GT500</td><td>Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>36</td><td>Sho Tsuboi</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kenta Yamashita</td></tr><tr><td>TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S</td><td>37</td><td>Ukyo Sasahara</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Giuliano Alesi</td></tr><tr><td>TGR Team KeePer Cerumo</td><td>Toyota GR</td><td>Toyota GR Supra GT500</td><td>Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>38</td><td>Toshiki Oyu</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rikuto Kobayashi</td></tr><tr><td>TGR Team SARD</td><td>Toyota GR</td><td>Toyota GR Supra GT500</td><td>Toyota RI4BG 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>39</td><td>Yuhi Sekiguchi</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sacha Fenestraz</td></tr><tr><td>Modulo Nakajima Racing</td><td>Honda</td><td>Honda HRC Prelude-GT</td><td>Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>64</td><td>Riki Okusa</td><td>D</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Igor Omura Fraga</td></tr><tr><td>Stanley Team Kunimitsu</td><td>Honda</td><td>Honda HRC Prelude-GT</td><td>Honda HR-420E 2.0 L Turbo I4</td><td>100</td><td>Naoki Yamamoto</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tadasuke Makino</td></tr></tbody></table>

GT500 vehicle changes

• Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) introduced the new HRC Prelude-GT as its GT500 vehicle, replacing the Civic Type R-GT after two seasons.

GT500 entrant changes

• Two-time GT500 Champion Tsugio Matsuda retired from Super GT after 20 seasons as a Nissan GT500 driver, and 26 seasons in GT500 in total. Matsuda become the new team director for NISMO, replacing Takeshi Nakajima. Atsushi Miyake transferred from NISMO NDDP to Kondo Racing, replacing Matsuda in the No. 24 car. Kondo Racing will also switch to Bridgestone tires, after competing in GT500 with Yokohama for 20 years.

• NISMO scaled down to one car from two, discontinuing the No. 3 car that had been running under the NISMO NDDP banner. Daiki Sasaki was retained by Nissan as its GT500 reserve driver.

Toyota announced its driver line-ups on 19 December 2025.

• TGR Team au TOM'S will revert to using the number 36 instead of the number 1 reserved for the reigning GT500 champion team. • TGR-DC driver Rikuto Kobayashi was promoted to GT500 with TGR Team KeePer Cerumo after two seasons in GT300. He will replace Hiroaki Ishiura, who retired from racing in GT500 after 18 seasons and will move to GT300 with Team ENEOS Rookie.

Honda announced its driver line-ups on 23 December 2025.

• The No. 8 ARTA Honda will be operated as a works team with direct support from HRC. The No. 8 car will be driven by Kakunoshin Ohta, who returns to the series after a year away, and Hiroki Otsu, who moves over from the No. 16 car. They replace Tomoki Nojiri, who will now drive the No. 16 car alongside Ren Sato, and Nobuharu Matsushita, who will drive exclusively in the Super Formula Championship for Honda customer team Delightworks Racing.

• 2025 Super Formula Lights champion and GT300 class race winner Yuto Nomura was promoted to GT500 with Real Racing, replacing Syun Koide, who will serve as Honda's GT500 reserve driver.

• Nakajima Racing Super Formula driver Igor Omura Fraga was promoted to drive the team's GT500 car after three years in GT300 with Anest Iwata Racing. Fraga replaces Takuya Izawa, who retired from the series after 17 years to become the new Team Director.

GT300

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Make</th><th>Car</th><th>Engine</th><th>No.</th><th>Drivers</th><th>Tire</th><th>Rounds</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Hyper Water Racing Inging</td><td>Toyota GR</td><td>Toyota GR86 GT300</td><td>Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8</td><td>2</td><td>Yuui Tsutsumi</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kazuhisa Urabe</td></tr><tr><td>Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO</td><td>Mercedes-AMG</td><td>Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo</td><td>Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8</td><td>4</td><td>Nobuteru Taniguchi</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tatsuya Kataoka</td></tr><tr><td>Team Mach</td><td>Toyota</td><td>Toyota 86 MC GT300</td><td>GTA V8 4.5 L V8</td><td>5</td><td>Yusuke Shiotsu</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Souta Arao</td></tr><tr><td>Velorex</td><td>Ferrari</td><td>Ferrari 296 GT3 1 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo TBC</td><td>Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6</td><td>6</td><td>Yoshiaki Katayama</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Niklas Krütten</td></tr><tr><td>CarGuy MKS Racing</td><td>Ferrari</td><td>Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo</td><td>Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6</td><td>7</td><td>Zak O'Sullivan</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Reimei Ito</td></tr><tr><td>Kiyoshi Umegaki</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>Pacific Racing Team</td><td>BMW</td><td>BMW M4 GT3 Evo</td><td>BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6</td><td>9</td><td>Yusuke Tomibayashi</td><td>M</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Yuta Fujiwara</td></tr><tr><td>Rintaro Kubo</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>GAINER</td><td>Nissan</td><td>Nissan Fairlady Z GT300 (RZ34)</td><td>Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6</td><td>11</td><td>Ryuichiro Tomita</td><td>D</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kazuki Oki</td></tr><tr><td>Anest Iwata Racing</td><td>26</td><td>Hironobu Yasuda</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lee Jungwoo</td></tr><tr><td>Team UpGarage</td><td>Mercedes-AMG</td><td>Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo</td><td>Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8</td><td>18</td><td>Takashi Kobayashi</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kotaro Shimbara</td></tr><tr><td>SHADE Racing</td><td>Lexus</td><td>Lexus RC F GT3</td><td>Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8</td><td>20</td><td>Katsuyuki Hiranaka</td><td>M</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Eijiro Shimizu</td></tr><tr><td>R'Qs Motor Sports</td><td>Mercedes-AMG</td><td>Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo</td><td>Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8</td><td>22</td><td>Hisashi Wada</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Masaki Kano</td></tr><tr><td>Masaki Jyonai</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>Hoppy Team Tsuchiya</td><td>Toyota GR</td><td>Toyota GR Supra GT300</td><td>Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8</td><td>25</td><td>Takamitsu Matsui</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ryota Horachi</td></tr><tr><td>apr</td><td>Toyota GR</td><td>Toyota GR86 GT300</td><td>Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8</td><td>30</td><td>Hiroaki Nagai</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hibiki Taira</td></tr><tr><td>Manabu Orido</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>Lexus</td><td>Lexus LC 500h GT</td><td>Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L Hybrid V8</td><td>31</td><td>Kazuto Kotaka</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Miki Koyama</td></tr><tr><td>Charlie Wurz</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>Team ENEOS Rookie</td><td>Mercedes-AMG</td><td>Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo</td><td>Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8</td><td>32</td><td>Hiroaki Ishiura</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tokiya Suzuki</td></tr><tr><td>Ponos Racing</td><td>Ferrari</td><td>Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo</td><td>Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6</td><td>45</td><td>Kei Cozzolino</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Takuro Shinohara</td></tr><tr><td>Nilzz Racing</td><td>Nissan</td><td>Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3</td><td>Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6</td><td>48</td><td>Taiyo Iida</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>James Pull</td></tr><tr><td>Daiki Fujiwara</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>Saitama Green Brave</td><td>Toyota GR</td><td>Toyota GR Supra GT300</td><td>Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8</td><td>52</td><td>Hiroki Yoshida</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Seita Nonaka</td></tr><tr><td>Kondo Racing</td><td>Nissan</td><td>Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3</td><td>Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6</td><td>56</td><td>João Paulo de Oliveira</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Iori Kimura</td></tr><tr><td>LM corsa</td><td>Lexus</td><td>Lexus LC 500 GT</td><td>Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8</td><td>60</td><td>Hiroki Yoshimoto</td><td>D</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shunsuke Kohno</td></tr><tr><td>R&D Sport</td><td>Subaru</td><td>Subaru BRZ GT300 (ZD8)</td><td>Subaru EG33 3.0 L Twin Turbo Flat-6</td><td>61</td><td>Takuto Iguchi</td><td>D</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hideki Yamauchi</td></tr><tr><td>HELM Motorsports</td><td>Nissan</td><td>Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3</td><td>Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6</td><td>62</td><td>Yuya Hiraki</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Reiji Hiraki</td></tr><tr><td>K2 R&D LEON Racing</td><td>Mercedes-AMG</td><td>Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo</td><td>Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8</td><td>65</td><td>Naoya Gamou</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Togo Suganami</td></tr><tr><td>JLOC</td><td>Lamborghini</td><td>Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2</td><td>Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10</td><td>87</td><td>Yuya Motojima</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kosuke Matsuura</td></tr><tr><td>Kohta Kawaai</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>88</td><td>Takashi Kogure</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Daniil Kvyat</td></tr><tr><td>Natsu Sakaguchi</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>K-tunes Racing</td><td>Lexus</td><td>Lexus RC F GT3</td><td>Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8</td><td>96</td><td>Morio Nitta</td><td>B</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shinichi Takagi</td></tr><tr><td>Tomei Sports</td><td>Nissan</td><td>Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3</td><td>Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin Turbo V6</td><td>360</td><td>Rin Arakawa</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Yu Kanamaru</td></tr><tr><td>Atsushi Tanaka</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>Seven x Seven Racing</td><td>Porsche</td><td>Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)</td><td>Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6</td><td>666</td><td>Sven Müller</td><td>Y</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kiyoto Fujinami</td></tr><tr><td>Taichi Watarai</td><td>TBC</td></tr><tr><td>D'station Racing</td><td>Aston Martin</td><td>Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo</td><td>Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8</td><td>777</td><td>Tomonobu Fujii</td><td>D</td><td>1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Charlie Fagg</td></tr></tbody></table>

GT300 vehicle changes

• Ferrari customer team Ponos Racing and CarGuy MKS Racing will receive the new Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo package. Velorex are expected to receive theirs during the season.

• Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific customer team Seven x Seven Racing will receive the updated Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2).

• SHADE Racing replaced its Toyota GR86 GT300 with the Lexus RC F GT3.

• R&D Sport replaced the No. 61 Subaru BRZ GT300's four-cylinder EJ20 engine with the six-cylinder EG33 engine used in the Subaru Alcyone SVX.

• Anest Iwata Racing replaced its Lexus RC F with the Nissan Fairlady Z GT300.

• Pacific Racing Team replaced its Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo with the BMW M4 GT3 Evo, marking the first outing in Super GT for the latest version of the M4 and bringing BMW M back to the championship for the first time since 2024.

GT300 entrant changes

Former Formula One driver Daniil Kvyat will make debut with JLOC

• Kazuhisa Urabe was promoted to a full-time seat at Inging Motorsport, replacing apr bound Hibiki Taira.

• Former Inging driver Hibiki Taira will drive the No. 30 apr Toyota GR86 GT300, which will revert to Yokohama tires after a season with Michelin. Kazuto Kotaka returns to the GT300 class to the No. 31 apr Lexus LC500h after serving as Toyota's GT500 reserve driver, replacing Oliver Rasmussen. Manabu Orido remained with the No. 30 GR86 as its third driver, and FIA Formula 3 Championship alumni Charlie Wurz will make his GT300 debut as the third driver of the No. 31 LC500h for apr, replacing Yuki Nemoto.

• FIA F4 Japanese Championship graduate Ryota Horachi will make his series debut with Hoppy Team Tsuchiya, with Kimiya Sato move to Super Taikyu ST-Z class with Aoyama Gakuin Automobile Club.

• K-tunes Racing changed tyre suppliers from Dunlop to Bridgestone.

• Reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Iori Kimura joined Kondo Racing from Team Mach. Kimura replaces last season's championship runner-up Kohei Hirate, who left Nissan and will take a year sabbatical from racing.

• Team UpGarage will receive technical support from Real Racing, replacing Servus Japan. HFDP driver and F4 Japan graduate Kotaro Shimbara will make his series debut, replacing newly-promoted GT500 driver Yuto Nomura.

• Rookie Racing expanded its presence into GT300 class by entering the No. 32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. 2007 GT300 champion Hiroaki Ishiura returns to the category after 18 seasons in GT500, and reigning FIA F4 Japanese Champion Tokiya Suzuki will make his series debut. The team will use Bridgestone tires. • Along with the change to the BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Pacific Racing Team changed tire suppliers from Yokohama to Michelin. Yuta Fujiwara has been promoted to a full-time driver, replacing new Sporting Director, Ryohei Sakaguchi. Rintaro Kubo returns to the series for the first time since 2020 as Pacific's third driver.

• Former Formula One driver and current Lamborghini Squadra Corse factory driver Daniil Kvyat will make his series debut with JLOC. Kvyat will drive the No. 88 car alongside Takashi Kogure. Yuya Motojima, who won the 2024 GT300 championship alongside Kogure, moves to the No. 87 car to drive alongside Kosuke Matsuura. Natsu Sakaguchi has been retained as a reserve driver for JLOC, joined by returning 2023 GT300 champion Kohta Kawaai.

• Two-time Super Taikyu TCR champion Lee Jungwoo will make his series debut with Anest Iwata Racing, replacing newly-promoted GT500 driver Igor Fraga.

• 2025 Formula Regional Japanese Champion Kiyoshi Umegaki will make his GT300 debut with CarGuy MKS Racing, replacing newly-promoted GT500 driver Rikuto Kobayashi. 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion and former LM corsa driver Reimei Ito joins the team as the third driver.

• Porsche contracted driver and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup champion Sven Müller will return to the series for the first time in eight years, joining Seven x Seven Racing. Müller replaces Harry King, who left the series to compete full-time in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with AO Racing. Seven x Seven Racing also saw Tsubasa Kondo left to compete in GT World Challenge Asia with Porsche Centre Okazaki. they signed reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East champion Taichi Watarai to be their third driver.

• Former BMW M Team Studie driver Niklas Krütten returns to the series after a year away, replacing Roberto Merhi at Velorex.

• Ponos Racing changed tire suppliers from Dunlop to Yokohama.

• Former GT World Challenge Europe and Super Taikyu Series driver James Pull will make his series debut with Nilzz Racing, replacing Yusaku Shibata.

• Former Red Bull and HFDP driver Souta Arao will make his series debut with Team Mach, replacing Kondo-bound driver Iori Kimura.

• Tomei Sports signed Yu Kanamaru, who competed in GT World Challenge Asia with Team 5ZIGEN, with Takayuki Aoki going the other way and Hironobu Shimizu compete in Super Taikyu ST-Z with Aoyama Gakuin Automobile Club.

Results

2026 Super GT Series

Drivers credited with winning Pole Position and the race's fastest lap for their respective teams are indicated in bold text.

<table><thead><tr><th>Round</th><th>Circuit</th><th>Class</th><th>Pole position</th><th>Fastest lap</th><th>Race winner</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Okayama 300 km</td><td>GT500</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GT300</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Fuji 3 Hours</td><td>GT500</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GT300</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Sepang 300 km</td><td>GT500</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GT300</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Fuji 300 km</td><td>GT500</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GT300</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Suzuka 300 km</td><td>GT500</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GT300</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Sugo 300 km</td><td>GT500</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GT300</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Autopolis 3 Hours</td><td>GT500</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GT300</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Motegi 300 km</td><td>GT500</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>GT300</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

<table><thead><tr><th>Position</th><th>1st</th><th>2nd</th><th>3rd</th><th>4th</th><th>5th</th><th>6th</th><th>7th</th><th>8th</th><th>9th</th><th>10th</th><th>11th</th><th>12th</th><th>13th</th><th>14th</th><th>15th</th><th>Pole</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>GT500 Points</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>11</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>GT300 Points</td><td>25</td><td>20</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr></tbody></table>

GT500

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Driver</th><th>Team</th><th>OKA</th><th>FUJ1</th><th>SEP</th><th>FUJ2</th><th>SUZ</th><th>SUG</th><th>AUT</th><th>MOT</th><th>Points</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Kakunoshin Ohta Hiroki Otsu</td><td>No. 8 Team HRC ARTA Mugen</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Tomoki Nojiri Ren Sato</td><td>No. 16 ARTA Mugen</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Kazuki Hiramine Bertrand Baguette</td><td>No. 12 Team Impul</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Nirei Fukuzumi Kazuya Oshima</td><td>No. 14 TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Koudai Tsukakoshi Yuto Nomura</td><td>No. 17 Astemo Real Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi</td><td>No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Katsumasa Chiyo Mitsunori Takaboshi</td><td>No. 23 NISMO</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Teppei Natori Atsushi Miyake</td><td>No. 24 Kondo Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Sho Tsuboi Kenta Yamashita</td><td>No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Ukyo Sasahara Giuliano Alesi</td><td>No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Toshiki Oyu Rikuto Kobayashi</td><td>No. 38 TGR Team KeePer Cerumo</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Yuhi Sekiguchi Sacha Fenestraz</td><td>No. 39 TGR Team SARD</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Riki Okusa Igor Omura Fraga</td><td>No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Naoki Yamamoto Tadasuke Makino</td><td>No. 100 Stanley Team Kunimitsu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Driver</td><td>Team</td><td>OKA</td><td>FUJ1</td><td>SEP</td><td>FUJ2</td><td>SUZ</td><td>SUG</td><td>AUT</td><td>MOT</td><td>Points</td></tr></tbody></table>

GT300

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Driver</th><th>Team</th><th>OKA</th><th>FUJ1</th><th>SEP</th><th>FUJ2</th><th>SUZ</th><th>SUG</th><th>AUT</th><th>MOT</th><th>Points</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Yuui Tsutsumi Kazuhisa Urabe</td><td>No. 2 Hyper Water Racing Inging</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka</td><td>No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Yusuke Shiotsu Souta Arao</td><td>No. 5 Team Mach</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Yoshiaki Katayama Niklas Krütten</td><td>No. 6 Velorex</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Zak O'Sullivan Reimei Ito</td><td>No. 7 CarGuy MKS Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Yusuke Tomibayashi Yuta Fujiwara</td><td>No. 9 Pacific Racing Team</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Ryuichiro Tomita Kazuki Oki</td><td>No. 11 GAINER</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hironobu Yasuda Lee Jungwoo</td><td>No. 26 Anest Iwata Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Takashi Kobayashi Kotaro Shimbara</td><td>No. 18 Team UpGarage</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Katsuyuki Hiranaka Eijiro Shimizu</td><td>No. 20 SHADE Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hisashi Wada Masaki Kano</td><td>No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Takamitsu Matsui Ryota Horachi</td><td>No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hiroaki Nagai Hibiki Taira</td><td>No. 30 apr</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Kazuto Kotaka Miki Koyama</td><td>No. 31 apr</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hiroaki Ishiura Tokiya Suzuki</td><td>No. 32 Team ENEOS Rookie</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Kei Cozzolino Takuro Shinohara</td><td>No. 45 Ponos Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Taiyo Iida James Pull</td><td>No. 48 Nilzz Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hiroki Yoshida Seita Nonaka</td><td>No. 52 Saitama Green Brave</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>João Paulo de Oliveira Iori Kimura</td><td>No. 56 Kondo Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hiroki Yoshimoto Shunsuke Kohno</td><td>No. 60 LM corsa</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi</td><td>No. 61 R&D Sport</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Yuya Hiraki Reiji Hiraki</td><td>No. 62 HELM Motorsports</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Naoya Gamou Togo Suganami</td><td>No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Yuya Motojima Kosuke Matsuura</td><td>No. 87 JLOC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Takashi Kogure Daniil Kvyat</td><td>No. 88 JLOC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Morio Nitta Shinichi Takagi</td><td>No. 96 K-tunes Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Rin Arakawa Yu Kanamaru</td><td>No. 360 Tomei Sports</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Sven Müller Kiyoto Fujinami</td><td>No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Tomonobu Fujii Charlie Fagg</td><td>No. 777 D'station Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Driver</td><td>Team</td><td>OKA</td><td>FUJ1</td><td>SEP</td><td>FUJ2</td><td>SUZ</td><td>SUG</td><td>AUT</td><td>MOT</td><td>Points</td></tr></tbody></table>

Teams' championships

<table><thead><tr><th>Position</th><th>1st</th><th>2nd</th><th>3rd</th><th>4th</th><th>5th</th><th>6th</th><th>7th</th><th>8th</th><th>9th</th><th>10th</th><th>11th</th><th>12th</th><th>13th</th><th>14th</th><th>15th</th><th>Lead Lap</th><th>-1 Lap</th><th>-2 Laps</th><th>-3 Laps or more</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>GT500 Points</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>11</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>GT300 Points</td><td>25</td><td>20</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr></tbody></table>

GT500

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Team</th><th>OKA</th><th>FUJ1</th><th>SEP</th><th>FUJ2</th><th>SUZ</th><th>SUG</th><th>AUT</th><th>MOT</th><th>Points</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>No. 8 Team HRC ARTA Mugen</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 16 ARTA Mugen</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 12 Team Impul</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 14 TGR Team ENEOS ROOKIE</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 17 Astemo Real Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 19 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 23 NISMO</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 24 Kondo Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 36 TGR Team au TOM'S</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 37 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 38 TGR Team KeePer Cerumo</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 39 TGR Team SARD</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 64 Modulo Nakajima Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 100 Stanley Team Kunimitsu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Team</td><td>OKA</td><td>FUJ1</td><td>SEP</td><td>FUJ2</td><td>SUZ</td><td>SUG</td><td>AUT</td><td>MOT</td><td>Points</td></tr></tbody></table>

GT300

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Team</th><th>OKA</th><th>FUJ1</th><th>SEP</th><th>FUJ2</th><th>SUZ</th><th>SUG</th><th>AUT</th><th>MOT</th><th>Points</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>No. 2 Hyper Water Racing Inging</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 5 Team Mach</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 6 Velorex</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 7 CarGuy MKS Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 9 Pacific Racing Team</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 11 GAINER</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 26 Anest Iwata Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 18 Team UpGarage</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 20 SHADE Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 22 R'Qs Motor Sports</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 30 apr</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 31 apr</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 32 Team ENEOS Rookie</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 45 Ponos Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 48 Nilzz Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 52 Saitama Green Brave</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 56 Kondo Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 60 LM corsa</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 61 R&D Sport</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 62 HELM Motorsports</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 65 K2 R&D LEON Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 87 JLOC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 88 JLOC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 96 K-tunes Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 360 Tomei Sports</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>No. 777 D'station Racing</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Team</td><td>OKA</td><td>FUJ1</td><td>SEP</td><td>FUJ2</td><td>SUZ</td><td>SUG</td><td>AUT</td><td>MOT</td><td>Points</td></tr></tbody></table>