# Racing Project Bandoh

Racing Project Bandoh Ltd. is a Japanese racing team competing in the Super GT series.

## Racing history

Created in 1990 by Masaaki Bando, Racing Project Bandoh raced in the All Japan Touring Car Championship from 1987 (as an earlier organization created by Bando until 1990) to 1997 and entered the Japanese Grand Touring Championship in 1997, competing with a Nissan Silvia S14 in the GT300 class winning five consecutive podiums. In the team's first year of competition, drivers Hideo Fukuyama and Manabu Orido won the GT300 class championship. The next year Bandoh switched to a Toyota Celica, but could not recreate the success of the previous year, taking no podiums with driver Manabu Orido placing second in the drivers' championship. Racing Project Bandoh won the first race of the season at the Suzuka GT 300, and ended the season with drivers Takahiko Hara and Manabu Orido taking third in the drivers championship. Three points behind the winner, Morio Nitta. Bandoh would win one race in 2000 at Sportsland SUGO, and one race in 2001 at Twin Ring Motegi.
2003 brought more success for the team after changing to a new Toyota Celica mid-way through the season, taking wins at Mt. Fuji and Suzuka and drivers Takayuki Aoki and Minoru Tanaka finishing fourth in the championship. Bandoh won one race at Sportsland SUGO in 2004.
It was not until 2007 that Racing Project Bandoh would achieve victory again, winning the fifth round of the season at Sportsland SUGO. In 2008 the team won the seventh round of the season at Motegi. The same year Masaaki Bando's son Masataka Bando took over operations of the team after Masaaki Bando was appointed as the chairman of the Super GT series. The following year in 2009 drivers Manabu Orido and Tatsuya Kataoka in a Lexus IS350 took five podiums including one win. As a result, Racing Project Bandoh won both the team and drivers championship by 3 points over Nobuteru Taniguchi and Ryo Orime in the GT300 class.
In 2011 Racing Project Bandoh moved to the GT500 class competing in a Lexus SC430 under the name LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH.
In 2015 and 2016 the team fielded both a Lexus RC F in the GT500 class and a Toyota 86 in the GT300 class in conjunction with UP GARAGE.
Racing Project Bandoh has long been associated with the team's main sponsor WedsSport, a Japanese aftermarket wheel manufacturer.

## Results
### Complete JGTC Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Car | Tyres | Class | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos | Pts |
| 1997 | Nissan Silvia S14 | Y | GT300 | 19 | Manabu Orido Hideo Fukuyama | SUZ 1 | FUJ 2 | SEN 2 | FUJ 3 | MIN 1 | SUG 5 | | | 1st | 90 |
| 1998 | Toyota Celica | Y | GT300 | 19 | Manabu Orido Max Angelelli Katsumi Yamamoto | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ 7 | MOT 2 | MIN 2 | SUG 3 | | 2nd | 46 |
| 1999 | Toyota Celica | Y | GT300 | 19 | Manabu Orido Takahiko Hara | SUZ 1 | FUJ 2 | SUG Ret | MIN 3 | FUJ Ret | OKA 5 | MOT 2 | | 3rd | 70 |
| 2000 | Toyota Celica | Y | GT300 | 19 | Shigekazu Wakisaka Takahiko Hara | MOT 3 | FUJ Ret | SUG 1 | FUJ Ret | OKA 3 | MIN 15 | SUZ 17 | | 5th | 44 |
| 2001 | Toyota MR-S | Y | GT300 | 19 | Minoru Tanaka Satoshi Goto | OKA DNA | FUJ 16 | SUG 10 | FUJ 3 | MOT 1 | SUZ 17 | MIN 13 | | 9th | 33 |
| 2002 | Toyota MR-S | Y | GT300 | 19 | Minoru Tanaka Satoshi Goto | OKA 18 | FUJ 5 | SUG Ret | SEP 6 | FUJ 22 | MOT 6 | MIN 6 | SUZ 12 | 10th | 31 |
| 2003 | Toyota MR-S | Y | GT300 | 19 | Takayuki Aoki Minoru Tanaka | OKA 8 | FUJ DNQ | | | | | | | 4th | 63 |
| 2003 | Toyota Celica | Y | GT300 | 19 | Takayuki Aoki Minoru Tanaka | | | SUG 20 | FUJ 5 | FUJ 1 | MOT 8 | AUT 16 | SUZ 1 | 4th | 63 |
| 2004 | Toyota Celica | Y | GT300 | 19 | Takayuki Aoki Nobuteru Taniguchi | OKA 4 | SUG 1 | SEP NC | TOK 7 | MOT 13 | AUT 5 | SUZ 5 | | 6th | 48 |

### Complete Super GT Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Car | Tyres | Class | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Points |
| 2005 | Toyota Celica | Y | GT300 | 19 | Hiroki Kato Nobuteru Taniguchi | OKA 7 | FUJ 6 | SEP 7 | SUG 7 | MOT 2 | FUJ 6 | AUT 3 | SUZ 9 | | 7th | 54 |
| 2006 | Toyota Celica | Y | GT300 | 19 | Koji Matsuda Shigekazu Wakisaka | SUZ 4 | OKA 10 | FUJ 17 | SEP 3 | SUG 18 | SUZ 19 | MOT 16 | AUT 12 | FUJ 2 | 10th | 35 |
| 2007 | Toyota Celica | Y | GT300 | 19 | Akira Iida Yuhi Sekiguchi | SUZ 14 | OKA 19 | FUJ Ret | SEP 9 | SUG 1 | SUZ 12 | MOT 18 | AUT 4 | FUJ 16 | 9th | 46 |
| 2008 | Toyota Celica | Y | GT300 | 19 | Manabu Orido Tsubasa Abe | SUZ 7 | OKA Ret | | | | | | | | 11th | 48 |
| 2008 | Lexus IS350 | Y | GT300 | 19 | Manabu Orido Tsubasa Abe Yuhi Sekiguchi | | | FUJ 9 | SEP Ret | SUG 15 | SUZ 19 | MOT 1 | AUT 10 | FUJ 5 | 11th | 48 |
| 2009 | Lexus IS350 | Y | GT300 | 19 | Manabu Orido Tatsuya Kataoka | OKA 1 | SUZ 8 | FUJ 5 | SEP 2 | SUG 5 | SUZ 6 | FUJ 4 | AUT 3 | MOT 3 | 1st | 112 |
| 2010 | Lexus IS350 | Y | GT300 | 19 | Manabu Orido Tatsuya Kataoka | SUZ 3 | OKA 14 | FUJ 4 | SEP 9 | SUG Ret | SUZ 4 | FUJ C | MOT 7 | | 8th | 49 |
| 2011 | Lexus SC430 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Tatsuya Kataoka Seiji Ara | OKA 3 | FUJ 15 | SEP 11 | SUG 8 | SUZ 11 | FUJ 13 | AUT 7 | MOT 11 | | 13th | 37 |
| 2012 | Lexus SC430 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Seiji Ara André Couto | OKA 12 | FUJ 13 | SEP 9 | SUG 12 | SUZ 6 | FUJ 3 | AUT 3 | MOT 5 | | 9th | 55 |
| 2013 | Lexus SC430 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Seiji Ara André Couto | OKA 14 | FUJ 11 | SEP 15 | SUG 9 | SUZ 6 | FUJ Ret | AUT 13 | MOT 10 | | 14th | 25 |
| 2014 | Lexus RC F | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi Juichi Wakisaka | OKA 11 | FUJ 7 | AUT 8 | SUG 12 | FUJ 11 | SUZ Ret | BUR 6 | MOT 6 | | 13th | 32 |
| 2015 | Toyota 86 | Y | GT300 | 18 20 | Yuhki Nakayama Yuji Ide Marko Asmer Nick Cassidy Kota Sasaki | OKA 19 | FUJ Ret | CHA Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ 21 | SUG 15 | AUT 9 | MOT Ret | | 28th | 2 |
| 2015 | Lexus RC F | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi Juichi Wakisaka | OKA 10 | FUJ 7 | CHA 9 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 4 | SUG 5 | AUT 9 | MOT 10 | | 10th | 47 |
| 2016 | Toyota 86 | Y | GT300 | 18 | Yuhki Nakayama Shinnosuke Yamada | OKA 15 | FUJ 4 | SUG 8 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 4 | CHA 22 | MOT 12 | MOT 9 | | 12th | 46 |
| 2016 | Lexus RC F | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto Yuhi Sekiguchi | OKA 9 | FUJ 8 | SUG 5 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 5 | CHA 1 | MOT 5 | MOT 3 | | 4th | 79 |
| 2017 | Toyota 86 | Y | GT300 | 18 | Yuhki Nakayama Shintaro Kawabata | OKA 12 | FUJ 9 | AUT Ret | SUG 17 | FUJ 11 | SUZ 15 | CHA 7 | MOT 16 | | 18th | 23 |
| 2017 | Lexus LC500 GT500 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi Yuji Kunimoto Kenta Yamashita Kamui Kobayashi | OKA 6 | FUJ 10 | AUT 8 | SUG 12 | FUJ 7 | SUZ 4 | CHA 12 | MOT 15 | | 12th | 41 |
| 2018 | Lexus LC500 GT500 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto Kenta Yamashita | OKA 9 | FUJ 12 | SUZ 13 | CHA 3 | FUJ 10 | SUG Ret | AUT 3 | MOT 5 | | 11th | 50 |
| 2019 | Lexus LC500 GT500 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto Sho Tsuboi | OKA 6 | FUJ 13 | SUZ 7 | BUR 3 | FUJ 9 | AUT 8 | SUG 13 | MOT 7 | | 11th | 46.5 |
| 2020 | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto Ritomo Miyata | FUJ 9 | FUJ 15 | SUZ 10 | MOT Ret | FUJ 7 | SUZ 9 | MOT 11 | FUJ 10 | | 14th | 27 |
| 2021 | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto Ritomo Miyata | OKA 12 | FUJ 7 | MOT 2 | SUZ 13 | SUG Ret | AUT 13 | MOT 2 | FUJ 13 | | 11th | 53 |
| 2022 | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi | OKA 13 | FUJ 6 | SUZ 5 | FUJ 9 | SUZ 7 | SUG 15 | AUT 5 | MOT 7 | | 11th | 44 |
| 2023 | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi | OKA 9 | FUJ 12 | SUZ 1 | FUJ 12 | SUZ 9 | SUG 8 | AUT 13 | MOT 8 | | 11th | 49 |
| 2024 | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | Y | GT500 | 19 | Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi | OKA 13 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 12 | FUJ 9 | SUG 8 | AUT Ret | MOT 12 | SUZ 14 | | 15th | 21 |
$^‡$ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.