# 2016 D1 Grand Prix series

The 2016 D1 Grand Prix series is the sixteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the eleventh for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The season began on March 26 at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course for the D1GP and ended on October 23 at the same course with Daigo Saito winning his second Championship and began on April 16 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit. and ended on November 20 at Nikko Circuit with Katsuhiro Ueo winning his first D1SL Championship by cancellation, due to a fatal incident that happened during morning practice.

## Schedule

| Round | Round | Venue | Location | Date | Winner | Car |
| D1GP | D1SL | Venue | Location | Date | Winner | Car |
| 1 | | Odaiba | Tokyo Prefecture | March 26–27 | Daigo Saito | Toyota JZX100 |
| | 1 | Bihoku Highland Circuit | Hiroshima Prefecture | April 16–17 | Katsuhiro Ueo | Nissan Silvia S15 |
| 2 | | Fuji Speedway | Shizuoka Prefecture | April 23–24 | Daigo Saito | Toyota JZX100 |
| | 2 | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | May 28–29 | Katsuhiro Ueo | Nissan Silvia S15 |
| 3 | | Tsukuba Circuit | Ibaraki Prefecture | June 25 | Daigo Saito | Toyota JZX100 |
| 4 | | Tsukuba Circuit | Ibaraki Prefecture | June 26 | Tomohiro Murayama | Nissan S14 |
| | 3 | Meihan Sportsland | Nara Prefecture | July 9–10 | Junya Ishikawa | Nissan S14 |
| 5 | | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | August 6 | Daigo Saito | Toyota JZX100 |
| 6 | | Ebisu Circuit | Fukushima Prefecture | August 7 | Tomohiro Murayama | Nissan S14 |
| | 4 | Maze Sea Circuit | Niigata Prefecture | August 20–21 | Katsuhiro Ueo | Nissan Silvia S15 |
| | 5 | Seto Inland Sea Circuit | Ehime Prefecture | October 15–16 | Takatoshi Imamaeda | Nissan Silvia S14 |
| 7 | | Odaiba | Tokyo Prefecture | October 22–23 | Daigo Saito | Toyota JZX100 |
| | 6 | Nikko Circuit | Tochigi Prefecture | November 19–20 | Event Cancelled | Event Cancelled |

## Drivers' rankings
### D1GP

| Pos. | Driver | Car | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Rd.5 | Rd.6 | Rd.7 | Total |
| 1 | Daigo Saito | Toyota JZX100 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 22 | 30 | | 30 | 172 |
| 2 | Masato Kawabata | Nissan R35 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 14 | | 22 | 25 | 133 |
| 3 | Hideyuki Fujino | Nissan RPS13 | 22 | 11 | 12 | | 17 | 25 | 20 | 107 |
| 4 | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan S15 | 7 | 16 | 25 | | 22 | 17 | 12 | 99 |
| 5 | Tomohiro Murayama | Nissan S14 | 5 | | 10 | 30 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 91 |
| 6 | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota JZA80 | 17 | | 20 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 70 |
| 7 | Teruyoshi Iwai | Mazda NA6CE | 1 | | 17 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 67 |
| 8 | Akira Hirajima | Nissan S15 | 1 | | 9 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 61 |
| 9 | Naoto Suenaga | Nissan S15 | 10 | 12 | | | 15 | 14 | 1 | 52 |
| 10 | Kunihiko Teramachi | Nissan S15 | 6 | 17 | | 5 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 51 |
| 11 | Seimi Tanaka | Nissan S15 | | | 11 | 7 | | 15 | 16 | 49 |
| 11 | Youichi Imamura | Toyota ZN6 | 1 | 20 | | 17 | 1 | | 10 | 49 |
| 13 | Hokuto Matsuyama | Toyota JZX100 | 1 | | 15 | 25 | 1 | | 5 | 47 |
| 13 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | Toyota AE86 | | 1 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| 15 | Yukio Matsui | Mazda FD3S | | 8 | | | 25 | 12 | 1 | 46 |
| 16 | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan S15 | 8 | 14 | | 1 | | 5 | 15 | 43 |
| 17 | Tomokazu Hirota | Toyota JZX100 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | | 1 | 37 |
| 18 | Kazuya Bai | Nissan RPS13 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 6 | 33 |
| 19 | Shingo Hatanaka | Toyota JZX90 | | 5 | | 15 | | 1 | 11 | 32 |
| 20 | Kenji Takayama | Lexus GRS191 | 11 | 1 | 1 | | | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 20 | Yusuke Kitaoka | Toyota JZX100 | 12 | | | | | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 22 | Yusuke Kusaba | Nissan PS13 | 20 | 1 | | | | | 7 | 28 |
| 23 | Kazuya Matsukawa | Toyota AE85 | | 10 | | | 14 | | 1 | 25 |
| 23 | Shinji Minowa | Toyota JZX90 | | 22 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 25 |
| 25 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen [th] | Nissan Z33 | 1 | | 8 | | | 11 | | 20 |
| 26 | Yoshinori Koguchi | Toyota ZN6 | 15 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 17 |
| 27 | Ken Nomura | Nissan ER34 | | 6 | | 9 | 1 | | | 16 |
| 27 | Kazumi Takahashi | Toyota JZX100 | | | | 16 | 0 | | | 16 |
| 27 | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota GRX130 | 14 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 16 |
| 30 | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota JZZ30 | | | 14 | | | | | 14 |
| 31 | Tetsuro Nakata | Toyota JZX100 | | 1 | | 1 | 9 | 1 | | 12 |
| 31 | Koji Yamaguchi | Nissan S14 | | | 7 | | | | | 12 |
| 33 | Kenji Kiguchi | Nissan C33 | | | | | 10 | 1 | | 11 |
| 33 | Masayoshi Tokita | Toyota ZN6 | | 9 | 1 | | | 1 | | 11 |
| 35 | Kenichi Nakamura | Toyota JZX110 | | | | | | 10 | | 10 |
| 36 | Ryuji Miki | Mazda FD3S | | | 6 | | | | | 6 |
| 37 | Kazuya Taguchi | Nissan S15 | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| 37 | Jin Horino | Nissan RPS13 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 |
| 37 | Tadahiro Fukada | Toyota JZX100 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| 40 | Ikuo Saito | Toyota JZX100 | | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| 40 | Shinji Sagisaka | Toyota SXE10 | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| 40 | Yuji Saito | Nissan S15 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 40 | Shion Kono | Nissan RPS13 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |