# 2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR86/BRZ Cup

The 2024 Bridgestone TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup was the twelfth running of the TGR GR86/BRZ Cup, a one-make motor racing championship for Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ sports cars operated by Toyota Gazoo Racing. The championship featured a mix of Toyota factory drivers, independent professional drivers, and gentleman drivers, and commenced on 11 May at Sportsland SUGO before concluding on 24 November at Mobility Resort Motegi.
Tōgo Suganami dominated the season, taking a record-breaking six race victories, five pole positions, and seven podiums from the season's eight races to clinch his second championship title during the penultimate round at Suzuka. Defending champion Takuto Iguchi finished second, having scored less than half of Suganami's final points tally, with Iguchi and Takamitsu Matsui winning one race each.

## Teams and drivers
### Professional Series

| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Subaru | Team Takuty | 1 | Takuto Iguchi | All |
| Subaru | Team Takuty | 87 | Rintarō Kubo [ja] | All |
| Subaru | ATRACT/K | 62 | Kenji Nakahama | 1, 3 |
| Subaru | ATRACT/K | 62 | Junpei Katoh | 7 |
| Subaru | Recaro Racing Team | 906 | Kōta Sasaki | 1, 4 |
| Subaru | Recaro Racing Team | 906 | Tsubasa Kondō | 2–3, 5–7 |
| Subaru | Recaro Racing Team | 909 | Takashi Kogure | All |
| Toyota | KIMInternational | 3 | Kengo Ichijou | 1–4, 7 |
| Toyota | Mansaku Jidousya | 5 | Takashi Inoue | All |
| Toyota | T by Two CABANA Racing | 7 | Yuui Tsutsumi | All |
| Toyota | T by Two CABANA Racing | 700 | Hikaru Jitōsho | All |
| Toyota | GR Garage Urawamisono with GB | 8 | Keiichi Watanabe | 1, 3, 6–7 |
| Toyota | GR Garage Urawamisono with GB | 160 | Hiroki Yoshida | All |
| Toyota | OTG Motor Sports | 10 | Tōgo Suganami | All |
| Toyota | OTG Motor Sports | 60 | Ryo Ogawa | 2–7 |
| Toyota | OTG Motor Sports | 70 | Naoki Hattori | All |
| Toyota | OTG Motor Sports | 80 | Reimei Itō | 1–4, 6–7 |
| Toyota | Okabe Jidosha Motorsport | 12 | Ai Miura | 3 |
| Toyota | Okabe Jidosha Motorsport | 14 | Seiya Motojima | 1, 3 |
| Toyota | K-one Racing Team | 17 | Nobuteru Taniguchi | All |
| Toyota | K-one Racing Team | 85 | Shunji Okumoto | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Toyota | Ibaraki Toyopet Racing Team | 18 | Yūichi Nakayama | All |
| Toyota | KM Racing | 31 | Takayuki Aoki | All |
| Toyota | Team OTHR | 32 | Tomoaki Ichimori | 3, 5–6 |
| Toyota | Ogura Clutch with Revolution | 34 | Masahiro Sasaki [ja] | All |
| Toyota | COROLLA SHIN-IBARAKI CSIRacing | 38 | Seita Nonaka | 7 |
| Toyota | Takashima Noboru | 50 | Noboru Takashima | 5 |
| Toyota | Kamakura Yuuki | 55 | Yūki Kamakura | 3, 6 |
| Toyota | Tochigi Toyota T2FACTORY | 56 | Yoshiyuki Tsuruga | All |
| Toyota | 4MINUTES Co., Ltd. R&D | 72 | Natsu Sakaguchi | All |
| Toyota | Morikawa Motoo | 76 | Motoo Morikawa | 2–3, 5–6 |
| Toyota | DTEC Team MASTER ONE | 97 | Tomoki Takahashi | 4–7 |
| Toyota | DTEC Team MASTER ONE | 98 | Yūya Motojima | All |
| Toyota | RSS | 144 | Miki Onaga | 2–5, 7 |
| Toyota | Netz Hyōgo Racing Team | 121 | Naoya Gamou | All |
| Toyota | Netz Tōyama Racing | 123 | Takamitsu Matsui | 1, 3, 5–7 |
| Toyota | Nine with ARN RACING | 199 | Kōki Saga | 1–3 |
| Toyota | Nine with ARN RACING | 199 | Rikuto Kobayashi | 6–7 |
| Toyota | KTMS | 225 | Hibiki Taira | 1–2, 5–7 |
| Toyota | KSM | 293 | Daichi Okamoto | All |
| Toyota | HOJUST RACING | 501 | Takeshi Suehiro | 5 |
| Toyota | Delta Motorsports | 504 | Yūsuke Tomibayashi | All |
| Toyota | Team MEISHIN | 550 | Shōtarō Munetou | All |
| Toyota | MAX ORIDO RACING | 559 | Maaya Orido | 3 |
| Toyota | M Planning | 910 | Hiroyuki Saka | 1–3, 5–7 |
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## Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan. The provisional calendar was announced on 1 December 2023. All rounds were held alongside other national-level and local racing events; Rounds 1–4 and Round 7 were held alongside the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Yaris Cup sister series. Round 1 at Sugo was also run in support of the TCR Japan Series and Formula Regional Japanese Championship, and Round 5 at Okayama was held alongside the fourth Super Formula Lights round.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 12 May | Yūsuke Tomibayashi | Yuui Tsutsumi | Takuto Iguchi | Team Takuty |
| 2 | Autopolis, Hita | 16 June | Tōgo Suganami | Tōgo Suganami | Tōgo Suganami | OTG Motor Sports |
| 3 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 14 July | Ryō Ogawa | Takuto Iguchi | Tōgo Suganami | OTG Motor Sports |
| 3 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 14 July | N/A | Takuto Iguchi | Takamitsu Matsui | Netz Tōyama Racing |
| 4 | Tokachi International Speedway, Sarabetsu | 25 August | Tōgo Suganami | Tōgo Suganami | Tōgo Suganami | OTG Motor Sports |
| 5 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 15 September | Tōgo Suganami | Hiroki Yoshida | Tōgo Suganami | OTG Motor Sports |
| 6 | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka | 6 October | Tōgo Suganami | Tōgo Suganami | Tōgo Suganami | OTG Motor Sports |
| 7 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi | 24 November | Tōgo Suganami | Yūichi Nakayama | Tōgo Suganami | OTG Motor Sports |

## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers, with one point awarded for pole position and fastest lap respectively.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
| 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | SUG | AUT | FUJ | FUJ | TOK | OKA | SUZ | MOT | Points |
| 1 | Tōgo Suganami | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 143 |
| 2 | Takuto Iguchi | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | DNQ | 31† | Ret | 61 |
| 3 | Yūsuke Tomibayashi | 3 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 56 |
| 4 | Yuui Tsutsumi | 21 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 55 |
| 5 | Yūichi Nakayama | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 53 |
| 6 | Takamitsu Matsui | 6 | | 9 | 1 | | 8 | 4 | 4 | 51 |
| 7 | Naoya Gamou | 5 | 4 | DNS | DNS | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 45 |
| 8 | Ryō Ogawa | | 5 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 37 |
| 9 | Hiroki Yoshida | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 34 |
| 10 | Reimei Itō | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 11 | Daichi Okamoto | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 19 |
| 12 | Naoki Hattori | 23 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | Tsubasa Kondō | | 3 | 7 | 14 | | 14 | 16 | 12 | 16 |
| 14 | Takayuki Aoki | 30† | 16 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 15 | Shunji Okumoto | 13 | 23 | | | 12 | 3 | Ret | 32 | 12 |
| 16 | Rintarō Kubo | 11 | Ret | 10 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| 17 | Hikaru Jitōsho | 28 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 4 |
| 18 | Yūya Motojima | 29 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 2 |
| 19 | Masahiro Sasaki | 10 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 29 | 18 | 25 | 1 |
| 20 | Hibiki Taira | 31† | DSQ | | | | 12 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 21 | Nobuteru Taniguchi | 14 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 1 |
| – | Shōtarō Munetou | 16 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 0 |
| – | Hiroyuki Saka | 12 | 25 | 24 | Ret | | 23 | 23 | 17 | 0 |
| – | Kengo Ichijou | 15 | 26 | 14 | 13 | Ret | | | 29 | 0 |
| – | Kōta Sasaki | 26 | | | | 14 | | | | 0 |
| – | Tomoki Takahashi | | | | | 18 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 0 |
| – | Yoshiyuki Tsuruga | 18 | 21 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 0 |
| – | Takashi Kogure | 17 | WD | 16 | Ret | 25 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 0 |
| – | Rikuto Kobayashi | | | | | | | 22 | 16 | 0 |
| – | Natsu Sakaguchi | 25 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 23 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 0 |
| – | Takashi Inoue | 19 | 18 | 29 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 0 |
| – | Tomoaki Ichimori | | | 22 | 18 | | 26 | 29 | | 0 |
| – | Seiya Motojima | 20 | | 19 | 22 | | | | | 0 |
| – | Takeshi Suehiro | | | | | | 19 | | | 0 |
| – | Miki Onaga | | 22 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 20 | | 26 | 0 |
| – | Kōki Saga | 22 | 20 | WD | WD | | | | | 0 |
| – | Motoo Morikawa | | 24 | 23 | 20 | | 24 | 28 | | 0 |
| – | Seita Nonaka | | | | | | | | 23 | 0 |
| – | Kenji Nakahama | 24 | | 27 | 29 | | | | | 0 |
| – | Keiichi Watanabe | 27 | | 25 | 27 | | | 27 | 31 | 0 |
| – | Ai Miura | | | 26 | 26 | | | | | 0 |
| – | Yūki Kamakura | | | 28 | 28 | | | DNS | | 0 |
| – | Noboru Takashima | | | | | | 28 | | | 0 |
| – | Maaya Orido | | | 30 | 30 | | | | | 0 |
| – | Junpei Katoh | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | SUG | AUT | FUJ | FUJ | TOK | OKA | SUZ | MOT | Points |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Race winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| Blank | Did not participate |