# 2013 JAF Grand Prix

The 2013 JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup was the final racing event for both the 2013 Super GT season and the 2013 Super Formula season. It took place over November 23 and November 24, 2013 at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.

## Background

The JAF Grand Prix would be the last time the current model GT500 and the current model Super Formula cars would race, as Super GT would move to unified regulations with the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, while the Swift SF13 would be replaced by the Dallara SF14 for the 2014 Super Formula season.
The Balance of Performance in GT300 was once again adjusted, the GTA decided to adopt the balance of performance for GT3 cars from the Blancpain Endurance Series.
Unlike the eight points-scoring races in Super GT, the Fuji Sprint Cup was run under slightly different rules.
* The GT500 and GT300 classes were split into their own set of two races.
* Each driver in GT500 and GT300 would have their own 22 lap (100 km) sprint race without any mandatory pitstop.
* Standing starts were also implemented for each of the four races instead of the rolling start normally seen.
* There would be no weight ballast for any of the cars in either class.
38 cars were entered in the two Super GT classes, 15 in GT500 and 23 in GT300. The #96 Dijon Racing Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 returning to the series after having last raced in the 2013 Fuji GT 300km, while the #35 Nismo Global Athlete Team made its only appearance of the season, with Alex Buncombe and Lucas Ordóñez driving. Neither the #52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 or the #87 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 were entered for the JAF Grand Prix, however JLOC put Hideki Yamauchi and Hiroki Yoshimoto, the drivers of the #87 car into their #88 car.
In Super Formula with the exception of André Lotterer and Loïc Duval returning to the cars they had driven for part of the season, there were no other driver changes.

## GT300 Race 1 results

The first GT300 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Chassis | Tyre | Time/Difference | Laps |
| 1 | 3 | NDDP Racing | Daiki Sasaki | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | 36:38.256 | 22 |
| 2 | 11 | Gainer | Björn Wirdheim | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | D | +1.200 | 22 |
| 3 | 55 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Takashi Kobayashi | Honda CR-Z | B | +9.302 | 22 |
| 4 | 48 | Dijon Racing | Katsumasa Chiyo | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | +11.301 | 22 |
| 5 | 62 | Leon Racing | Haruki Kurosawa | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Y | +19.163 | 22 |
| 6 | 16 | Team Mugen | Hideki Mutoh | Honda CR-Z | B | +20.418 | 22 |
| 7 | 0 | Team Taisan Ken Endless | Kyosuke Mineo | Porsche 997 GT3 | Y | +21.522 | 22 |
| 8 | 88 | JLOC | Hideki Yamauchi | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Y | +26.037 | 22 |
| 9 | 22 | R'Qs MotorSports | Masaki Jyonai | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Y | +26.794 | 22 |
| 10 | 5 | Team Mach | Junichiro Yamashita | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | +35.969 | 22 |
| 11 | 10 | Gainer | Masayuki Ueda | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | D | +39.908 | 22 |
| 12 | 31 | apr | Koki Saga | Toyota Prius | Y | +42.109 | 22 |
| 13 | 21 | Hitotsuyama Racing | Richard Lyons | Audi R8 LMS ultra | H | +45.122 | 22 |
| 14 | 2 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Kazuho Takahashi | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | Y | +52.081 | 22 |
| 15 | 86 | JLOC | Koji Yamanishi | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Y | +52.438 | 22 |
| 16 | 50 | Arnage Racing | Masaki Kano | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | Y | +54.827 | 22 |
| 17 | 9 | Pacific Direction Racing | You Yokomaku | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Y | +1:16.367 | 22 |
| 18 | 96 | Dijon Racing | Keiichi Inoue | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | Y | +1 Lap | 21 |
| 19 | 35 | Nismo Athlete Global Team | Alex Buncombe | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | +2 Laps | 20 |
| 20 | 30 | apr | Igor Sushko | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | +3 Laps | 19 |
| Ret | 61 | R&D Sport | Kota Sasaki | Subaru BRZ | M | +9 Laps | 13 |
| Ret | 4 | GSR Hatsune Miku | Tatsuya Kataoka | BMW Z4 GT3 | Y | +16 Laps | 6 |
| Ret | 33 | Hankook KTR | Masami Kageyama | Porsche 911 GT3-R | H | +21 Laps | 1 |
* Fastest Lap – Alex Buncombe, #35 Nismo Athlete Global Team Nissan GT-R GT3 – 1:38.438

## GT500 Race 1 results

The first GT500 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Chassis | Tyre | Time/Difference | Laps |
| 1 | 17 | Keihin Real Racing | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | 34:37.791 | 22 |
| 2 | 38 | Lexus Team Zent Cerumo | Yuji Tachikawa | Lexus SC430 | B | +3.285 | 22 |
| 3 | 100 | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Takashi Kogure | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +4.439 | 22 |
| 4 | 18 | Weider Dome Racing | Naoki Yamamoto | Honda HSV-010 GT | M | +6.223 | 22 |
| 5 | 36 | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | James Rossiter | Lexus SC430 | B | +9.947 | 22 |
| 6 | 19 | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | Andre Couto | Lexus SC430 | Y | +11.218 | 22 |
| 7 | 23 | Motul Autech NISMO | Ronnie Quintarelli | Nissan GT-R | M | +14.904 | 22 |
| 8 | 12 | Calsonic Team Impul | Tsugio Matsuda | Nissan GT-R | B | +15.007 | 22 |
| 9 | 39 | Lexus Team DENSO SARD | Juichi Wakisaka | Lexus SC430 | B | +16.582 | 22 |
| 10 | 24 | D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing | Hironobu Yasuda | Nissan GT-R | Y | +21.778 | 22 |
| 11 | 6 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | Yuji Kunimoto | Lexus SC430 | B | +1:16.698 | 22 |
| 12 | 32 | Epson Nakajima Racing | Daisuke Nakajima | Honda HSV-010 GT | D | +1:33.909 | 22 |
| 13 | 8 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Kosuke Matsuura | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +4 Laps | 18 |
| Ret | 1 | S-Road REITO MOLA | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Nissan GT-R | M | +9 Laps | 13 |
| Ret | 37 | Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S | Andrea Caldarelli | Lexus SC430 | B | +14 Laps | 8 |
* Fastest Lap – Yuji Kunimoto, #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus SC430 – 1:32.847

## Super Formula results

The Super Formula race was held on November 24, 2013. Race result is as follows.
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Engine | Time/Difference | Laps |
| 1 | 39 | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | Yuji Kunimoto | Toyota RV8K | 31:27.103 | 22 |
| 2 | 8 | Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans | Loïc Duval | Toyota RV8K | +1.632 | 22 |
| 3 | 20 | Lenovo Team Impul | Tsugio Matsuda | Toyota RV8K | +2.548 | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | Petronas Team TOM'S | Kazuki Nakajima | Toyota RV8K | +3.750 | 22 |
| 5 | 16 | Team Mugen | Naoki Yamamoto | Honda HR12E | +4.661 | 22 |
| 6 | 19 | Lenovo Team Impul | João Paulo de Oliveira | Toyota RV8K | +5.257 | 22 |
| 7 | 2 | Petronas Team TOM'S | André Lotterer | Toyota RV8K | +6.209 | 22 |
| 8 | 7 | Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans | Ryō Hirakawa | Toyota RV8K | +9.293 | 22 |
| 9 | 38 | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | Kohei Hirate | Toyota RV8K | +10.307 | 22 |
| 10 | 10 | HP Real Racing | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Honda HR12E | +17.589 | 22 |
| 11 | 3 | Kondo Racing | Hironobu Yasuda | Toyota RV8K | +24.256 | 22 |
| 12 | 41 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Hideki Mutoh | Honda HR12E | +24.764 | 22 |
| 13 | 11 | HP Real Racing | Yuhki Nakayama | Honda HR12E | +27.569 | 22 |
| 14 | 15 | Team Mugen | Takuma Sato | Honda HR12E | +30.807 | 22 |
| 15 | 40 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Takuya Izawa | Honda HR12E | +36.873 | 22 |
| 16 | 62 | Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports | Koki Saga | Toyota RV8K | +37.662 | 22 |
| 17 | 18 | KCMG | Richard Bradley | Toyota RV8K | +41.490 | 22 |
| 18 | 32 | Nakajima Racing | Takashi Kogure | Honda HR12E | +1 Lap | 21 |
| Ret | 31 | Nakajima Racing | Daisuke Nakajima | Honda HR12E | +22 Laps | 0 |
* Fastest Lap – Takuya Izawa, #40 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing – 1:25.043

## GT300 Race 2 results

The second GT300 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Chassis | Tyre | Time/Difference | Laps |
| 1 | 2 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | Hiroki Katoh | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | Y | 36:42.791 | 22 |
| 2 | 11 | Gainer | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | D | +0.576 | 22 |
| 3 | 4 | GSR Hatsune Miku | Nobuteru Taniguchi | BMW Z4 GT3 | Y | +4.053 | 22 |
| 4 | 55 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Shinichi Takagi | Honda CR-Z | B | +4.522 | 22 |
| 5 | 16 | Team Mugen | Hideki Mutoh | Honda CR-Z | B | +10.500 | 22 |
| 6 | 10 | Gainer | Tetsuya Tanaka | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | D | +18.933 | 22 |
| 7 | 3 | NDDP Racing | Kazuki Hoshino | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | +19.172 | 22 |
| 8 | 88 | JLOC | Hiroki Yoshimoto | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Y | +25.357 | 22 |
| 9 | 33 | Hankook KTR | Tomonobu Fujii | Porsche 911 GT3-R | H | +27.053 | 22 |
| 10 | 62 | Leon Racing | Tsubasa Kurosawa | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Y | +27.397 | 22 |
| 11 | 30 | apr | Yuki Iwasaki | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | +28.107 | 22 |
| 12 | 50 | Arnage Racing | Hideto Yasuoka | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | Y | +29.712 | 22 |
| 13 | 0 | Team Taisan Ken Endless | Naoki Yokomizo | Porsche 997 GT3 | Y | +30.242 | 22 |
| 14 | 22 | R'Qs MotorSports | Hisashi Wada | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Y | +31.067 | 22 |
| 15 | 31 | apr | Morio Nitta | Toyota Prius | Y | +40.680 | 22 |
| 16 | 86 | JLOC | Shinya Hosokawa | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Y | +47.873 | 22 |
| 17 | 9 | Pacific Direction Racing | Shogo Mitsuyama | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Y | +49.718 | 22 |
| 18 | 35 | Nismo Athlete Global Team | Lucas Ordóñez | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | +50.010 | 22 |
| 19 | 21 | Hitotsuyama Racing | Akihiro Tsuzuki | Audi R8 LMS ultra | H | +54.581 | 22 |
| 20 | 48 | Dijon Racing | Hiroshi Takamori | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | +56.431 | 22 |
| 21 | 96 | Dijon Racing | Masaki Tanaka | Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 | Y | +1 Lap | 21 |
| 22 | 61 | R&D Sport | Tetsuya Yamano | Subaru BRZ | M | +2 Laps | 20 |
| Ret | 5 | Team Mach | Tetsuji Tamanaka | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Y | +16 Laps | 6 |
* Fastest Lap – Kazuki Hoshino, #3 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R GT3 – 1:38.432

## GT500 Race 2 results

The second GT500 race was held on November 23, 2013. Race result is as follows.
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Chassis | Tyre | Time/Difference | Laps |
| 1 | 6 | Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS | Kazuya Oshima | Lexus SC430 | B | 34:31.193 | 22 |
| 2 | 36 | Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S | Kazuki Nakajima | Lexus SC430 | B | +0.229 | 22 |
| 3 | 12 | Calsonic Team Impul | João Paulo de Oliveira | Nissan GT-R | B | +11.921 | 22 |
| 4 | 38 | Lexus Team Zent Cerumo | Kohei Hirate | Lexus SC430 | B | +13.093 | 22 |
| 5 | 100 | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Takuya Izawa | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +18.078 | 22 |
| 6 | 17 | Keihin Real Racing | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +19.611 | 22 |
| 7 | 39 | Lexus Team DENSO SARD | Hiroaki Ishiura | Lexus SC430 | B | +20.137 | 22 |
| 8 | 18 | Weider Dome Racing | Frédéric Makowiecki | Honda HSV-010 GT | M | +30.479 | 22 |
| 9 | 19 | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | Seiji Ara | Lexus SC430 | Y | +31.473 | 22 |
| 10 | 24 | D'Station ADVAN Kondo Racing | Michael Krumm | Nissan GT-R | Y | +32.681 | 22 |
| 11 | 37 | Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S | Daisuke Ito | Lexus SC430 | B | +38.937 | 22 |
| 12 | 32 | Epson Nakajima Racing | Ryo Michigami | Honda HSV-010 GT | D | +42.993 | 22 |
| 13 | 8 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Ralph Firman | Honda HSV-010 GT | B | +43.116 | 22 |
| 14 | 23 | Motul Autech NISMO | Masataka Yanagida | Nissan GT-R | M | +43.634 | 22 |
| 15 | 1 | S-Road REITO MOLA | Satoshi Motoyama | Nissan GT-R | M | +1:33.225 | 22 |
* Fastest Lap – Kazuya Oshima, #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS Lexus SC430 – 1:32.627