# 2018 D1 Grand Prix series

The 2018 D1 Grand Prix series is the eighteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series. The season began on March 31 at Maishima Sports Island in Osaka, and ended on November 3 at the Odaiba Tokyo Street Course. This season also marked the commencement of the new D1 Lights series, with the preseason match on January 20, at Nikko Circuit, with the season ending on December 1 at the same venue.

## Teams and drivers

| Tire | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Round(s) |
| Dunlop | Pacific Racing Team | Nissan ER34 | 3 | Ken Nomura | 1-8 |
| Dunlop | Pacific Racing Team | Nissan S14 | 14 | Tomohiro Murayama [jp] | 1-8 |
| Dunlop | Hirano Tire | Toyota JZX100 | 22 | Kenji Kiguchi | 1-2, 5-7 |
| Dunlop | 広島トヨタ team DROO-P | Toyota ZN6 | 33 | Kazuki Hayashi | 1-8 |
| Dunlop | Tanabe SSR Team | Toyota JZX100 | 38 | Tadahiro Fukada [jp] | 1-3 |
| Dunlop | Fat Five Racing | Toyota JZX100 | 45 | Shingo Hatanaka | 1-8 |
| Dunlop | Silky House OTG | Toyota ZN6 | 60 | Youichi Imamura | 1-2 |
| Dunlop | 広島トヨタ team DROO-P | Toyota AE85 | 99 | Kazuya Matsukawa | 1-8 |
| Goodride | adidas a-unit G-meister | Nissan S15 | 16 | Koji Yamaguchi | 1-8 |
| Goodride | GARAGE わいず | Nissan PS13 | 17 | Teruaki Shimoda | 3 |
| Goodride | 北九州 MSR | Nissan S15 | 31 | Masaru Fuchigami | 3, 5-7 |
| Goodride | MMM Chroma Racing | Ferrari 550 | 42 | Kunihiko Teramachi | - |
| Goodride | Nichiei Racing | Nissan S15 | 61 | Feng Jen-Chih | 1-2 |
| Goodride | Moty's West Auto | Toyota JZX100 | 73 | Ikuo Saito | 1-3, 5 |
| Goodride | Fat Five Racing | Chevrolet C6 | 87 | Daigo Saito | 1-2, 5 |
| Goodride | TCP Magic | Mazda FD3S | 88 | Manabu Fujinaka | 1-2 |
| Goodyear | AST | Toyota ZN6 | 28 | Masayoshi Tokita | 1-8 |
| Goodyear | Sunoco | Lexus GSE20 | 48 | Tomoyuki Kitashiba | 1-3, 5 |
| Goodyear | Origin Labo. | Nissan RPS13 | 81 | Kazuya Bai | 1-8 |
| Goodyear | Team Kunny'z | Toyota GRX130 | 92 | Kuniaki Takahashi | 4-7 |
| Nankang | かいとりちゃん オルビスレーシング | Nissan S15 | 46 | Yoshitatsu Kaneda | 6-7 |
| Nankang | D-MAX | Nissan S15 | 70 | Masashi Yokoi | 1-8 |
| Nankang | D-MAX | Nissan S15 | 75 | Akira Hirajima | 1-2 |
| Toyo | Seimi Style Drift | Nissan S15 | 2 | Seimi Tanaka | 5-8 |
| Toyo | Dixcel | Nissan S15 | 6 | Akinori Utsumi [jp] | 1-8 |
| Toyo | Team RE雨宮 K&N | Mazda FD3S | 7 | Yukio Matsui [jp] | 1-8 |
| Toyo | Fun Style Racing | Toyota AE86 | 19 | Noboru Morita | 6-7 |
| Toyo | Samurai Kanto | Mazda FC3S | 21 | Takahiro Imamura | 4-7 |
| Toyo | Team C.M.Feeling | Nissan S15 | 23 | Mitsuru Murakami | 1-3 |
| Toyo | Do-Luck | Toyota ZN6 | 32 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen [th] | 1-8 |
| Toyo | Glion Trust Racing | Nissan R35 | 35 | Masato Kawabata | 1-8 |
| Toyo | TMS Racing Team | Toyota JZX100 | 36 | Kazumi Takahashi | 1-8 |
| Toyo | Glion Trust Racing | Nissan R35 | 39 | Masao Suenaga | 1-8 |
| Toyo | Used Parts Tadokoro | Toyota AE86 | 43 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | 1-7 |
| Toyo | Wisteria | Nissan RPS13 | 66 | Hideyuki Fujino | 1-8 |
| Toyo | Team Julius | Nissan RPS13 | 84 | Charles Ng | 1-8 |
| TRI-ACE | Team Mori パーツオフ | Toyota JZX100 | 30 | Tetsuro Nakada | 1-8 |
| TRI-ACE | Team Mori パーツオフ | Toyota JZX100 | 52 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 1-8 |
| Zestino | Yuke's Team Orange | Nissan S15 | 4 | Masanori Kohashi | 1-8 |
| Zestino | Navigate KRC | Nissan S14 | 5 | Takatoshi Imamaeda | 1-2 |
| Zestino | K'SPEC SunRISE Racing | Honda AP1 | 8 | Tetsuya Hibino | 1-7 |
| Zestino | Yuke's Team Orange | Nissan S15 | 9 | Naoto Suenaga | 1-8 |
| Zestino | Team ZSS Racing | Nissan S15 | 15 | Katsuhiro Ueo | 1-8 |
| Zestino | R Magic H.D.O D1 Racing | Mazda NA6CE | 77 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 1-7 |
| Zestino | Team Vertex Digicam | Toyota JZZ30 | 78 | Takahiro Ueno | 1-8 |
| N/A | Origin Labo. Sunoco | Nissan S14 | 12 | Yoshikazu Kawakami | 1-2 |

## Schedule

| Round | Venue | Date | Winner | Report |
| 1 | Maishima Sports Island, Osaka Prefecture | March 31 | Shingo Hatanaka | Report |
| 2 | Maishima Sports Island, Osaka Prefecture | April 1 | Hideyuki Fujino | Report |
| 3 | Autopolis, Ōita Prefecture | April 14–15 | Masashi Yokoi | Report |
| 4 | Tokachi International Speedway, Hokkaido Prefecture | June 9–10 | Masashi Yokoi | Report |
| 5 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | July 21–22 | Yukio Matsui | Report |
| 6 | Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture | August 25 | Masanori Kohashi | Report |
| 7 | Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture | August 26 | Masashi Yokoi | Report |
| 8 | Odaiba, Tokyo Metropolis | November 3 | Akinori Utsumi | Report |

## Drivers' rankings
### D1GP

| Pos. | Driver | Car | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Rd.5 | Rd.6 | Rd.7 | Rd.8 | Total |
| 1 | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan S15 | 20 | 9 | 30 | 30 | DSQ | 25 | 30 | 22 | 166 |
| 2 | Masato Kawabata | Nissan R35 | 25 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 134 |
| 3 | Naoto Suenaga | Nissan S15 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 22 | DSQ | 7 | 12 | 118 |
| 4 | Masao Suenaga | Nissan R35 | | 22 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 25 | 111 |
| 4 | Yusuke Kitaoka | Toyota JZX100 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 111 |
| 6 | Hideyuki Fujino | Nissan RPS13 | 17 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 9 | DSQ | 6 | 110 |
| 7 | Yukio Matsui | Mazda FD3S | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 104 |
| 8 | Shingo Hatanaka | Toyota JZX100 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 87 |
| 9 | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan S15 | 7 | | 12 | | | 11 | 17 | 30 | 77 |
| 10 | Katsuhiro Ueo | Nissan S15 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 1 | | 10 | 74 |
| 11 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen [th] | Toyota ZN6 | 15 | 1 | | 10 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 69 |
| 12 | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota JZZ30 | | 1 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 64 |
| 13 | Masanori Kohashi | Nissan S15 | | DSQ | 1 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 14 | 63 |
| 14 | Charles Ng | Nissan RPS13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | | 12 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 62 |
| 15 | Seimi Tanaka | Nissan S15 | | | | | 14 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 53 |
| 16 | Kazuya Bai | Nissan RPS13 | | 20 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | | 1 | 45 |
| 17 | Tetsuro Nakada | Toyota JZX100 | | 14 | 10 | 1 | 8 | | | 5 | 38 |
| 17 | Kazumi Takahashi | Toyota JZX100 | 12 | 1 | | 14 | | | 10 | 1 | 38 |
| 19 | Koji Yamaguchi | Nissan S15 | | | | 7 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 33 |
| 20 | Masayoshi Tokita | Toyota ZN6 | | 15 | 7 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 7 | 32 |
| 21 | Tomohiro Murayama | Nissan S14 | | | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 29 |
| 22 | Kazuki Hayashi | Toyota ZN6 | | | 9 | 15 | | | | 1 | 25 |
| 23 | Kazuya Matsukawa | Toyota AE85 | 8 | | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| 24 | Ken Nomura | Nissan ER34 | 14 | 1 | | | 6 | | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 25 | Tetsuya Hibino | Honda AP1 | 1 | | 1 | 16 | | 1 | 1 | | 20 |
| 26 | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota GRX130 | | | | 1 | | 15 | 1 | | 17 |
| 27 | Kenji Kiguchi | Toyota JZX100 | 5 | 1 | | | 10 | | | | 16 |
| 28 | Takatoshi Imamaeda | Nissan S14 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | 15 |
| 29 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | Toyota AE86 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | | | | | 11 |
| 30 | Tomoyuki Kitashiba | Lexus GSE20 | | 1 | 6 | | 1 | | | | 8 |
| 30 | Youichi Imamura | Toyota ZN6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 32 | Yoshitatsu Kaneda | Nissan S15 | | | | | | | 6 | | 6 |
| 32 | Ikuo Saito | Toyota JZX100 | | 1 | | | 5 | | | | 6 |
| 34 | Teruyoshi Iwai | Mazda NA6CE | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 5 |
| 35 | Daigo Saito | Chevrolet C6 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 |
| 35 | Mitsuru Murakami | Nissan S15 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
| 37 | Masaru Fuchigami | Nissan S15 | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 37 | Akira Hirajima | Nissan S15 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 37 | Feng Jen Chih | Nissan S15 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |