# 2017 D1 Grand Prix series

The 2017 D1 Grand Prix series was the seventeenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series. The season began on April 1 at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course and ended on October 8 at the same course, with Hideyuki Fujino winning the D1GP Championship. The D1 Street Legal series did not run this year, and was replaced by the 2018 season with the D1 Lights series.

## Teams and drivers
### D1GP

| Tire | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Round(s) |
| Dunlop | Pacific Racing Team | Nissan ER34 | 3 | Ken Nomura | 1–6 |
| Dunlop | Pacific Racing Team | Nissan S14 | 14 | Tomohiro Murayama [jp] | 1–6 |
| Dunlop | 広島トヨタ team DROO-P | Toyota ZN6 | 33 | Kazuki Hayashi | 1–7 |
| Dunlop | Tanabe Team | Toyota JZX100 | 38 | Tadahiro Fukada | 1–6 |
| Dunlop | Gator Team-Ryoji | Nissan C33 | 44 | Kenji Kiguchi | 1–7 |
| Dunlop | OTG | Toyota ZN6 | 60 | Youichi Imamura | 1–7 |
| Dunlop | 広島トヨタ team DROO-P | Toyota AE85 | 99 | Kazuya Matsukawa | 1–7 |
| Goodride | Team TNR PROSHOP Wave | Nissan S14 | 16 | Koji Yamaguchi | 1–6 |
| Goodride | BSM Japan Speed Master | Nissan S15 | 49 | Hiroyuki Matsuta | 1–3 |
| Goodride | Team-Tetsujin OS Giken | Nissan S15 | 55 | Kunihiko Teramachi | 1–7 |
| Goodride | Stealth Team Red | Nissan S15 | 58 | Tachiki Sato | 1–3 |
| Goodride | Team Hanpen Wako's | Toyota Verossa | 72 | Kenichi Nakamura | 3–6 |
| Goodride | TOPTUL West Auto | Toyota JZX100 | 73 | Ikuo Saito | 1–6 |
| Goodride | Nichiei Racing | Nissan S15 | 86 | Zhang Shaohua | 1–3 |
| Goodride | TCP Magic | Mazda FD3S | 88 | Manabu Fujinaka | 1–6 |
| Goodyear | Team Mori | Lexus GRS191 | 5 | Kenji Takayama | 1–7 |
| Goodyear | Team St.GARAGE | Toyota JZX100 | 10 | Hokuto Matsuyama | 1–6 |
| Goodyear | AST | Toyota ZN6 | 28 | Masayoshi Tokita | 3, 5-6 |
| Goodyear | Heart Up World | Lexus GSE20 | 48 | Tomoyuki Kitashiba | 1–6 |
| Goodyear | Ito Auto | Toyota JZX100 | 52 | Yusuke Kitaoka | 1–6 |
| Goodyear | Origin Labo. | Nissan RPS13 | 81 | Kazuya Bai | 1–6 |
| Goodyear | Team Kunny'z | Toyota GRX130 | 92 | Kuniaki Takahashi | 1–6 |
| Kenda | Team UP GARAGE | Nissan S15 | 18 | Kazuya Taguchi | 1–7 |
| Kenda | Team Masaki | Nissan S15 | 37 | Masaki Kasahara | 1–2, 4 |
| Nankang | D-MAX | Nissan S15 | 70 | Masashi Yokoi | 1–7 |
| Nankang | D-MAX | Nissan S15 | 75 | Akira Hirajima | 1–7 |
| Toyo | Seimi Style Drift | Nissan S15 | 2 | Seimi Tanaka | 1–7 |
| Toyo | Dixcel | Nissan S15 | 6 | Akinori Utsumi | 1–7 |
| Toyo | Team RE雨宮 GruppeM | Mazda FD3S | 7 | Yukio Matsui | 1–7 |
| Toyo | Samurai Kanto | Mazda FC3S | 21 | Takahiro Imamura | 1–6 |
| Toyo | C.M. Feeling | Nissan S15 | 23 | Mitsuru Murakami | 4–6 |
| Toyo | Do-Luck | Nissan Z33 | 32 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen [th] | 1–6 |
| Toyo | Glion Trust Racing | Nissan R35 | 35 | Masato Kawabata | 1–7 |
| Toyo | Glion Trust Racing | Nissan R35 | 39 | Masao Suenaga | 1–7 |
| Toyo | Used Parts Tadokoro | Toyota AE86 | 43 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | 1–6 |
| Toyo | Wisteria | Nissan RPS13 | 66 | Hideyuki Fujino | 1–7 |
| Wanli | Yuke's Team Orange | Nissan S15 | 9 | Naoto Suenaga | 1–7 |
| Wanli | Bee*Racing | Toyota ZN6 | 22 | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | 1–7 |
| Wanli | Yuke's Team Orange | Nissan S15 | 27 | Masanori Kohashi | 1–7 |
| Wanli | TMS Auto Service Mori | Toyota JZX100 | 36 | Kazumi Takahashi | 1–7 |
| Wanli | Fat Five Racing | Toyota JZX100 | 45 | Shingo Hatanaka | 1–7 |
| Wanli | Fat Five Racing | Chevrolet C6 | 87 | Daigo Saito | 1–7 |
| Zestino | Gulf Racing | Honda AP1 | 8 | Tetsuya Hibino | 1–7 |
| Zestino | Z.S.S. Racing | Nissan S15 | 15 | Katsuhiro Ueo | 1–4, 7 |
| Zestino | Team TNR PROSHOP Wave | Toyota JZX100 | 30 | Tetsuro Nakada | 1–6 |
| Zestino | MSR T-Select | Nissan S15 | 61 | Masaru Fuchigami | 3–4 |
| Zestino | BSM Japan Speed Master | Nissan A31 | 65 | Sadaki Okumura | 1–2 |
| Zestino | Exedy R Magic D1 Racing | Mazda NA6CE | 77 | Teruyoshi Iwai | 1–7 |
| Zestino | Vertex | Toyota JZZ30 | 78 | Takahiro Ueno | 1–6 |
| N/A | Origin Labo. Sunoco | Nissan S14 | 12 | Yoshikazu Kawakami | 4 |

## Schedule

| Round | Venue | Date | Tsuiso (dual run) winner | Tanso (solo run) winner | Report |
| 1 | Odaiba, Tokyo Prefecture | April 1 | Hideyuki Fujino | Hideyuki Fujino | Report |
| 2 | Odaiba, Tokyo Prefecture | April 2 | Masashi Yokoi | Seimi Tanaka | Report |
| 3 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture | June 24–25 | Masato Kawabata | Tetsuya Hibino | Report |
| 4 | Maishima Sports Island, Osaka Prefecture | July 23–24 | Hideyuki Fujino | Hideyuki Fujino | Report |
| 5 | Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture | August 19 | Hideyuki Fujino | Hideyuki Fujino | Report |
| 6 | Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture | August 20 | Daigo Saito | Yukio Matsui | Report |
| 7 | Odaiba, Tokyo Prefecture | October 7–8 | Masashi Yokoi | Daigo Saito | Report |

## Drivers' rankings
### D1GP

| Pos. | Driver | Car | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Rd.5 | Rd.6 | Rd.7 | Total |
| 1 | Hideyuki Fujino | Nissan RPS13 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 22 | 131 |
| 2 | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan S15 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 128 |
| 3 | Daigo Saito | Chevrolet C6 | 6 | | 25 | 22 | 1 | 30 | 25 | 109 |
| 4 | Akira Hirajima | Nissan S15 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 107 |
| 5 | Masato Kawabata | Nissan R35 | 17 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 106 |
| 6 | Naoto Suenaga | Nissan S15 | 14 | 1 | | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 87 |
| 7 | Yukio Matsui | Mazda FD3S | 1 | | 11 | 25 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 81 |
| 8 | Youichi Imamura | Toyota ZN6 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 74 |
| 9 | Masanori Kohashi | Toyota SXE10 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 73 |
| 10 | Shingo Hatanaka | Toyota JZX100 | 8 | | 9 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 11 | Masao Suenaga | Nissan R35 | | | 22 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
| 12 | Akinori Utsumi | Nissan S15 | 1 | | 7 | 11 | | 22 | 12 | 53 |
| 13 | Kazuya Matsukawa | Toyota AE85 | 5 | 25 | 1 | | 15 | 1 | 5 | 52 |
| 14 | Tsuyoshi Tezuka | Toyota ZN6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 9 | 50 |
| 15 | Seimi Tanaka | Nissan S15 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | | 15 | 48 |
| 16 | Tetsuya Hibino | Honda AP1 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 46 |
| 17 | Teruyoshi Iwai | Mazda NA6CE | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 45 |
| 18 | Kunihiko Teramachi | Nissan S15 | | 9 | 15 | | 17 | | 1 | 42 |
| 19 | Katsuhiro Ueo | Nissan S15 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | | | 1 | 36 |
| 20 | Kazuya Taguchi | Nissan S15 | 11 | 1 | | 10 | | | 10 | 32 |
| 21 | Kenji Kiguchi | Nissan C33 | 16 | 1 | | | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 22 | Kenji Takayama | Lexus GRS191 | | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| 22 | Kazuki Hayashi | Toyota ZN6 | | | 20 | | | | 1 | 21 |
| 24 | Kazumi Takahashi | Toyota JZX100 | 1 | | 5 | 12 | 1 | | 1 | 20 |
| 25 | Yusuke Kitaoka | Toyota JZX100 | | 1 | | | | 14 | | 15 |
| 25 | Kazuya Bai | Nissan RPS13 | | 14 | | 1 | | | | 15 |
| 25 | Kuniaki Takahashi | Toyota GRX130 | | 15 | | | | | | 15 |
| 28 | Tomohiro Murayama | Nissan S14 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 11 | | 14 |
| 29 | Takahiro Ueno | Toyota JZZ30 | 14 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 13 |
| 30 | Hokuto Masuyama | Toyota JZX100 | | | | | | 9 | | 9 |
| 31 | Kenichi Nakamura | Toyota Verossa | | | | | 8 | | | 8 |
| 32 | Masayoshi Tokita | Toyota ZN6 | | | | | 6 | 1 | | 7 |
| 33 | Mitsuru Murakami | Nissan S15 | | | | 5 | | | | 5 |
| 34 | Ken Nomura | Nissan ER34 | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2 |
| 34 | Manabu Fujinaka | Mazda FD3S | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
| 36 | Daychapon Toyingcharoen [th] | Nissan Z33 | | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| 36 | Ikuo Saito | Toyota JZX100 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 36 | Masaru Fuchigami | Nissan S15 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 36 | Koji Yamaguchi | Nissan S14 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 36 | Yoshifumi Tadokoro | Toyota AE86 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| 36 | Tomoyuki Kitashiba | Lexus GSE20 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |