2022 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals/Manufacturers Cup

The Manufacturers Cup portion of the 2022 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals weekend took place on November 26, consisting of two races. 
It was divided into one qualifying session and two races, from which the result of the second race will determine their starting grid in the second one, which will feature double points being scored to decide the champion. One driver will do the qualifying run, and during both races, all drivers must participate by performing driver changes during the pit-stop period.
==Entry List==
The Manufacturers Cup race consists of the top 12 manufacturers in the Global Manufacturer Rankings of the 2022 Online Series Season 2, with the partner manufacturers being granted "immunity" from failing to qualify. Each manufacturer has three drivers, one chosen from the best driver in the GT1 League of the online series for each region (Americas, EMEA, Asia-Oceania).
(P) indicates a partner manufacturer, which has a guaranteed entry regardless if they finished outside of the top 12 in the online series.
Please note that the driver list is as what it appears on the Gran Turismo website, and do not reflect the actual driver order during the event.
Team 	Number	Car 	Drivers
Toyota (P) 	1 	Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept '18 	Nikita Moysov Igor Fraga Ryota Kokobun
Subaru 	2 	Subaru BRZ GT300 '21 	Kylian Drumont Daniel Solis Takuma Miyazono
AMGAMG was referred as "Mercedes-AMG" throughout the event, except by commentators.	3 	Mercedes-AMG GT3 '16 	Lucas Bonelli Shunsuke Tsuboi Baptiste Beauvois
Mazda (P) 	4 	Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Concept Stealth Model	Soki Nabetani Andrew Brooks Giorgio Mangano
Nissan 	5 	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 '18 	Mehdi Hafidi Hiroshi Okumoto Mateo Estevez
Volkswagen 	6 	Volkswagen Beetle Gr.3 	Seiya Suzuki Thomas Labouteley Roberto Sternberg
Genesis (P) 	7 	Genesis X GR3 	Nicolas Romero Yuito Sasaki Dean Heldt
Porsche 	8 	Porsche 911 RSR (991) '17 	Jose Serrano Angel Inostroza Takuma Sasaki
Honda 	9 	Honda NSX Gr.3 	Joao Pessoa Valerio Gallo Matthew McEwen
Lexus 	10 	Lexus RC F GT3 '17 	Donovan Parker Quinten Jehoul Kanata Kawakami
BMW 	11 	BMW M6 GT3 Sprint Model '16 	Jose Brea Randall Haywood Yuki Kodaka
McLaren 	12 	McLaren 650S GT3 '15 	Ethan LimLim was incorrectly referred as an American during some portions of the broadcast. Konstantin Konstantinou Hayato Imazato
===Notes===
==Race 1==
The first race of the GTWS Manufacturers Cup Grand Finals race determines their starting grid for the second race, in addition to continuing the points battle from the previous rounds.
; Qualifying
Pos	No	Team 	Qualifying Driver 	Time
1 	8 	Porsche 	Jose Serrano 	01:23.330
2 	1 	Toyota 	Nikita Moysov 	01:23.361
3 	7 	Genesis 	Nicolas Romero 	01:23.481
4 	6 	Volkswagen	Seiya Suzuki 	01:23.552
5 	3 	AMG 	Baptiste Beauvois 	01:23.586
6 	2 	Subaru 	Kylian Drumont 	01:23.639
7 	9 	Honda 	Valerio Gallo 	01:23.682
8 	4 	Mazda 	Soki Nabetani 	01:23.704
9 	10	Lexus 	Quinten Jehoul 	01:23.777
10 	11	BMW 	Yuki Kodaka 	01:23.789
11 	5 	Nissan 	Mehdi Hafidi 	01:23.858
12 	12	McLaren 	Konstantin Konstantinou	01:24.435
; Race
During the race, Mazda was knocked out of the race when their rig's screen went into automatic standby.Andrew Brooks post-race tweet: "For those wondering what happened to Mazda at @thegranturismo World finals, the TV (which was the same rig that had issues for other drivers earlier in the weekend) went on auto standby in the middle of the race. I can't make this [expletive up folks. Win potential was there."] According to fellow competitor Jonathan Wong, Mazda's rig was the same rig that caused problems for Valerio Gallo and Andika Maulana during the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup Grand Finals,Jonathan Wong tweet during the race: "Rig 4. The rig dead that [Valerio Gallo, [Andika Rama Maulana] use at @thegranturismo TGR Cup die again. Poor Team Mazda"] although there were no particular problems with that particular rig during the Nations Cup Regional Finals (as the faulty components had been replaced for that race).
Pos	No	Team 	Time 	Points	Starting Grid
1 	8 	Porsche 	29:06.106 	12 	1
2 	1 	Toyota 	+06.894 	10 	2
3 	3 	AMG 	+07.553 	8 	5
4 	6 	Volkswagen	+09.187 	7 	4
5 	2 	Subaru 	+13.290 	6 	6
6 	7 	Genesis 	+20.533 	5 	3
7 	9 	Honda 	+22.405 	4 	7
8 	10	Lexus 	+28.360 	3 	9
9 	12	McLaren 	+28.760 	2 	12
10 	11	BMW 	+33.405 	1 	10
11 	5 	Nissan 	+35.806 	 	11
12 	4 	Mazda 	DNF (hardware)	 	8
Fastest Lap: Nikita Moysov (Toyota) - 1:23.716
==Race 2==
The second race of the GTWS Manufacturers Cup Grand Finals race determines which manufacturer will be the Manufacturers Cup champion, with double points (compared from the first race) on the line. The starting line-up for this race was determined by their finish on the previous race.
Tire and fuel wear were not disclosed before the race aired, setting up for a rainy race. Toyota's decision to start with wet tires (every other team started with intermediates instead), as well as the decision to use intermediates in the increasingly rainy second stint (resulting in a late pit to equip heavy wets; Toyota had pitted early in the second stint), turned to be their mistake that handed the title to Subaru on a tiebreaker (the tiebreaker was set so that the team who finishes ahead clinches the title).
Pos	No	Team 	Time 	Points	Starting Grid
1 	2 	Subaru 	1:15:00.641	24 	5
2 	1 	Toyota 	+02.596 	20 	2
3 	3 	AMG 	+03.817 	16 	3
4 	8 	Porsche 	+04.805 	14 	1
5 	7 	Genesis 	+26.645 	12 	6
6 	6 	Volkswagen	+30.262 	10 	4
7 	4 	Mazda 	+32.445 	8 	12
8 	9 	Honda 	+33.950 	6 	7
9 	10	Lexus 	+34.162 	4 	8
10 	12	McLaren 	+34.538 	2 	9
11 	5 	Nissan 	+39.084 	 	11
12 	11	BMW 	Out of time	 	10
Fastest Lap: Andrew Brooks (Mazda) - 2:17.098
==Winners==
Manufacturers Cup 	Subaru	Kylian Drumont Daniel Solis Takuma Miyazono
Michelin Driver of the Day	Toyota	Igor Fraga
==Championship Standings (Top 5)==
Pos 	Manufacturer	Points
1 ⬆️	Subaru 	40Subaru and Toyota tied with both 40 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the second Manufacturers Cup race, Subaru is determined to be the winner.
2 ⬇️	Toyota 	40
3 ⬆️	AMG 	31
4 ⬆️	Porsche 	26
5 ⬆️	Genesis 	19Genesis and Volkswagen tied with both 19 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the second Manufacturers Cup race, the fifth position went to Genesis.
==Notes==
==External links==
*Race Report: Bold Race Strategy in Inclement Weather Decided This Year's Winner - gran-turismo.com
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