The 2020 Pirelli Super Taikyu Series was the twenty-ninth season of the Super Taikyu Series endurance racing championship. It began with the Fuji Super TEC 24 Hours at Fuji Speedway, which was postponed to 5-6 September due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It ended on 13 December at Autopolis, after five out of six scheduled rounds.
Mercedes-AMG Team Hirix Racing won the championship in the series' GT3 category, known as ST-X, with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. It was the team's first and only season in Super Taikyu.
This was the third and final year of Pirelli's contract as the series' official tyre supplier, to be replaced by Hankook beginning in 2021.
Calendar The Super Taikyu Series announced its initial six-race calendar on 27 November 2019. There were no significant changes from the 2019 schedule, which again featured one round at each of Japan's six major racing circuits.
Mobilityland Corporation, the owner of Suzuka Circuit, announced on 2 March that the opening round, originally scheduled for 21-22 March, had been postponed due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. A new calendar was published on 10 June, confirming that the start of the season would be delayed to September. Only the round at Okayama International Circuit, originally intended to host the season finale, would retain its initial date of 31 October-1 November.
RoundEventRace LengthRace FormatCircuitDate1NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race24 hours1 raceFuji Speedway4–6 September 20202Sugo Super Taikyu 3 Hour Race3 hours2 racesSportsland Sugo10–11 October 20203Super Taikyu Race in Okayama3 hours2 racesOkayama International Circuit31 October–1 November 20204Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race5 hours1 raceTwin Ring Motegi21–22 November 20205TKU Super Taikyu Race in Autopolis5 hours1 raceAutopolis12–13 December 2020Suzuka S-Tai (Cancelled)5 hours1 raceSuzuka Circuit23–24 January 2021 The Suzuka round, which had been rescheduled to take place on 24 January 2021, was eventually cancelled on 13 January due to multiple prefectures in the Chūbu region declaring a state of emergency. The Super Taikyu Series officially announced the conclusion of the 2020 season two weeks later on 26 January.
Teams and drivers 58 cars entered throughout the course of the 2020 season. All entries were registered under a Japanese license. No Entrant Vehicle DriversST–X (FIA GT3 homologated vehicles)9 MP RacingNissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (MY18) Joe Shindo Yusaku Shibata Masami Kageyama Keiichi Inoue (Rd. 1-4) Tsugio Matsuda (Rd. 1) Yuki Tanaka (Rd. 1) Ryuichiro Tomita (Rd. 5)16 Porsche Center Okazaki (Rd. 2-3)Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) Hiroaki Nagai Yuta Kamimura31 aprLexus RC F GT3 Hideki Nagai Koki Saga Kazuto Kotaka Yuta Kamimura (Rd. 1, 4) Hiroaki Nagai (Rd. 1, 5) Yuichi Nakayama (Rd. 1)81GTNET Motor Sports (Rd. 1, 3-5)Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (MY18) Nobuyuki Oyagi Kiyoto Fujinami Kazuki Hoshino Ryuichiro Oyagi Natsu Sakaguchi (Rd. 1) Kazuki Hiramine (Rd. 1)777 D'station RacingAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Tsubasa Kondo Yuya Motojima (Rd. 1)888 Mercedes-AMG Team HIRIX Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Daisuke Yamawaki Shaun Thong Shinichi Takagi (Rd. 1-3) Yuki Nemoto (Rd. 1, 4-5) ST–Z (FIA GT4 homologated vehicles)2KTM Cars JapanKTM X-Bow GT4 Taiyo Iida Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi Masataka Yanagida (Rd. 1) Takashi Kobayashi (Rd. 1)3Endless SportsMercedes-AMG GT4 Yudai Uchida Hideki Yamauchi Tsubasa Takahashi Shinnosuke Yamada (Rd. 1) Ryuichiro Tomita (Rd. 1) Togo Suganami (Rd. 4-5)19Birth Racing ProjectPorsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Kohei Fukuda Takeshi Matsumoto Yusuke Shiotsu Koichi Okumura Shigetomo Shimono (Rd. 1) Kengo Ichijo (Rd. 1)20SS/YZ Racing with StudieTeam São Tomé and Principe with Studie (Rd. 2-5)BMW M4 GT4 (F82) Hirokazu Suzuki Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako Seiji Ara (Rd. 1, 5) João Paulo de Oliveira (Rd. 1)21 Takashi Kochiya Takumi Sanada Yuji Takahashi23TKRI (Rd. 2-5)Mercedes-AMG GT4 Yuya Motojima Takaaki Hamada (Rd. 2, 4-5) Tetsuya Moriyama (Rd. 3-5)47D'station RacingAston Martin Vantage GT4 Tatsuya Hoshino Manabu Orido Takuro Shinohara Kenji Hama (Rd. 1-3, 5) Tsubasa Mekaru (Rd. 1)51BEND (Rd. 4)Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport Masamitsu Ishihara Atsushi Yogo Daisuke Ikeda500Team 5ZigenMercedes-AMG GT4 Ryuichiro Otsuka Takayuki Aoki Kazuya Shimogaki (Rd. 1-3) Toshihiko Hachiro (Rd. 1) Toshihiro Kaneishi (Rd. 1) Shuma Hiroshima (Rd. 1) Yuya Sakamoto (Rd. 2-5) Takuya Otaki (Rd. 5)505Audi Team AS Sport (Rd. 1-2, 4)Audi R8 LMS GT4 Genki Nishimura Shozo Tagahara Takeshi Okamoto (Rd. 1-2) Yoshinari Fujiwara (Rd. 1) ST–TCR (TCR homologated vehicles)22Waimarama Kizuna Racing TeamAudi RS 3 LMS TCR Katsumasa Chiyo Hironobu Yasuda Riki Okusa Naoya Yamano (Rd. 1) Toshihiro Yoshida (Rd. 1)33Audi Driving Experience Japan (Rd. 4)Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Hideki Nakahara Ryuichiro Tomita Masataka Yanagida Yuki Fujii65Audi Team MarsAudi RS 3 LMS TCR Masanobu Kato Masato Shimoyama Toshiro Tsukada (Rd. 1-2, 5) Sakon Yamamoto (Rd. 1) Daisuke Hasegawa (Rd. 1) Hideaki Okajima (Rd. 1) Taketoshi Matsui (Rd. 2-5) Yosuke Yamazaki (Rd. 3-4)97Racer Dome Racing (Rd. 1, 4-5)Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) Mitsuhiro Endo Shinji Nakano Syun Koide Hiroki Otsu (Rd. 1, 4) Kenta Harada (Rd. 1) Ryusuke Matsumoto (Rd. 1)290Floral Racing with UematsuHonda Civic Type R TCR (FK7) Tadao Uematsu Yuji Ide Shintaro Kawabata Tomoki Nojiri (Rd. 1) ST–112Field Management Racing (Rd. 1)Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Mika Salo Kosuke Matsuura Max Salo Yuya Hiraki Katsuhisa Kumabayashi Masatoshi Uesugi28ROOKIE Racing (Rd. 1-3, 5)Toyota GR Supra GT4 (3BA-DB42) Prototype Naoya Gamou Daisuke Toyoda Yasuhiro Ogura Shunsuke Kohno Hisashi Yabuki (Rd. 1) Kazuya Oshima (Rd. 1)38Tracy Sports (Rd. 1, 3)Lexus RC F (USC10) Makoto Hotta Ryohei Sakaguchi Yuui Tsutsumi Sena Sakaguchi ST–2 (2,001-3,500cc, front and all-wheel drive)6Shinryo Racing TeamMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (CZ4A) Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi Takahiro Matsuzawa (Rd. 1) Takahisa Ohno (Rd. 1) Zene Okazaki (Rd. 1)7 Masato Narisawa Keisuke Anzai Yoshiki Fujii Wataru Yamaki (Rd. 1) Shingo Imai (Rd. 1) Hirofumi Okumura (Rd. 1)17Team NOPRO (Rd. 1-4)Mazda Axela Diesel Turbo (BM2FS) Tatsuya Nogami Tobio Ohtani Toshihiko Nogami Hiroaki Yamamoto (Rd. 1, 4) Keita Sawa (Rd. 1) Hideyoshi Nishizawa (Rd. 1)32ROOKIE RacingToyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) Prototype Takuto Iguchi Masahiro Sasaki Morizo Norihiko Katsuta (Rd. 1) Hiroaki Ishiura (Rd. 1)59TOWAINTEC RacingSubaru WRX STI (VAB) Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Mizuki Ishizaka Yoshiyuki Tsuruga (Rd. 1)743Honda R&D Challenge (Rd. 4)Honda Civic Type R (FK8) Junichi Kidachi Hideki Kakinuma Tetsuaki Mochizuki Hitoshi Sezai ST–3 (2,001-3,500cc, rear-wheel drive)15Okabe Jidosha MotorsportNissan Fairlady Z (Z34) Masaaki Nagashima Kazuomi Komatsu Jun Tashiro Manabu Yamazaki (Rd. 1-4) Yuga Katsumata (Rd. 1) Masaya Kohno (Rd. 1)39Tracy SportsLexus RC 350 (GSC10) Yusuke Tomibayashi Hirotaka Ishii Sesshu Kondo (Rd. 1) Hirohito Ito (Rd. 1) Yoshihiro Ito (Rd. 4)52Saitama Toyopet GreenBraveToyota Crown RS (ARS220) Naoki Hattori Hiroki Yoshida Kohta Kawaai Takayuki Hiranuma (Rd. 1, 4-5)62 HELM Motorsports (Rd. 2, 4)Lexus RC 350 (GSC10) Yuya Hiraki Reiji Hiraki Ai Miura (Rd. 2) Tomoki Takahashi (Rd. 4)244Max RacingNissan Fairlady Z (Z34) Toru Tanaka Tetsuya Tanaka Atsushi Miyake Kimiya Sato (Rd. 1) ST–4 (1,501-2,000cc)13Endless Sports (Rd. 1-4)Toyota 86 (ZN6) Ryo Ogawa Ritomo Miyata Takamitsu Matsui Masaya Hanazato (Rd. 1, 4) Togo Suganami (Rd. 1)18Asano Racing ServiceToyota 86 (ZN6) Takeo Asano Daiki Fujiwara Takeshi Tsuchiya Masataka Inoue (Rd. 1-2, 4) Kazunori Nishimura (Rd. 1, 5) Toshikazu Shiba (Rd. 1)60 Team G/Motion'Honda Integra Type R (DC5) Resshu Shioya Takuya Shiga Takao Seto Taro Matsunami (Rd. 1, 4-5) Kazuyuki Matsumoto (Rd. 1)54TC Corse (Rd. 2-5)Mazda Roadster RF (NDERC) Teruaki Kato Koichi Ishii Junji Ueda (Rd. 4) Isao Ihashi (Rd. 4) Hikaru Jitosho (Rd. 5) Tetsuya Shuto (Rd. 5)137RacingFamily137 (Rd. 2)Honda Integra Type R (DC5) Hayato Date Takashi Iseya Koji Takeda225Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports (Rd. 3-5)Toyota 86 (ZN6) Seita Nonaka Hibiki Taira Miki Onaga310C.S.I RacingToyota 86 (ZN6) Rintaro Kubo Shinya Hosokawa Sho Tsuboi Kota Matsui (Rd. 1)884Hayashi Telempu SHADE RacingToyota 86 (ZN6) Katsuyuki Hiranaka Yuji Kunimoto Hiro Hayashi Keishi Ishikawa Dai Mizuno (Rd. 1) ST–5 (1,500cc and below)4Team BrideHonda Fit3 RS (GK5) Hiroshi Ito Mitsuaki Matsuo Koji Miura (Rd. 1, 5) Souichi Kurosu (Rd. 1) Shunsuke Sato (Rd. 1) Hidefumi Minami (Rd. 1) Yuya Ohta (Rd. 2-5) Carlos Honda (Rd. 3) Seijiro Aihara (Rd. 4)11 Blood Sports (Rd. 3)Toyota Vitz (NCP131) Takao Onishi Yoichi Nishino Takahiro Miki37Team NOPROMazda Demio Diesel Turbo (DJ5FS) Kaoru Ijiri Kazunari Yoshioka Yutaka Seki (Rd. 1-3, 5) Yoshihiro Kato (Rd. 1-2, 4) Junichi Agematsu (Rd. 1) Tobio Ohtani (Rd. 5)66Over DriveMazda Roadster (ND5RC) Takayuki Takechi Shuichiro Hokazono (Rd. 1, 3-4) Shigeyasu Kanamori (Rd. 1) Aruga Tomita (Rd. 1) Yusuke Hashimoto (Rd. 1) Nanami Tsukamoto (Rd. 1) Masayuki Ueda (Rd. 2, 4) Yugo Iwasawa (Rd. 2) Tsuneaki Mankumo (Rd. 3) Tatsuya Ota (Rd. 4-5) Isao Nakashima (Rd. 5) (Rd. 5)456 Riku Hashimoto Tatsuya Ota Takaya Kusano (Rd. 1-2, 4) Tomomitsu Senoo (Rd. 1, 3) Koji Obara (Rd. 1, 4-5) Carlos Honda (Rd. 1, 5) Kousei Kanto (Rd. 3) Ryosuke Kagami (Rd. 4) Takafumi Katsuki (Rd. 5)67Team Yamato (Rd. 2-3)Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) Ryohei Yasui Shinya Uchiyama Hideaki Ito69J’s RacingHonda Fit3 RS (GK5) Shinsuke Umeda Hideo Kubota Toshihiro Kubota (Rd. 1-3, 5) Yoshikazu Sobu (Rd. 1, 4) Junichi Umemoto (Rd. 1) MC Hirata (Rd. 1)72Nihon Automobile CollegeMazda Roadster (ND5RC) Hiroko Komatsu Anna Inotsume (Rd. 1-3, 5) Tatsuya Okahara Makoto Kanai Yasuhiro Matsuro (Rd. 1)50Love Drive RacingMazda Roadster (ND5RC) Koji Yamanishi Shui Sato Hiroyuki Matsumura (Rd. 1, 3, 5) Masayoshi Yamauchi (Rd. 1) Takahiro Kimura (Rd. 1) Katsuhiko Tsutsui (Rd. 1) Hiroki Takenouchi (Rd. 4) Yoshihito Shinoda (Rd. 5)78 Junko Fujii Sayaka Kato 88Murakami MotorsMazda Roadster (ND5RC) Hiroyuki Murakami Yasunori Nakajima Tatsuya Tanigawa Keiji Amemiya (Rd. 1) Naoki Yamaya (Rd. 1)120Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) (Rd. 2-5) Haruhiko Sugino Ikuo Maeda Teru Nakamura (Rd. 1-3) Takeshi Wakitani (Rd. 4-5)102H.M.RacersMazda Demio (DJLFS) Kota Sasaki Soichiro Yoshida Yugo Osaki Junpei Kato (Rd. 1, 3-5) Ryunosuke Yoshida (Rd. 1)111 Hiroshima Toyopet Racing Toyota Vitz (NCP131) Yasutaka Hinoi Yuga Furutani Atsushi Yogo (Rd. 1) Yuya Sakamoto (Rd. 1)182Close Up Racing Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) Riki Tanioka Tatsuya Osaki Kyosuke Inomata Kazusa Nishio (Rd. 1, 3, 5) Shigetomo Shimono (Rd. 4) Sources:
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