2022 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series was the 22nd season of D1 Grand Prix and it started from April 24 on Fuji Speedway and ended on November 6 on Ebisu Circuit.
Naoki Nakamura entered the season as the Defending Champion.
Masashi Yokoi won his third championship with Masato Kawabata winning the Tanso (Solo Run) championship.
Regulation Changes In an attempt to reduce grip from specialised tires, D1GP now mandates the UN/ECE R117-02 international standard for wet performance, noise and rolling resistance. The grip reduction is implemented in order to decrease damaged cause by tires to the road surfaces and also to increase tire choices. The tires that will be used will undergo an inspection before being able to be use in competition. This rule change caused Linglong and Sailun to withdraw from the series because of an inability to provide tires with such specification.
Following dispute over a pit time limit in Autopolis, the time given to service a vehicle between rounds is limited to three minutes. An official will be observing the clock as the cars are being serviced.
Schedule +RoundVenueDateWinnerReportSingle-RunFollow-up1 Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka PrefectureApril 23Hideyuki FujinoMasato KawabataApril 242 Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga PrefectureJune 11Kojiro MekuwaNaoki Nakamura 3June 12Naoki NakamuraNaoki Nakamura 4 Ebisu Circuit (West Course), Fukushima PrefectureAugust 20Masashi YokoiKojiro Mekuwa5August 21Hokuto Matsuyama Hokuto Matsuyama6 Autopolis, Ōita PrefectureOctober 22Koudai SobagiriMasashi Yokoi7October 23Koudai SobagiriMasato Kawabata8 Ebisu Circuit (Bank Course), Fukushima PrefectureNovember 12Daigo SaitoMasao Suenaga9November 13Koudai SobagiriMasao Suenaga
Changes
Fuji Speedway return to the calendar after last held D1GP event in 2016.The competition will be held alongside Motor Fan Festa with the Qualifying and Top 16 held on Saturday and Top 8 onwards held the following day. The Ebisu event will now be held on the West Course, which previously used in 2020. The former South Course has been converted to rally style gravel and not suitable for drifting. Ebisu Circuit will also host the last two rounds of the season with a newly finished banked corner on its West Course, making it the third different layout in the Ebisu Circuit complex. Okuibuki Motorpark will only hold two rounds as opposed to the four of the previous season.
Drivers and Teams Entry list as of round 8 and 9 TeamNo.DriverMachineTiresRoundTMAR x TEAM 紫99 Naoki NakamuraNissan Silvia (S15)Valino1Nissan Silvia (S13)2-9TEAM 紫 TOPTUL x VALINO TIRES98 Hiroki VitoNissan Silvia (S13)AllDMAX RACING TEAM70 Masashi YokoiNissan Silvia (S15)NankangAll46 Masao SuenagaNissan Silvia (S15)AllTeam ORANGE57 Kanta YanaguidaNissan Silvia (S15)Yokohama4-5TMAR87 Daigo SaitoToyota GR SupraYokohama2-977 Hokuto MatsuyamaToyota GR SupraToyo Tires2-9Freem TEAM G-meister16 Koji YamaguchiNissan Silvia (S15)ValinoAll79 Kojiro MekuwaNissan 180SX (RPS13)AllTEAM RE雨宮 K & N7 Yukio MatsuiMazda RX-7 (FD3S)Toyo TiresAllTEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT66 Hideyuki FujinoToyota GR86Toyo TiresAll88 Masato KawabataToyota GR86AllVITOUR RACING SEIMI STYLE DRIFT2 Seimi TanakaNissan Silvia (S15)VitourAllTMAR x TEAM VERTEX78 Takahiro UenoLexus RCYokohamaAllTEAM MORI52 Yusuke KitaokaToyota Mark II (JZX100)VitourAllYokohama TOYOPET X 俺だっ!レーシング 90 Tsuyoshi TezukaToyota GR Supra Yokohama8-9SHIBATA RACING TEAM SHIBATIRE31 Koudai SobagiriInfiniti Q60ShibatireAll84 Masakazu HasiNissan Silvia (S15)AllVALINO15 Katsuhiro UeoNissan 180SX (RPS13)ValinoAllTeam CM Feeling.23 Mitsuru MurakamiNissan Silvia (S15)Toyo Tires1-5Shibatire6-7RS WATANABE SPEED MASTER BUY NOW JAPAN43 Yoshifumi TadokoroToyota AE86HabileadAll51 Teruyoshi IwaiMazda RX-7 (FC3S)FederalAllOKUTONE FP IWANACENTER27 Takeshi MogiNissan Silvia (S15)ShibatireAllVITOUR Racing GP SPORTS56 Takahiro MoriNissan 180SX (RPS13)VitourAllDSL.com33 Shigehisa SasayamaToyota Chaser (JZX100)Valino8-9SPAN Racing9 Wataru YamamotoToyota GR SupraShibatire4-5TEAM TNR 30 Tetsuro NakataToyota Mark II (JZX100)Tri-Ace1,8-9Mercury 車楽人 VALINO38 Sayaka ShimodaNissan Silvia (S15)Valino1-3,6-7OS GIKEN SUNOCO48 Tomoyuki KitashibaToyota GT86 (ZN6)Shibatire1Team miyaseimitsu55 Hisashi SaitoNissan Silvia (S15)Vitour1 Team BOOSTAR VALINO69 Ryusei AkibaNissan Silvia (S15)ValinoAllHIRANO TIRE Auto Garage KATAOKA93 Kazuyuki MasudaNissan Silvia (S15)Goodride1-5CAR GUY Racing97 Shinichiro SaitoToyota GR SupraGoodride1-3,8--9BC Racing91 Tai Xiao-HsangNissan Silvia (S15)Toyo Tires2-3
Changes
Linglong Tire and Sailun Tires withdraw as tyre supplier for this season as they could not comply with the 2022 tyre regulation. As of results Team Orange who have Linglong as title sponsor compete full time in Formula Drift Japan instead, but later Kanta Yanaguida who acquired D1GP license by winning twice in D1 Lights the previous year will compete for the team with Yokohama tires, Akinori Utsumi would not compete in D1GP for the first time since 2001, Kazumi Takahashi will only compete in Formula Drift Japan following Sailun withdrawal while Seimi Tanaka and Yusuke Kitaoka changes tyre maker to Vitour. Shibata Racing changes tyre maker to their own in-house built tire Shibatire working together with Rydanz with Masakazu Hashi joining the team as second driver. Yokohama return as tyre supplier for Daigo Saito and Takahiro Ueno after last supplying tires in 2016 season. Despite using Yokohama during Exhibition event in 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon Masashi Yokoi and DMAX remain using Nankang but no longer became team's title sponsor Sayaka Shimoda joined the competition and became the first female driver to compete in D1GP since Michie Mimoto in 2015 Hiroki Vito graduate to D1GP after winning D1 Lights the previous year Teruyoshi Iwai changes tyre supplier from Vitour to Federal. Tetsura Nakata return to D1GP after missing the whole 2021 season. Fat Five Racing became Trail Motor Apex Racing and at same time collaborating with Team Vertex and Naoki Nakamura but due to schedule clash with Formula Drift Japan they missed the first round. Naoki Nakamura's S13 V8 Silvia had an engine issue during the opening round, and used his previous car, an S15 Silvia for that roundround.Team Toyo Tires will debut the new Toyota GR86 build by Wisteria and will be driven by Masato Kawabata and Hideyuki Fujino. Katsuhiro Ueo replace S15 Silvia to 180SX which he use in Formula Drift Japan the previous year. Tai Xiao-Hsang became the first non-Japanese driver to compete in series since Charles Ng and Daychapon Toyingcharoen in 2019 Yokohama TOYOPET X 俺だっ!レーシング will only compete in final two round of the season with Tsuyoshi Tezuka returning since last competing in 2017 and will use Yokohama tyres. Mitsuru Murakami misses the final two round of the season to focus on next year of the competition.
Ranking
Overall Drivers' Ranking Rank.DriverFujiOkuibukiEbisuAutopolisEbisuTotal.RD.1RD.2RD.3RD.4RD.5RD.6RD.7RD.8RD.91Masashi Yokoi2115212211280 1616*1502Masato Kawabata26101591972810151393Naoki Nakamura02529240†11 16 1616*1374Masao Suenaga1619161100102518*1155Yusuke Kitaoka1142156201913101096Hideyuki Fujino22511212 1082161077Koudai Sobagiri71056325257171058Hokuto Matsuyama0166182901158939Kojiro Mekuwa1171225706678110Daigo Saito00071151222126911Hiroki Vito127000134416*5612Katsuhiro Ueo1521011032005213Seimi Tanaka66701317254714Ryusei Akiba0041051215004615Yukio Matsui011202 175003716Teruyoshi Iwai110013420023217Sayaka Shimoda0010 - -401102518Kanta Yanaguida - - -416 - - - -2019Tsuyoshi Tezuka - - - - - - -1031320Takahiro Mori5200001041221Takahiro Ueno0000083101222Mitsuru Murakami0330060 - -1213Tetsuro Nakata10000000011124Kazuyuki Masuda00900 - - - -925Takeshi Mogi300310000726Shinichiro Saito4 - - - - - -00427Kouji Yamaguchi000000030328Wataru Yamamoto - -020 - - - -229Masakazu Hashi011000000230Yoshifumi Tadokoro2000000002
Note :
† : Naoki Nakamura gets second place but according to the regulation due to his rear tire debeaded he did not awarded any point
* : Due to debris flying and injured one of the spectator the event were not continued and as per regulation the Top 4 were given the same point (excluding Tanso point) and the winner is given to the highest quailifier
Solo Run Ranking Rank.DriverRD.1RD.2RD.3RD.4RD.5RD.6RD.7RD.8RD.9Total1Masato Kawabata1412151414111615161272Sobagiri Kodai8157114202012201173Masashi Yokoi12161220161601681164Yusuke Kitaoka1651688151414121085Hideyuki Fujino20687115131310936Kojiro Mekuwa120111313071011867Hokuto Matsuyama -710152008713808Naoki Nakamura0820160712115799Daigo Saito -00121061120147310Seimi Tanaka71013012110266111Masao Suenaga1114560053155912Hiroki Vito1311000124575213Ryusei Akiba006471015004214Yukio Matsui013203146003815Teruyoshi Iwai100010620023016Katsuhiro Ueo15301532002917Takahiro Ueno00000133101718Sayaka Shimoda004 - -40801619Mitsuru Murakami0430080 - -1520Kazuyuki Masuda0014 - - - - - -1421Takahiro Mori6200001041322Tsuyoshi Tezuka - - - - - - -63923Takeshi Mogi400310000824Yanagikuida Kanta - - -52 - - - -725Shinichiro Saito5 - - - - - -00526Koji Yamaguchi000000040427Tetsuro Nakata2 - - - - - -01328Yoshifumi Tadokoro300000000329Wataru Yamamoto - - -20 - - - -210Masakazu Hashi0110000002
Teams' Ranking Rank.teamRD.1RD.2RD.3RD.4RD.5RD.6RD.7RD.8RD.9Total1D-MAX RACING TEAM20152015326626Ten1412TEAM TOYO TIRES DRIFT26666156262061173TMAR × TEAM紫0262620061010101084TMAR -103102636156795TEAM MORI331533151566696SHIBATA RACING TEAM SHIBATIRE33333202036647Freem TEAM G-meister3662630333538VALINO6200363300419TEAM 紫 TOPTUL × VALINO TIRE630 - -6331031TenVITOUR RACING SEIMI STYLE DRIFT3330633332711TEAM RE 雨宮 K&N06303103002512Team BOOSTAR VALINO0036366002413RS WATANABE SPEED MASTER BUY NOW JAPAN6006330032114Mercury 車楽人 Valino006 - -30601515Team ORANGE - - -310 - - - -1316VITOUR Racing GP SPORTS3300003031217Yokohama Toyopet x 俺だっ！レーシング - - - - - - -63918TEAM TNR6 - - - - - - -3919TMAR × TEAM VERTEX000003330920Team CM Feeling.033 - -3000921OKUTONE FP IWANA CENTER300330000922SPAN Racing - - -30 - - - -323HIRANO TIRE Auto Garage KATAOKA0030 - - - - -324CAR GUY Racing3 - - - - - -003
Points System +Overall StandingsPositions1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16thDrivers Point252118161312111087654321Team Point26201510666633333333Tanso Points4321Tanso StandingsPoint201615141312111087654321
Note :
† : Naoki Nakamura gets second place but according to the regulation due to his rear tire debeaded he did not awarded any point
* : Due to debris flying and injured one of the spectator the event were not continued and as per regulation the Top 4 were given the same point (excluding Tanso point) and the winner is given to the highest quailifier
References
External links Official Website (In Japanese)