The 2023 Bridgestone TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup was the eleventh running of the TGR GR86/BRZ Cup, a one-make motor racing championship for Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ sports cars operated by Toyota Gazoo Racing. The championship featured a mix of Toyota factory drivers, independent professional drivers, and gentleman drivers, and commenced on 13 May at Sportsland SUGO and concluded on 26 November at Fuji Speedway.
Subaru factory driver Takuto Iguchi won his second series championship during the series finale at Fuji despite a first-lap collision with Takamitsu Matsui and Reimei Itō, clinching the title by four points over runner-up Yuui Tsutsumi and third-placed Tōgo Suganami.
Teams and drivers
Professional Series Manufacturer Team Driver RoundsToyotaDelta Motorsports1 Yūsuke Tomibayashi2–75041KIM International3 Kengo Ichijou5–7Mansaku Jidousya5 Takashi InoueAllT by Two CABANA Racing7 Yuui TsutsumiAll700 Hikaru JitōshoAll770 Ryō YamadaAllKWR Motorsports8 Keiichi Watanabe7OTG Motor Sports10 Tōgo SuganamiAll60 Ryo OgawaAll70 Naoki HattoriAll80 Reimei ItōAll ASSO Motor Sports 11 Juichi WakisakaAll112 Tomoaki IchimoriAllKobannyanneru12 Seiya Jin1–5 Tsubasa Mekaru6–7120 Masaya Kohno5–7K-one Racing team17 Kiyonori Imai1–2 Shunji Okumoto4–732 Kiyonori Imai4–7Ibaraki Toyopet Racing Team18 Yūichi Nakayama2, 4–7KMS Racing31 Takayuki AokiAllOgura Clutch with Revolution34 AllTEAM GMB38 Manabu Yamazaki3Spread Shō Tsuboi5, 7 6Takashima Noboru50 Noboru Takashima5Y's PRODUCE55 Yūki Kamakura1, 3, 6–7Tochigi Toyota T2FACTORY56 Yoshiyuki TsurugaAllMaruta Toshimasa58 Toshimasa Maruta2Morikawa Motoo76 Motoo Morikawa5–7DTEC Team MASTER ONE97 Tomoki Takahashi1–598 Yūya MotojimaAllRSS114 Miki Onaga2, 4–7Netz Hyōgo Racing Team121 Naoya GamouAllNetz Toyama Racing123 Takamitsu Matsui1, 3, 5–7Saitama Toyopet Green Brave160 Hiroki YoshidaAllAVANTECH racingteam186 Takafumi Katsuki6–7Nine with ARN Racing199 Hibiki Taira1–4, 6–7Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports225 Miki KoyamaAllKSM293 Daichi Okamoto1, 3–74MINUTES340 Atsushi MiyakeAllHojust Racing501 Takeshi Suehiro5–6Team MEISHIN550 Shōtarō Munetou1–2, 4–7SHIFT556 Ryōsuke GoAllM Planning910 Hiroyuki Saka1, 3–7SubaruAtract/K62 Junpei Katoh1–3, 5, 7Team Takuty87 Rintarō KuboAll88 Takuto IguchiAllRecaro Racing Team909 Takashi KogureAllSource:
Race calendar and results All races were held in Japan. The provisional calendar was announced on 25 November 2022. The sixth round at Suzuka was run in support of the Super Formula Championship, with other rounds being run alongside local racing events and Formula Beat races. Round Circuit Date Winning team 1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 14 May Daichi Okamoto Daichi Okamoto Daichi OkamotoKSM2 Autopolis, Hita 11 June Reimei Itō Yūya Motojima Takuto IguchiTeam Takuty 3 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 23 July Hiroki Yoshida Hiroki Yoshida Rintarō KuboTeam Takuty4 Tokachi International Speedway, Sarabetsu 20 August Hibiki Taira Daichi Okamoto Yuui TsutsumiT by Two CABANA Racing 5 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 10 September Tōgo Suganami Hiroki Yoshida Takamitsu MatsuiNetz Toyama Racing6 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka29 October Tōgo Suganami Takuto Iguchi Tōgo SuganamiOTG Motor Sports7 Fuji Speedway, Oyama26 November Reimei Itō Yuui Tsutsumi Yūichi NakayamaIbaraki Toyopet Racing Team
Championship standings Drivers' Championship Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers, with one point awarded for pole position and fastest lap respectively. 1 2 3 4 5 678910 PP FL 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 Driver SUGAUT MOTTOKOKASUZFUJ Points 1 Takuto Iguchi313644Ret 71 2 Yuui Tsutsumi29417225 673 Tōgo Suganami61378218 534 Daichi Okamoto1579363 495 Yūichi Nakayama431061 496 Rintarō Kubo161219677367 Hibiki Taira72Ret23210368 Yūya Motojima13312411109299 Hiroki Yoshida107Ret559282610 Masahiro Sasaki4108Ret121342411 Naoya Gamou82012Ret13362112 Takamitsu Matsui2013111Ret2013 Yūsuke Tomibayashi581129335111914 Takayuki Aoki1111Ret18181721515 Tomoki Takahashi153910Ret1516 Reimei Itō14610WD88Ret1517 Juichi Wakisaka1256RetRet27171418 Ryō Ogawa23141816312121219 Shō Tsuboi165820 Hikaru Jitōsho9262213Ret15162– Tomoaki Ichimori212215112120210– Shōtarō Munetou26151232Ret350– Kengo Ichijou2023130– Naoki Hattori19161715Ret14200– Ryō Yamada271929141522320– Yoshiyuki Tsuruga172914192424180– Seiya Jin18182026140– Ryōsuke Go242124232225140– Shunji Okumoto212719150– Takashi Kogure222719171916240– Junpei Katoh282316WD340– Hiroyuki Saka25232217Ret190– Atsushi Miyake301725203035220– Takeshi SuehiroRet180– Miki KoyamaDNSRet26242321300– Takashi Inoue3128212528Ret310– Miki Onaga24272629230– Masaya Kohno2530370– Toshimasa Maruta250– Takafumi Katsuki33260– Shinya Hosokawa260– Tsubasa Mekaru31270– Manabu Yamazaki270– Motoo Morikawa2928290– Yūki Kamakura292834330– Kiyonori Imai323028340– Noboru Takashima310– Keiichi Watanabe360 Driver SUG AUT MOT TOK OKA SUZ FUJ PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
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