The 2026 D1 Grand Prix series (known for sponsorship reason as 2026 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series) is a professional drifting competition based in Japan which will be the twenty-sixth season of the D1 Grand Prix series. The competition is organized by Sunpros under Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) Semi national competition format and recognize as Japan Drift Championship. The championship is planned to be contested over 10 rounds starting at Aichi Sky Expo on 24th of March and ended on 15th of November 2026 at Odaiba.
The season is celebrated as the twenty-fifth anniversary of D1 Grand Prix and D1 in general.
Hideyuki Fujino is the defending drivers champion.
Schedule Provisional schedule was released following the final round of 2025 season. Aichi Sky Expo in Nagoya will host the opening two rounds of the season. The venue is located near Centrair which have previously held D1GP round back in 2013. In turns, Okuibuki Motorpark will not held any round for the first time since 2019. The rest of the calendar will be held at same weekend as previous year. RoundVenueDate1 Aichi Sky Expo, Aichi Prefecture9 May210 May3 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture27 June428 June5 Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture26 September627 September7 Autopolis, Oita Prefecture24 October825 October9 Odaiba, Tokyo Bay14 November1015 November
Regulation changes
Best 24 is brought back for the first time since 2015 when the system was known as tanso qualifying. The best 24 format will be run on several round only. This led to change on tanso and teams' points which now reward point to 24 driver and its team if the best 24 format is used while the driver overall standings remain only awarding point to top 16 driver regardless of the system being used and team standings remain only scored by highest finishing driver. Multi cars team that is not participating in 2025 is mandated to participate for full-season. The noise limit is reduced from 113 dB to 110 dB or vary depends on venue. The number of mechanic allowed in staging area during tanso is increased from one to two mechanics. During tsuiso race director allowed to assign a score correction to lead car for serious driving error. Team member must now mandated to wear a similar team wear. Only mechanic with fire-proof suit is allowed in hot pit area.
Teams and drivers TeamsTireCarEngineNoDriversRoundRef.SEIMI STYLE SHIBATA DRIFTShibatireNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I62 Seimi TanakaTBAURAS RACINGDunlopNissan Skyline (R34)Toyota 2JZ I63 Keiichi Nomura1-6CUSCO RACINGYokohamaToyota GR Yaris (GXPA16)Toyota 2JZ I65 Yoshitatsu Kaneda1-6Toyota GR86 (ZN8)32 Koji Tada1-6TBATBAToyota GR Corolla (GZEA14)TBA Conor Shanahan9-10TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤShibatireMazda RX-7 (FD3S)Custom 4-rotor 7 Yukio Matsui1-6VEHIQL RACING×VALINOValinoNissan 180SX (RPS13)Toyota 2JZ I68 Takuya Inaoka1-6TEAM BUZZBREAK DRIFTValinoNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I69 Tetsuya Kume1-6Toyota GR86 (ZN8)10 Hayato Miyoshi1-6Team BuzzBreakToyota Mark II (JZX100)50 Ryo Ishii1-6FAUSTO DRIFT SCHOOL MINI GTShibatireNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I611 Yukio Fausto5-6Team sky FJトラスポValinoNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I615 Yuta Fujiwara1-6CarGuy Team G-Meister Valino AValinoBMW 3-Series (E92)Toyota 2JZ I616 Koji Yamaguchi1-6Toyota GR86 (ZN8)17 Shigehisa Sasayama1-6CarGuy Team G-Meister Valino BToyota Supra (A80)12 Yoshichika Tamagawa 1-6Nissan Silvia (S15)67 Daiki Nishiyama 1-6SIMsupportSpark×GarageHANGOUTShibatireNissan Silvia (S14)Toyota 2JZ I622 Kazutaka Yanagi 1-6Repair Create×GR Garage Seifuto×Result JapanShibatireToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I623 Mitsuru Murakami1-6TEAM TNR LOVCA SE SystemAntaresToyota Mark II (JZX100)Toyota 2JZ I630 Tetsuro Nakada1-2,5-6Shibata Racing TeamShibatireToyota GR86 (ZN8)Nissan VR38 V631 Koudai Sobagiri1-6広島トヨタ team マッハ＆DRoo-PDunlopToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I633 Junya Ishikawa1-6Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE85)Toyota 2GR V655 Kazuya Matsukawa1-6Racing Service WatanabeAntaresToyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86)Nissan SR20 I443 Yoshifumi Tadokoro1-6Mazda RX-7 (FC3S)Mazda 20B 3-rotor51 Teruyoshi Iwai1-6Team miyaseimitsuShibatireNissan Silvia (S15)Custom 4-rotor 38 Hisashi Saito1-6Gyeon RacingHarsonNissan 180SX (RPS13)Toyota 2JZ I647 Hisato Yonai1-6GP SportsDrift StarNissan 180SX (RPS13)Toyota 2JZ I656 Takahiro Mori1-6D1TAIWAN DTMRSValinoToyota GR Supra (J29/DB)Toyota 2JZ I657 Hsu Lei 1-2.5-6Team Toyo Tires Drift-1Toyo TiresToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I666 Hideyuki Fujino1-688 Masato Kawabata1-2,5-6Team Toyo Tires Drift-2Toyota GR Corolla (GZEA14)77 Hokuto Matsuyama1-6Toyota GR86 (ZN8)80 Yuki Tano1-6Team Toyo Tires Drift-3Toyota GT86 (ZN6)Nissan VR38 V614 Shiina Tamaki1-6Mind Control Racing SHIBATIREShibatireNissan Silvia (S14)Toyota 2JZ I670 Masashi Yokoi1-6Drift Star RacingDrift StarToyota Chaser (JZX100)Toyota 2JZ I675 Yumeto Hatanaka1-6Nissan Silvia (S13)76 Ryu Nakamura1-2,5-6Nissan Silvia (S13)Chevrolet LSX V83-4Team Vertex ShibatireLexus RC (XC10)Toyota 2JZ I678Takahiro Ueno1-6Nissan Silvia (S15)89 Lattapon Keawchin (Pop)1-6Team D-Max Racing ValinoNissan Silvia (S15)Toyota 2JZ I679 Kojiro Mekuwa1-6Drift Star81 Kenshiro Wada1-6Team Valino WorksValinoToyota GR86 (ZN8)Toyota 2JZ I686 Sayaka Shimoda1-699 Naoki Nakamura1-6FAT FIVE RACINGYokohamaToyota GR Supra (J29/DB)Toyota 2JZ I687 Daigo Saito1-6 WEINS Toyota Kanagawa × 俺だっ！RacingValinoToyota GR Supra (J29/DB)Toyota 2JZ I690 Tsuyoshi Tezuka1-6
Changes
Masashi Yokoi leave D-Max Racing Team at the end of the 2025 season after 13 years. He planned to compete with his own Mind Control Racing team and driving a Nissan Silvia S14 he entered World Time Attack Challenge Drift class with. D-Max announced Kojiro Mekuwa transferred from G-Meister to replace Masashi Yokoi who left the team. Following Kojiro Mekuwa arrival to the team, D-Max use Valino tires for Mekuwa and Kenshiro Wada use Valino's sister brand, Drift Star. Shibata Racing Team downscale to one car with Koudai Sobagiri and not renewed Tetsuya Hibino's contract. D1 Lights runner-up, Kazutaka Yanagi announced he will stepping up to D1GP driving the same team and car as in D1 Lights. Super GT's Team Mach joined Droo-P as the team title sponsor alongside Hiroshima Toyota and entered as Hiroshima Toyota team Mach & Droo-P. Sayaka Shimoda returns to the series after 2 year away. She joined Naoki Nakamura on Valino's works team and driving a Toyota GR86. Ryu Nakamura joined Drift Star works team replacing Masakazu Doi. 2023 D1 Lights champion, Hisato Yonai returns to the series after a year off. He is sponsored by car care product Gyeon and will drive the same Nissan 180SX he previously use in 2024. He will be using Harson tires. Cusco moved Yoshitatsu Kaneda and his Toyota GR Yaris from their Formula Drift Japan line-up to replace Atsuki Hoshi and his GR Corolla respectively. Kaneda will make his first D1GP appearance since 2018 with his GR Yaris being the first example to compete in the series. Team G-Meister partner with CARGUY and entered two teams under A and B designation. G-Meister owner Koji Yamaguchi joined by Shigehisa Sasayama drive BMW E92 and Toyota GR86 respectively and both after a year away from the series on the A team. Yoshichika Tamagawa and Daiki Nishiyama both graduate from D1 Lights is on the B team. Tamagawa will drive his A80 Supra he previously use in Formula Drift Japan while Nishiyama upgraded the same S15 he use in D1 Lights. Lattapon Keawchin (Pop) joined Takahiro Ueno in Team Vertex replacing his compatriot and senior Daychapon Toyingcharoen (Pond). Toyo Tires announced conclusion to Team Toyo Tires Drift works team structure after 2026 season. Maopo Yamanaka was initially entered driving for WEINS Toyota Kanagawa × 俺だっ！Racing. However due to misconduct, his D1GP license is suspended. Tsuyoshi Tezuka is brought in to replace him returning to the team as a driver for the first time since final two round of 2022 season. Tezuka will be making his first full time appearance for the first time since 2017. Daigo Saito return to using Yokohama for the first time since 2022. Tetsura Nakada change his tires supplier to Antares. Taiwanese driver, Hsu Lei set to make his debut driving a Toyota GR Supra. He will be the first Taiwanese driver to enter D1GP since TaI Xiao-Hsang in 2022.
Mid season changes
Seimi Tanaka is unable to participate in the first six round due to his car involved in a road accident while being transported. Ryu Nakamura change his car to the same V8 powered S13 Silvia that his father, Naoki win the 2024 championship with in Tsukuba round. Masato Kawabata set to miss both Tsukuba round as he will be at Ultrace event in Poland. This will be his first time not competing in D1GP round since 2003. Brazilian-Japanese Formula Drift Japan driver, Yukio Fausto debuted at Ebisu round as spot entry. He will be driving Nissan Silvia S15. 2 times Drift Masters champion and current Formula Drift points leader, Conor Shanahan is set to make spot entry for the Odaiba round. He will be driving a Toyota GR Corolla previously used in Formula Drift Japan by Kalle Rovanperä.
Round results RoundVenueWinnerReportTansoTsuiso1 Aichi Sky Expo, Aichi PrefectureNaoki NakamuraMasashi Yokoi 2Naoki NakamuraHideyuki Fujino3 Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki PrefectureKoudai SobagiriMasashi Yokoi4Masashi YokoiMasashi Yokoi5 Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima PrefectureKoudai SobagiriMasashI Yokoi6Koudai SobagiriMasashi Yokoi7 Autopolis, Oita Prefecture89 Odaiba, Tokyo Bay10
Championship standings
Point system Overall standings
Final classification within each round is determined by highest qualifying position; for example, of the two drivers eliminated in the Best Four, the driver who qualified higher is awarded 3rd position and the final place on the podium. Tie breaker is determined by higher points in tanso standings. Positions1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16thPoint 252118161312111087654321Tanso point 4321
Tanso standings
Tie breaker is determined by higher event results position. Format1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22nd23rd24thBest 162016151413121110876543210Best 24282423222120191816151413121110987654321
Teams' standings
Points scored by the highest finishing driver in each round. Point for position 17 to 24th only awarded when best 24 system is used. Positions1st2nd3rd4th5-8th9-16th17-24thPoints26201510631
Overall standings PosDriverAichiTsukubaEbisuAutopolisOdaibaTotalRd.1Rd.2Rd.3Rd.4Rd.5Rd.6Rd.7Rd.8Rd.9Rd.101 Masashi Yokoi1DSQ1111141302Koudai Sobagiri22913431511123Naoki Nakamura913122464DSQ874Kojiro Mekuwa1026542399745Hideyuki Fujino 171392103 DNQ646Hokuto Matsuyama3³ DNQ DNQ1647487Lattapon Keawchin (Pop)1674523 DNQ488Ryu Nakamura DNQ1711 DNQ212409Yoshicika Tamagawa DNQ19 DNQ10743410Yuki Tano11 DNQ121352203211Ryo Ishi54 DNQ DNQ17192912Hisato Yonai720136 DNQ242713Shiina Tamaki44 DNQ DNQ DNQ8 DNQ2714Tetsuya Kume2016 DNQ DNQ1422515Yumeto Hatanaka12103103 DNQ16172416Kenshiro WadaRet DNQ DNQ8 DNQ632417Takuya Inaoka6 DNQ16 DNQ DNQ111918Daiki Nishiyama DNQ1861221151919Kazutaka Yanagi 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ13101720Mitsuru Murakami199²15Ret15161621Junya Ishikawa2311⁴ DNQ DNQ11141622Teruyoshi Iwai13WD7 DNQ24 DNQ1523Yuta Fujiwara DNQ5 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ1324Daigo Saito2115Ret DNQ DNQ81225Keiichi Nomura18 DNQ815 DNQ DNQ1226Takahiro Ueno DNQ DNQ DNQ718 DNQ1127Koji Tada2412 DNQ11 DNQ231028Koji Yamaguchi DNQ DNQ DNQ1412 DNQ829Sayaka Shimoda1513 DNQ DNQ1921630Masato Kawabata1414 DNQ13631Hayato MiyoshiRetRet14 DNQ DNQ DNQ3—Yukio Fauso DNQ180—Shigehisa Sasayama22 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ0—Yoshitatsu Kaneda DNQ21 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ0—Yukio Matsui DNQ22 DNQ DNQ20 DNQ0—Tetsuro Nakada DNQ DNQ22 DNQ0—Tezuka Tsuyoshi DNQ23 DNQ DNQ DNQ220
Tanso standings