2026 Suzuka 1000 km

The 2026 Suzuka 1000 km took place on 13 September 2026 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. It was the 50th edition of the Suzuka 1000km, and the fourth round of the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

The race was dominated by the No. 8 AO by Absolute Porsche, which won the race by over 50 seconds following Laurin Heinrich's passes on key contenders during the middle stage of the race.

Entry list A provisional entry list was announced on 13 August, featuring 28 entries. Eight manufacturers were represented: 10 Porsche cars, 5 Ferrari cars, 4 BMW cars, 3 Mercedes cars, 2 Corvette cars, 2 Nissan cars, and 1 car from Lexus and Ford. An updated list was revealed on 4 September, with the grid expanded to 30 entries following the late entries of Team Daishin's Nissan, and Harmony Racing's Ferrari.

Super GT teams were allowed to enter GTA-GT300 regulation vehicles after an agreement between SRO and the GT Association (GTA) was reached in late 2024, however, no GTA-GT300 cars entered the race.

Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Pro (9 entries) 2 Johor Motorsport Racing JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Nicky Catsburg Scott McLaughlin Alexander Sims 7 Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Dorian Boccolacci Alessandro Ghiretti Ayhancan Güven 8 AO by Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Julien Andlauer Laurin Heinrich Alessio Picariello 45 Ponos Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Tadasuke Makino Seita Nonaka Takuro Shinohara 64 Miedecke Motorsport by Team MPC Ford Mustang GT3 Evo Christopher Mies Dennis Olsen Frédéric Vervisch 75 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Maxime Martin Kakunoshin Ohta Luca Stolz 96 K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Takamitsu Matsui Sena Sakaguchi Hideki Yamauchi 500 Team 5ZIGEN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Katsumasa Chiyo Kazuki Hiramine Atsushi Miyake Bronze (14 entries) 5 Plus with BMW M Team Studie BMW M4 GT3 Evo Seiji Ara Kizuku Hirota Tomohide Yamaguchi 9 Bingo Racing with LM Corsa Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Reimei Ito Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei 18 Porsche Center Okazaki Nine Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Kazuto Kotaka Hiroaki Nagai Hibiki Taira 25 Porsche Center Okazaki NK Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Yuta Kamimura Tsubasa Kondo Kiyoshi Uchiyama 61 EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Adrian D'Silva Mathieu Jaminet Leo Ye Hongli 69 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Dan Harper Anthony McIntosh Parker Thompson 72 Harmony Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Brendon Leitch Liu Kai Shun Song Jiajun 80 LM Corsa Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Naoki Hattori Ryo Ogawa Hiroki Yoshimoto 81 Team Daishin Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Kiyoto Fujinami Tsugio Matsuda Ryuichiro Ohyagi 86 High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Anders Fjordbach Kerong Li Joel Sturm 89 Team KRC BMW M4 GT3 Evo Ruan Cunfan Max Hesse Maxime Oosten 91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer 93 Ziggo Sport Tempesta Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Eddie Cheever III Christopher Froggatt Jonathan Hui 555 Maezawa Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Yusaku Maezawa Alessio Rovera Naoki Yokomizo Pro-Am (6 entries) 10 Team KRC BMW M4 GT3 Evo Augusto Farfus Marcelo Tomasoni 28 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo João Paulo de Oliveira Kevin Tse Daisuke Yamawaki 60 LM Corsa Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Giancarlo Fisichella Kei Nakanishi Shigekazu Wakisaka 79 Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Fabio Babini Daniel Gaunt Johannes Zelger 99 Johor Motorsport Racing JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Ben Green Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Prince Jefri Ibrahim 181 Norik Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Taku Bamba David Tan Am (1 entry) 360 RunUp Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka Tetsuya Tanaka Source:

Kei Cozzolino, Yorikatsu Tsujiko and Yusuke Yamasaki were scheduled to compete in the event, but the team reshuffled its lineup and moved from Pro-Am to Pro Class prior to the start of the event. Thomas Neubauer, who had joined Maezawa Racing for the race, had to be withdrawn after he suffered a complex fracture of his left collarbone in a cycling accident, and was replaced by Alessio Rovera.

Qualifying The grid was determined by the average lap time of all three drivers. Pole position entries in each class are denoted in bold.

Pos Class Team Car Drivers Time Avg. Time Grid 1 P 64 Miedecke Motorsport by Team MPC Ford Mustang GT3 Evo Christopher Mies 1:59.003 1:59.277 1 Dennis Olsen 1:59.218 Frédéric Vervisch 1:59.612 2 P 45 Ponos Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Seita Nonaka 1:58.523 1:59.313 2 Tadasuke Makino 1:59.342 Takuro Shinohara 2:00.074 3 P 7 Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Alessandro Ghiretti 1:59.373 1:59.422 3 Ayhancan Güven 1:59.390 Dorian Boccolacci 1:59.505 4 P 8 AO by Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Laurin Heinrich 1:59.054 1:59.516 6 Alessio Picariello 1:59.532 Julien Andlauer 1:59.963 5 B 89 Team KRC BMW M4 GT3 Evo Max Hesse 1:59.010 1:59.741‡ 4 Maxime Oosten 1:59.316 Ruan Cunfan 2:00.899 6 B 69 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Dan Harper 1:59.061 1:59.774 11 Parker Thompson 1:59.125 Anthony McIntosh 2:01.137 7 P 75 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis 1:59.108 1:59.820 8 Mikaël Grenier 1:59.149 Kenny Habul 2:01.204 8 P 500 Team 5ZIGEN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Atsushi Miyake 1:59.341 1:59.828 5 Katsumasa Chiyo 1:59.788 Kazuki Hiramine 2:00.355 9 P 2 Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Scott McLaughlin 2:00.075 2:00.298 10 Nicky Catsburg 2:00.358 Alexander Sims 2:00.462 10 B 80 LM Corsa Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ryo Ogawa 1:59.618 2:00.513 7 Hiroki Yoshimoto 2:00.596 Naoki Hattori 2:01.326 11 B 86 High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Joel Sturm 1:59.571 2:00.530 9 Anders Fjordbach 2:00.278 Kerong Li 2:01.741 12 B 555 Maezawa Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Alessio Rovera 1:58.950 2:00.570 12 Naoki Yokomizo 2:00.508 Yusaku Maezawa 2:02.254 13 PA 60 LM corsa Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Giancarlo Fisichella 1:59.803 2:00.663‡ 16 Shigekazu Wakisaka 2:00.182 Kei Nakanishi 2:02.005 14 B 91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Robert Renauer 1:59.879 2:00.698 19 Alfred Renauer 2:00.112 Ralf Bohn 2:02.103 15 B 93 Ziggo Sport Tempesta Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Eddie Cheever III 2:00.134 2:00.729 13 Christopher Froggatt 2:00.587 Jonathan Hui 2:01.466 16 B 72 Harmony Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Brendon Leitch 1:59.091 2:01.068 18 Liu Kai Shun 2:00.572 Song Jiajun 2:03.543 17 B 5 Plus with BMW M Team Studie BMW M4 GT3 Evo Seiji Ara 2:00.145 2:01.075 14 Kizuku Hirota 2:01.360 Tomohide Yamaguchi 2:01.720 18 B 25 Porsche Center Okazaki NK Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Tsubasa Kondo 1:59.834 2:01.092 15 Yuta Kamimura 2:00.737 Kiyoshi Uchiyama 2:02.705 19 B 81 Team Daishin Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Kiyoto Fujinami 2:00.377 2:01.185 17 Tsugio Matsuda 2:00.554 Ryuichiro Ohyagi 2:02.626 20 P 96 K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Sena Sakaguchi 2:01.020 2:01.315 20 Takamitsu Matsui 2:01.217 Hideki Yamauchi 2:01.710 21 PA 28 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo João Paulo de Oliveira 1:59.521 2:01.603 21 Kevin Tse 2:02.283 Daisuke Yamawaki 2:03.005 22 B 61 EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Mathieu Jaminet 1:59.398 2:01.807 22 Leo Ye Hongli 1:59.790 Adrian D'Silva 2:06.235 23 PA 99 Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Ben Green 2:00.413 2:01.901 23 Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim 2:02.664 Prince Jefri Ibrahim 2:02.628 24 B 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Ukyo Sasahara 1:59.824 2:01.921 24 Reimei Ito 2:05.728 Shinji Takei 2:00.213 25 PA 10 Team KRC BMW M4 GT3 Evo Augusto Farfus 2:00.611 2:02.132 25 2:02.357 Marcelo Tomasoni 2:03.429 26 PA 79 Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Fabio Babini 2:01.732 2:02.701 27 Daniel Gaunt 2:02.698 Johannes Zelger 2:03.673 27 PA 181 Norik Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Taku Bamba 2:00.835 2:02.926 26 David Tan 2:02.311 2:05.634 28 B 18 Porsche Center Okazaki Nine Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Hibiki Taira 2:01.209 2:02.182 Hiroaki Nagai 2:03.155 Kazuto Kotaka No time set DSQ P 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Kakunoshin Ohta 1:58.455 1:58.696 28 Maxime Martin 1:58.714 Luca Stolz 1:58.920 DNS Am 360 RunUp Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Masaaki Nishikawa Did not start No time set Atsushi Tanaka Tetsuya TanakaSource:IconClassPPro CupSSilver CupBBronze CupPAPro-Am CupAmAm Cup

Race results Class winners are denoted in bold and with

Pos Class Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired 1 P 1 8 AO by Absolute Racing Julien Andlauer Laurin Heinrich Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 184 6:31:18.239 2 P 2 64 Miedecke Motorsport by Team MPC Christopher Mies Dennis Olsen Frédéric Vervisch Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 184 +51.416 3 P 3 7 Absolute Racing Dorian Boccolacci Alessandro Ghiretti Ayhancan Güven Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 184 +59.979 4 P 4 2 Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Nicky Catsburg Scott McLaughlin Alexander Sims Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 184 +1:07.503 5 P 5 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Maxime Martin Kakunoshin Ohta Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 183 +1 lap 6 P 6 45 Ponos Racing Tadasuke Makino Seita Nonaka Takuro Shinohara Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 182 +2 laps 7 B 1 69 Team WRT Dan Harper Anthony McIntosh Parker Thompson BMW M4 GT3 Evo 182 +2 laps 8 B 2 86 High Class Racing Anders Fjordbach Kerong Li Joel Sturm Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 181 +3 laps 9 P 7 96 K-tunes Racing Takamitsu Matsui Sena Sakaguchi Hideki Yamauchi Lexus RC F GT3 181 +3 laps 10 PA 1 60 LM corsa Giancarlo Fisichella Shigekazu Wakisaka Kei Nakanishi Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 181 +3 laps 11 B 3 91 Herberth Motorsport Robert Renauer Alfred Renauer Ralf Bohn Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 181 +3 laps 12 PA 2 99 Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Ben Green Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Prince Jefri Ibrahim Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 180 +4 laps 13 B 4 80 LM Corsa Naoki Hattori Ryo Ogawa Hiroki Yoshimoto Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 180 +4 laps 14 B 5 5 Plus with BMW M Team Studie Seiji Ara Kizuku Hirota Tomohide Yamaguchi BMW M4 GT3 Evo 180 +4 laps 15 B 6 555 Maezawa Racing Yusaku Maezawa Alessio Rovera Naoki Yokomizo Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 180 +4 laps 16 B 7 81 Team Daishin Kiyoto Fujinami Tsugio Matsuda Ryuichiro Ohyagi Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 180 +4 laps 17 B 8 72 Harmony Racing Brendon Leitch Liu Kai Shun Song Jiajun Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 180 +4 laps 18 B 9 93 Ziggo Sport Tempesta Racing Eddie Cheever III Christopher Froggatt Jonathan Hui Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 180 +4 laps 19 P 8 500 Team 5ZIGEN Katsumasa Chiyo Kazuki Hiramine Atsushi Miyake Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 179 +5 laps 20 PA 3 10 Team KRC Augusto Farfus Brian Lee Marcelo Tomasoni BMW M4 GT3 Evo 179 +5 laps 21 B 10 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa Reimei Ito Shinji Takei Ukyo Sasahara Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 178 +6 laps 22 PA 4 181 Norik Racing Taku Bamba David Tan Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 178 +6 laps 23 B 11 25 Porsche Center Okazaki NK Racing Yuta Kamimura Tsubasa Kondo Kiyoshi Uchiyama Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 178 +6 laps 24 PA 5 79 Tsunami RT Fabio Babini Daniel Gaunt Johannes Zelger Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 177 +7 laps 25 PA 6 28 Craft-Bamboo Racing João Paulo de Oliveira Kevin Tse Daisuke Yamawaki Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 175 +9 laps 26 B 12 18 Porsche Center Okazaki Nine Racing Kazuto Kotaka Hiroaki Nagai Hibiki Taira Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 142 +42 laps 27 B 13 61 EBM Giga Racing Adrian D'Silva Mathieu Jaminet Leo Ye Hongli Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 135 +49 laps 28 Am 1 360 RunUp Sports Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka Tetsuya Tanaka Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 134 +50 laps DNF B DNF 89 Team KRC Max Hesse Maxime Oosten Ruan Cunfan BMW M4 GT3 Evo 85 Mechanical DNF P DNF 75 75 Express Philip Ellis Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 36 Accident damageSource: IconClassPPro CupSSilver CupBBronze CupPAPro-Am CupAmAm Cup

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