2015 Super GT Series

2015 Super GT Series season
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Support series: F4 Japanese Championship

The 2015 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 22nd season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the 11th season under the name Super GT. It marked the 32nd season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship. The season began on April 5 and ended on November 15, after 8 races.

Schedule

A provisional calendar was released on August 8, 2014.^[1][2] An updated calendar was released on January 19, 2015, which saw the Autopolis race move from May to November, the Chang race move from October to June and SUGO from July to September.^[3]

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Okayama GT 300 km	Okayama International Circuit	April 5
2	Fuji GT 500 km	Fuji Speedway	May 3
3	Buriram United Super GT Race 300 km	Chang International Circuit	June 21
4	Fuji GT 300 km	Fuji Speedway	August 9
5	44th International Suzuka 1000km 1000 km	Suzuka Circuit	August 30
6	Sugo GT 300 km	Sportsland SUGO	September 20
7	Autopolis GT 300 km	Autopolis	November 1
8	Motegi GT 250 km	Twin Ring Motegi	November 15

Suzuka Motegi Autopolis Fuji SUGO Okayama 2015 Japanese venues

Chang 2015 International venue

Drivers and teams

GT500

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Nismo[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	1	Tsugio Matsuda	M	All
				Ronnie Quintarelli		All
Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS[5]	Lexus	Lexus RC F	6	Yuji Kunimoto	B	All
				Kazuya Oshima		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[6]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	8	Kosuke Matsuura	B	All
				Tomoki Nojiri		All
Team Impul[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	12	João Paulo de Oliveira	B	All
				Hironobu Yasuda		All
Drago Modulo Honda Racing[6]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	15	Takashi Kogure	B	All
				Oliver Turvey		All
Keihin Real Racing[6]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	17	Hideki Mutoh	B	All
				Koudai Tsukakoshi		All
Lexus Team WedsSport BANDOH[5]	Lexus	Lexus RC F	19	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Y	All
				Juichi Wakisaka		All
Kondō Racing[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	24	Daiki Sasaki	Y	All
				Lucas Ordóñez		1–3
				Michael Krumm		4–8
Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S[5]	Lexus	Lexus RC F	36	Daisuke Ito	B	All
				James Rossiter		All
Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S[5]	Lexus	Lexus RC F	37	Andrea Caldarelli	B	All
				Ryō Hirakawa		All
Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo[5]	Lexus	Lexus RC F	38	Hiroaki Ishiura	B	All
				Yuji Tachikawa		All
Lexus Team SARD[5]	Lexus	Lexus RC F	39	Kohei Hirate	B	All
				Heikki Kovalainen[7]		All
				Christian Klien[8]		5
MOLA[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R	46	Satoshi Motoyama	M	All
				Masataka Yanagida		All
Nakajima Racing[6]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	64	Bertrand Baguette	D	All
				Daisuke Nakajima		All
Team Kunimitsu[6]	Honda	Honda NSX-GT	100	Takuya Izawa	B	All
				Naoki Yamamoto		All

GT300

Team	Make	Car	No.	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Goodsmile Racing & Team Ukyo[9]	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	0	Tatsuya Kataoka	Y	All
				Nobuteru Taniguchi		All
Cars Tokai Dream28[10]	Lotus	Lotus Evora	2	Hiroki Katoh	Y	All
				Kazuho Takahashi		All
				Hiroshi Hamaguchi		5
NDDP Racing[4]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	3	Kazuki Hoshino	Y	All
				Mitsunori Takaboshi		All
				Wolfgang Reip		5
Team Mach[11]	Toyota	Toyota 86	5	Shogo Mitsuyama	Y	1–2, 4–8
				Tetsuji Tamanaka		1–2, 4–8
				Junichiro Yamashita		2
BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie[12]	BMW	BMW Z4 GT3	7	Seiji Ara	Y	All
				Jörg Müller		All
Pacific Racing Team[11][13]	McLaren	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	9	Takuya Shirasaka	Y	1–2, 4–8
				Tohjiro Azuma		1–2
				Daisuke Yamawaki		2, 5
				Ryohei Sakaguchi		4–8
Gainer[14][15]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	10	André Couto	D	All
				Katsumasa Chiyo		1–2, 4–5, 7–8
				Ryuichiro Tomita		2–3, 5–6
	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	11	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		All
				Björn Wirdheim		All
Team Up Garage with Bandoh[16][17]	Toyota	Toyota 86	18 20	Yuhki Nakayama	Y	All
				Yuji Ide		1–4, 7–8
				Marko Asmer		2, 5
				Nick Cassidy		5
				Kota Sasaki		6
Audi Team Hitotsuyama[18][19]	Audi	Audi R8 LMS ultra	21	Tomonobu Fujii	Y	All
				Richard Lyons		All
				Stéphane Ortelli		2
R'Qs Motor Sports[11]	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	22	Masaki Jyonai	Y	1, 3–8
				Hisashi Wada		1, 3–8
VivaC team Tsuchiya[20]	Toyota	Toyota 86	25	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Y	All
				Takamitsu Matsui		1–6
				Tatsuya Tanigawa		5, 7–8
Reiter Vattana Motorsport	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	28	Chonsawat Asavahame	M	3
				Tomáš Enge		3
apr[5][11][21]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	30	Yuki Iwasaki	Y	All
				Hiroshi Koizumi		All
				Masami Kageyama		2
	Toyota	Toyota Prius	31	Yuichi Nakayama	B	All
				Koki Saga		All
				Kota Sasaki		2, 5
Porsche Team KTR[11][22]	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3	33	Kenta Yamashita	Y	All
				Alexandre Imperatori		1–4
				Yuya Sakamoto		5–8
Dijon Racing[11]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	47	Yusaku Shibata	Y	4, 8
				Shohei Yuzawa		4, 8
			48	Hiroshi Takamori		1–2, 4–8
				Masaki Tanaka		1–2, 4–8
				Yusaku Shibata		2, 5
Arnage Racing[11]	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	50	Masaki Kano	Y	All
				Hideto Yasuoka		1–2, 5–7
				Nanin Indra-Payoong		2–5, 8
LM corsa[23]	BMW	BMW Z4 GT3	51	Morio Nitta	Y	1–2, 4–8
				Shigekazu Wakisaka		1–2, 4–8
	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	60	Akira Iida		All
				Hiroki Yoshimoto		All
				Dominik Farnbacher		5
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri[6]	Honda	Honda CR-Z	55	Takashi Kobayashi	B	All
				Shinichi Takagi		All
				Nirei Fukuzumi		5
R&D Sport[24]	Subaru	Subaru BRZ	61	Takuto Iguchi	D	All
				Hideki Yamauchi		All
Leon Racing[25]	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	65	Naoya Gamou	Y	All
				Haruki Kurosawa		All
Direction Racing[11][26]	Ferrari	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	77	Kyosuke Mineo	Y	All
				Naoki Yokomizo		1–3, 5–8
				Taiyo Iida		2, 4–5
Audi Team Racing Tech[11]	Audi	Audi R8 LMS ultra	86	Shinya Hosokawa	Y	1–5
				Christian Mamerow		1–2, 4–5
				Yoshitaka Kuroda		2
				Masanobu Kato		3, 5
JLOC[11][27]	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	87	Takayuki Aoki	Y	All
				Koji Yamanishi		1–5, 7
				Yoshitaka Kuroda		5
				Kimiya Sato		6, 8
			88	Manabu Orido		All
				Kazuki Hiramine		1–2, 5–8
				Kimiya Sato		2–5
Rn-sports[28][29]	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	111	Kazuya Tsuruta	Y	1–2, 4–8
				Masayuki Ueda		1–2, 4–8
				Shin Ikegami		2, 5
Tomei Sports[30]	Nissan	Nissan GT-R GT3	360	Hiroki Yoshida	Y	1–2, 4–8
				Atsushi Tanaka		1–2, 4–5, 7–8
				Masato Narisawa		2, 5–6

Driver changes

Team transfers

• With the Weider Honda Racing Team leaving Super GT, Naoki Yamamoto moved to Team Kunimitsu to partner Takuya Izawa.
• Lucas Ordonez moves from NDDP Racing to drive for Kondo Racing for the first three rounds. Michael Krumm will replace him to drive the remaining rounds.^[31]
• Daisuke Ito will move from the KeePer TOM'S team to the Petronas TOM'S team.
• Hiroaki Ishiura swapped seats with Kohei Hirate at the Zent Cerumo Team, with Hirate now driving for SARD.
• With Team Mugen leaving Super GT, Tomoki Nojiri will replace Vitantonio Liuzzi at the ARTA GT500 team. Former partner Yuhki Nakayama will drive for the new UPGARAGE with BANDOH team.
• Porsche Team KTR overhauled their driver line-up, recruiting Rebellion Racing driver Alexandre Imperatori and All-Japan Formula Three Championship driver Kenta Yamashita.
• Hideki Yamauchi moved from Gainer to R&D Sport, replacing Kota Sasaki.^[24]
• Morio Nitta, who drove for apr in the Toyota Prius, moved to LM Corsa to drive the #51 BMW Z4 GT3.

Joining Super GT

• Oliver Turvey joined Drago Modulo Honda Racing, partnering Takashi Kogure.^[32]
• Ryo Hirakawa, who previously drove for the Petronas TOM'S team, joined the KeePer TOM'S team.
• Former F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen joined the SARD team, replacing Oliver Jarvis.^[33]
• Shigekazu Wakisaka, Juichi Wakisaka's older brother, will join the LM Corsa team, driving the #51 JMS BMW Z4 GT3.
• Asian Le Mans Series driver Takamitsu Matsui will drive for the new VivaC team Tsuchiya
• Former Sauber F1 test driver Marko Asmer will partner Yuhki Nakayama in the UPGARAGE with BANDOH team.^[34]
• All-Japan Formula Three Championship driver Mitsunori Takaboshi will drive for NDDP Racing with Kazuki Hoshino in the Nissan GTR GT3.

Leaving Super GT

• Frederic Makowiecki will not return to drive this season, following Weider Honda Racing's withdrawal.
• Oliver Jarvis left the series to drive for Audi Sport Team Joest in the 2015 World Endurance Championship.^[35]
• ARTA driver Vitantonio Liuzzi will be replaced by former Mugen driver Tomoki Nojiri after a disappointing season last year.
• After years of being with Real Racing, Toshihiro Kaneishi will not drive for this season, being replaced by former Team Kunimitsu driver Hideki Mutoh.
• Kazuki Nakajima, like Oliver Jarvis, will not return to focus on his LMP1 drive in the 2015 World Endurance Championship.

Team changes

GT500

• Weider Honda Racing will leave the Super GT series, being replaced by the Drago Modulo Honda Racing Team. They will utilize Bridgestone tyres.

GT300

• Team Taisan and Team Mugen withdrew from the series.
• Cars Tokai Dream28 will switch to race a Lotus Evora mother chassis, replacing their McLaren MP4-12C GT3 from 2014 and 2013.^[36]
• Gainer replaced their #10 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 car with a Nissan GTR GT3, following Rn-SPORTS' split from the team.
• Pacific Racing Team will replace their Porsche 911 GT3R with a McLaren MP4-12C GT3.
• LM Corsa will expand to two cars, with their purchase of the new Lexus RCF GT3.^[37]
• Team Mach will switch from a Nissan GTR GT3 to a Toyota 86 mother chassis. New teams VivaC team Tsuchiya and Team UPGARAGE with BANDOH will also field a Toyota 86 mother chassis.
• Goodsmile Racing will replace their BMW Z4 GT3 with a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.^[38]
• Audi Team Racing Tech will join the series with an Audi R8 LMS ultra.
• Direction Racing replaced their Porsche 911 GT3R with a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3.^[39]
• Dijon Racing would field a second Nissan GTR GT3, car #47, for only rounds 4 and 8.
• R&D Sport will switch to Dunlop tyres.
• Arnage Racing will replace their Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 with a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.^[40]

Mid-season changes

• From round 6 and up, Team UPGARAGE with BANDOH will change their racing number from 18 to 20.
• Audi Team Racing Tech left the series after the Suzuka round due to a severe accident. They will return in 2016 with the upgraded Audi R8 LMS ultra.^[41]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Class	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	Okayama International Circuit Report	5 April	GT500	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
				Andrea Caldarelli Ryō Hirakawa	Andrea Caldarelli Ryō Hirakawa
			GT300	No. 10 Gainer	No. 31 apr
				Katsumasa Chiyo André Couto	Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga
2	Fuji Speedway Report	3 May	GT500	No. 1 Nismo	No. 1 Nismo
				Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli
			GT300	No. 31 apr	No. 10 Gainer
				Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga Kota Sasaki	Katsumasa Chiyo André Couto Ryuichiro Tomita
3	Chang International Circuit Report	21 June	GT500	No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	No. 46 MOLA
				Hiroaki Ishiura Yuji Tachikawa	Satoshi Motoyama Masataka Yanagida
			GT300	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya	No. 3 NDDP Racing
				Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi
4	Fuji Speedway Report	9 August	GT500	No. 38 Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo	No. 24 Kondo Racing
				Hiroaki Ishiura Yuji Tachikawa	Daiki Sasaki Michael Krumm
			GT300	No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
				Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi
5	Suzuka Circuit Report	30 August	GT500	No. 1 Nismo	No. 36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S
				Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli	Daisuke Ito James Rossiter
			GT300	No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28	No. 10 Gainer
				Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi Hiroshi Hamaguchi	André Couto Katsumasa Chiyo Ryuichiro Tomita
6	Sportsland SUGO Report	20 September	GT500	No. 46 MOLA	No. 100 Team Kunimitsu
				Satoshi Motoyama Masataka Yanagida	Takuya Izawa Naoki Yamamoto
			GT300	No. 55 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	No. 25 VivaC team Tsuchiya
				Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya
7	Autopolis Report	1 November	GT500	No. 12 Team Impul	No. 1 Nismo
				João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda	Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli
			GT300	No. 2 Cars Tokai Dream28	No. 3 NDDP Racing
				Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi
8	Twin Ring Motegi Report	15 November	GT500	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S	No. 37 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S
				Andrea Caldarelli Ryō Hirakawa	Andrea Caldarelli Ryō Hirakawa
			GT300	No. 31 apr	No. 31 apr
				Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga	Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	11	8	6	5	4	3	2	1
Suzuka	25	18	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2

Drivers' championships

GT500

Rank Driver OKA FUJ CHA FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT Points 1 Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli 13 1 5 4 7 6 1 2 79 2 João Paulo de Oliveira Hironobu Yasuda 7 2 4 3 3 11 2 4 74 3 Takuya Izawa Naoki Yamamoto 2 Ret Ret 5 5 1 11 3 60 4 Hiroaki Ishiura Yuji Tachikawa 3 Ret Ret 2 2 10 4 5 59 5 Andrea Caldarelli Ryō Hirakawa 1 6 6 12 8 9 12 1 56 6 Satoshi Motoyama Masataka Yanagida 8 10 1 14 6 2 6 Ret 50 7 Daisuke Itō James Rossiter 14 3 7 7 1 13 5 Ret 49 8 Hideki Mutoh Koudai Tsukakoshi 12 4 3 8 Ret 8 3 8 39 9 Yuji Kunimoto Kazuya Oshima 9 9 2 13 Ret 4 8 9 32 10 Daiki Sasaki 11 11 Ret 1 13 3 15 12 31 Michael Krumm 1 13 3 15 12 31 11 Yuhi Sekiguchi Juichi Wakisaka 10 7 9 10 4 5 9 10 27 12 Takashi Kogure Oliver Turvey 6 8 10 6 12 7 7 7 26 13 Kohei Hirate Heikki Kovalainen 5 5 7 9 11 Ret 13 6 23 14 Kosuke Matsuura Tomoki Nojiri 4 13 Ret Ret 10 12 14 11 10 15 Bertrand Baguette Daisuke Nakajima Ret 12 11 11 9 Ret 10 13 4 Lucas Ordóñez 11 11 Ret 0 Christian Klien 11 0 Rank Driver OKA FUJ CHA FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

GT300

Rank	Driver	OKA	FUJ	CHA	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	Points
1	André Couto	7	1	2	6	1	6	2	6	94
2	Katsumasa Chiyo	7	1		6	1		2	6	74
3	Yuichi Nakayama Koki Saga	1	4	9	9	10	2	13	1	69
4	Kazuki Hoshino Mitsunori Takaboshi	8	2	1	Ret	14	8	1	Ret	61
5	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Wirdheim	12	3	4	3	11	3	Ret	3	52
6	Takashi Kobayashi Shinichi Takagi	2	17	10	1	12	12	6	4	49
7	Seiji Ara Jörg Müller	Ret	6	3	Ret	2	19	3	9	47
8	Ryuichiro Tomita		1	2		1	6			45
9	Naoya Gamou Haruki Kurosawa	22	7	5	2	6	7	12	5	41
10	Takeshi Tsuchiya	6	Ret	7	5	23	1	Ret	12	35
	Takamitsu Matsui	6	Ret	7	5	23	1			35
11	Tatsuya Kataoka Nobuteru Taniguchi	5	5	13	18	8	16	7	2	35
12	Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi	17	8	6	8	3	5	Ret	11	30
13	Tomonobu Fujii Richard Lyons	3	Ret	19	20	5	13	5	8	28
14	Manabu Orido	Ret	Ret	17	7	4	4	Ret	7	26
15	Kazuki Hiramine	Ret	Ret			4	4	Ret	7	22
16	Morio Nitta Shigekazu Wakisaka	9	9		4	Ret	9	17	15	14
17	Kyosuke Mineo	11	13	18	12	9	11	4	10	12
	Naoki Yokomizo	11	13	18		9	11	4	10	12
18	Kota Sasaki		4			10	15			10
19	Shinya Hosokawa	4	10	16	Ret	17				9
	Christian Mamerow	4	10		Ret	17				9
20	Kenta Yamashita	14	12	8	Ret	18	17	8	14	6
21	Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi	16	Ret	11	22	7	Ret	21	13	5
	Hiroshi Hamaguchi					7				5
22	Kimiya Sato		Ret	17	7	4	18		16	4
23	Alexandre Imperatori	14	12	8	Ret					3
	Yuya Sakamoto					18	17	8	14	3
24	Taiyo Iida		13		12	9				3
25	Yuhki Nakayama	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	15	9	Ret	2
	Yuji Ide	19	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	9	Ret	2
26	Masaki Jyonai Hisashi Wada	DNS		15	10	16	10	22	24	2
27	Akira Iida Hiroki Yoshimoto	10	Ret	Ret	15	19	22	10	17	2
	Takayuki Aoki	20	DNS	Ret	11	24	18	11	16	0
	Koji Yamanishi	20	DNS	Ret	11	24		11		0
	Masaki Kano	18	11	14	Ret	Ret	20	16	22	0
	Nanin-Indra Payoong		11	14	Ret	Ret			22	0
	Hideto Yasuoka	18	11			Ret	20	16		0
	Chonsawat Asavahame Tomáš Enge			12						0
	Yuki Iwasaki Hiroshi Koizumi	13	16	Ret	17	13	24	18	18	0
	Kazuya Tsuruta Masayuki Ueda	21	14		13	20	14	19	19	0
	Hiroshi Takamori Masaki Tanaka	15	18		14	15	21	15	25	0
	Hiroki Yoshida	24	15		21	Ret	Ret	14	23	0
	Atsushi Tanaka	24	15		21	Ret		14	23	0
	Shin Ikegami		14			20				0
	Wolfgang Reip					14				0
	Yusaku Shibata		18		19	15			20	0
	Masato Narisawa		15			Ret	Ret			0
	Masanobu Kato			16		17				0
	Takuya Shirasaka	23	Ret		16	22	23	20	Ret	0
	Ryohei Sakaguchi				16	22	23	20	Ret	0
	Masami Kageyama		16							0
	Shohei Yuzawa				19					0
	Dominik Farnbacher					19				0
	Marko Asmer		Ret			21				0
	Nick Cassidy					21				0
	Daisuke Yamawaki		Ret			22				0
	Tohjiro Azuma	23	Ret							0
	Tatsuya Tanigawa					23		Ret	12	0
	Shogo Mitsuyama Tetsuji Tamanaka	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret		Ret	21	0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
	Yoshitaka Kuroda		10			24				0
	Nirei Fukuzumi					12				0
	Stéphane Ortelli		Ret							0
	Junichiro Yamashita		Ret							0
Rank	Driver	OKA	FUJ	CHA	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	Points

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27. "JLOC88号車は今年もマネパがサポート。公哉加入" (in Japanese). as-web.jp. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
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31. http://www.nissan-motorsports.com/ENN/PRESS/2015/15009.html
32. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9unrLSCYAEx0Ny.jpg
33. http://www.sard.co.jp/race_r/news_20150206
34. http://d1ms.upgarage.com/?page_id=21
35. http://www.crash.net/sportscars/news/212658/1/wec-jarvis-gets-nod-to-replace-kristensen-at-audi.html
36. https://twitter.com/racing_injapan/status/553528609923543042
37. http://www.lm-corsa.com/pdf/lmcorsa_news_20150207.pdf
38. https://twitter.com/Racing_injapan/status/547374949795520512
39. http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=2&no=63596
40. https://twitter.com/geinou/status/568417303370584064
41. http://www.racingtech.jp/news/audi-team-racing-tech-accident/

External links

• Super GT official website