The 2024 Eneos Super Taikyu Series Empowered by Bridgestone is the thirty-fourth season of the Super Taikyu endurance racing championship. It began on 20-21 April at Sportsland Sugo and will end on 17 November at Fuji Speedway.
This season marks the beginning of a new three-year contract with Bridgestone to be the series' official tyre supplier. Bridgestone had taken over the supply of tyres from Hankook during the 2023 season after a fire at the Hankook manufacturing plant in Daejeon, South Korea forced them to abandon its supply. [1]
The Super Taikyu Series announced its provisional 2024 calendar on 3 October 2023, with seven rounds held at Japan's six major motor racing circuits. [2] Sportsland Sugo will now host the opening round of the championship on 21 April, while the five-hour race at Suzuka Circuit will be moved to late September. Fuji Speedway will again host two rounds, including the series' showcase event, the Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours on 25-26 May, and the season finale on 17 November.
Round | Event | Race Length | Race Format | Classes | Circuit | Date |
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1 | SUGO Super Taikyu 4 Hour Race | 4 hours | 2 races | ST-X / Z / Q / 1 / 2 / 4 / 5 | Sportsland Sugo | 20–21 April |
2 | NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race | 24 hours | 1 race | All | Fuji Speedway | 24–26 May |
3 | TBA | 5 hours | 1 race | ST-X / Z / TCR / 1 / 2 / 4 | Autopolis | 27–28 July |
4 | TBA | 5 hours | 1 race | ST-X / Z / TCR / 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 | Mobility Resort Motegi | 7 September |
5 | TBA | 5 hours | 1 race | ST-X / Z / TCR / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 | Suzuka Circuit | 28–29 September |
6 | TBA | 3 hours | 2 races | All | Okayama International Circuit | 26–27 October |
7 | TBA | 4 hours | 1 race | All | Fuji Speedway | 16–17 November |
On 2 April, the Super Taikyu Series published its provisional full-season entry list, featuring 69 entries. [3]
Team | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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ST-X ( FIA GT3 homologated vehicles) | |||||
Zhongsheng Rookie Racing [4] | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 1 | Ryuta Ukai [4] | 1 |
Giuliano Alesi [4] | |||||
Naoya Gamou [4] | |||||
Tatsuya Kataoka [4] | |||||
TKRI [3] | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 23 | Daisuke [3] | 1 |
Yuya Motojima [3] | |||||
Yuhki Nakayama [3] | |||||
apr [3] | Lexus RC F GT3 | Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 | 31 | Hideki Nagai [5] | 1 |
Kazuto Kotaka [3] | |||||
Miki Koyama [6] | |||||
Koki Saga [3] | |||||
Hiroaki Nagai [3] | TBC | ||||
TBA | TBA | TBA | 62 | TBA | TBC |
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
GTNET MotorSports [7] | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 | 81 | Nobuhiro Imada [3] | 1 |
Kiyoto Fujinami [3] | |||||
Takayuki Aoki [3] | |||||
Nobuyuki Oyagi [7] | |||||
Natsu Sakaguchi [3] | TBC | ||||
TBA | TBA | TBA | 85 | TBA | TBC |
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
ST-Z ( SRO GT4 homologated vehicles) | |||||
Birth Racing Project [8] | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 19 | Yuki Fujii [8] | 1 |
Takeshi Suehiro [8] | |||||
Anna Inotsume [8] | |||||
Kazuya Oshima [8] | |||||
Kenji Suzuki [8] | TBC | ||||
Naniwa Denso Team Impul [7] | Nissan Z Nismo GT4 | Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 | 20 | Yuki Tanaka [7] | 1 |
Kazuki Oki [7] | |||||
Keishi Ishikawa [5] | |||||
Kazuki Hiramine [7] | TBC | ||||
Hitotsuyama Racing [3] | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 | 21 | Daisuke Yamawaki [3] | 1 |
Sean Walkinshaw [3] | |||||
James Pull [3] | |||||
Shintaro Kawabata [3] | |||||
Porsche Team EBI [8] | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 22 | Shota Kitazono [8] | 1 |
Rintaro Kubo [8] | |||||
Naoya Yamano [8] | |||||
Yugo Iwasawa [8] | |||||
Team ZeroOne [7] | Nissan Z Nismo GT4 | Nissan VR30DDTT 3.0 L Twin-Turbo V6 | 25 | Tadao Uematsu [7] | 1 |
Tsugio Matsuda [7] | |||||
Kimiya Sato [7] | |||||
Teppei Natori [7] | |||||
26 | Ryuichiro Otsuka [7] | 1 | |||
Ryuichiro Tomita [7] | |||||
Takuro Shinohara [7] | |||||
Seiji Ara [7] | |||||
Techno First [3] | Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo | Audi 5.2 L V10 | 34 | Masaki Kano [3] | 1 |
Riki Okusa [3] | |||||
Hironobu Yasuda [3] | |||||
Ryoma Henzan [3] | |||||
TBA | TBA | TBA | 40 | TBA | TBC |
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
Saitama Green Brave [3] | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | 52 | Manabu Yamazaki [3] | 1 |
Hiroki Yoshida [3] | |||||
Naoki Hattori [3] | |||||
Seita Nonaka [3] | |||||
2W Zoomies x GR Garage Yamaguchi-Shunan [3] | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | 59 | TBA | TBC |
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
Team Noah [3] | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | 75 | TBA | TBC |
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
TBA | TBA | TBA | 77 | TBA | TBC |
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
TBA | |||||
Buzz Progress Racing [3] | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 | 111 | Nagayasu Miyagi [3] | 1 |
Max Yuki Salo [3] | |||||
Sota Ogawa [3] | |||||
Taiga Imoto [3] | |||||
Auto Factory [3] | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 | 555 | Jun Tashiro [3] | 1 |
Shigehiro Ikemoto [3] | |||||
Kazutaka Tokufuji [3] | |||||
Go Nagata [3] | |||||
Shade Racing [3] | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | 885 | Hiro Hayashi [3] | 1 |
Katsuyuki Hiranaka [3] | |||||
Eijiro Shimizu [3] |
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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ST-1 | ||||
K's Frontier KTM Cars [3] | KTM X-Bow GTX | 2 | Taiyo Ida [3] | 1 |
Hiroki Katoh [3] | ||||
Kazuho Takahashi [3] | ||||
Hiroki Yoshimoto [3] | ||||
ST-2 (2,400–3,500cc, front-wheel and all-wheel drive) | ||||
Shinryo Racing Team [3] | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (CZ4A) | 6 | Tomohiro Tomimasu [3] | 1 |
Yasushi Kikuchi [3] | ||||
Masazumi Ohashi [3] | ||||
7 | Hitoshi Gotoh [3] | 1 | ||
Keisuke Anzai [3] | ||||
Kazunari Yoshioka [3] | ||||
Hisahiko Usui [3] | ||||
Endless Sports [3] | Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) | 13 | Masaya Hanazato [3] | 1 |
Mizuki Ishizaka [3] | ||||
Hitoshi Okada [3] | ||||
HCM Uchino Racing [3] | Honda Civic Type R (FL5) | 36 | Noriaki Uchino [3] | TBC |
Koichi Iwama [3] | ||||
Toshijiro Akutsu [3] | ||||
Jun Doi [3] | ||||
Nihon Automobile College [3] | Honda Civic Type R (FL5) | 72 | Makoto Kanai [3] | 1 |
Tetsuya Yamano [3] | ||||
Toshiya Nojima [3] | ||||
Team Spoon [3] | Honda Civic Type R (FL5) | 95 | Eiji Yamada [3] | 1 |
Syun Koide [3] | ||||
Piston Nishizawa [3] | ||||
Yusuke Mitsui [13] | TBC | |||
KTMS [3] | Toyota GR Yaris (GXPA16) | 225 | Kengo Ichijo [3] | 1 |
Shunji Okumoto [3] | ||||
Rikuto Kobayashi [3] | ||||
Jin Nakamura [3] | ||||
Honda R&D Challenge [3] | Honda Civic Type R (FL5) | 743 | Hiroki Ishigaki [3] | 1 |
Tensho Kobayashi [3] | ||||
Junichi Kidachi [3] | ||||
TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBC |
TBA | ||||
TBA | ||||
TBA | ||||
ST-3 (2,400–3,500cc, rear-wheel drive) | ||||
Okabe Jidosha Motorsport [3] | Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) | 15 | Shuji Maejima [3] | 1 |
Masaaki Nagashima [3] | ||||
Nozomi Udaka [3] | ||||
Seiya Motojima [3] | ||||
16 | Toru Tanaka [3] | 1 | ||
Tsubasa Mekaru [3] | ||||
Tetsuya Tanaka [3] | ||||
Kazuomi Komatsu [3] | ||||
Tracy Sports with Delta [3] | Lexus RC 350 (GSC10) | 38 | Takanobu Ishizuka [3] | 1 |
Toshiki Ishimori [3] | ||||
Shunsuke Ozaki [3] | ||||
39 | Shinya Fujita [3] | 1 | ||
Yuma Shoji [3] | ||||
Takashi Itoh [3] | ||||
ST-4 (1,500–2,500cc) | ||||
Endless Sports | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 3 | Hiroyuki Saka [3] | 1 |
Togo Suganami [3] | ||||
Reimei Ito [3] | ||||
Asano Racing Service | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 18 | Takeo Asano [3] | 1 |
Shinnosuke Ito [3] | ||||
Kazumi Mikami [3] | ||||
Shoya Suzuki [3] | ||||
Tracy Sports with Delta [3] | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 41 | Hirotaka Ishii [3] | 1 |
Yusuke Tomibayashi [3] | ||||
Dai Mizuno [3] | ||||
Team G/Motion' [3] | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 60 | Resshu Shioya [3] | 1 |
Masayuki Minato [3] | ||||
Keisuke Ohara [3] | ||||
Over Drive [3] | Mazda Roadster RF (NDERC) | 66 | Kyosuke Inomata [3] | 1 |
Kohei Tokumasu [3] | ||||
Takahisa Ohno [3] | ||||
Hirohito Ito | ||||
HMR Racing [3] | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 216 | "Kenbow" [3] | 1 |
Kota Sasaki [3] | ||||
Tomomitsu Senoo [3] | ||||
"Ishiken" [3] | ||||
Shade Racing [3] | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | 884 | Masahiko Kageyama [3] | 1 |
Yuji Kunimoto [3] | ||||
Shinnosuke Yamada [3] | ||||
Teppei Tsuruta [3] | ||||
ST-5 (up to 1,500cc) | ||||
Team Bride [3] | Honda Fit4 RS (GS4) | 4 | Yuya Ohta [3] | 1 |
Kaoru Arai [3] | ||||
Takao Seto [3] | ||||
Hiroshi Ito [5] | ||||
D.R.C EZO [3] | Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) | 11 | Hajime Omono [3] | 1 |
Ryohei Oshima [3] | ||||
Ryoji Tashiro [3] | ||||
Masaharu Nishioka [3] | ||||
Team NOPRO [3] | Mazda2 Diesel Turbo (DJ5FS) | 17 | Hideyoshi Nishizawa [3] | 1 |
Tobio Ohtani [3] | ||||
Misaki Konishi [3] | ||||
Toshihiko Nogami [3] | ||||
Mazda Demio (DE5FS) | 37 | Johnny Ogura [3] | 1 | |
Suguru Kawana [3] | ||||
Kazuhito Ishii [3] | ||||
Yoshihiro Kato [3] | ||||
Maple Hiroshima Racing Team [3] | Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) | 27 | Haruhiko Sugino [3] | 1 |
Yuga Furutani [3] | ||||
Noriyuki Higuchi [3] | ||||
TBA | TBC | |||
Love Drive Racing [3] | Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) | 50 | Junko Fujii [3] | TBC |
TBA | ||||
TBA | ||||
TBA | ||||
Over Drive [3] | Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) | 65 | Tatsuya Ota [3] | 1 |
Shuichiro Hokazono [3] | ||||
Sena Kuronuma [3] | ||||
Takuma Ikeda [3] | ||||
Team Yamato [3] | Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) | 67 | Shinya Uchiyama [3] | 1 |
Ryohei Yasui [3] | ||||
Ryo Mukumoto [3] | ||||
Buzz Progress Racing [3] | Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) | 76 | Masaki Ano [5] | 1 |
Junpei Kato [3] | ||||
Hitoshi Sakai [3] | ||||
Takashi Nara [3] | ||||
Naoto Uzuka [3] | TBC | |||
Murakami Motors [3] | Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) | 88 | Hiroyuki Murakami [3] | 1 |
Daichi Okamoto [5] | ||||
Soichiro Yoshida [5] | ||||
Shinichi Uemura [5] | ||||
89 | TBA | TBC | ||
TBA | ||||
TBA | ||||
TBA | ||||
Access Racing Team [3] | Toyota Vitz (NCP131) | 110 | Toshiyuki Matsuda [3] | 1 |
Shingo Wada [5] | ||||
Taiga Kabaki [3] | ||||
Mazda Spirit Racing [3] | Mazda Roadster (ND5RC) | 120 | Junji Ueda [3] | 1 |
Tatsuya Minowa [3] | ||||
Shohei Oda [3] | ||||
Subaru Kumeta [5] | ||||
Eiichi Honda [3] | TBC | |||
Honda Cars Tokai [3] | Honda Fit4 RS (GS4) | 222 | Toshiki Takeuchi [3] | 1 |
Masayuki Sumi [3] | ||||
Masaki Nishihata [3] | ||||
AutoLabo [3] | Toyota Yaris (MXPA10) | 290 | Takeshi Kitagawa [3] | 1 |
Yuuma Murata [3] | ||||
Atsuhito Otomo [3] | ||||
Hiromu Yasuda [3] | ||||
Select Hotels Group [3] | Honda Fit3 RS (GK5) | 888 | Takuya Shiga [3] | 1 |
Taro Matsunami [3] | ||||
Hiroshi Nakamura [3] | ||||
Takaya Kusano [3] |
Bold indicates overall winner for the race.
Round | Circuit | Race | Overall Pole Position | ST-X Winners | ST-Z Winners | ST-TCR Winners | ST-Q Winners |
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1 | Sugo | Group 1 | No. 1 Zhongsheng Rookie Racing | No. 1 Zhongsheng Rookie Racing | did not participate | did not participate | No. 32 ORC Rookie Racing |
Ryuta Ukai Giuliano Alesi Naoya Gamou Tatsuya Kataoka |
Ryuta Ukai Giuliano Alesi Naoya Gamou Tatsuya Kataoka |
Morizo Masahiro Sasaki Hiroaki Ishiura Yasuhiro Ogura | |||||
Group 2 | No. 26 Team ZeroOne | did not participate | No. 52 Saitama Green Brave | No. 92 GR Team Spirit | |||
Ryuichiro Otsuka Ryuichiro Tomita Takuro Shinohara Seiji Ara |
Manabu Yamazaki Hiroki Yoshida Naoki Hattori Seita Nonaka |
Keizo Kato Takamitsu Matsui Shunsuke Kohno Kenta Yamashita | |||||
2 | Fuji 24h | ||||||
3 | Autopolis | ||||||
4 | Motegi | ||||||
5 | Suzuka | ||||||
6 | Okayama | Group 1 | |||||
Group 2 | |||||||
7 | Fuji 4h | ||||||
Round | Circuit | Race | ST-1 Winners | ST-2 Winners | ST-3 Winners | ST-4 Winners | ST-5 Winners |
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1 | Sugo | Group 1 [14] [15] | did not participate | No. 225 Kobe Toyopet Motorsports | No. 38 Tracy Sports with Delta | No. 3 Endless Sports | did not participate |
Kengo Ichijo Shunji Okumoto Rikuto Kobayashi Jin Nakamura |
Takanobu Ishizuka Toshiki Ichimori Shunsuke Ozaki |
Hiroyuki Saka Togo Suganami Reimei Ito | |||||
Group 2 [16] [15] | no finishers | did not participate | No. 88 Murakami Motors | ||||
Hiroyuki Murakami Daichi Okamoto Soichiro Yoshida Shinichi Uemura | |||||||
2 | Fuji 24h | ||||||
3 | Autopolis | did not participate | did not participate | ||||
4 | Motegi | did not participate | |||||
5 | Suzuka | did not participate | |||||
6 | Okayama | Group 1 | |||||
Group 2 | |||||||
7 | Fuji 4h | ||||||
Championship points are awarded in every class with the exception of ST-Q at the end of each event.
For the ST-X, ST-Z, and ST-TCR championships, each team's six highest scoring rounds are validated in the final championship standings.
Duration | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | ≤11th | Pole |
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3–4 Hours / 500km | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 Hours / 700km | 30 | 22.5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 |
≥12 Hours / 1400km | 45 | 35 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Notes
Pos | Teams | SUG | 24H | AUT | MRM | SUZ | OIC | FSW | Pts | ||
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G1 | G2 | G1 | G2 | ||||||||
ST-X | |||||||||||
1 | No. 1 Zhongsheng Rookie Racing | 1 | 22 | ||||||||
2 | No. 23 TKRI | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
3 | No. 31 apr | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
4 | No. 81 GTNET MotorSports | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
ST-Z | |||||||||||
1 | No. 52 Saitama Green Brave | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
2 | No. 26 Team ZeroOne | 2 | 17 | ||||||||
3 | No. 34 Techno First | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
4 | No. 19 Birth Racing Project | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
5 | No. 22 Porsche Team EBI | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
6 | No. 21 Hitotsuyama Racing | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
7 | No. 555 Auto Factory | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
8 | No. 111 Buzz Progress Racing | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
9 | No. 885 SHADE Racing | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
10 | No. 25 Team ZeroOne | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
— | No. 20 Naniwa Denso Team Impul | Ret | — | ||||||||
ST-TCR | |||||||||||
ST-1 | |||||||||||
1 | No. 2 K's Frontier KTM Cars | Ret | — | ||||||||
ST-2 | |||||||||||
1 | No. 225 KTMS | 1 | 22 | ||||||||
2 | No. 72 Nihon Automobile College | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
3 | No. 95 Team Spoon | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
4 | No. 13 Endless Sports | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
5 | No. 743 Honda R&D Challenge | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
6 | No. 7 Shinryo Racing Team | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
7 | No. 6 Shinryo Racing Team | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
ST-3 | |||||||||||
1 | No. 38 Tracy Sports with Delta | 1 | 22 | ||||||||
2 | No. 39 Tracy Sports with Delta | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
3 | No. 15 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
— | No. 16 Okabe Jidosha Motorsport | Ret | — | ||||||||
ST-4 | |||||||||||
1 | No. 3 Endless Sports | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
2 | No. 884 SHADE Racing | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
3 | No. 66 Over Drive | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
4 | No. 60 Team G/Motion | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
5 | No. 41 Tracy Sports with Delta | 5 | 10 | ||||||||
6 | No. 18 Asano Racing Service | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
— | No. 216 HMR Racing | Ret | — | ||||||||
ST-5 | |||||||||||
1 | No. 88 Murakami Motors | 1 | 22 | ||||||||
2 | No. 65 Over Drive | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
3 | No. 17 Team NOPRO | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
4 | No. 76 Buzz Progress Racing | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
5 | No. 27 Maple Hiroshima Racing Team | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
6 | No. 4 Team Bride | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
7 | No. 67 Team Yamato | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
8 | No. 37 Team NOPRO | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
9 | No. 222 Honda Cars Tokai | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
10 | No. 11 D.R.C EZO | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
— | No. 888 Select Hotels Group | 11 | — | ||||||||
— | No. 120 Mazda Spirit Racing | 12† | — | ||||||||
— | No. 290 AutoLabo | NC | — | ||||||||
— | No. 110 Access Racing Team | Ret | — |