2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

The 2023 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the fifth season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
KMSA Motorsport N	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	3	Choi Jeongweon	3–5
		65	Masanobu Kato	5
Tamada Racing / Team LeMans	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Seiji Tamada	All
			Tobio Otani	5
Birth Racing Project	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	17	Kenji Suzuki	1–4
			Kento Kimura	5
	CUPRA Leon Competición TCR	19	"Hirobon"	1–2, 5
			Takeshi Suehiro	3–4
55MOTO Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR	55	"Mototino"	All
Audi Team Mars	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	65	Masanobu Kato	1–4
J's Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	69	Junichi Umemoto	All
	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	690	Hideo Kubota	4
Hagoromo Six DOME Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR	98	Anna Inotsume	All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 3 January 2023 with 5 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Suzuka Circuit	13 May	Anna Inotsume	"Hirobon"	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
	2		14 May	"Hirobon"	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
2	3	Okayama International Circuit	10 June	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
	4		11 June	"Hirobon"	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
3	5	Twin Ring Motegi	19 August	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Birth Racing Project
	6		20 August	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Birth Racing Project
4	7	Fuji Speedway	7 October	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Anna Inotsume	Hagoromo Six DOME Racing
	8		8 October	Anna Inotsume	Takeshi Suehiro	Takeshi Suehiro	Birth Racing Project
5	9	Sportsland Sugo	25 November	Choi Jeongweon	"Hirobon"	Choi Jeongweon	KMSA Motorsport N
	10		26 November	Tobio Otani	Tobio Otani	Tobio Otani	Tamada Racing / Team LeMans

Championship standings

Scoring systems

TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts. 1 Anna Inotsume 11 11 Ret2 11 44 108 2 Masanobu Kato 34 35 34 DNS 32 69 3 "Hirobon" 22 43 23 58 4 "Mototino" 55 Ret2 23 5 7 52 5 Takeshi Suehiro 11 23 51 6 Junichi Umemoto 6 24 Ret 44 6 50 7 Kenji Suzuki 43 5 55 65 45 8 Choi Jeongweon 6† 7 11 44 9 Seiji Tamada 7 6 4 8 8 34 10 Hideo Kubota 32 19 11 Kento Kimura 55 11 Tobio Otani WD Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.

TCR Japan Sunday Series Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts. 1 Anna Inotsume 12 12 Ret2 21 22 107 2 "Mototino" 33 34 45 45 4 73 3 Masanobu Kato 44 23 24 Ret 85 60 4 Takeshi Suehiro 11 13 58 5 "Hirobon" 21 51 33 56 6 Junichi Umemoto 65 4 6 64 5 49 7 Choi Jeongweon 33 3 7 39 8 Kenji Suzuki 5 75 5 7 33 9 Tobio Otani 11 30 10 Seiji Tamada Ret 6 7 5 WD 24 11 Kento Kimura 64 10 12 Hideo Kubota Ret2 4 Pos. Driver SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Entrants championship

Pos. Entrant No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts. 1 Birth Racing Project 19 22 21 43 51 11 11 23 13 23 33 223 2 Hagoromo Six DOME Racing 98 11 12 11 12 Ret2 Ret2 11 21 44 22 215 3 55MOTO Racing 55 55 33 Ret2 34 23 45 5 45 7 4 125 4 Audi Team Mars 65 34 44 35 23 34 24 DNS Ret 105 5 J's Racing 69 6 65 24 4 Ret 6 44 64 6 5 99 6 Birth Racing Project 17 43 5 5 75 55 5 65 7 55 64 99 7 Tamada Racing / Team LeMans 7 7 Ret 6 6 4 7 8 5 8 11 88 8 KMSA Motorsport N 3 6† 33 7 3 11 7 83 9 KMSA Motorsport N 65 32 85 24 10 J's Racing 690 32 Ret2 23 Pos. Driver No. SUZ OKA MOT FUJ SUG Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 1 2 3 4 5 – Points-scoring position in qualifying

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References

External links

• TCR Japan Touring Car Series Official website