2021 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

The 2021 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the third season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2021 Super Formula Championship.

Teams and drivers

Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Nilzz Racing[1] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Keiichi Inoue 1, 4
Jun Makino 5
Adenau IDI Golf TCR[1] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 10 Jun Sato 1−2, 5
Birth Racing Project[1] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 17 Kenji Suzuki All
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 18 Takeshi Matsumoto 3
CUPRA León TCR 19 'Kusako' All
Audi Team Hitotsuyama[1] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 21 Takuro Shinohara 3
Yuki Fujii 1
101 4
Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG[2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 45 Naoto Takeda 1
Takuya Shirasaka 2
55MOTO Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 55 'Mototino' 3−6
Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 62 Resshu Shioya 5−6
Audi Team Mars Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 65 Masanobu Kato All
Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing[2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 71 Masayoshi Oyama All
M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse[1] Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 73 Mineki Okura 1−2, 4−6
Dome Racing[2] Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 97 Akihiko Nakaya 1
Ai Miura 2−3
Yusuke Shiotsu 4
98 Anna Inotsume 5−6

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 10 February 2021 with 6 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.[3]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting series
1 1 Fuji Speedway 3 April 'Hirobon' Yuki Fujii Keiichi Inoue Nilzz Racing Super Formula
2 4 April Yuki Fujii Masanobu Kato 'Hirobon' Birth Racing Project
2 3 Autopolis 15 May Takuya Shirasaka 'Hirobon' 'Hirobon' Birth Racing Project
4 16 May Ai Miura Race cancelled due to heavy rain
3 5 Sportsland Sugo 24 July Takeshi Matsumoto Takeshi Matsumoto Takeshi Matsumoto Birth Racing Project SUGO Champion Cup
6 24 July Takeshi Matsumoto Takeshi Matsumoto Takeshi Matsumoto Birth Racing Project
7 25 July Takeshi Matsumoto Takuro Shinohara Takeshi Matsumoto Birth Racing Project
4 8 Twin Ring Motegi 28 August 'Hirobon' 'Hirobon' 'Hirobon' Birth Racing Project Super Formula
9 29 August Yusuke Shiotsu Yusuke Shiotsu Yuki Fujii Audi Team Hitotsuyama
5 10 Twin Ring Motegi 16 October Mineki Okura Mineki Okura Mineki Okura M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse
11 17 October Mineki Okura Mineki Okura 'Hirobon' Birth Racing Project
6 12 Suzuka Circuit 30 October 'Hirobon' Anna Inotsume Resshu Shioya Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion
13 31 October 'Hirobon' Masanobu Kato 'Hirobon' Birth Racing Project


Championship standings

Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MT1 MT2 SUZ Pts.
1 'Hirobon' 81 12 23 11 33 61 120
2 Masanobu Kato Ret5 34 35 55 24 3 80
3 Mineki Okura 5 85 34 11 5 72
4 Sioja Resszu 42 14 43
5 Kenji Suzuki 6 7 5 8 7 83 41
6 Jun Sato 24 6 5 38
7 Masayoshi Oyama 7 5 7 Ret 6 7 36
8 Keiichi Inoue 13 7 34
9 Macumotó Takesi 11 30
10 'Mototino' 6 6 Ret 45 29
11 Inocume Anna 85 22 27
12 Miura Ai 23 Kiz4 23
13 Siocu Juszuke 22 22
14 Siraszaka Takuja 41 17
15 Sinohara Takuró 42 16
16 Akihiko Nakaya 3
17 Fudzsii Júki 43 15
18 Naoto Takeda 4 12
19 Yuki Fujii 92 6
20 Makinó Dzsun 9 2
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MT1 MT2 SUZ Pts.
TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SG1 SG2 MT1 MT2 SUZ Pts.
1 'Hirobon' 12 C 24 44 7 14 11 126
2 Masanobu Kato 23 C 45 55 55 22 22 100
3 Macumotó Takesi 11 11 60
4 Mineki Okura 34 C 9 41 54 48
5 Sinohara Takuró 32 22 41
6 Masayoshi Oyama 9 C 7 6 3 7 8 41
7 'Mototino' 6 7 6 53 7 41
8 Sioja Resszu 35 35 32
9 Miura Ai C 53 33 31
10 Fudzsii Júki 12 29
11 Siocu Juszuke 21 23
12 Inocume Anna 6 43 23
13 Keiichi Inoue 7 4 18
14 Yuki Fujii 41 17
15 Jun Sato 55 C 9 13
16 Akihiko Nakaya 6 8
17 Naoto Takeda 8 4
18 Makinó Dzsun 10 1
19 Kenji Suzuki Ret 0
20 Siraszaka Takuja C 0
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SG1 SG2 MT1 MT2 SUZ Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

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

Entrants championship

Pos. Entrant No. FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD3 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD2 RD1 RD1
1 Birth Racing Project 19 81 12 12 C 23 24 44 11 74 33 14 61 11 246
2 Audi Team Mars 65 Ret5 23 34 C 35 45 55 55 55 24 22 3 22 180
3 Dome Racing 97 3 6 23 C Kiz4 53 33 22 21 122
4 M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse 73 5 34 85 C 34 9 11 41 5 54 120
5 Birth Racing Project 18 11 11 11 90
6 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 21 92 41 42 32 22 80
7 55MOTO Racing 55 6 6 7 6 6 Ret 53 45 7 79
8 Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing 71 7 9 5 C 7 7 6 Ret 3 6 7 7 8 77
9 Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion 62 42 35 14 35 75
10 Birth Racing Project 17 6 Ret 7 C 5 8 8 8 Ret3 7 8 83 6 64
11 Nillz Racing 7 13 7 7 4 9 10 55
12 Adenau IDI Golf TCR 10 24 55 6 C 5 9 51
12 Dome Racing 98 85 6 22 43 50
14 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 101 43 12 44
15 Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG 45 4 8 41 C 31
Pos. Driver No. FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "TCR Japan issues ten-car 2021 entry list". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  2. ^ a b c "Three Hondas added to TCR Japan season opener grid". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  3. ^ "TCR Japan issues 2021 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
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