2025 SRO Japan Cup
The 2025 SRO Japan Cup was the fourth season of the SRO Japan Cup, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Japan, co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. The races are contested with GT3-spec, GTC-spec and GT4-spec cars with hopes of GT2-spec entries. The season began on 8 June at the Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi and is scheduled to end on 14 September Suzuka International Circuit in Okayama.[1]
Calendar
| Round | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi | 13–15 June |
| 2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka | 11–13 July |
| 3 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama | 29–31 August |
| 4 | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie | 12–14 September |
| Sources:[1][2] | ||
Entry list
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3, GTC and GT4).
| GT3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Pro/Am winners | Am winners | |
| 1 | R1 | SUGO | No. 18 Team UpGarage with ACR | No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa | Team Macchina |
| "Akita" Takashi Kobayashi |
Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei |
Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu | |||
| R2 | No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa | No. 24 Max Racing | No. 1 Team Macchina | ||
| Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei |
Yuya Motojima Yudai Uchida |
Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu | |||
| 2 | R1 | Fuji | No. 296 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing | No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing | No. 1 Team Macchina |
| Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki |
"Bankcy" Taichi Watarai |
Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu | |||
| R2 | No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa | No. 296 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing | No. 81 Team Daishin with GTNET | ||
| Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei |
Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki |
Ryuichiro Oyagi | |||
| 3 | R1 | Okayama | No. 666 Seven x Seven Racing | No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa | No. 1 Team Macchina |
| "Bankcy" Taichi Watarai |
Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei |
Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu | |||
| R2 | No. 9 Bingo Racing with LM corsa | No. 45 Ponos Racing | No. 1 Team Macchina | ||
| Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei |
Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko |
Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu | |||
| 4 | R1 | Suzuka | No. 24 Max Racing | No. 18 Team UpGarage with ACR | No. 1 Team Macchina |
| Yuya Motojima Yudai Uchida |
"Akita" Takashi Kobayashi |
Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu | |||
| R2 | No. 45 Ponos Racing | No. 45 Ponos Racing | No. 1 Team Macchina | ||
| Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko |
Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko |
Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu | |||
| GTC | |||||
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Pro/Am winners | Am winners | |
| 1 | R1 | SUGO | No. 888 Bingo Racing | No entries | No. 888 Bingo Racing |
| Tiger Wu | Tiger Wu | ||||
| R2 | No. 888 Bingo Racing | No. 888 Bingo Racing | |||
| Tiger Wu | Tiger Wu | ||||
| 2 | R1 | Fuji | No. 27 AWD Racing | No. 27 AWD Racing | No. 888 Bingo Racing |
| Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer |
Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer |
Tiger Wu | |||
| R2 | No. 27 AWD Racing | No. 27 AWD Racing | No. 16 NGR | ||
| Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer |
Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer |
"Hiro" | |||
| 3 | R1 | Okayama | No. 888 Bingo Racing | No entries | No. 888 Bingo Racing |
| Tiger Wu | Tiger Wu | ||||
| R2 | No. 888 Bingo Racing | No. 888 Bingo Racing | |||
| Tiger Wu | Tiger Wu | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Suzuka | No. 888 Bingo Racing | No. 888 Bingo Racing | |
| Tiger Wu | Tiger Wu | ||||
| R2 | No. 888 Bingo Racing | No. 888 Bingo Racing | |||
| Tiger Wu | Tiger Wu | ||||
| GT4 | |||||
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Silver/Am Winners | Am winners | |
| 1 | R1 | SUGO | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 97 K-tunes Racing |
| Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Betty Chen Yoshichika Nagai | |||
| R2 | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 97 K-tunes Racing | ||
| Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Betty Chen Yoshichika Nagai | |||
| 2 | R1 | Fuji | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 97 K-tunes Racing |
| Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Betty Chen Yoshichika Nagai | |||
| R2 | No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No classified finishers | ||
| Daiki Fujiwara Yoshimoto Makino |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | ||||
| 3 | R1 | Okayama | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No entries |
| Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | ||||
| R2 | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | |||
| Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Suzuka | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 82 Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD | No. 15 Destino with Sunrise BLVD |
| Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Yoshimoto Makino Takeshi Suehiro |
Kohei Azuma Hiroaki Nagasawa | |||
| R2 | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 15 Destino with Sunrise BLVD | ||
| Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Kohei Azuma Hiroaki Nagasawa | |||
Championship standings
- Scoring system
Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championships
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Notes:
- † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Pro-Am Cup
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG | FUJ | OKA | SUZ | Points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Shintaro Kawabata Akihiro Tsuzuki |
Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 122 | |||||||
| 2 | Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko |
Ponos Racing | 2 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 8† | 1 | 2 | 1 | 108 | |||||||
| 3 | Ukyo Sasahara Shinji Takei |
Bingo Racing with LM corsa | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 107 | |||||||
| 4 | "Bankcy" | Seven x Seven Racing | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 107 | |||||||
| 5 | "Akita" Takashi Kobayashi |
Team UpGarage with ACR | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 97 | |||||||
| 6 | Taichi Watarai | Seven x Seven Racing | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 83 | |||||||||
| 7 | Yuya Motojima Yudai Uchida |
Max Racing | 5 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 81 | |||||||
| 8 | Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo |
Maezawa Racing | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 7 | 45 | |||||||
| 9 | Nirei Fukuzumi Kazunori Suenaga |
K-tunes Racing | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 44 | |||||||
| 10 | Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki |
K-tunes Racing | 7 | 5 | 11 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 37 | |||||||||
| 11 | Taku Bamba Norikazu Shibata |
Norik Racing | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Kiyoto Fujinami | Seven x Seven Racing | 4 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | "Galah" Natsu Sakaguchi |
Galah Racing With GTNET | 8 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| GTC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jake Parsons Jesse Anthony Swinimer |
AWD Racing | 7 | 9 | 50 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Makoto Haga Mineki Okura |
Gama 83 Racing | 9 | 11 | 36 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Takashi Sano Takuya Shirasaka |
Caratt Racing | 10 | 12 | 30 | |||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG | FUJ | OKA | SUZ | Points | |||||||||||
Silver-Am Cup
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG | FUJ | OKA | SUZ | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 193 | ||||||||
| 2 | Yoshimoto Makino | Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 151 | ||||||||
| 3 | Daiki Fujiwara | Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | WD | WD | 108 | ||||||||
| 4 | Takeshi Suehiro | Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD | 1 | 2 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Hiroyuki Murakami Soichiro Yoshida |
Murakami Motors | 3 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG | FUJ | OKA | SUZ | Points | ||||||||||||
Am Cup
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG | FUJ | OKA | SUZ | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hirokazu Suzuki Tadao Uematsu |
Team Macchina | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 190 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ryuichiro Oyagi | Team Daishin with GTNET | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 109 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka |
RunUp Sports | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 89 | ||||||||
| 4 | Kazuki Ota Takashi Toyoda |
Car Guy Racing | Ret | DNS | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 81 | ||||||||
| 5 | Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda |
Akiland Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Nobuyuki Oyagi | Team Daishin with GTNET | 2 | 2 | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Nobuhiro Imada Yasuhiro Shimizu |
Art Taste with JMS Racing | Ret | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| GTC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tiger Wu | Bingo Racing | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 168 | ||||||||
| 2 | Tomohisa Furuya Satoshi Kono |
Hipoint Racing | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | "Hiro" | NGR | 6 | 4 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| GT4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Betty Chen Yoshichika Nagai |
K-tunes Racing | 6 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Kohei Azuma Hiroaki Nagasawa |
Destino with Sunrise BLVD | DNS | DNS | 7 | 7 | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points | |||||||||||||||||||
| GT4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | Fong Wai Shing Tse Terence Kin Leung |
TTR with Akiland Racing | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SUG | FUJ | OKA | SUZ | Points | ||||||||||||
Teams' Championship
| Pos. | Team | SUG | FUJ | OKA | SUZ | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 122 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ponos Racing | 2 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 17† | 1 | 2 | 1 | 104 | ||||||||
| 3 | Seven x Seven Racing | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 103 | ||||||||
| 4 | Bingo Racing with LM corsa | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 97 | ||||||||
| 5 | Team UpGarage with ACR | 6 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 91 | ||||||||
| 6 | Max Racing | 5 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 77 | ||||||||
| 7 | K-tunes Racing | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 11 | Ret | 69 | ||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 17 | Ret | 5 | Ret | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Team Macchina | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 43 | ||||||||
| 9 | Maezawa Racing | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 12 | 6 | 9 | 37 | ||||||||
| 10 | Norik Racing | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Team Daishin with GTNET | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Akiland Racing | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | RunUp Sports | 14 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||
| 14 | Art Taste with JMS Racing | Ret | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Car Guy Racing | Ret | DNS | 11 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||
| — | Galah Racing With GTNET | 12 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| GTC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bingo Racing | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 183 | ||||||||
| 2 | Hipoint Racing | 15 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | AWD Racing | 9 | 13 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | NGR | 14 | 12 | 40 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gama 83 Racing | 15 | 16 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Caratt Racing | 16 | 17 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| GT4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | 12 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 193 | ||||||||
| 2 | Zenko RS Garage with Sunrise BLVD | 13 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 151 | ||||||||
| 4 | K-tunes Racing | 16 | 15 | 21 | Ret | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Murakami Motors | 16 | 16 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Destino with Sunrise BLVD | DNS | DNS | 16 | 16 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | TTR with Akiland Racing | 17 | 17 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | SUG | FUJ | OKA | SUZ | Points | ||||||||||||
See also
- 2025 GT World Challenge Asia
- 2025 Thailand Super Series
- 2025 British GT Championship
- 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Notes
- ^ Daiki Fujiwara was listed to compete for the last round, but he withdrew. Taksehi Suehiro replaced him.
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