2025 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan

The 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan was the twenty-fourth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. The season commenced on 6 April at the Suzuka Circuit, and will concluded at Fuji Speedway on 27 September.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 5–6 April Formula One World Championship (Japanese Grand Prix)
Ferrari Challenge Japan
2 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 24–25 May Formula Regional Japanese Championship
Okayama Challenge Cup Race
3 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 19–20 July Super Formula Championship
Kyojo Cup
4 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 9–10 August Super Formula Championship
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 26–27 September FIA World Endurance Championship (6 Hours of Fuji)
Formula Regional Japanese Championship
Source: [1][2]

Entry list

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Hyper Water Racing 7 Kazuhisa Urabe[3] P All
17 "Ikeda" Am All
Bingo Racing 9 Shinji Takei PA 1
60 Reimei Ito P All
88 Tiger Wu PA All
Rn-sport 10 "Motoki" PA All
23 "Hirobon" PA 1
"Kensuke" Am 2
NGR 16 "Hiro" Am All
AWD Racing 27 Jesse Swinimer[4] Am 3
Sky Motorsports 36 Sky Chen Am All
Seven x Seven Racing 66 "Bankcy"[5] PA All
99 Taichi Watarai[6] P All
Sky Racing 78 Iori Kimura P All
CREF Motor Sport 84 Masa Taga Am 3–4
Porsche Japan 91 Itsuki Sato[7] P All
Bionic Jack Racing 98 "Ikari" PA All
Privateer 77 Masaru Hamasaki PA 1–3, 5
Source:[8][9]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Results

Round Circuit Pole position Overall winner Pro-Am Winner Am Winner
1 R1 Suzuka Circuit Reimei Ito Kazuhisa Urabe "Hirobon" "Hiro"
R2 Kazuhisa Urabe Iori Kimura "Bankcy" "Hiro"
2 R1 Okayama International Circuit Kazuhisa Urabe Iori Kimura "Bankcy" Sky Chen
R2 Kazuhisa Urabe Taichi Watarai "Bankcy" "Hiro"
R3 Reimei Ito "Bankcy" "Hiro"
3 R1 Fuji Speedway Kazuhisa Urabe Kazuhisa Urabe "Bankcy" Jesse Swinimer
R2 Kazuhisa Urabe Kazuhisa Urabe "Bankcy" "Hiro"
4 R1 Sportsland Sugo Reimei Ito Reimei Ito "Bankcy" Masa Taga
R2 Iori Kimura Taichi Watarai Tiger Wu Masa Taga
5 R1 Fuji Speedway Taichi Watarai Taichi Watarai "Bankcy" "Hiro"
R2 Iori Kimura Iori Kimura "Bankcy" "Hiro"

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified drivers in every race, using the following system:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 25 20 17 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall

Pos. Driver Team SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Iori Kimura Sky Racing 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 220
2 Reimei Ito Bingo Racing 2 3 3 5 1 4 3 1 2 2 3 204
3 Kazuhisa Urabe Hyper Water Racing 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 4 4 8 4 199
4 Taichi Watarai Seven x Seven Racing 3 14 4 1 4 2 8 3 1 1 2 187
5 "Bankcy" Seven x Seven Racing 7 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 6 4 6 125
6 Itsuki Sato Porsche Japan 8 6 5 6 5 5 7 5 8 5 5 117
7 "Motoki" Rn-sport Ret 7 8 11 7 7 5 7 11 6 8 85
8 "Hiro" NGR 5 5 12 7 9 Ret 6 11 10 10 7 82
9 "Ikari" Bionic Jack Racing 11 12 10 10 11 9 12 9 7 9 11 67
10 Masaru Hamasaki Privateer 9 9 7 9 8 11 9 7 9 66
11 Tiger Wu Bingo Racing 10 10 9 8 Ret Ret 10 9 5 13 NC 55
12 Sky Chen Sky Motorsports 13 11 11 13 10 12 14 12 13 12 10 48
13 "Ikeda" Hyper Water Racing 12 13 WD WD WD 10 13 13 12 11 12 39
14 "Hirobon" Rn-sport 6 8 18
17 "Kensuke" Rn-sport 13 12 Ret 7
Shinji Takei Bingo Racing Ret DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Jesse Swinimer AWD Racing 8 11 0
Masa Taga CREF Motor Sport 13 15 10 9 0
Pos. Driver Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2

Pro-Am

Pos. Driver SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 "Bankcy" 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 265
2 "Motoki" Ret 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 183
3 "Ikari" 5 6 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 153
4 Masaru Hamasaki 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 150
5 Tiger Wu 4 5 4 2 Ret Ret 4 4 1 5 NC 126
6 "Hirobon" 1 3 42
Shinji Takei Ret WD 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2

Am

Pos. Driver SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 "Hiro" 1 1 2 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 1 1 245
2 Sky Chen 3 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 2 210
3 "Ikeda" 2 3 WD WD WD 2 3 4 3 2 3 156
6 "Kensuke" 3 2 Ret 37
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Masa Taga 4 5 1 1 0
Jesse Swinimer 1 2 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2

Team ranking

Pos. Team Pts
1 Seven x Seven Racing 243
2 Bingo Racing 219
3 Hyper Water Racing 204
4 Rn-sports 92

See also

References

  1. ^ "When is the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix and how can I watch it?". Formula One. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  2. ^ "MINI GUIDE 2025" (PDF). Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. Porsche Japan.
  3. ^ Hirano, Ryuji (24 March 2025). "HYPER WATER Racing Team、2025年もポルシェカレラカップ ジャパンに参戦。卜部和久を起用". Auto Sport Web. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  4. ^ Klein, Jamie (9 June 2025). "Parsons Establishes New Team for Japan Cup Assault". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ^ Klein, Jamie (31 January 2025). "Porsche to Make GT300 Return With Seven x Seven Racing". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  6. ^ Hirano, Ryuji (31 January 2025). "seven x seven Racing発進! GT300、S耐、ジャパンカップ、PCCJと多数のカテゴリーに参戦へ". Auto Sport Web. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  7. ^ Hirano, Ryuji (12 March 2025). "佐藤樹がポルシェジャパンジュニアドライバーに選出。「海外で活躍できるドライバーになる」". Auto Sport Web. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Round 1-2 Report : Suzuka Circuit" (PDF). Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. Porsche Japan. 7 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Round 3-5 Report : Okayama Intl. Circuit" (PDF). Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. Porsche Japan. 25 May 2025.