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2015 Super GT Series

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The 2015 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-third season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the eleventh season under the name Super GT. It marked the thirty-third season overall of a Japanese professional sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 5 and ended on November 15, after 8 races.

Schedule

A provisional calendar was released on August 8, 2014.[1][2] An updated calendar was released on January 19, 2015, which saw the Autopolis race move from May to November, the Chang race move from October to June and SUGO from July to September.[3]

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2015 Japanese venues
2015 International venue

Drivers and teams

GT500

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GT300

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Vehicle changes

Entrant changes

GT500

GT300

Mid-season changes

  • From round 6 and up, Team UPGARAGE with BANDOH will change their racing number from 18 to 20.
  • Audi Team Racing Tech left the series after the Suzuka round due to a severe accident. They will return in 2016 with the upgraded Audi R8 LMS ultra.[41]

Calendar

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Championship standings

Scoring system
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Drivers' championships

GT500

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GT300

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References

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