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[edit]
Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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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[edit]
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 | |
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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[edit]
- Scoring systems
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
TCR Japan Series[edit]
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Entrants championship[edit]
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Bold – Pole |
Footnotes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "TCR Japan issues ten-car 2021 entry list". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ a b c "Three Hondas added to TCR Japan season opener grid". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "TCR Japan issues 2021 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2021-02-10.