Grand Prix Rejects

KL-racer’s Alternate SUPER GT: 2007 season

Okay, I decided to continue on with this series because I figured that there might be some interest in this still! FYI, this series will be run via xkoranate, as always, but with a couple changes as you can see as you read through this post.

Rules:

Prize money: (GT500/GT300)
1st place: 8 million yen/4 million yen
2nd Place: 6 million yen/3 million yen
3rd place: 4 million yen/2 million yen
4th Place: 3 million yen/1.5 million yen
5th place: 2 million yen/1 million yen
6th Place: 1 million yen/0.5 million yen

Point system for both classes
1st: 10 pts
2nd: 6 pts
3rd: 4 pts
4th: 3 pts
5th: 2 pts
6th: 1 pt

Success ballast for both classes will be .05(X) when X is the number of points and Success ballast does carry throughout the whole season like it was in 2006.

Upgrade rules: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!

In a new change for 2007, you can only do upgrades during four specific times during the season. The first window will be before the first race starts, the second window will be after round 3, the third window will be before round 7, and the final window will be before the final round.

During each window for upgrades, you can spend anywhere between 0.5 to 2.5 million yen for EACH stat for each car you own. The amount you gain will increase if you spend more, but the exact amount will be done with a RNG.

EDIT: as requested by Vepe, here's the table for upgrades. And oops I accidently did the wrong amounts originally, these are the new amounts!

0.5 million yen = RNG x .001
1 million yen = RNG x .002
1.5 million yen = RNG x .003
2 million yen = RNG x .004
2.5 million yen = RNG x .005


Here’s the entry list as of right now: NOTE: I already subtracted the Driver salaries into the budget for 2007 assuming you want to keep these drivers! If you want to change a driver, I will recalculate the budget accordingly.

NOTE: The three numbers are the car stats for acceleration, corning and reliability

GT500

1 ARTA – Honda NSX 6.5 million yen – pi314159
Sakon Yamamoto (3)/Yuji tachikawa (2) 12.45/12.42/9.53
Success Ballast: -0.4

6 Grand Honshu Racing – Honda NSX 19 million yen – fantometteBR
Christian Fittipaldi (2)/Shinji Nakano (2.5) 11.87/11.41/11.96
Success Ballast: -1.45

36 Castrol Racing team – Lexus SC430 – 2 million yen – shizuka
Jeremie Dufour (1)/Toshihiro Kaneishi (1.5) 10.33/10.33/10.33
Success Ballast: -0.05

21 Fireball Racing – Honda NSX Budget: 11 million yen – rasmus
Loic Duval (3)/Hideki Mutoh (3) 10.5/10/11
Success Ballast: -0.45

10 Equinox-Lamb racing – Honda NSX – 29.5 million yen – honorarynorthener
Oliver Beretta (2.5)/ Satoshi Motoyama (2) 10/10/10
Success Ballast: -0.3

37 Dynamite Racing team – Honda NSX 4.5 million yen – thelukas
Daisuke Ito (3)/Richard Lyons (2.5) 11.25/10.25/9.25

2 Nippon Nagoya – Lexus SC430 15 million yen – bleu
Mika Salo (3)/Kohei Hirate (2) 10.83/10.58/10.58
Success Ballast: -0.45

74 Takagi racing Enterprises – Honda NSX Budget: 8 million yen - fmecha
Hidetoshi Mitsusada (2)/Rob Collard (1) 10.65/10.38/10.20
Success Ballast: -0.4

31 Nihon Racing - Lexus SC430 1 million yen - peteroli34
Micheal Krumm (3)/Alex Yoong (1.5) 10.83/10.83/10.58
Success Ballast: -0.05

88 Gazprom Restov Racing – Nissan 350Z 38 million yen- takagi_for_the_win
Andre Lotterer (2.5)/ Ryo Michigami (3) 11.5/10.4/11
Success Ballast: -1.15

16 HKS racing - Lexus SC430 18.5 million yen - roblomas52
Jason Plato (2.5)/Kamui Kobayashi (3) 10.48/10.56/10.23
Success Ballast: -0.05

46 Hayate Auto Garage – Nissan 350Z Budget: 9.5 million yen - vepe
Joao Paulo De Oliverira (2)/Takeshi Tsuchiya (1) 12.12/10.71/11.52
Success Ballast: -0.45

42 Blokkmonsta Motorsport - Nissan 350Z Budget: 5.5 Million - captaingetz12
Naoki Hattori (2)/ Ho-Pin Tung (2) 11.2/10.89/11.13
Success Ballast: -0.3

76 Cobra Motorsport - Honda NSX Budget: 23.5 million - mrmasatasa
Björn Wirdheim (2.5)/Kazuya Oshima (2.5) 11.18/11.12/10.66
Success Ballast: -1

GT300

0 ARTA – ASL Garaiya 13.5 million yen – Pi314159
Yuji Ide (2)/Tsugio Matsuda (1.5) 5.61/5.47/3.76
Success Ballast: -1.7

95 Nippon Nagoya – Subaru Impreza 23.5 million yen – bleu
Andre Couto (2.5)/Takashi Kogure (1.5) 4.57/4.57/4.82
Success Ballast: -1.15

11 Equinox-Lamb racing – Honda NSX 24.5 million yen – honorarynothener
Timo Schedier (2.5)/Kota sasaki (2) 4.16/4.16/4.16
Success Ballast -0.8

38 Dynamite racing team – Honda NSX 16.5 million yen – thelukas
Tstsuya Yamano (2)/ Shogo Mitsuyama (1.5) 5.05/4/3.5
Success Ballast: -0.35

75 Fireball Racing – Nissan 350Z 16.5 million yen – rasmus
Yuji kunimoto (2.5)/ Seiji Ara (2.5) 4/4/4
Success Ballast: -0.95

52 Top secret Racing - Lotus Exige Cup Budget: 4 million yen - KL-racer
Kauzki Nakajima (2.5)/Matt Neal (1.5) 3.5/3.5/3

7 Nihon Racing - Mazda RX-8 Budget: 4 million yen - peteroli34
Narain Karthikeyan (2.5)/ Keiko Ihara (1) 4.34/4.26/3.34
Success Ballast: -0.4

77 Gazprom Restov Racing - Subaru Impreza 7.5 million yen - takagi_for_the_win
Stephane Sarrazin (2)/Sergey Zlobin (0.5) 3/3/3
Success Ballast: -0.2

61 HKS Racing Mooncraft Shiden 2 million yen - roblomas52
Perry McCarthy (1.5)/Kazunori Yamauchi (2) 3.28/3.34/3.1
Success Ballast: -0.3

72 Blokkmonsta Custom Garage: Vemac RD Budget: 2.5 million yen - captaingetz12
Hiroki Yoshimoto (1.5) / Cong Fu Cheng (1) 3.75/3.75/3.75
Success Ballast: -0.2

35 Castrol Racing Team: Porsche 911 GT3 Budget: 0.5 million yen - shizuka
Juichi Wakisaka (1.5)/Mitsuhiro Kinoshita (1.5) 3.14/3.57/3.1
Success Ballast: -0.05

57 Techcraft: Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 Budget: 1.5 million yen - fmecha
Hideki Noda (3)/Moreno Suprapto (0.5) 3.26/3.29/3.25
Success Ballast: -0.05

13 Loyer Racing Technologies: Ferrari F430 Budget: 1.5 million yen - hermann95
Ralf Firman (3)/ Oliver Jarvis (1.5) 3.28/3.29/3.67
Success Ballast: -0.35

Race Calendar: (only one change occurred which was the Fuji 1000km race at the end of the season gets reduced to 500KM.)

Okayama 80
Shanghai 50
Sugo 75
Sepang 55
Suzuka 172
Seoul (from GT4) 99
Autopolis 100
Laguna Seca 90
Hong Kong (from GT4) 95
Fuji 114

One final note to end this post: There are three open GT300 slots available and two GT500 slots open. The new GT300 teams will start out with 12 million yen, and the GT500 teams will start out with 20 million yen. If you are interested in Joining, I need the following information.

Team name
Car number
Car that you are intending to use (requires approval from me)
2 Real-life drivers (NO pay drivers allowed)

Driver salaries will be determined by myself and good luck to everyone involved.

Team standings after round 5 out of 10

GT500
Grand Honshu Racing 29 pts
Gazprom Restov Racing 23pts
Cobra Motorsport 20pts
Fireball racing 9pts
Nippon Nagoya 9pts
Hayate Auto Garage 9pts
Takagi Racing Enterprises 8pts
ARTA 8pts
Equinox-Lamb Racing 6pts
Blokkmonsta Motorsport 6pts
Nihon Racing 1pt
HKS racing 1pt
Castrol Racing Team 1pt

GT300
ARTA 34pts
Nippon Nagoya 23pts
Fireball racing 19pts
Equinox Lamb Racing 16pts
Nihon Racing 8pts
Loyer Racing Technologies 7pts
Dynamite Racing Team 7pts
HKS racing 6pts
Blokkmonsta Custom Garage 4pts
Gazprom Restov Racing 4pts
Techcraft 1pt
Castrol Racing Team 1pt

FYI, this season has been canceled because of various problems, especially with Qualifying.

HKS would like to please spend ¥3,000,000 on each area of the GT500 car.

Thanks

Advan Racing has folded after two seasons. Firman and Noda will now be free agents.

I just haven't really been paying any attention to this series. Sorry.

roblomas52 wrote:HKS would like to please spend ¥3,000,000 on each area of the GT500 car.

Thanks

OK, I did changed the upgrade system for this season so here's what I ended up doing for this example. Since you could only do 2.5 million yen for each stat maximum. I took 2.5 million x 3 out of the budget. Second, I used RNG for each area. FYI, the numbers were 80, 95, and 29. Finally, I took these three numbers and multiplied each one by 0.5 since you spent the max on upgrades anyway and added these new amounts to the stats.

And FYI, here's a handy table that everyone needs to know in regards of upgrades

0.5 million yen: RNG x 0.1
1 million yen: RNG x 0.2
1.5 million yen: RNG x 0.3
2 million yen: RNG x 0.4
2.5 million yen: RNG x 0.5

I also added two more GT500 team slots since Advan racing team quitted the series and Gazprom Restov will make the switch to a Nissan 350Z for their GT500 team this season, because Lamborghini canned their GT500 program!

I wonder what happened to our GT300 program.

Hayate Auto Garage boys have been locked-up in their garage for the entire off-season, because the owner wanted the car upgraded. They spent 0,5 million on accelaration, 1,5 million on cornering and 1 million on reliability.

It could also be useful if this...

KL-racer wrote:And FYI, here's a handy table that everyone needs to know in regards of upgrades

0.5 million yen: RNG x 0.1
1 million yen: RNG x 0.2
1.5 million yen: RNG x 0.3
2 million yen: RNG x 0.4
2.5 million yen: RNG x 0.5

...was in the opening post.

FMecha wrote:I wonder what happened to our GT300 program.

Same here

Vepe wrote:Hayate Auto Garage boys have been locked-up in their garage for the entire off-season, because the owner wanted the car upgraded. They spent 0,5 million on accelaration, 1,5 million on cornering and 1 million on reliability.

It could also be useful if this...

KL-racer wrote:And FYI, here's a handy table that everyone needs to know in regards of upgrades

0.5 million yen: RNG x 0.1
1 million yen: RNG x 0.2
1.5 million yen: RNG x 0.3
2 million yen: RNG x 0.4
2.5 million yen: RNG x 0.5

...was in the opening post.

Yeah, I did put the table in the opening post. In terms of the RNG for Hayate's upgrades, the numbers are 39(0.001), 92(0.003), and 8(0.002). As for the GT300 programs for TRE and Panasonic Tom's. In the Panasonic Tom's case they ran out of money and in TRE's case didn't have enough money to hire drivers! And to make matters worse for Panasonic Tom's they needed a new vehicle to replace the aging MR-S which by the way stopped production around this time. And just in case you didn't notice, Nihon Racing's GT300 program switched to the RX-8 because the RX-7 stopped production in 2002.

Can I reboot my GT300 entry, using the Techcraft name?

FMecha wrote:Can I reboot my GT300 entry, using the Techcraft name?

Given that there are 3 open GT300 slots. I will approve it, I just need two drivers, the car number and a car that hasn't be taken yet. Here's some car ideas to consider, Mooncraft Shiden, Lotus Exige S, Ferrari F430, Mosler MT900, and the Chevy Corvette C6 to name a few that hasn't been used yet.

May I please swap my teams Prius for a Mooncraft Shiden?
Thanks

KL-racer wrote:

FMecha wrote:Can I reboot my GT300 entry, using the Techcraft name?

Given that there are 3 open GT300 slots. I will approve it, I just need two drivers, the car number and a car that hasn't be taken yet. Here's some car ideas to consider, Mooncraft Shiden, Lotus Exige S, Ferrari F430, Mosler MT900, and the Chevy Corvette C6 to name a few that hasn't been used yet.

Techcraft will use Mitsubishi Lancer with car number #57, with Hideki Noda and Moreno Suprapto as it's drivers. And yes, the One Piece anime will be our main sponsors

Grand Honshu will invest 0.5 million for cornering and 0.5 for reliablity

Can I join GT300 with the GTE/GT3 version of the C7.R? Or is that taboo?

Wallio wrote:Can I join GT300 with the GTE/GT3 version of the C7.R? Or is that taboo?

Well, considering that this series is in the year 2007... You're seven years early

Vepe wrote:

Wallio wrote:Can I join GT300 with the GTE/GT3 version of the C7.R? Or is that taboo?

Well, considering that this series is in the year 2007... You're seven years early

Bah, your right, the whole GT3/GTE/DTM/Aussie V8/Super GT unfied rules thing hasn't happened yet. Nevermind then, we withdraw.

Alright, Blokkmonsta will start planning for the 2007 season.

For the GT500 class we will keep the 350Z hoping that it will improve our chances of getting a GTR R35 next year.

We may switch a driver out however, so we want to know the price for this driver:

Ho-Pin Tung: http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/ho-pin-tung/

As for the GT300, we will keep the Vemac RD, but in 2007 the Vemac switched from a Zytek V8 to the newer HPD V8 that was detuned from the Acura ARX-01, as explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Performance_Development#Sports_car_racing

Is it possible to switch the engine for the Vemac? And if so, will it cost anything?

We may have interest in other engines as well, like the Chevrolet LS1 (from the Mosler), the Chevy LS7 or maybe even the R35 GTR's engine (the VR38DETT) to try to improve our relations with Nissan

CaptainGetz12 wrote:Alright, Blokkmonsta will start planning for the 2007 season.

For the GT500 class we will keep the 350Z hoping that it will improve our chances of getting a GTR R35 next year.

We may switch a driver out however, so we want to know the price for this driver:

Ho-Pin Tung: http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/ho-pin-tung/

As for the GT300, we will keep the Vemac RD, but in 2007 the Vemac switched from a Zytek V8 to the newer HPD V8 that was detuned from the Acura ARX-01, as explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Performance_Development#Sports_car_racing

Is it possible to switch the engine for the Vemac? And if so, will it cost anything?

We may have interest in other engines as well, like the Chevrolet LS1 (from the Mosler), the Chevy LS7 or maybe even the R35 GTR's engine (the VR38DETT) to try to improve our relations with Nissan

Ho-Pin Tung will cost you 2 million yen, but only the GT500 team can afford him at this point.

As for the Vemac RD Engine, yes it can be switched for the HPD with no change of car stats but it will cost you the Remaining half a million yen to do so. If that doesn't work for the budget, you could switch to the Chevy LS1 for 0.25 million yen instead but you will lose 0.1 point off the Acceleration stat.

KL-racer wrote:

CaptainGetz12 wrote:Alright, Blokkmonsta will start planning for the 2007 season.

For the GT500 class we will keep the 350Z hoping that it will improve our chances of getting a GTR R35 next year.

We may switch a driver out however, so we want to know the price for this driver:

Ho-Pin Tung: http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/ho-pin-tung/

As for the GT300, we will keep the Vemac RD, but in 2007 the Vemac switched from a Zytek V8 to the newer HPD V8 that was detuned from the Acura ARX-01, as explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Performance_Development#Sports_car_racing

Is it possible to switch the engine for the Vemac? And if so, will it cost anything?

We may have interest in other engines as well, like the Chevrolet LS1 (from the Mosler), the Chevy LS7 or maybe even the R35 GTR's engine (the VR38DETT) to try to improve our relations with Nissan

Ho-Pin Tung will cost you 2 million yen, but only the GT500 team can afford him at this point.

As for the Vemac RD Engine, yes it can be switched for the HPD with no change of car stats but it will cost you the Remaining half a million yen to do so. If that doesn't work for the budget, you could switch to the Chevy LS1 for 0.25 million yen instead but you will lose 0.1 point off the Acceleration stat.

Alright, We will keep the Vemac's Zytek engine for another year then. We will sack Sawa in exchange for Pin Tung.

Here is Blokkmonsta's premilinary entry, we will post upgrades after this is confirmed:

GT500: Blokkmonsta Motorsport #42
Nissan 350Z Budget: 5.5 Million
Naoki Hattori (2)/ Ho-Pin Tung (2)

GT300: Blokkmonsta Custom Garage #72
Vemac RD Budget: 0.5 Million
Hiroki Yoshimoto (1.5)/ Cong Fu Cheng (1)

ARTA confirm their GT500 and GT300 programms and their drivers for 2007, and will invest the following:
For the GT500 Honda:
1 million yen on acceleration
1.5 million yen on cornering
0.5 million yen on reliability

For the GT300 ASL Garaiya
1.5 million yen on acceleration
1.5 million yen on cornering
1.5 million yen on reliability

pi314159 wrote:ARTA confirm their GT500 and GT300 programms and their drivers for 2007, and will invest the following:
For the GT500 Honda:
1 million yen on acceleration
1.5 million yen on cornering
0.5 million yen on reliability

For the GT300 ASL Garaiya
1.5 million yen on acceleration
1.5 million yen on cornering
1.5 million yen on reliability

Did the upgrades and here's what came out of the RNG, FYI of course

ARTA GT500 65(0.002)/64(0.003)/64(0.001)
ARTA GT300 7(0.003)/3(0.003)/58(0.003)

I would like to join this fun.

Team name: Loyer Racing Technologies
Car number: 13
Car that you are intending to use: Ferrari F430
2 Real-life drivers: Ralf Firman, Oliver Jarvis

Castrol Racing goes on, just to be dead last

For Blokkonsta's pre-season upgrades we want to invest 1 million yen for EACH value on the GT500 350Z, so thats 3 million in total. We have next to nothing for the GT300 car so we won't invest in that for now.

1m on both cars please

1mil for GT500 and 2.5 mil for GT300. If I lose both, I'll laugh.

Nihon Racing will continue into 2007 with both Cars and all drivers we will also spend the last 1.5 million we have on updating our GT300 car investing 0.5 Million into all 3 categories

Nippon Nagoya will continue with existing line-up.

For teh lelz, I did an approximation of TRE's livery in this series using GT6 and NSX Base Model.

The 2007 Season begins with the typical opener at Okayama. Here's the qualifying results

GT500
1 S. Yamamoto/Y. Tachikawa (ARTA) 1:27.588
2 C. Fittipaldi/S. Nakano (Grand Honshu Racing) 1:28.054
3 D. Ito/R. Lyons (Dynamite Racing Team) 1:28.099
4 L. Duval/H. Mutoh (Fireball Racing) 1:28.136
5 A. Lotterer/R. Michigami (Gazprom Restov Racing) 1:28.166
6 N. Hattori/H.P. Tung (Blokkmonsta Motorsport) 1:28.218
7 M. Krumm/A. Yoong (Nihon Racing) 1:28.255
8 J. Paulo De Oliverira/T. Tsuchiya (Hayate Auto Garage) 1:28.278
9 J. Plato/K. Kobayashi (HKS Racing) 1:28.353
10 O. Beretta/S. Motoyama (Equinox-Lamb Racing) 1:28.515
11 M. Salo/K Hirate (Nippon Nagoya) 1:28.518
12 H. Mitsusada/ R. Collard (Takagi Racing Enterprises) 1:28.578
13 J. Dufour/T. Kaneishi (Castrol Racing Team) 1:28.814

No surprises here, the ARTA team just continues to dominate this format. Heck, the front two rows of the grid is locked out by NSX's. The fastest non-Honda, happens to be Restov's new 350Z.

GT300
1 Y. Ide/T. Matsuda (ARTA) 1:31.472
2 A. Couto/T. Kogure (Nippon Nagoya) 1:32.191
3 T. Schedier/K. sasaki (Equinox-Lamb Racing) 1:32.427
4 T. Yamano/S. Mitsuyama (Dynamite Racing Team) 1:32.442
5 Y. Kunimoto/S. Ara (Fireball Racing) 1:32.471
6 N. Karthikeyan/K. Ihara (Nihon Racing) 1:32.644
7 K. Nakajima/M. Neal (Top Secret Racing) 1:33.151
8 R. Firman/O. Jarvis (Loyer Racing Technologies) 1:33.435
9 P. McCarthy/K. Yamanuchi (HKS Racing) 1:33.680
10 H. Yoshimoto/C.F. Cheng (Blokkmonsta Custom Garage) 1:33.686
11 J. Wakisaka/M. Kinoshita (Castrol Racing Team) 1:33.755
12 H. Noda/M. Suprapto (Techcraft) 1:33.814
13 S. Sarrazin/S. Zlobin (Gazprom Restov Racing) 1:34.318

Okay, this is getting ridiculous now, the ASL Gariaya is still the car to beat for GT300 qualifying. The 2005 GT300 champs, Nippon Nagoya, can't get within a half second of these guys. However, a solid effort for Loyer Racing Technologies, in their SUPER GT debut, nets them a 8th place qualifying spot. Even less impressive was the EVO 9 of Techcraft, but given that the last time the EVO contested in this series was by Stramala in the 2005 season, that's kind of expected. Nihon switched to a RX8 for this season, it was lacking top end speed on the back straight but somehow they start 6th, and the Lotus Exige of Top secret was a pleasant surprise as well. Of course, HKS switching to the Mooncraft Shiden will take time getting used to but it did show some promise.

Good qualifying for us, but we want more, so we will invest 2.5m in each category after this race!

Hermann95 wrote:Good qualifying for us, but we want more, so we will invest 2.5m in each category after this race!

Since, you didn't bother upgrading before the first race, I will approve it for this one time only. But, make sure you read the upgrade section on the opening post more carefully next time!

KL-racer wrote:

Hermann95 wrote:Good qualifying for us, but we want more, so we will invest 2.5m in each category after this race!

Since, you didn't bother upgrading before the first race, I will approve it for this one time only. But, make sure you read the upgrade section on the opening post more carefully next time!

Sorry. I'll read it more carefully next time

So, here's the round 1 race results from Okayama

GT500
1 C. Fittipaldi/S. Nakano (Grand Honshu Racing) 2:10:14.322
2 L. Duval/H. Mutoh (Fireball Racing) 2:10:19.278
3 N. Hattori/H.P. Tung (Blokkmonsta Motorsport) 2:10:33.388
4 M. Salo/K Hirate (Nippon Nagoya) 2:11:15.107
5 O. Beretta/S. Motoyama (Equinox-Lamb Racing) 2:11:15.185
6 J. Paulo De Oliverira/T. Tsuchiya (Hayate Auto Garage) 2:11:30.799
7 M. Krumm/A. Yoong (Nihon Racing) 2:11:38.224
H. Mitsusada/ R. Collard (Takagi Racing Enterprises) DNF lap 68
D. Ito/R. Lyons (Dynamite Racing Team) DNF lap 64
S. Yamamoto/Y. Tachikawa (ARTA) DNF lap 62
J. Plato/K. Kobayashi (HKS Racing) DNF lap 45
J. Dufour/T. Kaneishi (Castrol Racing Team) DNF lap 37
A. Lotterer/R. Michigami (Gazprom Restov Racing) DNF lap 7

Yes, for once ARTA didn't managed to dominate. They happened to DNF on Lap 62. Grand Honshu took full advantage of this, and managed to draw first blood for the win. Blokkmonsta got on the podium with a 3rd.

GT300
1 T. Schedier/K. sasaki (Equinox-Lamb Racing) 2:11:29.963
2 Y. Ide/T. Matsuda (ARTA) 2:11:36.372
3 R. Firman/O. Jarvis (Loyer Racing Technologies) 2:11:54.733
4 Y. Kunimoto/S. Ara (Fireball Racing) 2:12:08.408
5 H. Yoshimoto/C.F. Cheng (Blokkmonsta Custom Garage) 2:12:14.355
6 S. Sarrazin/S. Zlobin (Gazprom Restov Racing) 2:12:22.776
J. Wakisaka/M. Kinoshita (Castrol Racing Team) DNF lap 80
P. McCarthy/K. Yamanuchi (HKS Racing) DNF lap 60
N. Karthikeyan/K. Ihara (Nihon Racing) DNF lap 46
K. Nakajima/M. Neal (Top Secret Racing) DNF lap 40
H. Noda/M. Suprapto (Techcraft) DNF lap 29
A. Couto/T. Kogure (Nippon Nagoya) DNF lap 25
T. Yamano/S. Mitsuyama (Dynamite Racing Team) DNF lap 16

However, ARTA did finish 2nd in GT300, but it was Equinox-Lamb taking home the GT300 win. The biggest surprise was Loyer Racing Technologies managing to get on the podium in it's first race. Meanwhile, Gazprom Restov barely limped home in 6th and getting the final point for GT300.

Well, that went badly.

Okay, I finally got some time to do round 2. So, here's the qualifying results from Shanghai

GT500
1 S. Yamamoto/Y. Tachikawa (ARTA) 1:57.677
2 A. Lotterer/R. Michigami (Gazprom Restov Racing) 1:58.022
3 D. Ito/R. Lyons (Dynamite Racing Team) 1:58.147
4 M. Krumm/A. Yoong (Nihon Racing) 1:58.206
5 N. Hattori/H.P. Tung (Blokkmonsta Motorsport) 1:58.321
6 C. Fittipaldi/S. Nakano (Grand Honshu Racing) 1:58.332
7 M. Salo/K Hirate (Nippon Nagoya) 1:58.389
8 J. Paulo De Oliverira/T. Tsuchiya (Hayate Auto Garage) 1:58.395
9 O. Beretta/S. Motoyama (Equinox-Lamb Racing) 1:58.582
10 H. Mitsusada/ R. Collard (Takagi Racing Enterprises) 1:58.639
11 J. Dufour/T. Kaneishi (Castrol Racing Team) 1:58.706
12 L. Duval/H. Mutoh (Fireball Racing) 1:58.714
13 J. Plato/K. Kobayashi (HKS Racing) 1:58.726

Yawn! ARTA got a pole position again, but the big surprise was Gazprom Restov managed to qualify 2nd.
GT300
1 Y. Ide/T. Matsuda (ARTA) 2:01.707
2 A. Couto/T. Kogure (Nippon Nagoya) 2:02.199
3 Y. Kunimoto/S. Ara (Fireball Racing) 2:02.350
4 T. Yamano/S. Mitsuyama (Dynamite Racing Team) 2:02.406
5 N. Karthikeyan/K. Ihara (Nihon Racing) 2:02.438
6 T. Schedier/K. sasaki (Equinox-Lamb Racing) 2:03.127
7 K. Nakajima/M. Neal (Top Secret Racing) 2:03.138
8 R. Firman/O. Jarvis (Loyer Racing Technologies) 2:03.347
9 P. McCarthy/K. Yamanuchi (HKS Racing) 2:03.709
10 H. Yoshimoto/C.F. Cheng (Blokkmonsta Custom Garage) 2:03.722
11 J. Wakisaka/M. Kinoshita (Castrol Racing Team) 2:03.744
12 S. Sarrazin/S. Zlobin (Gazprom Restov Racing) 2:04.693
13 H. Noda/M. Suprapto (Techcraft) 2:04.796

The current GT300 champs and the 2005 GT300 champs, locked up the front row for this race. Loyer Racing technologies did okay despite some success ballast earned from the previous race.

Round 2: Shanghai

GT500
1 C. Fittipaldi/S. Nakano (Grand Honshu Racing) 1:45:46.008
2 A. Lotterer/R. Michigami (Gazprom Restov Racing) 1:45:49.197
3 S. Yamamoto/Y. Tachikawa (ARTA) 1:46:05.671
4 L. Duval/H. Mutoh (Fireball Racing) 1:46:43.027
5 M. Salo/K Hirate (Nippon Nagoya) 1:46:47.180
6 M. Krumm/A. Yoong (Nihon Racing) 1:46:58.264
7 J. Paulo De Oliverira/T. Tsuchiya (Hayate Auto Garage) 1:47:01.330
8 H. Mitsusada/ R. Collard (Takagi Racing Enterprises) 1:47:12.379
J. Dufour/T. Kaneishi (Castrol Racing Team) DNF lap 49
D. Ito/R. Lyons (Dynamite Racing Team) DNF lap 45
J. Plato/K. Kobayashi (HKS Racing) DNF lap 43
O. Beretta/S. Motoyama (Equinox-Lamb Racing) DNF lap 3
N. Hattori/H.P. Tung (Blokkmonsta Motorsport) DNF lap 3

GT300
1 Y. Ide/T. Matsuda (ARTA) 1:46:57.392
2 Y. Kunimoto/S. Ara (Fireball Racing) 1:47:06.337
3 A. Couto/T. Kogure (Nippon Nagoya) 1:47:17.260
4 T. Yamano/S. Mitsuyama (Dynamite Racing Team) 1:47:33.064
5 H. Yoshimoto/C.F. Cheng (Blokkmonsta Custom Garage) 1:47:35.681
6 T. Schedier/K. sasaki (Equinox-Lamb Racing) 1:47:37.720
7 J. Wakisaka/M. Kinoshita (Castrol Racing Team) 1:47:39.208
8 R. Firman/O. Jarvis (Loyer Racing Technologies) 1:47:39.679
9 P. McCarthy/K. Yamanuchi (HKS Racing) 1:47:39.748
10 N. Karthikeyan/K. Ihara (Nihon Racing) 1:47:48.861
11 H. Noda/M. Suprapto (Techcraft) 1:47:59.431
12 S. Sarrazin/S. Zlobin (Gazprom Restov Racing) 1:48:10.483
K. Nakajima/M. Neal (Top Secret Racing) DNF lap 47

Wow, so hopeless.

Woo, 2nd! Great success

Two in the row? Me Happy!