2017 Okayama GT 300km
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style="width: 20%;" | Date
| 9 April 2017 | |
Location
|colspan=2| Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan | |
Course
|colspan=2| Permanent road course | |
colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Overall results | |
colspan="3" style="background:red; color: #FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | GT500 Winners | |
{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryō Hirakawa {{flagicon|NZL}} Nick Cassidy Lexus Team KeePer Tom's | |
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{{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuteru Taniguchi {{flagicon|JPN}} Tatsuya Kataoka Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO |
The 2017 Okayama GT 300km was the first round of the 2017 Super GT Series. It was held at the Okayama International Circuit in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Ryō Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy won the GT500 category whilst Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka won the GT300 category.
Race Report
= Qualifying =
The #8 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri entry of Tomoki Nojiri and Takashi Kobayashi claimed pole position with the time of 1:20.604. The session itself was filled with attrition, with two red flags as well as varying weather conditions ultimately determining the final part of qualifying. Daisuke Nakajima's best time was erased due to causing a red flag, thereby dropping the #16 Team Mugen entry down to seventh. The other red flag was caused by Kazuki Nakajima, whose best time was also erased; dropping him to eighth.
In the GT300 category, the front-row was locked out by a pair of Mercedes-AMG GT3's, with the #65 K2 R&D LEON Racing entry of Naoya Gamou and Haruki Kurosawa claiming pole position and the #4 Goodsmile Racing & TeamUKYO taking out second. {{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/okayama-super-gt-arta-upsets-lexus-teams-to-take-pole-890965/ |title=Okayama Super GT: ARTA upsets Lexus teams to take pole |website=motorsport.com |date=2017-04-08 |accessdate=2018-03-25}}
== GT500 ==
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Pos
! No ! Team ! Vehicle ! Qualifying 1 ! Qualifying 2 ! Grid |
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1
| align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 1:18.620 | align="center" | 1:20.604 | align="center" | 1 |
2
| align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 1:18.558 | align="center" | 1:20.960 | align="center" | 2 |
3
| align="center" | 37 | align="center" | 1:18.584 | align="center" | 1:24.749 | align="center" | 3 |
4
| align="center" | 38 | Lexus Team {{Interlanguage link multi|Zent|ja|3=善都|lt=ZENT}} Cerumo | align="center" | 1:18.521 | align="center" | 1:25.098 | align="center" | 4 |
5
| align="center" | 17 | Real Racing | align="center" | 1:18.648 | align="center" | 1:26.930 | align="center" | 5 |
6
| align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 1:18.648 | align="center" | 1'28.347 | align="center" | 6 |
7
| align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 1:18.846 | align="center" | no time | align="center" | 7 |
8
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 1:18.975 | align="center" | no time | align="center" | 8 |
9
| align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:19.072 | | align="center" | 9 |
10
| align="center" | 100 | align="center" | 1:19.089 | | align="center" | 10 |
11
| align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 1:19.234 | | align="center" | 11 |
12
| align="center" | 64 | align="center" | 1:19.269 | | align="center" | 12 |
13
| align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 1:19.315 | | align="center" | 13 |
14
| align="center" | 23 | NISMO | align="center" | 1:19.386 | | align="center" | 14 |
15
| align="center" | 46 | {{Interlanguage link|Mola International|lt=MOLA|ja|モーラ (レーシングチーム)}} | align="center" | 1:19.616 | | align="center" | 15 |
colspan="7" | Source(s): {{cite web|url=https://supergt.net/results/index/2017/Round1/3/gt500 |title=Round 1 OKAYAMA GT500 - Qualifying |website=supergt.net |date= |accessdate=2018-03-24}} |
== GT300 ==
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Pos
! No ! Team ! Vehicle ! Qualifying 1 ! Qualifying 2 ! Grid |
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1
| align="center" | 65 | K2 R&D LEON Racing | align="center" | 1:26.254 | align="center" | 1:25.044 | align="center" | 1 |
2
| align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 1:25.825 | align="center" | 1:25.166 | align="center" | 2 |
3
| align="center" | 25 | VivaC {{Interlanguage link|Team Tsuchiya|ja|土屋エンジニアリング|WD=}} | align="center" | 1:26.362 | align="center" | 1:25.473 | align="center" | 3 |
4
| align="center" | 51 | LM corsa | align="center" | 1:26.374 | align="center" | 1:25.801 | align="center" | 4 |
5
| align="center" | 88 | JLOC | align="center" | 1:26.723 | align="center" | 1:26.244 | align="center" | 5 |
6
| align="center" | 61 | align="center" | 1:26.898 | align="center" | 1:26.248 | align="center" | 6 |
7
| align="center" | 87 | JLOC | align="center" | 1:26.552 | align="center" | 1:26.484 | align="center" | 7 |
8
| align="center" | 11 | Gainer | align="center" | 1:26.594 | align="center" | 1:26.512 | align="center" | 8 |
9
| align="center" | 31 | apr | align="center" | 1:26.631 | align="center" | 1:26.686 | align="center" | 9 |
10
| align="center" | 10 | Gainer | align="center" | 1:26.941 | align="center" | 1:26.912 | align="center" | 10 |
11
| align="center" | 50 | INGING Motorsport & Arnage Racing | align="center" | 1:26.803 | align="center" | 1:27.046 | align="center" | 11 |
12
| align="center" | 21 | Audi Sport {{Interlanguage link multi|Team Hitotsuyama|ja|3=一ツ山レーシング}} | align="center" | 1:26.838 | align="center" | 1:27.896 | align="center" | 12 |
13
| align="center" | 2 | {{Interlanguage link multi|Cars Tokai Dream28|ja|3=ホンダカーズ東海}} | align="center" | 1:26.170 | align="center" | 1:28.010 | align="center" | 13 |
14
| align="center" | 30 | apr | align="center" | 1:26.207 | align="center" | no time | align="center" | 14 |
15
| align="center" | 9 | Pacific with Gulf Racing | align="center" | 1:26.955 | | align="center" | 15 |
16
| align="center" | 3 | {{Interlanguage link multi|NDDP Racing|ja|3=ニッサン・ドライバー・デベロップメント・プログラム}} | align="center" | 1:27.002 | | align="center" | 16 |
17
| align="center" | 5 | Team Mach | align="center" | 1:27.006 | | align="center" | 17 |
18
| align="center" | 55 | align="center" | 1:27.054 | | align="center" | 18 |
19
| align="center" | 33 | D'station Racing | align="center" | 1:27.096 | | align="center" | 19 |
20
| align="center" | 18 | {{Interlanguage link multi|Team Upgarage|ja|3=アップガレージ}} with Bandoh | align="center" | 1:27.159 | | align="center" | 20 |
21
| align="center" | 111 | Rn-sports | align="center" | 1:27.252 | | align="center" | 21 |
22
| align="center" | 60 | LM corsa | align="center" | 1:27.461 | | align="center" | 22 |
23
| align="center" | 117 | EIcars Bentley TTO | align="center" | 1:27.586 | | align="center" | 23 |
24
| align="center" | 360 | {{Interlanguage link multi|Tomei Sports|ja|3=東名スポーツ}} | align="center" | 1:27.746 | | align="center" | 24 |
25
| align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 1:28.186 | | align="center" | 25 |
26
| align="center" | 22 | R'Qs Motor Sports | align="center" | 1:28.485 | | align="center" | 26 |
27
| align="center" | 48 | Dijon Racing | align="center" | 1:28.585 | | align="center" | 27 |
28
| align="center" | 35 | Panther Team Thailand | align="center" | 1:29.157 | | align="center" | 28 |
| align="center" | 52
| Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | align="center" | no time | | align="center" | 29 |
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | no time | | align="center" | 30 |
colspan="7" | Source(s): {{cite web|url=https://supergt.net/results/index/2017/Round1/4/gt300 |title=Round 1 OKAYAMA GT300 - Qualifying |website=supergt.net |date= |accessdate=2018-03-24}} |
= Race =
In what was a dominant display by the Lexus brand, the opening round of the Super GT season was won by the Lexus Team KeePer Tom's duo of Ryō Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy. The start was delayed due to several vehicles stopping on the formation lap. One of these included the pole sitting car of Tomoki Nojiri and Takashi Kobayashi. The race was eventually started under safety car conditions. Wasting no time, Cassidy made a bold move down the inside of Kazuya Oshima, locking up both wheels in the process. Shortly thereafter, the #52 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave GT300 entry crashed, bringing out the safety car. After a round of pitstops, the #6 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's entry was catapulted into the lead. A long battle between Andrea Caldarelli and Ryō Hirakawa ensued, which ultimately saw the #37 Lexus Team KeePer Tom's entry emerge victorious.
In the GT300 category, Nobuteru Taniguchi and Tatsuya Kataoka took victory ahead of Haruki Kurosawa and Naoya Gamou, with both Mercedes maintaining the top two spots, albeit in reversed order.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/okayama-super-gt-hirakawa-cassidy-win-season-opener-891569/?s=1 |title=Okayama Super GT: Hirakawa, Cassidy win season opener |website=motorsport.com |date=2017-04-09 |accessdate=2018-03-25}}
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| GT500 entries |
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Pos
! Class ! No ! Team ! Driver ! Vehicle ! Laps ! Time / Retired ! Grid |
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1
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 37 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus Team KeePer Tom's | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryō Hirakawa | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus LC 500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | 2hr 12min 39.626sec | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 3 |
2
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 6 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus Team LeMans Wako's | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Caldarelli | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus LC 500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 1.503 s | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 2 |
3
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 1 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus Team SARD | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kohei Hirate | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus LC 500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 2.761 s | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 9 |
4
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 38 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus Team {{Interlanguage link multi|Zent|ja|3=善都|lt=ZENT}} Cerumo | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroaki Ishiura | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus LC 500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 2.939 s | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 4 |
5
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 36 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus Team au Tom's | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|GBR}} James Rossiter | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus LC 500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 7.607 s | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 8 |
6
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 19 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuhi Sekiguchi | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Lexus LC 500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 9.219 s | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 6 |
7
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 23 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | NISMO | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Tsugio Matsuda | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Nissan GT-R | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 20.096 s | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 14 |
8
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 12 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Team Impul | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hironobu Yasuda | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Nissan GT-R | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 32.360 s | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 13 |
9
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 16 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Team Mugen | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Mutoh | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Honda NSX-GT | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 40.195 s | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 7 |
10
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 24 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Kondō Racing | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Daiki Sasaki | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Nissan GT-R | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 81 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 51.691 s | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 11 |
11
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 4 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuteru Taniguchi | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 17 |
12
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 65 | K2 R&D LEON Racing | {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruki Kurosawa | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 16 |
13
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 9 | Pacific with Gulf Racing | {{flagicon|NZL}} Jono Lester | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 29 |
14
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 25 | VivaC {{Interlanguage link|Team Tsuchiya|ja|つちやエンジニアリング}} | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takamitsu Matsui | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 18 |
15
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 55 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinichi Takagi | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 32 |
16
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 10 | Gainer | {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryuichiro Tomita | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 24 |
17
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 3 | {{Interlanguage link|NDDP Racing|ja|ニッサン・ドライバー・デベロップメント・プログラム}} | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuki Hoshino (racing driver) | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 30 |
18
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 51 | LM corsa | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuichi Nakayama | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 19 |
19
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 33 | D'station Racing | {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomonobu Fujii | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 33 |
20
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 31 | apr | {{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Saga | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 11 |
21
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 87 | JLOC | {{flagicon|JPN}} {{Interlanguage link|Shinya Hosokawa|ja|細川慎弥}} | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 22 |
22
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 18 | {{Interlanguage link|Team Upgarage|ja|アップガレージ}} with Bandoh | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuhki Nakayama | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 34 |
23
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 7 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Jörg Müller | align="center" | 77 | + 4 laps | align="center" | 44 |
24
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 21 | Audi Sport {{Interlanguage link|Team Hitotsuyama|ja|一ツ山レーシング}} | {{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Lyons | align="center" | 76 | + 5 laps | align="center" | 26 |
25
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 360 | {{Interlanguage link|Tomei Sports|ja|東名スポーツ}} | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yusaku Shibata | align="center" | 76 | + 5 laps | align="center" | 38 |
26
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 111 | Rn-sports | {{flagicon|JPN}} Keishi Ishikawa | align="center" | 76 | + 5 laps | align="center" | 35 |
27
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 5 | Team Mach | {{flagicon|JPN}} Natsu Sakaguchi | align="center" | 76 | + 5 laps | align="center" | 31 |
28
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 11 | Gainer | {{flagicon|JPN}} Katsuyuki Hiranaka | align="center" | 76 | + 5 laps | align="center" | 23 |
29
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 88 | JLOC | {{flagicon|JPN}} Manabu Orido | align="center" | 76 | + 5 laps | align="center" | 20 |
30
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 117 | EIcars Bentley TTO | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Ide | align="center" | 76 | + 5 laps | align="center" | 37 |
31
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 26 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinnosuke Yamada | align="center" | 75 | + 6 laps | align="center" | 39 |
32
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 60 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Iida | align="center" | 75 | + 6 laps | align="center" | 36 |
33
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 35 | Panther Team Thailand | {{flagicon|THA}} {{Interlanguage link|Nattavude Charoensukhawatana|th|ณัฐวุฒิ เจริญสุขวัฒนะ}} | align="center" | 74 | + 7 laps | align="center" | 42 |
34
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 22 | R'Qs Motor Sports | {{flagicon|JPN}} Masaki Jyonai | align="center" | 74 | + 7 laps | align="center" | 40 |
35
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 48 | Dijon Racing | {{flagicon|JPN}} Masaki Tanaka | align="center" | 74 | + 7 laps | align="center" | 41 |
36
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 17 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Real Racing | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Koudai Tsukakoshi | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Honda NSX-GT | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 73 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 8 laps | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 5 |
37
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 2 | {{Interlanguage link multi|Cars Tokai Dream28|ja|3=ホンダカーズ東海}} | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuho Takahashi | align="center" | 57 | + 24 laps | align="center" | 27 |
38
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 64 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Nakajima Racing | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kosuke Matsuura | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Honda NSX-GT | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 57 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | + 24 laps | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 12 |
Ret
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 50 | INGING Motorsport & Arnage Racing | {{flagicon|JPN}} {{Interlanguage link multi|Akihiro Tsuzuki|ja|都筑晶裕}} | align="center" | 49 | Retired | align="center" | 25 |
Ret
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 30 | apr | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroaki Nagai | align="center" | 42 | Retired | align="center" | 28 |
Ret
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 61 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Yamauchi | Subaru BRZ R&D Sport | align="center" | 36 | Retired | align="center" | 21 |
Ret
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 100 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Team Kunimitsu | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoki Yamamoto | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Honda NSX-GT | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 5 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Retired | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 10 |
Ret
| align="center" | GT300 | align="center" | 52 | Saitama Toyopet Green Brave | {{flagicon|JPN}} Taku Bamba | Subaru BRZ R&D Sport | align="center" | 3 | Retired | align="center" | 43 |
DNS
| style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | GT500 | style="background:#F8E0E0" align="center" | 8 | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | style="background:#F8E0E0" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoki Nojiri | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Honda NSX-GT | style="background:#F8E0E0" | | style="background:#F8E0E0" | Did Not Start | style="background:#F8E0E0" | |
colspan="9" | Source(s): {{cite web|url=https://supergt.net/results/index/2017/Round1/3/gt500 |title=Round 1 OKAYAMA GT500 - Race |website=supergt.net |date= |accessdate=2018-03-24}}{{cite web|url=https://supergt.net/results/index/2017/Round1/3/gt300 |title=Round 1 OKAYAMA GT300 - Race |website=supergt.net |date= |accessdate=2018-03-24}} |
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