2021 TCR Japan Touring Car Series

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

Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Nilzz Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 7 Keiichi Inoue 1, 4
Jun Makino 5
Adenau IDI Golf TCR Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 10 Jun Sato 1−2, 5
Birth Racing Project 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 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 21 Takuro Shinohara 3
Yuki Fujii 1
101 4
Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG 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 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 71 Masayoshi Oyama All
M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR 73 Mineki Okura 1−2, 4−6
Dome Racing 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

The calendar was announced on 10 February 2021 with 6 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting series
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

Scoring systems
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
1 Keiichi Inoue 13 28
2 Jun Sato 24 20
3 Akihiko Nakaya 3 15
4 Naoto Takeda 4 12
5 Mineki Okura 5 10
6 Kenji Suzuki 6 9
7 Masayoshi Oyama 7 8
8 'Hirobon' 81 6
9 Yuki Fujii 92 6
10 Masanobu Kato Ret5 1
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
TCR Japan Sunday Series
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
1 'Hirobon' 12 29
2 Masanobu Kato 23 21
3 Mineki Okura 34 17
4 Yuki Fujii 41 17
5 Jun Sato 55 11
6 Akihiko Nakaya 6 8
7 Keiichi Inoue 7 6
8 Naoto Takeda 8 4
9 Masayoshi Oyama 9 2
- Kenji Suzuki Ret -
Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Entrants championship

Pos. Entrant No. FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
1 Birth Racing Project 19 81 12 38
2 Nillz Racing 7 13 7 34
3 Adenau IDI Golf TCR 10 24 55 31
4 M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse 73 5 34 27
5 Dome Racing 97 3 6 23
6 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 21 92 41 23
7 Audi Team Mars 65 Ret5 23 22
8 Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG 45 4 8 16
9 Birth Racing Project 17 6 Ret 8
10 Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing 71 7 9 6
Pos. Driver No. FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "TCR Japan issues ten-car 2021 entry list". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  2. ^ a b c "Three Hondas added to TCR Japan season opener grid". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  3. ^ "TCR Japan issues 2021 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2021-02-10.