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The first round of the 2013 Season Super GT Championship took place earlier this month at Okayama International Circuit in Japan. The first race of the season started under a thin cloud cover, with a chance of rain looming. The dry track recorded a temperature of a cool 21 degree C.
The 2013 season sees a few new additions to the GT300 class starting grid this year, including the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 . The winner of the GT300 class was the Gainer Dixcel Mercedes-Benz SLS driven by Katsuyuki Hiranaka and Bjorn Wirdheim. Finishing second and third respectively are the GSR Hatsunemiku BMW Z4 GT3 and the La Seine Lamborghini Gallardo GT3.
Taking the chequered flag in the GT500 class was the RAYBRIG Honda HSV-010 driven by Takuya Izawa and Takashi Kogure. Coming in second was the KEIHIN Honda HSV-010 driven by Koudai Tsukakoshi and Toshihiro Kaneishi. Snatching the last spot on the podium was the Motul Autech Nissan GT-R driven by Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli.
Super GT500 Class Result
| Po | No | Machine | Driver | Time/Diff. | Laps | Best Lap | Tire | WH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | RAYBRIG HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG | Takuya Izawa Takashi Kogure | 1:58’48.911 | 81 | 1’24.173 | BS | |
| 2 | 17 | KEIHIN HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG | Koudai Tsukakoshi Toshihiro Kaneishi | 0.555 | 81 | 1’24.168 | BS | |
| 3 | 23 | MOTUL AUTECH GT-R NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B | Masataka Yanagida Ronnie Quintarelli | 4.903 | 81 | 1’24.274 | MI | |
| 4 | 38 | ZENT CERUMO SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG | Yuji Tachikawa Kohei Hirate | 11.534 | 81 | 1’24.603 | BS | |
| 5 | 18 | Weider Modulo HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG | Naoki Yamamoto Frederic Makowiecki | 12.612 | 81 | 1’24.057 | MI | |
| 6 | 12 | CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B | Tsugio Matsuda J.P. Lima De Oliveira | 50.496 | 81 | 1’24.560 | BS | |
| 7 | 6 | ENEOS SUSTINA SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG | Kazuya Oshima Yuji Kunimoto | 54.294 | 81 | 1’24.093 | BS | |
| 8 | 39 | DENSO KOBELCO SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG | Juichi Wakisaka Hiroaki Ishiura | 1’11.663 | 81 | 1’25.030 | BS | |
| 9 | 8 | ARTA HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG | Ralph Firman Kosuke Matsuura | 1’29.527 | 81 | 1’23.802 | BS | |
| 10 | 1 | REITO MOLA GT-R NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B | Satoshi Motoyama Yuhi Sekiguchi | 1’30.704 | 81 | 1’25.335 | MI | |
| 11 | 32 | Epson HSV-010 Honda HSV-010 GT / HR10EG | Ryo Michigami Daisuke Nakajima | 1’32.049 | 81 | 1’25.566 | DL | |
| 12 | 36 | PETRONAS TOM’S SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG | Kazuki Nakajima James Rossiter | 1Lap | 80 | 1’24.952 | BS | |
| 13 | 24 | D’station ADVAN GT-R NISSAN GT-R / VRH34B | Hironobu Yasuda Michael Krumm | 1Lap | 80 | 1’25.555 | YH | |
| 14 | 19 | WedsSport ADVAN SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG | Seiji Ara Andre Couto | 1Lap | 80 | 1’25.633 | YH | |
| 15 | 37 | KeePer TOM’S SC430 LEXUS SC430 / RV8KG | Daisuke Ito Andrea Caldarelli | 2Laps | 79 | 1’24.836 | BS |
Super GT300 Class Result
| Po | No | Machine | Driver | Time/Diff. | Laps | Best Lap | Tire | WH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | GAINER DIXCEL SLS Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 / M159 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Bjorn Wirdheim | 1:59’57.178 | 77 | 1’29.612 | DL | |
| 2 | 4 | GSR HATSUNEMIKU BMW BMW Z4 GT3 / P65B44 | Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka | 11.036 | 77 | 1’29.902 | YH | |
| 3 | 87 | LA SEINE LAMBORGHINI GT3 GALLARDO GT3 / CEH | Hideki Yamauchi Hiroki Yoshimoto | 1Lap | 76 | 1’29.757 | YH | |
| 4 | 52 | OKINAWA-IMP SLS Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 / M159 | Hironori Takeuchi Takeshi Tsuchiya | 1Lap | 76 | 1’30.678 | YH | |
| 5 | 61 | SUBARU BRZ R&D SPORT SUBARU BRZ GT300 / EJ20 | Tetsuya Yamano Kota Sasaki | 1Lap | 76 | 1’29.718 | MI | |
| 6 | 62 | LEON SLS Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 / M159 | Haruki Kurosawa Masanobu Kato | 1Lap | 76 | 1’30.778 | YH | |
| 7 | 16 | MUGEN CR-Z GT Honda CR-Z / J35A | Hideki Mutoh Yuhki Nakayama | 1Lap | 76 | 1’30.670 | BS | |
| 8 | 33 | HANKOOK PORSCHE PORSCHE 911 GT3 R / M97/79 | Masami Kageyama Tomonobu Fujii | 2Laps | 75 | 1’30.628 | HK | |
| 9 | 48 | DIJON Racing IS GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT | Hiroshi Takamori Katsumasa Chiyo | 2Laps | 75 | 1’30.614 | YH | |
| 10 | 0 | ENDLESS TAISAN PORSCHE PORSCHE / M97/79 | Kyosuke Mineo Naoki Yokomizo | 2Laps | 75 | 1’31.008 | YH | |
| 11 | 86 | CRYSTAL CROCO LAMBORGHINI GT3 GALLARDO GT3 / CEH | Kouji Yamanishi Shinya Hosokawa | 2Laps | 75 | 1’31.468 | YH | |
| 12 | 55 | ARTA CR-Z GT Honda CR-Z / J35A | Shinichi Takagi Takashi Kobayashi | 2Laps | 75 | 1’30.677 | BS | |
| 13 | 7 | OGT Bonds Racing GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT | Igor Sushko Ryo Orime | 2Laps | 75 | 1’31.948 | YH | |
| 14 | 30 | IWASAKI apr R8 Audi R8-LMS ultra / CJJ | Yuki Iwasaki Fairuz Fauzy | 2Laps | 75 | 1’32.012 | YH | |
| 15 | 10 | GAINER Rn-SPORTS DIXCEL SLS Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 / M159 | Tetsuya Tanaka Masayuki Ueda | 3Laps | 74 | 1’30.959 | DL | |
| 16 | 21 | ZENT Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi R8-LMS ultra / CJJ | Akihiro Tsuzuki Richard Lyons | 3Laps | 74 | 1’32.185 | HK | |
| 17 | 5 | MACH GoGoGo SYAKEN Ferrari 458 Ferrari 458 GT3 / F142 | Tetsuji Tamanaka Junichiro Yamashita | 3Laps | 74 | 1’33.202 | YH | |
| 18 | 360 | RUN UP GROUP GT-R NISSAN GT-R NISMO GT3 / VR38DETT | Takuya Shirasaka Atsushi Tanaka | 4Laps | 73 | 1’32.969 | YH | |
| 19 | 9 | NAC KOUKAKUKIDOUTAI ARISE DR PORSCHE PORSCHE 911 GT3 R / M97/79 | Shogo Mitsuyama Yu Yokomaku | 10Laps | 67 | 1’31.697 | YH | |
| 20 | 50 | Exe Aston Martin Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 / V12 | Masaki Kano Hideto Yasuoka | 20Laps | 57 | 1’31.120 | YH |
