1000km Suzuka

From WOI Encyclopedia Italia

The 1000km Suzuka is an annual 1000 kilometer endurance race for sports cars held at the Suzuka Circuit. It is a round of the Japanese Super GT championship.

The race was previously part of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and later of the World Sportscar Championship before these series were cancelled. After that the race has become part of many different series including the Super Taikyu endurance series. In 2006, the race was integrated for the first time in the Super GT calendar. Previously, the race was open to JGTC/Super GT cars, but with only a handful of competitors from the Super GT entering.

List of winners

Year Drivers Car Series
2007 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Andre Lotterer
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Juichi Wakisaka
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Oliver Jarvis 		Lexus SC430 GT500 Super GT
2006 Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Benoît Tréluyer
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Kazuki Hoshino
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Jérémie Dufour 		Nissan Fairlady Z GT500 Super GT
2005 Image:22px-Flag_of_Macau.png André Couto
Ronnie Quintarelli 		Toyota Supra GT500 Non-championship
2004 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Ryo Michigami
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Sébastien Philippe
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Daisuke Itoh 		Honda NSX GT500 Non-championship
2003 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Ryo Michigami
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Sébastien Philippe 		Honda NSX GT500 Non-championship
2002 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Juichi Wakisaka
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Akira Iida
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Shigeaki Wakisaka 		Toyota Supra GT500 Non-championship
2001 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Hironori Takeuchi
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Yuji Tachikawa
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Shigeaki Wakisaka 		Toyota Supra GT500 Non-championship
2000 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Juichi Wakisaka
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Katsutomo Kaneishi
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Daisuke Itoh 		Honda NSX GT500 Non-championship
1999 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Osamu Nakako
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Ryo Michigami
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Katsutomo Kaneishi 		Honda NSX GT500 Non-championship
1998 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Bernd Schneider
Image:22px-Flag_of_Australia.png Mark Webber 		Mercedes-Benz CLK LM FIA GT
1997 Alessandro Nannini
Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Marcel Tiemann 		Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR FIA GT
1996 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Ray Bellm
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png James Weaver
Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png JJ Lehto 		McLaren F1 GTR BPR GT
1995 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Ray Bellm
Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Maurizio Sandro-Sala
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Masanori Sekiya 		McLaren F1 GTR BPR GT
1994 Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Jean-Pierre Jarier
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Bob Wollek
Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Jesus Pareja 		Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT BPR GT
1993 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Takao Wada
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Toshio Suzuki 		Nissan R92CP JGTC
1992 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Derek Warwick
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Yannick Dalmas 		Peugeot 905 Evo 1B WSC
1991 Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Roland Ratzenberger
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Naoki Nagasaka 		Toyota 91C-V JSPC
1990 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Toshio Suzuki 		Nissan R90CP JSPC
1989 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Kunimitsu Takahashi
Image:22px-Flag_of_Sweden.png Stanley Dickens 		Porsche 962C JSPC
1988 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Hideki Okada
Image:22px-Flag_of_Sweden.png Stanley Dickens 		Porsche 962C JSPC
1987 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Geoff Lees
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Masanori Sekiya
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Hitoshi Ogawa 		Toyota 87C JSPC
1986 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Jiro Yoneyama
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Hideki Okada
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Tsunehisa Asai 		Porsche 956 JSPC
1985 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Kunimitsu Takahashi
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Kenji Takahashi 		Porsche 962C JSPC
1984 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Kunimitsu Takahashi
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Kenji Takahashi
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Geoff Lees 		Porsche 956 JSPC
1983 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Naohiro Fujita
Image:22px-Flag_of_Australia.png Vern Schuppan 		Porsche 956 JSPC
1982 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Naohiro Fujita
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Naoki Nagasaka 		BMW M1 Non-championship
1981 Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Bob Wollek
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Henri Pescarolo 		Porsche 935 K3 Non-championship
1980 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Hironobu Tatsumi
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Naoki Nagasaka 		March 75S-Mazda Non-championship
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