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The 2023 Bridgestone TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GR86/BRZ Cup was the eleventh running of the TGR GR86/BRZ Cup, a one-make motor racing championship for Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ sports cars operated by Toyota Gazoo Racing. The championship featured a mix of Toyota factory drivers, independent professional drivers, and gentleman drivers, and commenced on 13 May at Sportsland SUGO and concluded on 26 November at Fuji Speedway.

Subaru factory driver Takuto Iguchi won his second series championship during the series finale at Fuji despite a first-lap collision with Takamitsu Matsui and Reimei Itō, clinching the title by four points over runner-up Yuui Tsutsumi and third-placed Tōgo Suganami.

Teams and drivers

Professional Series

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Rounds Toyota Delta Motorsports 1 Yūsuke Tomibayashi 2–7 504 1 KIM International 3 Kengo Ichijou 5–7 Mansaku Jidousya 5 Takashi Inoue All T by Two CABANA Racing 7 Yuui Tsutsumi All 700 Hikaru Jitōsho All 770 Ryō Yamada All KWR Motorsports 8 Keiichi Watanabe 7 OTG Motor Sports 10 Tōgo Suganami All 60 Ryō Ogawa [ja] All 70 Naoki Hattori All 80 Reimei Itō All ASSO Motor Sports 11 Juichi Wakisaka All 112 Tomoaki Ichimori All Kobannyanneru 12 Seiya Jin 1–5 Tsubasa Mekaru 6–7 120 Masaya Kohno 5–7 K-one Racing team 17 Kiyonori Imai 1–2 Shunji Okumoto 4–7 32 Kiyonori Imai 4–7 Ibaraki Toyopet Racing Team 18 Yūichi Nakayama 2, 4–7 KMS Racing 31 Takayuki Aoki All Ogura Clutch with Revolution 34 Masahiro Sasaki [ja] All TEAM GMB 38 Manabu Yamazaki 3 Spread Shō Tsuboi 5, 7 Shinya Hosokawa [ja] 6 Takashima Noboru 50 Noboru Takashima 5 Y's PRODUCE 55 Yūki Kamakura 1, 3, 6–7 Tochigi Toyota T2FACTORY 56 Yoshiyuki Tsuruga All Maruta Toshimasa 58 Toshimasa Maruta 2 Morikawa Motoo 76 Motoo Morikawa 5–7 DTEC Team MASTER ONE 97 Tomoki Takahashi 1–5 98 Yūya Motojima All RSS 114 Miki Onaga 2, 4–7 Netz Hyōgo Racing Team 121 Naoya Gamou All Netz Toyama Racing 123 Takamitsu Matsui 1, 3, 5–7 Saitama Toyopet Green Brave 160 Hiroki Yoshida All AVANTECH racingteam 186 Takafumi Katsuki 6–7 Nine with ARN Racing 199 Hibiki Taira 1–4, 6–7 Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports 225 Miki Koyama All KSM 293 Daichi Okamoto 1, 3–7 4MINUTES 340 Atsushi Miyake All Hojust Racing 501 Takeshi Suehiro 5–6 Team MEISHIN 550 Shōtarō Munetou 1–2, 4–7 SHIFT 556 Ryōsuke Go All M Planning 910 Hiroyuki Saka 1, 3–7 Subaru Atract/K 62 Junpei Katoh 1–3, 5, 7 Team Takuty 87 Rintarō Kubo [ja] All 88 Takuto Iguchi All Recaro Racing Team 909 Takashi Kogure All Source:

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan. The provisional calendar was announced on 25 November 2022. The sixth round at Suzuka was run in support of the Super Formula Championship, with other rounds being run alongside local racing events and Formula Beat races.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	14 May	Daichi Okamoto	Daichi Okamoto	Daichi Okamoto	KSM
2	Autopolis, Hita	11 June	Reimei Itō	Yūya Motojima	Takuto Iguchi	Team Takuty
3	Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi	23 July	Hiroki Yoshida	Hiroki Yoshida	Rintarō Kubo	Team Takuty
4	Tokachi International Speedway, Sarabetsu	20 August	Hibiki Taira	Daichi Okamoto	Yuui Tsutsumi	T by Two CABANA Racing
5	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	10 September	Tōgo Suganami	Hiroki Yoshida	Takamitsu Matsui	Netz Toyama Racing
6	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	29 October	Tōgo Suganami	Takuto Iguchi	Tōgo Suganami	OTG Motor Sports
7	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	26 November	Reimei Itō	Yuui Tsutsumi	Yūichi Nakayama	Ibaraki Toyopet Racing Team

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers, with one point awarded for pole position and fastest lap respectively.

Pos. Driver SUG AUT MOT TOK OKA SUZ FUJ Points 1 Takuto Iguchi 3 1 3 6 4 4 Ret 71 2 Yuui Tsutsumi 2 9 4 1 7 2 25 67 3 Tōgo Suganami 6 13 7 8 2 1 8 53 4 Daichi Okamoto 1 5 7 9 36 3 49 5 Yūichi Nakayama 4 3 10 6 1 49 6 Rintarō Kubo 16 12 1 9 6 7 7 36 7 Hibiki Taira 7 2 Ret 2 32 10 36 8 Yūya Motojima 13 31 2 4 11 10 9 29 9 Hiroki Yoshida 10 7 Ret 5 5 9 28 26 10 Masahiro Sasaki 4 10 8 Ret 12 13 4 24 11 Naoya Gamou 8 20 12 Ret 13 3 6 21 12 Takamitsu Matsui 20 13 1 11 Ret 20 13 Yūsuke Tomibayashi 5 8 11 29 33 5 11 19 14 Takayuki Aoki 11 11 Ret 18 18 17 2 15 15 Tomoki Takahashi 15 3 9 10 Ret 15 16 Reimei Itō 14 6 10 WD 8 8 Ret 15 17 Juichi Wakisaka 12 5 6 Ret Ret 27 17 14 18 Ryō Ogawa 23 14 18 16 3 12 12 12 19 Shō Tsuboi 16 5 8 20 Hikaru Jitōsho 9 26 22 13 Ret 15 16 2 – Tomoaki Ichimori 21 22 15 11 21 20 21 0 – Shōtarō Munetou 26 15 12 32 Ret 35 0 – Kengo Ichijou 20 23 13 0 – Naoki Hattori 19 16 17 15 Ret 14 20 0 – Ryō Yamada 27 19 29 14 15 22 32 0 – Yoshiyuki Tsuruga 17 29 14 19 24 24 18 0 – Seiya Jin 18 18 20 26 14 0 – Ryōsuke Go 24 21 24 23 22 25 14 0 – Shunji Okumoto 21 27 19 15 0 – Takashi Kogure 22 27 19 17 19 16 24 0 – Junpei Katoh 28 23 16 WD 34 0 – Hiroyuki Saka 25 23 22 17 Ret 19 0 – Atsushi Miyake 30 17 25 20 30 35 22 0 – Takeshi Suehiro Ret 18 0 – Miki Koyama DNS Ret 26 24 23 21 30 0 – Takashi Inoue 31 28 21 25 28 Ret 31 0 – Miki Onaga 24 27 26 29 23 0 – Masaya Kohno 25 30 37 0 – Toshimasa Maruta 25 0 – Takafumi Katsuki 33 26 0 – Shinya Hosokawa 26 0 – Tsubasa Mekaru 31 27 0 – Manabu Yamazaki 27 0 – Motoo Morikawa 29 28 29 0 – Yūki Kamakura 29 28 34 33 0 – Kiyonori Imai 32 30 28 34 0 – Noboru Takashima 31 0 – Keiichi Watanabe 36 0 Pos. Driver SUG AUT MOT TOK OKA SUZ FUJ Points

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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