Read about the race outline and rules here.
- Win the annual championship through obtaining points in each race
- The annually crowned SUPER GT champion is decided based on points earned by the drivers and team in each race over the course of the year. The Driver’s championship is decided based on points earned by the drivers in each race. On the other hand, the Team’s championship is based on the number of points accrued in each race plus additional points awarded to the team completing the race.
Final race points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Race completion points (GT500) Same lap as winner 1 lap behind winner Over 2 laps behind winner 3 2 1 Race completion points (GT300) Up to 1 lap behind the winner Over 2 laps behind the winner 3 1 - Faster machines become heavier as the more driver points are earned.
In SUPER GT, it's hard to keep winning. -
The fact that faster machines win is simply the natural course of events, but if the same machine always wins, interest in the races starts to fade. That is why the SUPER GT series has employed a system of weight handicaps. The more championship points a car earns, the heavier it is made, cutting its competitiveness.
Until last year if a car's standings dropped, adjustments to performance were allowed by reducing the weight handicap or by opening the bore of a car's air restrictor. However, from this year that kind of adjustment has been removed, so that slower racing and deliberate attempts to place lower in the finishing order in an attempt to improve the car's performance for the next race will no longer be seen.
Weight handicaps are enforced at a rate of 2kg per championship point earned up to the 5th race, then at 1kg per point earned in the 6th and 7th races, followed by the final round which is run with no weight handicaps.
Weight Handicaps 2nd to 5th races 6th to 7th races Final race Driver's point x 2kg Driver's point x 1kg None
