2024 D1 Grand Prix Series is a 24th season of D1 Grand Prix drifting competition set to be started in May 10 at Okuibuki Motorpark and ended between November 10 or 17 November in yet to be announced venue. The series is run by D1GP committee under Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) official semi-national competition format.
Hideyuki Fujino is the defending champion in both Overall and Single run championship.[1]
Schedule
| Round | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okuibuki Motorpark, Shiga Prefecture | May 11 |
| 2 | May 12 | |
| 3 | Tsukuba Circuit, Ibaraki Prefecture (Planned) | June 28 |
| 4 | June 29 | |
| 5 | Ebisu Circuit, Fukushima Prefecture | September 28 |
| 6 | September 29 | |
| 7 | Autopolis, Oita Prefecture | October 26 |
| 8 | October 27 | |
| 9 | TBA | TBA |
| 10 | TBA |
Rule Changes
The pre-qualifying system is set to be reintroduced which also mean the reintroduction of seeded drivers, the system was last used in 2018 season. As of result, the event date will be extended to 3 days as supposed to previous 2 days excluding the official practice day.
Regulation regarding competition time-out, non-sponsor tire manufacturer exposure, tire preasure and several other regulation is under revision.[3]
Drivers and Teams
| Team | No | Driver | Machine | Tires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Toyo Tires Drift | 66 | Hideyuki Fujino | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | Toyo Tires |
| 88 | Masato Kawabata | |||
| 77 | Hokuto Matsuyama | Toyota GR Corolla (E210) | ||
| TBA | 99 | Naoki Nakamura | Nissan Silvia (S13) | Valino |
| TBA | 2 | Seimi Tanaka | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Shibatire |
| Shibata Racing Team | 31 | Koudai Sobagiri | Infiniti Q60 (Q60) | Shibatire |
| 18 | Tetsuya Hibino | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | ||
| D-Max Racing Team | 70 | Masashi Yokoi | Nissan Silvia (S15) | Toyo Tires |
| TBA | Yuki Tano | |||
| TBA | 87 | Daigo Saito | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | Shibatire |
| TBA | 78 | Takahiro Ueno | Lexus RC (XC10) | Shibatire |
| TBA | 3 | Keiichi Nomura | Nissan Skyline (R34) | Dunlop |
| TBA | TBA | "Mad" Mike Whiddett | Mazda RX-3 Wagon | Toyo Tires |
| TBA | TBA | Toshiyuki Jinno | Nissan Silvia (S15) | TBA |
Changes
- Hokuto Matsuyama is set to join the main Toyo Tires team forming a 3 driver team for the first time since 2019.[4] He will be debuting a Toyota GR Corolla replacing his previous GR Supra.[5]
- Naoki Nakamura announced he will be reusing his V8 powered S13 Silvia he previously use in 2022 season.[4]
- D-Max will be using Toyo Tires for this season. A third tire manufacturer in 3 season.[4]
- Masao Suenaga announced his retirement from pro-drifting competition at 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon. He will be replaced by 2022 D1 Lights champion Yuki Tano.[4]
- Daigo Saito is planned to replace his GR Supra with a Mercedes SLS AMG. He will be using an SLS AMG GT3 car previously used in Super Taikyu. Shibatire will remain as his tire supplier.[6]
- Ken Nomura's son Keiichi Nomura is set to make his debut in the series, having successfully score enough points for GP license in previous D1 Lights season. He will continue to drive his R34 Skyline he use in D1 Lights with Dunlop as tire supplier.[7] He will be the second son of a former driver to compete in D1GP after Yumeto Hatanaka make his debut in previous season.
- "Mad" Mike Whiddett is set to return to D1GP, having previously competed in Formula Drift Japan and will be driving a Mazda RX-3 Wagon powered by a 4 rotor.[8][9]
- D1 Lights driver Toshiyuki Jinno planned to enter D1GP with his S15 Silvia he previously use in D1 Lights.[10]
References
- ↑ "2023年D1グランプリシリーズランキング" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ↑ "D1GP 2024年 暫定スケジュール" (in Japanese). 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ↑ "2024 Sporting Regulation Revision (in Japanese)" (PDF).
- 1 2 3 4 2024 TOKYO AUTO SALON 屋外会場 LIVE！！（SAT）, retrieved 2024-01-13
- ↑ "Hokuto Matsuyama on X". 12 January 2024.
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- ↑ "4ローター600馬力のRX-3ワゴンが爆誕！ マッドマイクxトーヨータイヤがD1GPに電撃参戦（レスポンス）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ↑ "4ローター600馬力のRX-3ワゴンが爆誕！ マッドマイクxトーヨータイヤがD1GPに電撃参戦". レスポンス（Response.jp） (in Japanese). 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
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