2025 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan

The 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup Japan is the twenty-fourth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. The season commenced on 6 April at the Suzuka Circuit, and will concluded at Fuji Speedway on 27 September.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Mie Prefecture Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 5–6 April Formula One World Championship (Japanese Grand Prix)
Ferrari Challenge Japan
2 Okayama Prefecture Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 24–25 May Formula Regional Japanese Championship
Okayama Challenge Cup Race
3 Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Speedway, Oyama 19–20 July Super Formula Championship
Kyojo Cup
4 Miyagi Prefecture Sportsland Sugo, Murata 9–10 August Super Formula Championship
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
5 Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Speedway, Oyama 26–27 September FIA World Endurance Championship (6 Hours of Fuji)
Formula Regional Japanese Championship
Source: [1][2]

Entry list

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Japan Hyper Water Racing 7 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe[3] P 1–4
17 Japan "Ikeda" Am 1–4
Japan Bingo Racing 9 Japan Shinji Takei PA 1
60 Japan Reimei Ito P 1–4
88 Chinese Taipei Tiger Wu PA 1–4
Japan Rn-sport 10 Japan "Motoki" PA 1–4
23 Japan "Hirobon" PA 1
Japan "Kensuke" Am 2
Japan NGR 16 Japan "Hiro" Am 1–4
Japan AWD Racing 27 Canada Jesse Swinimer[4] Am 3
China Sky Motorsports 36 China Sky Chen Am 1–4
Japan Seven x Seven Racing 66 Japan "Bankcy"[5] PA 1–4
99 Japan Taichi Watarai[6] P 1–4
Japan Sky Racing 78 Japan Iori Kimura P 1–4
Japan CREF Motor Sport 84 Japan Masa Taga Am 3–4
Japan Porsche Japan 91 Japan Itsuki Sato[7] P 1–4
Japan Bionic Jack Racing 98 Japan "Ikari" PA 1–4
Privateer 77 Japan Masaru Hamasaki PA 1–3
Source:[8][9]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Results

Round Circuit Pole Position Overall Winner Pro-Am Winner Am Winner
1 R1 Mie Prefecture Suzuka Circuit Japan Reimei Ito Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Japan "Hirobon" Japan "Hiro"
R2 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Japan Iori Kimura Japan "Bankcy" Japan "Hiro"
2 R1 Okayama Prefecture Okayama International Circuit Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Japan Iori Kimura Japan "Bankcy" China Sky Chen
R2 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Japan Taichi Watarai Japan "Bankcy" Japan "Hiro"
R3 Japan Reimei Ito Japan "Bankcy" Japan "Hiro"
3 R1 Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Speedway Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Japan "Bankcy" Canada Jesse Swinimer
R2 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Japan "Bankcy" Japan "Hiro"
4 R1 Miyagi Prefecture Sportsland Sugo Japan Reimei Ito Japan Reimei Ito Japan "Bankcy" Japan Masa Taga
R2 Japan Iori Kimura Japan Taichi Watarai Chinese Taipei Tiger Wu Japan Masa Taga
5 R1 Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Speedway
R2

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified drivers in every race, using the following system:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 25 20 17 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall

Pos. Driver Team SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Japan Iori Kimura Japan Sky Racing 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 178
2 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe Japan Hyper Water Racing 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 4 4 177
3 Japan Reimei Ito Japan Bingo Racing 2 3 3 5 1 4 3 1 2 167
4 Japan Taichi Watarai Japan Seven x Seven Racing 3 14 4 1 4 2 8 3 1 142
5 Japan "Bankcy" Japan Seven x Seven Racing 7 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 6 101
6 Japan Itsuki Sato Japan Porsche Japan 8 6 5 6 5 5 7 5 8 93
7 Japan "Motoki" Japan Rn-sport Ret 7 8 11 7 7 5 7 11 67
8 Japan "Hiro" Japan NGR 5 5 12 7 9 Ret 6 11 10 66
9 Japan "Ikari" Japan Bionic Jack Racing 11 12 10 10 11 9 12 9 7 55
10 Chinese Taipei Tiger Wu Japan Bingo Racing 10 10 9 8 Ret Ret 10 9 5 52
11 Japan Masaru Hamasaki Privateer 9 9 7 9 8 11 9 50
12 China Sky Chen China Sky Motorsports 13 11 11 13 10 12 14 12 13 38
13 Japan "Ikeda" Japan Hyper Water Racing 12 13 WD WD WD 10 13 13 12 30
14 Japan "Hirobon" Japan Rn-sport 6 8 18
17 Japan "Kensuke" Japan Rn-sport 13 12 Ret 7
Japan Shinji Takei Japan Bingo Racing Ret DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Canada Jesse Swinimer Japan AWD Racing 8 11 0
Japan Masa Taga Japan CREF Motor Sport 13 15 10 9 0
Pos. Driver Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2

Pro-Am

Pos. Driver SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Japan "Bankcy" 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 215
2 Japan "Motoki" Ret 2 3 5 2 2 2 2 4 143
3 Japan "Ikari" 5 6 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 125
4 Japan Masaru Hamasaki 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 116
5 Chinese Taipei Tiger Wu 4 5 4 2 Ret Ret 4 4 1 113
6 Japan "Hirobon" 1 3 42
Japan Shinji Takei Ret WD 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2

Am

Pos. Driver SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Japan "Hiro" 1 1 2 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 195
2 China Sky Chen 3 2 1 3 2 3 4 3 4 173
3 Japan "Ikeda" 2 3 WD WD WD 2 3 4 3 119
6 Japan "Kensuke" 3 2 Ret 37
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Japan Masa Taga 4 5 1 1 0
Canada Jesse Swinimer 1 2 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
SUZ OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2

Team ranking

Pos. Team Pts
1 Seven x Seven Racing 181
2 Hyper Water Racing 165
3 Bingo Racing 155
4 Rn-sports 77

See also

References

  1. ^ "When is the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix and how can I watch it?". Formula One. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  2. ^ "MINI GUIDE 2025" (PDF). Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. Porsche Japan.
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  4. ^ Klein, Jamie (9 June 2025). "Parsons Establishes New Team for Japan Cup Assault". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ^ Klein, Jamie (31 January 2025). "Porsche to Make GT300 Return With Seven x Seven Racing". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
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  8. ^ "Round 1-2 Report : Suzuka Circuit" (PDF). Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. Porsche Japan. 7 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Round 3-5 Report : Okayama Intl. Circuit" (PDF). Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. Porsche Japan. 25 May 2025.