2025 Suzuka 1000 km

Layout of the Suzuka Circuit

The 2025 Suzuka 1000 km is a planned endurance sports car race set to take place on 14 September 2025 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. It will be the 49th edition of the Suzuka 1000km, and the fourth round of the 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge, and the first after a five-year hiatus due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the 2024 SRO press conference at Spa-Francorchamps, Stephane Ratel announced that the Suzuka 1000km will return the following September as part of the 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge season.[1] The date was officially confirmed by Japan Automobile Federation (JAF), with the event taking place on 12–14 September.[2]

Entry list

A provisional entry list was announced on 18 July, featuring 30 entries. Eight manufacturers were represented: 11 Porsche cars (10 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) and 1 Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2)), 7 Mercedes cars, 4 Ferrari cars, 3 Corvette cars (2 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R and 1 Chevrolet Corvette C7 GT3-R), 2 Nissan cars, and 1 car each from Audi, BMW, and Lamborghini.[3]

An updated list was revealed on 18 August, with the grid expanded to 33 entries. Team WRT entered with 2 BMW M4 GT3 Evos, K-tunes Racing with their Ferrari 296 GT3, and RunUp Sports' Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3. The only Lamborghini dropped off the grid after Absolute Racing switched its Huracán GT3 EVO2 to a Porsche 911 GT3 R, while Herberth Motorsports' second Porsche withdrew.[4]

GT300 teams were allowed to enter GTA-GT300 regulation vehicles after an agreement between SRO and the GT Association (GTA) was reached in late 2024.[5] However, no GTA-GT300 cars entered the race.[3]

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
Pro (11 entries)
00 Japan Goodsmile Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[6] Japan Kamui Kobayashi[6] Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[6]
2 Malaysia Johor Motorsports JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Netherlands Nicky Catsburg[7] New Zealand Scott McLaughlin[8] United Kingdom Alexander Sims[7]
6 China Origine Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Denmark Bastian Buus[9] Germany Laurin Heinrich[9] Belgium Alessio Picariello[9]
7 Hong Kong Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) France Kévin Estre[10] France Patrick Pilet[10] Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[10]
23 China Phantom Global Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Austria Klaus Bachler[11] France Dorian Boccolacci[11] Switzerland Patric Niederhauser[11]
30 Japan Team Handwork Challenge Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Japan Iori Kimura[12] Japan Atsushi Miyake[12] Japan Daiki Sasaki[12]
31 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Brazil Augusto Farfus[13] United Kingdom Dan Harper[13] Germany Max Hesse[13]
32 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Switzerland Raffaele Marciello[13] South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[13] Belgium Charles Weerts[13]
61 New Zealand EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Malaysia Adrian D'Silva United Kingdom Harry King Germany Sven Müller
77 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Estonia Ralf Aron Germany Maximilian Götz Japan Kakunoshin Ohta
888 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Canada Mikael Grenier Belgium Maxime Martin Germany Luca Stolz
Silver (3 entries)
14 Hong Kong Audi Sport Asia Team Phantom Audi R8 LMS Evo II China Cheng Congfu China Deng Yi China Yu Kuai
33 South Korea Vollgas Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Netherlands Daan Arrow South Korea Phil Kim China Liang Jiatong
500 Japan Team 5ZIGEN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Japan Takayuki Aoki[14] Japan Yu Kanamaru[14] TBA
Bronze (12 entries)
9 Japan Bingo Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7 GT3-R Japan Reimei Ito[15] Japan Ukyo Sasahara[15] Japan Shinji Takei[15]
10 Hong Kong Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Hong Kong Antares Au Netherlands Loek Hartog Austria Richard Lietz
13 China Phantom Global Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Hong Kong Adderly Fong China "JZ" Germany Nico Menzel
18 Japan Porsche Center Okazaki Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Japan Kazuto Kotaka[16] Japan Hiroaki Nagai[16] Japan Takuro Shinohara[16]
21 China Harmony Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 United States Dustin Blattner Germany Dennis Marschall Italy Lorenzo Patrese
27 United States Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo United Kingdom Ian James Spain Alex Riberas Canada Zacharie Robichon
75 Australia 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Austria Dominik Baumann Australia Kenny Habul Switzerland Yannick Mettler
86 China Origine Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Denmark Anders Fjordbach[17] China Kerong Li[17] China Leo Ye Hongli[17]
89 China Team KRC BMW M4 GT3 Evo Netherlands Maxime Oosten[18] China Ruan Cunfan[18] United States Neil Verhagen[18]
91 Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Germany Ralf Bohn Germany Alfred Renauer Germany Robert Renauer
98 Japan K-tunes Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Japan Shinichi Takagi United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw Japan Daisuke Yamawaki
555 Japan Maezawa Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Japan Yusaku Maezawa[19] France Thomas Neubauer[19] Japan Naoki Yokomizo[19]
Pro Am (6 entries)
28 Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat Hong Kong Jonathan Hui Hong Kong Kevin Tse
45 Japan Ponos Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Japan Kei Cozzolino[20] Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko[20] Japan Yusuke Yamasaki[20]
60 Japan LM corsa Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella[21] Japan Kei Nakanishi Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka[21]
69 Germany GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Switzerland Philip Ellis[22] Luxembourg Steve Jans[22] United States Anthony McIntosh[22]
99 Malaysia Johor Motorsports JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim[8] Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim[8] Finland Konsta Lappalainen[8]
360 Japan RunUp Sports Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Japan Masaaki Nishikawa Japan Takuya Otaki Japan Atsushi Tanaka
Am (1 entry)
51 Australia AMAC Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Australia Grant Denyer Australia Andrew Macpherson Australia William Ben Porter
Source:[23][24]
  • Hiromasa "Hirobon" Kitano was scheduled to compete for Team 5Zigen, but withdrew.[14]

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