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Racing Project Bandoh

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Japan Racing Project Bandoh
FoundedDecember 7, 1990 (1990-12-07)
BaseMachida, Tokyo Onoji-cho, 1059
Team principal(s)Masataka Bandoh
Founder(s)Masaaki Bandoh
Current seriesSuper GT
Former seriesJTCC, JGTC
Current drivers
Teams'
Championships
2 (JGTC, 1997/GT300, 2009)
Drivers'
Championships
2 (JGTC, 1997/GT300, 2009)
Websitewww.bandohracing.com

Racing Project Bandoh Ltd. is a Japanese racing team competing in the Super GT series.

Racing history

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#19 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430 at Fuji Speedway in 2011

Created in 1990 by Masaaki Bando, Racing Project Bandoh raced in the All Japan Touring Car Championship from 1987 (as an earlier organization created by Bando until 1990) to 1997[1] and entered the Japanese Grand Touring Championship in 1997, competing with a Nissan Silvia S14 in the GT300 class winning five consecutive podiums. In the team's first year of competition, drivers Hideo Fukuyama and Manabu Orido won the GT300 class championship. The next year Bandoh switched to a Toyota Celica, but could not recreate the success of the previous year, taking no podiums with driver Manabu Orido placing second in the drivers' championship. Racing Project Bandoh won the first race of the season at the Suzuka GT 300, and ended the season with drivers Takahiko Hara and Manabu Orido taking third in the drivers championship. Three points behind the winner, Morio Nitta. Bandoh would win one race in 2000 at Sportsland SUGO, and one race in 2001 at Twin Ring Motegi.

2003 brought more success for the team after changing to a new Toyota Celica mid-way through the season, taking wins at Mt. Fuji and Suzuka and drivers Takayuki Aoki and Minoru Tanaka finishing fourth in the championship. Bandoh won one race at Sportsland SUGO in 2004.

It was not until 2007 that Racing Project Bandoh would achieve victory again, winning the fifth round of the season at Sportsland SUGO. In 2008 the team won the seventh round of the season at Motegi. The same year Masaaki Bando's son Masataka Bando took over operations of the team after Masaaki Bando was appointed as the chairman of the Super GT series.[2] The following year in 2009 drivers Manabu Orido and Tatsuya Kataoka in a Lexus IS350 took five podiums including one win. As a result, Racing Project Bandoh won both the team and drivers championship by 3 points over Nobuteru Taniguchi and Ryo Orime in the GT300 class.[3]

In 2011 Racing Project Bandoh moved to the GT500 class competing in a Lexus SC430 under the name LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH.[4]

In 2015 and 2016 the team fielded both a Lexus RC F in the GT500 class and a Toyota 86 in the GT300 class in conjunction with UP GARAGE.

Racing Project Bandoh has long been associated with the team's main sponsor WedsSport, a Japanese aftermarket wheel manufacturer.

Results

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Year Class Car Drivers Drivers' rankings
1997 GT300 RS☆R Nissan Silvia S14 Japan Manabu Orido / Japan Hideo Fukuyama 1st
1998 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Japan Manabu Orido / Italy Max Angelelli / Japan Katsumi Yamamoto 2nd
1999 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Japan Manabu Orido / Japan Takahiko Hara 3rd
2000 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka / Japan Takahiko Hara 6th
2001 GT300 WedsSport Toyota MR-S Japan Minoru Tanaka / Japan Satoshi Goto 8th
2002 GT300 WedsSport Toyota MR-S Japan Minoru Tanaka / Japan Satoshi Goto 12th
2003 GT300 WedsSport Toyota MR-S (Round 2) Japan Takayuki Aoki / Japan Minoru Tanaka 4th
WedsSport Toyota Celica (Round 3)
2004 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Japan Takayuki Aoki / Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 5th
2005 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Japan Hiroki Kato / Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi 7th
2006 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Japan Koji Matsuda / Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka 10th
2007 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica Japan Akira Iida / Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 10th
2008 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica (Round 2) Japan Manabu Orido / Japan Tsubasa Abe / Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 12th
WedsSport Lexus IS350 (Round 3)
2009 GT300 WedsSport Lexus IS350 Japan Manabu Orido / Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 1st
2010 GT300 WedsSport Lexus IS350 Japan Manabu Orido / Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 8th
2011 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430 Japan Tatsuya Kataoka / Japan Seiji Ara 13th
2012 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430 Japan Seiji Ara / Portugal Andre Couto / Scotland Marino Franchitti 9th
2013 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430 Japan Seiji Ara / Portugal Andre Couto 13th
2014 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus RC F Japan Juichi Wakisaka / Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 15th
2015 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus RC F Japan Juichi Wakisaka / Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 11th
GT300 UP GARAGE BANDOH Toyota 86 Japan Yuki Nakayama / Estonia Marko Asmer / JapanYuji Ide 25th
2016 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus RC F Japan Yuji Kunimoto / Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 4th
GT300 UP GARAGE BANDOH Toyota 86 Japan Yuhki Nakayama / JapanShinnosuke Yamada 14th
2017 GT500 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500 Japan Yuji Kunimoto / Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi / Japan Kenta Yamashita / Japan Kamui Kobayashi 13th / 14th / 20th / NC
GT300 Team Upgarage [ja] with Bandoh Toyota 86 Japan Yuhki Nakayama / Japan Shintaro Kawabata 18th
2018 GT500 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500 Japan Yuji Kunimoto / Japan Kenta Yamashita 11th
GT300 Team UpGarage BANDOH Toyota 86 MC Japan Yuhki Nakayama / Japan Takashi Kobayashi 12th
2019 GT500 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500 GT500 Japan Yuji Kunimoto / Japan Sho Tsuboi 11th
GT300 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo Japan Takashi Kobayashi / Japan Kosuke Matsuura / Japan Shinnosuke Yamada 22nd / NC
2020 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Japan Yuji Kunimoto / Japan Ritomo Miyata 10th
GT300 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo Japan Takashi Kobayashi / Japan Kosuke Matsuura
2021 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Japan Yuji Kunimoto / Japan Ritomo Miyata 11th
2022 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Japan Yuji Kunimoto / Japan Sena Sakaguchi 11th
2023 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Japan Yuji Kunimoto / Japan Sena Sakaguchi 11th
2024 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500 Japan Yuji Kunimoto / Japan Sena Sakaguchi

Complete JGTC Results[5]

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Car Tyres Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Pts
1997 Nissan Silvia S14 Y GT300 19 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Hideo Fukuyama
SUZ
1
FUJ
2
SEN
2
FUJ
3
MIN
1
SUG
5
1st 90
1998 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19 Japan Manabu Orido
Italy Max Angelelli
Japan Katsumi Yamamoto
SUZ FUJ SEN FUJ
7
MOT
2
MIN
2
SUG
3
2nd 46
1999 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Takahiko Hara
SUZ
1
FUJ
2
SUG
Ret
MIN
3
FUJ
Ret
OKA
5
MOT
2
3rd 70
2000 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19 Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
Japan Takahiko Hara
MOT
3
FUJ
Ret
SUG
1
FUJ
Ret
OKA
3
MIN
15
SUZ
17
5th 44
2001 Toyota MR-S Y GT300 19 Japan Minoru Tanaka
Japan Satoshi Goto
OKA
DNA
FUJ
16
SUG
10
FUJ
3
MOT
1
SUZ
17
MIN
13
9th 33
2002 Toyota MR-S Y GT300 19 Japan Minoru Tanaka
Japan Satoshi Goto
OKA
18
FUJ
5
SUG
Ret
SEP
6
FUJ
22
MOT
6
MIN
6
SUZ
12
10th 31
2003 Toyota MR-S Y GT300 19 Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Minoru Tanaka
OKA
8
FUJ
DNQ
4th 63
Toyota Celica Y GT300 19 SUG
20
FUJ
5
FUJ
1
MOT
8
AUT
16
SUZ
1
2004 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19 Japan Takayuki Aoki
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
OKA
4
SUG
1
SEP
NC
TOK
7
MOT
13
AUT
5
SUZ
5
6th 48

Complete Super GT Results[6] [7]

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Car Tyres Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points
2005 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19 Japan Hiroki Kato
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
OKA
7
FUJ
6
SEP
7
SUG
7
MOT
2
FUJ
6
AUT
3
SUZ
9
7th 54
2006 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19 Japan Koji Matsuda
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka
SUZ
4
OKA
10
FUJ
17
SEP
3
SUG
18
SUZ
19
MOT
16
AUT
12
FUJ
2
10th 35
2007 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19 Japan Akira Iida
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
SUZ
14
OKA
19
FUJ
Ret
SEP
9
SUG
1
SUZ
12
MOT
18
AUT
4
FUJ
16
9th 46
2008 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Tsubasa Abe
SUZ
7
OKA
Ret
11th 48
Lexus IS350 Y GT300 19 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Tsubasa Abe
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
FUJ
9
SEP
Ret
SUG
15
SUZ
19
MOT
1
AUT
10
FUJ
5
2009 Lexus IS350 Y GT300 19 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
OKA
1
SUZ
8
FUJ
5
SEP
2
SUG
5
SUZ
6
FUJ
4
AUT
3
MOT
3
1st 112
2010 Lexus IS350 Y GT300 19 Japan Manabu Orido
Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
SUZ
3
OKA
14
FUJ
4
SEP
9
SUG
Ret
SUZ
4
FUJ
C
MOT
7
8th 49
2011 Lexus SC430 Y GT500 19 JapanTatsuya Kataoka
Japan Seiji Ara
OKA
3
FUJ
15
SEP
11
SUG
8
SUZ
11
FUJ
13
AUT
7
MOT
11
13th 37
2012 Lexus SC430 Y GT500 19 Japan Seiji Ara
Portugal André Couto
OKA
12
FUJ
13
SEP
9
SUG
12
SUZ
6
FUJ
3
AUT
3
MOT
5
9th 55
2013 Lexus SC430 Y GT500 19 Japan Seiji Ara
Portugal André Couto
OKA
14
FUJ
11
SEP
15
SUG
9
SUZ
6
FUJ
Ret
AUT
13
MOT
10
14th 25
2014 Lexus RC F Y GT500 19 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
OKA
11
FUJ
7
AUT
8
SUG
12
FUJ
11
SUZ
Ret
BUR
6
MOT
6
13th 32
2015 Toyota 86 Y GT300 18

20

Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan Yuji Ide
Estonia Marko Asmer
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Japan Kota Sasaki
OKA
19
FUJ
Ret
CHA
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
21
SUG
15
AUT
9
MOT
Ret
28th 2
Lexus RC F Y GT500 19 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Juichi Wakisaka
OKA
10
FUJ
7
CHA
9
FUJ
10
SUZ
4
SUG
5
AUT
9
MOT
10
10th 47
2016 Toyota 86 Y GT300 18 Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan Shinnosuke Yamada
OKA
15
FUJ
4
SUG
8
FUJ
10
SUZ
4
CHA
22
MOT
12
MOT
9
12th 46
Lexus RC F Y GT500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
OKA
9
FUJ
8
SUG
5
FUJ
10
SUZ
5
CHA
1
MOT
5
MOT
3
4th 79
2017 Toyota 86 Y GT300 18 Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Japan Shintaro Kawabata
OKA
12
FUJ
9
AUT
Ret
SUG
17
FUJ
11
SUZ
15
CHA
7
MOT
16
18th 23
Lexus LC500 GT500 Y GT500 19 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Kenta Yamashita
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
OKA
6
FUJ
10
AUT
8
SUG
12
FUJ
7
SUZ
4
CHA
12
MOT
15
12th 41
2018 Lexus LC500 GT500 Y GT500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Kenta Yamashita
OKA
9
FUJ
12
SUZ
13
CHA
3
FUJ
10
SUG
Ret
AUT
3
MOT
5
11th 50
2019 Lexus LC500 GT500 Y GT500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sho Tsuboi
OKA
6
FUJ
13
SUZ
7
BUR
3
FUJ
9
AUT
8
SUG
13
MOT
7
11th 46.5
2020 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Ritomo Miyata
FUJ
9
FUJ
15
SUZ
10
MOT
Ret
FUJ
7
SUZ
9
MOT
11
FUJ
10
14th 27
2021 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Ritomo Miyata
OKA
12
FUJ
7
MOT
2
SUZ
13
SUG
Ret
AUT
13
MOT
2
FUJ
13
11th 53
2022 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sena Sakaguchi
OKA
13
FUJ
6
SUZ
5
FUJ
9
SUZ
7
SUG
15
AUT
5
MOT
7
11th 44
2023 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT500 19 Japan Yuji Kunimoto
Japan Sena Sakaguchi
OKA
9
FUJ
12
SUZ
1
FUJ
12
SUZ
9
SUG
8
AUT
13
MOT
8
11th 49

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.

References

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  1. ^ "RACING PROJECT BANDOH -SPONSOR COLLECTION-". www.bandohracing.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. ^ "RACING PROJECT BANDOH -COMPANY-". www.bandohracing.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  3. ^ "SUPERGT.net | 2009 Point Ranking". supergt.net. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  4. ^ "Tandds | SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE". supergt.net. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  5. ^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  6. ^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  7. ^ Magazine, Speedsport. "Super GT & All Japan GT: Overview of seasons". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.