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The 2021 TCR Japan Touring Car Series season was the third season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2021 Super Formula Championship.

Teams and drivers

Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Nilzz Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	7	Keiichi Inoue	1, 4
			Jun Makino	5
Adenau IDI Golf TCR	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	10	Jun Sato	1−2, 5
Birth Racing Project	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	17	Kenji Suzuki	All
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	18	Takeshi Matsumoto	3
	CUPRA León TCR	19	'Kusako'	All
Audi Team Hitotsuyama	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	21	Takuro Shinohara	3
			Yuki Fujii	1
		101		4
Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	45	Naoto Takeda	1
			Takuya Shirasaka	2
55MOTO Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	55	'Mototino'	3−6
Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	62	Resshu Shioya	5−6
Audi Team Mars	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	65	Masanobu Kato	All
Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	71	Masayoshi Oyama	All
M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR	73	Mineki Okura	1−2, 4−6
Dome Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	97	Akihiko Nakaya	1
			Ai Miura	2−3
			Yusuke Shiotsu	4
		98	Anna Inotsume	5−6

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 10 February 2021 with 6 confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting series
1	1	Fuji Speedway	3 April	'Hirobon'	Yuki Fujii	Keiichi Inoue	Nilzz Racing	Super Formula
	2		4 April	Yuki Fujii	Masanobu Kato	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project
2	3	Autopolis	15 May	Takuya Shirasaka	'Hirobon'	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project
	4		16 May	Ai Miura	Race cancelled due to heavy rain
3	5	Sportsland Sugo	24 July	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Birth Racing Project	SUGO Champion Cup
	6		24 July	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takeshi Matsumoto	Birth Racing Project
	7		25 July	Takeshi Matsumoto	Takuro Shinohara	Takeshi Matsumoto	Birth Racing Project
4	8	Twin Ring Motegi	28 August	'Hirobon'	'Hirobon'	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project	Super Formula
	9		29 August	Yusuke Shiotsu	Yusuke Shiotsu	Yuki Fujii	Audi Team Hitotsuyama
5	10	Twin Ring Motegi	16 October	Mineki Okura	Mineki Okura	Mineki Okura	M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse
	11		17 October	Mineki Okura	Mineki Okura	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project
6	12	Suzuka Circuit	30 October	'Hirobon'	Anna Inotsume	Resshu Shioya	Zenyaku Kogyo with Team G/Motion
	13		31 October	'Hirobon'	Masanobu Kato	'Hirobon'	Birth Racing Project

Championship standings

Scoring systems

TCR Japan Series

TCR Japan Saturday Series Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts. 1 Keiichi Inoue 1 28 2 Jun Sato 2 20 3 Akihiko Nakaya 3 15 4 Naoto Takeda 4 12 5 Mineki Okura 5 10 6 Kenji Suzuki 6 9 7 Masayoshi Oyama 7 8 8 'Hirobon' 8 6 9 Yuki Fujii 9 6 10 Masanobu Kato Ret 1 Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.

TCR Japan Sunday Series Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts. 1 'Hirobon' 1 29 2 Masanobu Kato 2 21 3 Mineki Okura 3 17 4 Yuki Fujii 4 17 5 Jun Sato 5 11 6 Akihiko Nakaya 6 8 7 Keiichi Inoue 7 6 8 Naoto Takeda 8 4 9 Masayoshi Oyama 9 2 - Kenji Suzuki Ret - Pos. Driver FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Entrants championship

Pos. Entrant No. FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts. 1 Birth Racing Project 19 8 1 38 2 Nillz Racing 7 1 7 34 3 Adenau IDI Golf TCR 10 2 5 31 4 M-Prototyping Team Stile Corse 73 5 3 27 5 Dome Racing 97 3 6 23 6 Audi Team Hitotsuyama 21 9 4 23 7 Audi Team Mars 65 Ret 2 22 8 Wakatsuki Dream Drive with KCMG 45 4 8 16 9 Birth Racing Project 17 6 Ret 8 10 Daiwa N Trading Akiland Racing 71 7 9 6 Pos. Driver No. FUJ ATP SUG MOT1 MOT2 SUZ Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes

References

1. ^ "TCR Japan issues ten-car 2021 entry list". TouringCarTimes. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
2. ^ "Three Hondas added to TCR Japan season opener grid". TouringCarTimes. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
3. "TCR Japan issues 2021 calendar". TouringCarTimes. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

External links

• TCR Japan Touring Car Series Official website

• 2021 in Japanese motorsport
• 2021 in TCR Series