De Oliveira to defend Super GT GT300 title with Nissan

De Oliveira to defend Super GT GT300 title with Nissan

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The Brazilian will continue his partnership with Kiyoto Fujinami at the wheel of Kondo’s Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 after the pair won the championship in their first season as teammates.

It will be de OIiveira’s third season in the GT300 ranks after being dropped from Nissan’s GT500 roster at the end of the 2018 season.

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Fujinami had been tipped for a potential promotion to the top class for this year but ultimately missed out following an audition at Fuji Speedway in December.

Also part of that evaluation test were Keishi Ishikawa and Hironobu Yasuda, both of whom will likewise remain in the GT300 ranks with Nissan squad Gainer.

In an unchanged line-up in both Gainer cars, Ishikawa is joined in the #10 entry by Kazuki Hoshino, while Yasuda once again teams up with Katsuyuki Hiranaka in the #11 car.

One significant change however is that both of the team’s cars will be on Dunlop tyres, with the #10 having previously used Yokohamas. The Kondo car, which will again carry the #56 this year, continues to use Yokohama rubber.

Two more Nissan GT-Rs will appear on the GT300 grid, with NILZZ Racing and RUNUP (formerly Tomei Sports) campaigning a single car each. Yuki Tanaka and Taiyou Iida return for NILZZ, while Takayuki Aoki, Atsushi Tanaka and newcomer Yudai Uchida share duties for RUNUP.

Nissan’s announcement of its GT300 partner team line-ups made no mention of Jann Mardenborough, who has been axed from the marque’s GT500 roster for 2021.

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Yanagida switches to Arnage

Earlier this week, it was announced that Masataka Yanagida will be joining Masaki Kano at the wheel of Arnage Racing’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the new season.

Two-time GT500 champion Yanagida had been left without a drive following the merger of his previous team, Cars Tokai Dream28, with Inging Motorsport.

Kano raced with three different teammates last year, failing to score points all year, although he did finish 11th in the Fuji Speedway season finale alongside Hideto Yasuoka.

#50 Arnage Amg Gt3

#50 ARNAGE AMG GT3

Photo by: GTA

GT300 teams and drivers so far:

No.TeamCarTyreDrivers
2Inging & Cars Tokai Dream28Lotus Evora MCBridgestone

Hiroki Katoh

Ryohei Sakaguchi

4Goodsmile Racing with Team UkyoMercedes-AMG GT3Yokohama

Nobuteru Taniguchi

Tatsuya Kataoka

6Team LeMans with Motoyama RacingAudi R8 LMSYokohama

Satoshi Motoyama

Yoshiaki Katayama

10GainerNissan GT-R NISMO GT3Dunlop

Kazuki Hoshino

Keishi Ishikawa

11GainerNissan GT-R NISMO GT3Dunlop

Katsuyuki Hiranaka

Hironobu Yasuda

18Team UpGarageHonda NSX GT3Yokohama

Teppei Natori

Takashi Kobayashi

25Team TsuchiyaPorsche 911 GT3 RYokohama

Takamitsu Matsui

Kimiya Sato

30aprToyota Prius GHV GR SportYokohama

Hiroaki Nagai

Manabu Orido

31aprToyota Prius GHV GR SportBridgestone

Yuhki Nakayama

Koki Saga

35Team ThailandLexus RC F GT3Yokohama

Sean Walkinshaw*

Giuliano Alesi*

48NILZZ RacingNissan GT-R NISMO GT3Yokohama

Taiyou Iida

Yuki Tanaka

50Arnage RacingMercedes-AMG GT3Yokohama

Masaki Kano

Masataka Yanagida

52Saitama Toyopet Green BraveToyota GR Supra GT300Bridgestone

Hiroki Yoshida

Kohta Kawaai

55ARTAHonda NSX GT3Bridgestone

Shinichi Takagi

Ren Sato

56Kondo RacingNissan GT-R NISMO GT3Yokohama

Kiyoto Fujinami

Joao Paulo de Oliveira

60LM CorsaToyota GR Supra GT300Dunlop

Hiroki Yoshimoto

Shunsuke Kohno

61R&D SportSubaru BRZ (2021)Dunlop

Takuto Iguchi*

Hideki Yamauchi*

65LEON RacingMercedes-AMG GT3Bridgestone

Naoya Gamou

Togo Suganami

96K-Tunes Racing (LM Corsa)Lexus RC F GT3Dunlop

Morio Nitta

Sena Sakaguchi

244Max Racing Toyota GR Supra GT300Yokohama

Yuui Tsutsumi

Atsushi Miyake

360RUNUP (Tomei Sports)Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3Yokohama

Takayuki Aoki

Atsushi Tanaka

Yudai Uchida

* not officially announced

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