Motegi 1000 km race in 2006
The Motegi 1000 km race 2006 , also Motegi Sportscar 1000 km Endurance Race, Twin Ring Motegi , took place on July 2nd on the road circuit of the Twin Ring Motegi and was the second round of the Japan Le Mans Challenge of this year.
The race
With 13 vehicles, one took part in the training more than in the previous race in Sugo. The Mazda from Team Nopro could not qualify for the race, so the race started with 12 participants. Similar to Sugo, the favored Zytek 04S fell far in the lead, this time with problems with the gearbox. Tatsuya Kataoka , Naoki Hattori and Eiichi Tajima won a second time in a row in front of a prototype of the LMP2 class. The only rated LMP1 prototype, piloted by Takahiko Shimazawa, Hiroshi Oota and Kenji Takeya, crossed the finish line in 6th overall position.
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT1 | 20th |
 Hitotsuyama Racing
|
Tatsuya Kataoka Naoki Hattori Eiichi Tajima
|
Ferrari 550 Maranello | 180 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 4th |
MYZ
|
Yuuya Sakamoto Yoshihisa Namekata Tomonobu Fujii
|
Dallara GC21 | 178 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 3 |
MYZ
|
Masayuki Yamamoto Syougo Suhou Jun'ichirou Yamashita
|
Dallara GC21 | 177 |
| 4th | GT2 | 27 |
Team Kawamura
|
Koji Aoyama Shinichi Takagi Morio Nitta
|
Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | 176 |
| 5 | GT2 | 5 |
Team Takamizawa
|
Kazuyoshi Takamizawa Akihiko Tsutsumi Tomohiko Sunako
|
Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 171 |
| 6th | LMP1 | 66 |
Jidosha Koubou Myst
|
Takahiko Shimazawa Hiroshi Oota Kenji Takeya
|
Oscar SK93 | 158 |
| 7th | GT1 | 9 |
Team Leyjun
|
Masaki Tanaka Osamu Nakajima Hiroya Iijima
|
Mosler MT900 R | 144 |
| 8th | GT2 | 7th |
Proto Works
|
Naoko Hagiwara Atsuko Oomura
|
Mazda RX-7 | 137 |
| Not classified | ||||||
| 9 | LMP1 | 16 |
Team Mugen
|
Seiji Ara Haruki Kurosawa
|
Courage LC70 | 7th |
| Failed | ||||||
| 10 | LMP2 | 18th |
AIM Sports
|
Shinsuke Yamazaki Yuuji Aso Masaru Tomizawa
|
Dallara GC21 | 157 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 15th |
Jidosha Koubou Myst
|
Ryouhei Sakaguchi Masayuki Ueda Motoaki Ishikawa
|
Oscar SK5.2 | 128 |
| 12 | LMP1 | 21st |
Hitotsuyama Racing
|
Hideki Noda Hiroki Kato
|
Zytek 04S | 95 |
| Not qualified | ||||||
| 13 | GT2 | 17th |
Team Nopro
|
Toshihiko Nogami Yutaka Seki
|
Mazda Roadster | |
Only in the entry list
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | chassis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | GT1 | 88 |
JLOC
|
Kōji Yamanishi Yasutaka Hinoi Hisashi Wada
|
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT |
Class winner
| class | driver | driver | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP1 |
Takahiko Shimazawa
|
Hiroshi Oota
|
Kenji Takeya
|
Oscar SK93 | Rank 6 |
| LMP2 |
Yuuya Sakamoto
|
Yoshihisa Namekata
|
Tomonobu Fujii
|
Dallara GC21 | Rank 2 |
| GT1 |
Tatsuya Kataoka
|
Naoki Hattori
|
Eiichi Tajima
|
Ferrari 550 Maranello | Overall victory |
| GT2 |
Koji Aoyama
|
Shinichi Takagi
|
Morio Nitta
|
Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Rank 4 |
Racing data
- Registered: 13
- Started: 12
- Rated: 8
- Race classes: 4
- Spectators: 5600
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 4.801 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 6:02: 02.931 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 180
- Total distance of the winning team: 864.248 km
- Winner's average: 143.686 km / h
- Pole position: Hideki Noda / Hiroki Katou - Zytek 04S (# 21) - 1: 42.019
- Fastest race lap: Hiroki Katou - Zytek 04S (# 21) - 1: 43.686
- Racing series: 2nd round of the Japan Le Mans Challenge 2006
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japan Le Mans Challenge - Round 2 Motegi - July 2, Unexpected LMP1 Champions. archive.dailysportscar.com, accessed March 3, 2019 .
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Previous race 1000 km of Sugo 2006 |
Japan Le Mans Challenge |
Successor 1000 km race of Okayama 2006 |