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

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 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   Manabu Orido /   Hideo Fukuyama 1st
1998 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica   Manabu Orido /   Max Angelelli /   Katsumi Yamamoto 2nd
1999 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica   Manabu Orido /   Takahiko Hara 3rd
2000 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica   Shigekazu Wakisaka /   Takahiko Hara 6th
2001 GT300 WedsSport Toyota MR-S   Minoru Tanaka /   Satoshi Goto 8th
2002 GT300 WedsSport Toyota MR-S   Minoru Tanaka /   Satoshi Goto 12th
2003 GT300 WedsSport Toyota MR-S (Round 2)   Takayuki Aoki /   Minoru Tanaka 4th
WedsSport Toyota Celica (Round 3)
2004 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica   Takayuki Aoki /   Nobuteru Taniguchi 5th
2005 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica   Hiroki Kato /   Nobuteru Taniguchi 7th
2006 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica   Koji Matsuda /   Shigekazu Wakisaka 10th
2007 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica   Akira Iida /   Yuhi Sekiguchi 10th
2008 GT300 WedsSport Toyota Celica (Round 2)   Manabu Orido /   Tsubasa Abe /   Yuhi Sekiguchi 12th
WedsSport Lexus IS350 (Round 3)
2009 GT300 WedsSport Lexus IS350   Manabu Orido /   Tatsuya Kataoka 1st
2010 GT300 WedsSport Lexus IS350   Manabu Orido /   Tatsuya Kataoka 8th
2011 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430   Tatsuya Kataoka /   Seiji Ara 13th
2012 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430   Seiji Ara /   Andre Couto /   Marino Franchitti 9th
2013 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus SC430   Seiji Ara /   Andre Couto 13th
2014 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus RC F   Juichi Wakisaka /   Yuhi Sekiguchi 15th
2015 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus RC F   Juichi Wakisaka /   Yuhi Sekiguchi 11th
GT300 UP GARAGE BANDOH Toyota 86   Yuki Nakayama /   Marko Asmer /  Yuji Ide 25th
2016 GT500 WedsSport ADVAN Lexus RC F   Yuji Kunimoto /   Yuhi Sekiguchi 4th
GT300 UP GARAGE BANDOH Toyota 86   Yuhki Nakayama /  Shinnosuke Yamada 14th
2017 GT500 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500   Yuji Kunimoto /   Yuhi Sekiguchi /   Kenta Yamashita /   Kamui Kobayashi 13th / 14th / 20th / NC
GT300 Team Upgarage [ja] with Bandoh Toyota 86   Yuhki Nakayama /   Shintaro Kawabata 18th
2018 GT500 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500   Yuji Kunimoto /   Kenta Yamashita 11th
GT300 Team UpGarage BANDOH Toyota 86 MC   Yuhki Nakayama /   Takashi Kobayashi 12th
2019 GT500 Lexus Team WedsSport Bandoh Lexus LC 500 GT500   Yuji Kunimoto /   Sho Tsuboi 11th
GT300 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo   Takashi Kobayashi /   Kosuke Matsuura /   Shinnosuke Yamada 22nd / NC
2020 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500   Yuji Kunimoto /   Ritomo Miyata 10th
GT300 Team UpGarage Honda NSX GT3 Evo   Takashi Kobayashi /   Kosuke Matsuura
2021 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500   Yuji Kunimoto /   Ritomo Miyata 11th
2022 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500   Yuji Kunimoto /   Sena Sakaguchi 11th
2023 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500   Yuji Kunimoto /   Sena Sakaguchi 11th
2024 GT500 TGR Team WedsSport Bandoh Toyota GR Supra GT500   Yuji Kunimoto /   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   Manabu Orido
  Hideo Fukuyama
SUZ
1
FUJ
2
SEN
2
FUJ
3
MIN
1
SUG
5
1st 90
1998 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19   Manabu Orido
  Max Angelelli
  Katsumi Yamamoto
SUZ FUJ SEN FUJ
7
MOT
2
MIN
2
SUG
3
2nd 46
1999 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19   Manabu Orido
  Takahiko Hara
SUZ
1
FUJ
2
SUG
Ret
MIN
3
FUJ
Ret
OKA
5
MOT
2
3rd 70
2000 Toyota Celica Y GT300 19   Shigekazu Wakisaka
  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   Minoru Tanaka
  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   Minoru Tanaka
  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   Takayuki Aoki
  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   Takayuki Aoki
  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   Hiroki Kato
  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   Koji Matsuda
  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   Akira Iida
  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   Manabu Orido
  Tsubasa Abe
SUZ
7
OKA
Ret
11th 48
Lexus IS350 Y GT300 19   Manabu Orido
  Tsubasa Abe
  Yuhi Sekiguchi
FUJ
9
SEP
Ret
SUG
15
SUZ
19
MOT
1
AUT
10
FUJ
5
2009 Lexus IS350 Y GT300 19   Manabu Orido
  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   Manabu Orido
  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  Tatsuya Kataoka
  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   Seiji Ara
  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   Seiji Ara
  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   Yuhi Sekiguchi
  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

  Yuhki Nakayama
  Yuji Ide
  Marko Asmer
  Nick Cassidy
  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   Yuhi Sekiguchi
  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   Yuhki Nakayama
  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   Yuji Kunimoto
  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   Yuhki Nakayama
  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   Yuhi Sekiguchi
  Yuji Kunimoto
  Kenta Yamashita
  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   Yuji Kunimoto
  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   Yuji Kunimoto
  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   Yuji Kunimoto
  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   Yuji Kunimoto
  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   Yuji Kunimoto
  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   Yuji Kunimoto
  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.