Season 9 Japanese Grand Prix

GPGSL Season 9
Previous race:	Season 9 Australian Grand Prix
Next race:	Season 9 Malaysian Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix
Previous race:	Season 8 Japanese Grand Prix
Next race:	Season 10 Japanese Grand Prix

The Season 9 Japanese Grand Prix was held at Suzuka. John Warrington took the first win for his team MAC Racing.

Classification

Free Practice

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Points
1	48	Sebastian Nell	Demon Racing	1:28.878		15
2	40	Dean Kittleson	Team Shadow	1:29.004	+0.126	12
3	39	Daniel Thomas	Team Shadow	1:29.014	+0.136	10
4	32	Christopher Hinz	Aston Martin Racing	1:29.112	+0.234	9
5	44	Mal Stoddart	Snake Motorsports	1:29.243	+0.365	8
6	42	Greg O'Brien	Southern Cross Racing	1:29.255	+0.377	7
7	47	Glen Sheppard	Demon Racing	1:29.283	+0.405	6
8	51	Jack Hunsley	JHR Developments	1:29.302	+0.424	5
9	35	Keeley Grant	Van Smirren Motorsports	1:29.306	+0.428	4
10	41	Maikel de Boer	Southern Cross Racing	1:29.350	+0.472	3
11	31	Jack Elleker	Aston Martin Racing	1:29.388	+0.510	2
12	52	Chris Copeman	JHR Developments	1:29.431	+0.553	1
13	45	Dan Mills	True North Racing	1:29.461	+0.583
14	49	Nathan McGregor	MAC Racing	1:29.465	+0.587
15	43	Jo-Anne Hayes	Snake Motorsports	1:29.522	+0.644
16	46	Tommi Karjalainen	True North Racing	1:29.555	+0.677
17	37	Monil Santilal	Martini Paddock Racing	1:29.572	+0.694
18	36	Emanuel Domenech	Van Smirren Motorsports	1:29.621	+0.743
19	34	Marcus de Bruyker	One Racing	1:29.631	+0.753
20	33	Ricardo van Smirren	One Racing	1:29.766	+0.888
21	50	Maximilian Schieder	MAC Racing	1:29.789	+0.911
22	38	Gianluigi Silvestre	Martini Paddock Racing	1:29.983	+1.105

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	10	Tobias Kederer	Team Shadow	1:28.922
2	21	John Warrington	MAC Racing	1:28.995	+0.073
3	2	Charrel Jalving	Martini Paddock Racing	1:29.047	+0.125
4	7	Matteo Scala	Van Smirren Motorsports	1:29.073	+0.151
5	5	Stefan van Renselaar	One Racing	1:29.074	+0.152
6	22	Gareth McCarthy	JHR Developments	1:29.083	+0.161
7	3	John Maverick	Aston Martin Racing	1:29.119	+0.197
8	23	Eric Moinet	JHR Developments	1:29.150	+0.228
9	19	Zsigmond Somogyi	Demon Racing	1:29.226	+0.304
10	6	Carlos Rodríguez	One Racing	1:29.277	+0.355
11	1	Ed Greenhalgh	Martini Paddock Racing	1:29.278	+0.356
12	20	Michael Pedersen	MAC Racing	1:29.361	+0.439
13	12	Joseph Gilson	Southern Cross Racing	1:29.377	+0.455
14	18	Jake Legge	Demon Racing	1:29.427	+0.505
15	4	Andrei Sevastian	Aston Martin Racing	1:29.433	+0.511
16	16	Norbert Horváth	True North Racing	1:29.470	+0.548
17	17	Owen Edwards	True North Racing	1:29.526	+0.604
18	11	Ross Cartwright	Southern Cross Racing	1:29.561	+0.639
19	14	Connor Steer	Snake Motorsports	1:29.766	+0.844
20	8	Chris Warrington	Van Smirren Motorsports	1:29.769	+0.847
21	9	Ruben Greidanus	Team Shadow	1:29.792	+0.870
22	15	Dominic Brunner	Snake Motorsports	1:29.897	+0.975

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	John Warrington	MAC Racing	27	41:24.306	2	15
2	10	Tobias Kederer	Team Shadow	27	+9.939	1	12+1
3	2	Charrel Jalving	Martini Paddock Racing	27	+11.524	3	10+1
4	5	Stefan van Renselaar	One Racing	27	+17.263	5	9
5	3	John Maverick	Aston Martin Racing	27	+20.887	7	8
6	12	Joseph Gilson	Southern Cross Racing	27	+21.526	13	7
7	18	Jake Legge	Demon Racing	27	+24.964	14	6
8	23	Eric Moinet	JHR Developments	27	+28.194	8	5
9	1	Ed Greenhalgh	Martini Paddock Racing	27	+30.429	11	4
10	14	Connor Steer	Snake Motorsports	27	+31.418	19	3+1
11	4	Andrei Sevastian	Aston Martin Racing	27	+34.132	15	2
12	9	Ruben Greidanus	Team Shadow	27	+34.661	21	1
13	11	Ross Cartwright	Southern Cross Racing	27	+34.966	18
14	15	Dominic Brunner	Snake Motorsports	27	+38.127	22
15	22	Gareth McCarthy	JHR Developments	24	+3 Laps	6
Ret	20	Michael Pedersen	MAC Racing	17	Didn't finish	12
Ret	6	Carlos Rodríguez	One Racing	5	Didn't finish	10
Ret	8	Chris Warrington	Van Smirren Motorsports	3	Loose wheel	20
Ret	7	Matteo Scala	Van Smirren Motorsports	3	Didn't finish	4
Ret	17	Owen Edwards	True North Racing	3	Didn't finish	17
Ret	16	Norbert Horváth	True North Racing	3	Didn't finish	16
Ret	19	Zsigmond Somogyi	Demon Racing	2	Didn't finish	9
Fastest lap: Charrel Jalving (Martini Paddock Racing) — 1:30.698
Places gained: Connor Steer (Snake Motorsports) — +9 Places

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Joseph Gilson 22 2 John Maverick 18 3 Charrel Jalving 18 4 Stefan van Renselaar 18 5 John Warrington 15	Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Southern Cross Racing 30 2 Martini Paddock Racing 23 3 One Racing 22 4 Aston Martin Racing 20 5 Team Shadow 18	Testers' Championship standings Pos Tester Points 1 Mal Stoddart 20 2 Dean Kittleson 18 3 Sebastian Nell 15 4 Maximilian Schieder 15 5 Jack Elleker 12
Note: Only the top five positions are included for all 3 sets of standings.