# Racing Project Bandoh

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Japanese racing team

Racing Project Bandoh Founded December 7, 1990 (1990-12-07) Base Machida, Tokyo Onoji-cho, 1059 Team principal(s) Masataka Bandoh Founder(s) Masaaki Bandoh Current series Super GT Former series JTCC, JGTC Current drivers Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi Teams' Championships 2 (JGTC, 1997/GT300, 2009) Drivers' Championships 2 (JGTC, 1997/GT300, 2009) Website www.bandohracing.com

**Racing Project Bandoh Ltd.** is a Japanese racing team competing in the [Super GT](/source/Super_GT) series.

## Racing history

#19 WedsSport ADVAN [Lexus SC430](/source/Lexus_SC) at [Fuji Speedway](/source/Fuji_Speedway) in 2011

Created in 1990 by Masaaki Bando, Racing Project Bandoh raced in the [All Japan Touring Car Championship](/source/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](/source/Super_GT) in 1997, competing with a [Nissan Silvia S14](/source/Nissan_Silvia) in the GT300 class winning five consecutive podiums. In the team's first year of competition, drivers [Hideo Fukuyama](/source/Hideo_Fukuyama) and [Manabu Orido](/source/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](/source/Suzuka_Circuit) 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](/source/Morio_Nitta). Bandoh would win one race in 2000 at [Sportsland SUGO](/source/Sportsland_SUGO), and one race in 2001 at [Twin Ring Motegi](/source/Twin_Ring_Motegi).

2003 brought more success for the team after changing to a new [Toyota Celica](/source/Toyota_Celica) mid-way through the season, taking wins at [Mt. Fuji](/source/Fuji_Speedway) and [Suzuka](/source/Suzuka_Circuit) and drivers [Takayuki Aoki](/source/Takayuki_Aoki) and [Minoru Tanaka](/source/Minoru_Tanaka_(driver)) finishing fourth in the championship. Bandoh won one race at [Sportsland SUGO](/source/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](/source/Sportsland_SUGO). In 2008 the team won the seventh round of the season at [Motegi](/source/Twin_Ring_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](/source/Super_GT) series.[2] The following year in 2009 drivers Manabu Orido and [Tatsuya Kataoka](/source/Tatsuya_Kataoka) in a [Lexus IS350](/source/Lexus_IS) 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](/source/Nobuteru_Taniguchi) and [Ryo Orime](/source/Ryo_Orime) in the GT300 class.[3]

In 2011 Racing Project Bandoh moved to the GT500 class competing in a [Lexus SC430](/source/Lexus_SC) under the name LEXUS TEAM WedsSport BANDOH.[4]

In 2015 and 2016 the team fielded both a [Lexus RC F](/source/Lexus_RC) 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](/source/WedsSport), a Japanese aftermarket wheel manufacturer.

## Results

### Complete JGTC Results

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap)

Year[5] 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

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in *italics* indicate fastest lap)

Year[6][7] 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 2024 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT500 19 Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi OKA 13 FUJ 10 SUZ 12 FUJ 9 SUG 8 AUT Ret MOT 12 SUZ 14 15th 21 2025 Toyota GR Supra GT500 Y GT500 19 Yuji Kunimoto Sena Sakaguchi Kazuto Kotaka OKA 12† FUJ 14 SEP 5 FS1 4 FS2 15 SUZ 14 SUG 10 AUT 5 MOT 11 14th 36.5

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["RACING PROJECT BANDOH -SPONSOR COLLECTION-"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160327011114/http://www.bandohracing.com/sponsor.html). *www.bandohracing.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.bandohracing.com/sponsor.html) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["RACING PROJECT BANDOH -COMPANY-"](http://www.bandohracing.com/company/). *www.bandohracing.com*. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["SUPERGT.net | 2009 Point Ranking"](http://supergt.net/archive/classic/supergt.net/supergt/2009/09ranking/index.htm). *supergt.net*. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Tandds | SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE"](http://supergt.net/tandds/team/2011/135). *supergt.net*. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:1_5-0)** ["World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship"](http://www.wsrp.cz/jgtc.html). *www.wsrp.cz*. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship"](http://www.wsrp.cz/jgtc.html). *www.wsrp.cz*. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Magazine, Speedsport. ["Super GT & All Japan GT: Overview of seasons"](https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/grand-touring/super-gt-all-japan-gt.html). *www.speedsport-magazine.com*. Retrieved 2023-05-24.

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