Breaking news
Super GT
Super GT changes finale date to avoid WEC clash
The final round of the 2019 Super GT season at Motegi has been pushed forward a week to avoid a clash with the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Rachit Thukral
Edited: Dec 13, 2018, 9:50 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Super GT’s Motegi round was originally scheduled for November 10, maintaining its long-running second weekend of November slot.
The initial 2019/20 WEC calendar released in August had the Shanghai round taking place on November 17, but this was then moved to November 10, as part of a reshuffle to prevent a clash between WEC's Fuji race and the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix.
GTA, the organiser of the Japanese series, has now moved to prevent the clash, switching the Motegi race date to November 3.
This will allow drivers who compete in both series, including Toyota LMP1 stars Kamui Kobayashi and Kazuki Nakajima, to contest the Super GT finale instead of missing it in favour of the WEC.
This also means that there will be a one week gap between the last rounds of Super GT and Super Taikyu, Japan’s other main sportscar racing series.
Super GT has also announced the official testing calendar for 2019, with the first test scheduled for Okayama International Circuit on March 16-17.
Defending champion Jenson Button will skip the WEC's Sebring round in favour of attending the Okayama test.
Fuji will host the second test just weeks later on March 30-31, while an in-season test is scheduled at Sportsland Sugo on August 10-11.
Super GT 2019 calendar:
Date Circuit Apr. 13-14 
Okayama International Circuit May 3-4 Fuji Speedway May 25-26 Suzuka Circuit Jun. 29-30 
Chang International Circuit (Buriram) Aug. 3-4 Fuji Speedway Sep. 7-8 Autopolis Sep. 21-22 Sportsland SUGO Nov. 2-3 Twin Ring Motegi
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Toyota teases potential future Super GT challenger
Next article Juncadella in the frame for 2019 Nissan Super GT drive
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Rachit Thukral
Why aerodynamics will become "even more important" under 2027 MotoGP regulations
MotoGP
MotoGP
Qatar GP
14 h
Why aerodynamics will become "even more important" under 2027 MotoGP regulations
Sebastien Bourdais hopes latest WEC success will remind teams of his value
WEC
WEC
Monza
15 h
Sebastien Bourdais hopes latest WEC success will remind teams of his value
Latest news
Carson Hocevar and Cleetus McFarland win LeMullets 2026 in epic finish
General
Misc General 55 min
Carson Hocevar and Cleetus McFarland win LeMullets 2026 in epic finish
TV ratings released for NASCAR Cup season finale
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
7 h
TV ratings released for NASCAR Cup season finale
Chase Elliott's car chief leaves Hendrick for NASCAR Truck crew chief role
NASCAR Truck
NSTR NASCAR Truck
Homestead
8 h
Chase Elliott's car chief leaves Hendrick for NASCAR Truck crew chief role
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe