2024 Nissan Z Nismo Debuts With 420 Horsepower, Track-Focused Aero It's only available with the nine-speed automatic and gains a Sport + drive mode to make the most of its go-fast upgrades. Motor1 · Aug 1, 2023
Honda Civic GT500 car completes first laps in Okayama test All three GT500 manufacturers have gathered for a two-day test with their 2024 machines, with Honda, Toyota and Nissan each running a single car each. Motorsport · Jul 25, 2023
Michelin outlines conditions for future GT500 return The French tyre maker, which currently supplies Nissan's two works-run NISMO and NDDP Racing entries, announced back in May that the current season will be its last in GT500, ending an unbroken run of participation dating back to 2009. Motorsport · Jul 20, 2023
Matsuda targets Fuji Super GT return after leaving hospital Matsuda's #23 NISMO Nissan Z was involved in a high-speed accident at the 130R corner that brought the third round of the season to a premature halt. Autosport · Jul 19, 2023
Matsuda targets Fuji SUPER GT return after leaving hospital The #23 NISMO Nissan Z of Matsuda was involved in a high-speed accident at the 130R corner that brought the third round of the season to a premature halt. Motorsport · Jul 19, 2023
SUPER GT updates pitstop rules after Suzuka confusion The third round of the season was cut short just after 75 percent distance following a huge crash at 130R involving the NISMO Nissan of Tsugio Matsuda and the JLOC Lamborghini of Kosuke Matsuura. Motorsport · Jul 7, 2023
Why Toyota’s top SUPER GT team is looking difficult to stop After winning the second round of the season at Fuji, TOM’S duo Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata talked down their prospects of doing the same in the following race at Suzuka. That’s to be expected; cars rarely win races carrying 40kg of success ballast, after all. Motorsport · Jul 7, 2023
Super GT keen to prevent Bridgestone whitewash after Michelin exit Michelin stunned the paddock when it announced in May that this season will be its last competing in the Japanese series’ top category, a move that leaves Nissan’s two NISMO-run cars needing to find a different supplier for 2024. Autosport · Jul 4, 2023
SUPER GT keen to prevent Bridgestone whitewash after Michelin exit Michelin stunned the paddock when it announced in May that this season will be its last competing in the Japanese series’ top category, a move that leaves Nissan’s two NISMO-run cars needing to find a different supplier for 2024. Motorsport · Jul 4, 2023
Nissan Z Nismo To Be Sold Only With Automatic Transmission: Report Official details are expected later this summer. Motor1 · Jun 27, 2023
SUPER GT promises pitstop rule changes in time for next race The saga surrounding which team won the red-flagged race, curtailed by a huge crash involving NISMO Nissan driver Tsugio Matsuda on lap 59 of 77, rumbled on for a week until the release of the official results last Monday. Motorsport · Jun 19, 2023
Nissan appeal rejected, Bandoh Toyota keeps Suzuka win The official results for the third round of the 2023 season were released on Monday, more than a week on from the 450km event, with no changes from the revised provisional results that were published late on the evening of the race. Motorsport · Jun 12, 2023
Matsuda leaves intensive care after horror Suzuka Super GT crash Matsuda was involved in a high-speed accident at 130R on lap 59 of 77 in the 450km race last Sunday that left the #23 NISMO Nissan Z almost completely destroyed. Autosport · Jun 7, 2023
SUPER GT must tighten rules after Suzuka confusion - Baguette The third round of the season on Sunday was red-flagged and not resumed following the horror crash involving Nissan driver Tsugio Matsuda and the JLOC Lamborghini of Kosuke Matsuura at 130R on lap 59 of 77. Motorsport · Jun 7, 2023
Motorsport · Jun 7, 2023 Matsuda leaves intensive care after horror Suzuka crash Matsuda was involved in a high-speed accident at 130R on lap 59 of 77 in the 450km race last Sunday that left the #23 NISMO Nissan Z almost completely destroyed.
Motorsport · Jun 4, 2023 Winning Nissan penalised after mass protest, Bandoh Toyota wins Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi were initially declared the winners of the 450km race after it was cut short for a huge crash involving the sister NISMO car of Tsugio Matsuda and the JLOC Lamborghini Huracan of Kosuke Matsuura.
Autosport · Jun 4, 2023 Suzuka Super GT: Huge crash brings race to early end The #23 NISMO Nissan Z of Matsuda and the #87 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Matsuura were caught up in a frightening accident at 130R that brought out the red flags on lap 59 of 77.
Motorsport · Jun 4, 2023 Suzuka SUPER GT: Huge crash brings race to early end The #23 NISMO Nissan Z of Matsuda and the #87 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Matsuura were caught up in a frightening accident at 130R that brought out the red flags on lap 59 of 77.
Motorsport · Jun 3, 2023 Suzuka SUPER GT: Hirate bags pole for Kondo Nissan With zero success ballast on board, the #24 Nissan Z shared by Hirate and Daiki Sasaki looked like a contender for pole from the start of the weekend, with Sasaki setting the pace in Saturday morning practice.
Motorsport · Jun 1, 2023 Bridgestone open to expanding GT500 tyre supply for NISMO Michelin announced last month that it will leave the GT500 class at the end of the season, leaving the two NISMO-run Z entries in need of a new tyre supplier for 2024 and beyond.
Motorsport · May 16, 2023 Michelin explains reasoning for SUPER GT GT500 exit The French tyre supplier made a shock announcement last week that the 2023 season will be its last in the top class of Japan’s top sportscar series, where it supplies Nissan’s two works NISMO Zs, although it plans to maintain a presence in the GT300 division.
Autosport · May 10, 2023 Michelin to end Super GT GT500 tyre supply after 2023 season The French firm made the shock announcement on Wednesday, signalling the end of its relationship with Nissan and the works NISMO team, which it has supplied continuously since the 2013 season.
Motorsport · May 10, 2023 What Michelin’s shock exit means for Nissan and SUPER GT Nissan because it now has the headache of trying to reach an agreement with one of the three remaining GT500 suppliers, Bridgestone, Yokohama and Dunlop - and the championship itself because it raises questions about the future of the tyre war that has been a core element of the premier…
Motorsport · May 10, 2023 Michelin to end SUPER GT GT500 tyre supply after 2023 season The French firm made the shock announcement on Wednesday, signalling the end of its relationship with Nissan and the works NISMO team, which it has supplied continuously since the 2013 season.
Autosport · May 4, 2023 SUPER GT Fuji: TOM'S pair deliver Toyota's first win of 2023 The occupants of the #36 Toyota GR Supra came through from sixth on the grid to beat the pole-sitting Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT of Naoki Yamamoto and Tadasuke Makino by 28 seconds in the 450km race, which ran completely caution-free.