Nissan officially announced today that the R35 Nissan GT-R GT500 is going to compete in the Japanese SUPER GT series. The technical support for the R35 Nissan GT-R GT500 will be provided by Nismo. A total of five R35 Nissan GT-R GT500 will be entered in the series by: NISMO, HASEMI MOTORSPORT, TEAM IMPUL, and KONDO RACING.
Here are the teams:
Car # Entrant
Manager
Driver
Car Name
22 NISMO
Yoshitaka Iijima
Michael Krumm
Masataka Yanagida
MOTUL AUTECH GT-R
23 NISMO
Yoshitaka Iijima
Satoshi Motoyama
Benoit Treluyer
XANAVI NISMO GT-R
3 HASEMI MOTORSPORT
Masahiro Hasemi
Ronnie Quintarelli
Naoki Yokomizo
YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R
12 TEAM IMPUL
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Tsugio Matsuda
Sebastien Philippe
CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R
24 KONDO RACING
Masahiko Kondo
Joao Paolo de Oliveira
Seiji Ara
ADVAN Clarion GT-R
The R35 Nissan GT-R GT500 has been designed with the following things in mind:
Reducing parts weight, lowering the centre of gravity and optimising weight distribution to improve handling and vehicle dynamics
Using the aerodynamics of the new NISSAN GT-R to decrease drag and increase down-force
Increased power and improved efficiency from the VK45 engine
R35 Nissan GT-R GT500 Specifications:
Overall length mm 4800
Overall width mm 2000
Wheelbase mm 2720
Track width (Front) mm 1685
Track width (Rear) mm 1675
Weight kg 1100
Engine VK45DE
Engine Displacement cc 4494
Max. Power ps Over 500
Max. Torque kgm Over 52
Clutch 5.5"Carbon triple plate
Transmission 6 Speed sequential (Transaxle)
Brakes (Front) Ventilated disc
Brakes (Rear) Ventilated disc
Suspension (Front) Double wishbone
Suspension (Rear) Double wishbone
Driven Wheels Rear (2WD)
Wheels (Front) 13.0J—18
Wheels (Rear) 13.0J—17
Tyres (Front) 330/40R18
Tyres (Rear) 330/45R17
