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| Founded | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Kazumichi Goh |
| Teamprincipal(s) | Kazuhiro Ikeda |
| Current series | Super Formula F4 Japanese Championship Kyojo Cup |
| Former series | JGTC Super GT FIA GT FIA Sportscar Le Mans Series IndyCar Series |
| Current drivers | Kazuto Kotaka Hibiki Taira |
| Teams' Championships | 1(1996 JGTC) |
| Drivers' Championships | 1(1996 JGTC) |
TGM Grand Prix orTGMGP, formerlyTeam Goh Motorsports, is aJapaneseauto racing team founded by Kazumichi Goh in 1996. Now the team compete inSuper Formula Championship since 2023.
Initially competing in theAll-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC), Team Goh won the 1996 championship with aMcLaren F1 GTR and driversJohn Nielsen andDavid Brabham.
The team next set its sights on the24 Hours of Le Mans, initially entering the McLaren in1997, then a former worksBMW V12 LM in1999, and a pair ofPanoz LMP-1s in2000.
In 2001, Team Goh partnered with the Danish Den Blå Avis team, running aDome-Judd in theFIA Sportscar Championship, earning two wins and finishing second in the championship. The following year, Kazumichi Goh purchased anAudi R8, as part of a three-year program at Le Mans. The team finished in seventh in2002 and fourth in2003. Goh also participated in the1000 km of Spa and1000 km of Le Mans, winning both events with driversSeiji Ara andTom Kristensen.
In 2004, Goh entered the newLe Mans Endurance Series with their R8, finishing the season third in the championship. At the24 Hours of Le Mans, Goh drivers Ara and Kristensen were joined byRinaldo Capello, and won the race overall, becoming only the second Japanese team to take the overall victory.
The team then focused on a return to the JGTC, which had by then been renamed to Super GT, acquiring a new GT1-specMaserati MC12 with the aim of entering the2006 season.[1] However, the GT1-spec car was well off the pace of its JapaneseGT500-class competitors during pre-season testing, causing the team to withdraw from the championship.[2]
Three years later, the team would return to competition, entering aPorsche RS Spyder in the2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was running second in class when driver Seiji Ara suffered a large accident on theMulsanne Straight, forcing the car's retirement. It would turn out to be the team's only outing with the Porsche, as the car was sold in August 2009, only two months after the race. Moreover, the race turned out to be Goh's only outing in what was planned to be a multi-year programme, as the collapse of the team's title sponsor in February 2010 forced the suspension of all activity.
In 2019, after a hiatus of nearly nine years, Kazumichi Goh announced the return of Team Goh, along with a new partnership with McLaren. Competing asMcLaren Customer Racing Japan, Team Goh planned to field aMcLaren 720S GT3 in Super GT's GT300 class, alongside an additional 720S in the2019 Suzuka 10 Hours.[3][4][5] The team had originally planned to enter its second car in theSuper Taikyu series, but was forced to abandon its plans prior to the season opener, citing a lack of parts.[6] The team later withdrew from the Suzuka 10 Hours as well, citing aBalance of Performance that Goh felt was unfavorable to the team's McLarens.[7] Goh's Super GT entry did go ahead, the team contesting all rounds of the season save for the flyawayBuriram round. After a disappointing season in which the team finished 14th in the teams' standings despite taking a podium atAutopolis and pole atMotegi, the team withdrew from Super GT at the end of 2019.
Team Goh partnered withDale Coyne Racing for the2020 IndyCar Series, entering the series asDale Coyne Racing with Team Goh, with its ex-Super GT driverAlex Palou driving the team's No. 55 entry.[8] Palou finished third in just his third career start atRoad America. He would finish the season 16th in the drivers' standings, before Palou and Team Goh departed Dale Coyne Racing ahead of the 2021 IndyCar season.
In 2020, Team Goh announced a partnership with BMW Team Studie in Super GT, with McLaren Customer Racing Japan now operating asCustomer Racing Support Limited (CSL). Kazumichi Goh was named the General Manager of BMW Team Studie x CSL's GT300 entry, and Seiji Ara was named one of the team's drivers, alongside gentleman racer Tomohide Yamaguchi.[9] Goh's involvement with BMW Team Studie continued for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
In 2021, Team Goh partnered withTeam Mugen to formRed Bull Mugen Team Goh, which entered the number 15Red Bull Dallara SF19/Honda forHiroki Otsu in theSuper Formula Championship.[10] Otsu finished the season sixth in the drivers' championship and won Rookie of the Year honours, while Mugen/Team Goh finished seventh in the teams' championship with their single car entry.
For their second season in Super Formula, Team Goh ran as an independent, two-car team with Honda engines.[11] Kazuhiro Ikeda, the president of Servus Japan, succeeded Kazumichi Goh as the team principal andrepresentative director of the company,[11] whileRed Bull junior driverRen Sato andAtsushi Miyake were announced as the drivers for the2022 season.[12] The formerHonda Formula One project manager, Masashi Yamamoto, was appointed the team manager.[13] Sato finished the season twelfth in the drivers' championship, with Miyake fifteenth. The team finished seventh in the teams' championship for the second year in a row.
Following the loss of Red Bull backing,[14] Team Goh withdrew from Super Formula at the end of the season. Its former partner Servus Japan took over the entry for the2023 season, renaming the teamTGM Grand Prix.[15] TGM is short for 'Team Goh Motorsport' in a nod to the team's former identity. They signed Toshiki Oyu and rookieCem Bölükbaşı, who competed in Formula 2 in 2022.[16] Bölükbaşı was the firstTurkish driver to race in the series.[17] Toshiki Oyu suffered from a broken collarbone during training ahead of round 6. Hiroki Otsu once again stepped in as a replacement driver.[18] Ahead of the final Suzuka weekend, TGM Grand Prix announced that Toshiki Oyu would not be competing in the double-header, withRiki Okusa as the replacement driver making his Super Formula debut.[19][20]
Juju Noda or will be known as "Juju" make her debut in Super Formula with the Team for 2024.
TGM Grand Prix changed both their name and their engine supplier. The team will no longer run Honda engines and instead now joinedRookie Racing in serving asToyota Gazoo Racing's junior team, called TGR-DC. The team also acquired a new title sponsor in telecommunications operatorKDDI, with the team entering the 2025 season under the nameKDDI TGMGP TGR-DC.[21]
| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  Team LarkMcLaren | 44 | McLaren F1 GTR |  Gary AylesAkihiko NakayaKeiichi Tsuchiya | LMGT1 | 88 | DNF | DNF |
| 1999 | Team GohDavid Price Racing | 19 | BMW V12 LM | Hiroki KatohHiro MatsushitaAkihiko Nakaya | LMP | 223 | DNF | DNF |
| 2000 | TV Asahi Team Dragon | 22 | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | Akira IidaMasahiko KondoKeiichi Tsuchiya | LMP900 | 330 | 8th | 7th |
| 23 | Masahiko KageyamaMasami KageyamaToshio Suzuki | 340 | 6th | 6th | ||||
| Team GohChamberlain Engineering | 56 | Chrysler Viper GTS-R |  Walter Brun Christian Gläsel Toni Seiler | LMGTS | 210 | DNF | DNF | |
| 2001 |  TeamDen Blå Avis-Goh | 10 | Dome S101 | Casper ElgaardHiroki KatohJohn Nielsen | LMP900 | 66 | DNF | DNF |
| 2002 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | 5 | Audi R8 | Seiji Ara Yannick DalmasHiroki Katoh | LMP900 | 358 | 7th | 6th |
| 2003 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | 5 | Audi R8 | Seiji AraJan MagnussenMarco Werner | LMP900 | 370 | 4th | 2nd |
| 2004 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | 5 | Audi R8 | Seiji Ara Rinaldo CapelloTom Kristensen | LMP1 | 379 | 1st | 1st |
| 2009 | Navi Team Goh | 5 | Porsche RS Spyder Evo | Seiji AraKeisuke KunimotoSascha Maassen | LMP2 | 339 | DNF | DNF |
(key)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | TEX | IMS | ROA | ROA | IOW | IOW | INDY | GTW | GTW | MDO | MDO | IMS | IMS | STP | |||||||||
| DallaraDW12 | Honda HI20TTV6t |  Álex Palou R | 55 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 16th | 238 | ||||
* Season still in progress
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | D.C. | Pts | T.C. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AsRed BullMugen Team Goh | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 15 | Hiroki Otsu | FUJ 16 | SUZ 5 | AUT 6 | SUG 10 | MOT 10 | MOT 1 | SUZ 5 | 6th | 38.5 | 7th | 35.5 | |||
| As Team Goh | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 53 | Ren Sato | FUJ 9 | FUJ 13 | SUZ 10 | AUT 17 | SUG 16 | FUJ 6 | MOT 12 | MOT 7 | SUZ 3 | SUZ 19 | 12th | 25 | 7th | 44 |
| 55 | Atsushi Miyake | FUJ 10 | FUJ 5 | SUZ Ret | AUT 3 | SUG 18 | FUJ Ret | MOT Ret | MOT 15 | SUZ 12 | SUZ 8 | 14th | 21 | |||||
| As TGM Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Dallara SF23 | Honda | 53 | Toshiki Oyu | FUJ 7 | FUJ 20 | SUZ Ret | AUT Ret | SUG Ret | MOT 3 | 9th | 22 | 9th | 20 | ||||
| Hiroki Otsu | FUJ 21† | 24th | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Riki Okusa | SUZ 18 | SUZ 13 | 23rd | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 55 |  Cem Bölükbaşı | FUJ 8 | FUJ 17 | SUZ 9 | AUT 15 | SUG 17 | FUJ 18 | MOT 11 | SUZ 20 | SUZ 15 | 18th | 5 | ||||||
| 2024 | Dallara SF23 | Honda | 53 | "Juju" | SUZ 17 | AUT 20 | SUG 18 | FUJ 19 | MOT 18 | FUJ 17 | FUJ 16 | SUZ 12 | SUZ 20 | 21st | 0 | 9th | 3 | |
| 55 | Nobuharu Matsushita | SUZ 8 | AUT 16 | SUG 19 | 15th | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Hiroki Otsu | FUJ 14 | MOT 15 | FUJ 19 | FUJ 13 | SUZ Ret | SUZ Ret | 22nd | 0 | ||||||||||
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