SARD
Company type | Limited |
---|---|
Industry | Motorsport and car tuning |
Founded | 1985 |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Key people | Shin Kato, President |
Products | Racing team, aftermarket tuning component |
Owner | Shin Kato |
Website | https://www.sard.co.jp |
SARD Corporation (株式会社サード, Kabushiki gaisha Sādo, abbreviated as Sigma Advanced Racing Development) is a Japanese tuning company and racing team from Toyota, Aichi, mainly competing in the Super GT series and specializing in Toyota tuning parts.
History
The company was formed in 1972 as Sigma Automotive Co., Ltd by Shin Kato to develop and produce motorsport related parts and accessories as well as operating their own racing team.[1]
In 1985, the racing division of Sigma Automotive became an independent company, Kato established a company called Sigma Advanced Racing Development (SARD) specializing in motorsport as well as producing aftermarket parts for Toyota automobiles.[2]
Products
Sigma Advanced Racing Development (SARD) develops and manufactures tuning parts mainly for
Current Product Lines
- Complete Car
- Aero
- Wing
- Dry Carbon
- Interior
- Exhaust
- Intake & Suction
- Fuel
- Oil
- Chemical
- Cooling
- Footwork
- Body Build
- Powertrain
- Engine Parts
- Turbo
- Electronics
- Sub Parts
- Goods & Apparel
Also, under the SARD Marine Project, a separate project to its car works, it builds and sell its Toyota powered motorboats.[5]
Motorsport
Sigma Automotive began its racing career in the Fuji Grand Champion Series and in 1973 participated for the first time in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with their Sigma MC73, powered by a Mazda Wankel engine, becoming the first Japanese car to qualify for Le Mans,[3] before retiring early in the race with electrical problems.[6] The team returned for the following year with a Mazda backed MC74, finishing but not making enough laps to be classified. In 1975 the team switched to a Toyota powerplant in the MC75, only to suffer from another early retirement. After transitioning out of international motorsports, Sigma Automotive would continue to compete in numerous domestic series.
SARD returned to international motorsports in 1989, debuting as a Toyota backed team named Toyota Team SARD in the first round of
SARD continued to compete in the JGTC and Super GT series with works-backed Toyotas and Lexuses; the team currently fields a
In 2006, SARD competed in the
SARD planned to take part in the
Complete JGTC Results[16] [17]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Super GT Results[18]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Car | Tyres | Class | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005
|
Toyota Supra | B | GT500 | 39 | André Couto Ronnie Quintarelli |
OKA 8 |
FUJ Ret |
SEP 9 |
SUG 2 |
MOT 14 |
FUJ 12 |
AUT 11 |
SUZ 11 |
12th | 21 | |
2006
|
Toyota Supra | B | GT500 | 66 | André Couto Katsuyuki Hiranaka Soheil Ayari |
SUZ 11 |
OKA 13 |
FUJ 11 |
SEP 13 |
SUG Ret |
SUZ 11 |
MOT 9 |
AUT 10 |
FUJ 10 |
15th | 9 |
2007
|
Lexus SC430
|
B | GT500 | 39 | André Couto Katsuyuki Hiranaka |
SUZ Ret |
OKA 12 |
FUJ 8 |
SEP 13 |
SUG 6 |
SUZ 11 |
MOT 10 |
AUT 3 |
FUJ 13 |
15th | 37 |
2008
|
Lexus SC430
|
D | GT500 | 39 | André Couto Toranosuke Takagi Koki Saga |
SUZ 12 |
OKA 14 |
FUJ 13 |
SEP 12 |
SUG 6 |
SUZ 15 |
MOT 13 |
AUT 13 |
FUJ 5 |
16th | 29 |
2009
|
Lexus SC430
|
D | GT500 | 39 | André Couto Kohei Hirate |
OKA 15 |
SUZ 10 |
FUJ 10 |
SEP 13 |
SUG 2 |
SUZ 7 |
FUJ 11 |
AUT 12 |
MOT 5 |
13th | 48 |
2010
|
Lexus SC430
|
D | GT500 | 39 | André Couto Kohei Hirate Carlo van Dam |
SUZ 5 |
OKA 10 |
FUJ Ret |
SEP 10 |
SUG 10 |
SUZ 8 |
FUJ C |
MOT 11 |
12th | 26 | |
2011
|
Lexus SC430
|
M | GT500 | 39 | Hiroaki Ishiura Takuto Iguchi |
OKA 13 |
FUJ 6 |
SEP 13 |
SUG 2 |
SUZ 5 |
FUJ 8 |
AUT 15 |
MOT 3 |
7th | 61 | |
2012
|
Lexus SC430
|
M | GT500 | 39 | Hiroaki Ishiura Juichi Wakisaka |
OKA 9 |
FUJ 1 |
SEP 4 |
SUG 4 |
SUZ Ret |
FUJ 6 |
AUT 5 |
MOT 5 |
3rd | 78 | |
2013
|
Lexus SC430
|
B | GT500 | 39 | Hiroaki Ishiura Juichi Wakisaka |
OKA 8 |
FUJ 4 |
SEP 2 |
SUG 4 |
SUZ 9 |
FUJ 11 |
AUT 7 |
MOT 4 |
7th | 70 | |
2014
|
Lexus RC F | B | GT500 | 39 | Hiroaki Ishiura Oliver Jarvis |
OKA 4 |
FUJ 6 |
AUT 11 |
SUG 6 |
FUJ 12 |
SUZ 11 |
BUR 7 |
MOT 9 |
10th | 43 | |
2015
|
Lexus RC F | B | GT500 | 39 | Heikki Kovalainen Kohei Hirate Christian Klien |
OKA 5 |
FUJ 5 |
CHA 7 |
FUJ 9 |
SUZ 11 |
SUG Ret |
AUT 13 |
MOT 6 |
13th | 40 | |
2016
|
Audi R8 LMS | Y | GT300 | 26 | Shogo Mitsuyama Yuya Motojima Tsubasa Kondo |
OKA 20 |
FUJ 15 |
SUG 19 |
FUJ 8 |
SUZ 20 |
CHA
|
MOT 6 |
MOT 7 |
16th | 27 | |
Lexus RC F | B | GT500 | 39 | Heikki Kovalainen Kohei Hirate |
OKA 7 |
FUJ 2 |
SUG 2 |
FUJ 8 |
SUZ 8 |
CHA 7 |
MOT 2 |
MOT 1 |
1st | 103 | ||
2017 | Lexus LC500 GT500
|
B | GT500 | 1 | Heikki Kovalainen Kohei Hirate |
OKA 3 |
FUJ 7 |
AUT 14 |
SUG 1 |
FUJ 10 |
SUZ 13 |
CHA 6 |
MOT 8 |
6th | 64 | |
Audi R8 LMS | Y | GT300 | 26 | Shinnosuke Yamada Jake Parsons Christian Klien |
OKA 21 |
FUJ 21 |
AUT 14 |
SUG 18 |
FUJ 19 |
SUZ Ret |
CHA 19 |
MOT 14 |
24th | 11 | ||
2018 | Lexus LC500 GT500
|
B | GT500 | 39 | Heikki Kovalainen Kamui Kobayashi Sho Tsuboi |
OKA 12 |
FUJ 2 |
SUZ Ret |
CHA 1 |
FUJ 11 |
SUG 10 |
AUT 8 |
MOT 8 |
9th | 62 | |
2019 | Lexus LC500 GT500
|
B | GT500 | 39 | Heikki Kovalainen Yuichi Nakayama |
OKA 11 |
FUJ 4 |
SUZ 5 |
BUR 5 |
FUJ Ret |
AUT 1 |
SUG 7 |
MOT 11 |
5th | 64 | |
2020 | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | B | GT500 | 39 | Yuichi Nakayama Heikki Kovalainen Kenta Yamashita Sena Sakaguchi |
FUJ 5 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 5 |
MOT 9 |
FUJ 1 |
SUZ 11 |
MOT 8 |
FUJ 14 |
8th | 64 | |
2021 | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | B | GT500 | 39 | Heikki Kovalainen Yuichi Nakayama |
OKA 4 |
FUJ 6 |
MOT 10 |
SUZ 14 |
SUG 5 |
AUT 5 |
MOT 11 |
FUJ 4 |
9th | 58 | |
2022 | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | B | GT500 | 39 | Yuichi Nakayama Yuhi Sekiguchi |
OKA 8 |
FUJ 13 |
SUZ 4 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 3 |
SUG 6 |
AUT 10 |
MOT Ret |
8th | 51.5 | |
2023 | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | B | GT500 | 39 | Yuichi Nakayama Yuhi Sekiguchi |
OKA 8 |
FUJ 8 |
SUZ 15 |
FUJ 9 |
SUZ 2 |
SUG 3 |
AUT 14 |
MOT 7 |
8th | 58 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.
External links
References
- ^ a b SARD Archived 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b JCN Network: Toyota to Enter Hybrid Sedan in 24-hour Race Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Sard Racing
- ^ "SARD :: PRODUCTS". www.sard.co.jp. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ SARD Marine Project Archived 2007-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Le Mans and the Racing Rotary Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Retrospective>>toyota Supra Gt Lm At Le Mans". Speedhunters. 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ Clifford, Joe (2019-01-21). "Lexus RC F in motorsport: the story so far". Lexus UK Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "DENSO TEAM SARD RC F Clinches Title In Motegi Finale | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Lexus RC F Team SARD Wins Japan's 2016 Super GT Championship". Lexus Enthusiast Community Forums. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ Autoblog: Denso SARD Supra HV-R takes the pole at Tokachi 24
- ^ a b Autoblog: Toyota SARD entering Supra HV-R hybrid racer in Tokachi 24 hours
- ^ (in Japanese) TOYOTA MOTOR SPORTS − 十勝24時間レース スペシャルサイト Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Noda (SARD): "In the Future, We'll Move to LMP1" – Sportscar365". 17 February 2015.
- ^ Dagys, John (21 April 2015). "Inside the Developing Tale of Team SARD-Morand". Sportscar365. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ "SUPERGT.net | Race Archive". supergt.net. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes - All Japan Grand Touring Championship". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-24.