The Yokohama-based manufacturer is once again poised to field four cars in SUPER GT’s top GT500 class this year, having already unveiled the Z base model that replaces the GT-R.
However, Motorsport.com has learned these will be operated by just three teams, with B-Max dropping out of the series after four seasons of operating the #3 Nissan entry under the ‘NDDP Racing with B-Max’ banner.
The flagship NISMO team will pick up the slack and run two cars for the first time since 2008. It is not known however if the #3 plate and the ‘NDDP Racing’ branding – a reference to Nissan’s young driver programme – will be retained.
Nissan’s other squads, Team Impul and Kondo Racing, will continue to field a single car each.
Kanagawa Prefecture-based B-Max, meanwhile, will continue to participate in Super Formula with Honda power.
NISMO and B-Max had been effectively operating as a two-car factory squad in recent seasons, occupying adjacent pit garages and sharing data as the…
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