YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Nissan Motorsports & Customizing Co., Ltd. (NMC) today announced the outline of their 2025 motorsports activities.

Takao Katagiri, head of Nissan's Motorsports Business Unit and CEO of NMC, says, "Nissan/NMC will continue to take on new challenges and changes with maximum effort this year. Nissan is committed to electrification in motorsports as part of its goal to achieve a carbon-neutral society. Now in our seventh season of Formula E, we've already secured a victory in the second race under the newly introduced GEN3 Evo regulations. In Super GT, as previously announced, we're preparing to reclaim the series championship with new organizations. In addition, we aim to further enhance the value of motorsports by supplying customer racing cars based on the GT-R and Z as well as providing technical support. And, of course, we'll continue to deliver excitement to customers and Nissan/NISMO fans around the world."

Works programs

ABB FIA Formula E World Championship
Nissan races in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to bring the excitement and fun of zero-emission electric vehicles to a global audience. Season 11, now underway, marks Nissan's seventh year in the series.

This season's big news is the introduction of GEN3 Evo regulations. The GEN3 Evo race car features all-wheel drive, a new, stronger body kit and several other upgrades, making it the fastest Formula E car to date. Following an excellent year with the squad in 2024, Oliver Rowland is now piloting the #23 Nissan e-4ORCE 05, while Norman Nato returns in the #17 car. The team has enjoyed success in the first two rounds, with Rowland taking his fourth Formula E victory in Mexico City.

ABB FIA Formula E World Championship

No.	Team	Managing director	Driver	Vehicle
17	Nissan Formula E	Tommaso Volpe	Norman Nato (FRA)	Nissan e-4ORCE 05
23			Oliver Rowland (GBR)

Super GT GT500 class
Competing in the Super GT GT500 class this season with four teams, Nissan/NMC aims to clinch the series championship with the Nissan Z NISMO GT500 as previously outlined. To provide more detailed support, the Nissan teams' overall management responsibilities have been divided, with Shinichi Kiga continuing to oversee technical areas such as vehicle development, and Toshikazu Tanaka handling operations and sporting areas.

Super GT GT500 class (four units)

No.	Team	Team principal	Vehicle name	Driver	Tires
3	NISMO NDDP	Jiro Shimada	Niterra Motul Z	- Daiki Sasaki (JPN) - Atsushi Miyake (JPN)	Bridgestone
12	Team Impul	Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Director) Kazuki Hoshino (Team principal)	TRS lmpul with SDG Z	- Kazuki Hiramine (JPN) - Bertrand Baguette (BEL)	Bridgestone
23	NISMO	Takeshi Nakajima	Motul Autech Z	- Katsumasa Chiyo (JPN) - Mitsunori Takaboshi (JPN)	Bridgestone
24	Kondo Racing	Masahiko Kondo	Realize Corporation Advan Z	- Tsugio Matsuda (JPN) - Teppei Natori (JPN)	Yokohama

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Customer Racing Programs

GT3 programs
Nissan/NMC will continue providing technical support to teams racing the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3. In the Super GT GT300 class, official partner teams Kondo Racing and Helm Motorsports will field one car apiece, as will Nilzz Racing and Runup Sports. In addition, two cars will participate in the Super Taikyu Series ST-X class, and three cars will compete in the GT World Challenge Asia and SRO Japan Cup, with Nissan/NMC supporting each team's activities.

Super GT GT300 class (four units)

No.	Team	Team principal	Vehicle name	Driver	Tires
56	Kondo Racing	Masahiko Kondo	Realize Nissan Mechanic Challenge GT-R	- Kohei Hirate (JPN) - Joao Paulo de Oliveira (BRA)	Yokohama
62	Helm Motorsports	Hideo Fukuyama	Helm Motorsports GT-R	- Yuya Hiraki (JPN) - Reiji Hiraki (JPN)	Yokohama
48	Nilzz Racing	Junichi Ikura	To be announced later	To be announced later	Yokohama
360	Runup Sports	Masaaki Nishikawa	Runup Rivaux GT-R	- Takayuki Aoki (JPN) - Atsushi Tanaka (JPN)	Yokohama

Super Taikyu Series ST-X class (two units)

No.	Team	Team principal	Vehicle name	Driver	Tires
30	Team HandWork Challenge	To be announced later	To be announced later	- To be announced later - Iori Kimura (JPN) - Daiki Sasaki (JPN)	Bridgestone
81	GTNET MotorSports	Naofumi Omoto	Daishin with GTNET GT-R GT3	- Nobuyuki Oyagi (JPN) - Ryuichiro Oyagi (JPN) - Natsu Sakaguchi (JPN) - Takayuki Aoki (JPN)	Bridgestone

GT World Challenge Asia (one unit) / SRO Japan Cup (two units)

No.	Team	Team principal	Vehicle name	Driver	Class
GT World Challenge Asia
500	Team 5Zigen	Masaharu Kinoshita	5Zigen GT-R	- Yu Kanamaru (JPN) - MOTOKI (JPN)	Silver-Am
SRO Japan Cup
81	GTNET MotorSports	Naofumi Omoto	Daishin with GTNET GT-R GT3	- Nobuyuki Oyagi (JPN) - Ryuichiro Oyagi (JPN)	GT3 Am
360	Runup Sports	Fuminori Kobayashi	Runup Rivaux GT-R	- Masaaki Nishikawa (JPN) - Atsushi Tanaka (JPN)	GT3 Am

GT4 program
Nissan/NMC will provide technical support to teams racing the Nissan Z NISMO GT4. Three cars will take part in the Super Taikyu Series ST-Z class, and one car each will compete in the GT4 America Series and GT America Series, with Nissan/NMC providing support to the teams.

Super Taikyu Series ST-Z class (three units)

No.	Team	Team principal	Vehicle name	Driver	Tires
20	Naniwa Denso Team Impul	Kazuki Hoshino	Naniwa Denso Team Impul Z	- Takashi Matsumoto (JPN) - Kazuki Hiramine (JPN) - Kazuki Oki (JPN) - Jules Kazuki Treluyer (FRA)	Bridgestone
25	Team Zeroone	Masataka Yanagida	raffinée Nissan Mechanic Challenge Z NISMO GT4	- Tadao Uematsu (JPN) - Tsugio Matsuda (JPN) - Teppei Natori (JPN) - Kimiya Sato (JPN)	Bridgestone
26			raffinée Nissan Mechanic Challenge Z NISMO GT4	- Ryuichiro Ohtsuka (JPN) - Ryuichiro Tomita (JPN) - Takuro Shinohara (JPN) - Seiji Ara (JPN)	Bridgestone

GT4 America Series (one unit) / GT America Series (one unit)
Updated on March 25: For the 2025 Season, NISMO will focus on races in Japan. As a result, NISMO will not participate in U.S.-based GT4 for the 2025 racing season. NISMO wishes all the U.S. teams the very best of luck for the season.

No.	Team	Team principal	Driver	Class
GT4 America Series
5	Flying Lizard Motorsports	- Darren Law - Thomas Blam - Tommy Sadler	- Rodrigo Baptista (BRA) - Damir Hot (CAN)	Pro-Am
GT America Series
55	Flying Lizard Motorsports	- Darren Law - Thomas Blam - Tommy Sadler	- Damir Hot (CAN)	GT4

Other programs
NMC will also provide technical support to customer teams racing Nissans.

Super GT GT300 class (GTA GT300 regulation)
The Fairlady Z (RZ34) developed by Gainer Co., Ltd. will participate in the Super GT GT300 class.

No.	Team	Team principal	Vehicle name	Driver	Tires
11	Gainer	Mika Ishida	Gainer Tanax Z	- Ryuichiro Tomita (JPN) - Kazuki Oki (JPN)	Dunlop

Super Taikyu Series ST-3 class
Two Fairlady Z NISMO RCs will take part in the Super Taikyu Series ST-3 class.

No.	Team	Team principal	Vehicle name	Driver	Tires
15	Okabejidosha motorsport	Toshiaki Koshimizu	Okabejidosha Z34	- Shuji Maejima (JPN) - Masaaki Nagashima (JPN) - Tsubasa Mekaru (JPN) - Seiya Motojima (JPN)	Bridgestone
16		Naotoshi Ishikura	Okabejidosha Z34	- Toru Tanaka (JPN) - Hironobu Shimizu (JPN) - Atsushi Miyake (JPN) - To be announced later	Bridgestone

Other activities

- Nissan Mechanic Challenge
Nissan and the Nissan Automobile Technical College will continue the Nissan Mechanic Challenge, a human resources development program. It aims to enhance technical skills and teamwork through by having technical staff from Nissan dealerships and students from Nissan Automobile Technical College participate in the Super GT GT300 class and Super Taikyu series with professional race mechanics.

- NISMO Driving Academy
Nissan/NMC will once again host sports-driving lessons on circuits this year for owners of NISMO road cars, the Nissan GT-R, the Fairlady Z and the Skyline 400R. Principal Masataka Yanagida and NISMO-contracted drivers will provide instruction. Classes are aimed to suit all skill levels, ranging from learning the basics of sports driving while experiencing a car's full potential to practical driving on short circuits. Venue circuits and dates will be announced later on the website.

- NISMO Festival
NMC plans to hold the NISMO Festival, its fan appreciation event, once again this year.