2023 Super Formula Championship

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2023 Super Formula Championship season
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Support series:
TCR Japan Touring Car Series
Super Formula Lights

The 2023 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the fifty-first season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing,[1] and the eleventh under the moniker of Super Formula. It started in April 2023 and is due to be contested over seven race meetings.[2] Tomoki Nojiri entered the season as the two-time and defending series champion.

Teams and drivers

All teams use identical Dallara-built SF23 chassis. 2023 is the first season for this new chassis. The SF23 is constructed from Bcomp bio-composite material aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 75 percent, and features updated aerodynamic features aimed at reducing turbulent air and promoting more wheel-to-wheel racing.[3] Series tyre supplier Yokohama Rubber debuted a new "carbon neutral racing tyre" made from 33 percent recycled and renewable raw materials.

Entrant Engine No. Driver name Rounds
Japan Team Mugen[4] Honda 1 Japan Tomoki Nojiri[4] 1–3
Japan Hiroki Otsu[5] 4
15 New Zealand Liam Lawson[4] 1–4
Japan Docomo Team Dandelion Racing[4] 5 Japan Tadasuke Makino[4] 1–4
6 Japan Kakunoshin Ohta[4] 1–4
Japan ThreeBond Racing[4][6] 12 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi[4] 1–4
Japan B-Max Racing[4] 50 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita[4] 1–4
51 United Kingdom Raoul Hyman[4][lower-alpha 1] 1–4
Japan TGM Grand Prix[7] 53 Japan Toshiki Oyu[8] 1–4
55 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı[8] 1–4
Japan TCS Nakajima Racing[4] 64 Japan Naoki Yamamoto[4] 1–4
65 Japan Ren Sato[4] 1–4
Japan Kondō Racing[9] Toyota 3 Japan Kenta Yamashita[9] 1–4
4 Japan Kazuto Kotaka[9] 1–4
Hong Kong Kids com Team KCMG[9] 7 Japan Kamui Kobayashi[9] 1–4
18 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[9] 1–4
Japan docomo business ROOKIE[9] 14 Japan Kazuya Oshima[9] 1–4
Japan Itochu Enex Team Impul[9] 19 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[9] 1–4
20 Japan Ryō Hirakawa[9] 1–4
Japan Vantelin Team TOM’S[9] 36 France Giuliano Alesi[10] 1–4
37 Japan Ritomo Miyata[9] 1–4
Japan P.mu/Cerumo・INGING [9] 38 Japan Sho Tsuboi[9] 1–4
39 Japan Sena Sakaguchi[9] 1–4

Team changes

  • Red Bull left Team Goh and moved its sponsorship efforts to Lawson's Team Mugen entry. The loss of this sponsorship left Team Goh in doubts whether they would be able to continue their participation in the championship for 2023.[11] Servus Japan, the organization behind the team, later announced that the team would relaunch as TGM Grand Prix and confirmed that they would run two cars in 2023.[7]
  • After two seasons running one car, B-Max Racing expanded to two cars for this season.[4]
  • ThreeBond, who have been main sponsors for the Drago Corse team, have acquired the team's entry and rebranded as ThreeBond Racing.[6]

Driver changes

Mid-season

  • Tomoki Nojiri was absent from the fourth round at Autopolis after being diagnosed with a pneumothorax. He was replaced by Hiroki Otsu, who came 9th in the standings with Team Dandelion in 2022.[5]

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 8 August 2022.[14] After three weekends were made to double-header events in 2022, the season opener and finale were both announced to have two races again.[15]

Round Circuit Location Date Support bill
1 Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 8 April Ferrari Challenge Japan
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
2 9 April
3 Suzuka International Racing Course Suzuka, Mie 23 April All-Japan Road Racing Championship JSB1000
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
4 Autopolis Hita, Oita 21 May Honda N-One Owner's Cup
Super Formula Lights
5 Sportsland SUGO Shibata, Miyagi 16–18 June Super Formula Lights
6 Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 14–16 July Super Formula Lights
7 Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi, Tochigi 18–20 August
8 Suzuka International Racing Course Suzuka, Mie 27–29 October
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Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Fuji Speedway Japan Tomoki Nojiri New Zealand Liam Lawson New Zealand Liam Lawson Team Mugen
2 Japan Tomoki Nojiri Japan Toshiki Oyu Japan Tomoki Nojiri Team Mugen
3 Suzuka International Racing Course Japan Toshiki Oyu Japan Ritomo Miyata Japan Ritomo Miyata Vantelin Team TOM'S
4 Autopolis Japan Sho Tsuboi Japan Sho Tsuboi New Zealand Liam Lawson Team Mugen
5 Sportsland SUGO
6 Fuji Speedway
7 Mobility Resort Motegi
8 Suzuka International Racing Course
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Championship standings

Race points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Qualifying points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd 
Points 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 MOT SUZ2 Points
1 New Zealand Liam Lawson 13 5 4 12 57
2 Japan Ritomo Miyata 52 42 1 2 53
3 Japan Sho Tsuboi Ret 2 22 31 46
4 Japan Tomoki Nojiri 21 11 Ret3 42
5 Japan Ryō Hirakawa 3 21† 3 5 28
6 Japan Kenta Yamashita Ret 3 5 4 25
7 Japan Ren Sato 6 9 DNS 7 11
8 Japan Naoki Yamamoto 4 15 11 9 10
9 Japan Tadasuke Makino 14 8 15 6 8
10 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi Ret 7 10 8 8
11 Japan Toshiki Oyu 7 203 Ret1 Ret 8
12 Japan Sena Sakaguchi 17 10 6 Ret3 7
13 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Ret 6 14 11 5
14 Japan Kazuto Kotaka 10 14 7 19 5
15 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı 8 17 9 15 5
16 France Giuliano Alesi Ret Ret 8 13 3
17 Japan Kazuya Oshima 9 11 13 12 2
18 Japan Yuji Kunimoto 12 16 16 10 1
19 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 11 13 19 18 0
20 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 13 12 12 Ret 0
21 Japan Hiroki Otsu 14 0
22 Japan Kakunoshin Ohta 15 19 17 16 0
23 United Kingdom Raoul Hyman 16 18 18 17 0
Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 MOT SUZ2 Points

Teams' championship

Pos Team No. FUJ1 SUZ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 MOT SUZ2 Points
1 Japan Team Mugen 1 2 1 Ret 14 89
15 1 5 4 1
2 Japan Vantelin Team TOM’S 36 Ret Ret 8 13 52
37 5 4 1 2
3 Japan P.mu/Cerumo・INGING 38 Ret 2 2 3 47
39 Ret 10 6 20
4 Japan Kondō Racing 3 Ret 3 5 4 30
4 10 14 7 19
5 Japan Itochu Enex Team Impul 19 11 13 19 18 28
20 3 21† 3 5
6 Japan TCS Nakajima Racing 64 4 15 11 9 21
65 6 9 DNS 7
7 Japan TGM Grand Prix 53 7 20 Ret Ret 9
55 8 17 9 15
8 Japan Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 5 14 8 15 6 8
6 15 19 17 16
9 Japan ThreeBond Racing 12 Ret 7 10 8 8
10 Hong Kong Kids com Team KCMG 7 Ret 6 14 11 6
18 12 16 16 10
11 Japan docomo business ROOKIE 14 9 11 13 12 2
12 Japan B-Max Racing 50 13 12 12 Ret 0
51 16 18 18 17
Pos Team No. FUJ1 SUZ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 MOT SUZ2 Points

Notes

  1. ↑ Hyman is a South African driver competing under a British licence.

References

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