2023 Super Formula Championship

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] 1–4
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][5] 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[6] 53 Japan Toshiki Oyu[7] 1–4
55 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı[7] 1–4
Japan TCS Nakajima Racing[4] 64 Japan Naoki Yamamoto[4] 1–4
65 Japan Ren Sato[4] 1–4
Japan Kondō Racing[8] Toyota 3 Japan Kenta Yamashita[8] 1–4
4 Japan Kazuto Kotaka[8] 1–4
Hong Kong Kids com Team KCMG[8] 7 Japan Kamui Kobayashi[8] 1–4
18 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[8] 1–4
Japan docomo business ROOKIE[8] 14 Japan Kazuya Oshima[8] 1–4
Japan Itochu Enex Team Impul[8] 19 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[8] 1–4
20 Japan Ryō Hirakawa[8] 1–4
Japan Vantelin Team TOM’S[8] 36 France Giuliano Alesi[9] 1–4
37 Japan Ritomo Miyata[8] 1–4
Japan P.mu/Cerumo・INGING [8] 38 Japan Sho Tsuboi[8] 1–4
39 Japan Sena Sakaguchi[8] 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.[10] 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.[6]
  • 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.[5]

Driver changes

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 8 August 2022.[13] After three weekends were made to double-header events in 2022, the season opener and finale were both announced to have two races again.[14]

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 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
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 Japan Tomoki Nojiri 21 11 Ret3 42
2 Japan Ritomo Miyata 52 42 1 38
3 New Zealand Liam Lawson 13 5 4 35
4 Japan Sho Tsuboi Ret 2 22 32
5 Japan Ryō Hirakawa 3 21† 3 22
6 Japan Kenta Yamashita Ret 3 5 17
7 Japan Naoki Yamamoto 4 15 11 8
8 Japan Toshiki Oyu 7 203 Ret1 8
9 Japan Ren Sato 6 9 DNS 7
10 Japan Sena Sakaguchi 17 10 6 6
11 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Ret 6 14 5
12 Japan Kazuto Kotaka 10 14 7 5
13 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi Ret 7 10 5
14 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı 8 17 9 5
15 Japan Tadasuke Makino 14 8 15 3
16 France Giuliano Alesi Ret Ret 8 3
17 Japan Kazuya Oshima 9 11 13 2
18 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 11 13 19 0
19 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 13 12 12 0
20 Japan Yuji Kunimoto 12 16 16 0
21 Japan Kakunoshin Ohta 15 19 17 0
22 United Kingdom Raoul Hyman 16 18 18 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 69
15 1 5 4
4 Japan Vantelin Team TOM’S 36 Ret Ret 8 37
37 5 4 1
2 Japan P.mu/Cerumo・INGING 38 Ret 2 2 36
39 Ret 10 6
6 Japan Itochu Enex Team Impul 19 11 13 19 22
20 3 21† 3
5 Japan Kondō Racing 3 Ret 3 5 22
4 10 14 7
3 Japan TCS Nakajima Racing 64 4 15 11 15
65 6 9 DNS
7 Japan TGM Grand Prix 53 7 20 Ret 9
55 8 17 9
8 Hong Kong Kids com Team KCMG 7 Ret 6 14 5
18 12 16 16
9 Japan ThreeBond Racing 12 Ret 7 10 5
10 Japan Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 5 14 8 15 3
6 15 19 17
11 Japan docomo business ROOKIE 14 9 11 13 2
- Japan B-Max Racing 50 13 12 12 0
51 16 18 18
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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  2. "2023 Race Schedule | SUPER FORMULA Official Website". superformula.net. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  3. "SUPER FORMULA Celebrates 50 YEARS Japan's top formula introduces major sustainability and new action in 2023 the New Carbon-Neutral "SF23" the New Digital Platform "SFgo" | SUPER FORMULA Official Website". superformula.net. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  4. "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. "ThreeBond takes over Drago Corse Super Formula entry". motorsports.com. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. "Reborn TGM Super Formula team announces two-car 2023 entry". motorsport.com. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  7. "Oyu, Bolukbasi fill final spots on 2023 Super Formula grid". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  8. "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  9. "Toyota signs Sasahara, but Alesi keeps Super Formula drive". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  10. "Team Goh announces split with Red Bull Junior Team". www.motorsport.com. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  11. "Nissan announces Nato and Fenestraz for Season 9". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
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