2023 Super Formula Lights

The 2023 Super Formula Lights Championship will be the fourth Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season. It will feature drivers competing in Dallara 320 chassis and with engines made by three different manufacturers, a similar regulation format to the Euroformula Open Championship.

Teams and drivers
Team Engine No. Driver Status Rounds
TOM'S TOM'S 1 Japan Hibiki Taira[1] 1
35 Japan Seita Nonaka[1] 1
36 Japan Yuga Furutani[2] 1
37 Italy Enzo Trulli[2] 1
Toda Racing Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH 2 Japan Syun Koide[3] 1
B-Max Racing Team Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH 4 Japan Nobuhiro Imada[4] M 1
50 Japan Iori Kimura[3] 1
51 Spain David Vidales[5] 1
52 Brazil Igor Fraga[4] 1
53 Japan Takashi Hata[6] M 1
TOMEI Engine 30 Japan "Dragon"[4] M 1
Rn-sports Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH 10 Japan Yuui Tsutsumi[6] 1

Team changes

HELM Motorsport, who made their debut in the championship in 2022, left Super Formula Lights after already missing the final two rounds of 2022.

Driver changes

TOM'S signed 2021 Formula 4 UAE champion Enzo Trulli, who moved over to Japan to replace the reigning champion Kazuto Kotaka. Kotaka graduated to Super Formula with Kondō Racing.[1]

Toda Racing promoted reigning Japanese F4 champion Syun Koide to replace Kakunoshin Ohta at Toda Racing, as Ohta was promoted to Dandelion Racing in Super Formula.[3]

B-Max Racing's owner "Dragon" switched from using Spiess engines like the rest of his team to using a TOMEI engine for his car. The team signed two international drivers in David Vidales and Igor Fraga, both graduating from Formula 3, where the former came 16th in 2022 and the latter came 24th in 2020.[4][5] Gentleman driver Takashi Hata rejoined the team after not competing in 2022, while Togo Suganami and Roberto Merhi left the series.

HELM Motorsport's two drivers, Reiji and Yuya Hiraki, left the series when their team pulled out.

Rn-sports saw all three of their drivers, gentleman driver Masayuki Ueda, as well as Kouta Kawaai and Seiya Motojima, who shared a cockpit in 2022, leave the series. The team signed Yuui Tsutsumi, who has been competing in Super GT since 2020.[6]

Race calendar

The calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 30 November 2022. With the first event being in late May, the season will start six weeks later than usual.[7] Only three events will be held supporting the parent Super Formula Championship, a significant reduction from previous years.

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Autopolis, Hita 20 May Super Formula Championship
2 21 May
3
4 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 16–18 June Super Formula Championship
5
6
7 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 30 June – 2 July Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
8
9
10 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 14–16 July Super Formula Championship
11
12
13 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 8–10 September
14
15
16 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 10–12 November
17
18

Race results
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Masters winner
1 Autopolis
2
3
4 Sportsland Sugo
5
6
7 Suzuka International Racing Course
8
9
10 Fuji Speedway
11
12
13 Okayama International Circuit
14
15
16 Mobility Resort Motegi
17
18

Championship standings

The points will be awarded as follows:

1 2 3 4 5 6 PP FL
10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1

Every drivers' four worst results will be dropped.

Overall
Pos Driver AUT SUG SUZ FUJ OKA MOT Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18
Japan Hibiki Taira
Japan Seita Nonaka
Japan Yuga Furutani
Italy Enzo Trulli
Japan Syun Koide
Japan Nobuhiro Imada
Japan Iori Kimura
Spain David Vidales
Brazil Igor Fraga
Japan Takashi Hata
Japan "Dragon"
Japan Yuui Tsutsumi
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Points
AUT SUG SUZ FUJ OKA MOT

Masters' Class
Pos Driver AUT SUG SUZ FUJ OKA MOT Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18
Japan Nobuhiro Imada
Japan Takashi Hata
Japan "Dragon"
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Points
AUT SUG SUZ FUJ OKA MOT

Teams' standings
Pos Driver AUT SUG SUZ FUJ OKA MOT Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18
TOM'S
Toda Racing
B-Max Racing Team
Rn-sports
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Points
AUT SUG SUZ FUJ OKA MOT

Engine manufacturer standings
Pos Driver AUT SUG SUZ FUJ OKA MOT Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18
TOM'S
Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH
TOMEI Engine
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Points
AUT SUG SUZ FUJ OKA MOT

References
  1. "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. "Enzo Trulli lands TOM'S Super Formula Lights drive". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. "Igor Fraga completes B-Max Super Formula Lights line-up". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  5. "F3 winner Vidales secures B-Max Super Formula Lights drive". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. "Round1_2_3 | 2023年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  7. Wood, Ida (2022-11-30). "Super Formula Lights revamps calendar for 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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