2013 Super Formula Championship

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The 2013 Japanese Championship Super Formula season was the forty-first season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the first under the new name of Super Formula. The series was contested over six rounds and a non-championship final round at Fuji Speedway as part of the JAF Grand Prix. 2013 was also the last season using the original chassis (SF13, known as FN09 in previous seasons) by Swift Engineering as for 2014 Dallara would supply a new chassis, the SF14, to the series. [1]

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Naoki Yamamoto won his first drivers' championship with Team Mugen, while Petronas Team TOM's won the teams' championship. Yamamoto and André Lotterer finished the year with the same number of points. At the time, Super Formula had an unconventional championship tiebreaker method where the driver that scored the most points in the final round of the season would be declared the champion. [2] Lotterer had more wins, but had to miss the final round due to his commitments in the FIA World Endurance Championship, while Yamamoto finished first and third in the double-header finale at Suzuka to equal Lotterer's point total and win the championship.

In the same season, Loïc Duval won the Sportsland Sugo round, defeating Lotterer by 0.041 seconds. [3] It was the closest margin of victory in series history. [4]

Teams and drivers

TeamNo.DriverEngineRounds
Flag of Japan.svg Petronas Team TOM'S 1 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima Toyota RV8KAll
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 1, 6
Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer 2–5, NC
Flag of Japan.svg Kondō Racing 3 Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Yasuda Toyota RV8KAll
Flag of Japan.svg Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans 7 Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa Toyota RV8KAll
8 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli 1, 6
Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval 2–5, NC
Flag of Japan.svg HP Real Racing 10 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi [5] Honda HR12EAll
11 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama [5] All
Flag of Japan.svg Team Mugen 15 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato [5] Honda HR12E1, 5–6, NC
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi [5] 2–4
16 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto [5] All
Flag of Hong Kong.svg KCMG 18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Bradley [6] Toyota RV8KAll
Flag of Japan.svg Lenovo Team Impul 19 Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Toyota RV8KAll
20 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda All
Flag of Japan.svg Nakajima Racing 31 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Nakajima [5] Honda HR12EAll
32 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure [5] All
Flag of Japan.svg P.mu/cerumoINGING 38 Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Hirate Toyota RV8KAll
39 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto All
Flag of Japan.svg Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 40 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa [5] Honda HR12EAll
41 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh [5] All
Flag of Japan.svg Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports62 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Saga Toyota RV8KAll

Race calendar and results

A provisional calendar for the 2013 season was released on 10 August 2012. [7] All races were held in Japan.

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1 Suzuka Circuit 14 April Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
2 Autopolis 2 June Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S
3 Fuji Speedway 14 July Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S
4 Twin Ring Motegi 4 August Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima Petronas Team TOM'S
5 Sportsland SUGO 29 September Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans
6 Suzuka Circuit 10 November Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Team Mugen
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima Petronas Team TOM'S
NC Fuji Speedway
Report
24 November Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto P.mu/cerumoINGING

Calendar changes

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Round1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thPole
1–51086543211
68432.521.510.51
PosDriver SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ FUJ Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto 4338313537
2 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer 1122737
3 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval 2431231
4 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima 51281RetRet1424
5 Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira 6464Ret317619
6 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda 2516135416318.5
7 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa 1Ret5RetRet1091515
8 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure 3Ret14581521815
9 Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Hirate 12Ret215Ret57911
10 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto 1010764Ret15110
11 Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa 87117Ret6489
12 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Nakajima 16Ret11107211Ret6
13 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli 7Ret54
14 Flag of Japan.svg Hironobu Yasuda 14912Ret6813113.5
15 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi 9699RetRetRet103
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 11762.5
17 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama 188Ret11Ret1112131
18 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato 151198140.5
19 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Saga 1711Ret1691414160
20 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh 13Ret1312101210120
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Bradley 19RetRet14Ret1318170
22 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kobayashi Ret15170
PosDriver SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ FUJ Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

PosTeamNo. SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ FUJ Points
1 Petronas Team TOM'S 1512812Ret1458.5
211112Ret767
2Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans 787117Ret64842
872431Ret52
3 Team Impul 196464Ret317637.5
2025161354163
4 Team Mugen 1515Ret151711981432.5
1643383135
5P.mu/cerumoINGING 3812Ret215Ret57921
391010764Ret151
6 Nakajima Racing 3116Ret11107211Ret21
323Ret1458Ret218
7 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 401Ret6RetRet1091513
4113Ret131210121012
8 HP Real Racing 109699RetRetRet104
11188Ret11Ret111213
9 Kondō Racing 314912Ret6813113.5
Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports621711Ret1691414160
KCMG 1819RetRet14Ret1318170
PosTeamNo. SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ FUJ Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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