2014 Super Formula Championship

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2014 champion, Kazuki Nakajima Kazuki Nakajima 2014 Super Formula Motegi Race.jpg
2014 champion, Kazuki Nakajima

The 2014 Japanese Championship Super Formula season was the forty-second season of the premier series in Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the second under the name of Super Formula. 2014 was also the first season using the new chassis, the Dallara SF14, which replaced the Swift SF09 used in previous seasons. The season began on 13 April and ended on 9 November after seven rounds.

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2012 champion Kazuki Nakajima claimed his second title in three seasons, after a consistent campaign, in which he scored points in each of the nine races to be held. Nakajima won races at Fuji and Suzuka as the TOM'S driver won the championship by 6.5 points, ahead of Impul's João Paulo de Oliveira. De Oliveira was the season's most frequent winner, with three victories, winning at Fuji, Suzuka and Motegi. Third place in the championship went to Nakajima's team-mate, André Lotterer. Lotterer won races at Fuji and Autopolis, but missed out on a chance to compete for the championship, after missing the Motegi round to make his Formula One début with Caterham at the Belgian Grand Prix.

The only other drivers to win races during the season were Team LeMans' Loïc Duval, who won the season-opening round at Suzuka. Like Lotterer, he missed a race – at Fuji – as he was still recovering from his accident suffered during practice for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tomoki Nojiri was the season's other winner, winning at Sportsland SUGO for Team Dandelion Racing. The performances of Nakajima, Lotterer and Andrea Caldarelli (replacing Lotterer at Motegi) were enough for TOM'S to win the teams' championship, finishing 33.5 points clear of the next best team, Team LeMans.

Teams and drivers

Race start at Twin Ring Motegi 2014 Super Formula Motegi race start.jpg
Race start at Twin Ring Motegi
TeamNo.DriverEngineRounds
Flag of Japan.svg Team Mugen 1 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Honda HR-414EAll
2 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama All
Flag of Japan.svg Kondō Racing [1] 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter Toyota RI4AAll
Flag of Japan.svg Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans [1] 7 Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa Toyota RI4AAll
8 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval 1–2, 4–7
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli 3
Flag of Japan.svg HP Real Racing 10 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi Honda HR-414EAll
11 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi All
Flag of Hong Kong.svg KCMG [1] 18 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama Toyota RI4AAll
Flag of Japan.svg Lenovo Team Impul [1] 19 Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Toyota RI4AAll
20 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan All
Flag of Japan.svg Nakajima Racing 31 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Nakajima Honda HR-414EAll
32 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure All
Flag of Japan.svg Drago Corse [2] 34 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa Honda HR-414E6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Petronas Team TOM'S [1] 36 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Toyota RI4A1–3, 5–7
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli [3] 4
37 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima All
Flag of Japan.svg P.mu/cerumo・INGING [1] 38 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura Toyota RI4AAll
39 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto All
Flag of Japan.svg Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 40 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Honda HR-414EAll
41 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh All
Flag of Japan.svg Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports [1] 62 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Saga Toyota RI4AAll

Race calendar and results

A provisional calendar for the 2014 season was released on 8 November 2013. [4] All races were held in Japan.

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1 Suzuka Circuit 13 April Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans
2R1 Fuji Speedway 18 May Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Lenovo Team Impul
R2 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S
3 Fuji Speedway 13 July Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima Petronas Team TOM'S
4 Twin Ring Motegi 24 August Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Lenovo Team Impul
5 Autopolis 14 September Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S
6 Sportsland SUGO 28 September Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
7R1 Suzuka Circuit 9 November Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira Lenovo Team Impul
R2 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima Petronas Team TOM'S

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Round1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thPole
1, 3–61086543211
25432.521.510.51
78432.521.510.51
PosDriver SUZ FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima 62317622146
2 Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira 712Ret13Ret1439.5
3 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer 54161Ret3234.5
4 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval 134415311329.5
5 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura 3Ret1142865726
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 2617885461022
7 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto 1357313294Ret19.5
8 Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa 4Ret821013816516.5
9 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto 11Ret5515777614.5
10 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri 9Ret151299112910
11 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi 14DNS9Ret64Ret8138.5
12 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli Ret37
13 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan Ret767Ret17111085
14 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Nakajima Ret9149161259154
15 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh 101012115101213124
16 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi 8810Ret14RetRet15111.5
17 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure RetRetDNSRet11Ret10Ret160
18 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama Ret131610Ret1613Ret180
19 Flag of Japan.svg Koki SagaRet1113Ret1711RetRet190
20 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhki Nakayama 12121813121414Ret170
21 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa Ret14140
PosDriver SUZ FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (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 FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
1 Petronas Team TOM'S 36541631Ret3279.5
37623176221
2Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans 74Ret821013816546
8134Ret4153113
3P.mu/cerumo・INGING 383Ret1142865745.5
391357313294Ret
4 Lenovo Team Impul 19712Ret13Ret1439.5
20Ret767Ret1711108
5 Kondo Racing 32617885461022
6 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 409Ret151299112914
4110101211510121312
7 Team Mugen 111Ret5515777612.5
212121813121414Ret17
8 HP Real Racing 1014DNS9Ret64Ret81310
118810Ret14RetRet1511
9 Nakajima Racing 31Ret9149161259154
32RetRetDNSRet11Ret10Ret16
KCMG 18Ret131610Ret1613Ret180
Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports62Ret1113Ret1711RetRet190
Drago Corse 34Ret14140
PosTeamNo. SUZ FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (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

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