The 2017 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-fifth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the fifth under the moniker of Super Formula. Yuji Kunimoto was the defending series champion. [1]
Hiroaki Ishiura won his second Driver's Championship in three years, finishing only half a point ahead of Pierre Gasly after the final round was cancelled due to Typhoon Lan. The Cerumo INGING team won their second successive Team Championship.
Every Honda-powered car used a Honda HR-414E engine and every Toyota-powered car used a Toyota RI4A engine.
Manufacturer | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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P.mu/cerumo・INGING [2] | Toyota | 1 | Yuji Kunimoto [2] | All |
2 | Hiroaki Ishiura [2] | All | ||
Kondō Racing [2] | Toyota | 3 | Nick Cassidy [2] | All |
4 | Kenta Yamashita [2] | All | ||
SUNOCO Team LeMans [2] | Toyota | 7 | Felix Rosenqvist [3] | All |
8 | Kazuya Oshima [2] | All | ||
Real Racing [4] | Honda | 10 | Koudai Tsukakoshi [4] | All |
Team Mugen [4] | Honda | 15 | Pierre Gasly [5] | All |
16 | Naoki Yamamoto [4] | All | ||
KCMG [2] | Toyota | 18 | Kamui Kobayashi [2] | All |
Itochu Enex Team Impul [2] | Toyota | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi [2] | All |
20 | Jann Mardenborough [6] | All | ||
Vantelin Team Tom's [7] | Toyota | 36 | André Lotterer [2] | All |
37 | Kazuki Nakajima [2] | All | ||
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing [4] | Honda | 40 | Tomoki Nojiri [4] | All |
41 | Takuya Izawa [4] | All | ||
B-MAX Racing Team [8] | Honda | 50 | Takashi Kogure [4] | All |
TCS Nakajima Racing [9] | Honda | 64 | Daisuke Nakajima [4] | All |
65 | Narain Karthikeyan [4] | All |
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | Suzuka Circuit | 23 April | Kazuki Nakajima | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Kazuki Nakajima | Vantelin Team Tom's | |
2 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 27 May | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Felix Rosenqvist | André Lotterer | Vantelin Team Tom's |
R2 | 28 May | Hiroaki Ishiura | Kamui Kobayashi | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Itochu Enex Team Impul | ||
3 | Fuji Speedway | 9 July | Yuji Kunimoto | Felix Rosenqvist | Hiroaki Ishiura | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | |
4 | Twin Ring Motegi | 20 August | Kenta Yamashita | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Pierre Gasly | Team Mugen | |
5 | Autopolis | 10 September | Tomoki Nojiri | Jann Mardenborough | Pierre Gasly | Team Mugen | |
6 | Sportsland SUGO | 24 September | Nick Cassidy | Hiroaki Ishiura | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Itochu Enex Team Impul | |
7 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit | 22 October | André Lotterer | Races cancelled due to Typhoon Lan [11] | ||
R2 | Jann Mardenborough | ||||||
Source: [12] |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pole | |
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Rounds 1, 3-6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Round 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
Round 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Team | No. | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | MOT | AUT | SUG | SUZ | Points | ||
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1 | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 5 | 4 | C | C | 47.5 |
2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | C | C | |||
2 | Team Mugen | 15 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | C | C | 43.5 |
16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 18 | C | C | |||
3 | Vantelin Team TOM's | 36 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 10 | C | C | 41 |
37 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | C | C | |||
4 | SUNOCO Team LeMans | 7 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | C | C | 34.5 |
8 | Ret | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 15 | C | C | |||
5 | ITOCHU ENEX Team Impul | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 1 | C | C | 27.5 |
20 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 17 | C | C | |||
6 | KCMG | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 7 | C | C | 16.5 |
7 | Kondo Racing | 3 | 17 | 3 | 11 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 19 | C | C | 12.5 |
4 | 14 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 11 | C | C | |||
8 | DOCOMO Team Dandelion Racing | 40 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 12 | C | C | 6 |
41 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 15 | 8 | C | C | |||
9 | Real Racing | 10 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 16 | C | C | 3 |
10 | TCS Nakajima Racing | 64 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 17 | C | C | 2 |
65 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 13 | C | C | |||
11 | B-MAX Racing Team | 50 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 14 | C | C | 0 |
Pos | Team | No. | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | MOT | AUT | SUG | SUZ | Points |
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