2018 Super Formula Championship

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The 2018 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-sixth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the sixth under the moniker of Super Formula. The season began on 22 April and is scheduled to end on 28 October at the same place after seven rounds. [1]

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2018 was the final season that the Dallara SF14 chassis package—which débuted in the 2014 Super Formula Championship—was used in competition; as a brand new chassis package will be introduced for the 2019 season but the engine configuration will remain the same.

Teams and drivers

Every Honda-powered car used a Honda HR-414E engine and every Toyota-powered car used a Toyota RI4A engine.

TeamEngineNo.DriverRounds
Flag of Japan.svg JMS P.mu/cerumo・INGING [2] Toyota 1 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura [2] All
2 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto [2] All
Flag of Japan.svg Kondo Racing [2] Toyota 3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy [2] All
4 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita [2] All
Flag of Japan.svg Docomo Team Dandelion Racing [3] Honda 5 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri [3] All
6 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita [3] All
Flag of Japan.svg UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans [2] Toyota 7 Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi [4] 1
Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann [5] 2–7
8 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima [2] All
Flag of Japan.svg Team Mugen [3] Honda 15 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi [3] 1, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi [6] 2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Ticktum [7] 3–4
16 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto [3] All
Flag of Japan.svg REAL Racing Honda 17 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi [3] All
Flag of Hong Kong.svg carrozzeria Team KCMG [2] Toyota 18 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi [2] 1–4, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama [8] 5
Flag of Japan.svg Itochu Enex Team Impul [2] Toyota 19 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi [2] All
20 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Hirakawa [2] All
Flag of Japan.svg Vantelin Team Tom's [2] Toyota 36 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima [2] 1–4, 6–7
Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira [8] 5
37 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter [2] All
Flag of Japan.svg B-MAX Racing Team [3] Honda 50 Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo [9] All
Flag of Japan.svg TCS Nakajima Racing [3] Honda 64 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan [3] All
65 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa [3] All

Driver changes

Race calendar and results

Due to scheduling restrictions imposed by the concurrent Japan WTCR round, the final round of the calendar at Suzuka Circuit will now feature a single race instead of the originally planned double-header. [13]

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1 Suzuka Circuit 22 April Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Team Mugen
2 Autopolis 13 May Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Hirakawa Race cancelled due to weather conditions [14]
3 Sportsland SUGO 27 May Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Team Mugen
4 Fuji Speedway 8 July Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Kondo Racing
5 Twin Ring Motegi 19 August Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura JMS P.mu/Cerumo・INGING
6 Okayama International Circuit 9 September Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi Itochu Enex Team Impul
7 Suzuka Circuit 27 October Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Team Mugen

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position12345678 Pole 
Rounds 1-61086543211
Round 7 [N 1] 1386543211
Driver standings
PosDriver SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA [N 2] SUZ Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto 1C18710138
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy 7C2135237
3 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura 4C112171125
4 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi 2C136161818
5 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Hirakawa RetC9423Ret17
6 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima 8C3517515
7 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri 3C71484912.5
8 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto 13CRet3158411.5
9 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita 9C81866311.5
10 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi 10C6122137
11 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita 12C1094977
12 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima 15C157516146
13 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi 6C1213101266
14 Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann C41012Ret155
15 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan 17C5161113174
16 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Izawa 5C14151414164
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter 11CRet19911Ret0
18 Flag of Japan.svg Katsumasa Chiyo 14CRet171915100
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Ticktum Ret110
20 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi Ret1718120
21 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama 130
22 Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi 160
23 Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira 180
— Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi C—
PosDriver SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ Points

Teams' Championship

PosTeamNo. SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA [N 2] SUZ Points
1 Kondo Racing 37C2135247.5
49C818663
2 Team Mugen 15RetCRet1117181236
161C187101
3P.mu/Cerumo・INGING 14C112171135.5
213CRet31584
4 Itochu Enex Team Impul 192C136161833
20RetC9423Ret
5 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 53C71484918.5
612C109497
6 Vantelin Team Tom's 368C351817515
3711CRet19911Ret
7UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans 716C41012Ret1511
815C15751614
8 TCS Nakajima Racing 6417C5161113178
655C1415141416
9 carrozzeria Team KCMG 1810C612132137
10 REAL Racing 176C1213101266
11 B-MAX Racing Team 5014CRet171915100
PosTeamNo. SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ Points

Notes

  1. ↑ Three extra points awarded to the winner of the season finale at Suzuka. [15]
  2. 1 2 The race was red flagged after completing 34 laps. Due to less than 75% of the scheduled distance being completed, half points were awarded to the classified finishers. [16]

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