The 2019 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-seventh season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the seventh under the moniker of Super Formula. The season began on 21 April at Suzuka Circuit and ended on 27 October at the same location. [1]
2019 marked the first season of the Dallara SF19 chassis package, while continuing the engine configuration of the preceding chassis. [2]
Nick Cassidy clinched his first Driver's Championship title, after finishing ahead of reigning champion Naoki Yamamoto at the season finale at Suzuka. [3] Docomo Team Dandelion Racing won their first Teams' Championship title since 2012, with Naoki Yamamoto and Nirei Fukuzumi driving for them. [4]
Every Honda-powered car used a Honda HR-414E engine and every Toyota-powered car used a Toyota RI4A engine.
Team | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Honda | 1 | Naoki Yamamoto [5] | All |
5 | Nirei Fukuzumi [5] | All | ||
Kondo Racing | Toyota | 3 | Kenta Yamashita [6] | All |
4 | Yuji Kunimoto [6] | All | ||
UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | Toyota | 7 | Artem Markelov [6] | 1–5 |
Yuichi Nakayama [7] | 6–7 | |||
8 | Kazuya Oshima [6] | All | ||
Team Mugen | Honda | 15 | Dan Ticktum [8] | 1–3 |
Patricio O'Ward [9] | 4–6 | |||
Jüri Vips [10] | 7 | |||
16 | Tomoki Nojiri [5] | All | ||
Real Racing | Honda | 17 | Tristan Charpentier [11] | 1 |
Koudai Tsukakoshi [12] | 2–7 | |||
carrozzeria Team KCMG | Toyota | 18 | Kamui Kobayashi [6] | All |
Itochu Enex Team Impul [6] | Toyota | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi [6] | All |
20 | Ryo Hirakawa [6] | All | ||
Vantelin Team TOM'S | Toyota | 36 | Kazuki Nakajima [6] | All |
37 | Nick Cassidy [6] | All | ||
JMS P.mu/cerumo・INGING | Toyota | 38 | Hiroaki Ishiura [6] | All |
39 | Sho Tsuboi [6] | All | ||
B-Max Racing with Motopark [13] | Honda | 50 | Lucas Auer [8] | All |
51 | Harrison Newey [11] | All | ||
TCS Nakajima Racing | Honda | 64 | Álex Palou [11] | All |
65 | Tadasuke Makino [5] | All | ||
The calendar with seven rounds was announced in August 2018. [1] [15]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
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1 | Suzuka Circuit | 21 April | Tadasuke Makino | Álex Palou | Nick Cassidy | Vantelin Team TOM'S |
2 | Autopolis | 19 May | Yuji Kunimoto | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Itochu Enex Team Impul |
3 | Sportsland Sugo | 23 June | Naoki Yamamoto | Lucas Auer | Naoki Yamamoto | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing |
4 | Fuji Speedway | 14 July | Álex Palou | Álex Palou | Álex Palou | TCS Nakajima Racing |
5 | Twin Ring Motegi | 18 August | Álex Palou | Artem Markelov | Ryo Hirakawa | Itochu Enex Team Impul |
6 | Okayama International Circuit | 29 September | Ryo Hirakawa | Kamui Kobayashi | Kenta Yamashita | Kondo Racing |
7 | Suzuka Circuit | 27 October | Álex Palou | Nick Cassidy | Tomoki Nojiri | Team Mugen |
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rounds 1-6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Round 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Team | No. | SUZ | AUT | SUG | FUJ | MOT | OKA | SUZ | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 50 |
5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 3 | |||
2 | Vantelin Team TOM'S | 36 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 48 |
37 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | |||
3 | TCS Nakajima Racing | 64 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 28 |
65 | Ret | 4 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 17 | 13 | |||
4 | Itochu Enex Team Impul | 19 | Ret | 1 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
20 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
5 | Team Mugen | 15 | 8 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 25 |
16 | 4 | 18 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | |||
6 | Kondo Racing | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 25 |
4 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 15 | |||
7 | JMS P.mu/Cerumo・INGING | 38 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 22 |
39 | 5 | 12 | Ret | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | |||
8 | B-MAX Racing with Motopark | 50 | 7 | 11 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 11 | 20 |
51 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 16 | 19 | 3 | 20 | |||
9 | carrozzeria Team KCMG | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 19 |
10 | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | 7 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 7 |
8 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 17 | |||
11 | Real Racing | 17 | Ret | 15 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
Pos | Team | No. | SUZ | AUT | SUG | FUJ | MOT | OKA | SUZ | Points |
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