2020 Super Formula Championship

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The 2020 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-eighth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the eighth under the moniker of Super Formula.

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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
Vantelin Team TOM'S [1] Toyota 1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy [2] All
36 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima [1] 1, 3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata [3] 2, 4
Kondo Racing [4] Toyota 3 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita [1] 1, 3–7
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi [3] 2
4 Flag of France.svg Sacha Fenestraz [1] All
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda 5 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto [5] All
6 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi [5] All
carrozzeria Team KCMG [4] Toyota 7 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi [1] 1, 3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama [6] 2, 4
18 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto [1] All
Drago Corse with ThreeBond [7] Honda 12 Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón [5] [8] 1, 4–7
Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi [9] 2–3
ROOKIE Racing [10] Toyota 14 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima [10] All
Team Mugen Honda 15 Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Sasahara [11] [12] [13] All
16 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri [5] All
Itochu Enex Team Impul [1] Toyota 19 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi [1] All
20 Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa [1] All
JMS P.mu/Cerumo・INGING [1] [4] [14] Toyota 38 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura [1] All
39 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi [1] All
Buzz Racing with B-MAX Honda 50 Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori [15] 1
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi [16] [12] 2
Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara [17] 3
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita [18] 4–7
51 Flag of France.svg Charles Milesi [5] 4–7
TCS Nakajima Racing Honda 64 Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino [5] 1–6
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu [19] 7
65 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu [5] All

Team changes

Driver changes

Toyota

Honda

  • Tatiana Calderón moves to the revived Drago Corse team from the FIA Formula 2 Championship, becoming the first female driver in the current Super Formula era and the first in top level Japanese open-wheel racing since Ireland's Sarah Kavanagh entered two races in the 1997 Formula Nippon Championship.
  • Jüri Vips was scheduled to contest the full season with Team Mugen, having joined the team at the final round of the 2019 Championship as a replacement for Patricio O'Ward. Vips missed the opening rounds at Motegi and Okayama due to his participation in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, and was replaced by Ukyo Sasahara on both occasions. Pandemic-related travel issues further prevented Vips from arriving in Japan, so Sasahara again filled in at Sportsland Sugo. Ahead of the fourth round at Autopolis, it was announced that Sasahara would keep the seat for the remainder of the season.
  • Pietro Fittipaldi was initially confirmed in the #50 B-MAX entry. [21] Fittipaldi had previously competed in the first round of the 2018 Championship before an injury prevented his return. However, on the eve of a pre-season test at Fuji Speedway, it was announced that Sérgio Sette Câmara would instead occupy the seat, in what was described as a "late reshuffle of race seats due to conflicting sponsors' interests". [17] Sette Câmara will be joined by Charles Milesi, who moves up from the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. B-Max's 2019 drivers Lucas Auer and Harrison Newey left the series, both moving to the DTM with BMW and Audi respectively. [22] [23] Neither driver raced at Motegi with Teppei Natori driving the sole B-Max Dallara.
  • Alex Palou left Nakajima Racing to move to IndyCar with Dale Coyne Racing. He was replaced by Japanese F3 and Euroformula Open race winner Toshiki Oyu.
  • Five drivers who participated in Round 1 were not eligible to participate in Round 2 at Okayama because the event occurred seven days after the 24 Heures du Mans: Calderón, Kobayashi, Nakajima, Yamashita, Milesi.

Race calendar

The provisional calendar with seven rounds was announced in July 2019. [24] However, in September 2019 the calendar was updated to have the Suzuka Circuit as the first round rather than the Fuji Speedway. [25] The final round at Suzuka Circuit was pushed back 2 weeks to avoid a schedule conflict with the FIA World Endurance Championship, which competes at Fuji Speedway on 1 November. [26] After multiple postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was announced on 9 June 2020 that now sees the season starting in August and running until December. [27]

RoundCircuitDate
1 Twin Ring Motegi 30 August
2 Okayama International Circuit 27 September
3 Sportsland SUGO 18 October
4 Autopolis 15 November
5 Suzuka Circuit 5 December
66 December
7 Fuji Speedway 20 December

Results

Season summary

RoundCircuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driverWinning team
1 Twin Ring Motegi Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa Itochu Enex Team Impul
2 Okayama International Circuit Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi JMS P.mu/Cerumo・INGING
3 Sportsland SUGO Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Vantelin Team TOM'S
4 Autopolis Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Team Mugen
5 Suzuka Circuit I Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
6 Suzuka Circuit II Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu TCS Nakajima Racing
7 Fuji Speedway Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi JMS P.mu/Cerumo・INGING

Championship standings

Scoring system

For the 2020 season, the points system has been overhauled to be more in-line with Super GT. The final points standings only include the five best results. Additionally, bonus points are no longer available for the final race of the season. Points are also given to the top three drivers of qualifying as opposed to just points for pole position. Note that these qualifying points do not count towards the teams' championship. [33]

Race points
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Points2015118654321
Qualifying points
Position 1st  2nd  3rd 
Points321

Drivers' Championship

Pos.Driver MOT OKA SUG AUT SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto 13632311Ret5362
2 Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa 11412212Ret7660
3 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi Ret113RetRet41250
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy 63175Ret1450
5 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri 710411725Ret147
6 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu 15151210812241
7 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita 2365961034
8 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi 581092Ret321629
9 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto Ret7543Ret1529
10 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Ishiura 828136101227
11 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima 415216925
12 Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino 9Ret73Ret820
13 Flag of France.svg Sacha Fenestraz 32Ret3Ret3Ret10Ret819
14 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi Ret51111DNS3DNS17
15 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita 6Ret14316
16 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi 1414415118
17 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata 9287
18 Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Sasahara 1113Ret14Ret11375
19 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima 1016917129145
20 Flag of Brazil.svg Sérgio Sette Câmara Ret13
21 Flag of France.svg Charles Milesi 151113DNS0
22 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama 11180
23 Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón 12161312170
24 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi 12NC0
25 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu 130
26 Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi 140
— Flag of Japan.svg Teppei Natori DNS0
— Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi DNS0
Pos.Driver MOT OKA SUG AUT SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ Points
Edit the results
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
1 – 3 Points for Pole
2 – 2 Points for P2
3 – 1 Points for P3

Teams' Championship

Pos.TeamNo. MOT OKA SUG AUT SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ Points
1 Vantelin Team TOM'S 1 63175Ret1477
36 4921582169
2JMS P.mu/Cerumo・INGING 38 828136101272
39 Ret113RetRet412
3 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 5 13632311Ret5372
6 581092Ret3216
4 Itochu Enex Team Impul 19 Ret51111DNS3DNS69
20 11412212Ret76
5 TCS Nakajima Racing 64 9Ret73Ret81357
65 151512108122
6 Kondo Racing 3 23DNS65961046
4 32Ret3Ret3Ret10Ret8
7 Team Mugen 15 1113Ret14Ret113742
16 710411725Ret1
8 carrozzeria Team KCMG 7 141114184151137
18 Ret7543Ret15
9Buzz Racing with B-MAX 50 DNS14Ret16Ret14316
51 151113DNS
10 ROOKIE Racing 14 1016917129145
11 Drago Corse with ThreeBond 12 1212NC161312170
Pos.TeamNo. MOT OKA SUG AUT SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ Points

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