2021 Super Formula Championship

Last updated
Tomoki Nojiri won his first Super Formula Championship title. Tomoki Nojiri 2024 SF Motegi.jpg
Tomoki Nojiri won his first Super Formula Championship title.

The 2021 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-ninth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the ninth under the moniker of Super Formula. Naoki Yamamoto entered the 2021 season as the defending drivers' champion.

Contents

Tomoki Nojiri took his first drivers' championship at the penultimate round at Motegi, while Team Impul took their first teams' championship since 2010 at the season finale.

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 TCS Nakajima Racing Honda 1 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto [1] All
64 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu [2] All
Flag of Japan.svg Kondo Racing Toyota 3 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita [3] All
4 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama [4] 1–5
Flag of France.svg Sacha Fenestraz [3] 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda 5 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi [2] All
6 Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Sasahara [4] 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino [1] 3–7
Flag of Hong Kong.svg carrozzeria Team KCMG Toyota 7 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka [4] 1–5, 7
Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi [3] 6
18 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto [3] All
Flag of Japan.svg Drago Corse with ThreeBond [5] Honda 12 Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón [1] 1–2, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi [6] 3–5
Flag of Japan.svg NTT Communications ROOKIE Toyota 14 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima [3] All
Flag of Japan.svg
Red Bull Mugen Team Goh [lower-alpha 1]
Team Mugen [2] [lower-alpha 1]
Honda 15 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu [7] All
16 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri [2] All
Flag of Japan.svg carenex Team Impul Toyota 19 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi [3] All
20 Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa [3] 1–3, 5–7
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi [8] 4
Flag of Japan.svg Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S Toyota 36 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima [3] 1, 6
Flag of France.svg Giuliano Alesi [9] 2–5, 7
37 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata [3] All
Flag of Japan.svg P.mu/Cerumo・INGING Toyota 38 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi [3] All
39 Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi [3] All
Flag of Japan.svg B-Max Racing [2] Honda 51 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita [10] 2–7

Team changes

Driver changes

Mid-season changes

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 6 August 2020. After heavy disruptions to the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the series returned to a more traditional schedule, with Suzuka Circuit hosting the season finale as it was usual. [13] On 12 April 2021, the organisation announced the cancellation of the Okayama round, which was due to be held in the first week of October. Instead, a second round at Motegi was confirmed. [14]

RoundCircuitDate
1 Fuji Speedway 4 April
2 Suzuka International Racing Course 25 April
3 Autopolis 16 May
4 Sportsland SUGO 20 June
5 Twin Ring Motegi 29 August
617 October
7 Suzuka International Racing Course 31 October

Results

Season summary

RoundCircuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driverWinning team
1 Fuji Speedway Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Team Mugen
2 Suzuka International Racing Course Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Team Mugen
3 Autopolis Flag of France.svg Giuliano Alesi Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Flag of France.svg Giuliano Alesi Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S
4 Sportsland SUGO Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
5 Twin Ring Motegi Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Team Mugen
6 Twin Ring Motegi Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu Red Bull Mugen Team Goh
7 Suzuka International Racing Course Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi Docomo Team Dandelion Racing

Championship standings

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

Drivers' Championship

Overall

PosDriver FUJ SUZ1 AUT [lower-alpha 2] SUG MOT MOT2 SUZ2 Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri 1112561153386
2 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi 3Ret1131Ret121355
3 Flag of Japan.svg Yuhi Sekiguchi 17†41031224455
4 Flag of Japan.svg Ryō Hirakawa 42Ret4Ret246
5 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu 221037261411241
6 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Otsu 1656101011538.5
7 Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi 9112383521335.5
8 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita 133433612133.5
9 Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino 1452731024
10 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata 76427891422
11 Flag of France.svg Giuliano Alesi 911916820
12 Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Sasahara 53318
13 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yamamoto 6891212Ret2913
14 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita 1212111415868
15 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi Ret7Ret159Ret166
16 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima 1174
17 Flag of France.svg Sacha Fenestraz 1374
18 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kunimoto 8RetRet1311Ret153
19 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima 1015818Ret11172.5
20 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi 101
21 Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi 110
22 Flag of Japan.svg Koudai Tsukakoshi 1216Ret0
23 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nakayama 141415Ret130
24 Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón 1317Ret190
25 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka 151616†1714180
PosDriver FUJ SUZ1 AUT SUG MOT MOT2 SUZ2 Points

Teams' championship

PosTeamNo. FUJ SUZ1 AUT [lower-alpha 2] SUG MOT MOT2 SUZ2 Points
1 carenex Team Impul 1917†410324488
2042Ret114Ret2
2 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 53Ret131Ret12186
6531457310
3 Team Mugen 16115615377
4 TCS Nakajima Racing 16891212Ret947
642107261411
5P.mu/Cerumo・INGING 38Ret7Ret159Ret1637.5
39911285213
6 Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S 3611919167837
3776478914
7 Red Bull Mugen Team Goh 15165610101535.5
8 B-Max Racing 511334361229.5
9 Kondo Racing 312121114158612
4141415Ret13137
10 carrozzeria Team KCMG 7151616†171410184
188RetRet1311Ret15
11 NTT Communications ROOKIE 141015818Ret11172.5
12 Drago Corse with ThreeBond1213171216RetRet190
PosDriver FUJ SUZ1 AUT SUG MOT MOT2 SUZ2 Points

Notes

  1. 1 2 Car No. 15 entered as Red Bull Mugen Team Goh, and car No. 16 entered as Team Mugen
  2. 1 2 The race was stopped due to bad weather conditions after less than 75% of laps were completed. Therefore, half points were awarded.

      Related Research Articles

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Satoshi Motoyama</span> Japanese racing driver

      Satoshi Motoyama is a Japanese professional racing driver and team manager. He is best known for racing in the Super GT Series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) as a factory driver for Nissan, and for racing in the Formula Nippon Championship. He is a three-time champion of the GT500 class of Super GT, and a four-time Formula Nippon/Super Formula champion, making him one of the most successful Japanese racing drivers of all-time.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Yuhi Sekiguchi</span> Japanese racing driver

      Yuhi Sekiguchi is a Japanese racing driver. He currently competes in the GT500 class of the Super GT Series for TGR Team SARD.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Tsugio Matsuda</span> Japanese racing driver

      Tsugio Matsuda is a Japanese professional racing driver for Nissan and Kondo Racing in the Super GT Series, and a team ambassador for KCMG in the Super Formula Championship.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Formula Nippon Championship</span>

      The 2010 Formula Nippon Championship was the thirty-eighth season of the premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing series. The series for Formula Nippon racing cars was contested over eight races at seven rounds, beginning on 18 April at Suzuka and ending at the same venue on 7 November. A non-championship meeting at Fuji Speedway completed the season's racing a week later.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver)</span> Japanese racing driver

      Naoki Yamamoto is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Racing Corporation, currently driving in Super GT with Team Kunimitsu and in Super Formula with Nakajima Racing. He is a three-time champion in Super Formula and a two-time champion in the GT500 class of Super GT. Yamamoto is also the only driver to have won both the Super Formula and GT500 championships in the same season multiple times, a feat which he accomplished in 2018 and 2020.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryō Hirakawa</span> Japanese racing driver

      Ryō Hirakawa is a Japanese racing driver who is currently competing for Toyota Gazoo Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He was Super GT GT500 champion in 2017, and finished runner-up in Super Formula in 2020. He has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class since 2022, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in his debut season and the championship title in 2022 and 2023 alongside co-drivers Sébastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley. Hirakawa is also signed to McLaren's Driver Development Programme as a reserve driver for the 2024 Formula One season.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Super Formula Championship</span>

      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.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Tomoki Nojiri</span> Japanese racing driver

      Tomoki Nojiri is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes as a Honda factory driver in Super GT for ARTA and in Super Formula for Team Mugen, where he won the championship title in 2021 and 2022.

      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.

      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.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Ren Sato (racing driver)</span> Japanese racing driver

      Ren Sato is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in Super GT for ARTA and in Super Formula for PONOS Nakajima Racing. He is a factory driver for Honda, and a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team and Honda Formula Dream Project.

      The 2021 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars. The series is sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and run by the GT Association (GTA). It was the twenty-ninth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship which includes the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the seventeenth season under the Super GT name. It was the thirty-ninth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship, dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Toshiki Oyu</span> Japanese racing driver (born 1998)

      Toshiki Oyu is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who currently competes in Super GT for Team Cerumo and in Super Formula for INGING. He was previously a factory driver for Honda until 2023.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Super Formula Championship</span> Japanese open wheel motor racing

      The 2022 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the fiftieth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the tenth under the moniker of Super Formula. It started in April 2022 and was contested over ten rounds across seven race meetings.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Hiroki Otsu</span> Japanese racing driver

      Hiroki Otsu is a Japanese racing driver who is currently competing in Super GT with ARTA, and in Super Formula for TCS Nakajima Racing as a substitute driver for Naoki Yamamoto.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Super Formula Championship</span> Japanese open wheel motor racing

      The 2023 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the fifty-first season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the eleventh under the moniker of Super Formula. It started in April 2023 and was contested over seven weekends, comprising nine races. Tomoki Nojiri entered the season as the two-time and defending series champion.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Super GT Series</span> Sports car racing season in Japan

      The 2023 Autobacs Super GT Series was a motor racing championship based in Japan for grand touring cars, sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) and ran by the GT Association (GTA). It was the thirty-first season of the JAF Super GT Championship, which included the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the nineteenth season under the Super GT name. It was also the forty-first overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Endurance/Sports Prototype Championship.

      Kazuki Hiramine is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series as a Nissan factory driver with Team Impul. He won the Super GT GT500 Championship in 2022, alongside co-driver Bertrand Baguette.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Super Formula Championship</span> Japanese open-wheel motor racing event

      The 2024 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the fifty-second season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the twelfth under the moniker of Super Formula. It started in March at Suzuka Circuit and is due to be contested over seven race weekends, ending in November at Suzuka.

      <span class="mw-page-title-main">Servus Japan</span> Japanese racing team

      Servus Japan Co, Ltd. is a Japanese racing company that competes in Super Formula Super GT GT300, and Formula Regional Japanese Championship. The company runs TGM Grand Prix in Super Formula, Studie, Team UpGarage in Super GT, and Team Sutekina.

      References

      1. 1 2 3 "Honda junior Ren Sato gets Super Formula Lights and Super GT seats".
      2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2021 Season Honda Driver Line-Up". superformula.net. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
      3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Toyota names Super Formula drivers for 2021 season". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
      4. 1 2 3 "Kamui Kobayashi among absentees for Super Formula opener". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
      5. ↑ "Michigami's Drago Corse squad returns to Super Formula grid". motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
      6. ↑ "2020 Rd.3 Entry List | Rd.3 Autopolis | Race Calendar 2021 | SUPER FORMULA Official Website". superformula.net. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
      7. 1 2 "Otsu completes Mugen Super Formula line-up". Motorsport.com. 18 February 2021.
      8. ↑ "Hirakawa to Miss Rd. 4 at SUGO". www.superformula.net. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
      9. ↑ "Alesi named as Nakajima's Suzuka Super Formula replacement". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
      10. ↑ "B-Max Racing Teamが松下信治起用 第2戦より参戦決定". www.superformula.net (in Japanese). 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
      11. ↑ "Baltas named on Super Formula entry list, set to miss Fuji". www.motorsport.com. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
      12. ↑ "Super Formula: Honda boss explains Nobuharu Matsushita saga". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
      13. ↑ "Super Formula unveils seven-round 2021 calendar". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
      14. ↑ "Regarding the venue and schedule of the 6th round of the 2021 All Japan Super Formula Championship". www.superformula.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-04-12.
      This page is based on this Wikipedia article
      Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
      Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.