2021 Super Formula Lights

Last updated December 23, 2024

The 2021 Super Formula Lights Championship was the second Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season. It featured drivers competing in Formula 3 cars with Dallara 320 chassis and with engines made by three different manufacturers, a similar regulation format to the Euroformula Open Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	Engine	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
TOM'S	TOM'S TAZ31	1	Seita Nonaka		1–5
		1	Kazuto Kotaka ^[1]		6
		36	Giuliano Alesi		All
		37	Hibiki Taira		All
Toda Racing	Spiess A41	2	Ren Sato ^[2]		All
ALBIREX Racing Team	Tomei TB14F3 2020	3	Lucca Allen		1–2, 4
		5	Seiya Jin		1
		5	Tsubasa Iriyama		2
B-Max Engineering ^[a] B-Max Racing Team ^[a]	Spiess A41	4	Nobuhiro Imada	M	All
		30	"Dragon"		All
		50	Teppei Natori		All
		51	Miki Koyama		1
			Takashi Hata	M	2, 4
			"Syuji"	M	3, 5–6
		52	Seiya Jin		5–6
Rn-Sports	Spiess A41	10	Atsushi Miyake		All
Rn-Sports	Spiess A41	11	Masayuki Ueda	M	1–2, 4–6
RS Fine	TOM'S TAZ31	35	Shunsuke Kohno		All
Source: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

Icon	Class
M	Masters' Cup.

Race Calendar

The calendar for the 2021 season was announced on 30 October 2020. The championship supported Super Formula at all of its races.^[6] Because of this, the calendar change announced by Super Formula on 12 April 2021 was also adopted by Super Formula Lights.^[7]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Masters Winner
1	R1	Fuji Speedway	3 April	Teppei Natori	Teppei Natori	Teppei Natori	B-Max Racing Team	Nobuhiro Imada
	R2		4 April	Teppei Natori	Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Toda Racing	Nobuhiro Imada
	R3		4 April		Ren Sato	Atsushi Miyake	Rn-Sports	Masayuki Ueda
2	R4	Suzuka International Racing Course	24 April	Teppei Natori	Teppei Natori	Teppei Natori	B-Max Racing Team	Nobuhiro Imada
	R5		25 April	Teppei Natori	Teppei Natori	Teppei Natori	B-Max Racing Team	Masayuki Ueda
	R6		25 April		Ren Sato	Teppei Natori	B-Max Racing Team	Nobuhiro Imada
3	R7	Autopolis	15 May	Ren Sato ^[b]	Atsushi Miyake	Atsushi Miyake	Rn-Sports	Nobuhiro Imada
	R8		16 May	Ren Sato ^[c]	Giuliano Alesi	Teppei Natori	B-Max Racing Team	"Syuji"
	R9		16 May	Race cancelled due to inclement weather.
4	R10	Sportsland SUGO	19 June	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	TOM'S	Takashi Hata
	R11		20 June	Teppei Natori	Teppei Natori	Teppei Natori	B-Max Racing Team	Nobuhiro Imada
	R12		20 June		Teppei Natori	Giuliano Alesi	TOM'S	Nobuhiro Imada
5	R13	Twin Ring Motegi	28 August	Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Toda Racing	Nobuhiro Imada
	R14		29 August	Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Toda Racing	Nobuhiro Imada
	R9		29 August		Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Toda Racing	Nobuhiro Imada
6	R15	Twin Ring Motegi	16 October	Teppei Natori	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	TOM'S	Nobuhiro Imada
	R16		17 October	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Ren Sato	Toda Racing	Masayuki Ueda
	R17		17 October		Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	TOM'S	Nobuhiro Imada

Championship standings

The points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Drivers' Championships

Overall

Pos	Driver	FUJ			SUZ			AUT ^[d]			SUG			MOT1			MOT2			Points
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
1	Teppei Natori	1	2	2	1	1	1	5	1	C	2	1	2	2	4	7	4	10	8	109
2	Giuliano Alesi	3	6	3	2	3	2	2	2	C	1	4	1	3	2	2	1	12	1	103
3	Ren Sato	2	1	9	12†	2	5	9	9	C	7	2	6	1	1	1	2	1	4	92
4	Atsushi Miyake	6	5	1	4	6	4	1	6	C	5	5	4	6	3	5	3	6	2	57
5	Hibiki Taira	4	DNS	4	5	4	3	4	4	C	3	3	3	WD	WD	WD	6	4	5	41.5
6	Shunsuke Kohno	5	7	Ret	6	7	6	3	3	C	4	Ret	5	4	6	4	8	3	6	29.5
7	Seita Nonaka	10	3	6	3	5	7	Ret	5	C	6	Ret	7	5	5	3				24
8	Kazuto Kotaka																5	2	3	14
9	Seiya Jin	Ret	4	5										7	7	6	7	5	7	8
10	Nobuhiro Imada	8	10	11	8	12†	10	6	10	C	9	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	1
11	Lucca Allen	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD				11	6	8							1
12	"Dragon"	9	9	8	11	8	9	8	7	C	Ret	8	9	8	8	8	10	7	11	0
13	Miki Koyama	7	8	7																0
14	"Syuji"							7	8	C				10	10	10	12	11	12	0
15	Tsubasa Iriyama				7	11	8													0
16	Masayuki Ueda	11	11	10	9	9	11				10	10	11	WD	WD	WD	11	8	10	0
17	Takashi Hata				10	10	Ret				8	9	12							0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
Pos	Driver	FUJ			SUZ			AUT			SUG			MOT1			MOT2			Points

Masters Class

Pos	Driver	FUJ			SUZ			AUT ^[e]			SUG			MOT1			MOT2			Points
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
1	Nobuhiro Imada	1	1	2	1	3†	1	1	2	C	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	156
2	Masayuki Ueda	2	2	1	2	1	2				3	3	2	WD	WD	WD	2	1	2	90
3	"Syuji"							2	1	C				2	2	2	3	3	3	48.5
4	Takashi Hata				3	2	Ret				1	2	3							35
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
Pos	Driver	FUJ			SUZ			AUT			SUG			MOT1			MOT2			Points

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	TOM'S	102
2	B-Max Racing Team	98
3	Toda Racing	84
4	Rn-Sports	56
5	RS Fine	29.5
6	ALBIREX Racing Team	6
7	B-Max Engineering	1

Engine manufacturer standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau	134
2	TOM'S	102
3	Tomei Engine	6

Footnotes

1 2 Car No. 4, 30 & 51 entered as B-Max Engineering, and car No. 50 & 52 entered as B-Max Racing Team
↑ Qualifying was cancelled due to heavy rain. The grid was decided by times set during practice. No points were awarded for pole position in each class.
↑ Qualifying was cancelled due to heavy rain. The grid was decided by times set during practice. No points were awarded for pole position in each class.
↑ Due to heavy fog only two of the 10 laps were completed under green flag conditions. Therefore, half points were awarded.
↑ Due to heavy fog only two of the 10 laps were completed under green flag conditions. Therefore, half points were awarded.

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References

↑ Wood, Elliot (2021-02-12). "Toyota promotes Japanese F4 champion Hibiki Taira to SF Lights". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
↑ Wood, Ida (15 January 2021). "Honda junior Ren Sato gets Super Formula Lights and Super GT seats". Formula Scout.
↑ "FUJI | 2021年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
↑ "Suzuka | 2021年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
↑ "SUGO | 2021年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
↑ "全日本スーパーフォーミュラ・ライツ選手権 2021年カレンダーのご案内 | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
↑ "「2021年全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権」第6戦の開催地、及び開催日程の変更について | SUPER FORMULA Official Website". JP SUPER FORMULA (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-04-12.

External links

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[Bmax-3] 1 2 Car No. 4, 30 & 51 entered as B-Max Engineering, and car No. 50 & 52 entered as B-Max Racing Team

[9] Qualifying was cancelled due to heavy rain. The grid was decided by times set during practice. No points were awarded for pole position in each class.

[10] Qualifying was cancelled due to heavy rain. The grid was decided by times set during practice. No points were awarded for pole position in each class.

[11] Due to heavy fog only two of the 10 laps were completed under green flag conditions. Therefore, half points were awarded.

[12] Due to heavy fog only two of the 10 laps were completed under green flag conditions. Therefore, half points were awarded.

[:0-1] Wood, Elliot (2021-02-12). "Toyota promotes Japanese F4 champion Hibiki Taira to SF Lights". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

[2] Wood, Ida (15 January 2021). "Honda junior Ren Sato gets Super Formula Lights and Super GT seats". Formula Scout.

[4] "FUJI | 2021年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2021-03-30.

[5] "Suzuka | 2021年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.

[6] "SUGO | 2021年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2021-06-13.

[7] "全日本スーパーフォーミュラ・ライツ選手権 2021年カレンダーのご案内 | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.

[8] "「2021年全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権」第6戦の開催地、及び開催日程の変更について | SUPER FORMULA Official Website". JP SUPER FORMULA (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-04-12.

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Tier I	Super Formula Championship (1973–present)
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Tier III	Formula Mirage (1990–1995) Formula Toyota (1990–2007) Formula Beat (1993–present) Formula Dream (1999–2005) Formula Challenge Japan (2006–2013) F4 Japanese Championship (2015–present)
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