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. [1]
Reigning drivers' champion Ritomo Miyata did not defend his title in 2024 after leaving the series to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and European Le Mans Series. [2] Team Mugen entered 2024 as the defending teams' champion.
All teams use identical Dallara-built SF23 chassis with either Honda or Toyota engines. Every Honda-powered car uses a Honda HR-417E engine and every Toyota-powered car uses a Toyota TRD-01F engine.
Entrant | Engine | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
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Kondo Racing [3] | Toyota | 3 | Kenta Yamashita [3] | 1–4 |
4 | Kazuto Kotaka [3] | 1–4 | ||
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing [4] | Honda | 5 | Tadasuke Makino [4] | 1–4 |
6 | Kakunoshin Ohta [4] | 1–4 | ||
Kids com Team KCMG [3] | Toyota | 7 | Kamui Kobayashi [3] | 1–4 |
8 | Nirei Fukuzumi [3] | 1–4 | ||
ThreeBond Racing [4] | Honda | 12 | Atsushi Miyake [4] | 1–4 |
docomo business ROOKIE [3] | Toyota | 14 | Kazuya Oshima [3] | 1–4 |
Team Mugen [5] | Honda | 15 | Ayumu Iwasa [5] | 1–4 |
16 | Tomoki Nojiri [5] | 1–4 | ||
Itochu Enex Team Impul [3] | Toyota | 19 | Théo Pourchaire [3] | 1 |
Ben Barnicoat [6] | 2 | |||
Hibiki Taira [7] | 3–4 | |||
20 | Yuji Kunimoto [3] | 1–4 | ||
Vantelin Team TOM’S [3] | Toyota | 36 | Sho Tsuboi [3] | 1–4 |
37 | Ukyo Sasahara [3] | 1–4 | ||
Vertex Partners Cerumo・INGING [3] | Toyota | 38 | Sena Sakaguchi [3] | 1–4 |
39 | Toshiki Oyu [3] | 1–4 | ||
San-Ei Gen with B-Max [4] [8] | Honda | 50 | Iori Kimura [4] | 1–4 |
TGM Grand Prix [4] | Honda | 53 | "Juju" [4] [9] | 1–4 |
55 | Nobuharu Matsushita [10] | 1–3 | ||
Hiroki Otsu [11] | 4 | |||
PONOS Nakajima Racing [4] | Honda | 64 | Naoki Yamamoto [4] | 1–4 |
65 | Ren Sato [4] | 1–4 |
The provisional calendar was announced on 3 August 2023. [1] The final two rounds were later made to be double-headers. [18] Fuji Speedway's double-header weekend has been moved from the start of the season to 12–13 October, serving as the sixth and seventh rounds of the championship. Suzuka now hosted the opening round of the championship on 10 March. On 25 December 2023, the calendar was slightly amended, with the season finale moved forward by two weeks. [19]
Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations |
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1 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Suzuka, Mie | 10 March | All Japan Road Race Championship Formula Regional Japanese Championship | |
2 | Autopolis | Hita, Oita | 19 May | Super Formula Lights Honda N-One Owner's Cup | |
3 | Sportsland SUGO | Shibata, Miyagi | 23 June | Super Formula Lights Honda N-One Owner's Cup | |
4 | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Shizuoka | 21 July | Super Formula Lights Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Kyojo Cup | |
5 | Mobility Resort Motegi | Motegi, Tochigi | 23–25 August | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | |
6 | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Shizuoka | 11–13 October | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | |
7 | |||||
8 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Suzuka, Mie | 8–10 November | Super Formula Lights | |
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Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
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1 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Sena Sakaguchi | Naoki Yamamoto | Tomoki Nojiri | Team Mugen |
2 | Autopolis | Ayumu Iwasa | Ben Barnicoat | Tadasuke Makino | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing |
3 | Sportsland SUGO | Tomoki Nojiri | Tomoki Nojiri | Tomoki Nojiri | Team Mugen |
4 | Fuji Speedway | Nirei Fukuzumi | Tomoki Nojiri | Sho Tsuboi | Vantelin Team TOM’S |
5 | Mobility Resort Motegi | ||||
6 | Fuji Speedway | ||||
7 | |||||
8 | Suzuka International Racing Course | ||||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Pos | Team | SUZ1 | AUT | SUG [lower-alpha 1] | FUJ1 | MOT | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | Points | ||
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1 | Team Mugen | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 67.5 | |||||
9 | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
2 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 45 | |||||
10 | 5 | 14 | DNS | ||||||||
3 | Vantelin Team TOM’S | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 36.5 | |||||
15 | 12 | 16 | 12 | ||||||||
4 | PONOS Nakajima Racing | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 30 | |||||
5 | Ret | DNS | 10 | ||||||||
5 | Vertex Partners Cerumo・INGING | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | |||||
16 | 15 | 12 | Ret | ||||||||
6 | Kondo Racing | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||||
Ret | 18 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||
7 | Kids com Team KCMG | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 20.5 | |||||
19† | 10 | 13 | 8 | ||||||||
8 | Itochu Enex Team Impul | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | |||||
Ret | 19 | 17 | 9 | ||||||||
9 | TGM Grand Prix | 8 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 3 | |||||
17 | 20 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||
10 | San-Ei Gen with B-Max | 12 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 1 | |||||
11 | docomo business ROOKIE | 13 | 11 | Ret | 16 | 0 | |||||
12 | ThreeBond Racing | 14 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 0 | |||||
Pos | Team | SUZ1 | AUT | SUG | FUJ1 | MOT | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | Points |
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