2025 Super Formula Championship

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The 2025 Japanese Super Formula Championship is scheduled to be the fifty-third season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the twelfth under the moniker of Super Formula. The season will start in March at Suzuka Circuit and is due to be contested over 12 rounds in seven race weekends, ending in November at Suzuka. [1]

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Vantelin Team TOM’S driver Sho Tsuboi will enter the season as the defending champion.

Teams and drivers

All teams used identical Dallara-built SF23 chassis with either Honda or Toyota engines. Every Honda-powered car used a Honda HR-417E engine and every Toyota-powered car used a Toyota TRD-01F engine.

EntrantEngineNo.Driver nameRounds
Flag of Japan.svg Vantelin Team TOM’S Toyota 1 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi [2] 1–2
37 Flag of Argentina.svg Sacha Fenestraz 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Kondo Racing Toyota 3 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita [2] 1–2
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak O'Sullivan 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda 5 Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino [3] 1–2
6 Flag of Japan.svg Kakunoshin Ohta [3] 1–2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kids com Team KCMG Toyota 7 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi [2] 1–2
8 Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi [2] 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Hazama Ando Triple Tree Racing Honda 10 Flag of Japan.svg ”Juju” 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg ThreeBond Racing Honda 12 Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Miyake [3] 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg docomo business ROOKIE Toyota 14 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima [2] 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Team Mugen Honda 15 Flag of Japan.svg Ayumu Iwasa [3] 1–2
16 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri [3] 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul Toyota 19 Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Rasmussen 1–2
20 Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg KDDI TGMGP TGR-DC Toyota 28 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka 1–2
29 Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Sanki Vertex Partners CerumoINGING Toyota 38 Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi [2] 1–2
39 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu [2] 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg San-Ei Gen with B-Max Honda 50 Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide 1–2
Flag of Japan.svg PONOS Nakajima Racing Honda 64 Flag of Japan.svg Ren Sato [3] 1–2
65 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Omura Fraga 1–2

Team changes

Driver changes

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 1 August 2024. [1] All weekends except the ones at Autopolis and Sportsland Sugo will be double-headers, making this the longest calendar in Super Formula history. The series originally planned its first race outside Japan since 2004 with a round held at Inje Speedium. [12] These plans, however, were cancelled in October 2024. It marked the second time that a planned round at Inje was cancelled. [13]

RoundCircuitLocationDateSupport billMap of circuit locations
1 Suzuka International Racing Course Suzuka, Mie 7–9 March Super Formula Lights
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
2
3 Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi, Tochigi 18–20 April Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
All Japan Road Race Championship
4
5 Autopolis Hita, Oita 17–18 May Super Formula Lights
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
6 Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 18–20 July Kyojo Cup
Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
7
8 Sportsland SUGO Shibata, Miyagi 9–10 August Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
9 Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 10–12 October Kyojo Cup
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
10
11 Suzuka International Racing Course Suzuka, Mie 21–23 November Formula Regional Japanese Championship
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Regulation changes

Double-header race weekends will now have two 60-minute practice sessions on a Friday instead of a single 90-minute session. The rounds held at Autopolis and Sugo will retain the format previously employed for single-race events, with 90 minutes of practice prior to qualifying on Saturday. Races held on Saturday will now be run over a reduced distance of 165km, while races held on Sunday, including those held during the single-race weekends at Autopolis and SUGO, will be run over 185km. These longer races will no longer have a pre-determined pit window, while the shorter races will retain the existing pit window. [14]

There will be a restriction on the teams' activity on race weekends in order to prevent fatigue among staff members. Teams are now required to stop all work carried out in the paddock four hours after the end of the final session, although there are exemptions in cases of cars becoming seriously damaged in incidents. [14]

Race results

RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team
1 Suzuka International Racing Course
2
3 Mobility Resort Motegi
4
5 Autopolis
6 Fuji Speedway
7
8 Sportsland SUGO
9 Suzuka International Racing Course
10
11 Suzuka International Racing Course
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Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Drivers' championship

PosDriver SUZ1 MOT AUT FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ2 Points
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Tsuboi
Flag of Argentina.svg Sacha Fenestraz
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Yamashita
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zak O'Sullivan
Flag of Japan.svg Tadasuke Makino
Flag of Japan.svg Kakunoshin Ohta
Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi
Flag of Japan.svg Nirei Fukuzumi
Flag of Japan.svg "Juju"
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Miyake
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Oshima
Flag of Japan.svg Ayumu Iwasa
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Nojiri
Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Rasmussen
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsunori Takaboshi
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka
Flag of Japan.svg Hibiki Taira
Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu
Flag of Japan.svg Syun Koide
Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Omura Fraga
Flag of Japan.svg Ren Sato
PosDriver SUZ1 MOT AUT FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ2 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
BlueOther classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formattingMeaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Teams' championship

PosDriver SUZ1 MOT AUT FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ2 Points
Flag of Japan.svg Vantelin Team TOM’S
Flag of Japan.svg Kondo Racing
Flag of Japan.svg Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kids com Team KCMG
Flag of Japan.svg Triple Tree Racing
Flag of Japan.svg ThreeBond Racing
Flag of Japan.svg docomo business ROOKIE
Flag of Japan.svg Team Mugen
Flag of Japan.svg Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul
Flag of Japan.svg KDDI TGMGP TGR-DC
Flag of Japan.svg Sanki Vertex Partners CerumoINGING
Flag of Japan.svg San-Ei Gen with B-Max
Flag of Japan.svg PONOS Nakajima Racing
PosDriver SUZ1 MOT AUT FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ2 Points

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