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

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. [9] These plans, however, were cancelled in October 2024. It marked the second time that a planned round at Inje was cancelled. [10]

RoundCircuitLocationDateSupport billMap of circuit locations
1 Suzuka International Racing Course Suzuka, Mie 7–9 March Super Formula Lights
2
3 Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi, Tochigi 18–20 April
4
5 Autopolis Hita, Oita 17–18 May Super Formula Lights
6 Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 18–20 JulyKyojo Cup
7
8 Sportsland SUGO Shibata, Miyagi 9–10 August
9 Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 10–12 OctoberKyojo Cup
10
11 Suzuka International Racing Course Suzuka, Mie 21–23 November Formula Regional Japanese Championship
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Championship standings

Scoring system

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