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]
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.
Entrant | Engine | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
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Vantelin Team TOM’S | Toyota | 1 | Sho Tsuboi [2] | TBC |
37 | Sacha Fenestraz | TBC | ||
Kondo Racing | Toyota | 3 | Kenta Yamashita [2] | TBC |
4 | Zak O'Sullivan | TBC | ||
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Honda | 5 | Tadasuke Makino [3] | TBC |
6 | Kakunoshin Ohta [3] | TBC | ||
Kids com Team KCMG | Toyota | 7 | Kamui Kobayashi [2] | TBC |
8 | Nirei Fukuzumi [2] | TBC | ||
Hazama Ando Triple Tree Racing | Honda | 10 | ”Juju” | TBC |
ThreeBond Racing | Honda | 12 | Atsushi Miyake [3] | TBC |
docomo business ROOKIE | Toyota | 14 | Kazuya Oshima [2] | TBC |
Team Mugen | Honda | 15 | Ayumu Iwasa [3] | TBC |
16 | Tomoki Nojiri [3] | TBC | ||
Team Impul | Toyota | 19 | Oliver Rasmussen | TBC |
20 | Mitsunori Takaboshi | TBC | ||
KDDI TGMGP TGR-DC | Toyota | 28 | Kazuto Kotaka | TBC |
29 | Hibiki Taira | TBC | ||
Sanki Vertex Partners Cerumo・INGING | Toyota | 38 | Sena Sakaguchi [2] | TBC |
39 | Toshiki Oyu [2] | TBC | ||
B-Max Racing Team | Honda | 50 | Syun Koide | TBC |
PONOS Nakajima Racing | Honda | 64 | Ren Sato [3] | TBC |
65 | Igor Omura Fraga | TBC |
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]
Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations |
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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 July | Kyojo Cup | |
7 | |||||
8 | Sportsland SUGO | Shibata, Miyagi | 9–10 August | ||
9 | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Shizuoka | 10–12 October | Kyojo Cup | |
10 | |||||
11 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Suzuka, Mie | 21–23 November | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | |
12 |
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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