2026 Super Formula Lights

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The 2026 Super Formula Lights Championship is scheduled to be the seventh Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season.

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Teams and drivers

As the championship is a spec series, all teams will compete with an identical Dallara 324 chassis with a Toyota GR Yaris three-cylinder 1.6-litre turbo engine. All teams will compete with tyres supplied by Kumho Tire. [1] [2]

TeamNo.DriverStatusRoundsRef.
B-Max Racing Team 1Flag of none.svg TBATBC
30Flag of none.svg TBATBC
50 Flag of Japan.svg Kotaro Shimbara TBC [3]
51Flag of none.svg TBATBC
58Flag of none.svg TBATBC
GNSY Racing 8 Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhiro ShimizuMTBC [4]
TOM'S 35 Flag of Japan.svg Tokiya Suzuki TBC [5]
36 Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoshi Umegaki TBC [5]
37 Flag of Austria.svg Oscar Wurz TBC [5]
38Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Buzz Racing64 Flag of Japan.svg "Ken Alex"MTBC [6]
IconClass
MMasters' Cup

Team changes

Buzz Racing will make their full-season debut in the series after entering the last round in 2025. [6]

Driver changes

Teams' Champion B-Max Racing Team saw reigning Drivers' Champion Yuto Nomura graduate to the team's Super Formula outfit, while Kaylen Frederick moved to IMSA SportsCar GTP with JDC–Miller MotorSports. [7] [8] The team promoted Kotaro Shimbara from their Japanese F4 outfit, where he finished fourth in 2025. [3]

Yuki Sano, Rikuto Kobayashi, and Esteban Masson will all leave the series, as Sano moves to Formula Regional Europe with R-ace GP, Kobayashi steps up to Super Formula with TGMGP, and Masson returns to race in FIA WEC LMGT3 with Akkodis ASP Team. [5] [9] TOM'S signed reigning Formula Regional Japan champion Kiyoshi Umegaki, reigning F4 Japan champion Tokiya Suzuki, and 2024 Formula 4 CEZ champion Oscar Wurz, who finished 18th in the 2025 Eurocup-3 season with Drivex. [5]

Souta Arao left Delightworks Racing and the series after his single-round appearance in 2025 to become ThreeBond Racing's reserve driver. [10]

Ken Watanabe, who races under the pseudonym "Ken Alex", will make his full season debut in the Masters' Cup with new entrant Buzz Racing, after finishing fifth in F4 Japan's Independent Class in 2025. [6]

Race calendar

The calendar for the 2026 season was announced on 13 November 2025. It will once again consist of eighteen races held over six weekends at six circuits. Two of the events will support the parent Super Formula Championship. [11]

RoundCircuitDateSupportingMap of circuit locations
1R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 28–29 March
R2
R3
2R4 Autopolis, Hita 25–26 April Super Formula Championship
R5
R6
3R7 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 23–24 May Super Formula Championship
R8
R9
4R10 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 13–14 June F4 Japanese Championship
R11
R12
5R13 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 29–30 August Formula Regional Japanese Championship
SUGO Champion Cup Race
R14
R15
6R16 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 12–13 SeptemberToyota Gazoo Racing Yaris Cup - Tohoku
R17
R18

Championship standings

Points will be awarded as follows:

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References

  1. ↑ "Super Formula Lights to become a spec-engine series in 2024". formulascout.com. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Muschlien, Finjo (16 May 2024). "Super Formula Lights: 2024 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Honda 2026 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "今シーズンも、SFライツ、FIA-F4での活躍を期待しています。". B-Max Racing . 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Presents its 2026 motorsport team setups in Japan". Toyota Gazoo Racing . 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "KEN ALEX 選手の2026年 SFLマシンデザインが完成しました". x.com. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Klein, Jamie (23 December 2025). "Honda reveals 2026 Super Formula roster as Iwasa returns". Autosport . Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Dagys, John (January 8, 2026). "Pino Joins JDC-Miller for Full Season; Frederick for Enduros". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  9. ↑ Klein, Jamie (8 December 2025). "Akkodis ASP Announces First Drivers, Sticks to RC F GT3". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  10. ↑ Klein, Jamie (8 January 2026). "B-Max outcast Koide gets his second chance with ThreeBond Racing". Japan Racing Insider. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "2026 年全日本レース選手権カレンダー一覧" (PDF). Japan Automobile Federation .
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