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Super Formula Lights

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Not to be confused with Formula Lites or Indy Lights.
Super Formula Lights
CategorySingle seaters
CountryJapan
Inaugural season2020
ConstructorsDallara
Engine suppliersToyota-TOM'S
Tyre suppliersKumho Tire
Drivers' championSyun Koide
Teams' championTOM'S
Official websitesuperformula-lights.com
Current season

Super Formula Lights (スーパーフォーミュラライツ, Sūpāfōmyuraraitu) is a national formula racing championship that takes place in Japan. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses the same single seater chassis as the pan-European Euroformula Open Championship. The series will be the first with the new branding as a feeder series for the Super Formula championship. The nomenclature is similar to that of IndyCar, whose support series formerly used the "Lights" moniker as well.

Origins

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Main article: Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The Super Formula Lights championship started in 1979 as a Formula 3-based series originally known as the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. Because of changes with FIA nomenclature ("Formula Regional" is now used for all regional F3-based series to prevent confusion with the FIA Formula 3 Championship), and the change from Formula Regional standards used in such series (such as the Formula Regional European Championship and Formula Regional Americas Championship; in Japan, K2 Planet acquired the rights to run a Formula Regional championship in Japan, the Formula Regional Japanese Championship from the FIA) to sharing a single specification rule set with the Euroformula Open Championship, similar to Germany's Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and Japan's Super GT sharing a single Class 1 formula touring car, on 17 August 2019 the series promoters surrendered the rights to the Formula Regional championship in Japan and rebranded the series to Super Formula Lights.[1]

Equipment

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The Series has similar rules to Euroformula Open Championship, which forced the name change in 2020.

  • Chassis:
    Dallara remains the specification chassis builder for Super Formula Championship for the 2020 season, with the Dallara 320 shared with Euroformula Open being used. The new chassis features revamped aerodynamics and a Halo intrusion device. For 2024, The series will use new updated Dallara 324.
  • Engines:
    Toyota-TOM'S, Mugen-Honda, Toda Racing and ThreeBond (Nissan) would remain as official series engine partners from 2020 season. The Spiess Tuning Volkswagen R4 engine proved to be popular. But for 2024, the series will use only TOM'S spec engine and based on the Toyota GR Yaris three cylinder 1.6-litre turbo engine.[2]

Champions

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Drivers

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Season Driver Team Wins Poles Fastest laps Podiums Points Margin
2020 Japan Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo Team TOM'S 12 6 15 16 153 37
2021 Japan Teppei Natori B-Max Racing 6 6 5 11 109 6
2022 Japan Kazuto Kotaka TOM'S 8 3 3 11 114 6
2023 Japan Iori Kimura B-Max Racing Team 6 5 8 12 113 9
2024 Japan Syun Koide B-Max Racing Team 8 6 7 11 114 28

Teams

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Season Team Wins Poles Fastest laps Podiums Points Margin
2020 Corolla Chukyo Kuo Team TOM'S 13 137 27
2021 TOM'S 4 102 4
2022 TOM'S 11 151 51
2023 B-Max Racing Team 9 146 29
2024 TOM'S 9 143 19

Masters Class

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Season Driver Team Wins Poles Fastest laps Podiums Points Margin
2020 Japan "Dragon" B-Max Engineering 14 6 13 16 155 53
2021 Japan Nobuhiro Imada B-Max Engineering 12 10 14 17 156 66
2022 Japan Nobuhiro Imada B-Max Racing Team 10 8 9 16 143 17
2023 Japan Nobuhiro Imada B-Max Racing Team 11 7 7 15 150 23
2024 Japan "Dragon" Team Dragon 9 1 8 18 152 53

Circuits

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  • Bold denotes a circuit used in the 2024 season.
  • Italic denotes a formerly used circuit.
Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 Mobility Resort Motegi 6[a] 2020–⁠present
2 Sportsland SUGO 5 2020–⁠present
Autopolis 5 2020–⁠present
Suzuka Circuit 5 2020–⁠present
Fuji Speedway 5 2020–⁠present
6 Okayama International Circuit 4 2020, 2022–present

Notes

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  1. ^ Mobility Resort Motegi hosted 2 rounds in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ Thukral, Rachit; Tanaka, Ken (17 August 2019). "All-Japan F3 rebranded as Super Formula Lights". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Super Formula Lights reveals plans for one-make engine". motorsport.com. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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See also

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