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Japanese motorsports event

The 2019 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-seventh season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the seventh under the moniker of Super Formula. The season began on 21 April at Suzuka Circuit and ended on 27 October at the same location.[1]

2019 marked the first season of the Dallara SF19 chassis package, while continuing the engine configuration of the preceding chassis.[2]

Nick Cassidy clinched his first Driver’s Championship title, after finishing ahead of reigning champion Naoki Yamamoto at the season finale at Suzuka.[3]Docomo Team Dandelion Racing won their first Teams’ Championship title since 2012, with Naoki Yamamoto and Nirei Fukuzumi driving for them.[4]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team changes[edit]

  • German team Motopark will enter the championship in collaboration with the B-MAX Racing Team.[11]

Driver changes[edit]

Honda[edit]

Toyota[edit]

Mid-season changes[edit]

Race calendar and results[edit]

The calendar with seven rounds was announced in August 2018.[1][15]

Championship standings[edit]

Drivers’ Championship[edit]

Scoring system
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Pole 
Rounds 1-6 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Round 7 13 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Driver standings
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams’ Championship[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b “2019 Super Formula Tentative Schedule”. August 18, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Thukral, Rachit (June 16, 2018). “New Super Formula SF19 car completes first shakedown running”. Autosport. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Klein, Jamie (October 27, 2019). “Suzuka Super Formula: Cassidy wins title in tense finale”. Motorsport.com. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  4. ^ “Team Standings | Race Calendar 2019 | SUPER FORMULA Official Website”. JP SUPER FORMULA (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  5. ^ a b c d Klein, Jamie (19 November 2018). “Honda to switch F2 racers Fukuzumi, Makino to Super Formula in 2019”. Autosport. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b c “THE RED BULL JUNIOR TEAM AND THE HONDA FORMULA DREAM PROJECT”. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b Benyon, Jack (30 June 2019). “O’Ward takes over Ticktum’s Super Formula seat at Team Mugen”. Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  8. ^ Thukral, Rachit (18 October 2019). “Vips replaces O’Ward for Super Formula finale”. Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h Thukral, Rachit (11 January 2019). “Honda reveals details of Super Formula line-up shuffle”. motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  10. ^ a b Thukral, Rachit (9 May 2019). “Rookie Charpentier axed after one Super Formula race”. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  11. ^ a b c Simmons, Marcus (14 November 2019). “Motopark confirms 2019 Super Formula move”. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Thukral, Rachit (7 February 2019). “Markelov joins Super Formula as Toyota reveals 2019 drivers”. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  13. ^ Thukral, Rachit (24 September 2019). “Markelov’s replacement for Okayama announced”. Motorsport.com.
  14. ^ Mitchell, Scott (8 June 2019). “Red Bull drops Ticktum from junior programme”. motorsport.com.
  15. ^ “2019 SUPER FORMULA: Series Calendar”. superformula.net. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

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