2016 Super Formula Championship

2016 Super Formula season
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The 2016 Japanese Super Formula Championship season is the 30th season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the third under the name of Super Formula. Hiroaki Ishiura will defend his 2015 Championship when the season begins 24 April, and ends after seven rounds on 30 October.[1]

The series will change tyre supplier from Bridgestone to Yokohama.[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered. All teams use the Dallara SF14 spec-racer chassis. 8 drivers will use Honda's 2 litre power plant; 11 drivers will use Toyota's 2 litre power plant.

Team No. Driver Engine Rounds
P.mu/cerumo・INGING[3] 1 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura[3] Toyota RI4A 1
2 Japan Yuji Kunimoto[3] 1
Kondō Racing[3] 3 United Kingdom James Rossiter[4] Toyota RI4A 1
4 United Kingdom William Buller[4] 1
SUNOCO Team LeMans[3] 7 India Narain Karthikeyan[3] Toyota RI4A 1
8 Japan Kamui Kobayashi[3] 1
Real Racing[5] 10 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi[5] Honda HR-414E 1
11 Japan Takuya Izawa[5] 1
Team Mugen[5] 16 Japan Naoki Yamamoto[5] Honda HR-414E 1
KCMG[3] 18 Japan Yuichi Nakayama[3] Toyota RI4A 1
ITOCHU ENEX Team Impul[3] 19 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira[3] Toyota RI4A 1
20 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi[6] 1
Drago Corse[5] 34 Japan Takashi Kogure[5] Honda HR-414E 1
VANTELIN Team TOM'S[3] 36 Germany André Lotterer[3] Toyota RI4A 1
37 Japan Kazuki Nakajima[3] 1
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing[5] 40 Japan Tomoki Nojiri[5] Honda HR-414E 1
41 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne[5] 1
Nakajima Racing[5] 64 Japan Daisuke Nakajima[5] Honda HR-414E 1
65 Belgium Bertrand Baguette[5] 1

Race calendar

A provisional calendar for the 2016 season was released on 10 December 2015.[1] All 7 rounds of the 2016 Super-Formula Championship are scheduled over 7 months from April through October, with a 7 week long summer hiatus through June, to mid July. All events are to be held exclusively on premier, natural terrain road racing circuits, in Japan. Thus far, no events on the Super Formula calendar are to be held on super-speedway ovals, or on city street circuits.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Suzuka Circuit 24 April Japan Naoki Yamamoto Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi Japan Naoki Yamamoto Team Mugen
2 Okayama International Circuit 29 May
3 Fuji Speedway 17 July
4 Twin Ring Motegi 21 August
5 Autopolis 11 September
6 Sportsland SUGO 25 September
7 R1 Suzuka Circuit 30 October
R2

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Round 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Pole
1–6 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
7 8 4 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 1
Pos Driver SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
1 Japan Naoki Yamamoto 1 11
2 Japan Yuji Kunimoto 2 8
3 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 3 6
4 Japan Takashi Kogure 4 5
5 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi 5 4
6 United Kingdom James Rossiter 6 3
7 Germany André Lotterer 7 2
8 Belgium Bertrand Baguette 8 1
9 Japan Tomoki Nojiri 9 0
10 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira 10 0
11 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura 11 0
12 Japan Kazuki Nakajima 12 0
13 Japan Yuichi Nakayama 13 0
14 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 14 0
15 United Kingdom William Buller 15 0
16 Japan Kamui Kobayashi 16 0
17 Japan Takuya Izawa Ret 0
18 Japan Daisuke Nakajima Ret 0
19 India Narain Karthikeyan Ret 0
Pos Driver SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. 1 2 "16年Sフォーミュラの日程発表。WECとの重複避ける". as-web.jp. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Engine Manufacturer Testing and Rookie Driver Tryouts". Super Formula. Japan Race Promotion Inc. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Toyota GAZOO Racing Outlines 2016 Motorsports Activities". Toyota Motor Corporation. Toyota Motor Corporation. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Kondo Racing Super Formula 2016 participation". Kondō Racing. Kondo Racing. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Honda 2016 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Itochu Enex Team Impul Line-up". Impul. Itochu Enex Team Impul. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

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