2021 Super Formula Championship

The 2021 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the 35th season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the ninth under the moniker of Super Formula. Naoki Yamamoto will enter the 2021 season as the defending drivers' champion.

2021 Super Formula Championship
Previous: 2020 Next: 2022
Support series:
TCR Japan Touring Car Series
Super Formula Lights

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Engine Rounds
TCS Nakajima Racing 1 Naoki Yamamoto[1] Honda TBA
64 Toshiki Oyu[2] TBA
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 5 Nirei Fukuzumi[2] TBA
6 Tadasuke Makino[1] TBA
Drago Corse with ThreeBond[3] 12 Tatiana Calderón[1] TBA
Team Mugen[2] 15 TBA TBA
16 Tomoki Nojiri[2] TBA
B-Max Racing[2] 50 TBA TBA
51 TBA TBA
Kondō Racing 3 Kenta Yamashita[4] Toyota TBA
4 Sacha Fenestraz[4] TBA
carrozzeria Team KCMG 7 Kamui Kobayashi[4] TBA
18 Yuji Kunimoto[4] TBA
ROOKIE Racing 14 Kazuya Oshima[4] TBA
Itochu Enex Team Impul 19 Yuhi Sekiguchi[4] TBA
20 Ryō Hirakawa[4] TBA
Vantelin Team TOM'S 36 Kazuki Nakajima[4] TBA
37 Ritomo Miyata[4] TBA
JMS P.mu/cerumo・INGING 38 Sho Tsuboi[4] TBA
39 Sena Sakaguchi[4] TBA

Driver Changes
  • Three-time and defending series champion Naoki Yamamoto will move to TCS Nakajima Racing after spending two seasons with Dandelion Racing. This will be Yamamoto's first time driving for Nakajima Racing since his rookie season in 2010.[2]
  • Tadasuke Makino will move to DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing after two seasons with Nakajima Racing.[2]
  • Reigning Super Formula Lights champion Ritomo Miyata will drive full-time for Vantelin Team TOM's, after running two races in 2020 in relief of Kazuki Nakajima.[4]
  • Reigning Formula Regional Japanese Champion Sena Sakaguchi will drive full-time for P.mu/Cerumo-INGING, after appearing in the 2020 Okayama round in relief of Kenta Yamashita.[4]
  • Two-time series champion Hiroaki Ishiura has retired from the series.
  • 2019 series champion Nick Cassidy has exited the series, following his move to the FIA Formula E World Championship with Envision Virgin Racing.

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 6 August 2020. After heavy disruptions to the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the series is set to return to a more traditional schedule, with Suzuka Circuit hosting the season finale as it was usual.[5]

Round Circuit Date
1 Fuji Speedway 4 April
2 Suzuka International Racing Course 25 April
3 Autopolis 16 May
4 Sportsland SUGO 20 June
5 Twin Ring Motegi 29 August
6 Okayama International Circuit 3 October
7 Suzuka International Racing Course 31 October

References
  1. "Honda junior Ren Sato gets Super Formula Lights and Super GT seats".
  2. "2021 Season Honda Driver Line-Up". superformula.net. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. "Michigami's Drago Corse squad returns to Super Formula grid". motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  4. "Toyota names Super Formula drivers for 2021 season". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  5. "Super Formula unveils seven-round 2021 calendar". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
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