Английская Википедия:2024 Super Formula Championship
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The 2024 Japanese Super Formula Championship will be the fifty-second season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the twelfth under the moniker of Super Formula. It will start on 8-10 March at Suzuka Circuit and is due to be contested over seven race weekends.[1]
Reigning drivers' champion Ritomo Miyata will not defend his title in 2024 after leaving the series to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and European Le Mans Series.[2] Team Mugen enters 2024 as the defending teams' champion.
Teams and drivers
All teams will use identical Dallara-built SF23 chassis with either Honda or Toyota engines. Every Honda-powered car will use a Honda HR-414E engine and every Toyota-powered car will use a Toyota RI4A engine.
Team changes
- INGING acquired a new title sponsor in finance advisory firm Vertex Partners, with the team now named Vertex Partners Cerumo・INGING.[3]
- Nakajima Racing acquired a new title sponsor in video game developer PONOS to replace Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and the team is now known as PONOS Nakajima Racing.[4]
Driver changes
- Reigning champion Ritomo Miyata will leave Vantelin Team TOM'S and the series to move to Formula 2 and the European Le Mans Series in preparation to step up to the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing.[2] Miyata's replacement will be Sho Tsuboi, who spent the last five seasons at INGING, and was Miyata's co-driver in their 2023 Super GT GT500 class championship campaign.[3]
- Team Mugen saw championship runner-up Liam Lawson leave the series to focus on his reserve driver role at Red Bull Racing in Formula One. He will be replaced by fellow Red Bull Junior Team member Ayumu Iwasa, who will return to Japan to make his series debut.[5]
- Itochu Enex Team Impul recruited an all-new lineup of 2023 FIA Formula 2 Champion Théo Pourchaire, who will make his series debut, and 2016 Super Formula champion Yuji Kunimoto, who comes over to Impul after four seasons with KCMG.[3] Impul's former drivers will leave the series, with Ryō Hirakawa electing to focus on his new role as the reserve driver for McLaren Racing in Formula One and Yuhi Sekiguchi leaving the team after eight seasons together.[6][3]
- Nirei Fukuzumi left Honda after being contracted by the manufacturer since his junior years, to join Toyota and drive for KCMG alongside Kamui Kobayashi.[3]
- Toshiki Oyu also left Honda after losing his ride with TGM Grand Prix before the end of the 2023 season. He joined Toyota and will drive for INGING, replacing Sho Tsuboi.[3]
- B-Max Racing Team is currently scheduled to downsize from running two cars in 2023 to a single-car entry in 2024, to be piloted by reigning Super Formula Lights champion Iori Kimura.[4]
Race calendar
The provisional calendar was announced on 3 August 2023.[1] The final two rounds were later made to be double-headers.[7]
Fuji Speedway's double-header weekend has been moved from the start of the season to 12-13 October, serving as the sixth and seventh rounds of the championship. Suzuka will now host the opening round of the championship on 10 March.
| Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Suzuka, Mie | 8–10 March | Formula Regional Japanese Championship All Japan Road Race Championship |
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| 2 | Autopolis | Hita, Oita | 17–19 May | Super Formula Lights | |
| 3 | Sportsland SUGO | Shibata, Miyagi | 21–23 June | Super Formula Lights | |
| 4 | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Shizuoka | 19–21 July | Super Formula Lights | |
| 5 | Mobility Resort Motegi | Motegi, Tochigi | 23–25 August | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | |
| 6 | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Shizuoka | 11–13 October | Formula Regional Japanese Championship | |
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| 8 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Suzuka, Mie | 22–24 November | Super Formula Lights | |
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References
External links
Шаблон:Japanese Formula 3000/Formula Nippon years
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,00 3,01 3,02 3,03 3,04 3,05 3,06 3,07 3,08 3,09 3,10 3,11 3,12 3,13 3,14 3,15 3,16 3,17 3,18 3,19 3,20 3,21 3,22 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 4,00 4,01 4,02 4,03 4,04 4,05 4,06 4,07 4,08 4,09 4,10 4,11 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 Шаблон:Cite web
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