The 2015 Japanese Championship Super Formula season was the forty-third season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing and the third under the name of Super Formula. The season began on 19 April and will end on 8 November after seven rounds.
The 2015 season was also the last season that Bridgestone, who had been the series' only tyre supplier since 1997, supplied tyres to all teams, as Yokohama took over the tyre contract for 2016.
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Driver | Engine | Rounds |
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Petronas Team TOM'S[1] | 1 | Kazuki Nakajima | Toyota RI4A | 1, 3–7 |
Kazuya Oshima | 2 | |||
2 | André Lotterer | All | ||
Kondō Racing[1] | 3 | James Rossiter | Toyota RI4A | All |
4 | William Buller[2] | All | ||
Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans[1] | 7 | Ryō Hirakawa | Toyota RI4A | All |
8 | Kamui Kobayashi | All | ||
Real Racing[3] | 10 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Honda HR-414E | All |
11 | Takuya Izawa | All | ||
Team Mugen[3] | 16 | Naoki Yamamoto | Honda HR-414E | All |
KCMG[1] | 18 | Yuichi Nakayama | Toyota RI4A | All |
Lenovo Team Impul[1] | 19 | João Paulo de Oliveira | Toyota RI4A | All |
20 | Andrea Caldarelli | All | ||
Drago Corse[3] | 34 | Takashi Kogure | Honda HR-414E | All |
P.mu/cerumo・INGING[1] | 38 | Hiroaki Ishiura | Toyota RI4A | All |
39 | Yuji Kunimoto | All | ||
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing[3] | 40 | Tomoki Nojiri | Honda HR-414E | All |
41 | Narain Karthikeyan | All | ||
Nakajima Racing[3] | 64 | Daisuke Nakajima | Honda HR-414E | All |
65 | Bertrand Baguette | All |
Race calendar and results
A provisional calendar for the 2015 season was released on 8 August 2014.[4] All races are scheduled to be held in Japan. To avoid a clash with the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season, the date for the first round in Suzuka was rescheduled for 19 April, and to avoid a clash with the 2015 Formula One season, the SUGO race was also rescheduled to 18 October.[5]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | Suzuka Circuit | 19 April | Naoki Yamamoto | Tomoki Nojiri | André Lotterer | Petronas Team TOM'S | |
2 | Okayama International Circuit | 24 May | Hiroaki Ishiura | Hiroaki Ishiura | Hiroaki Ishiura | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | |
3 | Fuji Speedway | 19 July | Andrea Caldarelli | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | Lenovo Team Impul | |
4 | Twin Ring Motegi | 23 August | Hiroaki Ishiura | Kazuki Nakajima | Hiroaki Ishiura | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | |
5 | Autopolis | 13 September | Hiroaki Ishiura | João Paulo de Oliveira | Kazuki Nakajima | Petronas Team TOM'S | |
6 | Sportsland SUGO | 18 October | André Lotterer | Tomoki Nojiri | André Lotterer | Petronas Team TOM'S | |
7 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit | 8 November | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | Petronas Team TOM'S |
R2 | Naoki Yamamoto | Narain Karthikeyan | Naoki Yamamoto | Team Mugen |
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
- Scoring system
Round | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Pole |
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1–6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Teams' Championship
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Bold – Pole |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Toyota Outlines 2015 Motorsports Activities, Announces Return to World Rally Championship". Toyota Global Newsroom. Toyota. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ↑ "KONDO RACING 2015年スーパーフォーミュラ参戦体制発表のお知らせ" [Announcement: KONDO RACING 2015 - Super Formula racing team announced]. Kondō Racing (in Japanese). Masahiko Kondō. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Honda 2015 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ "スーパーフォーミュラ、15年予定発表。岡山復活" [Super Formula, '15 schedule announcement. Okayama revived]. as-web.jp. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "SF、2015年日程を変更。他とのバッティングを解消" [SF: change to the 2015 schedule, to eliminate other clashes]. as-web.jp. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
External links
- Japanese Championship Super Formula official website (in English)