Super Formula Lights

Super Formula Lights
CategorySingle seaters
CountryJapan
Inaugural season2020
ConstructorsDallara
Engine suppliersToyota-TOM'S
Tyre suppliersKumho Tire
Drivers' championYuto Nomura
Teams' championB-Max Racing Team
Official websitesuperformula-lights.com
Current season

Super Formula Lights (スーパーフォーミュラライツ, Sūpāfōmyuraraitu) is a national formula racing championship that takes place in Japan. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses the same single seater chassis as the pan-European Euroformula Open Championship. The series serves as a feeder series for the Super Formula Championship. The nomenclature is similar to that of IndyCar, whose support series has formerly used the "Lights" moniker.

Origins

The Super Formula Lights championship started in 1979 as a Formula 3-based series originally known as the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, because of changes with FIA nomenclature ("Formula Regional" is now used for all regional F3-based series to prevent confusion with the FIA Formula 3 Championship), and the change from Formula Regional standards used in such series (such as the Formula Regional European Championship and Formula Regional Americas Championship; in Japan, K2 Planet acquired the rights to run a Formula Regional championship in Japan, the Formula Regional Japanese Championship from the FIA) to sharing a single specification rule set with the Euroformula Open Championship, similar to Germany's Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and Japan's Super GT sharing a single Class 1 formula touring car, on 17 August 2019 the series promoters surrendered the rights to the Formula Regional championship in Japan and rebranded the series to Super Formula Lights.

Equipment

The Series has similar rules to the Euroformula Open Championship, which forced the name change in 2020.

Champions

Drivers

Season Driver Team Wins Poles Fastest laps Podiums Points Margin
2020 Japan Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo Team TOM'S 12 6 15 16 153 37
2021 Japan Teppei Natori B-Max Racing Team 6 6 5 11 109 6
2022 Japan Kazuto Kotaka TOM'S 8 3 3 11 114 6
2023 Japan Iori Kimura B-Max Racing Team 6 5 8 12 113 9
2024 Japan Syun Koide B-Max Racing Team 8 6 7 11 114 28
2025 Japan Yuto Nomura B-Max Racing Team 12 8 8 16 153 49
2026 France Evan Giltaire B-Max Racing Team 6 2 4 12 110.5 15

Teams

Season Team Wins Points Margin
2020 Corolla Chukyo Kuo Team TOM'S 13 137 27
2021 TOM'S 4 102 4
2022 TOM'S 11 151 51
2023 B-Max Racing Team 9 146 29
2024 TOM'S 9 143 19
2025 B-Max Racing Team 13 173 31
2026 TOM'S 6 120 4.5

Masters Class

Season Driver Team Wins Poles Fastest laps Podiums Points Margin
2020 Japan "Dragon" B-Max Engineering 14 6 13 16 155 53
2021 Japan Nobuhiro Imada B-Max Engineering 12 10 14 17 156 66
2022 Japan Nobuhiro Imada B-Max Racing Team 10 8 9 16 143 17
2023 Japan Nobuhiro Imada B-Max Racing Team 11 7 7 15 150 23
2024 Japan "Dragon" Team Dragon 9 1 8 18 152 53
2025 Japan Yasuhiro Shimizu GNSY Racing 9 7 8 15 133 25
2026 Japan "Ken Alex" Buzz Racing 9 7 7 15 131.5 15.5

Circuits

Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 Mobility Resort Motegi 6 2020–⁠present
2 Sportsland SUGO 5 2020–⁠present
Autopolis 5 2020–⁠present
Suzuka Circuit 5 2020–⁠present
Fuji Speedway 5 2020–⁠present
6 Okayama International Circuit 4 2020, 2022–present

Notes

  1. ↑ Mobility Resort Motegi hosted 2 rounds in 2021.

References

  1. ↑ Thukral, Rachit; Tanaka, Ken (17 August 2019). "All-Japan F3 rebranded as Super Formula Lights". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Super Formula Lights reveals plans for one-make engine". motorsport.com. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "2024年からスーパーフォーミュラ・ライツのコントロールタイヤ供給メーカーがクムホタイヤに決定". superformula-lights.com. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Muschlien, Finjo (16 May 2024). "Super Formula Lights: 2024 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

See also