2016 Super Formula Championship
2016 Super Formula Championship | |||
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Support series: All-Japan Formula Three |
The 2016 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the 30th season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the fourth 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 |
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P.mu/cerumo・INGING[3] | 1 | Hiroaki Ishiura[3] | Toyota RI4A | All |
2 | Yuji Kunimoto[3] | All | ||
Kondō Racing[3] | 3 | James Rossiter[4] | Toyota RI4A | All |
4 | William Buller[4] | All | ||
SUNOCO Team LeMans[3] | 7 | Narain Karthikeyan[3] | Toyota RI4A | All |
8 | Kamui Kobayashi[3] | All | ||
Real Racing[5] | 10 | Koudai Tsukakoshi[5] | Honda HR-414E | All |
11 | Takuya Izawa[5] | All | ||
Team Mugen[5] | 16 | Naoki Yamamoto[5] | Honda HR-414E | All |
KCMG[3] | 18 | Yuichi Nakayama[3] | Toyota RI4A | All |
ITOCHU ENEX Team Impul[3] | 19 | João Paulo de Oliveira[3] | Toyota RI4A | All |
20 | Yuhi Sekiguchi[6] | All | ||
Drago Corse[5] | 34 | Takashi Kogure[5] | Honda HR-414E | All |
VANTELIN Team TOM'S[3] | 36 | André Lotterer[3] | Toyota RI4A | All |
37 | Kazuki Nakajima[3] | All | ||
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing[5] | 40 | Tomoki Nojiri[5] | Honda HR-414E | All |
41 | Stoffel Vandoorne[5] | All | ||
Nakajima Racing[5] | 64 | Daisuke Nakajima[5] | Honda HR-414E | All |
65 | Bertrand Baguette[5] | All | ||
Race calendar and results
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.
The Autopolis round was cancelled on May 29 due to damages caused by the Kumamoto earthquake.[7] However, on July 15, it was decided that Okayama would take its place at the same date, holding a double-header round.[8]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | Suzuka Circuit | 24 April | Naoki Yamamoto | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Naoki Yamamoto | Team Mugen | |
2 | Okayama International Circuit | 29 May | Hiroaki Ishiura | Kamui Kobayashi | Hiroaki Ishiura | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | |
3 | Fuji Speedway | 17 July | Stoffel Vandoorne | Kazuki Nakajima | João Paulo de Oliveira | ITOCHU ENEX Team Impul | |
4 | Twin Ring Motegi | 21 August | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Kamui Kobayashi | Yuhi Sekiguchi | ITOCHU ENEX Team Impul | |
5 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 10 September | Kazuki Nakajima | Kazuki Nakajima | Stoffel Vandoorne | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing |
R2 | 11 September | Tomoki Nojiri | Hiroaki Ishiura | Yuji Kunimoto | P.mu/cerumo・INGING | ||
6 | Sportsland SUGO | 25 September | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Yuhi Sekiguchi | ITOCHU ENEX Team Impul | |
7 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit | 30 October | Hiroaki Ishiura | André Lotterer | Yuji Kunimoto | P.mu/cerumo・INGING |
R2 | Hiroaki Ishiura | Narain Karthikeyan | Stoffel Vandoorne | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing |
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
- Scoring system
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pole | |
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Rounds 1–4, 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Round 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
Round 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
- Driver standings
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Bold – Pole |
† Half points were awarded at the first Okayama round as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.
References
- 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.
- ↑ "Engine Manufacturer Testing and Rookie Driver Tryouts". Super Formula. Japan Race Promotion Inc. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- 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.
- 1 2 "Kondo Racing Super Formula 2016 participation". Kondō Racing. Kondo Racing. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- 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.
- ↑ "Itochu Enex Team Impul Line-up". Impul. Itochu Enex Team Impul. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ↑ "Round5 AUTOPOLIS Round Cancelled" (PDF). Japan Race Promotion Inc. Super Formula official website. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ↑ "「2016年 全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権第5戦」岡山国際サーキット開催のご案内" [2016 All-Japan Super Formula Championship: Information on the 5th round at Okayama] (PDF). Japan Race Promotion Inc. (in Japanese). Super Formula official website. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.