2015 Super Formula season

2015 Super Formula season
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The 2015 Japanese Championship Super Formula season is the 29th season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing and the second under the name of Super Formula. The season began on 19 April and will end on 8 November after seven rounds.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Engine Rounds
Petronas Team TOM'S[1] 1 Japan Kazuki Nakajima Toyota RI4A 1
2 Germany André Lotterer 1
Kondō Racing[1] 3 United Kingdom James Rossiter Toyota RI4A 1
4 United Kingdom William Buller[2] 1
Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans[1] 7 Japan Ryō Hirakawa Toyota RI4A 1
8 Japan Kamui Kobayashi 1
Real Racing[3] 10 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi Honda HR-414E 1
11 Japan Takuya Izawa 1
Team Mugen[3] 16 Japan Naoki Yamamoto Honda HR-414E 1
KCMG[1] 18 Japan Yuichi Nakayama Toyota RI4A 1
Lenovo Team Impul[1] 19 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira Toyota RI4A 1
20 Italy Andrea Caldarelli 1
Drago Corse[3] 34 Japan Takashi Kogure Honda HR-414E 1
P.mu/cerumo・INGING[1] 38 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura Toyota RI4A 1
39 Japan Yuji Kunimoto 1
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing[3] 40 Japan Tomoki Nojiri Honda HR-414E 1
41 India Narain Karthikeyan 1
Nakajima Racing[3] 64 Japan Daisuke Nakajima Honda HR-414E 1
65 Belgium Bertrand Baguette 1

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
1 Suzuka Circuit 19 April Japan Naoki Yamamoto Japan Tomoki Nojiri Germany André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S
2 Okayama International Circuit 24 May
3 Fuji Speedway 19 July
4 Twin Ring Motegi 23 August
5 Autopolis 13 September
6 Sportsland SUGO 18 October
7 R1 Suzuka Circuit 8 November
R2

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Round 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Pole
1–6 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
7 8 4 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 1
Pos Driver SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
1 Germany André Lotterer 1 10
2 Japan Kazuki Nakajima 2 8
3 India Narain Karthikeyan 3 6
4 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira 4 5
5 Japan Hiroaki Ishiura 5 4
6 Japan Daisuke Nakajima 6 3
7 Japan Takuya Izawa 7 2
8 Japan Tomoki Nojiri 8 1
9 Japan Naoki Yamamoto 15 1
10 Japan Kamui Kobayashi 9 0
11 Belgium Bertrand Baguette 10 0
12 Italy Andrea Caldarelli 11 0
13 Japan Ryō Hirakawa 12 0
14 Japan Yuichi Nakayama 13 0
15 United Kingdom William Buller 14 0
16 United Kingdom James Rossiter 16 0
17 Japan Yuji Kunimoto 17 0
Japan Takashi Kogure Ret 0
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi DNS 0
Pos Driver SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos Team No. SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
1 Petronas Team TOM'S 1 2 18
2 1
2 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 40 8 7
41 3
3 Lenovo Team Impul 19 4 5
20 11
4 P.mu/cerumo・INGING 38 5 4
39 17
5 Nakajima Racing 64 6 3
65 10
6 HP Real Racing 10 DNS 2
11 7
7 Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans 7 12 0
8 9
8 KCMG 18 13 0
9 Kondo Racing 3 16 0
4 14
10 Team Mugen 16 15 0
Drago Corse 34 Ret 0
Pos Team No. SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Toyota Outlines 2015 Motorsports Activities, Announces Return to World Rally Championship". Toyota Global Newsroom. Toyota. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "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. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Honda 2015 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.

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