2017 Super Formula Championship

The 2017 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the 31st season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the fifth under the moniker of Super Formula. Yuji Kunimoto is the defending series champion.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Engine	Rounds
P.mu/cerumo・INGING[2]	1	Yuji Kunimoto[2]	Toyota RI4A	1–3
	2	Hiroaki Ishiura[2]		1–3
Kondō Racing[2]	3	Nick Cassidy[2]	Toyota RI4A	1–3
	4	Kenta Yamashita[2]		1–3
SUNOCO Team LeMans[2]	7	Felix Rosenqvist[3]	Toyota RI4A	1–3
	8	Kazuya Oshima[2]		1–3
Real Racing[4]	10	Koudai Tsukakoshi[4]	Honda HR-414E	1–3
Team Mugen[4]	15	Pierre Gasly[5]	Honda HR-414E	1–3
	16	Naoki Yamamoto[4]		1–3
KCMG[2]	18	Kamui Kobayashi[2]	Toyota RI4A	1–3
Itochu Enex Team Impul[2]	19	Yuhi Sekiguchi[2]	Toyota RI4A	1–3
	20	Jann Mardenborough[6]		1–3
Vantelin Team Tom's[7]	36	André Lotterer[2]	Toyota RI4A	1–3
	37	Kazuki Nakajima[2]		1–3
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing[4]	40	Tomoki Nojiri[4]	Honda HR-414E	1–3
	41	Takuya Izawa[4]		1–3
B-MAX Racing Team[8]	50	Takashi Kogure[4]	Honda HR-414E	1–3
TCS Nakajima Racing[9]	64	Daisuke Nakajima[4]	Honda HR-414E	1–3
	65	Narain Karthikeyan[4]		1–3

Driver changes

Leaving Super Formula

• Stoffel Vandoorne will leave the series to compete in Formula One with McLaren.^[10]
• Bertrand Baguette will leave the series to compete in Super GT Series.
• Yuichi Nakayama is replaced at the single car KCMG team by Kamui Kobayashi.
• Joao Paulo de Oliveira, 2010 Formula Nippon champion, leaves after seven seasons with Team Impul and ten in the series.

Entering Super Formula

• 2016 GP2 Series champion, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso reserve driver Pierre Gasly moves to Super Formula with Team Mugen.
• Nick Cassidy and Kenta Yamashita, the 2015 and 2016 Japanese Formula 3 champions, join the series with Kondo Racing, replacing James Rossiter and William Buller.
• GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough makes his series debut with Team Impul.
• 2015 European F3 champion Felix Rosenqvist joins the series. He is joined at Team LeMans by Kazuya Oshima, making his full-time return to Super Formula for the first time since 2012.

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1		Suzuka Circuit	23 April	Kazuki Nakajima	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Kazuki Nakajima	Vantelin Team Tom's
2	R1	Okayama International Circuit	27 May	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Felix Rosenqvist	André Lotterer	Vantelin Team Tom's
	R2		28 May	Hiroaki Ishiura	Kamui Kobayashi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Itochu Enex Team Impul
3		Fuji Speedway	9 July	Yuji Kunimoto	Felix Rosenqvist	Hiroaki Ishiura	P.mu/cerumo・INGING
4		Twin Ring Motegi	20 August
5		Autopolis	10 September
6		Sportsland SUGO	24 September
7	R1	Suzuka	22 October
	R2
Source:[11]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Driver standings

Pos Driver SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ Points 1 Hiroaki Ishiura 4 8 2 1 20.5 2 André Lotterer 5 1 3 3 18 3 Yuhi Sekiguchi 12 2 1 4 15 4 Kazuki Nakajima 1 9 18 7 13 5 Felix Rosenqvist 11 12 4 2 10.5 6 Naoki Yamamoto 2 5 8 Ret 10.5 7 Yuji Kunimoto 3 10 9 Ret 7 8 Pierre Gasly 10 19 7 5 5 9 Kamui Kobayashi 9 4 5 15 4.5 10 Takuya Izawa 8 14 Ret 6 4 11 Nick Cassidy 17 3 11 Ret 3 12 Koudai Tsukakoshi 6 11 16 9 3 13 Kenta Yamashita 14 7 6 Ret 2.5 14 Jann Mardenborough 18 6 17 8 2.5 15 Daisuke Nakajima 7 16 14 11 2 16 Tomoki Nojiri 16 13 10 10 0 17 Kazuya Oshima Ret 15 12 12 0 18 Narain Karthikeyan 13 17 13 14 0 19 Takashi Kogure 15 18 15 13 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 Retired (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 (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship