2015 Super Formula Championship

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 edit

Team	No.	Driver	Engine	Rounds
Petronas Team TOM'S^[1]	1	Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota RI4A	1, 3–7
	1	Kazuya Oshima		2
	2	André Lotterer		All
Kondō Racing^[1]	3	James Rossiter	Toyota RI4A	All
Kondō Racing^[1]	4	William Buller^[2]	Toyota RI4A	All
Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans^[1]	7	Ryō Hirakawa	Toyota RI4A	All
Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans^[1]	8	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota RI4A	All
Real Racing^[3]	10	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Honda HR-414E	All
Real Racing^[3]	11	Takuya Izawa	Honda HR-414E	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
Lenovo Team Impul^[1]	20	Andrea Caldarelli	Toyota RI4A	All
Drago Corse^[3]	34	Takashi Kogure	Honda HR-414E	All
P.mu/cerumo・INGING^[1]	38	Hiroaki Ishiura	Toyota RI4A	All
P.mu/cerumo・INGING^[1]	39	Yuji Kunimoto	Toyota RI4A	All
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing^[3]	40	Tomoki Nojiri	Honda HR-414E	All
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing^[3]	41	Narain Karthikeyan	Honda HR-414E	All
Nakajima Racing^[3]	64	Daisuke Nakajima	Honda HR-414E	All
Nakajima Racing^[3]	65	Bertrand Baguette	Honda HR-414E	All

Race calendar and results edit

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	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
7	R2	Suzuka Circuit	8 November	Naoki Yamamoto	Narain Karthikeyan	Naoki Yamamoto	Team Mugen

Championship standings edit

Drivers' Championship edit

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	Hiroaki Ishiura	5	1	3	1	2	5	2	4	51.5
2	Kazuki Nakajima	2		2	2	1	4	4	2	45.5
3	André Lotterer	1	8	5	4	11	1	1	Ret	40
4	João Paulo de Oliveira	4	5	1	3	5	7	Ret	3	34
5	Naoki Yamamoto	15	4	12	8	7	2	14	1	26
6	Kamui Kobayashi	9	2	10	17	3	6	3	9	20
7	Tomoki Nojiri	8	3	8	6	10	3	5	Ret	19
8	Ryō Hirakawa	12	9	6	7	4	8	10	5	13
9	Yuji Kunimoto	17	Ret	4	18	8	17	7	8	7.5
10	Daisuke Nakajima	6	12	Ret	5	9	12	Ret	10	7
11	Narain Karthikeyan	3	10	Ret	9	14	13	12	14	6
12	James Rossiter	16	Ret	7	12	6	14	Ret	Ret	5
13	Takuya Izawa	7	7	11	10	12	Ret	8	15	4.5
14	Andrea Caldarelli	11	6	9	11	15	16	Ret	12	4
15	Takashi Kogure	Ret	Ret	16	14	13	11	6	7	2.5
16	Yuichi Nakayama	13	Ret	15	16	19	10	Ret	6	1.5
17	Koudai Tsukakoshi	DNS	14	13	Ret	17	9	9	11	0
18	Bertrand Baguette	10	11	Ret	15	16	18	11	Ret	0
19	William Buller	14	13	14	13	18	15	13	13	0
20	Kazuya Oshima		15							0
Pos	Driver	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship edit

Pos	Team	No.	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ		Points
1	Petronas Team TOM'S	1	2	15	2	2	1	4	4	2	80.5
1	Petronas Team TOM'S	2	1	8	5	4	11	1	1	Ret	80.5
2	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	38	5	1	3	1	2	5	2	4	56
2	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	39	17	Ret	4	18	8	17	7	8	56
3	Lenovo Team Impul	19	4	5	1	3	5	7	Ret	3	37
3	Lenovo Team Impul	20	11	6	9	11	15	16	Ret	12	37
4	Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans	7	12	9	6	7	4	8	10	5	33
4	Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans	8	9	2	10	17	3	6	3	9	33
5	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	40	8	3	8	6	10	3	5	Ret	25
5	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	41	3	10	Ret	9	14	13	12	14	25
6	Team Mugen	16	15	4	12	8	7	2	14	1	21
7	Nakajima Racing	64	6	12	Ret	5	9	12	Ret	10	7
7	Nakajima Racing	65	10	11	Ret	15	16	18	11	Ret	7
8	Kondō Racing	3	16	Ret	7	12	6	14	Ret	Ret	5
8	Kondō Racing	4	14	13	14	13	18	15	13	13	5
9	HP Real Racing	10	DNS	14	13	Ret	17	9	9	11	4.5
9	HP Real Racing	11	7	7	11	10	12	Ret	8	15	4.5
10	Drago Corse	34	Ret	Ret	16	14	13	11	6	7	2.5
11	KCMG	18	13	Ret	15	16	19	10	Ret	6	1.5
Pos	Team	No.	SUZ	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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 edit

Japanese Championship Super Formula official website (in English)

[Toyota-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "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. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

[Honda-3] "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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