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Why Japan's biggest racing series wouldn't be the same without its Italian star

One of the true icons of Japanese motorsport is set to call time on his top-line racing career. Italy-born Ronnie Quintarelli, who changed the definition of a gaijin driver in the Far East, will contest his last Super GT round in next month’s delayed season-finale at Suzuka.

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Super Formula Fuji: Tsuboi victory applies pressure on points leader Nojiri

Sho Tsuboi scored his second win of the Super Formula season in Saturday’s opener at Fuji Speedway to close to within half a point of championship leader Tomoki Nojiri.

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Why results don't reveal the reasons de Vries impressed on his Super Formula bow

For the first time since he lost his AlphaTauri Formula 1 drive halfway through 2023, Nyck de Vries was back at the wheel of a conventionally powered single-seater last month when he made his Super Formula debut at Motegi with Toyota squad Team Impul. And while the results may have…

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De Vries "open" to full-time Super Formula future

Ex-Formula 1 driver Nyck de Vries says he is open to racing in Super Formula full-time in the future ahead of his debut in the series at Motegi for Team Impul.

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De Vries to make Super Formula debut with Toyota squad

Former Formula 1 driver and 2021 Formula E champion Nyck de Vries will compete in two rounds of this year’s Super Formula season with Team Impul.

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The factors behind Super Formula losing its international lustre

Last weekend’s Super Formula round at Sugo was the first in almost 50 years to feature no international representation. All 20 drivers who lined up on the grid, plus Naoki Yamamoto who couldn't take the start due to a warm-up crash, were of Japanese nationality.

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The factors behind Japan's proving ground losing its international lustre

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Super Formula left with no foreign drivers as Pourchaire is replaced

It follows Impul’s decision to sign Toyota young driver Hibiki Taira to drive the #19 SF23 that was originally supposed to be campaigned by reigning Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire for the full year.

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Barnicoat: Hard to prepare for "extreme" Super Formula debut after late call-up

Team Impul revealed on Tuesday that Barnicoat will step into its #19 car for this weekend’s second round of the season, following last week’s news that Theo Pourchaire will not return to the Japanese series to focus on IndyCar with Arrow McLaren.

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Barnicoat replaces IndyCar-bound Pourchaire at Autopolis Super Formula round

Barnicoat, the reigning IMSA GTD Pro champion, will take over the cockpit of Impul’s #19 Toyota-powered SF19 following last weekend’s news that Pourchaire will join Arrow McLaren in IndyCar.

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The next F1 hopefuls hoping to follow Lawson's footsteps in Japan

After a tough few years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Super Formula re-emerged as a viable stepping stone to Formula 1 last year thanks to the exploits of Liam Lawson. Although Lawson wasn’t quite able to convince Red Bull to give him a race seat at the team now known as…

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The next F1 hopefuls striving to follow Lawson's footsteps in Japan

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Kobayashi fastest as 32 drivers take part in Super Formula test at Suzuka

Kobayashi, who now looks set to stay on in the Japanese series next year after hinting at an exit previously, posted a time of 1m36.296s in his Toyota-powered KCMG SF23 on Thursday afternoon to end the three-day test on top.

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Pourchaire: Lawson shows Super Formula is a great step to F1

Sauber Academy driver Pourchaire sealed the F2 title in Abu Dhabi with ART Grand Prix after seeing off Mercedes junior Frederik Vesti. But with Williams' confirmation that it will retain Logan Sargeant, all grid slots are set for the 2024 F1 season, which will remarkably feature an unchanged line-up of…

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Pourchaire, Barnicoat headline Super Formula rookie test entry list

Both Pourchaire and Barnicoat have been named on the entry list for the post-season test at Suzuka that will run from December 6-8 and feature one day of running dedicated exclusively to rookies.

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Super Formula driver market: Toyota set for major reshuffle

Miyata will not defend his Super Formula title as he embarks on a double programme in F2 and the European Le Mans Series, opening up a desirable seat at TOM’S.

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Nissan suggests NDDP moniker no longer suited to #3 drivers

Chiyo and Takaboshi were paired up at NDDP (short for the Nissan Driver Development Programme from which they both graduated) for the 2022 season, which coincided with NISMO taking over the running of the #3 car from B-Max Racing.

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P3 overall for NISMO Nissan “acceptable” after misfortunes

Quintarelli and his team-mate in the flagship #23 Nissan car, Tsugio Matsuda, wrapped up their 2023 campaign last weekend at Motegi by finishing second behind the title-winning #36 TOM’S Toyota of Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata.

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Toyota WEC stars conclude Super Formula season on low note

Team Impul's Hirakawa could manage no better than sixth in the final race of the 2023 campaign, after qualifying ninth and then spending the first half of the race stuck behind the slower KCMG machine of Yuji Kunimoto.

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Toyota teams can’t pin hopes on common dampers, say drivers

As revealed by Motorsport.com in July, Super Formula is set to outlaw open damper development, a core part of the single-seater series’ philosophy for many years, for the 2024 campaign and mandate standardised dampers.

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Sugo strategy fortune for Impul "saved our championship"

The #1 Impul Nissan Z shared by Baguette and Hiramine was one of the main beneficiaries of the stoppage that was triggered by Naoki Yamamoto's huge crash at the end of lap 37 of 84, along with the SARD Toyota GR Supra.

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Super GT Sugo: Real Honda victorious in red-flagged thriller

Tsukakoshi came out on top in a pulsating battle with Toshiki Oyu in the closing stages of the 300km race following an earlier red flag.

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Sekiguchi: Halo spared me injury in Motegi Super Formula crash

Impul driver Sekiguchi was one of three drivers eliminated from the race in the crash that was triggered by the side-by-side battle between Tomoki Nojiri and Liam Lawson through Turns 1 and 2 after the start.

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Motegi Super Formula: Nojiri wins, Lawson 13th after first-lap chaos

Red Bull junior Lawson spun on the opening lap after running wide at the exit of Turn 2 while battling with Nojiri for the lead, with Tadasuke Makino and Yuhi Sekiguchi both going airborne in the ensuing mayhem.

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Hirakawa: Impul recovery now the focus, not faltering title bid

Toyota star Hirakawa finds himself a distant fifth in the championship with four races to go, trailing leader Ritomo Miyata by 47 points, with a best finish so far of third place in both the opening race at Fuji and the third round at Suzuka.

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