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Super Formula Suzuka: Makino completes Dandelion clean sweep

Tadasuke Makino completed a Dandelion Racing sweep of the opening weekend of the Super Formula season at Suzuka, but team-mate Kakunoshin Ohta was demoted out of the points by a penalty.

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Ohta edges Iwasa by 0.2s to take third Super Formula win in a row

Dandelion Racing driver Kakunoshin Ohta scored his third consecutive Super Formula win as he edged out Ayumu Iwasa to win a thrilling opener at Suzuka.

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Ohta edges Iwasa by 0.2s to win thrilling Super Formula opener

Dandelion Racing driver Kakunoshin Ohta scored his third consecutive Super Formula win as he edged out Ayumu Iwasa to win a thrilling opener at Suzuka.

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How to watch Super Formula in 2025: Schedule, line-up and more

The 2025 Super Formula championship commences this weekend at Suzuka, where Sho Tsuboi will kickstart his title defence. The 29-year-old became just the sixth driver to complete the Super GT and Super Formula double as he clinched both of Japan’s top championship titles in 2024. It firmly warranted his switch from Inging to TOM’S in Super Formula and he…

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Williams F1 junior O’Sullivan lands 2025 Super Formula seat with Kondo

Williams Formula 1 junior driver Zak O’Sullivan has been announced at Kondo Racing as part of a 13-strong Toyota roster for the 2025 Super Formula season.

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Antonelli, Bearman headline Super Formula Suzuka test as full entry list is revealed

Super Formula has released the entry list for this week’s post-season test at Suzuka, headlined by 2025 Formula 1 drivers Oliver Bearman and Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

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Antonelli, Bearman headline Super Formula Suzuka test as full entry list revealed

Super Formula has released the entry list for this week’s post-season test at Suzuka, headlined by 2025 Formula 1 drivers Oliver Bearman and Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

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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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Fenestraz close to securing 2025 Super Formula drive after Formula E exit

Sacha Fenestraz is poised for a return to Super Formula in 2025 with Toyota’s flagship TOM’S team, Motorsport.com understands.

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Motegi SUPER GT – schedule, how to watch, entry list

A total of 40 cars, 15 in GT500 and 25 in GT300, are entered for the grand finale, which begins at 1pm local time on Sunday (GMT +9).

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Super GT eyes reduction in corner speeds after Sugo crash

Team Kunimitsu Honda man Yamamoto was left with serious neck and spinal cord injuries following the contact with the Kondo Racing Nissan GT300 car of Teppei Natori that pitched him hard into the barriers during last month’s sixth round of the season.

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SUPER GT eyes reduction in corner speeds after Sugo crash

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Autopolis SUPER GT – schedule, how to watch, entry list

A total of 40 cars, 15 in GT500 and 25 in GT300, are entered for the seventh round of the season, slated to begin at 1.30pm local time on Sunday (GMT +9).

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TOM'S #37 car risks making dubious piece of SUPER GT history

While the #36 TOM’S machine of Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata is in the thick of the title fight, the same can’t be said of the sister #37 car crewed by Ukyo Sasahara and Giuliano Alesi, who have mustered a mere nine points in the first six races of the…

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Yamamoto to miss final Super Formula, SUPER GT races after Sugo crash

Yamamoto suffered a major impact with the barriers in the sixth round of the SUPER GT season at Sugo after the Team Kunimitsu driver collided with the Kondo Racing Nissan GT300 car of Teppei Natori.

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Natori apologises for triggering Yamamoto's huge Sugo crash

Kondo Racing Nissan GT300 driver Natori made contact with Yamamoto's Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT while trying to enter the pits exiting the final corner on lap 37 of 84, sending Yamamoto into the barriers at high speed.

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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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Sugo SUPER GT – schedule, how to watch, entry list

A total of 40 cars, 15 in GT500 and 25 in GT300, are entered for the sixth round of the season, slated to begin at 1.30pm local time on Sunday (GMT +9).

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Suzuka SUPER GT: Fukuzumi puts Honda on pole, Toyotas struggle

On what will be the last visit for the NSX to Honda’s home track before it is replaced by the new Civic Type R-GT next year, Fukuzumi posted a 1m46.385s at the end of the Q2 pole shootout to grab the top spot in the #16 ARTA car he shares…

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Suzuka 450km SUPER GT – schedule, how to watch, entry list

A total of 40 cars, 15 in GT500 and 25 in GT300, are entered for Sunday's 77-lap race, slated to begin slightly later than usual at 2.45pm local time (GMT +9).

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Fuji 450km SUPER GT – schedule, how to watch, entry list

A total of 42 cars, 15 in GT500 and 27 in GT300, are entered for Sunday's 450km (100 lap) race.

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Super Formula boss wants fewer Honda, Toyota juniors in future

The new chairman of championship promoter JRP, whose eponymous Kondo Racing team is active in both Super Formula and SUPER GT, has previously expressed his desire to broaden the category's international appeal.

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Michelin to end Super GT GT500 tyre supply after 2023 season

The French firm made the shock announcement on Wednesday, signalling the end of its relationship with Nissan and the works NISMO team, which it has supplied continuously since the 2013 season.

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What Michelin’s shock exit means for Nissan and SUPER GT

Nissan because it now has the headache of trying to reach an agreement with one of the three remaining GT500 suppliers, Bridgestone, Yokohama and Dunlop - and the championship itself because it raises questions about the future of the tyre war that has been a core element of the premier…

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Fuji SUPER GT: Honda takes pole on Toyota's home turf

Free of any success ballast following a disastrous result in the season opener, Makino lapped the Toyota-owned circuit in 1m26.420s in the #100 Honda NSX-GT Type S to take Team Kunimitsu team’s first pole position since last year’s finale at Motegi.

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