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How fears over Super Formula's 2025 tweaks proved to be unfounded

‘There's no tyre degradation!’ ‘There won’t be any strategy!’ ‘Almost everybody will pit on lap one!’ Ahead of last weekend’s Super Formula season opening double-header at Suzuka, there were no shortage of people in the paddock airing concerns about how the first weekend of the new season would go.

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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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Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #9 Sho Tsuboi

For years, Sho Tsuboi has been regarded as one of Super GT’s premier talents, but it was only in 2024 that the Toyota driver achieved the success in Super Formula that his talent warranted after a switch from Inging to TOM’S.

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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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TGM Grand Prix Super Formula future under threat

TGM Grand Prix is in danger of dropping off the Super Formula grid as it struggles to find drivers with the requisite financial backing.

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TGM team's Super Formula future under threat

TGM Grand Prix is in danger of dropping off the Super Formula grid as it struggles to find drivers with the requisite financial backing.

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Super Formula receives superlicence points boost

The FIA has increased the allocation of superlicence points awarded for Super Formula for 2025, bringing it roughly in line with Formula E and the World Endurance Championship's Hypercar class.

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De Vries critical of "domestic-specific" Super Formula penalty

Nyck de Vries believes the penalty that cost him his first Super Formula points finish at Fuji is a result of a “domestic-specific” interpretation of the rules governing contact.

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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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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 drivers hit out at "dangerous" Sugo conditions

Super Formula drivers have hit out at the decision to run last weekend’s Sugo race amid constant rain and poor visibility, with several labelling the situation “dangerous”.

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How to watch Super Formula: schedule, line-up and more

The 2024 Super Formula season kicks off this weekend at Suzuka, so here is how and when you can watch this weekend's action.

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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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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #47 Tomoki Nojiri

After two years of dominating Super Formula, Nojiri returned to earth in 2023 amid his struggles to come to terms with the new SF23 aero package, with its reduced rear downforce and resultant shift towards oversteer. That showed when he suffered an uncharacteristic pre-season testing crash.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #11 Ritomo Miyata

Toyota WEC junior Ritomo Miyata launched his career globally by winning both the Super Formula and Super GT titles in an accomplished campaign, becoming by far the youngest of the five drivers to have achieved the feat, at the age of 24.

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How Toyota's new Japanese star proved he's ready to go global

Chances for drivers to win both the Super Formula and SUPER GT titles in a single season are extremely rare. That is why the exclusive club of ‘double champions’ numbered only four drivers until they were joined by a new member in 2023: Ritomo Miyata.

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The new Toyota superstar who has joined an exclusive Japanese racing club

Chances for drivers to win both the Super Formula and Super GT titles in a single season are extremely rare. That is why the exclusive club of ‘double champions’ numbered only four drivers until they were joined by a new member in 2023: Ritomo Miyata.

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Honda’s Otsu admits he was “too soft” in Autopolis lead battle

Otsu and Miyata embarked on a thrilling duel for honours in the penultimate round of the season, with Miyata ultimately coming out on top in the #36 TOM’S Toyota GR Supra he shares with Sho Tsuboi to take the lead of the championship.

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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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Lawson "grateful" to qualify P3 after Motegi Q2 worries

Red Bull junior Lawson was outpaced only by Mugen team-mate Tomoki Nojiri and Dandelion's Kakunoshin Ota in Saturday's Q2 shootout, ending up within 0.282s of Nojiri's pole time.

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Gallery: 2024 SUPER GT GT500 cars in action at Okayama

Honda has taken centre stage with the launch of its new Civic Type R-GT, which marks a radical departure from the current NSX-GT, but the upgraded versions of the Nissan Z and Toyota GR Supra have also attracted attention.

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Mardenborough ‘at home’ ahead of Fuji 24 Hours racing return

The ex-SUPER GT racer is sharing a Helm Motorsport-run Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 with brothers Yuya and Reiji Hiraki, Shaun Thong and gentleman racer Yutaka Toriba for this weekend’s blue riband round of the Super Taikyu series.

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How Miyata missed clear chance to beat Lawson at Autopolis

Around 15 laps into the 41-lap race at the flowing Kyushu track, Lawson’s decision to pit early looked like it wasn’t going to pay dividends. With the majority of drivers opting to extend their first stints amid fears of heavy tyre degradation, the Mugen driver soon caught up to a…

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