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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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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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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 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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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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Studie BMW beats Toyota GT300s at their own strategy game

The Michelin-shod BMW shared by Seiji Ara and Masataka Yanagida held on against the Bridgestone-equipped Inging Toyota GR86 and Saitama Toyopet Toyota GR Supra, having used a strategy gambit that was previously the preserve of the lighter, so-called 'JAF' cars.

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Suzuka SUPER GT: NDDP Nissan declared winner after race-ending crash

The #3 Nissan Z of Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi was ahead on the road at the time of Matsuda's huge crash on lap 59 of 77 by virtue of not yet having completed its second refuelling stop.

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How Tsuboi has finally unlocked his Super Formula potential

Last weekend at Autopolis, the Inging driver scored his first pole in 35 attempts, and went on to finish third, marking his third trip to the podium in succession.

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Super Formula Autopolis: Lawson wins to take championship lead

Capitalising on the absence of Mugen team-mate and reigning champion Tomoki Nojiri, Lawson recovered from a poor start to clinch victory by 1.2 seconds in the fourth round of the season, despite a late safety car putting him at a disadvantage to his immediate rivals.

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Autopolis Super Formula: Lawson wins to take championship lead

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Autopolis Super Formula: Tsuboi outpaces Lawson for maiden pole

Inging driver Tsuboi set a time of 1m26.187s around the 4.673km circuit in Oita Prefecture with just a few seconds left to go in Q2, finding nearly eight tenths over his previous best effort in Q1.

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Super Formula Suzuka: Miyata gets first win, Nojiri crashes out

TOM'S driver Miyata came from 12th on the grid to pass Tsuboi around the outside of Turn 1 on the penultimate lap of the 31-lap race to seal his first win in the Japanese single-seater category.

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Super Formula Fuji: Nojiri wins Race 2, Lawson penalised

At the start of the race, polesitter Nojiri immediately moved to the right to cover off a fast-charging Toshiki Oyu, who had made a blistering start from third on the grid to pass Ritomo Miyata for second.

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Super GT releases 42-car entry list for 2023 season

Super GT has released a 42-car entry list for the 2023 season, with 15 cars in the top GT500 class being joined by 27 cars in the GT300 division.

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SUPER GT releases 42-car entry list for 2023 season

SUPER GT has released a 42-car entry list for the 2023 season, with 15 cars in the top GT500 class being joined by 27 cars in the GT300 division.

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Team Mach to continue in SUPER GT with replacement 86 MC

Team Mach has announced it will continue to race in SUPER GT next season with a freshly-sourced Toyota 86 MC after its existing car was written off in a crash last month at Motegi.

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The Top 10 SUPER GT/Super Formula drivers of 2022

After another memorable season in Japan's two top motorsport categories, it's time to look back on the top performers across both SUPER GT and Super Formula in 2022.

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Tsuboi regrets "wasted" Fuji win chance after mistimed stop

Sho Tsuboi admits he and his Inging Super Formula team 'wasted' a chance to win last weekend's Fuji race by failing to make use of the safety car period that allowed Ukyo Sasahara to come through for victory.

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Inging ditches Lotus in favour of new Toyota 86 GT300 car

Inging Motorsport has announced it will run the all-new Toyota GR86 in SUPER GT's GT300 class in 2022, ditching the Lotus Evora MC it ran last season.

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