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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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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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Pourchaire “worried” for Super Formula prospects after nightmare debut

Reigning Formula 2 champion Pourchaire finished way down in 18th in his Toyota-powered Team Impul machine in Sunday’s opener, having started 16th on the grid.

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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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Super GT 2024: Nissan, Honda and Toyota's GT500 line-ups

On Thursday, Nissan announced a major overhaul of its line-up, ending the decade-long partnership between Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda.

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Hirakawa joins Miyata, Lawson in Super Formula exodus

Hirakawa, a mainstay of Team Impul since 2018, has made the decision to focus on his Toyota commitments in the World Endurance Championship and reserve driver duties in Formula 1 for McLaren.

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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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Hirakawa could quit Super Formula to focus on McLaren F1 duties

Hirakawa, who currently races in both Super Formula and the World Endurance Championship as a Toyota driver, was unveiled as the latest addition to McLaren’s pool of reserve drivers at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.

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Jann Mardenborough to make racing return in Fuji 24 Hours

The British driver will make his first outing since he lost his Nissan SUPER GT drive at the end of 2020 with Helm Motorsports for the blue riband round of Japan’s second-tier Super Taikyu series on 27-28 May.

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Mardenborough to make racing return in Fuji 24 Hours

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Hirakawa on Fuji misery: "A huge loss for the championship"

The Team Impul driver qualified seventh for Sunday's race and ran in that position in the early stages until being handed a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for a violation of the start procedure.

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Ranking the best GT500 line-ups for the 2023 SUPER GT season

Now that all three of SUPER GT’s GT500 manufacturers have revealed their 2023 driver line-ups, it’s time for Motorsport.com to cast its verdict on the best combinations for the upcoming season.

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ARTA Honda tops opening day of Fuji SUPER GT test

The ARTA Honda team led the opening day of this week's SUPER GT manufacturer test at Fuji Speedway on Thursday.

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How a 2022 champion converted posting flyers to a top racing career

Few racing observers outside of Japan are unlikely to be too familiar with newly-crowned Super GT champion Kazuki Hiramine. Here's how the Nissan driver turned his fortunes around, after a spell of stuffing flyers through letterboxes, to form one half of Team Impul's 2022 title-winning duo

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From posting flyers to SUPER GT champion in nine years

Fans outside of Japan are unlikely to be too familiar with newly-crowned SUPER GT champion Kazuki Hiramine. Jamie Klein found out how the Nissan driver turned his fortunes around after a spell of stuffing flyers through letterboxes.

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