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Red Bull's partnership with Mugen in Super Formula set to end after 2024

Team Mugen’s association with Red Bull in Super Formula is set to come to a conclusion at the end of the 2024 season, Autosport has learned.

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Super Formula Motegi: Makino wins after Ota's spin, de Vries 13th

Tadasuke Makino scored his second Super Formula victory of the season after a charging drive at Motegi, but only after team-mate Kakunoshin Ota spun out of the lead.

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Iwasa urges Mugen 'to get its act together' after Fuji Super Formula race

Ayumu Iwasa fears he won’t be able to fight for this year’s Super Formula title unless his Team Mugen crew makes a major effort to improve its startline performance.

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Super Formula Fuji: Tsuboi charges back to end four-year win drought

Sho Tsuboi ended a Super Formula victory drought dating back to 2020 with a first win of the season for TOM'S in Sunday’s fourth round at Fuji Speedway.

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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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Super Formula Sugo: Nojiri declared winner in rain-shortened contest

Tomoki Nojiri was declared the winner of a shortened Sugo Super Formula race that featured just two laps of green-flag running in treacherous conditions.

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Super Formula Autopolis: Makino finally claims maiden series victory

Dandelion Racing driver Makino leapt from second on the grid into an early lead, as poleman Ayumu Iwasa slipped to third place behind Naoki Yamamoto.

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Super Formula Autopolis: Makino finally claims maiden victory

Dandelion Racing driver Makino leapt from second on the grid into an early lead, as poleman Ayumu Iwasa slipped to third place behind Naoki Yamamoto.

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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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Red Bull junior Iwasa initially saw Super Formula as 'negative' move

Iwasa will partner two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri at Team Mugen in Japan’s biggest single-seater championship next year, taking the place vacated by fellow Red Bull academy member Liam Lawson.

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The Top 10 SUPER GT/Super Formula drivers of 2023

Super Formula fans were treated to their best title battle in years after some one-sided contests in 2021 and '22, and while SUPER GT had a more turbulent year filled with red flags and incidents, the series still produced a championship battle that went down to the wire. This year's…

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Red Bull junior Iwasa gets 2024 Mugen Super Formula seat

As previously reported by Motorsport.com, Iwasa will partner two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri at Mugen next season, taking over the seat vacated by Liam Lawson.

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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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Matsushita credits new chassis for sudden Suzuka turnaround

Matsushita concluded a tough season with an encouraging seventh-place finish, having run as high as fourth ahead of defending champion Tomoki Nojiri at one stage before losing ground to cars on fresher tyres.

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Five moments that swung Super Formula battle away from Lawson

But after an up-and-down campaign that yielded three wins in nine races but only one other visit to the podium, Lawson fell eight points shy of champion Ritomo Miyata in the end.

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How Honda rookie Ota broke SF’s ‘big three’ stranglehold

Ota’s first win may have been slightly overshadowed by the drama of the title battle, but the 24-year-old rookie deserves plaudits for becoming only the fourth different driver to stand on the top step of the podium in 2023 after Lawson, Tomoki Nojiri and Ritomo Miyata.

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Super Formula Suzuka: Miyata beats Lawson to title, Ota wins finale

Miyata came into Sunday’s title-deciding round 5.5 points clear of Tomoki Nojiri and 12 clear of Red Bull junior Lawson after a fiercely competitive season that had seen the trio win all eight races up to that point between them.

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Suzuka Super Formula: Miyata beats Lawson to title, Ota wins finale

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Suzuka Super Formula: Lawson keeps title hopes alive with pole

Team Mugen driver Lawson set a best lap of 1m36.442s to take the top spot in qualifying for the first time this year, beating nearest rival Kakunoshin Ota by a little under two tenths of a second.

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Lawson laments Suzuka red flag as Super Formula title hopes fade

Red Bull Formula 1 junior Lawson was classified sixth in Saturday’s penultimate round of the season, with the results declared after just three laps due to a stoppage caused by a terrifying crash between Hiroki Otsu and Ukyo Sasahara at 130R.

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Super Formula Suzuka: Nojiri wins as 130R crash ends race early

Hiroki Otsu was trying to make a move on Ukyo Sasahara for 17th place on lap 4 when the two came to blows at 130R, with both spinning heavily into the barriers.

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Miyata: Beating Lawson to Super Formula title could improve international prospects

TOM’S driver Miyata holds an eight-point lead over Lawson ahead of the final two races of the season this weekend, with defending two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri a further two points behind.

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Miyata: ‘I want to be able to say I’m faster than an F1 driver!’

TOM’S driver Miyata holds an eight-point lead over Lawson ahead of the final two races of the season this weekend, with defending two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri a further two points behind.

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Could Lawson's Suzuka F1 outing boost his Super Formula title hopes?

Red Bull junior Lawson returns to his main commitments in Japan's premier single-seater series after making five grand prix appearances for AlphaTauri in place of an injured Daniel Ricciardo since the previous Super Formula round at Motegi in August.

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