2023 Super Formula Lights

The 2023 Super Formula Lights Championship will be the fourth Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season. It will feature drivers competing in Dallara 320 chassis and with engines made by three different manufacturers, a similar regulation format to the Euroformula Open Championship.

Teams and drivers
Team Engine No. Driver Status Rounds
TOM'S TOM'S 1 Hibiki Taira[1] TBC
35 Seita Nonaka[1] TBC
36 Yuga Furutani[2] TBC
37 Enzo Trulli[2] TBC
Toda Racing Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH 2 Syun Koide[3] TBC
B-Max Racing Team Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH 4 Nobuhiro Imada[4] M TBC
50 Iori Kimura[3] TBC
51 David Vidales[5] TBC
52 Igor Fraga[4] TBC
TOMEI Engine 30 "Dragon"[4] M TBC
Rn-sports Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH 10 TBA TBC

Driver changes

2021 Formula 4 UAE champion Enzo Trulli moves over to Japan to replace the reigning champion Kazuto Kotaka who graduates to Super Formula with Kondō Racing.[1] Reigning Japanese F4 champion Syun Koide is promoted to replace Kakunoshin Ohta at Toda Racing, as Ohta is promoted to Dandelion Racing in Super Formula.

David Vidales moves over to Japan with B-Max Racing, after competing in Formula 3 in 2022. He will be joined by another Formula 3 graduate in Igor Fraga, who last competed in 2020 with Charouz Racing System.

Race calendar

The calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 30 November 2022. With the first event being in late May, the season will start six weeks later than usual.[6] Only three events will be held supporting the parent Super Formula Championship, a significant reduction from previous years.

Round Circuit Date
1 Autopolis, Hita 19–21 May
2 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 16–18 June
3 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 30 June – 2 July
4 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 14–16 July
5 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 8–10 September
6 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 10–12 November

Championship standings

The points will be awarded as follows:

1 2 3 4 5 6 PP FL
10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1

Every drivers' four worst results will be dropped.

References
  1. "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. "Enzo Trulli lands TOM'S Super Formula Lights drive". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. "Igor Fraga completes B-Max Super Formula Lights line-up". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  5. "F3 winner Vidales secures B-Max Super Formula Lights drive". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. Wood, Ida (2022-11-30). "Super Formula Lights revamps calendar for 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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