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2024 Super Formula Championship
The 2024 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the fifty-second season of premier Japanese Open-wheel car, open-wheel motor racing, and the twelfth under the moniker of Super Formula. It started in March at Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka Circuit and ended in November at the same venue, after nine rounds across seven race weekends. Sho Tsuboi, driving for Kowa (company), Vantelin TOM'S, Team TOM’S, won his first Super Formula Drivers' Championship at the final race, ahead of two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri. NTT Docomo, Docomo Dandelion Racing, Team Dandelion Racing won the Teams' Championship. This was the final Super Formula season for three-time champion Naoki Yamamoto (racing driver), Naoki Yamamoto, who announced his retirement on 5 November prior to the season-ending JAF Grand Prix, JAF Suzuka Grand Prix. Teams and drivers All teams used identical Dallara-built Dallara SF23, SF23 chassis with either Honda in motorsport, Honda or Toyota in motorsport, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Super Formula Lights
The 2024 Super Formula Lights Championship was the fifth Super Formula Lights, Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season. Syun Koide, driving for B-Max Racing Team, won the Drivers' Championship with two races to spare, while TOM's, the team of runner-up Rikuto Kobayashi, won the Teams' Championship. Ryuji Kumita, Ryuji "Dragon" Kumita, driving for his eponymous B-Max Racing, Team Dragon, became Masters' Winner for the first time since 2020 when his closest competitor Nobuhiro Imada, the Masters' Winner in every season since 2020, did not enter the final round. Teams and drivers After being a multi-engine championship throughout all of its history, dating back to 1979, this changed in 2024 with the introduction of a spec Toyota engine developed by TOM'S and based on the Toyota GR Yaris three cylinder 1.6-litre turbo engine. This change coincided with the introduction of a new chassi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallara SF23
The Dallara SF23 is an open-wheel single-seater chassis produced by Dallara for use in the Japanese Super Formula Championship. It debuted in 2023 Super Formula Championship, 2023, replacing the Dallara SF19 chassis as the main chassis used in Super Formula. History The single-seater SF23 was presented on 13 December 2022. The car was developed through seven test sessions, covering . Specifications Compared to its predecessor, the SF23 has important aerodynamic differences in order to guarantee a greater possibility of overtaking. The ailerons, bellies and bottom are modified. Like the SF19, it is equipped with engines supplied by Honda or Toyota. For some components of the bodywork, materials derived from flax fiber, cork and recycled carbon fiber are used. This allows for a 75% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in the production process. Variants A modified version built for autonomous racing designated EAV-24 is in use at the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamui Kobayashi
is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, Toyota and in Super Formula for KC Motorgroup, KCMG. Kobayashi competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Kobayashi has won two List of FIA World Endurance champions, FIA World Endurance Championship titles, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in , all with Toyota; he is also a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019 24 Hours of Daytona, 2019 and 2020 24 Hours of Daytona, 2020 with Wayne Taylor Racing, WTR. Since 2022, Kobayashi has served as team principal of Toyota in WEC, winning three consecutive List of FIA World Endurance champions, World Manufacturers' Championship titles from 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship, 2022 to 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship, 2024. He also serves as team principal for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe for their FIA World Endurance Championship team. Kobaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KC Motorgroup
KC Motorgroup Ltd, known as KCMG, is an auto racing team based in Hong Kong. Founded by former racing driver Paul Ip in 2007, KCMG has participated in a variety of championships across the world in touring car, sports car, and open-wheel racing. History KCMG entered the Formula Nippon series in 2010 as a Toyota customer team, with Katsuyuki Hiranaka finishing 12th. In 2011, Alexandre Imperatori finished 12th. In 2012, Ryo Orime finished 19th. In the 2013 Super Formula, Richard Bradley finished 21st. Yuichi Nakayama finished 20th in 2014, 16th in 2015, and 18th in 2016. In 2013, KCMG expanded outside Asia with an entry in the 24 Hours of Le Mans before entering the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014, during which the team won three races. The team went on to win the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 category on its way to a second-place finish in the 2015 WEC season. However, in the following year, KCMG pared down its LMP2 participation to a one-off entry at Le Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakunoshin Ohta
is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Motor Company who currently competes in Super GT for Astemo Real Racing and in Super Formula for docomo Team Dandelion Racing. Career Early career Ohta made his single-seater racing debut in 2018, racing at a single round of the F4 Japanese Championship with . The following season, he made his full-time debut in the 2019 championship with backing from the Honda Formula Dream Project, claiming 2 wins but finishing 6th in the standings. That year, Ohta also made a guest appearance in the French F4 championship alongside Honda stablemate Ren Satō, where he finished in the top ten in the three races he competed in and secured one podium. He would also make an appearance in Japan Formula 4 at the end of the year, winning the "All-Japan Deciding Race" over the likes of Satō, Atsushi Miyake, and Riki Ōkusa. In 2020, Ohta returned to the F4 Japanese Championship, albeit having lost his manufacturer backing. He regained support from Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadasuke Makino
is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Motor Company who currently competes in Super GT for Team Kunimitsu and in the Super Formula Championship for Dandelion Racing. A feature race winner in the FIA Formula 2 Championship during his time abroad in junior categories, Makino has competed in the top level of Japan's domestic racing scene since 2019. Alongside teammate Naoki Yamamoto, he won the GT500 class championship in Super GT in 2020. Career Early career Makino started karting in 2004 at the Kansai Kartland circuit in Sakai and made his race debut the following year. He remained in karting until 2013, winning the All-Japan Karting Championship's FS-125 class in 2011 and making his international karting debut during the same year. In 2014, Makino stepped up to formula racing, entering the Okayama series of the entry-level Super FJ category as well as select races in JAF Formula 4. He would go on to dominate Super FJ and JAF F4 for the next two years, winning all but one ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda Racing Corporation
Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), also known as Honda Racing, is a motorsport subsidiary of the Honda, Honda Motor Company formed in 1982. From its founding, the company was initially solely responsible for Honda's motorcycle racing activities, before the brand's Auto racing, automobile racing activities were integrated into HRC's scope of work on 1 April 2022. The company combines participation in motorcycle and automobile races throughout the world with the development of racing machines. In addition to promoting the Honda brand and entertaining fans, its racing activities provide a platform for training engineers and contribute to the development of technologies used in Honda products. HRC activities also include sales of racing vehicles, support for customer and satellite teams, and rider education programmes. HRC has been competing in Grand Prix motorcycle racing since the company's inception, winning over 20 List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Constructors' Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuto Kotaka
is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who currently competes in Super Formula for Kondo Racing and Super GT for apr. He won the Super Formula Lights championship in 2022. He is part of the TGR Driver Challenge Program. Career Early career Kotaka made his debut in formula racing in 2015, racing for TOM'S from the second race weekend in the F4 Japanese Championship. He regularly finished in the top 10, with a fourth-place finish at the Suzuka International Racing Course as his best result. He finished sixth in the championship with 50 points. In 2016, Kotaka remained active in Japanese Formula 4 with TOM'S. He won two races at Fuji Speedway and another at Sportsland SUGO. He later took another podium finish at Fuji, but achieved erratic results for the remainder of the season. He finished fifth overall with 113 points. In 2017, Kotaka did not race, but in 2018 he returned to Japanese Formula 4 at TOM's. He missed the first race weekend, but nevertheless he won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenta Yamashita
is a Japanese racing driver for Toyota Gazoo Racing who is currently competing in Super GT for Rookie Racing, ROOKIE Racing and in Super Formula Championship, Super Formula for Masahiko Kondō, Kondō Racing. He won the GT500-class Super GT championship title in 2019, driving alongside Kazuya Oshima, and previously won the 2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship, 2016 All-Japan Formula 3 Championship and the 2013 Formula Challenge Japan titles. Career Karting Yamashita competed in karts before graduating to single-seater cars in 2012. Formula Super FJ and Formula Challenge Japan Yamashita began his racing car career in the 2012 Motegi Championship Formula Super FJ, which he won in his first season. In all four starts, he took the pole, fastest lap, and race win. In 2013, he progressed to the 2013 Formula Challenge Japan, Formula Challenge Japan series, which was a racing category intended for drivers between entry level and Formula 3. He scored 7 podiums and in 12 races, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyota Gazoo Racing
Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) is a motorsport division of the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota. Alongside competition activities, the division develops technologies for the Gazoo Racing (GR) sub-brand of Toyota's sports and performance-oriented production road cars. Stylised by the manufacturer as ''TOYOTA GAZOO Racing'', TGR compete most notably as the manufacturer's entries in Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA's World Rally Championship (as Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, TGR WRT), FIA World Endurance Championship, World Endurance Championship and World Rally-Raid Championship. Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe (TGR Europe) is a research and development facility based in Cologne, Germany, with branches in the United Kingdom and Finland. The GR-branded performance road cars include the Toyota GR Supra, GR Supra, the Toyota GR Yaris, GR Yaris, the Toyota GR86, GR86, and the Toyota GR Corolla, GR Corolla. TGR entered Formula One with Haas F1 Team as a technical partner. The partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kondo Racing
Kondo Racing is an automobile racing team founded, owned and headed by Masahiko Kondo. The operating body is MK Company Co., Ltd. MK is an abbreviation for Masahiko Kondo. The team competes in Super Formula as well as in Super GT in both the GT500 and GT300 classes. History Kondo Racing was founded in 2000 by Japanese pop star Masahiko Kondo, also known as "Matchy". Kondo himself had raced for many years since the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. In 1998 Kondo launched "Masahiko Kondo Racing Project" together with Teams TMS, a team with which he raced at the time, to compete in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship in 1998 and 1999. While working to develop young drivers, Kondo himself learned how of run a racing team as a team manager. Based on that experience, in 2000 he established the "Kondo Racing Team" and began participating in Formula Nippon. Super Formula In 2000, Kondo Racing began competing in Formula Nippon, the premier Japanese open-wheel series, and the team ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyota RI Engine
The Toyota RI is a family of prototype four-stroke 2.0-litre single- turbocharged inline-4 racing engines, developed and produced by Toyota, for the Super GT series and Super Formula under the Nippon Race Engine framework. The RI engine is fully custom-built. Versions The RI engine comes in two different versions for different applications; the RI4A for use in Super Formula and the RI4AG for use in Super GT. *RI4A (2014–present, also known as TRD-01F) *RI4AG (2014–2023) *RI4BG (2024-present) Applications * Dallara SF14 * Dallara SF19 *Dallara SF23 The Dallara SF23 is an open-wheel single-seater chassis produced by Dallara for use in the Japanese Super Formula Championship. It debuted in 2023 Super Formula Championship, 2023, replacing the Dallara SF19 chassis as the main chassis used in ... * Lexus RC F GT500 * Lexus LC 500 GT500 * Toyota GR Supra GT500 See also * Honda HR-414E/HR-417E/HR-420E engine, similar engines also developed under the Nippon Race Engine framewor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
