The 2018 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-sixth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the sixth under the moniker of Super Formula. The season began on 22 April and is scheduled to end on 28 October at the same place after seven rounds.[1]
2018 was the final season that the Dallara SF14 chassis package—which débuted in the 2014 Super Formula Championship—was used in competition; as a brand new chassis package will be introduced for the 2019 season but the engine configuration will remain the same.
Every Honda-powered car used a Honda HR-414E engine and every Toyota-powered car used a Toyota RI4A engine.
Team | Engine | Driver | Rounds | |
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JMS P.mu/cerumo・INGING[2] | Toyota | 1 | Hiroaki Ishiura | All |
2 | Yuji Kunimoto | All | ||
Kondo Racing | Toyota | 3 | Nick Cassidy | All |
4 | Kenta Yamashita | All | ||
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Honda | 5 | Tomoki Nojiri | All |
6 | Nobuharu Matsushita | All | ||
UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | Toyota | 7 | Pietro Fittipaldi[3] | 1 |
Tom Dillmann[4] | 2–7 | |||
8 | Kazuya Oshima | All | ||
Team Mugen[5] | Honda | 15 | Nirei Fukuzumi | 1, 5–7 |
Sena Sakaguchi[6] | 2 | |||
Dan Ticktum[7] | 3–4 | |||
16 | Naoki Yamamoto | All | ||
REAL Racing | Honda | 17 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | All |
carrozzeria Team KCMG | Toyota | 18 | Kamui Kobayashi | 1–4, 6–7 |
Yuichi Nakayama[8] | 5 | |||
Itochu Enex Team Impul | Toyota | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi | All |
20 | Ryo Hirakawa | All | ||
Vantelin Team Tom's | Toyota | 36 | Kazuki Nakajima | 1–4, 6–7 |
João Paulo de Oliveira | 5 | |||
37 | James Rossiter | All | ||
B-MAX Racing Team | Honda | 50 | Katsumasa Chiyo[9] | All |
TCS Nakajima Racing | Honda | 64 | Narain Karthikeyan | All |
65 | Takuya Izawa | All |
Due to scheduling restrictions imposed by the concurrent Japan WTCR round, the final round of the calendar at Suzuka Circuit will now feature a single race instead of the originally planned double-header.[13]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | ||
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1 | Suzuka Circuit | 22 April | Naoki Yamamoto | James Rossiter | Naoki Yamamoto | Team Mugen | ||
2 | Autopolis | 13 May | Ryo Hirakawa | Race cancelled due to weather conditions[14] | ||||
3 | Sportsland SUGO | 27 May | Tomoki Nojiri | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Naoki Yamamoto | Team Mugen | ||
4 | Fuji Speedway | 8 July | Nick Cassidy | Nick Cassidy | Nick Cassidy | Kondo Racing | ||
5 | Twin Ring Motegi | 19 August | Nirei Fukuzumi | Hiroaki Ishiura | JMS P.mu/Cerumo・INGING | |||
6 | Okayama International Circuit | 9 September | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Kamui Kobayashi | Itochu Enex Team Impul | |||
7 | Suzuka Circuit | 27 October | Naoki Yamamoto | Yuhi Sekiguchi | Naoki Yamamoto |
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pole | |
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Rounds 1-6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Round 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Pos | Driver | SUZ | AUT | SUG | FUJ | MOT | OKA | SUZ | Points | |
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1 | Naoki Yamamoto | 1 | C | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 38 | |
2 | Nick Cassidy | 7 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 37 | |
3 | Hiroaki Ishiura | 4 | C | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 25 | |
4 | Yuhi Sekiguchi | 2 | C | 13 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 18 | |
5 | Ryo Hirakawa | Ret | C | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 17 | |
6 | Kazuki Nakajima | 8 | C | 3 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 15 | ||
7 | Tomoki Nojiri | 3 | C | 7 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12.5 | |
8 | Yuji Kunimoto | 13 | C | Ret | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 11.5 | |
9 | Kenta Yamashita | 9 | C | 8 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11.5 | |
10 | Kamui Kobayashi | 10 | C | 6 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 7 | ||
11 | Nobuharu Matsushita | 12 | C | 10 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | |
12 | Kazuya Oshima | 15 | C | 15 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 6 | |
13 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | 6 | C | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
14 | Tom Dillmann | C | 4 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 5 | ||
15 | Narain Karthikeyan | 17 | C | 5 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 4 | |
16 | Takuya Izawa | 5 | C | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 4 | |
17 | James Rossiter | 11 | C | Ret | 19 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 0 | |
18 | Katsumasa Chiyo | 14 | C | Ret | 17 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | |
19 | Dan Ticktum | Ret | 11 | 0 | ||||||
20 | Nirei Fukuzumi | Ret | 17 | 18 | 12 | 0 | ||||
21 | Yuichi Nakayama | 13 | 0 | |||||||
22 | Pietro Fittipaldi | 16 | 0 | |||||||
23 | João Paulo de Oliveira | 18 | 0 | |||||||
— | Sena Sakaguchi | C | — | |||||||
Pos | Driver | SUZ | AUT | SUG | FUJ | MOT | OKA | SUZ | Points |
Pos | Team | No. | SUZ | AUT | SUG | FUJ | MOT | OKA | SUZ | Points | |
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1 | Kondo Racing | 3 | 7 | C | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 47.5 | |
4 | 9 | C | 8 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||||
2 | Team Mugen | 15 | Ret | C | Ret | 11 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 36 | |
16 | 1 | C | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | ||||
3 | P.mu/Cerumo・INGING | 1 | 4 | C | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 35.5 | |
2 | 13 | C | Ret | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | ||||
4 | Itochu Enex Team Impul | 19 | 2 | C | 13 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 33 | |
20 | Ret | C | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | ||||
5 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | 5 | 3 | C | 7 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 18.5 | |
6 | 12 | C | 10 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 7 | ||||
6 | Vantelin Team Tom's | 36 | 8 | C | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 15 | |
37 | 11 | C | Ret | 19 | 9 | 11 | Ret | ||||
7 | UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans | 7 | 16 | C | 4 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 11 | |
8 | 15 | C | 15 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 14 | ||||
8 | TCS Nakajima Racing | 64 | 17 | C | 5 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 8 | |
65 | 5 | C | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | ||||
9 | carrozzeria Team KCMG | 18 | 10 | C | 6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 7 | |
10 | REAL Racing | 17 | 6 | C | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
11 | B-MAX Racing Team | 50 | 14 | C | Ret | 17 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | |
Pos | Team | No. | SUZ | AUT | SUG | FUJ | MOT | OKA | SUZ | Points |