2014 Super Formula Championship

The 2014 Japanese Championship Super Formula season was the forty-second season of the premier series in Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the second under the name of Super Formula. 2014 was also the first season using the new chassis, the Dallara SF14, which replaced the Swift SF09 used in previous seasons. The season began on 13 April and ended on 9 November after seven rounds.

2012 champion Kazuki Nakajima claimed his second title in three seasons, after a consistent campaign, in which he scored points in each of the nine races to be held. Nakajima won races at Fuji and Suzuka as the TOM'S driver won the championship by 6.5 points, ahead of Impul's João Paulo de Oliveira. De Oliveira was the season's most frequent winner, with three victories, winning at Fuji, Suzuka and Motegi. Third place in the championship went to Nakajima's team-mate, André Lotterer. Lotterer won races at Fuji and Autopolis, but missed out on a chance to compete for the championship, after missing the Motegi round to make his Formula One début with Caterham at the Belgian Grand Prix.

The only other drivers to win races during the season were Team LeMans' Loïc Duval, who won the season-opening round at Suzuka. Like Lotterer, he missed a race – at Fuji – as he was still recovering from his accident suffered during practice for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tomoki Nojiri was the season's other winner, winning at Sportsland SUGO for Team Dandelion Racing. The performances of Nakajima, Lotterer and Andrea Caldarelli (replacing Lotterer at Motegi) were enough for TOM'S to win the teams' championship, finishing 33.5 points clear of the next best team, Team LeMans.

Teams and drivers

Race start at Twin Ring Motegi

Team	No.	Driver	Engine	Rounds
Team Mugen	1	Naoki Yamamoto	Honda HR-414E	All
Team Mugen	2	Yuhki Nakayama	Honda HR-414E	All
Kondō Racing^[1]	3	James Rossiter	Toyota RI4A	All
Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans^[1]	7	Ryō Hirakawa	Toyota RI4A	All
	8	Loïc Duval		1–2, 4–7
	8	Andrea Caldarelli		3
HP Real Racing	10	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Honda HR-414E	All
HP Real Racing	11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Honda HR-414E	All
KCMG^[1]	18	Yuichi Nakayama	Toyota RI4A	All
Lenovo Team Impul^[1]	19	João Paulo de Oliveira	Toyota RI4A	All
Lenovo Team Impul^[1]	20	Narain Karthikeyan	Toyota RI4A	All
Nakajima Racing	31	Daisuke Nakajima	Honda HR-414E	All
Nakajima Racing	32	Takashi Kogure	Honda HR-414E	All
Drago Corse^[2]	34	Takuya Izawa	Honda HR-414E	6–7
Petronas Team TOM'S^[1]	36	André Lotterer	Toyota RI4A	1–3, 5–7
	36	Andrea Caldarelli^[3]		4
	37	Kazuki Nakajima		All
P.mu/cerumo・INGING^[1]	38	Hiroaki Ishiura	Toyota RI4A	All
P.mu/cerumo・INGING^[1]	39	Yuji Kunimoto	Toyota RI4A	All
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	40	Tomoki Nojiri	Honda HR-414E	All
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	41	Hideki Mutoh	Honda HR-414E	All
Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports^[1]	62	Koki Saga	Toyota RI4A	All

Race calendar and results

A provisional calendar for the 2014 season was released on 8 November 2013.^[4] All races were held in Japan.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1		Suzuka Circuit	13 April	André Lotterer	João Paulo de Oliveira	Loïc Duval	Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans
2	R1	Fuji Speedway	18 May	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	Lenovo Team Impul
2	R2	Fuji Speedway	18 May	André Lotterer	João Paulo de Oliveira	André Lotterer	Petronas Team TOM'S
3		Fuji Speedway	13 July	Andrea Caldarelli	João Paulo de Oliveira	Kazuki Nakajima	Petronas Team TOM'S
4		Twin Ring Motegi	24 August	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	Lenovo Team Impul
5		Autopolis	14 September	Naoki Yamamoto	André Lotterer	André Lotterer	Petronas Team TOM'S
6		Sportsland SUGO	28 September	Naoki Yamamoto	Yuichi Nakayama	Tomoki Nojiri	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
7	R1	Suzuka Circuit	9 November	André Lotterer	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	Lenovo Team Impul
7	R2	Suzuka Circuit	9 November	Kazuki Nakajima	Loïc Duval	Kazuki Nakajima	Petronas Team TOM'S

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Round	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Pole
1, 3–6	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
2	5	4	3	2.5	2	1.5	1	0.5	1
7	8	4	3	2.5	2	1.5	1	0.5	1

Pos	Driver	SUZ	FUJ		FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ		Points
1	Kazuki Nakajima	6	2	3	1	7	6	2	2	1	46
2	João Paulo de Oliveira	7	1	2	Ret	1	3	Ret	1	4	39.5
3	André Lotterer	5	4	1	6		1	Ret	3	2	34.5
4	Loïc Duval	1	3	4		4	15	3	11	3	29.5
5	Hiroaki Ishiura	3	Ret	11	4	2	8	6	5	7	26
6	James Rossiter	2	6	17	8	8	5	4	6	10	22
7	Yuji Kunimoto	13	5	7	3	13	2	9	4	Ret	19.5
8	Ryō Hirakawa	4	Ret	8	2	10	13	8	16	5	16.5
9	Naoki Yamamoto	11	Ret	5	5	15	7	7	7	6	14.5
10	Tomoki Nojiri	9	Ret	15	12	9	9	1	12	9	10
11	Koudai Tsukakoshi	14	DNS	9	Ret	6	4	Ret	8	13	8.5
12	Andrea Caldarelli				Ret	3					7
13	Narain Karthikeyan	Ret	7	6	7	Ret	17	11	10	8	5
14	Daisuke Nakajima	Ret	9	14	9	16	12	5	9	15	4
15	Hideki Mutoh	10	10	12	11	5	10	12	13	12	4
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	8	8	10	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	15	11	1.5
17	Takashi Kogure	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	11	Ret	10	Ret	16	0
18	Yuichi Nakayama	Ret	13	16	10	Ret	16	13	Ret	18	0
19	Koki Saga	Ret	11	13	Ret	17	11	Ret	Ret	19	0
20	Yuhki Nakayama	12	12	18	13	12	14	14	Ret	17	0
21	Takuya Izawa							Ret	14	14	0
Pos	Driver	SUZ	FUJ		FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	No.	SUZ	FUJ		FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ		Points
1	Petronas Team TOM'S	36	5	4	1	6	3	1	Ret	3	2	79.5
1	Petronas Team TOM'S	37	6	2	3	1	7	6	2	2	1	79.5
2	Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans	7	4	Ret	8	2	10	13	8	16	5	46
2	Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans	8	1	3	4	Ret	4	15	3	11	3	46
3	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	38	3	Ret	11	4	2	8	6	5	7	45.5
3	P.mu/cerumo・INGING	39	13	5	7	3	13	2	9	4	Ret	45.5
4	Lenovo Team Impul	19	7	1	2	Ret	1	3	Ret	1	4	39.5
4	Lenovo Team Impul	20	Ret	7	6	7	Ret	17	11	10	8	39.5
5	Kondo Racing	3	2	6	17	8	8	5	4	6	10	22
6	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	40	9	Ret	15	12	9	9	1	12	9	14
6	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	41	10	10	12	11	5	10	12	13	12	14
7	Team Mugen	1	11	Ret	5	5	15	7	7	7	6	12.5
7	Team Mugen	2	12	12	18	13	12	14	14	Ret	17	12.5
8	HP Real Racing	10	14	DNS	9	Ret	6	4	Ret	8	13	10
8	HP Real Racing	11	8	8	10	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	15	11	10
9	Nakajima Racing	31	Ret	9	14	9	16	12	5	9	15	4
9	Nakajima Racing	32	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	11	Ret	10	Ret	16	4
	KCMG	18	Ret	13	16	10	Ret	16	13	Ret	18	0
	Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports	62	Ret	11	13	Ret	17	11	Ret	Ret	19	0
	Drago Corse	34							Ret	14	14	0
Pos	Team	No.	SUZ	FUJ		FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SUZ		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "トヨタエンジン使用のSF参戦ドライバーが発表に". as-web.jp. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
^ "道上龍が新チーム結成。ドライバーに伊沢拓也選手を起用". superformula.net. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ "SF第4戦もてぎのエントリーからロッテラーが消える". as-web.jp. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "2014年日本選手権カレンダーについて" (PDF). Japan Automobile Federation. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.

External links

Japanese Championship Super Formula official website (in English)

[Toyota-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "トヨタエンジン使用のSF参戦ドライバーが発表に". as-web.jp. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.

[Super_Formula-2] "道上龍が新チーム結成。ドライバーに伊沢拓也選手を起用". superformula.net. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

[3] "SF第4戦もてぎのエントリーからロッテラーが消える". as-web.jp. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[4] "2014年日本選手権カレンダーについて" (PDF). Japan Automobile Federation. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.

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