2025 Super Formula Lights

The 2025 Super Formula Lights Championship is the sixth Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season.

Teams and drivers

As the championship is a spec series, all teams compete with an identical Dallara 324 chassis with a Toyota GR Yaris three cylinder 1.6-litre turbo engine. All teams compete with tyres supplied by Kumho Tire.

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
B-Max Racing Team 1 Kazuhisa Urabe 1–3
30 "Dragon"[1] M 1–3
50 Yuto Nomura 1–3
51 Zachary David 1–3
58 Kaylen Frederick[1] 1–3
Delightworks Racing 2 Souta Arao 1
Yugo Iwasawa 2–3
3 Yusuke Mitsui 1–3
JMS Racing Team 4 Nobuhiro Imada[1] M 1–3[a]
Tosei Moriyama 1
GNSY Racing 8 Yasuhiro Shimizu[1] M 1–3
TOM'S 35 Yuki Sano 1–3
36 Esteban Masson 1–3[a]
Seita Nonaka 1[b]
37 Yuga Furutani[2] 1–3
38 Rikuto Kobayashi[3] 1–3
LM corsa 60 Reimei Ito 1–3
Icon Class
M Masters' Cup

Team changes

B-Max Racing Team stopped running its No. 30 car under the Team Dragon guise, instead entering it as a normal B-Max Racing Team entry.

LM corsa made their full-season debut in the series after entering two rounds in 2024.[4]

Delightworks Racing, a new team established by gaming company DELiGHTWORKS in 2024, where they competed in the last round of Formula Regional Japan, joined the series.[5][2] The team took over Toda Racing's entry as that team, a series mainstay ever since 1988, when the series was called Japanese Formula 3, did not continue their entry into 2025.[6]

Albirex Racing Team did not return to the championship after entering the final two rounds of the 2024 season.[6]

Driver changes

Reigning Teams' Champion TOM'S saw Jin Nakamura and Seita Nonaka leave the series as Nakamura moved to Formula Regional Europe with R-ace GP and Nonaka focused on his continued Super GT GT300 efforts with Saitama Green Brave. The team signed 2023 Eurocup-3 champion Esteban Masson, who came 27th in the WEC's LMGT3 class with Akkodis ASP in 2024, and Yuki Sano, who finished fourth in the 2024 F4 Japanese Championship driving for the TGR-DC Racing School.[3][7]

B-Max Racing Team saw reigning Drivers' Champion Syun Koide graduate to the team's Super Formula outfit, while Rin Arakawa joined Tomei Sports in Super GT GT300 and Makoto Fujiwara left the series.[8][9] B-Max promoted reigning 2024 F4 Japanese champion Yuto Nomura from its outfit in that championship.[8] The team also signed Kazuhisa Urabe, who steps up from Japanese F4 after finishing 11th in 2024 with TGR-DC Racing School. Zachary David completed the team's lineup, debuting in SFL alongside a sophomore FRECA campaign with CL Motorsport after finishing his rookie campaign there 13th driving for R-ace GP.[1][8]

Reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Japan champion Reimei Ito made his full-season debut with LM corsa after entering two rounds with the team in 2024 and finishing the season in ninth.[4][2]

New team Delightworks Racing contracted two former HFDP drivers for their SFL debut. They signed Souta Arao, who finished the 2024 season in seventh driving for Toda Racing, and 2022 F4 Japanese runner-up Yusuke Mitsui, who would make his rookie debut in the series after spent 2024 racing in Super Taikyu ST-2 with Team Spoon and Super GT - GT300 with Team UpGarage.[5][2]

Tsubasa Iriyama left the series along with Albirex Racing Team.[6]

Mid-season

Two drivers withdrew shortly ahead of the opening round: JMS Racing Team's Nobuhiro Imada suffered a hand injury ahead of the event and was replaced by Tosei Moriyama, who finished fifth in both Japanese F4 and the FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup.[2] TOM'S driver Esteban Masson was also unable to race due to an injury and was initially set to be replaced by Seita Nonaka, who would return to the No. 38 car he drove to third in the standings in 2024.[10] However, when Team Impul's Super Formula driver Oliver Rasmussen sustained an injury during free practice, Nonaka was called up to replace him and TOM'S opted against fielding the no. 36 car.[11][12]

Souta Arao parted ways with Delightworks Racing after round 1.[13] Former Super GT GT300 driver Yugo Iwasawa replaced him for round 2, making his debut in the series.[14]

Race calendar

The calendar for the 2025 season was announced on 11 November 2024. It will once again consist of eighteen races held over six weekends at six circuits. Two of the events will support the parent Super Formula Championship.[15]

Round Circuit Date Supporting Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 8 March Super Formula Championship
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
R2 9 March
R3
2 R4[c] Autopolis, Hita 17 May Super Formula Championship
Honda N-One Owner's Cup
R5 18 May
R6[c]
3 R7 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 21 June Porsche Sprint Challenge Japan
Mini Challenge Japan
BMW M2 CS Racing Series
Roadster Party Race
R8 22 June
R9
4 R6[d] Sportsland Sugo, Murata 29–31 August Formula Regional Japanese Championship
SUGO Champion Cup Race Series
R10
R11
R12
5 R13 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 5–7 September Fuji Champion Race Series
R14
R15
6 R16 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 28–30 November Motegi Champion Cup Race
R17
R18

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Masters winner
1 R1 Suzuka International Racing Course Yuki Sano Yuto Nomura Yuki Sano TOM'S Yasuhiro Shimizu
R2 Yuki Sano Yuki Sano Yuki Sano TOM'S Yasuhiro Shimizu
R3 Kazuhisa Urabe Yuki Sano TOM'S Yasuhiro Shimizu
2 R4 Autopolis Yuto Nomura[e] Yuki Sano Yuki Sano TOM'S Yasuhiro Shimizu
R5 Kaylen Frederick[e] Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick B-Max Racing Team Nobuhiro Imada
R6 postponed due to adverse weather conditions[c]
3 R7 Okayama International Circuit Yuto Nomura Yuto Nomura Yuto Nomura B-Max Racing Team Yasuhiro Shimizu
R8 Yuto Nomura Yuto Nomura Yuto Nomura B-Max Racing Team "Dragon"
R9 Yuto Nomura Yuto Nomura B-Max Racing Team Yasuhiro Shimizu
4 R6 Sportsland SUGO
R10
R11
R12
5 R13 Fuji Speedway
R14
R15
5 R16 Mobility Resort Motegi
R17
R18

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows:

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

Drivers' championships

Overall

Pos Driver SUZ AUT[c] OKA SUG FUJ MOT Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R7 R8 R9 R6 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18
1 Yuki Sano 1 1 1 1 2 5 5 7 53
2 Yuto Nomura 2 2 2 8 7 1 1 1 53
3 Rikuto Kobayashi 3 Ret 3 6 4 2 3 2 33
4 Kaylen Frederick 9 3 5 2 1 4 7 3 32
5 Zachary David 4 8 4 5 10 3 6 4 17
6 Esteban Masson WD WD WD 3 5 7 2 5 16
7 Yuga Furutani 10 4 11 4 3 8 8 8 11
8 Yusuke Mitsui 5 7 6 7 6 6 4 6 9
9 Kazuhisa Urabe 6 5 10 9 8 11 9 9 3
10 Reimei Ito 11 6 9 11 9 9 10 Ret 1
11 Tosei Moriyama 7 10 8 0
12 Souta Arao 8 11 7 0
13 Yasuhiro Shimizu 12 9 12 12 13 12 Ret 11 0
14 Yugo Iwasawa 10 14 10 11 10 0
15 Nobuhiro Imada WD WD WD 13 11 WD WD WD 0
16 "Dragon" 13 Ret 13 14 12 13 12 12 0
— Seita Nonaka WD WD WD 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R7 R8 R9 R6 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Points
SUZ AUT OKA SUG FUJ MOT
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Masters' Class

Pos Driver SUZ AUT[c] OKA SUG FUJ MOT Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R7 R8 R9 R6 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18
1 Yasuhiro Shimizu 1 1 1 1 3 1 Ret 1 69
2 "Dragon" 2 Ret 2 3 2 2 1 2 50
3 Nobuhiro Imada WD WD WD 2 1 WD WD WD 17
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R7 R8 R9 R6 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Points
SUZ AUT OKA SUG FUJ MOT

Teams' standings

Only a teams' best finishing driver is eligible for points.

Pos Driver SUZ AUT[c] OKA SUG FUJ MOT Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R7 R8 R9 R6 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18
1 TOM'S 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 68
2 B-Max Racing Team 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 68
3 Delightworks Racing 5 7 6 7 6 6 4 6 9
4 LM corsa 11 6 9 11 9 9 10 Ret 1
5 JMS Racing Team 7 10 8 13 11 WD WD WD 0
6 GNSY Racing 12 9 12 12 13 12 Ret 11 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R7 R8 R9 R6 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Points
SUZ AUT OKA SUG FUJ MOT

Notes

  1. ^ a b Nobuhiro Imada and Esteban Masson were both entered into the first round, but both withdrew ahead of the round. They were replaced by Tosei Moriyama and Seita Nonaka, respectively.
  2. ^ Seita Nonaka was initially entered into the opening round to replace Esteban Masson, but was later called up to replace Team Impul's Oliver Rasmussen in SFL's parent series Super Formula for that round.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Race 4 moved to 18 May due to adverse weather conditions, with race 6 postponed to another round.[16]
  4. ^ Race 6 which was postponed due to adverse weather conditions, will be moved to the 4th round at Sugo.[17]
  5. ^ a b Qualifying for round 2 was canceled due to adverse weather conditions. The results of the final practice sessions formed the grid for race 4 and 5. Yuto Nomura and Kaylen Frederick each started a race on pole position, but no points were awarded for qualifying.

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