The 2019 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-seventh season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the seventh under the moniker of Super Formula. The season began on 21 April at Suzuka Circuit and ended on 27 October at the same location.

2019 marked the first season of the Dallara SF19 chassis package, while continuing the engine configuration of the preceding chassis.

Nick Cassidy clinched his first Driver's Championship title, after finishing ahead of reigning champion Naoki Yamamoto at the season finale at Suzuka. Docomo Team Dandelion Racing won their first Teams' Championship title since 2012, with Naoki Yamamoto and Nirei Fukuzumi driving for them.

Teams and drivers Every Honda-powered car used a Honda HR-414E engine and every Toyota-powered car used a Toyota RI4A engine. Team Engine Driver Rounds Docomo Team Dandelion Racing Honda 1 Naoki Yamamoto All 5 Nirei Fukuzumi All Kondo Racing Toyota 3 Kenta Yamashita All 4 Yuji Kunimoto All UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans Toyota 7 Artem Markelov 1–5 Yuichi Nakayama 6–7 8 Kazuya Oshima All Team Mugen Honda 15 Dan Ticktum 1–3 Patricio O'Ward 4–6 Jüri Vips 7 16 Tomoki Nojiri All Real Racing Honda 17 Tristan Charpentier 1 Koudai Tsukakoshi 2–7 carrozzeria Team KCMG Toyota 18 Kamui Kobayashi All Itochu Enex Team Impul Toyota 19 Yuhi Sekiguchi All 20 Ryo Hirakawa All Vantelin Team TOM'S Toyota 36 Kazuki Nakajima All 37 Nick Cassidy All JMS P.mu/cerumo・INGING Toyota 38 Hiroaki Ishiura All 39 Sho Tsuboi All B-Max Racing with Motopark Honda 50 Lucas Auer All 51 Harrison Newey All TCS Nakajima Racing Honda 64 Álex Palou All 65 Tadasuke Makino All

Team changes German team Motopark will enter the championship in collaboration with the B-MAX Racing Team.

Driver changes Lucas Auer announce to joining Super Formula with B-MAX Motopark after Mercedes AMG shut down their DTM project. Former FIA European Formula Three Championship driver Harrison Newey was later confirmed in a second B-MAX car. 2018 champion Naoki Yamamoto moves to Team Dandelion Racing after eight seasons driving for Team Mugen. He is joined by Nirei Fukuzumi, who completed a partial season with Mugen in 2018 alongside FIA Formula 2. Nobuharu Matsushita leaves Team Dandelion after a single season, returning to Formula 2 with Carlin. Tomoki Nojiri moves from Team Dandelion to Team Mugen. He will be partnered by 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship runner-up and two-time Macau Grand Prix winner Daniel Ticktum, who competed in two rounds for the team in 2018. Koudai Tsukakoshi leaves Real Racing's Super Formula team after six seasons. He is replaced by Tristan Charpentier, who raced in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship in 2018. Narain Karthikeyan and Takuya Izawa are replaced at Nakajima Racing by Formula 2 race winner Tadasuke Makino and former European and Japanese Formula Three driver Álex Palou. Karthikeyan will remain with the team in Super GT. 2018 series runner-up Nick Cassidy will move from Kondō Racing to Team TOM'S, replacing James Rossiter. 2016 champion Yuji Kunimoto will take Cassidy's place at Kondo Racing, after Toyota promoted 2018 Japanese F3 champion Sho Tsuboi to his former seat at Cerumo・INGING. Artem Markelov, a five-season veteran of the GP2 Series and FIA Formula 2 with Russian Time, joins Super Formula in the #7 Team LeMans, which in 2018 was driven by both Pietro Fittipaldi and Tom Dillmann.

Mid-season changes Tristan Charpentier left Real Racing after the first round. He had qualified two seconds off the pace in the first round and crashed heavily in the race. He was replaced by veteran racer Koudai Tsukakoshi for the rest of the season. Dan Ticktum left Team Mugen after the third round. He was dropped by the Red Bull Junior programme and subsequently lost his Super Formula drive. He was replaced by new Red Bull Junior, Patricio O'Ward for the remainder of the season. However, O'Ward was dropped prior to the final round from the Red Bull Junior Team and thus for the final round, the seat was filled by Estonian Jüri Vips. Yuichi Nakayama replaced Artem Markelov at the sixth round due to Markelov being called up to race for BWT Arden in the FIA Formula 2 Championship

Race calendar and results The calendar with seven rounds was announced in August 2018.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Suzuka Circuit 21 April Tadasuke Makino Álex Palou Nick Cassidy Vantelin Team TOM'S 2 Autopolis 19 May Yuji Kunimoto Yuhi Sekiguchi Yuhi Sekiguchi Itochu Enex Team Impul 3 Sportsland Sugo 23 June Naoki Yamamoto Lucas Auer Naoki Yamamoto Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 4 Fuji Speedway 14 July Álex Palou Álex Palou Álex Palou TCS Nakajima Racing 5 Twin Ring Motegi 18 August Álex Palou Artem Markelov Ryo HirakawaItochu Enex Team Impul 6 Okayama International Circuit 29 September Ryo Hirakawa Kamui Kobayashi Kenta Yamashita Kondo Racing 7 Suzuka Circuit 27 October Álex Palou Nick Cassidy Tomoki NojiriTeam Mugen

Championship standings Drivers' Championship Scoring system

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Pole  Rounds 1-6 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Round 7 13 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Driver standings

Pos Driver SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ Points 1 Nick Cassidy 1 8 4 3 3 102 36 2 Naoki Yamamoto 2 2 1 11 9 7 5 33 3 Álex Palou Ret 6 13 1 4 4 19 26 4 Tomoki Nojiri 4 18 Ret 4 8 9 1 24 5 Kenta Yamashita 3 7 6 17 13 1 9 21 6 Kamui Kobayashi 9 10 2 6 2 18 12 19 7 Nirei Fukuzumi 11 5 5 9 5 Ret 3 18 8 Yuhi Sekiguchi Ret 1 10 8 15 13 4 16 9 Lucas Auer 7 11 3 Ret 7 5 11 14 10 Ryo Hirakawa Ret 14 11 12 1 12 8 12 11 Sho Tsuboi 5 12 Ret 2 17 11 10 12 12 Kazuki Nakajima Ret 13 12 5 16 2 14 12 13 Hiroaki Ishiura Ret 9 7 7 6 Ret 6 10 14 Kazuya Oshima 12 3 17 13 11 8 17 7 15 Harrison Newey Ret 17 Ret 16 19 3 20 6 16 Tadasuke Makino Ret 4 14 10 Ret 17 13 6 17 Yuji Kunimoto 6 16 8 15 10 16 15 5 18 Patricio O'Ward 14 14 6 3 19 Koudai Tsukakoshi 15 9 18 18 14 7 2 20 Dan Ticktum 8 Ret 15 1 21 Artem Markelov 10 Ret 16 19 12 0 22 Yuichi Nakayama 15 16 0 23 Jüri Vips 18 0 24 Tristan Charpentier Ret 0 Pos Driver SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship Pos Team No.SUZAUTSUGFUJMOTOKASUZ Points 1Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 1 2 2 1 11 9 5 5 50 5 11 5 5 9 5 Ret 3 2Vantelin Team TOM'S 36 Ret 13 12 5 16 2 14 48 37 1 8 4 3 3 102 3TCS Nakajima Racing 64 Ret 6 13 1 4 4 19 28 65 Ret 4 14 10 Ret 17 134Itochu Enex Team Impul 19 Ret1 10 8 15 13 427 20 Ret 14 11 12 112 85Team Mugen 15 8 Ret 15 14 14 6 1825 16 4 18 Ret 4 8 9 1 6Kondo Racing 3 3 7 6 17 13 1 9 25 4 6 16 8 15 10 16 15 7 JMS P.mu/Cerumo・INGING 38 Ret 9 7 7 6 Ret 6 22 39 5 12 Ret 2 17 11 108 B-MAX Racing with Motopark 50 7 113 Ret 7 5 1120 51 Ret 17 Ret 16 19 3 20 9carrozzeria Team KCMG 18 9 10 2 6 218 12 19 10UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans 7 10 Ret 16 19 12 15 16 7 8 12 3 17 13 11 8 1711 Real Racing 17 Ret 15 9 18 18 14 72 Pos Team No.SUZAUTSUGFUJMOTOKASUZ Points

References

External links Japanese Championship Super Formula official website