2021 Super Formula Lights
The 2021 Super Formula Lights Championship was the second Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season. It featured drivers competing in Formula 3 cars with Dallara 320 chassis and with engines made by three different manufacturers, a similar regulation format to the Euroformula Open Championship.
Teams and drivers
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Race Calendar
The calendar for the 2021 season was announced on 30 October 2020. The championship supported Super Formula at all of its races.[6] Because of this, the calendar change announced by Super Formula on 12 April 2021 was also adopted by Super Formula Lights.[7]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Masters Winner | |
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1 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | 3 April | Teppei Natori | Teppei Natori | Teppei Natori | B-Max Racing Team | Nobuhiro Imada |
R2 | 4 April | Teppei Natori | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Toda Racing | Nobuhiro Imada | ||
R3 | Ren Sato | Atsushi Miyake | Rn-Sports | Masayuki Ueda | ||||
2 | R4 | Suzuka International Racing Course | 24 April | Teppei Natori | Teppei Natori | Teppei Natori | B-Max Racing Team | Nobuhiro Imada |
R5 | 25 April | Teppei Natori | Teppei Natori | Teppei Natori | B-Max Racing Team | Masayuki Ueda | ||
R6 | Ren Sato | Teppei Natori | B-Max Racing Team | Nobuhiro Imada | ||||
3 | R7 | Autopolis | 15 May | Ren Sato[b] | Atsushi Miyake | Atsushi Miyake | Rn-Sports | Nobuhiro Imada |
R8 | 16 May | Ren Sato[c] | Giuliano Alesi | Teppei Natori | B-Max Racing Team | "Syuji" | ||
R9 | Race cancelled due to inclement weather. | |||||||
4 | R10 | Sportsland SUGO | 19 June | Giuliano Alesi | Giuliano Alesi | Giuliano Alesi | TOM'S | Takashi Hata |
R11 | 20 June | Teppei Natori | Teppei Natori | Teppei Natori | B-Max Racing Team | Nobuhiro Imada | ||
R12 | Teppei Natori | Giuliano Alesi | TOM'S | Nobuhiro Imada | ||||
5 | R13 | Twin Ring Motegi | 28 August | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Toda Racing | Nobuhiro Imada |
R14 | 29 August | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Toda Racing | Nobuhiro Imada | ||
R9 | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Toda Racing | Nobuhiro Imada | ||||
6 | R15 | Twin Ring Motegi | 16 October | Teppei Natori | Giuliano Alesi | Giuliano Alesi | TOM'S | Nobuhiro Imada |
R16 | 17 October | Giuliano Alesi | Giuliano Alesi | Ren Sato | Toda Racing | Masayuki Ueda | ||
R17 | Giuliano Alesi | Giuliano Alesi | TOM'S | Nobuhiro Imada |
Championship standings
The points were awarded as follows:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | PP | FL |
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10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Drivers' Championships
Overall
Pos | Driver | FUJ | SUZ | AUT[d] | SUG | MOT1 | MOT2 | Points | ||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
1 | Teppei Natori | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 109 |
2 | Giuliano Alesi | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 103 |
3 | Ren Sato | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12† | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | C | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 92 |
4 | Atsushi Miyake | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | C | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 57 |
5 | Hibiki Taira | 4 | DNS | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | C | 3 | 3 | 3 | WD | WD | WD | 6 | 4 | 5 | 41.5 |
6 | Shunsuke Kohno | 5 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | C | 4 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29.5 |
7 | Seita Nonaka | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 5 | C | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | |||
8 | Kazuto Kotaka | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Seiya Jin | Ret | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
10 | Nobuhiro Imada | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 12† | 10 | 6 | 10 | C | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
11 | Lucca Allen | WD | WD | WD | WD | WD | WD | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
12 | "Dragon" | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | C | Ret | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
13 | Miki Koyama | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
14 | "Syuji" | 7 | 8 | C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
15 | Tsubasa Iriyama | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
16 | Masayuki Ueda | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | WD | WD | WD | 11 | 8 | 10 | 0 | |||
17 | Takashi Hata | 10 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Points |
FUJ | SUZ | AUT | SUG | MOT1 | MOT2 |
Masters Class
Pos | Driver | FUJ | SUZ | AUT[e] | SUG | MOT1 | MOT2 | Points | ||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
1 | Nobuhiro Imada | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3† | 1 | 1 | 2 | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 156 |
2 | Masayuki Ueda | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | WD | WD | WD | 2 | 1 | 2 | 90 | |||
3 | "Syuji" | 2 | 1 | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48.5 | |||||||||
4 | Takashi Hata | 3 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 3 | 35 | ||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Points |
FUJ | SUZ | AUT | SUG | MOT1 | MOT2 |
Teams' standings
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | TOM'S | 102 |
2 | B-Max Racing Team | 98 |
3 | Toda Racing | 84 |
4 | Rn-Sports | 56 |
5 | RS Fine | 29.5 |
6 | ALBIREX Racing Team | 6 |
7 | B-Max Engineering | 1 |
Engine manufacturer standings
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH | 134 |
2 | TOM'S Co., Ltd. | 102 |
3 | Tomei Engine Co., Ltd. | 6 |
Footnotes
- ^ a b Car No. 4, 30 & 51 entered as B-Max Engineering, and car No. 50 & 52 entered as B-Max Racing Team
- ^ Qualifying was cancelled due to heavy rain. The grid was decided by times set during practice. No points were awarded for pole position in each class.
- ^ Qualifying was cancelled due to heavy rain. The grid was decided by times set during practice. No points were awarded for pole position in each class.
- ^ Due to heavy fog only two of the 10 laps were completed under green flag conditions. Therefore, half points were awarded.
- ^ Due to heavy fog only two of the 10 laps were completed under green flag conditions. Therefore, half points were awarded.
References
- ^ Wood, Elliot (2021-02-12). "Toyota promotes Japanese F4 champion Hibiki Taira to SF Lights". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ Wood, Ida (15 January 2021). "Honda junior Ren Sato gets Super Formula Lights and Super GT seats". Formula Scout.
- ^ "FUJI | 2021年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ "Suzuka | 2021年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ "SUGO | 2021年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "全日本スーパーフォーミュラ・ライツ選手権 2021年カレンダーのご案内 | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ "「2021年 全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権」第6戦の開催地、及び開催日程の変更について | SUPER FORMULA Official Website". JP SUPER FORMULA (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-04-12.
External links
- Super Formula Lights official website – Japanese / English
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