# Dandelion Racing

Dandelion Racing is a Japanese racing team, mainly running in Super Formula. The team was founded by Kiyoshi Muraoka in 1989 as "Dandelion Racing Project".

## Early years (1993–1998)

The team made a small sponsor contract with NTT Docomo in 1993. It made a way to enter the Japanese local racing series. The team ran in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship (1993 and 1994 seasons) and Japanese Touring Car Championship (1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998), and suffered from poor results through the 1990s.
The relationship with NTT Docomo will continue to date, though there is no capital ties.

## Formula Nippon/Super Formula (1999–)

In 1999, the team switched from the defunct JTCC to Formula Nippon as a Honda engine user. Though the team continuously suffered from poor result at first, the fortune was changed in the 2002 season when Richard Lyons scored team's first point-finish in the series with finishing 2nd at the SUGO round.
In the 2003 season, Lyons won the Suzuka round in July. It was also the first race win for the team. In the 2004 season, Lyons became the drivers' champion of the series and the team finished as 3rd in the teams' championship. During the following years, the team came to leave steady results. In 2012, the last season of Formula Nippon, the team became the teams' champion of the series with beating TOM'S at the final round of the season.
Nobuharu Matsushita returned to Japan after two seasons in the GP2 Series and one season in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, joining the team. He takes the seat of Takuya Izawa, who moved to Nakajima Racing. 2018 champion Naoki Yamamoto moves to the team in 2019 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. Yamamoto won his title in 2020, and the teams title in 2019. Yamamoto only stayed with the team for 2 seasons, and he replaced by Tadasuke Makino. Fukuzumi clinched runners up in 2021, then he replaced by Rookie champion Hiroki Otsu for 2022. Otsu then replaced by Kakunoshin Ohta.

### Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | D.C. | Pts | T.C. | Pts |
| Formula Nippon ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Reynard 99L | Mugen | 68 | Rubén Derfler | SUZ Ret | MOT 11 | MIN 9 | FUJ 17 | SUZ 12 | SUG 14 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT Ret | SUZ 15 | | 22nd | 0 | 12th | 0 |
| 2000 | Reynard 2KL | Mugen | 68 | Ryo Michigami | SUZ Ret | MOT 13 | MIN Ret | FUJ Ret | SUZ 10 | SUG Ret | MOT 8 | FUJ 7 | MIN 9 | SUZ Ret | | 16th | 0 | 11th | 0 |
| 2001 | Reynard 2KL | Mugen | 68 | Hideki Noda | SUZ Ret | MOT Ret | MIN Ret | FUJ 13 | SUZ 12 | SUG Ret | FUJ 13 | MIN Ret | MOT Ret | SUZ 11 | | 21st | 0 | 11th | 0 |
| 2001 | Reynard 99L | Mugen | 69 | Jaroslaw Wierczuk | SUZ 14 | MOT Ret | MIN 13 | FUJ DNS | | | | | | | | 22nd | 0 | 11th | 0 |
| 2001 | Reynard 99L | Mugen | 69 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada | | | | | SUZ 13 | SUG | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | | 23rd | 0 | 11th | 0 |
| 2002 | Reynard 2KL | Mugen | 68 | Jonathan Cochet | SUZ 13 | FUJ 8 | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 0 | 6th | 6 |
| 2002 | Reynard 2KL | Mugen | 68 | Richard Lyons | | | MIN 7 | SUZ 8 | MOT 11 | SUG 2 | FUJ 7 | MIN Ret | MOT 7 | SUZ Ret | | 10th | 6 | 6th | 6 |
| 2003 | Lola B3/51 | Mugen | 40 | Richard Lyons | SUZ 9 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT 3 | SUZ 1 | SUG 5 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT 3 | SUZ 9 | | 6th | 20 | 6th | 23 |
| 2003 | Lola B3/51 | Mugen | 41 | Naoki Hattori | SUZ 8 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT 11 | SUZ 8 | SUG 9 | FUJ 9 | MIN 4 | MOT 7 | SUZ 11 | | 13th | 3 | 6th | 23 |
| 2004 | Lola B3/51 | Mugen | 40 | Richard Lyons | SUZ 8 | SUG 1 | MOT 8 | SUZ 1 | SUG 4 | MIN 8 | SEP 9 | MOT 2 | SUZ 3 | | | 1st | 33 | 3rd | 40 |
| 2004 | Lola B3/51 | Mugen | 41 | Naoki Hattori | SUZ 7 | SUG 7 | MOT Ret | SUZ 10 | SUG 6 | MIN 10 | SEP 2 | MOT Ret | SUZ 10 | | | 9th | 7 | 3rd | 40 |
| 2005 | Lola B3/51 | Mugen | 1 | Richard Lyons | MOT 1 | SUZ 5 | SUG 2 | FUJ 4 | SUZ 3 | MIN Ret | FUJ 4 | MOT 13 | SUZ 5 | | | 3rd | 30 | 2nd | 37 |
| 2005 | Lola B3/51 | Mugen | 2 | Naoki Hattori | MOT 3 | SUZ 6 | SUG 6 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 7 | MIN 6 | FUJ 7 | MOT 7 | SUZ 14 | | | 12th | 7 | 2nd | 37 |
| 2006 | Lola FN06 | Honda | 40 | Björn Wirdheim | FUJ 4 | SUZ 2 | MOT 4 | SUZ Ret | AUT 6 | FUJ 6 | SUG 6 | MOT 11 | SUZ 9 | | | 6th | 13.5 | 5th | 13.5 |
| 2006 | Lola FN06 | Honda | 41 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | FUJ 17 | SUZ 11 | MOT Ret | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 0 | 5th | 13.5 |
| 2006 | Lola FN06 | Honda | 41 | Yuji Ide | | | | SUZ 12 | AUT 12 | FUJ 11 | SUG Ret | MOT Ret | SUZ 10 | | | 21st | 0 | 5th | 13.5 |
| 2007 | Lola FN06 | Honda | 40 | Björn Wirdheim | FUJ 4 | SUZ 13 | MOT 11 | OKA 11 | SUZ 2 | FUJ 8 | SUG Ret | MOT 7 | SUZ 8 | | | 9th | 17 | 6th | 20 |
| 2007 | Lola FN06 | Honda | 41 | Fabio Carbone | FUJ 15 | SUZ 15 | MOT Ret | OKA 13 | SUZ 6 | FUJ 15 | SUG 9 | MOT 18 | SUZ Ret | | | 15th | 3 | 6th | 20 |
| 2008 | Lola FN06 | Honda | 40 | Kosuke Matsuura | FUJ 12 | SUZ 16 | MOT 12 | OKA 13 | SUZ 9 | SUZ Ret | MOT 10 | MOT 6 | FUJ 8 | FUJ 1 | SUG 13 | 18th | 3.5 | 11th | 7.5 |
| 2008 | Lola FN06 | Honda | 41 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | FUJ 8 | SUZ 14 | MOT 14 | OKA 12 | SUZ 16 | SUZ Ret | MOT 8 | MOT 14 | FUJ 11 | FUJ 11 | SUG 14 | 17th | 4 | 11th | 7.5 |
| 2009 | Swift 017.n | Honda | 40 | Richard Lyons | FUJ Ret | SUZ 6 | MOT 7 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 13 | MOT Ret | AUT 10 | SUG 13 | | | | 10th | 11 | 6th | 25 |
| 2009 | Swift 017.n | Honda | 41 | Takuya Izawa | FUJ 2 | SUZ 7 | MOT DNS | FUJ Ret | SUZ 8 | MOT 9 | AUT 6 | SUG 11 | | | | 8th | 14 | 6th | 25 |
| 2010 | Swift 017.n | Honda | 1 | Loïc Duval | SUZ 6 | MOT 4 | FUJ 14 | MOT 1 | SUG 2 | AUT DNS | SUZ 1 | SUZ 4 | | | | 3rd | 39.5 | 4th | 40.5 |
| 2010 | Swift 017.n | Honda | 2 | Takuya Izawa | SUZ 5 | MOT 11 | FUJ 9 | MOT 11 | SUG 6 | AUT DNS | SUZ 11 | SUZ 11 | | | | 11th | 7 | 4th | 40.5 |
| 2011 | Swift 017.n | Honda | 40 | Takuya Izawa | SUZ 4 | AUT 6 | FUJ 10 | MOT 6 | SUZ C | SUG DSQ | MOT Ret | MOT 10 | | | | 9th | 11 | 3rd | 36.5 |
| 2011 | Swift 017.n | Honda | 41 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | SUZ 7 | AUT 3 | FUJ 5 | MOT 4 | SUZ C | SUG 4 | MOT1 3 | MOT2 8 | | | | 4th | 26.5 | 3rd | 36.5 |
| 2012 | Swift 017.n | Honda | 40 | Takuya Izawa | SUZ 6 | MOT 4 | AUT 2 | FUJ 13 | MOT 5 | SUG 1 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 6 | | | | 3rd | 41.5 | 1st | 78.5 |
| 2012 | Swift 017.n | Honda | 41 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | SUZ 2 | MOT 5 | AUT 1 | FUJ 9 | MOT 3 | SUG 2 | SUZ1 3 | SUZ2 3 | | | | 2nd | 43 | 1st | 78.5 |
| Super Formula ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Swift SF13 | Honda | 40 | Takuya Izawa | SUZ 1 | AUT Ret | FUJ 5 | MOT Ret | SUG Ret | SUZ 10 | SUZ 9 | | | | | 7th | 15 | 7th | 15 |
| 2013 | Swift SF13 | Honda | 41 | Hideki Mutoh | SUZ 13 | AUT Ret | FUJ 13 | MOT 12 | SUG 10 | SUZ1 12 | SUZ2 10 | | | | | NC | 0 | 7th | 15 |
| 2014 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 40 | Tomoki Nojiri | SUZ 9 | FUJ Ret | FUJ 15 | FUJ 12 | MOT 9 | AUT 9 | SUG 1 | SUZ 12 | SUZ 9 | | | 10th | 10 | 6th | 14 |
| 2014 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 41 | Hideki Mutoh | SUZ 10 | FUJ 10 | FUJ 12 | FUJ 11 | MOT 5 | AUT 10 | SUG 12 | SUZ 13 | SUZ 12 | | | 15th | 4 | 6th | 14 |
| 2015 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 40 | Tomoki Nojiri | SUZ 8 | OKA 3 | FUJ 8 | MOT 6 | AUT 10 | SUG 3 | SUZ 5 | SUZ Ret | | | | 7th | 19 | 5th | 25 |
| 2015 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 41 | Narain Karthikeyan | SUZ 3 | OKA 10 | FUJ Ret | MOT 9 | AUT 14 | SUG 13 | SUZ 12 | SUZ 14 | | | | 11th | 6 | 5th | 25 |
| 2016 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 40 | Tomoki Nojiri | SUZ 9 | OKA 4 | FUJ 13 | MOT Ret | OKA 4 | OKA 16 | SUG 3 | SUZ 4 | SUZ Ret | | | 9th | 14.5 | 4th | 36.5 |
| 2016 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 41 | Stoffel Vandoorne | SUZ 3 | OKA 12 | FUJ Ret | MOT 6 | OKA 1 | OKA 7 | SUG 6 | SUZ 17 | SUZ 1 | | | 4th | 27 | 4th | 36.5 |
| 2017 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 40 | Tomoki Nojiri | SUZ 16 | OKA 13 | OKA 10 | FUJ 10 | MOT 8 | AUT 14 | SUG 12 | SUZ C | SUZ C | | | 17th | 2 | 8th | 6 |
| 2017 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 41 | Takuya Izawa | SUZ 8 | OKA 14 | OKA Ret | FUJ 6 | MOT Ret | AUT 15 | SUG 8 | SUZ C | SUZ C | | | 13th | 5 | 8th | 6 |
| 2018 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 5 | Tomoki Nojiri | SUZ 3 | AUT C | SUG 7 | FUJ 14 | MOT 8 | OKA 4 | SUZ 9 | | | | | 7th | 12.5 | 5th | 18.5 |
| 2018 | Dallara SF14 | Honda | 6 | Nobuharu Matsushita | SUZ 12 | AUT C | SUG 10 | FUJ 9 | MOT 4 | OKA 9 | SUZ 7 | | | | | 11th | 7 | 5th | 18.5 |
| 2019 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 1 | Naoki Yamamoto | SUZ 2 | AUT 2 | SUG 1 | FUJ 11 | MOT 9 | OKA 7 | SUZ 5 | | | | | 2nd | 33 | 1st | 50 |
| 2019 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 5 | Nirei Fukuzumi | SUZ 11 | AUT 5 | SUG 5 | FUJ 9 | MOT 5 | OKA Ret | SUZ 3 | | | | | 7th | 18 | 1st | 50 |
| 2020 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 5 | Naoki Yamamoto | MOT 13 | OKA 6 | SUG 3 | AUT 2 | SUZ 1 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 5 | | | | | 1st | 62 | 3rd | 72 |
| 2020 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 6 | Nirei Fukuzumi | MOT 5 | OKA 8 | SUG 10 | AUT 9 | SUZ Ret | SUZ 2 | FUJ 16 | | | | | 8th | 29 | 3rd | 72 |
| 2021 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 5 | Nirei Fukuzumi | FUJ 3 | SUZ Ret | AUT 13 | SUG 1 | MOT Ret | MOT2 12 | SUZ2 1 | | | | | 2nd | 55 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2021 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 6 | Ukyo Sasahara | MOT 5 | SUZ 3 | | | | | | | | | | 12th | 18 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2021 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 6 | Tadasuke Makino | | | AUT 14 | SUG 5 | MOT 7 | MOT2 3 | SUZ2 10 | | | | | 9th | 24 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2022 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 5 | Tadasuke Makino | FUJ 6 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 3 | AUT 6 | SUG 4 | FUJ 5 | MOT 4 | MOT 3 | SUZ 7 | SUZ 9 | | 5th | 61 | 4th | 91 |
| 2022 | Dallara SF19 | Honda | 6 | Hiroki Otsu | FUJ 16 | FUJ 7 | SUZ 8 | AUT 9 | SUG 5 | FUJ 15 | MOT 10 | MOT 13 | SUZ 13 | SUZ 2 | | 9th | 33 | 4th | 91 |
| 2023 | Dallara SF23 | Honda | 5 | Tadasuke Makino | FUJ 14 | FUJ 8 | SUZ 15 | AUT 6 | SUG 3 | FUJ 2 | MOT Ret | SUZ 4‡ | SUZ 10 | | | 6th | 43 | 3rd | 69.5 |
| 2023 | Dallara SF23 | Honda | 6 | Kakunoshin Ohta | FUJ 15 | FUJ 19 | SUZ 17 | AUT 16 | SUG 15 | FUJ 6 | MOT Ret | SUZ 3 | SUZ 1 | | | 7th | 35.5 | 3rd | 69.5 |
| 2024 | Dallara SF23 | Honda | 5 | Tadasuke Makino | SUZ 10 | AUT 1 | SUG 4‡ | FUJ 5 | MOT 1 | FUJ 4 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 3 | SUZ 8 | | | 3rd | 86 | 1st | 148 |
| 2024 | Dallara SF23 | Honda | 6 | Kakunoshin Ohta | SUZ 4 | AUT 5 | SUG 14 | FUJ DNS | MOT 19† | FUJ 9 | FUJ 4 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 1 | | | 4th | 75 | 1st | 148 |

## Notable and veteran drivers
### Formula Nippon/Super Formula

* Richard Lyons (2002–2005, 2009)
* Naoki Hattori (2003–2005)
* Takuya Izawa (2009–2013, 2017)
* Tomoki Nojiri (2014–2018)
* Stoffel Vandoorne (2016)