PRESS INFORMATION
July 8, 2014
Japan Race Promotion Inc.

Saturday July12– Sunday July13

2014 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA
Round 3 : Fuji Speedway
Japan Race Promotion Inc. (President: Hiroshi Shirai, Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) today announced details of
the “2014 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA, Round 3 Fuji Speedway” scheduled to take place on July 12–13 at theFuji Speedway circuit (length= 4.563km) in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

The SUPER FORMULA 2014 season features the first new race car in five seasons, the “SF14.” The chassis is supplied byDallara Automobile of Italy and Bridgestone is the sole tire supplier, but the teams can select Toyota’s RI4A or Honda’s
HR-414R for their engine. Both engine suppliers have developed new 2.0-litre turbo-charged inline-4 direct injection enginesthat also demonstrate superior environmental performance for racing engines. Cars powered by Toyota engines have won all
three races so far, the opening round at the Suzuka Circuit and both races in Round 2 at Fuji Speedway. However,Honda-powered cars showed signs of revival in Round 2, with defending champion Naoki Yamamoto (TEAM MUGEN) placing
fifth in the second race. All eyes are now on whether Honda engines can take back the momentum in the first half of the season.
The championship race will be run over 55 laps of the 4.563km circuit for a total distance of 250.965km. The race distance islonger than the last round at Fuji Speedway and track temperatures are likely to be high due to hot summer weather. Tire
management will therefore play a key role in the race. In this year’s championship, teams must make a pit stop to change theirtires more than once. Teams will probably employ a strategy of preserving their tires by running light race cars, using multiple pit
stops to reduce fuel loads. Whatever approach the teams use, the race is likely to see more dramatic changes in position due torace strategy than in the previous two-race round.

Judging by the results of races so far, drivers in Toyota-powered cars seem to be better placed to win Round 3. The leading
contender is Joao Paulo Lima de Oliveira (Lenovo TEAM IMPUL), who is currently 3rd in the overall standings after winning thefirst race and coming runner up in the second at Fuji Speedway in Round 2. The next major contender is André Lotterer(PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S), who is 2nd in the overall standings after coming 4th in the first race and winning the second inRound 2. Other potential winners include the current leader in the standings Loic Duval (KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans),
who won the opening round and placed 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the first and second races in Round 2. Also, Kazuki
Nakajima (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S), who has been in the points in all races so far this season and is currently the highest
placed Japanese driver in the overall standings (4th), also has a good chance to pull off a victory.
Drivers in Honda powered cars will be aiming to claw back some momentum. All eyes will be on defending champion Naoki
Yamamoto (TEAM MUGEN) and Vitantonio Liuzzi (HP REAL RACING), a driver with F1 experience who placed in the points in
Round 2, to see how high up the rankings they can get in Round 3.

Loic Duval (KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans), who is currently top of the standings after winning the opening race of theseason and coming 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the first and second race in Round 2, will unfortunately not be able to competein Round 3.

2014 JAPANESE CHAMPIOSHIP SUPER FORMULA ROUND 3 ENTRY LIST
(Chassis: SF14, Tires: Bridgestone)
NO.

DRIVERDATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH

1

Naoki Yamamoto

11 July 1988
Tochigi, Japan

2

Yuhki Nakayama

29 July 1987
Ishikawa, Japan

3

James Rossiter

25 August 1983
United Kingdom

7

Ryo Hirakawa

7 March 1994
Hiroshima, Japan8Andrea Caldarelli

14 February 1990
Italy

10Koudai Tsukakoshi

20 November 1986
Tochigi, Japan

11

Vitantonio Liuzzi

6 August 1981
Italy

18

Yuichi Nakayama

25 July 1991
Tokyo, Japan

19

Joao Paulo de Oliveira

13 July 1981
Brazil20

Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan

14 January 1977
India

31

Daisuke Nakajima

29 January 1989
Aichi, Japan

32

Takashi Kogure

1 August 1980
Gunma, Japan

36

Andre Lotterer

19 November 1981
Germany

37

Kazuki Nakajima

11 January 1985
Aichi, Japan38

Hiroaki Ishiura

23 April 1981
Tokyo, Japan

39

Yuji Kunimoto

12 September 1990
Kanagawa, Japan

40

Tomoki Nojiri

15 September 1989
Ibaraki, Japan

41

Hideki Mutoh

6 October 1982
Tokyo, Japan62Koki Saga

25 April 1983
Aichi, JapanENTRANTMANAGERCARENGINETEAM MUGEN
Nagataka Tezuka

TEAM MUGEN SF14Honda
HR-414E

KONDO RACING
Masahiko Kondo

FUJI CORPORATIONKONDO SF14TOYOTA
RI4A

KYGNUS SUNOCOTeam LeMans
Hiroyoshi Donuma

Team KYGNUS SUNOCOSF14

ACHIEVEMENTTeam KYGNUS SUNOCO
SF14TOYOTA
RI4A

HP REAL RACING
Katsutomo Kaneishi

HP SF14Honda
HR-414E

KCMG
Ryuji DoiKCMG Elyse SF14

TOYOTA
RI4A

Lenovo TEAM IMPUL
Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Lenovo TEAM IMPUL SF14TOYOTA
RI4A

NAKAJIMA RACINGSatoru Nakajima

NAKAJIMA RACING SF14Honda
HR-414E

PETRONAS TEAM TOM’SNobuhide Tachi

PETRONAS TOM’S SF14TOYOTA
RI4A

P.MU/CERUMO/INGING
SF14Yuji Tachikawa

P.MU/CERUMO/INGING
SF14TOYOTA
RI4A

DOCOMO TEAMDANDELION RACING
Kiyoshi Muraoka

TOCHIGI Le Beausset
Motorsports
Tadao Tsubomatsu

DOCOMO DANDELION
M40T SF14
DOCOMO DANDELION
M41Y SF14
DENSO Le Beausset SF14D

Honda
HR-414E

TOYOTA
RI4A

2014 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (updated after Round 2 Fuji)
DRIVERS Standings

4/12
SUZUKA

5/17
FUJI

DriverPts

Rd.1Rd.2-1

Rd.2-28

Loic Duval

15.5

1032.5236

Andre Lotterer

13.552.5

6319

Joao Paulo de Oliveira

12264437

Kazuki Nakajima

103435

3James Rossiter

9.5

81.5-

638

Hiroaki Ishiura

66--

77

Ryo Hirakawa

5.55-

0.5

839

Yuji Kunimoto

3-

2

1920

Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan

2.5-

1

1.5

101

Naoki Yamamoto

2--

2

1111

Vitantonio Liuzzi

1.510.5-

10

Koudai Tsukakoshi

---

41

Hideki Mutoh

---

62

Koki Saga---31

Daisuke Nakajima

---

40

Tomoki Nojiri---18

Yuichi Nakayama---

2

Yuhki Nakayama

---

32

Takashi Kogure

---

Pos

No.

1

7/12
FUJI

8/23
MOTEGIAUTOPOL

9/13

9/27
SUGO

Rd.3

Rd.4

I
Rd.5

Rd.6

11/8
SUZUKA

Rd.7-1

Rd.7-2* Winners are in Bold italics and polesittters are in bold.

TEAMS Standings

4/12

5/17

7/12

8/23

9/13

9/27

11/8

SUZUKA

FUJI

FUJI

MOTEGIAUTOPOLSUGOSUZUKA

Rd.3

Rd.4

I
Rd.5

Rd.6

DriverPts

Rd.1

Rd.2-1

Rd.2-2

PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S

21.5

76.58

KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans

211533Lenovo TEAM IMPUL

13.5265.5

KONDO RACING

9.5

81.5-

P.MU/CERUMO·INGING

9621

TEAM MUGEN

2--

210/11

HP REAL RACING

1.5

10.5-40/41

DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING----RaRACING Le Beausset Motorsports
TOCHIGI----NAKAJIMA RACHING----

KCMG----Pos

No.

136/372

7/8

319/2043538/39

61/2

762
31/32
18

* Winners are in Bold italics. PP points are not awarded to the teams.

Rd.7-1

Rd.7-2

2014 CHAMPIOSHIP POINT SCORING SYSTEMPOSITION

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th &beyond

PP1 race per round

10865

4

3

2

10

1

2 races per round

54

3

2.5

2

1.5

1

0.5

0

1

■PP=Pole Position (a driver who set the fastest lap in the qualifying session). One point is awarded to the polesitter (only to thedriver but not to the team). In the 2-race rounds, half points are awarded for both Race 1 & Race 2.
■In Rd.7 Suzuka, three extra points are awarded to each race winner of Race 1 & Race 2 (i.e. up to a maximum of 18 points
are awarded to the driver who claimed pole position and wins of both Race 1 & Race 2).
■In case two or more drivers/teams are in a dead heat for a championship standing at the end of the season, the driver/teamwith the higher number of superior race results is awarded the position .

2014 CHAMPIOSHIP RACE CALENDARDATESROUND / CIRCUITQUALIFYING FORMATRACE FORMAT

April 12 – 13

Round 1 / Suzuka Circuit

Knockout

250km

May 17 – 18Round 2 / Fuji Speedway

Knockout

2-heatJuly 12 – 13

Round 3 / Fuji Speedway

Knockout

250km

August 23 – 24

Round 4 / Twin Ring Motegi

Knockout

250km

September 13 – 14

Round 5 / Autopolis

Knockout

220km

September 27 – 28

Round 6 / Sportsland SUGO

Knockout

250km

November 8 – 9Round 7 / Suzuka Circuit

Knockout

2-heatGET TO KNOW THE BASICS
1■ WHAT IS SUPER FORMULA?

Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA is the top category of Japanese formula racing featuring purpose-built racing cars
with single-seat, open cockpit and open wheel. Organized by Japan Race Promotion Inc. and fully sanctioned by the Japan
Automobile Federation (JAF), SUPER FORMULA traces back its origins to the Japanese Championship Formula NIPPON firstlaunched in 1996. 2013 saw the relaunch of the series given a new name of SUPER FORMULA.
2■

CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDSThe Drivers’ Championship title is awarded to the driver who scores the most points over the course of the season. The DriverChampion is given the Series Driver’s Champion Cup and prize money by Japan Race Promotion Inc. On top of this, he receives
the Confederation’s Cup offered by Parliamentary Association for Motorsport Promotion of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan,
as well as the Commissioner’s Cup from the Japan Tourism Agency. Towards the Team Champion, the Minister’s Cup will beawarded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, plus prize money by Japan Race Promotion Inc.
3■

RACE CAR

The base chassis SF14 is supplied by Dallara (Italy). The cars are powered by 2.0-litre turbo-charged inline-4 direct injectionengine either from Honda (HR414E) or Toyota (RI4A). Bridgestone serves as the sole tyre supplier.
4■OVERTAKE SYSTEMThe Overtake System (OTS) is an overtaking aid that works by leveraging the fuel flow restrictor (fuel flow rate control system)
employed on the new engine. It can increase fuel supply temporarily to provide approximately five per cent of engine
performance improvement. By pressing a button called OTB (Overtake Button) on the steering wheel, the system will be
activated for 20 seconds per use. Drivers may use the OTS up to 5 times a race. The status of the OTS use can easily berecognized by “Overtake Lamp (five small LEDs)” on the roll hoop. The number of lighted Lamp(s) shows the number of OTS
activation, and on top of this they are blinking when the system is in use. The Lamps basically illuminate white while thechampionship leader comes with red lights called “Leader’s Red”. The Overtake Lamp system can only be seen in SUPERFORMULA.
■OVERTAKE SYSTEMKNOCK-OUT STYLE

Qualifying will take place over three knock-out sessions to determine places on the starting grid for the Championship race. In
the event of 19 entries, the five slowest cars during the 20-minute long Q1 session will be knocked out of the next session andassigned the 15th to 19th positions on the grid. After a 10-minute interval, the 7-minute long Q2 session will determine the 9th to14th positions in the same way. After another 10-minute interval, the final 7-minute long Q3 session will decide the top 8positions on the starting grid. As the name of the qualifying round suggests, drivers are knocked out if they do not post strong
qualifying times..

ABOUT THE FUJI ROUND●

Official name :2014 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Round 3 Fuji

●Held Jointly with :JAPANESE FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP Rd.8 / Rd.9
N-ONE OWNER'S CUP Rd.1
GT Asia Series 2014 Rd.5 / Rd.6
WAKO’S SUPER KART Grand Summer Festival
Enjoy Honda FUJI 2014 < http://www.honda.co.jp/enjoyhonda/fuji/2014/index.html >●Dates :2014 July 12 (Saturday) – July13 (Sunday)●Location :Fuji Speedway Racing Course, Shizuoka Prefecture (Circuit length: 4.563km)●

Hosted by :Fuji International Speedway Co., Ltd. / Fuji Motorsports Club (FMC)●

Official Recognition by :Fédération Internationale de I’Automobile (FIA) / Japan Automobile Federation (JAF)●Authorized by :Japan Race Promotion Inc,(JRP) < http://www.f-nippon.co.jp/ >JAPANESE FORMULA 3 ASSOCIATION (JF3A)
Motorsport Asia Ltd/ Honda One make Race Secretariat (HORS)●Sponsored by :Shizuoka Prefecture, Oyama-cho ; Gotemba City ; Susono City ;Shizuoka Prefectural Tourist Association ; Oyama-cho Tourist Association ;Gotemba City Turist Association ; Susono City Tourist Association ; K-mix
THE TOKYO CHUNICHI SPORTS / THE CHUNICHI SPORTS

Ticket Information & Enquiries● Ticket :Advance sale tickets for the full two days of the event from ¥5,700 (valid for both days, qualifying and race)＊Junior high school students and younger: Admission free (with guardian’s)＊Ticket details: Please visit the Fuji Speedway official website for more details. < http://www.fsw.tv >TV Coverage & Race Footage Delivery● J SPORTS :Live broadcast of all rounds (both qualifying and race). Rebroadcastings and digest programs alsoavailable.
On-air dates :Saturday, July 12 at 14:45 -16:30 [Live coverage of the qualifying sessions on J SPORTS 3]
Sunday, July 13 at 13:30 -17:30 [Live coverage of the race on J SPORTS 1]* For more info on the rebroadcastings and digest programs, visit SUPER FORMULA official website< http://www.superformula.net/ > or JSPORTS website < http://www.jsports.co.jp/motor/super_formula/ >● BS FUJI:BS FUJI delivers a 55-minute SUPER FORMULA post-race program covering each round of the season
On-air dates :Sunday, July 20 at 13:00 -13:55 (first air)Monday, July 21 at 15:00 -15:55 (rebroadcasting)*For more info on the programs, visit SUPER FORMULA official website<http://www.superformula.net/ > orBS Fuji website < http://www.bsfuji.tv/top/pub/superformura2014.html >● FUJI TELEVISION ONE/NEXT(FUJI TELEVISION CS)“SUPER FORMULA TV” :A new program “SUPER FORMULA TV” is coming in. It features race highlights plus talk show with invited
guest drivers.
On-air dates :Friday, July 18 at 22:40 -23:10 (NEXT)* For more info on the programs, visit SUPER FORMULA official website<http://www.superformula.net/ > or BS Fuji website < http://www.bsfuji.tv/top/pub/superformura2014.html >● YAHOO! Gyao! :Race footage of each SUPER FORMULA round will be available on-demand 10 days after each round at< http://gyao.yahoo.co.jp/sports/ >*On-air schedule is subject to change. Visit SUPER FORMULA official website <http://www.superformula.net/> forupdates.

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