PRESS INFORMATION
September 22, 2014
Japan Race Promotion Inc.

September 27(Sat) – September 28 (Sun)2014 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA
Round 6 : Sportsland SUGO
Japan Race Promotion Inc. (President: Hiroshi Shirai, Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) today announced details of the “2014Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Series, Round 6 Sportsland SUGO” scheduled to take place on September 27–28 at theSportsland SUGO International Road Racing Course (length = 3.704km) in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

The race will be run on the Sportsland SUGO International Road Racing Course (length = 3.704km).
Qualifying, which will be held on September 27, will take place over three knock-out sessions to determine places on the starting grid for theChampionship race. In the event of 20 entries, the five slowest cars during the 20-minute long Q1 session will be knocked out of the next
session and assigned the 15th to 20th 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 8 positions on thestarting grid. As the name of the qualifying round suggests, drivers are knocked out if they do not post strong qualifying times.
The Championship race, to be held on September 28, will be run over 68 laps of the 3.704km Sportsland SUGO International Road Racing
Course for a total distance of 251.88km. Teams have full control this race, as refueling, tire changes and other pit stops are not compulsory.
Team management strategy is therefore likely to hold the key to victory.

Only three races and two rounds are left in the 2014 SUPER FORMULA Series. All the rounds so far have seen new course records.
Attention is now focused on this year’s potential champions as the season heads for the final stages. Who will emerge victorious from the bunchin what is likely to be a very fast race? Joao Paulo Lima de Oliveira (Lenovo TEAM IMPUL), who won the first race of Round 2 and Round 4, iscurrently at the top of the standings with 29 points, followed by André Lotterer (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S) in 2nd on 26.5 points after victories
in race 2 of Round 2 and Round 5. Kazuki Nakajima (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S), winner of Round 3, is third on 25 points. The close standings
mean Round 6 is likely to be a tight race.
Loic Duval (KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans), winner of the first round and 8.5 points off the lead, and Hiroaki Ishiura (P.MU/CERUMO •INGING), 9 points adrift, are also still within site of the championship.

Round 6 will see a new team called DRAGO CORSE. The team was formed by highly experienced Japanese racing driver Ryo Michigami
and will put one car on the grid for Round 6 Sportsland SUGO and Round 7 Suzuka Circuit. The team’s driver is Takuya Izawa, currently
competing in the GP2 Series.

*DRAGO means “dragon” and CORSE means “competition” or “race” in Italian.

2014 JAPANESE CHAMPIOSHIP SUPER FORMULA Round 6 : 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, Japan

8

Loic Duval

12 June 1982
France10Koudai Tsukakoshi

20 November 1986
Tochigi, Japan

11Vitantonio Liuzzi

6 August 1981
Italy18Yuichi 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 Nkajima

29 January 1989
Aichi, Japan

32

Takashi Kogure

1 August 1980
Gunma, Japan

34

Takuya Izawa

1 June 1984
Tokyo,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 Mutho

6 October 1982
Tokyo, Japan

62

Koki Saga

25 April 1983
Aichi, JapanENTRANTMANAGERCAR

ENGINETEAM MUGEN
Nagataka Tezuka

TEAM MUGEN SF14Honda
HR-414E

KONDO RACING
Masahiko Kondo

FUJI CORPORATIONKONDO SF14

TOYOTA
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 RACING
Satoru Nakajima

NAKAJIMA RACING SF14Honda
HR-414E

DRAGO CORSE
Ryo Michigami

DRAGO CORSE 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 RACINGKiyoshi 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 5)
DRIVERS StandingsPosNo.

1

4/12
SUZUKA

5/17
FUJI

7/12
FUJI

8/23
MOTEGIAUTOPOL

9/13

9/27
SUGO

Rd.6

DriverPts

Rd.1

Rd.2-1

Rd.2-2

Rd.3

Rd.4

I
Rd.5

19

Joao Paulo de Oliveira

292640116236

Andre Lotterer

26.5

5

2.5

63-

10337

Kazuki Nakajima

25343

102348Loic Duval

20.5

103

2.5

-

50538

Hiroaki Ishiura

20600581639

Yuji Kunimoto

1702

160873James Rossiter

15.5

8

1.5011487

Ryo Hirakawa

13.5

500.580091

Naoki Yamamoto

90024031010

Koudai Tsukakoshi

80000351136

Andrea Caldarelli

7---

1(8)

6(36)

-

1220

Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan

4.5011.5

2001341

Hideki Mutoh

40000401411

Vitantonio Liuzzi

1.5

10.5

000040

Tomoki Nojiri

000000062

Koki Saga

000000031

Daisuke Nakajima

00000002

Yuichi Nakayama

000000018

Yuhki Nakayama

000000032

Takashi Kogure

0000000

7/12
FUJI

8/23
MOTEGIAUTOPOL

9/27
SUGO

Rd.6

11/8
SUZUKA

Rd.7-1

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

TEAMS Standings
Pos

No.

1

4/12
SUZUKA

5/17
FUJI

9/13

DriverPts

Rd.1

Rd.2-1

Rd.2-2

Rd.3

Rd.4

I
Rd.5

36/37

PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S

55.5

76.5

8138132

38/39

P.MU/CERUMO·INGING

3762111893

7/8

KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans

3415338504

19/20

Lenovo TEAM IMPUL

31.5265.5210653

KONDO RACING

15.581.50114610/11

HP REAL RACING

9.510.5003571/2

TEAM MUGEN

8002402840/41

DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING

4000040TOCHIGI Le Beausset Motorsports

0000000

NAKAJIMA RACHING

0000000

KCMG

00000006231/32
18* Winners are in Bold italics. PP points are not awarded to the teams.

11/8
SUZUKA

Rd.7-1

Rd.7-2

2014 CHAMPIOSHIP POINT SCORING SYSTEMPOSITION

1st2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th &beyond

PP1 race per round1086543210

12 races per round5432.52

1.5

10.501■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 FORMATApril 12 – 13

Round 1 / Suzuka Circuit

Knockout

250km

May 17 – 18

Round 2 / Fuji Speedway

Knockout

2-heatJuly 12 – 13

Round 3 / Fuji Speedway

Knockout

250km

August 23 – 24Round 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. Organizedby Japan Race Promotion Inc. and fully sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation(JAF), SUPER FORMULA traces back its origins to the Japanese Championship FormulaNIPPON first launched in 1996. 2013 saw the relaunch of the series given a new name ofSUPER FORMULA.

■CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDSThe Drivers’ Championship title is awarded to the driver who scores the most points over thecourse of the season. The Driver Champion is given the Series Driver’s Champion Cup andprize money by Japan Race Promotion Inc. On top of this, he receives the Confederation’sCup 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 be awarded by the Ministry ofEconomy, Trade and Industry, plus prize money by Japan Race Promotion Inc.

■RACE CAR

The base chassis SF14 is supplied by Dallara (Italy). The cars are powered by 2.0-litre
turbo-charged inline-4 direct injection engine either from Honda (HR414E) or Toyota (RI4A).
Bridgestone serves as the sole tyre supplier.

■

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 fuelsupply temporarily to provide approximately five per cent of engine performanceimprovement. By pressing a button called OTB (Overtake Button) on the steering wheel, thesystem will be activated for 20 seconds per use. Drivers may use the OTS up to 5 times arace. The status of the OTS use can easily be recognized by “Overtake Lamp (five smallLEDs)” 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 the championship leader comes with red lights called “Leader’s Red”. The
Overtake Lamp system can only be seen in SUPER FORMULA.

ABOUT THE Sportsland SUGO ROUND●Official name :2014 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Round 6 :Sportsland SUGO

●Held Jointly with :2014 JAPANESE FORMURA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP Round 12-13
JFA Touhoku Super FJ CHAMPIONSHIP Round 5
GAZOO Racing Netz Cap Vitz Race 2014

Touhoku Series Round 3

N-ONE OWNER'S CUP Round.5
SUGO Road Race Series Round 5

CBR250R Dream Cup & ST250●Dates :2014 September 27 (Saturday) – September 28 (Sunday)●Location :Sportsland SUGO International Racing Course, Miyagi Prefecture(Circuit length: 3,704km)●Hosted by :SUGO Co., Ltd. / SUGO SPORTS CLUB (SSC)●Official Recognition by :Fédération Internationale de I’Automobile (FIA) / Japan Automobile Federation (JAF)●Authorized by :Japan Race Promotion Inc,(JRP)●Sponsored by :Miyagi Prefecture Tourism Federation (Public Interest Incorporated Association)
Murata Town
KAHOKU SHIMPO PUBLISHING CO.
Natori City

Ticket Information & Enquiries● Ticket :Advance sale tickets for the full two days of the event from ¥4,200 (valid for both days, qualifying and race)＊Junior high school students and younger: Admission free (with guardian’s)＊Ticket details: Please visit the Sportsland SUGO official website for more details.
＜http://www.sportsland-sugo.jp/watch/contents/2014/01/20140108_1166.html＞

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, September 27 at 14:00 -16:00 [Live coverage of the qualifying sessions on J SPRTS 3]
Sunday, September 28 at 14:30-17:30 [Live coverage of the race on J SPRTS 3]* For more info on the rebroadcastings and digest programs, visit SUPER FORMULA official website<http://www.superformula.net/ > or J SPORTS 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 :Saturday, October 4 at 16:00 -16:55 [First air]Friday, October 10 at 24:00 -24:55 [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/TWO/NEXT :(FUJI TELEVISION CS)

A new program “SUPER FORMULA TV” is coming in. It features race highlights plus talk show with invited
guest drivers.
On-air dates :Friday, October 3 at 19:00 -19:30 [Round6 : Highlight] (NEXT)* For more info on the programs, visit SUPER FORMULA official website<http://www.superformula.net/> or CS Fuji website <http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/b_hp/914200066.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/> for updates.

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