PRESS INFORMATION

July 30,2013
Japan Race Promotion Inc.

Saturday August 3 – Sunday August 42013 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Series
Round 4 Overview Twin Ring Motegi
Tokyo, July 30, 2013—Japan Race Promotion Inc. (President: Hiroshi Shirai, Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) announced
today details of the “2013 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Series, Round 4 Twin Ring Motegi” scheduled to take place
on August 3-4 on the Twin Ring Motegi Road Course (length= 4.801km) in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Qualifying will include a Q1 session and a special stage session, which will be run back to back with an interval of 15 minutes. The
top eight cars in the 30-minute long Q1 session will progress to the special stage. In the special stage, each of the eight cars willcompete against the clock in the special stage, starting with the slowest Q1 qualifier first. The session will be run over three laps,
including an in lap and an out lap and single timed lap. As the name suggests, the make-or-break special stage format is designed tocreate tension and excitement for the spectators.
Round 4 at Twin Ring Motegi is likely to be a crucial round in the battle for the series title. André Lotterer (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S)
currently stands top of the rankings with 21 points after winning the two races he has entered in the 2013 series (Round 2 and Round3). Naoki Yamamoto (TEAM MUGEN), who has finished in the points in all races so far this season (Round 1: 4th, Round 2: 3rd,Round 3: 3rd) is only four points off the lead. Takuya Izawa (DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING) is third in the rankings, sixpoints behind André Lotterer. Takuya won Round 1 and came fifth in Round 3. Further down the leader board are three capabledrivers, all past champions: Loic Duval (KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans) in fourth, seven points off the top of the driver rankings,Tsugio Matsuda (Lenovo TEAM IMPUL) in fifth, nine points behind, and J.P. de Oliveira (Lenovo TEAM IMPUL) in sixth, 10 points offthe top.
Will the dominant André Lotterer (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S) be able to secure a third victory, or will the other drivers be able tokeep him in check.
The race starts at 15:00 on Sunday 4 August.

＃２ André Lotterer（PETRONAS TEAM TOM'S）

2013 Championship Series: Point Allocation SystemPOSITION

1sr

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

PPOne-race rounds

10865

4

3

2

10

1

Two-race rounds

5＋34

3

2.5

2

1.5

1

0.5

0

1

*In two-race rounds, a 3-point bonus will be awarded to each winner of race 1 and race 2 in addition to the predetermined points.
*PP : A 1-point bonus will be awarded to drivers who secure pole position (qualify in first place).

【General Information】
1. SUPER FORMULA
Organized by Japan Race Promotion Inc. and fully sanctioned by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF), the JapaneseChampionship SUPER FORMULA Series traces back its origins to the Japanese Championship Formula NIPPON first launched in1996. 2013 signals a new beginning under the new SUPER FORMULA name. The series fields fully fledged single seater racing
machines befitting its status as Japan’s top formula racing category.
2. Series Awards
Awards presented to the annual overall series champion driver include prize money and a championship series cup from Japan
Race Promotion Inc. as well as trophies from the Liberal Democratic Party Parliamentarians League for the Promotion of Motorsports
and the Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency. In addition, the annual champion team receives prize money from Japan Race
Promotion Inc. and the Minister’s Cup from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
3. Race MachineThis year’s SF13 chassis is officially supplied by Swift Engineering of the United States. Honda and Toyota are once again the official
engine suppliers with their respective HONDA HR12E and TOYOTA RV8K 3.4-liter V8 engines while Bridgestone officiates as thesole official tire supplier.
4. Overtake System (OTS)The Overtake System (OTS) increases maximum engine speed from 10,300rpm to 10,700rpm for 20 seconds at a time. It isactivated by the driver pushing the OTB (=OverTake Button) located on the steering wheel. The driver can activate the OTS amaximum of 5 times over the length of the race to facilitate overtaking. When activated, lights fitted onto the rollover bar start blinking
for all to see. The car of the leader in the championship standings at the time of the race is fitted with Leader Red-type red lights
instead of the regular white lights. This Overtake System is unique to SUPER FORMULA.
2013 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA : Schedule
Dates

RoundCircuit

April 13-14

Round 1 Suzuka Circuit

Suzuka Circuit

June 1-2

Round 2 Autopolis

Autopolis

July 13-14

Round 3 Fuji Speedway

Fuji Speedway

August 3-4

Round 4 Twin Ring Motegi

Twin Ring Motegi

August 24-25

Round 5 Inje (Republic of Korea)

Cancellation

Inje International Circuit

September 28-29

Round 6 Sportsland SUGO

Sportsland SUGO

November 9-10

Round 7 Suzuka Circuit

Suzuka Circuit

November 15-17

FUJI SPRINT CUP 2013

Fuji Speedway2013 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Series, Round 4 Fuji Speedway Entry List
(Chassis: SF13, Tires: Bridgestone)
No.

Driver１

Kazuki Nakajima

２

Andre Lotterer

３

Hironobu Yasuda

７

Ryo Hirakawa

８

Loic Duval

１０

Koudai Tsukakoshi

１１

Yuhki Nakayama

１５

Takashi Kobayashi

１６Naoki Yamamoto

１８

Richard Bradley

１９

Joao Paulo de Oliveira

２０Tsugio Matsuda

３１

Daisuke Nakajima

３２

Takashi Kogure

３８

Kohei Hirate

３９

Yuji Kunimoto

４０

Takuya Izawa

４１

Hideki Mutoh

６２

Koki Saga

Birth date

Team Name

Birth place

Team ManagerEngine

1985.1.11
Japan (Aichi Prefecture)

PETRONAS TEAM TOM'STOYOTA

1981.11.9

Nobuhide Tachi

RV8K

1982.11.11

KONDO RACINGTOYOTA

Japan (Shiga Prefecture)

Masahiko Kondoh

RV8K

Japan (Hiroshima Prefecture)

KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans

TOYOTA

1982.6.12

Hiroyoshi Donuma

RV8K

Japan (Tochigi Prefecture)

HP REAL RACING

HONDA

1987.7.29

Katsutomo Kaneishi

HR12E

Japan (Hiroshima Prefecture)

TEAM 無限

HONDA

1988.7.11

Nagataka Tezuka

HR12E

1991.8.17

KCMG

TOYOTA

England

Ryuji Doi

RV8K

BrazilLenovo TEAM IMPULTOYOTA

1979.6.18

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

RV8K

Japan (Aichi Prefecture)

NAKAJIMA RACING

HONDA

1980.8.1

Satoru Nakajima

HR12E

Japan (Aichi Prefecture)

P.MU／CERUMO INGINGTOYOTA

1990.9.12

Yuji Tachikawa

RV8K

Japan (Tokyo)

DOCOMO TEAM DANDELIONRACING

HONDA

1982.10.6

Kiyoshi Muraoka

HR12E

1983.4.25

TOCHIGI Le Beausset Motorsports

TOYOTA

Japan (Aichi Prefecture)

Tadao Tsubomatsu

RV8K

Germany

1994.3.7

France1986.11.20

Japan (Ishikawa Prefecture)
1987.11.8

Japan (Tochigi Prefecture)

1981.7.13

Japan (Mie Prefecture)
1989.1.29

Japan (Gunma Prefecture)
1986.3.24

Japan (Kanagawa Prefecture)
1984.6.1

Japan (Tokyo)

Point Rankings: DRIVER
After Round 3 / All races count toward standingsDRIVER

POINTS

GAP

4/14

6/2

7/14

8/4

8/25

9/29

11/10

11/10

SUZUKA

AUTOPOLISFUJI

MOTEGIINJESUGOSUZUKASUZUKA

Rd.1

Rd.2

Rd.3

Rd.4

Rd.5

Rd.6

Rd.7-1

Rd.7-2

-

1110

Po.

No.

12

Andre Lotterer

21216

Naoki Yamamoto

17-4

566240

Takuya Izawa

15-6

110

448

Loic Duval

14-7-

86520

Tsugio Matsuda

12-9840619

J .P. de Oliveira

11-10353738

Kohei Hirate

8-13008832

Takashi Kogure

6-15

60091

Kazuki Nakajima

5-164011010

Koudai Tsukakoshi

3-18030117

Ryo Hirakawa

3-18

1201239

Yuji Kunimoto

2-19002128

Andrea Caldarelli

2-19

2-0

1411

Yuhki Nakayama

1-200

1031

Daisuke Nakajima

0-21

0003

Hironobu Yasuda

0-2100041

Hideki Mutoh

0-2100015

Takashi Kobayashi

0-21-0018

Richard Bradley

0-2100062

Koki Saga

0-210002James Rossiter0-210--15

Takuma Sato0-210-*Win shown in italics, pole position shown in bold

Point Rankings: TEAM
After Round 3 / All races count toward standings

Po.

No.

TEAM

POINTS

4/14

6/2

7/14

8/4

8/25

9/29

11/10

11/10

SUZUKA

AUTOPOLISFUJI

MOTEGIINJESUGOSUZUKASUZUKA

GAP

Rd.1

Rd.2

Rd.3

Rd.4

Rd.5

Rd.6

Rd.7-1

Rd.7-24101111931

1.2

PETRONAS TEAM TOM'S

25219.20

Lenovo TEAM IMPUL

23-227. 8

KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans

18-73105415. 16

TEAM 無限17-8566540. 41

DOCOMO TEAM DANDELIONRACING

14-111004638.39

P.MU／CERUMO INGING10-150010731.32

NAKAJIMA RACING6-19600810.11

HP REAL RACING4-210403

KONDO RACING0-2500018

KCMG

0-2500062

TOCHIGI Le Beausset Motorsports

0-25000*Win shown in italics, pole position points only awarded to drivers

Event Details■ Championship name：■ Support race

2013 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Series Round 4Achievement JAPANESE FORMULA 3 2013 Round 10 & Round 11Twin Ring Motegi

2013 MFJ Superbike All Japan Road Race Championship Round 5
Honda Sports & Eco Program CR-Z 10 Liter Challenge■ Dates：■ Location：■ Organizers：■ Sanctioned by：■ Certified by：■ Support：[Ticket Information]● Tickets：

2013 August 3 (Saturday) – August 4 (Sunday)
Finals race start time: August 4 (Sunday) 15:00
Twin Ring Motegi Road Course (Tochigi Prefecture)(Finals race circuit length: 4.801km / 52 laps = 249.652km)
Mobilityland Corporation / MO Sports Club (M.O.S.C.)
Fédération Internationale de I'Automobile (FIA) / Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) /Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)
Japan Race Promotion Inc. (JRP) (http://www.f-nippon.co.jp/)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / Japan Tourism Agency / Tochigi-cho /The Tokyo Chunichi Sports / RADIO BERRY / FM NACK5Spectator tickets (two-day pass)
Adults (high school students and above): ¥3,900
Children (up to junior high school students)：Admission free
* Ticket details：Please visit the Twin Ring Motegi website ( http://www.twinring.jp/ ) for more spectator
and ticket information.

[TV Coverage]● JSPORTS1:● BS Fuji：

Live broadcast of all races. Re-runs of the finals race and race digest programs also broadcast* Please refer to the SUPER FORMULA official website ( http://www.superformula.net/)or the JSPORTS website (http://www.jsports.co.jp/program_guide/month/japanese/c_month14.html)
for details of re-runs and digest programs.
Broadcast of 55-minute long SUPER FORMULA feature program covering each race.
Next program scheduled for Saturday August 17 (17:00pm – 17:55pm), followed by a re-run on
Sunday 18 August (12:00pm – 12:55pm)●YAHOO! GyaO!：* Please refer to the SUPER FORMULA official website (http://www.superformula.net/) fordetails on broadcasting dates and times.
Coverage of all SUPER FORMULA finals race available on demand on the YAHOO! GyaO! website(http://gyao.yahoo.co.jp/) starting at midnight 14 days after the completion of each race.
*Broadcasting dates and times are subject to change without prior notice. Kindly consult the SUPERFORMULA official website (http://www.superformula.net/) for the latest information.

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