PRESS INFORMATION

September 24,2013
Japan Race Promotion Inc.

Saturday September28 – Sunday September29

2013 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Series
Round 6 Overview Sportsland SUGOTokyo, September 24, 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 6 Sportsland Sugo” scheduled totake place on September 28-29 on the Sportsland Sugo International Road Racing Course in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
The Championships race will extend over 68 laps of the 3.704km Sportsland Sugo International Road Racing Course for a total
racing distance of 251.88km. Placing a premium on enjoyment through increasingly exciting races, this season’s SUPER FORMULA
Series has adopted a 250km medium-distance format. As a result, team strategies including the timing of pit stops to change tires
and refuel will play an important role in deciding the outcome of the race. In addition, qualifying will take place over three knock-out
style sessions to determine places on the starting grid for the Championship race on Saturday September 29. In the case of the 19
entries taking part in this Championship round, the five slowest cars during the 20-minute long Q1 session will be knocked out of thenext session and assigned the 15th to 19th positions on the grid. After a 10 minute break, the 7-minute long Q2 will determine the 9th
to 14th positions in the same way. Again, after another 10 minute break, the last 7-minute long Q3 session will decide the top 8positions on the starting grid for Saturday’s Championship race. As the name suggests, slow lap times will lead a driver to be knocked
out from advancing to the next qualifying session.
As the Championship Series enters its closing stages, interest continues to mount regarding its outcome. As of the end of round 5,
André Lotterer (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S) stands at the top of the rankings with 29 points after winning two races in the 2013
Series. He is followed by Loic Duval (KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans), who has placed on the podium in all races entered, on 20points; Naoki Yamamoto (TEAM MUGEN), who has finished in the points in all races so far this season, on 18 points; KazukiNakajima (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S), winner of the previous round who is gradually lifting his performance, and J. P. de Oliveira(Lenovo TEAM IMPUL), both on 16 points, and; Takuya Ozawa (DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING), who won the first round,on 15 points. In any event, this round will have a significant impact on who will emerge as the annual Championship Series winnerwith all eyes on the result.
Another highlight of the round is the participation of Takuma Sato (TEAM MUGEN), who is currently competing in the IndyCar Series,
the pinnacle of formula car racing in the U.S. Takuma Sato is the first Japanese to have topped the podium in an IndyCar Series raceand his driving is bound to attract considerable expectation.

André Lotterer (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S), leading the driver ranking as of the end of round 5

2013 Championship Series: Point Allocation SystemPOSITION

1sr

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

PP

One-race rounds

1086

5

4

3

2

10

1

Two-race rounds

5＋3

4

3

2.5

2

1.5

1

0.5

01

*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 in
1996. 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. The series will be fought on five circuits in Japan and one circuitin the Republic of Korea over a total of seven rounds, followed by an additional post series round.
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 is
activated 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

Round

Circuit

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（CANCELED）

Round 5 Inje (Republic of Korea)

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 6 Sportsland SUGO 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

Takuma Sato

１６

Naoki Yamamoto

１８

Richard Bradley

１９Joao Paulo de Oliveira

２０Tsugio Matsuda

３１

Daisuke Nakajima

３２

Takashi Kogure

３８

Kohei Hirate

３９Yuji Kunimoto

４０

Takuya Izawa

４１

Hideki Mutoh

６２

Koki Saga

Birth date

Team Name

Birth place

Team Manager

Engine1985.1.11
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 (Tokyo)

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

RV8KGermany

1994.3.7

France1986.11.20

Japan (Ishikawa Prefecture)
1977.1.28

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 5 / All races count toward standings

DRIVER

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.7-2-11108No.

12Andre Lotterer

2928

Loic Duval

20-9-866216

Naoki Yamamoto

18-11566141

Kazuki Nakajima

16-13

401

115

19

J .P. de Oliveira

16-133535640

Takuya Izawa

15-14

110

40

720

Tsugio Matsuda

12-17

8

400832

Takashi Kogure

10-19

6004

938

Kohei Hirate

8-21

00

801039

Yuji Kunimoto

5-24

002

3

107

Ryo Hirakawa

5-24

1202

1210

Koudai Tsukakoshi

3-26

0300

138

Andrea Caldarelli

2-27

2---14

11

Yuhki Nakayama

1-28010031

Daisuke Nakajima

0-29

000041

Hideki Mutoh

0-29000018Richard Bradley

0-29000062

Koki Saga

0-2900003

Hironobu Yasuda

0-29000015

Takashi Kobayashi

0-29-0002James Rossiter

0-29

0---15

Takuma Sato

0-29

0--C A N C E L E D

Po.

*Win shown in italics, pole position shown in bold

Point Rankings: TEAM
After Round 5 / All races count toward standings

TEAMPOINTS

GAP

4/14

6/2

7/14

8/4

8/25

9/29

11/1011/10

SUZUKA

AUTOPOLISFUJI

MOTEGIINJESUGOSUZUKASUZUKA

Rd.1

Rd.2

Rd.3

Rd.4

Rd.5

Rd.6

Rd.7-1

Rd.7-24101118No.

11.2

PETRONAS TEAM TOM'S

43219.20

Lenovo TEAM IMPUL

28-15

1193527. 8

KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans

26-1731058415. 16

TEAM 無限18-255661540. 41

DOCOMO TEAM DANDELIONRACING

14-29

10040638.39

P.MU／CERUMO INGING

13-3000103731.32

NAKAJIMA RACING

10-33

6004810.11

HP REAL RACING4-39040018KCMG

0-43000062

TOCHIGI Le Beausset Motorsports

0-4300003

KONDO RACING0-430000C A N C E L E DPo.

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

Event Details■ Championship name：■ Support race

2013 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Series Round 6 Sportsland SUGOJAPANESE FORMULA 3 2013 Round 12 & Round 13
GAZOO Racing Netz Cup Vitz Race 2013 Tohoku Series Round 32013 MUGEN POWER Cup CIVIC One Make Race Round 4
SUGO Road Race Series Round 4 CBR250R Dream CUP■ Dates：2013 September 28 (Saturday) – September 29, (Sunday)
2013 September 28 (Saturday ) 13:10 : Official qualifying races start time2013 September 29 (Sunday )■ Location：

15:00 : Finals race start timeSportsland Sugo International Road Racing Course (Miyagi Prefecture)(Finals race circuit length: 3,704m / 68 laps = 251.88km)■ Organizers：■ Sanctioned by：

Sugo Co., Ltd. / Sugo Sports Club (SSC)
Fédération Internationale de I'Automobile (FIA) / Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) /Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)
Japan Race Promotion Inc. (JRP) /JAPANESE FORMULA 3 ASSOCIATION (JF3A)
Miyagi Prefecture Tourist Association / Murata Town / Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co. / Natori City

■ Certified by：■ Support：[Ticket Information & Inquiries]● Tickets：● Advance sale tickets for the full two days of the event¥5,000 (adults)● Day ticket for all qualifying rounds held on September 28 (Saturday) ¥1,500 (adults)● Day ticket for the finals race held on September 29 (Sunday)¥6,000 (adults)* Children (up to junior high school students)
Admission free
* Ticket information : http://www.sportsland-sugo.jp/watch/contents/2013/04/20130408_367.html●Sportsland Sugo Tel.: 0224-83-3111 / Fax.: 0224-83-3790 / e-mail : info@sportsland-sugo.jp[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 October 5 (16:00pm – 16:55pm), followed by a re-run on
Sunday October 6 (13:00pm – 13:55pm)●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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