PRESS INFORMATION

November 5,2013
Japan Race Promotion Inc.

Saturday November 9 – Sunday November 102013 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Series
Round 7 Overview Suzuka Circuit
Tokyo, November 5, 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 7 Suzuka Circuit” scheduled totake place on November 9-10 at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
The final round of the 2013 Championship Series will feature two races. As with previous races, a knock-out style qualifyingcompetition will used to determine grid places (please refer to P2 for more details about the knock-out system). The Q1 session will
determine the grid for Race 1, which will be run over 20 laps of the 5.807km Suzuka Circuit for a total racing distance of 116.14km.
The Q2 and Q3 sessions will determine the grid for Race 2, which will be run over 28 laps of the same course for a total racing
distance of 162.60km. Each team is required to make one pit stop for a tire change (all four tires).
As the Championship Series enters its closing stages, interest in the final outcome continues to grow. After Round 6, André Lotterer(PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S) stands at the top of the rankings with 37 points after winning Round 2 and Round 3 and securing
podium finishes in all the races he entered this season. However, Lotterer will not be able to secure any more points, as he will notrace in the final round. He is followed by Loic Duval (KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans), six points behind. Duval has no chance ofwinning the Championship, as he will not take part in the final round either. The only driver who could unseat Lotterer at the top of therankings is third placed Naoki Yamamoto (TEAM MUGEN), 13 points behind the leader. Under the two-race format of this final round,
drivers receive half the number of points per race as single-race rounds, but bonus points are awarded to the winner of each race
(please refer to P2 for more details about the Championship point system). This means a total of 18 points are still up for grabs if adriver achieves a pole-to-win victory in both races, so Yamamoto could still snatch the Championship from Lotterer.
However, the battle for these points will not be easy, as three drivers currently share fourth place in the rankings, 21 points behind theleader: Kazuki Nakajima (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S), Tsugio Matsuda (Lenovo TEAM IMPUL) and J.P. de Oliveira (Lenovo TEAMIMPUL).
Fans will be keen to see Takuma Sato (TEAM MUGEN), who will also be competing in Round 7 after taking part in the season's
opening race and Round 6. In Round 6, Sato battled hard through to Q3 but was forced to retire in the Championship race. All eyes
will be on whether he can bounce back in Round 7.

André Lotterer (PETRONAS TEAM TOM’S), leading the driver ranking as of the end of round 6

2013 Championship Series: Point Allocation System1sr
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th

9th

PP

One-race rounds

108

6

5

4

3

2

10

1

Two-race rounds

5＋＋3

4

3

2.5

2

1.5

1

0.5

0

1POSITION*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 circuit in the Republic of Korea over a total of seven rounds, followedby an additional post series round.
2. SERIES AWARDA : Awards presented to the annual overall series champion driver include prize money and a championship series cup fromJapan Race Promotion Inc. as well as trophies from the Liberal Democratic Party Parliamentarians League for the Promotion of Motorsports and theCommissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency. In addition, the annual champion team receives prize money from Japan Race Promotion Inc. and theMinister’s Cup from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
3. RACE MACHINE : This year’s SF13 chassis is officially supplied by Swift Engineering of the United States. Honda and Toyota are once again theofficial engine suppliers with their respective HONDA HR12E and TOYOTA RV8K 3.4-liter V8 engines while Bridgestone officiates as the sole officialtire 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 a maximumof 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 theleader 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.
5. OFFICIAL QUALFYING :KNOCK-OUT STYLE— Qualifying will take place over three knock-out sessions to determine places on thestarting 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 ofthe next session and assigned the 15th to 19th positions on the grid. The 7-minute long Q2 session will determine the 9th to 14th positions in thesame way. The final 7-minute long Q3 session will decide the top 8 positions on the starting grid.
SPECIAL STAGE STYLE— Individual cars compete against the clock for their position on the starting grid.

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 7 Suzuka Circuit Entry List
(Chassis: SF13, Tires: Bridgestone)
No.

Driver１

Kazuki Nakajima

２

James Rossiter

３

Hironobu Yasuda

７

Ryo Hirakawa

８

Andrea Caldarelli

１０

Koudai Tsukakoshi

１１

Yuhki Nakayama

１５

Takuma Sato

１６

Naoki Yamamoto

１８１９Richard Bradley

Joao Paulo de Oliveira

２０Tsugio Matsuda

３１

Daisuke Nakajima

３２

Takashi Kogure

３８Kohei 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

1983.8.25

Nobuhide Tachi

RV8K

1982.11.11

KONDO RACINGTOYOTA

Japan (Shiga Prefecture)

Masahiko Kondoh

RV8K

Japan (Hiroshima Prefecture)

KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans

TOYOTA

1990.2.14

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

RV8KEngland1994.3.7

Italia1986.11.20

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 6 / 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.7-2-111088No.

12

Andre Lotterer

37

28Loic Duval

31-6-86611316

Naoki Yamamoto

24-13

5661641

Kazuki Nakajima

16-21

401

110420Tsugio Matsuda

16-21

8400

4

4

19

J .P. de Oliveira

16-21

3

53

50740

Takuya Izawa

15-22

110

400832

Takashi Kogure

11-26

6004

939

Yuji Kunimoto

10-27

002

31038

Kohei Hirate

8-290080117

Ryo Hirakawa

5-32

1202123

Hironobu Yasuda

3-3400001210Koudai Tsukakoshi

3-3403001431

Daisuke Nakajima

2-350000148

Andrea Caldarelli

2-352---

1611Yuhki Nakayama

1-360100062

Koki Saga

0-370000041

Hideki Mutoh

0-370000015

Takuma Sato0-370---

018

Richard Bradley

0-37

000002James Rossiter0-370----15

Takashi Kobayashi

0-37-

000-

CPo.

1A5N0C0E

3L0L E2D-*Win shown in italics, pole position shown in bold

Point Rankings: TEAM
After Round 6 / All races count toward standings
SUZUKA

AUTOPOLISFUJI

MOTEGIINJESUGOSUZUKASUZUKA

Rd.1

Rd.2

Rd.3

Rd.4

Rd.5

Rd.6

Rd.7-1

Rd.7-241011188

Po.

No.

1

1.2

PETRONAS TEAM TOM'S

5127. 8KYGNUS SUNOCO Team LeMans

36-15

3105810219.20

Lenovo TEAM IMPUL

32-19119354415. 16

TEAM 無限24-27

56616538.39

P.MU／CERUMO INGING

18-33001035640. 41

DOCOMO TEAM DANDELIONRACING

14-37100400731.32

NAKAJIMA RACING13-3860043810.11

HP REAL RACING

4-470400093

KONDO RACING

3-480000362

TOCHIGI Le Beausset Motorsports

0-51

0000

D

11/10

L E

11/10

L

9/29

E

8/25

C

8/4

NGAP

7/14

APOINTS

6/2

CTEAM

4/14

018

KCMG

0-5100000*Win shown in italics, pole position points only awarded to drivers

Event Details■ Championship name：■ Support race：

2013 Japanese Championship SUPER FORMULA Series Round 7
2013 Formula Challenge Japan(FCJ) Round 10、11 and 12

Suzuka Circuit

2013 MUGEN POWER Cup CIVIC One Make Race Round 5■ Dates：2013 November 9 (Saturday) – November10(Sunday)■ Location：2013 November 9 (Saturday )14:00 : Official qualifying session start time2013 November 10 (Sunday )10:20 : Race 1 (20 laps) start time2013 November 10 (Sunday )14:30 : Race 2 (28 laps) start time

Suzuka Circuit (Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture)
Finals race 1 circuit length: 5.807km / 20 laps = 116.140km
Finals race 2 circuit length: 5.807km / 28 laps = 162.596km■ Organizers：

Nagoya Racing Club (NRC) / Suzuka Motor Sports Club (SMSC)
Mobilityland Corporation■ Sanctioned by：■ Certified by：■ Support：

Fédération Internationale de I'Automobile (FIA) / Japan Automobile Federation (JAF)
Japan Race Promotion Inc. (JRP)
Mie Prefecture / Suzuka City / The Suzuka F1 Japan Grand Prix Regional Revitalization Council /Suzuka City Tourism Association / The Suzuka Chamber of Commerce and Industry[Ticket Information & Inquiries]● Tickets：

Spectator tickets (valid for both event days) *Also valid for entry on November 8 (Friday)●Adult :¥3,900 (including one day passport for Motopia amusement park)●Junior and senior high school students :¥1,600 (entry only)* Please visit the Suzuka Circuit website ( http://www.suzukacircuit.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 J SPORTS 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 November 16 (15:00pm – 15:55pm), followed by a re-run on
Sunday November 17 (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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