2022 Super Formula Championship
The 2022 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the fiftieth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the tenth under the moniker of Super Formula. It started in April 2022 and is due to be contested over ten rounds across seven race meetings. Tomoki Nojiri is the defending series champion. Race calendar. The provisional calendar was announced on 6 August 2021. On 31 January, it was announced that three of the race meetings will be double-header rounds, consisting of two races per weekend: The opening weekend at Fuji Speedway in April, the mid-August  weekend at Mobility Resort Motegi, and the season-ending JAF Grand Prix at Suzuka. Regulation changes. As a measure to help reduce the amount of tyre usage, qualifying now consists of two phases of knockout qualifying, Q1 and Q2, instead of three phases. The field is split into two groups for Q1, and the fastest six drivers from each Q1 group advance to Q2. For single race meetings, there is a 90 minute free practice session held on Saturday prior to qualifying, and then a 30 minute free practice session before the race. For double-header weekends, there is a  single 90 minute free practice session on Friday, and two separate qualifying sessions in the morning to set the grid for each afternoon's race. Points scored in all races now count towards the final championship standings. In 2020 and 2021, only the top five out of seven scores were counted towards the championship.