The 2026 Japanese Super Formula Championship will be the fifty-fourth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the twelfth under the moniker of Super Formula.
Teams and drivers
[edit]All teams use identical Dallara-built SF23 chassis with either Honda or Toyota engines. Every Honda-powered car uses a Honda HR-417E engine and every Toyota-powered car uses a Toyota TRD-01F engine. All teams compete with tyres supplied by Yokohama.
| Entrant | Engine | No. | Driver name | Rounds | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Team Mugen
|
Honda | 1 | Ayumu Iwasa
|
TBC | [1] |
| 16 | Tomoki Nojiri
|
TBC | [1] | ||
| Realize Kondo Racing
|
Toyota | 3 |  TBA
|
TBC | |
| 4 | TBA
|
TBC | |||
| Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
|
Honda | 5 | Tadasuke Makino
|
TBC | [1] |
| 6 | Kakunoshin Ohta
|
TBC | [1] | ||
| KDDI TGMGP TGR-DC
|
Toyota | 7 | Kamui Kobayashi
|
TBC | [2] |
| 28 | Rikuto Kobayashi
|
TBC | [2] | ||
| Team Goh
|
53 |  Charlie Wurz
|
TBC | [2][3] | |
 KCMG
|
Toyota | 8 | Kenta Yamashita
|
TBC | [2] |
| 69 |  Kalle Rovanperä
|
TBC | [2] | ||
| Hazama Ando Triple Tree Racing
|
Honda | 10 | "Juju"
|
TBC | [1] |
| ThreeBond Racing
|
Honda | 12 | TBA
|
TBC | |
| NTT Docomo Business Rookie
|
Toyota | 14 | Nirei Fukuzumi
|
TBC | [2] |
| Wecars Impul with SDG
|
Toyota | 19 |  Zak O'Sullivan
|
TBC | [2] |
| Delightworks Racing
|
Honda | 22 | Nobuharu Matsushita
|
TBC | [4] |
| Vantelin Team TOM'S
|
Toyota | 36 | Sho Tsuboi
|
TBC | [2] |
| 37 |  Sacha Fenestraz
|
TBC | [2] | ||
| Sanki Vertex Partners Cerumo・Inging
|
Toyota | 38 | Sena Sakaguchi
|
TBC | [2] |
| 39 | Toshiki Oyu
|
TBC | [2] | ||
| San-Ei Gen with B-Max
|
Honda | 50 | Yuto Nomura
|
TBC | [1] |
| Ponos Nakajima Racing
|
Honda | 64 | Ren Sato
|
TBC | [1] |
| 65 |  Igor Omura Fraga
|
TBC | [1] |
Team changes
[edit]- Newly established Super Formula Lights team Delightworks Racing will join the series. It will use Honda engine and will be operated by Toda Racing.[4][5]
- TGM Grand Prix will expand to three Toyota-powered cars, running two cars under the TGMGP TGR-DC guise and a single car under the Team Goh name that returns to Super Formula after a three-year absence.[6]
- Team Impul acquired a new title sponsor in industrial equipment company SDG, with the team competing under the name Wecars Impul with SDG.[2][7]
- Kondo Racing acquired a new title sponsor in transport and logistics company Realize Corporation, with the team competing under the name Realize Kondo Racing.[2]
Driver changes
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- KCMG will have an all-new driver lineup as Kamui Kobayashi and Nirei Fukuzumi joined TGMGP and Rookie Racing, respectively. The team signed Kenta Yamashita from Kondo Racing with whom he finished eleventh in 2025, and two-time WRC champion Kalle Rovanperä, who retired from rallying to make his Formula racing debut with the support of Toyota Gazoo Racing.[2][8]
- Kondo Racing will also field two different drivers as Kenta Yamashita moved to KCMG and Zak O'Sullivan joined Team Impul.[2]
- Rookie Racing saw Kazuya Oshima retire from the series after 13 seasons of competition.[9] He was replaced by his Super GT teammate Nirei Fukuzumi, who moves over from KCMG after finishing the 2025 season in ninth.[2]
- Both Oliver Rasmussen and Mitsunori Takaboshi left Team Impul after one season, with Takaboshi focusing on his Super GT GT500 efforts with NISMO.[10][11] Team Impul will downscale their operation to only run one car, with Zak O'Sullivan joining the team for his sophomore season after finishing 15th with Kondo Racing in 2025.[2]
- TGMGP also renewed their lineup as Kazuto Kotaka, Hibiki Taira, and Seita Nonaka all left the team to focus on their Super GT GT300 campaigns. The team signed Kamui Kobayashi from KCMG, with whom he finished 13th in 2025, and Rikuto Kobayashi, who will make his full-season debut after coming third in the 2025 Super Formula Lights Championship with TOM'S and a two-race cameo for Team Impul in 2025.[2]
- Returning outfit Team Goh signed Charlie Wurz, who moves to Japan after finishing 13th in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Trident.[2]
- New team Delightworks Racing signed Nobuharu Matsushita, who previously worked with the team as a driver advisor and will return to Super Formula after a year on the sidelines where he competed in Super GT GT500 with ARTA.[4]
- Syun Koide left B-Max Racing Team after one season. He will be replaced by reigning Super Formula Lights champion Yuto Nomura, stepping up from B-Max' outfit in that championship.[1]
Race calendar
[edit]The provisional calendar was announced on 5 August 2025, comprising the same five venues as the last season, and total of twelve races.[12]
| Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobility Resort Motegi | Motegi, Tochigi | 4 April | ||
| 2 | 5 April | ||||
| 3 | Autopolis | Hita, Oita | 25 April | Super Formula Lights | |
| 4 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Suzuka, Mie | 23 May | Super Formula Lights Formula Regional Japanese Championship | |
| 5 | 24 May | ||||
| 6 | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Shizuoka | 18 July | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Kyojo Cup | |
| 7 | 19 July | ||||
| 8 | Sportsland SUGO | Shibata, Miyagi | 9 August | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | |
| 9 | Fuji Speedway | Oyama, Shizuoka | 10 October | Formula Regional Japanese Championship Kyojo Cup | |
| 10 | 11 October | ||||
| 11 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Suzuka, Mie | 21 November | Toyota Gazoo Racing Yaris Cup - Kansai | |
| 12 | 22 November |
Calendar changes
[edit]- The first Suzuka race will move from March to May, with Motegi set as the first round.[13]
Championship standings
[edit]Scoring system
[edit]- Race points
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- Qualifying points
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Klein, Jamie (23 December 2025). "Honda reveals 2026 Super Formula roster as Iwasa returns". Autosport. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Presents its 2026 motorsport team setups in Japan". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ "TEAM GOH to Field Single-Car Entry in 2026 SUPER FORMULA with Toyota Engine". Team Goh. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ a b c Klein, Jamie (9 August 2025). "Delightworks Racing reveals 2026 Super Formula plans + more news". Japan Racing Insider. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Hirano, Ryuji (9 August 2025). "DELiGHTWORKS RACINGが2026年から1台体制で全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権に挑戦へ！松下信治を起用". AutoSport Web. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (5 December 2025). "Team Goh returns to Super Formula for 2026". Autosport. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ Hirano, Ryuji (22 November 2025). "SDG、2026年も二輪、四輪でさまざまなモータースポーツ活動を展開へ。TEAM IMPULのスーパーフォーミュラ活動もサポート". Autosport Web. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Kalle Rovanperä takes on exciting new challenge with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing in 2026". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (19 July 2025). "Kazuya Oshima announces Super Formula retirement". Japan Racing Insider. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "Nissan/NMC announces 2026 Super GT GT500 team lineups". Nismo. 9 December 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (27 November 2025). "Oliver Rasmussen has "no regrets" as he bids Super Formula farewell". Japan Racing Insider. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (5 August 2025). "Super Formula reveals 2026 season calendar with new opener". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "2026 年全日本レース選手権カレンダー一覧" (PDF). Japan Automobile Federation.
