2020 Super Formula Lights

The 2020 Super Formula Lights Championship was the first Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season. It was rebranded because of FIA nomenclature regulations (all regional F3 series were rebranded "Formula Regional," with the European series in 2019 and North American series in 2020; the Formula Regional branding went to another promoter) and a switch to Euroformula Open Championship specification Dallara 320 chassis and similar regulations, which are different from FIA-approved Formula Regional.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Status	Engine	Rounds
Toda Racing	2	Teppei Natori		Toda TR-F301	All
ALBIREX Racing	3	Seiya Jin		ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3	1–2
	3	Lucca Allen^[2]			4–6
	5	Tsubasa Iriyama			All
Rn-sports	10	Masayuki Ueda	Template:Master	Volkswagen A41	All
B-Max Racing	13	Motoyoshi Yoshida	Template:Master	Volkswagen A41	1–3
		Mizuki Ishizaka			4
		Yoshiaki Katayama			5
		Satoshi Motoyama			6
	30	"Dragon"	Template:Master		All
	50	Sena Sakaguchi			All
	51	Kiyoto Fujinami			1
		Yoshiaki Katayama			2
		Nobuhiro Imada	Template:Master		3–6
	52	Mitsunori Takaboshi			1
		Masami Kageyama			2
		Takashi Hata	Template:Master		3, 5
		Sakon Yamamoto			6
RS Fine	35	Shunsuke Kohno		Toyota TOM's TAZ31	All
TOM'S	36	Ritomo Miyata		Toyota TOM's TAZ31	All
TOM'S	37	Kazuto Kotaka		Toyota TOM's TAZ31	All
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Race calendar

The race calendar for the 2020 season was revealed on September 11, 2019. All rounds supported the Super Formula Championship.^[9] After multiple postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was announced on 10 June 2020, which had the season start at the end of August and finish in late December.^[10]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Masters winner
1	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	29 August	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R2		30 August	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	Motoyoshi Yoshida
	R3		30 August		Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"
2	R4	Okayama International Circuit	26 September	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	Masayuki Ueda
2	R5	Okayama International Circuit	27 September	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Sena Sakaguchi	B-Max Racing	"Dragon"
3	R6	Sportsland SUGO	17 October	Sena Sakaguchi	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R7		18 October	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	B-Max Racing	"Dragon"
	R8		18 October		Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"
4	R9	Autopolis	14 November	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R10		15 November	Teppei Natori	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	B-Max Racing	"Dragon"
	R11		15 November		Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"
5	R12	Suzuka Circuit	5 December	Sena Sakaguchi	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R13		6 December	Sena Sakaguchi	Ritomo Miyata	Sena Sakaguchi	B-Max Racing	"Dragon"
	R14		6 December		Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"
6	R15	Fuji Speedway	19 December	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R16		20 December	Sena Sakaguchi	Ritomo Miyata	Kazuto Kotaka	TOM'S	Nobuhiro Imada
	R17		20 December		Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S	"Dragon"

Championship standings

Each driver's final point totals were based on their 14 best results.^[11] The points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Drivers' Championships

Overall

Pos	Driver	MOT			OKA		SUG			AUT			SUZ			FUJ			Points
1	Ritomo Miyata	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	Ret	1	1	3	1	153
2	Sena Sakaguchi	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	8	1	2	2	2	2	116
3	Kazuto Kotaka	4	2	3	7	3	3	5	3	Ret	4	4	3	2	3	3	1	3	73
4	Teppei Natori	3	7	5	4	4	Ret	3	5	3	2	3	5	3	5	4	4	4	54
5	Shunsuke Kohno	7	5	7	6	Ret	4	4	4	4	5	5	2	4	4	5	5	5	38
6	Yoshiaki Katayama				3	Ret							4	5	7				10
7	Mitsunori Takaboshi	5	4	4															8
8	Tsubasa Iriyama	9	9	9	Ret	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	Ret	8	6	6	8
9	Lucca Allen									6	6	Ret	6	Ret	6	6	7	8	5
10	Seiya Jin	6	8	8	5	Ret													3
11	Mizuki Ishizaka									5	DNS	6							3
12	"Dragon"	10	Ret	10	10	7	5	7	7	8	8	8	9	7	8	9	11	9	2
13	Kiyoto Fujinami	8	6	6															2
14	Masami Kageyama				8	6													1
15	Masayuki Ueda	11	Ret	11	9	8	7	8	8	Ret	9	9	11	8	9	11	10	Ret	0
16	Sakon Yamamoto															12	8	7	0
17	Satoshi Motoyama															7	Ret	Ret	0
18	Nobuhiro Imada						8	9	9	WD	WD	WD	10	Ret	10	10	9	10	0
19	Motoyoshi Yoshida	12	10	12	11	9	10	11	11										0
20	Takashi Hata						9	10	10				Ret	Ret	11				0
Pos	Driver	MOT			OKA		SUG			AUT			SUZ			FUJ			Points

Masters Class

Pos	Driver	MOT			OKA		SUG			AUT			SUZ			FUJ			Points
1	"Dragon"	10	Ret	10	10	7	5	7	7	8	8	8	9	7	8	9	11	9	155
2	Masayuki Ueda	11	Ret	11	9	8	7	8	8	Ret	9	9	11	8	9	11	10	Ret	102
3	Nobuhiro Imada						8	9	9	WD	WD	WD	10	Ret	10	10	9	10	55
4	Motoyoshi Yoshida	12	10	12	11	9	10	11	11										36
5	Takashi Hata						9	10	10				Ret	Ret	11				12
Pos	Driver	MOT			OKA		SUG			AUT			SUZ			FUJ			Points

References

^ "Super Formula Lights Announcement August 17, 2019". 17 August 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ Wood, Elliot (21 January 2020). "F4 South East Asia champion Lucca Allen to Super Formula Lights". FormulaScout. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "ROUND 1/2/3 MOTEGI 2020.8.29-30". Super Formula Lights. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ "Okayama | 2020年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
^ "SUGO | 2020年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
^ "Autopolis | 2020年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
^ "Suzuka | 2020年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
^ "ROUND 15/16/17". superformula-lights.com. 15 December 2020.
^ "SFライツの2020年カレンダー発表。全戦スーパーフォーミュラと併催". 7 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ "全日本スーパーフォーミュラ・ライツ選手権 2020年改定カレンダーのご案内 | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
^ "Super Formula Lights Point Ranking". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

External links

Super Formula Lights official website – Japanese / English

[1] "Super Formula Lights Announcement August 17, 2019". 17 August 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[2] Wood, Elliot (21 January 2020). "F4 South East Asia champion Lucca Allen to Super Formula Lights". FormulaScout. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[3] "ROUND 1/2/3 MOTEGI 2020.8.29-30". Super Formula Lights. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[4] "Okayama | 2020年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.

[5] "SUGO | 2020年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.

[6] "Autopolis | 2020年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-11-09.

[7] "Suzuka | 2020年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights en". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

[8] "ROUND 15/16/17". superformula-lights.com. 15 December 2020.

[9] "SFライツの2020年カレンダー発表。全戦スーパーフォーミュラと併催". 7 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[10] "全日本スーパーフォーミュラ・ライツ選手権 2020年改定カレンダーのご案内 | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.

[11] "Super Formula Lights Point Ranking". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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