The 2021 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the forty-ninth season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the ninth under the moniker of Super Formula. Naoki Yamamoto entered the 2021 season as the defending drivers' champion.
Tomoki Nojiri took his first drivers' championship at the penultimate round at Motegi, while Team Impul took their first teams' championship since 2010 at the season finale.
Every Honda-powered car used a Honda HR-414E engine and every Toyota-powered car used a Toyota RI4A engine.
Team | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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TCS Nakajima Racing | Honda | 1 | Naoki Yamamoto[1] | All |
64 | Toshiki Oyu[2] | All | ||
Kondo Racing | Toyota | 3 | Kenta Yamashita[3] | All |
4 | Yuichi Nakayama[4] | 1–5 | ||
Sacha Fenestraz[3] | 6–7 | |||
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | Honda | 5 | Nirei Fukuzumi[2] | All |
6 | Ukyo Sasahara[4] | 1–2 | ||
Tadasuke Makino[1] | 3–7 | |||
carrozzeria Team KCMG | Toyota | 7 | Kazuto Kotaka[4] | 1–5, 7 |
Kamui Kobayashi[3] | 6 | |||
18 | Yuji Kunimoto[3] | All | ||
Drago Corse with ThreeBond[5] | Honda | 12 | Tatiana Calderón[1] | 1–2, 6–7 |
Koudai Tsukakoshi[6] | 3–5 | |||
NTT Communications ROOKIE | Toyota | 14 | Kazuya Oshima[3] | All |
Red Bull Mugen Team Goh[N 1] Team Mugen[2][N 1] |
Honda | 15 | Hiroki Otsu[7] | All |
16 | Tomoki Nojiri[2] | All | ||
carenex Team Impul | Toyota | 19 | Yuhi Sekiguchi[3] | All |
20 | Ryō Hirakawa[3] | 1–3, 5–7 | ||
Mitsunori Takaboshi[8] | 4 | |||
Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S | Toyota | 36 | Kazuki Nakajima[3] | 1, 6 |
Giuliano Alesi[9] | 2–5, 7 | |||
37 | Ritomo Miyata[3] | All | ||
P.mu/Cerumo・INGING | Toyota | 38 | Sho Tsuboi[3] | All |
39 | Sena Sakaguchi[3] | All | ||
B-Max Racing[2] | Honda | 51 | Nobuharu Matsushita[10] | 2–7 |
Illness:
Visa issues:
International protocols:
Drivers who participated in 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship races or testing sessions missed rounds because of Japanese 14-day quarantine rules. Date clashes were with the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on 1 May, which clashed with Suzuka (25 April) and Autopolis (16 May), the 8 Hours of Portimão, which clashed with Sugo (19 June), and the 8 Hours of Bahrain, which clashes with the Suzuka date on 31 October.
The provisional calendar was announced on 6 August 2020. After heavy disruptions to the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the series returned to a more traditional schedule, with Suzuka Circuit hosting the season finale as it was usual.[13] On 12 April 2021, the organisation announced the cancellation of the Okayama round, which was due to be held in the first week of October. Instead, a second round at Motegi was confirmed.[14]
Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Fuji Speedway | 4 April |
2 | Suzuka International Racing Course | 25 April |
3 | Autopolis | 16 May |
4 | Sportsland SUGO | 20 June |
5 | Twin Ring Motegi | 29 August |
6 | 17 October | |
7 | Suzuka International Racing Course | 31 October |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Driver | FUJ | SUZ1 | AUT[a] | SUG | MOT | MOT2 | SUZ2 | Points |
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1 | Tomoki Nojiri | 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 3 | 86 |
2 | Nirei Fukuzumi | 3 | Ret1 | 13 | 1 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 55 |
3 | Yuhi Sekiguchi | 17† | 4 | 10 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 55 |
4 | Ryō Hirakawa | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 2 | 46 | |
5 | Toshiki Oyu | 22 | 103 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 112 | 41 |
6 | Hiroki Otsu | 16 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 38.5 |
7 | Sena Sakaguchi | 9 | 11 | 23 | 83 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 35.5 |
8 | Nobuharu Matsushita | 13 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 121 | 33.5 | |
9 | Tadasuke Makino | 14 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | ||
10 | Ritomo Miyata | 7 | 6 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 22 |
11 | Giuliano Alesi | 9 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 20 | ||
12 | Ukyo Sasahara | 53 | 3 | 18 | |||||
13 | Naoki Yamamoto | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | Ret2 | 9 | 13 |
14 | Kenta Yamashita | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
15 | Sho Tsuboi | Ret | 7 | Ret | 15 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 6 |
16 | Kazuki Nakajima | 11 | 7 | 4 | |||||
17 | Sacha Fenestraz | 13 | 7 | 4 | |||||
18 | Yuji Kunimoto | 8 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 3 |
19 | Kazuya Oshima | 10 | 15 | 8 | 18 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 2.5 |
20 | Kamui Kobayashi | 10 | 1 | ||||||
21 | Mitsunori Takaboshi | 11 | 0 | ||||||
22 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | 12 | 16 | Ret | 0 | ||||
23 | Yuichi Nakayama | 14 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 0 | ||
24 | Tatiana Calderón | 13 | 17 | Ret | 19 | 0 | |||
25 | Kazuto Kotaka | 15 | 16 | 16† | 17 | 14 | 18 | 0 | |
Pos | Driver | FUJ | SUZ1 | AUT | SUG | MOT | MOT2 | SUZ2 | Points |
Pos | Team | No. | FUJ | SUZ1 | AUT[a] | SUG | MOT | MOT2 | SUZ2 | Points |
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1 | carenex Team Impul | 19 | 17† | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 88 |
20 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 11 | 4 | Ret | 2 | |||
2 | Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | 5 | 3 | Ret | 13 | 1 | Ret | 12 | 1 | 86 |
6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||
3 | Team Mugen | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 77 |
4 | TCS Nakajima Racing | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 47 |
64 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 11 | |||
5 | P.mu/Cerumo・INGING | 38 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 15 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 37.5 |
39 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |||
6 | Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S | 36 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 37 |
37 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 14 | |||
7 | Red Bull Mugen Team Goh | 15 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 35.5 |
8 | B-Max Racing | 51 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 29.5 | |
9 | Kondo Racing | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 7 | |||
10 | carrozzeria Team KCMG | 7 | 15 | 16 | 16† | 17 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 4 |
18 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | 15 | |||
11 | NTT Communications ROOKIE | 14 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 18 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 2.5 |
12 | Drago Corse with ThreeBond | 12 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 0 |
Pos | Driver | FUJ | SUZ1 | AUT | SUG | MOT | MOT2 | SUZ2 | Points |