2020 Yaname Electronics Super Formula season

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2020 Yaname Electronics Super Formula season
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Season
Races 8
Start date 19 April
Start Event Flag of Japan svg.png Fuji Speedway
End date 8 November
End Event Flag of Japan svg.png Suzuka Circuit
Awards
Driver's Champion Flag of Finland svg.png Valtteri Bottas
Team's Champion Flag of Japan svg.png Team Mugen
Seasons
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2019 2021


The 2020 Yaname Electronics Super Formula season was the 34th season of Super Formula, and the second under the title sponsorship of Yaname Electronics in a three year deal.

Naoki Yamamoto and Team Mugen defended their respective championships from 2019.

To accommodate the new Formula One ruleset for 2020, Super Formula shortened its race lengths to 175km (Rd. 1-7) & 225km (Rd. 8).
The points system was also changed, with the top 3 qualifiers and top 10 race finishers earning championship points.

Team Impul's Valtteri Bottas won the title before his move to Formula One with the Toyota factory team, with Mitch Evans of Nakajima Racing finishing as runner-up. Team Mugen won back-to-back teams' championships.

Teams and Drivers

All teams used Dallara SF19 chassis and Yokohama tyres.

Team # Driver Engine Rounds
Flag of Japan svg.png Team Mugen [?] 1 Flag of Japan svg.png Naoki Yamamoto Honda HR-419E All
2 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Harrison Newey 1-6, 8
Flag of Japan svg.png Yuki Tsunoda 7
Flag of Japan svg.png Docomo Team Dandelion Racing [?] 5 Flag of Japan svg.png Takuma Sato 1, 3-8
Flag of Japan svg.png Takuya Izawa 2
6 Flag of Belgium svg.png Stoffel Vandoorne All
Flag of Japan svg.png UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans [?] 7 Flag of Sweden svg.png Felix Rosenqvist All
8 Flag of Japan svg.png Toshiki Oyu All
Flag of Japan svg.png Drago Corse with ThreeBond [?] 12 Flag of Japan svg.png Sena Sakaguchi All
Flag of Japan svg.png Best In The World Kahama Motor Sport [?] 26 Flag of Japan svg.png Nirei Fukuzumi All
27 Flag of Japan svg.png Tomo Kazama 1, 4-6, 8
Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Kika van den Heiligenberg 2-3, 7
Flag of Japan svg.png B-MAX Racing with Motopark [?] 50 Flag of Estonia svg.png Jüri Vips All
51 Flag of China svg.png Zhou Guanyu All
Flag of Japan svg.png Autobacs Racing Team Aguri [?] 55 Flag of Japan svg.png Nobuharu Matsushita All
Flag of Japan svg.png TCS Nakajima Racing [?] 64 Flag of Japan svg.png Tadasuke Makino All
65 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Mitch Evans All
Flag of Japan svg.png Kondo Racing with North Star [?] 3 Flag of Japan svg.png Kamui Kobayashi Toyota RI4B All
4 Flag of the United States svg.png Charlie Cook 1-3
Flag of Japan svg.png Ryo Hirakawa 4-8
Flag of Hong Kong svg.png Jagonya Ayam! Team KCMG [?] 17 Flag of Spain svg.png Álex Palou All
18 Flag of Indonesia svg.png Sean Gelael All
Flag of Japan svg.png Itochu Enex Team Impul [?] 19 Flag of Japan svg.png Mitsunori Takaboshi All
20 Flag of Finland svg.png Valtteri Bottas All
Flag of Japan svg.png Vantelin Team TOM'S [?] 36 Flag of Japan svg.png Sho Tsuboi 1-7
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Nick Cassidy 8
37 Flag of Japan svg.png Ritomo Miyata All
Flag of Japan svg.png P.mu/cerumo INGING [?] 38 Flag of Japan svg.png Yuji Kunimoto All
39 Flag of France svg.png Sacha Fenestraz All

Race Calendar

All rounds (except the season finale) are raced over a distance of 175km. The JAF Grand Prix at Suzuka is raced over a distance of 225km.

Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand made its series debut, replacing the Korean round.

Round Date Track Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 19 April Flag of Japan svg.png Fuji Speedway Flag of Finland svg.png Valtteri Bottas Flag of Japan svg.png Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan svg.png Sena Sakaguchi Flag of Japan svg.png Drago Corse with ThreeBond
2 17 May Flag of Japan svg.png Autopolis Flag of Finland svg.png Valtteri Bottas Flag of Japan svg.png Nirei Fukuzumi Flag of Finland svg.png Valtteri Bottas Flag of Japan svg.png Itochu Enex Team Impul
3 21 June Flag of Japan svg.png Sportsland SUGO Flag of Spain svg.png Álex Palou Flag of Belgium svg.png Stoffel Vandoorne Flag of Belgium svg.png Stoffel Vandoorne Flag of Japan svg.png Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
4 12 July Flag of Japan svg.png Twin Ring Motegi Flag of Japan svg.png Sho Tsuboi Flag of Japan svg.png Sena Sakaguchi Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Harrison Newey Flag of Japan svg.png Team Mugen
5 9 August Flag of Japan svg.png Okayama International Circuit Flag of Belgium svg.png Stoffel Vandoorne Flag of France svg.png Sacha Fenestraz Flag of Sweden svg.png Felix Rosenqvist Flag of Japan svg.png UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans
6 6 September Flag of Thailand svg.png Chang International Circuit Flag of Japan svg.png Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan svg.png Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan svg.png Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan svg.png Vantelin Team TOM'S
7 20 September Flag of Malaysia svg.png Sepang International Circuit Flag of France svg.png Sacha Fenestraz Flag of Finland svg.png Valtteri Bottas Flag of France svg.png Sacha Fenestraz Flag of Japan svg.png P.mu/cerumo INGING
8 8 November Flag of Japan svg.png Suzuka Circuit Flag of Japan svg.png Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan svg.png Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Japan svg.png Naoki Yamamoto Flag of Japan svg.png Team Mugen

Championship Standings

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Qualifying 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Race 20 15 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

1 2 3 – Qualifying position (Top 3)

The five best results counted towards the drivers' championship alongside bonus qualifying points from every round.

Driver Standings

Pos Driver FUJ
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AUT
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SUG
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MOT
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OKA
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CHA
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SEP
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SUZ
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Points
1 Flag of Finland svg.png Valtteri Bottas 31 11 7 223 Ret 2 2 63 74
2 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Mitch Evans 4 2 Ret 72 22 Ret 13 2 61
3 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Harrison Newey 11 32 3 1 20† 7 3 59
4 Flag of Japan svg.png Naoki Yamamoto 22 Ret 8 6 15 17 3 12 58
5 Flag of Sweden svg.png Felix Rosenqvist Ret 6 22 4 13 19 11 16 51
6 Flag of Belgium svg.png Stoffel Vandoorne 12 22† 13 5 31 10 10 14 43
7 Flag of France svg.png Sacha Fenestraz Ret 13 14 10 17 42 11 Ret 34
8 Flag of Japan svg.png Nirei Fukuzumi 16 7 Ret 2 8 6 63 11 33
9 Flag of Japan svg.png Ritomo Miyata 7 14 19 12 Ret 1 1 14 Ret1 30
10 Flag of Spain svg.png Álex Palou 10 5 51 14 7 12 82 5 30
11 Flag of Japan svg.png Sho Tsuboi 8 10 9 31 16 9 5 27
12 Flag of Estonia svg.png Jüri Vips 17 15 13 15 9 33 7 7 22
13 Flag of Japan svg.png Sena Sakaguchi 13 17 17 13 19 11 Ret 20 21
14 Flag of Japan svg.png Yuji Kunimoto 6 93 6 Ret Ret 8 15 17 16
15 Flag of Japan svg.png Tadasuke Makino 13 18 12 17 4 5 20 22 14
16 Flag of Japan svg.png Nobuharu Matsushita 19 4 Ret Ret 5 18 Ret 15 14
17 Flag of Japan svg.png Toshiki Oyu 20 8 11 8 18 16 9 9 10
18 Flag of Indonesia svg.png Sean Gelael 15 Ret 10 21 12 14 16 4 9
19 Flag of China svg.png Guanyu Zhou 14 12 4 18 11 Ret 18 12 8
20 Flag of Japan svg.png Yuki Tsunoda 4 8
21 Flag of Japan svg.png Mitsunori Takaboshi 21† 16 Ret 9 6 21 12 10 8
22 Flag of Japan svg.png Takuma Sato 5 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 18 6
23 Flag of Japan svg.png Tomo Kazama 9 20 13 22 8 5
24 Flag of Japan svg.png Ryo Hirakawa 19 10 20 Ret 19 1
25 Flag of Japan svg.png Takuya Izawa 11 0
26 Flag of Japan svg.png Kamui Kobayashi 18 19 16 16 14 13 19 13 0
27 Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Kika van den Heiligenberg 20 15 17 0
28 Flag of the United States svg.png Charlie Cook Ret 21 18 0
29 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Nick Cassidy 21 0

† – Driver did not finish, but was classified after completing more than 90% of the race distance.

Team Standings

Qualifying points do not count towards the teams' championship.

Pos Team # FUJ
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AUT
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SUG
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MOT
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OKA
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CHA
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SEP
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SUZ
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Points
1 Flag of Japan svg.png Team Mugen 1 22 Ret 8 6 15 17 3 12 119
2 11 32 3 1 20† 7 4 3
2 Flag of Japan svg.png Itochu Enex Team Impul 19 21† 16 Ret 9 6 21 12 10 78
20 31 11 7 223 Ret 2 2 63
3 Flag of Japan svg.png TCS Nakajima Racing 64 13 18 12 17 4 5 20 22 71
65 4 2 Ret 72 22 Ret 13 2
4 Flag of Japan svg.png UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans 7 Ret 6 22 4 13 19 11 16 58
8 20 8 11 8 18 16 9 9
5 Flag of Japan svg.png Vantelin Team TOM'S 36 8 10 9 31 16 9 5 21 49
37 7 14 19 12 Ret 1 1 14 Ret1
6 Flag of Japan svg.png Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 5 5 11 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 18 45
6 12 22† 13 5 31 10 10 14
7 Flag of Japan svg.png P.mu/cerumo INGING 38 6 93 6 Ret Ret 8 15 17 44
39 Ret 13 14 10 17 42 11 Ret
8 Flag of Japan svg.png Best In The World Kahama Motor Sport 26 16 7 Ret 2 8 6 63 11 37
27 9 20 15 20 13 22 17 8
9 Flag of Hong Kong svg.png Jagonya Ayam! Team KCMG 17 10 5 51 14 7 12 82 5 35
18 15 Ret 10 21 12 14 16 4
10 Flag of Japan svg.png B-MAX Racing with Motopark 50 17 15 13 15 9 33 7 7 29
51 14 12 4 18 11 Ret 18 12
11 Flag of Japan svg.png Drago Corse with ThreeBond 12 13 17 17 13 19 11 Ret 20 20
12 Flag of Japan svg.png Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 19 4 Ret Ret 5 18 Ret 15 14
13 Flag of Japan svg.png Kondo Racing with North Star 3 18 19 16 16 14 13 19 13 1
4 Ret 21 18 19 10 20 Ret 19