2020 Yaname Electronics Super Formula season

2020 Yaname Electronics Super Formula season
Season
Races	8
Start date	19 April
Start Event	Fuji Speedway
End date	8 November
End Event	Suzuka Circuit
Awards
Driver's Champion	Valtteri Bottas
Team's Champion	Team Mugen
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
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
Team Mugen [?]	1	Naoki Yamamoto	Honda HR-419E	All
	2	Template:GBR Harrison Newey		1-6, 8
		Yuki Tsunoda		7
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing [?]	5	Takuma Sato		1, 3-8
		Takuya Izawa		2
	6	Template:BEL Stoffel Vandoorne		All
UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans [?]	7	Felix Rosenqvist		All
	8	Toshiki Oyu		All
Drago Corse with ThreeBond [?]	12	Sena Sakaguchi		All
Best In The World Kahama Motor Sport [?]	26	Nirei Fukuzumi		All
	27	Tomo Kazama		1, 4-6, 8
		Kika van den Heiligenberg		2-3, 7
B-MAX Racing with Motopark [?]	50	Jüri Vips		All
	51	Zhou Guanyu		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri [?]	55	Nobuharu Matsushita		All
TCS Nakajima Racing [?]	64	Tadasuke Makino		All
	65	Mitch Evans		All
Kondo Racing with North Star [?]	3	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota RI4B	All
	4	Template:USA Charlie Cook		1-3
		Ryo Hirakawa		4-8
Jagonya Ayam! Team KCMG [?]	17	Álex Palou		All
	18	Sean Gelael		All
Itochu Enex Team Impul [?]	19	Mitsunori Takaboshi		All
	20	Valtteri Bottas		All
Vantelin Team TOM'S [?]	36	Sho Tsuboi		1-7
		Nick Cassidy		8
	37	Ritomo Miyata		All
P.mu/cerumo INGING [?]	38	Yuji Kunimoto		All
	39	Template:FRA 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	Fuji Speedway	Valtteri Bottas	Ritomo Miyata	Sena Sakaguchi	Drago Corse with ThreeBond
2	17 May	Autopolis	Valtteri Bottas	Nirei Fukuzumi	Valtteri Bottas	Itochu Enex Team Impul
3	21 June	Sportsland SUGO	Álex Palou	Template:BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	Template:BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
4	12 July	Twin Ring Motegi	Sho Tsuboi	Sena Sakaguchi	Template:GBR Harrison Newey	Team Mugen
5	9 August	Okayama International Circuit	Template:BEL Stoffel Vandoorne	Template:FRA Sacha Fenestraz	Felix Rosenqvist	UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans
6	6 September	Chang International Circuit	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Vantelin Team TOM'S
7	20 September	Template:MAS Sepang International Circuit	Template:FRA Sacha Fenestraz	Valtteri Bottas	Template:FRA Sacha Fenestraz	P.mu/cerumo INGING
8	8 November	Suzuka Circuit	Ritomo Miyata	Naoki Yamamoto	Naoki Yamamoto	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 AUT SUG MOT OKA CHA SEP Template:MAS SUZ Points 1 Valtteri Bottas 31 11 7 223 Ret 2 2 63 74 2 Mitch Evans 4 2 Ret 72 22 Ret 13 2 61 3 Template:GBR Harrison Newey 11 32 3 1 20† 7 3 59 4 Naoki Yamamoto 22 Ret 8 6 15 17 3 12 58 5 Felix Rosenqvist Ret 6 22 4 13 19 11 16 51 6 Template:BEL Stoffel Vandoorne 12 22† 13 5 31 10 10 14 43 7 Template:FRA Sacha Fenestraz Ret 13 14 10 17 42 11 Ret 34 8 Nirei Fukuzumi 16 7 Ret 2 8 6 63 11 33 9 Ritomo Miyata 7 14 19 12 Ret 1 1 14 Ret1 30 10 Álex Palou 10 5 51 14 7 12 82 5 30 11 Sho Tsuboi 8 10 9 31 16 9 5 27 12 Jüri Vips 17 15 13 15 9 33 7 7 22 13 Sena Sakaguchi 13 17 17 13 19 11 Ret 20 21 14 Yuji Kunimoto 6 93 6 Ret Ret 8 15 17 16 15 Tadasuke Makino 13 18 12 17 4 5 20 22 14 16 Nobuharu Matsushita 19 4 Ret Ret 5 18 Ret 15 14 17 Toshiki Oyu 20 8 11 8 18 16 9 9 10 18 Sean Gelael 15 Ret 10 21 12 14 16 4 9 19 Guanyu Zhou 14 12 4 18 11 Ret 18 12 8 20 Yuki Tsunoda 4 8 21 Mitsunori Takaboshi 21† 16 Ret 9 6 21 12 10 8 22 Takuma Sato 5 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 18 6 23 Tomo Kazama 9 20 13 22 8 5 24 Ryo Hirakawa 19 10 20 Ret 19 1 25 Takuya Izawa 11 0 26 Kamui Kobayashi 18 19 16 16 14 13 19 13 0 27 Kika van den Heiligenberg 20 15 17 0 28 Template:USA Charlie Cook Ret 21 18 0 29 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 AUT SUG MOT OKA CHA SEP Template:MAS SUZ Points 1 Team Mugen 1 22 Ret 8 6 15 17 3 12 119 2 11 32 3 1 20† 7 4 3 2 Itochu Enex Team Impul 19 21† 16 Ret 9 6 21 12 10 78 20 31 11 7 223 Ret 2 2 63 3 TCS Nakajima Racing 64 13 18 12 17 4 5 20 22 71 65 4 2 Ret 72 22 Ret 13 2 4 UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans 7 Ret 6 22 4 13 19 11 16 58 8 20 8 11 8 18 16 9 9 5 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 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 5 5 11 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 18 45 6 12 22† 13 5 31 10 10 14 7 P.mu/cerumo INGING 38 6 93 6 Ret Ret 8 15 17 44 39 Ret 13 14 10 17 42 11 Ret 8 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 Jagonya Ayam! Team KCMG 17 10 5 51 14 7 12 82 5 35 18 15 Ret 10 21 12 14 16 4 10 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 Drago Corse with ThreeBond 12 13 17 17 13 19 11 Ret 20 20 12 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 19 4 Ret Ret 5 18 Ret 15 14 13 Kondo Racing with North Star 3 18 19 16 16 14 13 19 13 1 4 Ret 21 18 19 10 20 Ret 19