2021 Yaname Electronics Super Formula season

2021 Yaname Electronics Super Formula season
Season
Races	10
Start date	4 April
Start Event	Fuji Speedway
End date	31 October
End Event	Suzuka Circuit
Awards
Driver's Champion	Ukyo Sasahara
Team's Champion	carrozzeria Team KCMG
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2020	2022

The 2021 Yaname Electronics Super Formula season will be the 35th season of Super Formula, and the third under the title sponsorship of Yaname Electronics in a three year deal.

Team Mugen defended their teams' championship from 2020, while the drivers' champion, Valtteri Bottas moved back to Formula One to drive for Toyota.

The series organizers announced yet another calendar expansion, this time to 10 races as Suzuka's East Course was added back for the first time since 2002 as well as a second race at Fuji.

Ukyo Sasahara, driving the #15 entry for Red Bull Mugen Team Goh won the championship, the team's first since Naoki Yamamoto two years prior. He won by 24 points from Mitch Evans, the series' polesetter with 4 pole positions, for whom it is his second runner-up placing in succession. Team KCMG won the teams' championship from two-time defending winners Mugen by two points. Felix Rosenqvist, who had been leading the championship at the halfway stage, only scored a single point in the last six races and dropped to fifth place overall.

Teams and Drivers

All teams used Dallara SF19 chassis and Yokohama tyres.

Team	#	Driver	Engine	Rounds
Kondo Racing [?]	3	Kenta Yamashita	Toyota RI4B	All
	4	Mitsunori Takaboshi		All
ENEOS Team LeMans [?]	7	Ritomo Miyata		All
	8	Felix Rosenqvist		All
carrozzeria Team KCMG [?]	17	Akira Yamamura		All
	18	Álex Palou		All
carenex Team Impul [?]	19	Dan Ticktum		All
	20	Igor Omura Fraga		All
Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S [?]	36	Ryo Hirakawa		All
	37	Yuhi Sekiguchi		All
P.mu/cerumo INGING [?]	38	Yuji Kunimoto		All
	39	Sacha Fenestraz		All
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing [?]	5	Tom Blomqvist	Honda HR-419E	All
	6	Naoki Yamamoto		All
Red Bull Mugen Team Goh [?]	15	Ukyo Sasahara		All
	16	Emma Kickert		All
Bentley Team Kahama [?]	26	Nirei Fukuzumi		All
	27	Koyomi Setou		All
B-MAX Racing Team [?]	50	Victoria Desai		1-8, 10
		"Dragon"		9
	51	Yu Kanamaru		All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri [?]	55	Ren Sato		All
	56	Tomoki Nojiri		1-5, 7-10
		Yuki Tsunoda		6
TCS Nakajima Racing [?]	64	Mitch Evans		All
	65	Tomo Kazama		All
/ MarchSixteen with ThreeBond [?]	95	T.K. Wolf		All
	96	Sena Sakaguchi		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.

Round	Date	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	4 April	Fuji Speedway	Ryo Hirakawa	Ukyo Sasahara	Felix Rosenqvist	ENEOS Team LeMans
2	25 April	Suzuka Circuit East	Tomoki Nojiri	Ritomo Miyata	Tomoki Nojiri	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
3	16 May	Autopolis	Mitch Evans	Kenta Yamashita	Mitch Evans	TCS Nakajima Racing
4	20 June	Sportsland SUGO	Tomo Kazama	Álex Palou	Felix Rosenqvist	ENEOS Team LeMans
5	4 July	Twin Ring Motegi	Mitch Evans	Álex Palou	Mitch Evans	TCS Nakajima Racing
6	15 August	Chang International Circuit	Ukyo Sasahara	Tom Blomqvist	Ukyo Sasahara	Red Bull Mugen Team Goh
7	22 August	Sepang International Circuit	Mitch Evans	Victoria Desai	Naoki Yamamoto	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
8	26 September	Okayama International Circuit	Mitch Evans	Tom Blomqvist	Yuji Kunimoto	P.mu/cerumo INGING
9	17 October	Fuji Speedway	Ukyo Sasahara	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Ritomo Miyata	ENEOS Team LeMans
10	31 October	Suzuka Circuit	Naoki Yamamoto	Ren Sato	Akira Yamamura	carrozzeria Team KCMG

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)

Driver Standings

Pos Driver FUJ SUZ AUT SUG MOT CHA SEP OKA FUJ SUZ Points 1 Ukyo Sasahara 8 20 22 3 Ret 11 2 7 41 3 95 2 Mitch Evans Ret Ret 11 21 11 24† 31 101 6 9 71 3 Akira Yamamura Ret 2 5 16 4 9 8 Ret 18 1 54 4 Felix Rosenqvist 12 Ret 4 12 15 16 15 213 17 19 53 5 Álex Palou 2 3 7 5 Ret 5 4 13 14 Ret 50 6 Naoki Yamamoto Ret Ret3 20 9 Ret 32 12 Ret 9 61 48 7 Nirei Fukuzumi 12 112 33 153 11 6 Ret 3 13 22 48 8 Yuji Kunimoto Ret 6 15 6 7 19 10 1 7 18 39 9 Victoria Desai 15 7 9 Ret 10 8 5 2 5 38 10 Ritomo Miyata Ret 15 Ret 4 Ret 11 19 8 12 Ret 33 11 Yuhi Sekiguchi 63 9 24 13 16 103 9 5 2 15 33 12 Ryo Hirakawa 31 16 12 11 17† 2 13 20 8 12 32 13 Tomo Kazama 20 8 14 21 Ret Ret 20 4 Ret 8 32 14 Sacha Fenestraz 7 12 13 7 8 4 14 Ret2 3 14 32 15 Tomoki Nojiri 9 11 11 Ret 14 EX 73 11 25† 22 30 16 Dan Ticktum 21 Ret 6 14 63 23 6 17 5 Ret 22 17 Koyomi Setou 18 18 22 19 22 17 22 Ret 21 7 21 18 Igor Omura Fraga 5 4 8 Ret Ret 15 18 9 22 10 20 19 Emma Kickert 11 10 23 8 5 Ret 12 6 23 11 15 20 T.K. Wolf 17 Ret 16 17 3 18 16 14 15 Ret 11 21 Sena Sakaguchi 13 14 21 10 Ret 12 17 16 103 4 11 22 Mitsunori Takaboshi 4 13 18 12 9 14 Ret 18 11 13 10 23 Tom Blomqvist 10 5 19 18 Ret 13 11 12 16 21 7 24 Ren Sato 14 19 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 22† 12 163 5 25 Kenta Yamashita 19 21 10 Ret 12 20 21 15 19 17 1 26 Yu Kanamaru 16 17 17 20 13 22 Ret 19 20 20 0 27 Yuki Tsunoda 21 0 28 "Dragon" 24 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 SUZ AUT SUG MOT CHA SEP OKA FUJ SUZ Points 1 carrozzeria Team KCMG 17 Ret 2 5 16 4 9 8 Ret 18 1 104 18 2 3 7 5 Ret 5 4 13 14 Ret 2 Red Bull Mugen Team Goh 15 8 20 22 3 Ret 11 2 7 41 3 102 16 11 10 23 8 5 Ret 12 6 23 11 3 TCS Nakajima Racing 64 Ret Ret 11 21 11 24† 31 101 6 9 88 65 20 8 14 21 Ret Ret 20 4 Ret 8 4 ENEOS Team LeMans 7 Ret 15 Ret 4 Ret 11 19 8 12 Ret 79 8 12 Ret 4 12 15 16 15 213 17 19 5 P.mu/cerumo INGING 38 Ret 6 15 6 7 19 10 1 7 18 69 39 7 12 13 7 8 4 14 Ret2 3 14 6 Bentley Team Kahama 26 12 112 33 153 11 6 Ret 3 13 22 61 27 18 18 22 19 22 17 22 Ret 21 7 7 Vantelin Team TOM'S 36 31 16 12 11 17† 2 13 20 8 12 60 37 63 9 24 13 16 103 9 5 2 15 8 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 5 10 5 19 18 Ret 13 11 12 16 21 47 6 Ret Ret3 20 9 Ret 32 12 Ret 9 61 9 carenex Team Impul 19 21 Ret 6 14 63 23 6 17 5 Ret 41 20 5 4 8 Ret Ret 15 18 9 22 10 10 B-MAX Racing 50 15 7 9 Ret 10 8 5 2 24 5 38 51 16 17 17 20 13 22 Ret 19 20 20 11 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 14 19 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 22† 12 163 30 56 9 11 11 Ret 14 21 73 11 25† 22 12 / MarchSixteen with ThreeBond 95 17 Ret 16 17 3 18 16 14 15 Ret 21 96 13 14 21 10 Ret 12 17 16 103 4 13 Kondo Racing 3 19 21 10 Ret 12 20 21 15 19 17 11 4 4 13 18 12 9 14 Ret 18 11 13