2025 Super Formula Lights

The 2025 Super Formula Lights Championship is scheduled to be the sixth Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
TOM'S 38 Japan Rikuto Kobayashi[1] TBC
TBA France Esteban Masson TBC
TBA Japan Yuki Sano TBC
HFDP with B-Max Racing Team TBA Japan Yuto Nomura TBC
Icon Class
M Masters' Cup

Team changes

B-Max Racing Team extended its collaboration with the Honda Formula Dream Project, which began in the 2024 F4 Japanese Championship, into its Super Formula Lights outfit, entering the championship under the HFDP with B-Max Racing Team guise.[2]

Driver changes

TOM'S saw Jin Nakamura and Seita Nonaka leave the series as Nakamura moved to Formula Regional Europe with R-ace GP and Nonaka focused on his continued Super GT GT300 efforts with Saitama Green Brave. The team signed 2023 Eurocup-3 champion Esteban Masson, who came 27th in the WEC's LMGT3 class with Akkodis ASP in 2024, and Yuki Sano, who finished fourth in the 2024 F4 Japanese Championship driving for the TGR-DC Racing School.[1]

HFDP with B-Max Racing Team signed 2024 F4 Japanese champion Yuto Nomura.[2]

Race calendar

The calendar for the 2025 season was announced on 11 November 2024. It will once again consist of eighteen races held over six weekends at six circuits. Two of the events will support the parent Super Formula Championship.[3]

Round Circuit Date Supporting Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 7–9 March Super Formula Championship
R2
R3
2 R4 Autopolis, Hita 16–18 May Super Formula Championship
R5
R6
3 R7 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 20–22 June
R8
R9
4 R10 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 29–31 August
R11
R12
5 R13 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 5–7 September
R14
R15
6 R16 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 28–30 November
R17
R18

References

  1. ^ a b "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Presents its 2025 motorsport team setups in Japan". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Honda 2025 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. ^ "2025 年全日本レース選手権カレンダー一覧" (PDF).