The 2026 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the fifty-fourth season of premier Japanese single-seater motor racing, and the fourteenth under the moniker of Super Formula. Team Mugen driver Ayumu Iwasa entered the season as the defending series champion.

Kakunoshin Ohta currently leads the Drivers' Championship, while Vantelin Team TOM'S lead the Teams' Championship.

All teams use identical Dallara-built SF23 chassis with either Honda or Toyota engines. Every Honda-powered car uses a Honda HR-417E engine and every Toyota-powered car uses a Toyota TRD-01F engine. All teams compete with tyres supplied by Yokohama.

Entrant	Engine	No.	Driver name	Rounds	Ref.
Team Mugen Autobacs	Honda	1	Ayumu Iwasa	1–5	[1][2]
		16	Tomoki Nojiri	1–5	[1]
Realize Kondo Racing	Toyota	3	Luke Browning	1–5	[3]
		4	Ukyo Sasahara	1–5	[4]
Navikuru Buzz MK Racing		97	Roman Staněk	1–5	[5]
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	Honda	5	Tadasuke Makino	1–5	[1]
		6	Kakunoshin Ohta	1–5	[1]
KDDI TGMGP TGR-DC	Toyota	7	Kamui Kobayashi	1–5	[6]
		28	Rikuto Kobayashi	1–5	[6]
Team Goh		53	Charlie Wurz	1–5	[6][7]
KCMG	Toyota	8	Kenta Yamashita	1–5	[6]
		9	Seita Nonaka	1–5	[8]
Hazama Ando Triple Tree Racing	Honda	10	"Juju"	1–5	[1]
ThreeBond Racing	Honda	12	Syun Koide	1–5	[1][9]
NTT Docomo Business Rookie	Toyota	14	Nirei Fukuzumi	1–5	[6]
Team Impul	Toyota	19	Zak O'Sullivan	1–5	[6]
Delightworks Racing	Honda	22	Nobuharu Matsushita	1–5	[10]
Vantelin Team TOM'S	Toyota	36	Sho Tsuboi	1–5	[6]
		37	Sacha Fenestraz	1–5	[6]
Sanki Vertex Partners Cerumo・Inging	Toyota	38	Sena Sakaguchi	1–5	[6]
		39	Toshiki Oyu	1–5	[6]
San-Ei Gen with B-Max	Honda	50	Yuto Nomura	1–5	[1]
Ponos Nakajima Racing	Honda	64	Ren Sato	1–5	[1]
		65	Igor Omura Fraga	1–5	[1]

• Super Formula Lights team Delightworks Racing joined the series. The team uses Honda engines and receives operational support from Toda Racing.^[10][11]

• TGM Grand Prix expanded to three Toyota-powered cars, adding a single car entered under the Team Goh name which returned to Super Formula after a three-year absence.^[12]

• Transport and logistics company Realize Corporation, a longtime sponsor of Kondo Racing, officially became the team's title sponsor, with the team entering as Realize Kondo Racing.^[6] Kondo Racing also expanded to three Toyota-powered cars, adding a single car sponsored by used vehicle marketplace Navikuru running under the name Navikuru Buzz MK Racing.^[5][13]

• Automotive parts and accessories retailer Autobacs Seven officially became Team Mugen's title sponsor, with the team entering as Team Mugen Autobacs.^[2]

• Nobuharu Matsushita returned to Super Formula for the first time since 2024 with the new Delightworks Racing team after a year on the sidelines where he competed in Super GT GT500 with ARTA.^[10]

• Two-time FIA World Rally Champion Kalle Rovanperä announced he would switch to single-seater racing and debut in Super Formula in 2026, before being confirmed to drive for KCMG.^[6][14] Ahead of the season, the team announced his withdrawal from the campaign after he was diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. KCMG's reserve driver Seita Nonaka replaced him for the opening round, before the team decides on its lineup afterwards.^[8] The other KCMG car is piloted by Kenta Yamashita, who departed Kondo Racing after nine seasons. Both drivers effectively replaced Kamui Kobayashi and Nirei Fukuzumi, who moved to TGMGP TGR-DC and Rookie Racing respectively.^[6]

• Following Yamashita's departure to KCMG, Zak O'Sullivan also left Kondo Racing after his rookie season to join Team Impul.^[6] That saw Kondo take on two new drivers in Williams F1 Junior Driver Luke Browning, who made his series debut after one and a half seasons in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, and Ukyo Sasahara, who returned to Super Formula after a year away from the series where he competed in Super GT GT500 with Deloitte TOM'S.^[3][4]

• Rookie Racing signed Nirei Fukuzumi from KCMG to replace Kazuya Oshima, who retired from the series after 13 seasons of competition.^[15][6]

• Both Oliver Rasmussen and Mitsunori Takaboshi left Team Impul after one season, with Takaboshi focusing on his Super GT GT500 efforts with NISMO.^[16][17] The Team recruited former Kondo Racing driver Zak O'Sullivan for his sophomore season.^[6]

• TGMGP also renewed their lineup as Kazuto Kotaka, Hibiki Taira, and Seita Nonaka all left the team, with Kotaka and Taira focusing on their Super GT GT300 campaigns and Nonaka moving to KCMG. Kamui Kobayashi left KCMG after nine seasons to drive for TGMGP TGR-DC, using the number 7, the same number he has used in KCMG, and Rikuto Kobayashi made his full-time Super Formula debut with the team after two seasons in Super Formula Lights and two one-off Super Formula entries for Team Impul in 2025.^[6]

• Second-generation driver Charlie Wurz made his series debut with Team Goh after two seasons in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.^[6]

• Reigning Super Formula Lights champion and Honda Formula Dream Project graduate Yuto Nomura made his series debut with B-Max Racing Team.^[1] He replaced Syun Koide, who joined ThreeBond Racing to replace Atsushi Miyake, who departed after two seasons to focus on his Super GT GT500 efforts with Kondo Racing.^[9][16]

• After 3 seasons in FIA Formula 2 Championship, Roman Staněk made his series debut for Kondo's Buzz MK Racing outfit.^[5]

The provisional calendar was announced on 5 August 2025, with 12 races held across seven weekends at five venues.^[18]

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	Mobility Resort Motegi	Motegi, Tochigi	4 April	Honda N-One Owner's Cup All Japan Road Race Championship	Fuji Suzuka Sugo Autopolis Motegi
2			5 April
–[a]	Autopolis	Hita, Oita	25 April	Super Formula Lights Honda N-One Owner's Cup
4	Suzuka International Racing Course	Suzuka, Mie	23 May	Super Formula Lights Formula Regional Japanese Championship
5			24 May
6	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka	18 July	Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Kyojo Cup
3[b]			19 July
7
8	Sportsland SUGO	Shibata, Miyagi	9 August	Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Honda N-One Owner's Cup
9	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka	10 October	Formula Regional Japanese Championship Kyojo Cup
10			11 October
11	Suzuka International Racing Course	Suzuka, Mie	21 November	Toyota Gazoo Racing Yaris Cup - Kansai
12			22 November

• The first Suzuka race moved from March to May, with Motegi holding the season opener instead.^[19]
• Race three, originally scheduled to be held at Autopolis, was postponed to the first Fuji weekend after being called off due to adverse weather conditions.^[20]

Round	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Mobility Resort Motegi	Ayumu Iwasa	Kakunoshin Ohta	Kakunoshin Ohta	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
2		Kakunoshin Ohta	Sena Sakaguchi	Kakunoshin Ohta	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
4	Suzuka International Racing Course	Ayumu Iwasa	Sho Tsuboi	Sacha Fenestraz	Vantelin Team TOM'S
5		Nirei Fukuzumi	Kamui Kobayashi	Nirei Fukuzumi	NTT Docomo Business Rookie
6	Fuji Speedway
3[b]		Ayumu Iwasa
7
8	Sportsland SUGO
9	Fuji Speedway
10
11	Suzuka International Racing Course
12

For the first time since 2020, the season opener was held at Mobility Resort Motegi, and reigning champion Ayumu Iwasa took pole position for Team Mugen ahead of Team Dandelion's Kakunoshin Ohta.^[21] The first race of the season, held in very wet conditions, was red-flagged because of rain after three laps under the safety car. An hour later, it was restarted with twelve more laps under the safety car. The race went green on lap 16, before a crash forced another safety car right away. That was withdrawn on lap 20, and Ohta made a crucial move past Iwasa to take the lead before the race's time window ended after 23 laps were completed. Ohta thereby secured victory, albeit with only half points awarded, with Iwasa second and Ren Sato heading a Nakajima Racing 3-4 after his teammate Igor Fraga overtook Yuto Nomura of B-Max during the brief green flag period.^[22][23]

Ohta continued his strong form in qualifying for the second race by taking pole position, while Toshiki Oyu of Inging took second.^[24] Oyu's teammate Sena Sakaguchi jumped from fifth to third at the start of the race, before an early safety car was called after an off for TGMGP's Rikuto Kobayashi. Oyu pitted on lap ten, with Sakaguchi and Ohta staying out for longer to capitalize on clean air. Both drivers were able to overcut Oyu, with Sakaguchi waiting until lap 25 to make his stop. He used his fresher tyres to close up to Ohta, but was unable to make a move for the lead. Ohta won the race to start the season with a double victory, while Oyu lost out even more when his tyres degraded. Nirei Fukuzumi, who stopped on lap 29, also overcut him to secure his Rookie Racing team's first-ever Super Formula podium in the team's seven-year competition history in third place.^[25][26]

Race points

The race at Autopolis was postponed to the first Fuji race weekend due to adverse weather conditions. This race, shortened to 25 laps, will award reduced points:^[27]

Qualifying points

Pos Driver MOT SUZ1 FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ2 Pts R1[c] R2 R4 R5 R6 R3[b] R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 1 Kakunoshin Ohta 12  11 7 3 2 52 2 Ayumu Iwasa 21  83 131 22 P1 37.5 3 Nirei Fukuzumi 19  3 10  11 35 4 Sacha Fenestraz 6 Ret 1 7 26.5 5 Sena Sakaguchi 12  2 12 4 23 6 Sho Tsuboi 9 14 3 5 18 7 Nobuharu Matsushita 16 10 2 12 16 8 Luke Browning 20 4 4 14 16 9 Toshiki Oyu 14 52 6 17 13 10 Ren Sato 33 11 Ret 9 8.5 11 Zak O'Sullivan Ret 6 9 20 7 12 Igor Omura Fraga 4 16 Ret 8 7 13 Charlie Wurz 15 20 5 22 6 14 Tadasuke Makino 11 13 11 63 6 15 Syun Koide 5 9 18 18 5 16 Tomoki Nojiri 8 18 Ret2 11 3 4.5 17 Kenta Yamashita 13 7 Ret 16 4 18 Roman Staněk 10 17 8 15 3.5 19 Yuto Nomura 7 15 153 13 3 20 Kamui Kobayashi Ret 12 17 10 1 21 "Juju" Ret 22 14 21 0 22 Rikuto Kobayashi 18 Ret 16 23 0 23 Seita Nonaka 17 19 Ret 19 0 24 Ukyo Sasahara Ret 21 Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver R1[c] R2 R4 R5 R6 R3[b] R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Pts MOT SUZ1 FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ2

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

Pos	Driver	MOT		SUZ1		FUJ1			SUG	FUJ2		SUZ2		Pts
		R1[c]	R2	R4	R5	R6	R3[b]	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12
1	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	1	1	7	3									50
		11	13	11	6
2	Vantelin Team TOM'S	6	14	1	5									44.5
		9	Ret	3	7
3	Sanki Vertex Partners Cerumo・Inging	12	2	6	4									34
		14	5	12	17
4	NTT Docomo Business Rookie	19	3	10	1									32
5	Team Mugen Autobacs	2	8	13	2									27
		8	18	Ret	11
6	Delightworks Racing	16	10	2	12									16
7	Realize Kondo Racing	20	4	4	14									16
		Ret	21	Ret	Ret
8	Ponos Nakajima Racing	3	11	Ret	8									14.5
		4	16	Ret	9
9	Team Impul	Ret	6	9	20									7
15	Team Goh	15	20	5	22									6
10	ThreeBond Racing	5	9	18	18									5
9	KCMG	13	7	Ret	16									4
		17	19	Ret	19
13	Navikuru Buzz MK Racing	10	17	8	15									3.5
11	San-Ei Gen with B-Max	7	15	15	13									2
14	KDDI TGMGP TGR-DC	18	12	16	10									1
		Ret	Ret	17	23
16	Hazama Ando Triple Tree Racing	Ret	22	14	21									0
Pos	Driver	R1[c]	R2	R4	R5	R6	R3[b]	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
		MOT		SUZ1		FUJ1			SUG	FUJ2		SUZ2

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