MEDIA INFORMATION
July 8, 2016 Japan Race Promotion Inc.
Round 3 : July 16 (Saturday) –July 17 (Sunday)
2016 Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship: Fuji Speedway
Japan Race Promotion Inc. (President: Akira Kurashita, Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) today announced details of Round 3 of the 2016 Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship Series, scheduled to take place on July 16–17 at the Fuji Speedway Racing Course (length = 4.563km) in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
The 2016 Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship Series is the only internationally accredited driver championship in Asia, run over seven rounds and six circuits across Japan. A total of 11 teams (entrants) and 19 drivers (cars) from Japan and overseas* are competing to win this year’s series. * 12 drivers from Japan and seven from five other countries: UK (2), India (1), Germany (1), Brazil (1) and Belgium (2)
Round 3 of the series will be run over 55 laps of the Fuji Speedway Racing Course (length = 4.563km) for a total distance of 250.965km.
Round 2 of the 2016 Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship Series was held at Okayama International Circuit. Due to heavy rain, the race started behind the safety car, but with no prospect of any improvement in weather conditions, the track marshal red flagged the race at the end of the 8th lap, bringing the event to a premature close. Hiroaki Ishiura (P.MU/CERUMO • INGING), who started on pole, stayed in front to secure victory, followed by Koudai Tsukakoshi (REAL RACING) in second and Takuya Izawa (REAL RACING) in third. The race marked the first time REAL RACING has had two drivers on the podium. Key drivers in Round 3 will be Hiroaki Ishiura, on the hunt for a second straight win, and Joao Paulo de Oliveira (ITOCHU ENEX TEAM IMPUL), the winner of this race last season. Other drivers to watch include Kazuki Nakajima (VANTELIN TEAM TOM’S) and Kamui Kobayashi (SUNOCO TEAM LEMANS), both accomplished drivers who could recover from a disappointing start to the season, and Stoffel Vandoorne (DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING), winner of the first race and a good prospect for another podium finish.
No. 1 Hiroaki Ishiura (P.MU/CERUMO • INGING) secured his first win of the season in Round 2 at the Okayama International Circuit.
2016 Japanese SUPER FORMULA Championship Round 3: ENTRY LIST (Chassis: SF14, Tires: Yokohama)
DATE OF BIRTH NO. DRIVER ENTRANT MANAGER ENGINE PLACE OF BIRTH
23 April 1981 1 Hiroaki Ishiura Tokyo, Japan TOYOTA P.MU/CERUMO・INGING Yuji Tachikawa RI4A 12 September 1990 2 Yuji Kunimoto Kanagawa, Japan
25 August 1983 3 James Rossiter United Kingdom TOYOTA KONDO RACING Masahiko Kondo RI4A 17 September 1992 4 William Buller United Kingdom
14 January 1977 7 Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan India TOYOTA SUNOCO TEAM LeMans Hiroyoshi Donuma 13 September 1986 RI4A 8 Kamui Kobayashi Hyogo, Japan
20 November 1986 10 Koudai Tsukakoshi Tochigi, Japan Honda REAL RACING Katsutomo Kaneishi HR-414E 1 June 1984 11 Takuya Izawa Tokyo, Japan
11 July 1988 Honda 16 Naoki Yamamoto TEAM MUGEN Nagataka Tezuka Tochigi, Japan HR-414E
25 July 1991 TOYOTA 18 Yuichi Nakayama KCMG Ryuji Doi Tokyo, Japan RI4A
13 July 1981 19 Joao Paulo de Oliveira Brazil TOYOTA ITOCHU ENEX TEAM IMPUL Kazuyoshi Hoshino RI4A 29 December 1987 20 Yuhi Sekiguchi Tokyo, Japan
1 August 1980 Honda 34 Takashi Kogure DRAGO CORSE Ryo Michigami Gunma, Japan HR-414E
19 November 1981 36 Andre Lotterer Germany TOYOTA VANTELIN TEAM TOM’S Nobuhide Tachi RI4A 11 January 1985 37 Kazuki Nakajima Aichi, Japan
15 September 1989 40 Tomoki Nojiri Ibaraki, Japan DOCOMO TEAM Honda Kiyoshi Muraoka DANDELION RACING HR-414E 26 March 1992 41 Stoffel Vandoorne Belgium
29 January 1989 64 Daisuke Nakajima Aichi, Japan Honda NAKAJIMA RACING Satoru Nakajima HR-414E 23 February 1986 65 Bertrand Baguette Belgium
2016 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS