2024 Super Formula Lights

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2024 Super Formula Lights Championship

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The 2024 Super Formula Lights Championship will be the fourth Super Formula Lights Championship season, after the Japanese Formula 3 Championship was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season.

After being a multi-engine championship throughout all of its history, dating back to 1979, this will change in 2024 with the introduction of a spec Toyota engine.[1]

## Teams and drivers[edit]

All cars will run a Toyota TGE33 engine developed by TOM'S and based on the Toyota GR Yaris three cylinder 1.6-litre turbo engine.[2]

| Team  | No. | Driver  | Status  | Rounds

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Toda Racing | 2  |  Souta Arao |  | TBC
B-Max Racing Team | 50  |  Syun Koide |  | TBC
TOM'S | TBA  |  Rikuto Kobayashi |  | TBC
TBA  |  Jin Nakamura |  | TBC
TBA  |  Seita Nonaka[3] |  | TBC
| Icon  | Class

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M | Masters' Cup.

### Driver changes[edit]

TOM'S signed two Toyota juniors in 2023 F4 Japanese champion Rikuto Kobayashi and runner-up Jin Nakamura, while last season's runner-up Hibiki Taira is currently scheduled to continue driving in the Super GT series' GT300 class with INGING.[3]

Syun Koide will move from Toda Racing to B-Max Racing after coming third in his debut season with the team. Souta Arao will take over Koide's former seat at Toda Racing, returning to Japan after a stint in GB3 with Hitech, where he came 17th.[4]

## Race calendar[edit]

The calendar for the 2024 season was announced on 24 November 2023. It will once again consist of eighteen races held over six weekends at six circuits. Four of the events will support the parent Super Formula Championship.[5] When the Super Formula season finale was brought forwards by two weeks, the Super Formula Lights amended its calendar accordingly.[6]

Round  | Circuit  | Date  | Supporting  | Map of circuit locations

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1  | R1  | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi | 26–28 April  | Motegi Champion Cup |

Autopolis

Sugo

Suzuka

Fuji

Okayama

Motegi

2  | R4  | Autopolis, Hita | 17–19 May  | Super Formula Championship

3  | R7  | Sportsland Sugo, Murata | 21–23 June  | Super Formula Championship

4  | R10  | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 19–21 July  | Super Formula Championship
R11
R12
5  | R13  | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 13–15 September  |
R14
R15
6  | R16  | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka | 8–10 November  | Super Formula Championship
R17
R18

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Super Formula Lights to become a spec-engine series in 2024". formulascout.com. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
2. ^ "Super Formula Lights reveals plans for one-make engine". motorsport.com. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
3. ^ a b "Honda confirms Iori Kimura's place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
4. ^ "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
5. ^ "２０２４年全日本レース選手権カレンダー申請一覧" (PDF).
6. ^ "2024年全日本レース選手権日程変更について".

## External links[edit]

* Super Formula Lights official website – Japanese / English

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