2023 Super Formula Championship
The 2023 Japanese Super Formula Championship was the fifty-first season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the eleventh under the moniker of Super Formula. It started in April 2023 and was contested over seven weekends, comprising nine races. Tomoki Nojiri entered the season as the two-time and defending series champion. TOM'S driver Ritomo Miyata won the Drivers' Championship at the final race, ahead of Liam Lawson, who became Rookie of the Year while his Mugen Team won the Teams' Championship. Teams and drivers 
All teams used identical Dallara-built SF23 chassis. 2023 was the first season for this new chassis. The SF23 was constructed from Bcomp bio-composite material aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 75 percent, and featured updated aerodynamic features aimed at reducing turbulent air and promoting more wheel-to-wheel racing. Series tyre supplier Yokohama Rubber debuted a new "carbon neutral racing tyre" made from 33 percent recycled and renewable raw materials. Team changes

 Red Bull left Team Goh and moved its sponsorship efforts to Lawson's Team Mugen entry. The loss of this sponsorship left Team Goh in doubts whether they would be able to continue their participation in the championship for 2023. Servus Japan, the organization behind the team, later announced that the team would relaunch as TGM Grand Prix and confirmed that they would run two cars in 2023. After two seasons running one car, B-Max Racing expanded to two cars for this season. ThreeBond, who have been main sponsors for the Drago Corse team, acquired the team's entry and rebranded as ThreeBond Racing. Driver changes 

 2022 Super Formula Lights champion Kazuto Kotaka was promoted to Super Formula as one of Kondō Racing's two drivers. Kotaka, who drove most of the 2021 season for KCMG, replaced Sacha Fenestraz, who left the series to drive for Nissan in Formula E.
 Raoul Hyman was awarded a Honda Super Formula scholarship for winning the 2022 Formula Regional Americas Championship title, and drove for B-Max Racing. FIA Formula 2 driver and Red Bull junior Liam Lawson made his Super Formula debut, replacing Ukyo Sasahara at Team Mugen. Sasahara later agreed to become the development driver for Super Formula's Toyota-powered research and development vehicle. 2022 Super Formula Lights runner-up Kakunoshin Ohta was promoted to Super Formula and made his debut with Dandelion Racing, replacing Hiroki Otsu, who did not return to the series. 2022 Rookie of the Year winner Ren Sato moved to Nakajima Racing to replace Toshiki Oyu. His Team Goh teammate Atsushi Miyake left the series. The newly rebranded team TGM Grand Prix signed Toshiki Oyu and rookie Cem Bölükbaşı, who competed in Formula 2 in 2022. Bölükbaşı was the first Turkish driver to race in the series. Mid-season 

 Tomoki Nojiri was absent from the fourth round at Autopolis after being diagnosed with a pneumothorax. He was replaced by Hiroki Otsu, who came 9th in the standings with Team Dandelion in 2022. Nojiri returned to competition from round five onwards. After disappointing results in his second full-time season, Team TOM'S decided to replace Giuliano Alesi after round 5. His seat was filled by Ukyo Sasahara, who came sixth in 2022 driving for Team Mugen. Toshiki Oyu suffered from a broken collarbone during training ahead of round 6. Hiroki Otsu once again stepped in as a replacement driver. After suffering a heavy crash in the Super GT race at Sportsland SUGO, Naoki Yamamoto was diagnosed with a damaged vertebrae and spinal cord. He missed the Suzuka double-header during his recovery. Hiroki Otsu was the replacement driver for the third time this season. Ahead of the final Suzuka weekend, TGM Grand Prix announced that Toshiki Oyu would not be competing in the double-header, with Riki Okusa as the replacement driver making his Super Formula debut. Race calendar 
The provisional calendar was announced on 8 August 2022. After three weekends were made to double-header events in 2022, the season opener and finale were both announced to have two races again. Race results

Championship standings 

 Race points

 Qualifying points

Drivers' championship

Teams' championship

Notes

References

External links 

 Super Formula official website 

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