Super Formula Season 2016

The 2016 Super Formula season was the 30th Super Formula season . It comprised a total of nine races. The season started on April 24th and ended on October 30th in Suzuka .

Teams and drivers

All teams drove with the Dallara SF14 chassis and Yokohama tires .

team	No.	driver	engine	run
P.μ / cerumo ・ INGING	01	Hiroaki Ishiura	Toyota RI4A	1-9
	02	Yūji Kunimoto		1-9
Kondō Racing	03	James Rossiter	Toyota RI4A	1-9
	04th	William Buller		1-9
Sunoco Team LeMans	07th	Narain Karthikeyan	Toyota RI4A	1-9
	08th	Kamui Kobayashi		1-9
Real racing	10	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Honda HR-414E	1-9
	11	Takuya Izawa		1-9
Team Mugen	16	Naoki Yamamoto	Honda HR-414E	1-9
KCMG	18th	Yūichi Nakayama	Toyota RI4A	1-9
Itochu Enex Team Impul	19th	João Paulo de Oliveira	Toyota RI4A	1-9
	20th	Yūhi Sekiguchi		1-9
Drago Corse	34	Takashi Kogure	Honda HR-414E	1-9
Vantelin Team TOM'S	36	André Lotterer	Toyota RI4A	1-9
	37	Kazuki Nakajima		1-9
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	40	Tomoki Nojiri	Honda HR-414E	1-9
	41	Stoffel Vandoorne		1-9
Nakajima Racing	64	Daisuke Nakajima	Honda HR-414E	1-9
	65	Bertrand baguette		1-9

Racing calendar

The 2016 season comprised seven race weekends with a total of nine races.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	April 24th	Suzuka	Naoki Yamamoto	Yūji Kunimoto	Stoffel Vandoorne
2.	May 29th	Mimasaka	Hiroaki Ishiura	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Takuya Izawa
3.	17th July	Fuji	João Paulo de Oliveira	Kazuki Nakajima	Yūhi Sekiguchi
4th	August 21	Motegi	Yūhi Sekiguchi	André Lotterer	Hiroaki Ishiura
5.	September 10	Mimasaka	Stoffel Vandoorne	Yūji Kunimoto	Narain Karthikeyan
6th	September 11		Yūji Kunimoto	Kazuki Nakajima	Hiroaki Ishiura
7th	25th of September	Sugo	Yūhi Sekiguchi	Daisuke Nakajima	Tomoki Nojiri
8th.	30th of October	Suzuka	Yūji Kunimoto	André Lotterer	Hiroaki Ishiura
9.			Stoffel Vandoorne	André Lotterer	Hiroaki Ishiura

Ratings

Point system

The points were awarded according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
run	space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	PP
1-4, 7	Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1	1
5, 6		5	4th	3	2.5	2	1.5	1	0.5	1
8, 9		8th	4th	3	2.5	2	1.5	1	0.5	1

Driver ranking

Item driver SU1 OK1 FUJ MOT OK2 SUG SU2 Points 01  Y. Kunimoto 2 6th DNF 4th 2 1 15th 1 6th 33.0 02  A. Lotterer 7th 8th 4th 2 12 4th 5 2 2 30.0 03  Y. Sekiguchi 14th 13 3 1 13 9 1 18th 8th 28.5 04th  S. Vandoorne 3 12 DNF 6th 1 7th 6th 17th 1 27.0 05  H. Ishiura 11 1 6th 3 7th 3 16 3 3 27.0 06th  K. Nakajima 12 17th 2 7th DNF 2 4th 5 10 22.0 07th  N. Yamamoto 1 5 DNF 8th 10 6th 14th 19th DNF 15.5 08th  J. de Oliveira 10 19 * 1 DNF 8th 5 DNF 8th 4th 15.5 09  T. Nojiri 9 4th 13 DNF 4th 16 3 4th DNF 14.5 10  J. Rossiter 6th 9 5 5 9 10 8th 12 15th 12.0 11  K. Tsukakoshi 5 2 8th 12 5 11 11 11 12 11.0 12  D. Nakajima DNF 7th DNS 10 6th 12 2 10 10 10.5 13  T. Kogure 4th 15th 12 11 11 14th 7th 7th 9 8.0 14th  N. Karthikeyan DNF 16 7th DNF 3 DNF 12 15th 14th 5.0 15th  B. Baguette 8th 14th 14 * DNF 14th 18th 9 6th 5 4.5 16  T. Izawa DNF 3 11 14th 16 8th 13 16 DNF 3.5 17th  K. Kobayashi 16 18th 10 9 18th 17th 17th 9 7th 1.0 -  Y. Nakayama 13 10 9 15th 17th 13 DNF 14th 11 0.0 -  W. Buller 15th 11 DNF 13 15th 15th 10 13 13 0.0 Item driver SU1 OK1 FUJ MOT OK2 SUG SU2 Points

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished (DNF) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) other formats and characters P / bold Pole position italic Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers) * not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered underlined Leader in the overall standings

• In the second race, the first event on the Okayama International Circuit , less than 75% of the planned race distance was completed and only half points were awarded.

Web links

• Official website of the Super Formula