SFormula has plans to become more international in future - but what exactly is in store? We spoke to JRP boss Yoshihisa Ueno to find out:
JK: With Japan opening up to the world again after the COVID-19 pandemic, how do you imagine Super Formula changing in the coming seasons? Do you have an image of what the championship will look like in five or 10 years’ time?
JK: It’s been a decade since the name of the series changed from Formula Nippon to Super Formula, but the championship is still very ‘Japanese’ and is heavily influenced by Toyota and Honda. So how do we move away from this and towards the goal? YU: There are many different ways. We could do a scholarship, or maybe we could even directly provide the team and the mechanics ourselves, but first we need a stable business platform. I’m not sure yet what we will do specifically.
So whether it’s in the form of a scholarship, in the same way that drivers that have been successful in our series go on to race in other categories overseas, eventually we want to further support Super Formula Lights and the Formula Regional Japanese Championship so that drivers from those series can step up. It’s not only with our own category; we want to spread the same philosophy to our feeder series so that we can all aim for the same goal.
YU: I don’t want to dismiss the possibility of attracting another engine supplier. But the quality of the series and the costs are two important points. If there are more manufacturers and the costs increase, then that creates more problems, which we don’t want. We have to find a way to not increase the costs. It’s not a definite ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to having a third manufacturer.YU: Firstly it’s a question of arranging the calendar. One thing is how we export the cars, the logistics.
YU: For the fans, I think it’s important that we have a driver like Liam [Lawson], who can provide a benchmark of the level of a top driver from overseas. In the past, we had Kazuyoshi Hoshino providing the benchmark - if you can be faster than Hoshino-san, then you are good enough for Formula 1. I think there’s a lot of value in having a driver who is in that position.
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