2020 Yaname Electronics Super Formula - ROUND 5 UP!

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 31 Mar 2020, 16:42

It's time for the new season of Japanese motorsport!
After the 2019 season which turned out to be a two-man show between Naoki Yamamoto and Kazuki Nakajima, it was the former who took home the championship. With Nakajima now returning to Formula One, who will be Yamamoto's next challenger?

TEAM CHANGES
Le Beausset announced at the end of the 2019 season that it would withdraw from Super Formula for a second time. Only a few weeks before the start of the 2020 season, Real Racing also announced their withdrawal from the series.
On the other hand, Ryo Michigami's Drago Corse team will return the series after 3 years.

RULE CHANGES
The most important rule change is the new points system effective for the 2020 season. Points will be now given out to the top three in qualifying as well as the top 10 finishers in the race itself.
There will be no double-headers and the final round will now use the same points system as the other races on the calendar. Another important change will be the race distance as all races will be shortened by 100km.

CALENDAR CHANGES
The Korean round will be replaced by a race at the Chang Circuit in Thailand, while Tokachi returns to the calendar for the first time since 1996. The number of rounds will now be set at nine.

TEAMS
I will be vacating my spot at Mugen and instead move to TOM'S due to my participation in Alternate Formula One as principal of Toyota Motorsport.
Existing managers will have to confirm their participation until a set deadline - if they do not respond by the deadline, they will be replaced by a new manager.
If you want to change teams, you are free to do so, but only after the deadline.

Team Mugen - GertrandBachot
Team TOM'S - Dom
P.mu/cerumo INGING - Dexter249
Team Impul - Petoli
Team Dandelion Racing - Gonzalez
Team LeMans - Shawn040217
Best In The World Kahama Motor Sport - Klon
Team KCMG - Getz
Kondo Racing with North Star - Pilot
Nakajima Racing - Wazzle
B-MAX Racing with Motopark - Pinkd56
Drago Corse with ThreeBond - Bandon23
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri - Kinnikuniverse

CAR REGULATIONS
No changes here - the Dallara SF19 will be used in 2020. Toyota and Honda will remain as engine suppliers and Yokohama will remain as the sole tyre supplier. As of now, the differences between those two will only be cosmetic.

SEASON CALENDAR
Rd 1 - Fuji (19 April)
Rd 2 - Autopolis (17 May)
Rd 3 - Sugo (21 June)
Rd 4 - Motegi RC (12 July)
Rd 5 - Okayama (9 August)
Rd 6 - Chang (6 September)
Rd 7 - Sepang (20 September)
Rd 8 - Tokachi (25 October)
Rd 9 - Suzuka (15 November)

POINTS SYSTEM
Qualifying: 3-2-1 points for the top 3
Race: 20-15-11-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points for the top 10

CAR POINTS SYSTEM
The CP will change at the end of every season, according to the teams' championship as follows:
1st: 12 CP
2nd: 11 CP
3rd-4th: 10 CP
5th: 9 CP
6th-7th: 8 CP
8th-9th: 7 CP
10th-11th: 6 CP
12th and below: 5 CP
-------
Grand Chelem: 1 CP

You can also gain CP by selecting certain sponsors and signing certain drivers.
New teams get 6 CP by default.

2020 SEASON WIKI PAGE

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 31 Mar 2020, 16:51

Kamaha returns, but will compete as Best In The World Kahama Motor Sport, whilst switching to Honda engines.

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 31 Mar 2020, 17:00

I'll nab Mugen.

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 31 Mar 2020, 18:53

B MAX RETURNS

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 31 Mar 2020, 19:51

Nakajima-san will ride again to glorious victory

Gonzalez · Post by **Gonzalez** » 31 Mar 2020, 20:29

With Real Racing gone, i'll put myself on standby to taking over inactive Tomdilain for Dandelion, whilst I alternatively look at a brand new team.

Kinnikuniverse · Post by **Kinnikuniverse** » 31 Mar 2020, 21:25

is it possible to play as ARTA? as in, having the team return to the competition?

if not, I'll take KCMG instead.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 01 Apr 2020, 00:10

Kinnikuniverse wrote:is it possible to play as ARTA? as in, having the team return to the competition?

I was honestly toying with that idea. I will think about it, but in case I do approve of it, the team will return with one car for the upcoming season.

Bandon23 · Post by **Bandon23** » 01 Apr 2020, 08:39

I'm up to take the newcomers Drago Corse.

Pilot · Post by **Pilot** » 01 Apr 2020, 13:55

Kondo returns, but would like to compete as North Star Kondo Racing for the 2020 season.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 04 Apr 2020, 13:22

jp.motorsport.com wrote:ARTA joins Super Formula
Team principal Aguri Suzuki has announced yesterday that Autobacs Racing Team Aguri will return to the premier Japanese open-wheel competition for the first time since 2008. With ARTA once again enjoying success in the Super GT, Suzuki and the Autobacs company have agreed on a return to the now-called Super Formula series. The team has decided that it will run a one-car operation in 2020, with the possibility of expanding to two cars in the future.

As a heads-up, ARTA will only use Honda engines.

Kinnikuniverse · Post by **Kinnikuniverse** » 04 Apr 2020, 13:38

Yosha!! Aguri-san is back!

Now am i allowed to take over just one team? Or can i take over both KCMG and ARTA?

If not, then i'll take over ARTA

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 04 Apr 2020, 16:53

Only ARTA

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 04 Apr 2020, 17:29

I now politely request control of Mugen.

Kinnikuniverse · Post by **Kinnikuniverse** » 04 Apr 2020, 17:29

Reject_Dom wrote:Only ARTA

Okie dokie. ARTA it is, then.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 06 Apr 2020, 00:25

Confirmation stage is over.
Since Salamander did not confirm, Super Hanamura Intensity Team will withdraw from the series.

I will grant GB, Gonzalez and Bandon their requests, which means the following teams are still available:

Team LeMans
Team KCMG
Team Impul
Cerumo Inging

Shawn040217 · Post by **Shawn040217** » 06 Apr 2020, 02:14

Pencil me on for TeamLeMans, please.

Anyway, I know what happened to him in Alt-F1, but is it possible for Kobayashi to return, in a Zanardi or Nannini-style of sorts?

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 06 Apr 2020, 13:37

It's been 11 years since the accident, so yes.

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 06 Apr 2020, 14:58

If it's required I am happy to caretaker any teams.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 06 Apr 2020, 17:29

If you cannot find 4 players, I will take whichever teams remain.

If we cannot fill all 4 slots might I suggest we RNG car and driver options for the vacant teams? So we won't be stuck waiting

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 06 Apr 2020, 17:38

Ill take control of Team Impul if possible

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 06 Apr 2020, 18:26

Confirming my discussion to take over Team KCMG.

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 06 Apr 2020, 19:04

I'll probably take P.Mu Cerumo if possible.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 06 Apr 2020, 19:17

Entries are now closed. Anyone else who is willing to join the series can now join the waiting list.

We will continue with the driver signings and car performance assignments, most likely on Wednesday.

Kinnikuniverse · Post by **Kinnikuniverse** » 06 Apr 2020, 21:02

Reject_Dom wrote:Entries are now closed. Anyone else who is willing to join the series can now join the waiting list.

We will continue with the driver signings and car performance assignments, most likely on Wednesday.

are there gonna be sponsors in this series?

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 06 Apr 2020, 22:23

For 2020, I'll use a similar sponsors format to the one Normal used last season.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 08 Apr 2020, 15:52

CAR PERFORMANCE

This series will be run on the game "Lights to Flag". However, this game is fairly basic as driver and car attributes only range in integers between 1 and 10. Therefore, I will implement a system known as Car Points.

Car Points (CP) will be handed out according to the previous season's teams' championship standings, with new teams being handed out 6 CP by default.

There are a total of nine stats, but we will only use eight as "Resources" is basically redundant. The base stats for this season are:

Aerodynamics - 8 - LOCKED
Mechanical Grip - 6
Engine - 8 - LOCKED
Ease on Tyres - 6
Reliability - 6
Wet Weather - 6
Ease of Setup - 5 for two-car teams, 7 for one-car teams (new teams will start with 1 car)
Qualifying - 6

You are allowed to decrease car attributes, for example if you decrease Reliability from 6 to 4, you get 2 more CP to assign elsewhere.
Every player is required to assign all of their CP (however if you end up with 0.5 CP, you will start next season with an extra 0.5 CP).

The cost of each attribute will vary depending on its importance:
Mechanical Grip - 2 CP
Qualifying & Wet Weather - 1.5 CP
Ease on Tyres, Reliability, Ease of Setup - 1 CP

The CP will change at the end of every season, according to the teams' championship as follows:
1st: 12 CP
2nd: 11 CP
3rd-4th: 10 CP
5th: 9 CP
6th-7th: 8 CP
8th-9th: 7 CP
10th-11th: 6 CP
12th and below: 5 CP
-------
Grand Chelem: 1 CP

You can also gain CP by selecting certain sponsors and signing certain drivers.
It's purely your choice whether your team will run 1 or 2 cars, but be aware of the eventual consequences in either scenario.

NOTE: You can only assign Car Points after the driver signing stage is complete, with the full list given out.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 08 Apr 2020, 17:31

DRIVER SIGNING & SPONSORS
Now it's time for driver signing & sponsor phase.

Sponsors will give you Car Points if you complete a certain driver or championship objective. Pay-drivers are exempt from this as they will bring their own finances.

Please choose one sponsor tier. Tier 1 will give you 2 CP, Tier 2 will give you 1 CP, Tier 3 will give you nothing.

SPONSOR OBJECTIVES:
Team Mugen
Tier 1: Sign a Red Bull junior
Tier 2: Sign Naoki Yamamoto or Tomoki Nojiri
Tier 3: N/A

Team TOM'S
Tier 1: Win the Teams' Championship
Tier 2: Sign Sho Tsuboi or Ritomo Miyata
Tier 3: N/A

P.mu/cerumo INGING
Tier 1: Finish top 2 in the Teams' Championship
Tier 2: Sign a TDP driver
Tier 3: N/A

Team Impul
Tier 1: Sign a NDDP driver
Tier 2: Finish top 3 in the Teams' Championship
Tier 3: N/A

Team Dandelion Racing
Tier 1: Sign Naoki Yamamoto
Tier 2: Sign Bertrand Baguette or a HFDP driver
Tier 3: N/A

Team LeMans
Tier 1: Sign Kazuya Oshima
Tier 2: Finish top 5 in the Teams' Championship
Tier 3: N/A

Kahama Motor Sport
Tier 1: Finish top 4 in the Teams' Championship
Tier 2: Sign Tomo Kazama or a BITW driver
Tier 3: N/A

Team KCMG
Tier 1: Sign Kamui Kobayashi
Tier 2: Finish top 8 in the Teams' Championship
Tier 3: N/A

Kondo Racing
Tier 1: Sign a North Star driver
Tier 2: Sign a NDDP driver
Tier 3: N/A

Nakajima Racing
Tier 1: Sign Tadasuke Makino
Tier 2: Finish top 10 in the Teams' Championship
Tier 3: N/A

B-MAX
Tier 1: Sign a Chinese driver
Tier 2: Sign a former B-MAX driver or a Red Bull junior
Tier 3: N/A

ARTA
Tier 1: Sign Takashi Kobayashi
Tier 2: Sign Nirei Fukuzumi or any other HFDP driver
Tier 3: N/A

Drago Corse
Tier 1: Sign a former ThreeBond F3 driver
Tier 2: Sign an Asian driver
Tier 3: N/A

As you can see, some drivers without an F1 seat are interested in joining Super Formula! However, they don't want to trundle in the midfield. They are also subject to an RNG even if you run a top team.

You are also allowed to bid for drivers outside of the list below. You are also allowed to sign fictional drivers, however their DEC holder must be listed.

NOTE: Kazuki Nakajima and Kenta Yamashita are unavailable to be signed in 2020.

DRIVER LIST

Junior Allegiances:
TDP = Toyota
HFDP = Honda
NDDP = Nissan (only usable for Impul and Kondo)

These are outside forces. If you bench a driver of them and replace them for one of your own? They will not like that one bit, and they can screw you over very easily pulling a few strings. Junior Allegiance drivers will only drive for either Toyota or Honda powered teams (TDP and HFDP respectively) and Impul or Kondo (NDDP). Junior Allegiance drivers will have a small boost.

NOTE: Teams must run at least one RL driver.

TEMPLATE:

Code: Select all

Team Name:
Sponsor Tier:
 
Driver 1:
Nationality:
DEC User: (if fictional, if not then delete this)

Driver 2:
Nationality:
DEC User: (if fictional, if not then delete this)

You can bid for up to 4 drivers for each seat.

Also, please specify whether you:
1) want to run 1 or 2 cars,
2) want to run Toyota or Honda engines.
Here is the 2019 team & engine list.

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 08 Apr 2020, 17:40

Team Name: P.mu/cerumo INGING
Sponsor Tier: Tier 2

Driver 1: Hiroaki Ishiura
Nationality: Japanese

Driver 1: Yuji Kunimoto
Nationality: Japanese

Driver 1: Ryo Hirakawa
Nationality: Japanese

Driver 2: Scott McLaughlin
Nationality: New Zealand

Driver 2: Sacha Fenestraz
Nationality: France

Driver 2: Nick Cassidy
Nationality: New Zealand

We will be running two cars.

Toyota engines as well.

EDIT: yeah I had to update the drivers

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 08 Apr 2020, 17:45

Team Name: Team TOM'S
Sponsor Tier: 1

Driver 1: Sho Tsuboi
Nationality: JPN

Driver 1: Ryo Hirakawa
Nationality: JPN

Driver 1: Heikki Kovalainen
Nationality: FIN

Driver 2: Ritomo Miyata
Nationality: JPN

Driver 2: Nick Cassidy
Nationality: NZL

Driver 2: Yuji Kunimoto
Nationality: JPN

Pilot · Post by **Pilot** » 08 Apr 2020, 18:05

Team Name: North Star Kondo Racing
Sponsor Tier: Tier 1

Driver 1: Charlie Cook
Nationality: USA
DEC User: Pilot

Driver 2: Kamui Kobayshi
Nationality: JPN

Driver 2: Katsumasa Chiyo
Nationality: JPN

Driver 2: James Rossiter
Nationality: GBR

NS Kondo will use Toyota powered engines.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 08 Apr 2020, 18:25

Tristan Jung is available to hire for all interested teams.

********************************

Team Name: Best In The World Kahama Motor Sport
Sponsor Tier: Tier 2

Driver 1: Nirei Fukuzumi
Nationality: Japanese

Driver 1: Jenson Button
Nationality: British

Driver 1: Takuma Sato
Nationality: Japanese

Driver 1: Felix Rosenqvist
Nationality: Swedish

Driver 2: Tomo Kazama (for races 1, 4-7, 9)
Nationality: Japanese
DEC User: It's-a me, Klon

Driver 2: Kika van den Heiligenberg (for races 2-3, 8)
Nationality: Dutch
DEC User: It's-a me, Klon

Kinnikuniverse · Post by **Kinnikuniverse** » 08 Apr 2020, 18:33

Autobacs racing team aguri

Engine: honda
Driver bids: (I only have one car, so yeah)
sponsor tier: tier 2

nirei fukuzumi
nobuharu matsushita
pietro fittipaldi
takashi kobayashi

can I bid for more drivers since I'm a one-car team?

EDIT: added one more bid

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 08 Apr 2020, 18:38

Sure, you can bid one more anyway

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 08 Apr 2020, 19:07

Team Name: Carrozzeria Team KCMG (Sponsor may change depending on drivers signed i.e. paydrivers)
Sponsor Tier: 1 if K. Kobayashi is signed, otherwise 2

We will move up to 2 cars. We will stick with Toyota Engines.

Driver 1: Alex Palou
Nationality: ESP/JPN

Driver 1: Malik Zidan
Nationality: EGY
DEC User: CaptainGetz12

Driver 1: Lucas Auer
Nationality: AUT

Driver 1: Raoul Hyman
Nationality: RSA

Driver 2: Kamui Kobayashi
Nationality: JPN

Driver 2: Juri Vips
Nationality: EST

Driver 2: Rio Haryanto
Nationality: IDN

Driver 2: Sean Gelael
Nationality: IDN

Gonzalez · Post by **Gonzalez** » 08 Apr 2020, 19:27

Dandelion Bids:

Driver 1: Naoki Yamamoto (Tier 1)
Nationality: JPN

Driver 1: Nirei Fukuzumi (Tier 2)
Nationality: JPN

Driver 1: Takuma Sato (Tier 2)
Nationality: JPN

Driver 1: Bertrand Baguette (Tier 2)
Nationality: BEL

Driver 2: Nirei Fukuzumi (Tier 2)
Nationality: JPN

Driver 2: Bertrand Baguette (Tier 2)
Nationality: BEL

Driver 2: Stoffel Vandoorne
Nationality: BEL

Driver 2: Max Verstappen
Nationality: DUT

Dandelion will stick with Honda power and as usual, will run 2 cars.

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 08 Apr 2020, 19:47

Team Name: Mugen
Sponsor Tier: 1

Driver 1: Naoki Yamamoto
Nationality: Japan

Driver 1: Tomoki Nojiri
Nationality: Japan

Driver 2: Juri Vips
Nationality: Finland

Driver 2: Harrison Newey
Nationality: United Kingdom

We wish to run 2 cars and Honda engines.

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 08 Apr 2020, 22:48

Team Name: B-MAX
Engine: Honda
Sponsor Tier: Tier 2

Driver 1:
Guanyu Zhou (CHN)
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN)
Yu Kanamaru (JPN)
Sena Sakaguchi (JPN)

Driver 2:
Harrison Newey (GBR)*
Juri Vips (EST)
Ye Hongli (PRC)

*"Dragon" to deputise for Newey at the two races if he signs.

Shawn040217 · Post by **Shawn040217** » 09 Apr 2020, 00:04

Team Name: Team LeMans
Sponsor Tier : Tier 2
Engine: We would like to take a bold step and opt for Honda motors.

We would like to run two cars, which we would like to offer to the following:
Driver 1: Scott McLaughlin (NZ)

Driver 1: Felix Rosenqvist (SWE)

Driver 1: Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL)

Driver 2: Toshiki Oyu (JPN) (HFDP)

Driver 2: Takuma Sato (JPN) (HFDP)

Driver 2: Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) (HFDP)

Edit: Ditched Otsu for Oyu

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 09 Apr 2020, 06:35

Team Name: Nakajima Racing
Sponsor Tier: 1
Cars: Two

#64
Driver 1: Tadasuke Makino
Nationality: Japanese

#65
Driver 1: Mitch Evans
Nationality: New Zealander

Driver 2: Takuma Taki
Nationality: Japanese
DEC User: Wazzle

If Evans signs with Nakajima, Taki will be available for anyone needing a solid pair of hands