2020 Super Formula Championship
The 2020 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the 34th season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the eight under the moniker of Super Formula.
Teams and drivers
Team changes
- Ryo Michigami's Drago Corse returns to the championship in partnership with ThreeBond. This marks the teams first appearance in the championship since 2016.
- Team LeMans left the championship at the end of 2019. This means that 2020 was the first season since 1988 where Team LeMans was not represented. Their place was filled by KCMG and Cerumo Motorsport which both added one car each. Cerumo's third car was entered as Rookie Racing.
- Real Racing announced it has withdrawn from the 2020 season.
Driver changes
Toyota
- 2019 Japanese Formula 3 Champion Sacha Fenestraz replaces Yuji Kunimoto at Kondō Racing. Kunimoto will drive the newly acquired second car at Team KCMG.
- Following the departure of Team LeMans, Kazuya Oshima moved to Cerumo Motorsport and will drive the #14 ROOKIE Racing entry.
Honda
- Tatiana Calderón moves to the revived Drago Corse team from the FIA Formula 2 Championship, becoming the first female driver in the current Super Formula era and the first in top level Japanese open-wheel racing since Ireland's Sarah Kavanagh entered two races in the 1997 Formula Nippon Championship.
- Jüri Vips will contest the full season with Team Mugen, having joined the team at the final round of the 2019 Championship as a replacement for Patricio O'Ward. O'Ward will return to the IndyCar Series in 2020, driving for Arrow McLaren SP.
- Pietro Fittipaldi was initially confirmed in the #50 B-MAX entry. Fittipaldi had previously competed in the first round of the 2018 Championship before an injury prevented his return. However, on the eve of a pre-season test at Fuji Speedway, it was announced that Sérgio Sette Câmara would instead occupy the seat, in what was described as a "late reshuffle of race seats due to conflicting sponsors' interests". Sette Câmara will be joined by Charles Milesi, who moves up from the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. B-Max's 2019 drivers Lucas Auer and Harrison Newey left the series, both moving to the DTM with BMW and Audi respectively.
- Alex Palou left Nakajima Racing to move to IndyCar with Dale Coyne Racing. He was replaced by Japanese F3 race winner Toshiki Oyu.
Race calendar
| Round | Circuit | Date |
| 1 | Twin Ring Motegi | 30 August |
| 2 | Okayama International Circuit | 27 September |
| 3 | Sportsland SUGO | 18 October |
| 4 | Autopolis | 15 November |
| 5 | Suzuka Circuit | 5 December |
| 6 | Suzuka Circuit | 6 December |
| 7 | Fuji Speedway | 20 December |
- On 2 March 2020, the season opener at Suzuka Circuit was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. On 7 April 2020, it was announced that the season finale would become a double-header, effectively reestablishing the second round at Suzuka.
- The rounds at Fuji Speedway and Autopolis were postponed on 18 March 2020 and 31 March 2020 respectively, both also because of the virus.
- On 24 April 2020, the former fourth round at Sportsland SUGO was also postponed to a so far unannounced date because of the ongoing pandemic.