Dandelion Racing

Dandelion Racing is a Japanese racing team, mainly running in Super Formula. The team was founded by Kiyoshi Muraoka in 1989 as "Dandelion Racing Project".

Koudai Tsukakoshi driving the Swift 017.n for Dandelion Racing in 2012.

Early years (1993-1998)

The team made a small sponsor contract with NTT Docomo in 1993. It made a way to enter the Japanese local racing series. The team ran in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship (1993 and 1994 seasons) and Japanese Touring Car Championship (1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998), and suffered from poor results through the 1990s.

The relationship with NTT Docomo will continue to date, though there is no capital ties.

Formula Nippon/Super Formula (1999- )

In 1999, the team switched from the defunct JTCC to Formula Nippon as a Honda engine user. Though the team continuously suffered from poor result at first, the fortune was changed in the 2002 season when Richard Lyons scored team's first point-finish in the series with finishing 2nd at the SUGO round.

In the 2003 season, Lyons won the Suzuka round in July. It was also the first race win for the team. In the 2004 season, Lyons became the drivers' champion of the series and the team finished as 3rd in the teams' championship. During the following years, the team came to leave steady results. In 2012, the last season of Formula Nippon, the team became the teams' champion of the series with beating TOM'S at the final round of the season.

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Chassis Engine No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 D.C. Pts T.C. Pts
Formula Nippon
1999 Reynard 99L Mugen 68 Argentina Rubén Derfler SUZ
Ret
MOT
11
MIN
9
FUJ
17
SUZ
12
SUG
14
FUJ
Ret
MIN
Ret
MOT
Ret
SUZ
15
22nd 0 12th 0
2000 Reynard 2KL Mugen 68 Japan Ryo Michigami SUZ
Ret
MOT
13
MIN
Ret
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
10
SUG
Ret
MOT
8
FUJ
7
MIN
9
SUZ
Ret
16th 0 11th 0
2001 Reynard 2KL Mugen 68 Japan Hideki Noda SUZ
Ret
MOT
Ret
MIN
Ret
FUJ
13
SUZ
12
SUG
Ret
FUJ
13
MIN
Ret
MOT
Ret
SUZ
11
21st 0 11th 0
Reynard 99L 69 Poland Jaroslaw Wierczuk SUZ
14
MOT
Ret
MIN
13
FUJ
DNS
22nd 0
Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada SUZ
13
SUG FUJ MIN MOT SUZ 23rd 0
2002 Reynard 2KL Mugen 68 France Jonathan Cochet SUZ
13
FUJ
8
19th 0 6th 6
United Kingdom Richard Lyons MIN
7
SUZ
8
MOT
11
SUG
2
FUJ
7
MIN
Ret
MOT
7
SUZ
Ret
10th 6
2003 Lola B3/51 Mugen 40 United Kingdom Richard Lyons SUZ
9
FUJ
Ret
MIN
Ret
MOT
3
SUZ
1
SUG
5
FUJ
Ret
MIN
Ret
MOT
3
SUZ
9
6th 20 6th 23
41 Japan Naoki Hattori SUZ
8
FUJ
Ret
MIN
Ret
MOT
11
SUZ
8
SUG
9
FUJ
9
MIN
4
MOT
7
SUZ
11
13th 3
2004 Lola B3/51 Mugen 40 United Kingdom Richard Lyons SUZ
8
SUG
1
MOT
8
SUZ
1
SUG
4
MIN
8
SEP
9
MOT
2
SUZ
3
1st 33 3rd 40
41 Japan Naoki Hattori SUZ
7
SUG
7
MOT
Ret
SUZ
10
SUG
6
MIN
10
SEP
2
MOT
Ret
SUZ
10
9th 7
2005 Lola B3/51 Mugen 1 United Kingdom Richard Lyons MOT
1
SUZ
5
SUG
2
FUJ
4
SUZ
3
MIN
Ret
FUJ
4
MOT
13
SUZ
5
3rd 30 2nd 37
2 Japan Naoki Hattori MOT
3
SUZ
6
SUG
6
FUJ
10
SUZ
7
MIN
6
FUJ
7
MOT
7
SUZ
14
12th 7
2006 Lola FN06 Honda 40 Sweden Björn Wirdheim FUJ
4
SUZ
2
MOT
4
SUZ
Ret
AUT
6
FUJ
6
SUG
6
MOT
11
SUZ
9
6th 13.5 5th 13.5
41 Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka FUJ
17
SUZ
11
MOT
Ret
22nd 0
Japan Yuji Ide SUZ
12
AUT
12
FUJ
11
SUG
Ret
MOT
Ret
SUZ
10
21st 0
2007 Lola FN06 Honda 40 Sweden Björn Wirdheim FUJ
4
SUZ
13
MOT
11
OKA
11
SUZ
2
FUJ
8
SUG
Ret
MOT
7
SUZ
8
9th 17 6th 20
41 Brazil Fabio Carbone FUJ
15
SUZ
15
MOT
Ret
OKA
13
SUZ
6
FUJ
15
SUG
9
MOT
18
SUZ
Ret
15th 3
2008 Lola FN06 Honda 40 Japan Kosuke Matsuura FUJ
12
SUZ
16
MOT
12
OKA
13
SUZ
9
SUZ
Ret
MOT
10
MOT
6
FUJ
8
FUJ
1
SUG
13
18th 3.5 11th 7.5
41 Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya FUJ
8
SUZ
14
MOT
14
OKA
12
SUZ
16
SUZ
Ret
MOT
8
MOT
14
FUJ
11
FUJ
11
SUG
14
17th 4
2009 Swift 017.n Honda 40 United Kingdom Richard Lyons FUJ
Ret
SUZ
6
MOT
7
FUJ
3
SUZ
13
MOT
Ret
AUT
10
SUG
13
10th 11 6th 25
41 Japan Takuya Izawa FUJ
2
SUZ
7
MOT
DNS
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
8
MOT
9
AUT
6
SUG
11
8th 14
2010 Swift 017.n Honda 1 France Loïc Duval SUZ
6
MOT
4
FUJ
14
MOT
1
SUG
2
AUT
DNS
SUZ
1
SUZ
4
3rd 39.5 4th 40.5
2 Japan Takuya Izawa SUZ
5
MOT
11
FUJ
9
MOT
11
SUG
6
AUT
DNS
SUZ
11
SUZ
11
11th 7
2011 Swift 017.n Honda 40 Japan Takuya Izawa SUZ
4
AUT
6
FUJ
10
MOT
6
SUZ
C
SUG
DSQ
MOT
Ret
MOT
10
9th 11 3rd 36.5
41 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi SUZ
7
AUT
3
FUJ
5
MOT
4
SUZ
C
SUG
4
MOT1
3
MOT2
8
4th 26.5
2012 Swift 017.n Honda 40 Japan Takuya Izawa SUZ
6
MOT
4
AUT
2
FUJ
13
MOT
5
SUG
1
SUZ
1
SUZ
6
3rd 41.5 1st 78.5
41 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi SUZ
2
MOT
5
AUT
1
FUJ
9
MOT
3
SUG
2
SUZ1
3
SUZ2
3
2nd 43
Super Formula
2013 Swift SF13 Honda 40 Japan Takuya Izawa SUZ
1
AUT
Ret
FUJ
5
MOT
Ret
SUG
Ret
SUZ
10
SUZ
9
7th 15 7th 15
41 Japan Hideki Mutoh SUZ
13
AUT
Ret
FUJ
13
MOT
12
SUG
10
SUZ1
12
SUZ2
10
NC 0
2014 Dallara SF14 Honda 40 Japan Tomoki Nojiri SUZ
9
FUJ
Ret
FUJ
15
FUJ
12
MOT
9
AUT
9
SUG
1
SUZ
12
SUZ
9
10th 10 6th 14
41 Japan Hideki Mutoh SUZ
10
FUJ
10
FUJ
12
FUJ
11
MOT
5
AUT
10
SUG
12
SUZ
13
SUZ
12
15th 4
2015 Dallara SF14 Honda 40 Japan Tomoki Nojiri SUZ
8
OKA
3
FUJ
8
MOT
6
AUT
10
SUG
3
SUZ
5
SUZ
Ret
7th 19 5th 25
41 India Narain Karthikeyan SUZ
3
OKA
10
FUJ
Ret
MOT
9
AUT
14
SUG
13
SUZ
12
SUZ
14
11th 6
2016 Dallara SF14 Honda 40 Japan Tomoki Nojiri SUZ
9
OKA
4
FUJ
13
MOT
Ret
OKA
4
OKA
16
SUG
3
SUZ
4
SUZ
Ret
9th 14.5 4th 36.5
41 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne SUZ
3
OKA
12
FUJ
Ret
MOT
6
OKA
1
OKA
7
SUG
6
SUZ
17
SUZ
1
4th 27
2017 Dallara SF14 Honda 40 Japan Tomoki Nojiri SUZ
16
OKA
13
OKA
10
FUJ
10
MOT
8
AUT
14
SUG
12
SUZ
C
SUZ
C
17th 2 8th 6
41 Japan Takuya Izawa SUZ
8
OKA
14
OKA
Ret
FUJ
6
MOT
Ret
AUT
15
SUG
8
SUZ
C
SUZ
C
13th 5
2018 Dallara SF14 Honda 5 Japan Tomoki Nojiri SUZ
3
AUT
C
SUG
7
FUJ
14
MOT
8
OKA
4
SUZ
9
7th 12.5 5th 18.5
6 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita SUZ
12
AUT
C
SUG
10
FUJ
9
MOT
4
OKA
9
SUZ
7
11th 7
2019 Dallara SF19 Honda 1 Japan Naoki Yamamoto SUZ
2
AUT
2
SUG
1
FUJ
11
MOT
9
OKA
7
SUZ
5
2nd 33 1st 50
5 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi SUZ
11
AUT
5
SUG
5
FUJ
9
MOT
5
OKA
Ret
SUZ
3
7th 18
2020 Dallara SF19 Honda 5 Japan Naoki Yamamoto MOT
13
OKA
6
SUG
3
AUT
2
SUZ
1
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
5
1st 62 3rd 72
6 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi MOT
5
OKA
8
SUG
10
AUT
9
SUZ
Ret
SUZ
2
FUJ
16
8th 29
2021 Dallara SF19 Honda 5 Japan Nirei Fukuzumi FUJ
3
SUZ
Ret
AUT
13
SUG
1
3rd* 34 2nd* 54
6 Japan Ukyo Sasahara MOT
5
SUZ
3
7th 18
Japan Tadasuke Makino AUT
14
SUG
5
13th 8

Notable and veteran drivers

Formula Nippon/Super Formula

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