As SFormula prepares to give the new SF23 its race debut this weekend at Fuji, we take a look back at what happened the last time the Japanese series brought in a new car:
For context, Satoru Nakajima’s eponymous outfit was one of Super Formula’s powerhouse teams in the late 1990s and all through the 2000s, taking Tom Coronel, Tora Takagi, Ralph Firman and Loic Duval to title glory. But 2011 marked the team’s first winless season since 2003 and the start of a slump that persisted all the way through the SF14 era.
“I remember we had a good test with the new SF19 at Motegi in 2018 [in late August] with Okada-san’s set-up, which was crucial,” Koike says. “He has been working in Super Formula for more than 20 years, and his experience was very helpful. Asked to give a rough estimation of how much of the team’s progress can be credited to the arrival of Palou and Makino, Koike replies: “I would say it was 50 percent the drivers. If Alex drove for another team, maybe his contribution would have been 70 percent.
Makino found himself relegated to fourth by the time he suffered a right-rear wheel failure exiting Spoon that pitched him into the barriers. By this time, Palou had dropped out of the running with a loss of drive, but his victory hopes had already been severely damaged by the safety car ruining the soft tyre starters’ strategies - conversely helping TOM'S man Cassidy to victory.
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