Refuelling had been an integral part of Japan’s premier single-seater series up until the 2020 season, when it was banned amid the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Races were subsequently shortened from around 250km to approximately 180km to allow drivers to be able to finish on one tank of fuel without excessive fuel saving – also permitting events to be held over two days rather than three.
However, despite the health crisis abating in recent months, Super Formula is sticking to its short race format this year, instead increasing the number of races.
That’s despite another change introduced in 2020 in response to COVID-19, the dropped scores rule, being scrapped for the 2022 campaign.
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Yoshihisa Ueno, president of championship promoter JRP, said the series had taken the decision to keep refuelling banned on environmental and competition grounds.
Asked by Motorsport.com about the prospect of bringing back refuelling for 2022, Ueno replied: “We…
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