The FIA has elevated the allocation of superlicence factors awarded for Tremendous Method for 2025, bringing it roughly in keeping with Method E and the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class.
Up till now, the champion of the Japanese single-seater sequence has obtained 25 factors, placing it in keeping with the Method Regional European Championship by Alpine, with 20 and 15 factors going to the second- and third-placed drivers respectively.
Nevertheless, in response to the most recent model of the FIA’s Worldwide Sporting Code, Tremendous Method’s allocation has been boosted for 2025, with the winner now receiving 30 factors, the second-placed driver 25 and the third-placed driver 20.
That matches each Method E and FIA Method 3, with solely Method 2 and IndyCar awarding extra, whereas bringing it roughly in sync with the WEC’s prime division, which awards 30 factors to the champions and 24 for second.
The complete allocation for the highest 10 finishers within the championship is now 30-25-20-15-12-9-7-5-3-2, which precisely mirrors the size for FIA F3.
In an announcement provided to Autosport, a spokesperson for the FIA cited the “evolution” of Tremendous Method in current seasons as a proof for the change.
“The allocation of FIA superlicence factors is usually reviewed because the single-seater pyramid modifications and develops over time,” learn the assertion.
“Throughout the newest assembly of the Superlicence Working Group, an replace to the factors allotted to Japanese Tremendous Method was accepted for implementation from 2025.
Liam Lawson, TEAM MUGEN
Photograph by: Masahide Kamio
“This replace displays the evolution of the sequence as one of many quickest single-seater competitions exterior of the FIA Method One World Championship, with the Working Group noting that there have been a number of current examples of drivers competing in Tremendous Method shifting to Method 1 and different FIA World Championship classes.”
The reference to drivers occurring to race in F1 is probably going a nod to present RB driver Liam Lawson, who completed runner-up in Tremendous Method final yr behind Ritomo Miyata.
Ryo Hirakawa and Sacha Fenestraz are two different current examples of Tremendous Method alumni who’ve gone on to race in FIA world championship classes, WEC and Method E respectively.
One other issue which will have influenced the choice to extend the variety of superlicence factors is the variety of races, which is able to enhance to 12 from the present degree of 9 as all bar two of the seven rounds develop into double-headers.
Collection organiser JRP has outlined plans to extend this quantity additional in future years, with a medium-target of 20 races held over 10 race weekends.
Present Tremendous Method factors chief Sho Tsuboi has already reached the 40-point threshold required for a superlicence on the again of his title success in Tremendous GT in 2021 and 2023.
Ought to he win the title this weekend at Suzuka, he’ll stay at 40 factors because the 20 factors earned for his 2021 GT500 title are as a consequence of expire after this season.
Sho Tsuboi, VANTELIN TEAM TOM’S
Photograph by: Masahide Kamio
Of the opposite title contenders, second-placed Tadasuke Makino at present sits on 27 factors, however is about to lose 10 of these factors after this yr, that means he would solely develop into eligible for a superlicence if he turns into champion this weekend.
Nevertheless, below the 2025 system, the additional 5 factors could be sufficient to tip him over the 40-point threshold even when he finishes second.
Tomoki Nojiri and Ayumu Iwasa have each reached the 40-point mark; Nojiri from his previous success in Tremendous Method, turning into champion in 2021 and ‘22, and Iwasa from his Method 2 performances in 2022-23.