SFormula has expressed a desire for Honda and Toyota to favour signing international drivers in future instead of their own junior talent:
The new chairman of championship promoter JRP, whose eponymous Kondo Racing team is active in both Super Formula and SUPER GT, has previously expressed his desire to broaden the category's international appeal.
However, speaking during an informal media gathering at last month’s Suzuka race, he acknowledged that both Honda and Toyota will have to change their attitudes towards defaulting to promoting their domestic junior drivers in order to make this a reality. “I don’t want the manufacturers to use Super Formula as a training ground for their young drivers with an eye on the future, rather I want to make the here and now more exciting.
The number of non-Japanese drivers in Super Formula stood at approximately one third of the grid immediately prior to the pandemic in 2019.
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