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{{Short description|Formula racing championship}}
{{Motorsport season|link=Super Formula Lights Championship|title=[[Super Formula Lights]] Championship|year=2023|previouslink=2022 Super Formula Lights|nextlink=2024 Super Formula Lights|footer=<small>Parent series:</small><br>[[2023 Super Formula Championship|Super Formula]]|subheader=<small>Drivers' Champion: </small>[[Iori Kimura]]<br><small>Masters' Winner: </small>Nobuhiro Imada<br><small>Teams' Champion: </small>[[B-Max Racing|B-Max Racing Team]]<br><small>Manufacturers' Champion:</small><br>[[Spiess Tuning|Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau
[[File:SFL FUJI.jpg|thumb|203x203px|[[Iori Kimura]] (pictured in 2022) took the Drivers' Championship title driving for [[B-Max Racing|B-Max Racing Team]].]]
The '''2023 Super Formula Lights Championship''' was the fourth [[Super Formula Lights|Super Formula Lights Championship]] season, after the [[Japanese Formula 3 Championship]] was rebranded following the end of the 2019 season.
[[Honda in motorsport|Honda]] junior [[Iori Kimura]] won the Drivers' Championship, while his team, B-Max Racing, won the Teams' Championship. His teammate Nobuhiro Imada won the Masters' Class title, while Spiess won the Engine Manufacturer's Championship.
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hibiki Taira]]<ref name="Toyota">{{cite news|title=TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2023 motorsport team setups |url= https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/38320129.html|accessdate=25 November 2022|work=Toyota Gazoo Racing|date=25 November 2022}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Syun Koide]]<ref name="Honda2023">{{Cite web|url=https://honda.racing/post/honda-2023-motorsports-program-overview|title=Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview|date=12 December 2022|work=Honda Racing|access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref>
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|nowrap| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuhiro Imada<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Igor Fraga completes B-Max Super Formula Lights line-up |url=https://www.motorsport.com/super-formula-lights/news/igor-fraga-bmax-2023-drivers/10438650/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takashi Hata<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Round1_2_3 {{!}} 2023年 SFL シリーズカレンダー {{!}} superformula lights en |url=https://superformula-lights.com/en/2023cl/r1_2_3#p03 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=superformula-lights.com}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sota Ogawa]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Round16_17_18 {{!}} 2023年 SFL シリーズカレンダー {{!}} superformula lights en |url=https://superformula-lights.com/en/2023cl/round16_17_18#p01 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=superformula-lights.com}}</ref>
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=== Team changes ===
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=== Driver changes ===
[[TOM'S]] signed [[2021 Formula 4 UAE Championship|2021 Formula 4 UAE]] champion [[Enzo Trulli]], who moved over to Japan to replace the reigning champion [[Kazuto Kotaka]]. Kotaka graduated to [[Super Formula]] with [[Masahiko Kondō|Kondō Racing]].<ref name="Toyota"/>
[[Toda Racing]] promoted reigning Japanese F4 champion [[Syun Koide]] to replace [[Kakunoshin Ohta]] at [[Toda Racing]], as Ohta was promoted to [[Dandelion Racing]] in [[Super Formula]].<ref name="Honda2023" />
[[B-Max Racing]]'s owner [[Ryuji Kumita|"Dragon"]] switched from using Spiess engines like the rest of his team to using a TOMEI engine for his car. The team signed two international drivers in [[David Vidales]] and [[Igor Fraga]], both graduating from [[FIA Formula 3 Championship|Formula 3]], where the former came 16th in 2022 and the latter came 24th in 2020.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Gentleman driver Takashi Hata rejoined the team after not competing in 2022, while [[Togo Suganami]] and [[Roberto Merhi]] left the series.
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=== Mid-season changes ===
[[Togo Suganami]] replaced Nobuhiro Imada in the No. 4 B-Max car for the Suzuka weekend.
Imada was back for the round at Fuji, with Suganami switching to the No. 53 car of the same team to replace Takashi Hata.
Both Hata and Imada returned for Okayama, so Suganami left the series. [[Yuui Tsutsumi]] and his team, Rn-sports, also did not attend round five.
Rn-sports returned to competition for the final round, albeit with [[2023 Formula Regional Japanese Championship|Formula Regional Japanese]]
== Race calendar ==
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== Season report ==
The fourth Super Formula Lights Championship began at [[Autopolis]] in late May with [[B-Max Racing]]'s [[Iori Kimura]] taking two pole positions. His teammate [[Igor Fraga]] qualified second, but started his campaign with a stall and retired a few laps later. This promoted the [[TOM'S]] pair of [[Hibiki Taira]] and [[Yuga Furutani]] onto the podium, where they stayed until the end of the race. Race two began with [[Toda Racing]]'s [[Syun Koide]] challenging Kimura for the lead, but the latter prevailed and the former had to settle for second. Furutani completed the podium once again. The third race was another calm affair for Kimura to complete his clean sweep of the weekend, while Taira and Furutani battled out the podium places behind him. Taira
[[Sportsland Sugo]] played host for the second round, and this time Taira was the one to claim both pole positions. Multiple stalls and accidents at the start of the first race meant a lengthy safety car
Championship leaders Taira and Kimura shared pole positions for round three at [[Suzuka International Racing Course|Suzuka]]. The first race began in foggy conditions with Fraga running himself and two other cars off the road, before hitting Kimura when he rejoined. More chaos ensued when rain then started to fall, with B-Max Racing's [[Togo Suganami]] coming through to win the race ahead of Taira and his teammate [[Seita Nonaka]]. The second race was more straightforward: Kimura won from pole position, while Taira took second from Nonaka on the final straight to come home 0.185 seconds ahead. Suganami had pole position for the final race, but Taira was quicker off the line to take the lead. Nonaka started third and also finished there to make it three straight podiums. Taira won race three, taking the championship lead in the process as Kimura's non-score in the first race saw him drop two points behind.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2023-07-02 |title=Toyota junior Taira takes Super Formula Lights lead at Suzuka |url=https://formulascout.com/toyota-junior-taira-takes-super-formula-lights-lead-at-suzuka/108702 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}</ref>
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