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The Dallara SF19 Super Formula '19 is a racing car built by Dallara for use in the Super Formula Championship. It appears in Gran Turismo Sport (as part of Update 1.36) and Gran Turismo 7.

Two versions of the car are available in the game, featuring Honda and Toyota engines, respectively. Apart from different engine sounds, branding stickers and car numbers, the two cars are otherwise identical; however liveries created for each version are not interchangeable.

In-game description[]

"Both Toyota and Honda provide engines for the Super Formula series. This is the one from Honda/Toyota."

The top level Formula Racing in Japan, the Super Formula Series switched the chassis of their race cars to the Dallara SF19 for the 2019 Season competition.

The SF19 is a successor to the SF14 that was used from 2014 to 2018, also designed by Dallara of Italy. Carrying over the agile and light weight concept, the new car was made to meet the F1 safety requirement established by the FIA in 2016, including the introduction of the HALO cockpit protection system for improved safety. It also incorporates revisions in its aerodynamics to balance competition and entertainment value, improving controllability when in close proximity to other cars so that it will be easier to overtake.

The car continues to use the NRE engine introduced in 2014. This is a turbocharged 2 litre inline 4 cylinder with direct injection, specially developed by Toyota and Honda under common regulations and sharing the same components such as the turbine and ECU. The maximum output is unchanged at over 542 BHP, but there is a very fierce development competition within the narrow range allowed between the two engine producers.

Brand Central (GT7)[]

The Dallara SF19 Super Formula was built for Japan's top-level formula racing series. The engines used in the Super Formula Championship are known as Nippon Racing Engines. They are turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4s that produce more than 542.4 HP. They're supplied by both Toyota and Honda. This particular car has the Honda/Toyota engine.

Café (GT7)[]

Jeremy (Honda)[]

This SF19 was built for Japan's top formula racing series, the Super Formula Championship. The Super Formula is the preeminent formula racing event in all of Asia... And is considered the quickest motorsport after F1. In Super Formula races, drivers tend to show their skill through overtaking manoeuvres. By the way, are you familiar with overtaking systems? It is a system that allows a driver to momentarily increase the flow of fuel to the engine for increased speed![1] It requires plenty of control and the utmost technique! This Honda-powered SF19 conjures up memories of Alex Palou's record victory. Palou later went on to compete in the IndyCar series, a formula racing series held in the USA.

Jeremy (Toyota)[]

Well, if it isn't an SF19, built for Japan's top formula racing series, the Super Formula Championship! Pop quiz! Do you know who supplies the SF19 with its engines? The answer is... Toyota and Honda! This machine here is powered by a Toyota engine, and was raced by Kazuki Nakajima and Kamui Kobayashi. That's right, two racers whom Toyota trained for the F1 Grand Prix! Although it puts out about half the power of an F1 car, it's small and light, and aerodynamically on par. Thanks to their F1 experience, its drivers have been able to push it to its limits. Nick Cassidy was the series champion when this machine made its debut in 2019.

Acquisition[]

Note that the price is the same for both the Honda and Toyota versions.
Game Purchase location Credits Other methods
Gran Turismo Sport
(Update Iconv1.36+)
Super Formula Brand Central 1,000,000 ---
Gran Turismo 7 Super Formula Brand Central 1,000,000 Honda version: Complete GT Café Extra Book 16: Honda Motorsports
Red Bull/Walmart livery: Redeem the code given from uploading a proof of purchase of specially marked Red Bull 4-pack at Walmart in North America (available September 1 to October 31, 2022)[2][3]

Trivia[]

  • The liveries that the AI use in the Super Formula Championships event in GT Sport are mostly based on various 2018 Super Formula liveries:
    • The Autohaus Uwe car is based on the #55 and #56 former Autobacs Racing Team Aguri car.
    • The Blue+ car is based on the #64 and #65 TCS Nakajima Racing car.
    • The Blu Strada livery is based on the #15 Team Mugen car.
    • The Burn livery is based on the #18 carrozerria Team KCMG car.
    • The Maxwell Battery livery, intending to represent the #50 BMAX car, resembles the livery used by the 2001 Jordan EJ11.
    • The Mistral livery is based on the #7 UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans car.
    • The Performax livery is based on the #1 and #2 P.mu Cerumo INGING car.
    • The Petroheads livery is based on the #36 and #37 Petronas Tom's car used between 2008 (when the series was still named Formula Nippon) to 2015.
    • The Transurban livery is based on the #5 and #6 DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing car.
    • The Zero livery is based on older #31 and #32 Nakajima Racing liveries, when the team was sponsored by PIAA.
      • Although those AI liveries are not accessible to the player (unless recreated), the liveries also appear in the Spec II introduction movie.
  • Starting from GT Sport update 1.38, custom tire stickers can be placed on the car, although the choices are limited compared to those available on the grouped race cars.
  • Starting from GT Sport update 1.53, the center post of the halo system is made transparent to simulate the way the driver sees in real life while in the cockpit view.
  • While the Michelin Pilot Sport tire stickers (added in GT Sport version 1.61) cannot be chosen in the Livery Editor (only the regular Michelin tire stickers are available), the game will use it on the FIA Gran Turismo Championship/Gran Turismo World Series races in Sport Mode.
  • GT Sport's car list on the Gran Turismo website, it mentions that the car's manufacturer is listed as Dallara.
  • Because the car's push-to-pass system is treated as a nitrous system in GT7 that cannot be removed, it is not possible to use the car in races where nitrous is prohibited, or in online lobby races where tuning is prohibited.

Pictures[]

GT Sport Liveries[]

NOTE: Each livery has two variants: one with white trim and one with red trim, indicated by the sensor above the drivers head and the edge of the front wing. White trim liveries are also a race number higher than the red trim liveries.

Notes[]

  1. Written in-game as "It is a system that allows a driver momentarily increases the flow of fuel to the engine for increased speed!"
  2. Walmart announcement on Twitter
  3. Red Bull Gran Turismo 7 website
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