F4 Japanese Championship

Sports festival

Not to be confused with Japan Formula 4.

F4 Japanese Championship

Category| FIA Formula 4
Country| Japan
Constructors| Dome
Engine suppliers| TOM'S Toyota
Tyre suppliers| Dunlop
Drivers' champion|  Rikuto Kobayashi
Teams' champion|  TGR-DC Racing School
Official website| Official website
Current season

The F4 Japanese Championship (ＦＩＡ－フォーミュラ４ 地方選手権, FIA F4 Chihou Senshuken)[1] is a formula racing series held in Japan regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was held in 2015.

## History[edit]

Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commission launched the FIA Formula 4 in March 2013.[2] The goal of the Formula 4 is to make the ladder to Formula 1 more transparent. Besides sporting and technical regulations, costs are regulated too. A car to compete in this category may not exceed €30.000 in purchase. A single season in Formula 4 may not exceed €100.000 in costs. The Japanese F4 will be the one of the second phase Formula 4 championship to be launched. The first phase championships was the Italian F4 Championship and the Formula 4 Sudamericana which started in 2014.

The F4 Japanese Championship was launched by the GT Association on 16 December 2014.[1] All rounds are support events to the Super GT.

Japanese race car constructor Dome was contracted to design and build all the cars.[1] The cars are constructed out of carbon fibre and feature a monocoque chassis. The engine is a 2.0 TOM'S Toyota and Dunlop (Sumitomo Rubber Industries) is the tyre supplier.

## Point system[edit]

Position  |  1st |  2nd |  3rd |  4th |  5th |  6th |  7th |  8th |  9th |  10th

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Points  | 20  | 15  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 1

## Champions[edit]

All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered.

### Drivers[edit]

Season  | Driver  | Team  | Poles | Wins  | Podiums  | Fastest laps  | Points  | Clinched  | Margin

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2015 |  Sho Tsuboi |  TOM'S Spirit | 4  | 7  | 10  | 4  | 195 | Race 14 of 14  | 3
2016 |  Ritomo Miyata |  TOM'S Spirit | 2  | 2  | 5  | 3  | 142  | Race 14 of 14  | 4
2017 |  Ritomo Miyata |  TOM'S Spirit | 5  | 4  | 11  | 6  | 231  | Race 14 of 14  | 7
2018 |  Yuki Tsunoda |  Honda Formula Dream Project  | 8  | 7  | 11  | 4  | 245  | Race 14 of 14  | 14
2019 |  Ren Sato |  Honda Formula Dream Project  | 8  | 11  | 13  | 5  | 311  | Race 10 of 14  | 164
2020 |  Hibiki Taira |  TGR-DC Racing School | 7  | 10  | 12  | 4  | 270.5  | Race 10 of 12  | 90
2021 |  Seita Nonaka |  TGR-DC Racing School | 1  | 6  | 8  | 5  | 217  | Race 14 of 14  | 4
2022 |  Syun Koide |  Honda Formula Dream Project  | 8  | 9  | 12  | 6  | 279  | Race 14 of 14  | 33
2023 |  Rikuto Kobayashi |  TGR-DC Racing School | 5  | 5  | 9  | 4  | 221  | Race 14 of 14  | 12

### Teams[edit]

Season  | Team  | Poles | Wins  | Podiums  | Fastest laps  | Points  | Margin

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2015 |  TOM'S Spirit | 4  | 7  | 10  | 4  | 225  | 9
2016 |  Honda Formula Dream Project  | 1  | 2  | 12  | 3  | 203  | 21
2017 |  Honda Formula Dream Project  | 9  | 11  | 26  | 6  | 314  | 83
2018 |  Honda Formula Dream Project  | 12  | 10  | 23  | 7  | 316  | 106
2019 |  Honda Formula Dream Project  | 14  | 14  | 25  | 14  | 350  | 213
2020 |  TGR-DC Racing School | 7  | 10  | 17  | 4  | 273.5  | 93
2021 |  TGR-DC Racing School | 3  | 8  | 17  | 10  | 285  | 25
2022 |  Honda Formula Dream Project  | 10  | 12  | 23  | 7  | 336  | 111
2023 |  TGR-DC Racing School | 6  | 8  | 22  | 5  | 290  | 58

### Independent Cup[edit]

Season  | Driver  | Team  | Wins (Indep/Cup)  | Podiums (Indep/Cup)  | Points (Indep/Cup)  | Margin

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2018 |  Masayuki Ueda  |  Rn-sports  | 2  | 10  | 207  | 6
2019 |  Sergeyevich Sato  |  Field Motorsport  | 5  | 11  | 241  | 59
2020 |  Sergeyevich Sato  |  Field Motorsport  | 6  | 10  | 225  | 27.5
2021 |  "Hirobon"  |  Rn-sports  | 4  | 11  | 238  | 15
2022 |  Yutaka Toriba  |  Helm Motorsports  | 10  | 12  | 306  | 104
2023 |  Makoto Fujiwara  |  B-Max Racing Team | 3  | 5  | 191  | 12

## Circuits[edit]

* Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2023 season.

Number  | Circuits  | Rounds  | Years

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1  |  Fuji Speedway | 16[a] | 2015–present
2  |  Suzuka International Racing Course | 9[b] | 2015–present
Mobility Resort Motegi | 9[c] | 2015–present
4  |  Sportsland Sugo | 7  | 2015–2019, 2021–present
5  |  Autopolis | 5  | 2015, 2017–2019, 2022–present
Okayama International Circuit | 5  | 2015–2019

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Fuji Speedway hosted 2 rounds every year.
2. ^ Suzuka International Racing Course hosted 2 rounds in 2022.
3. ^ Mobility Resort Motegi hosted 2 rounds in 2021.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP selects Dunlop Tire as its official designated tire". Super GT. GT–Association. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
2. ^ "FIA reveals Formula 4 plan". Autosport. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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Formula racing ladder in Japan

Tier I|

* Super Formula Championship (1973–present)

Tier II|

* Super Formula Lights (2020–present)
* Formula Regional Japanese Championship (2020–present)
* Japanese Formula 3 Championship (1979–2019)
* Formula Crane 45 (1991–1992)

Tier III|

* Formula Mirage (1990–1995)
* Formula Toyota (1990–2007)
* Japan Formula 4 (1993–present)
* Formula Dream (1999–2005)
* Formula Challenge Japan (2006–2013)
* F4 Japanese Championship (2015–present)

Tier IV|

* FJ1600 (1980–2010)
* Super FJ (2007–present)

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FIA Formula 4 Championships

Italian F4 Championship|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

F4 British Championship|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

F4 Japanese Championship|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

F4 Chinese Championship|

* 2015–16
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Formula 4 Australian Championship|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2024

NACAM Formula 4 Championship|

* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

F4 Spanish Championship|

* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Formula 4 United States Championship|

* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship|

* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018
* 2019
* 2023

Formula 4 UAE Championship|

* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

French F4 Championship|

* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

F4 Brazilian Championship|

* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Formula 4 CEZ Championship|

* 2023
* 2024

Formula Winter Series|

* 2023
* 2024

F1 Academy|

* 2023
* 2024

Euro 4 Championship|

* 2023
* 2024

F4 Indian Championship|

* 2023

F4 Saudi Arabian Championship|

* 2024

Upcoming/Proposed

F4 Middle East Championship|

* 2025

Defunct

ADAC Formula 4|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022

F4 NEZ/SMP F4 Championship|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

F4 Danish Championship|

* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

F4 Argentina Championship|

* 2021

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