2024 F4 Japanese Championship

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The 2024 F4 Japanese Championship season is the tenth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 3 May at Fuji Speedway and will end on 3 November at Mobility Resort Motegi.

This is the first season for the second-generation MCSC-24 chassis constructed by Toray Carbon Magic, and the new TOM'S TMA43 engine which produces 180 horsepower, 20 more than its predecessor.[1]

Teams and drivers[edit]

All teams will compete with an identical Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 chassis and TOM'S 2-litre naturally aspirated engine.[1]

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Akiland Racing 2 Japan Keiji Nakao[2] I 1
71 Japan Masayoshi Oyama[2] I 1
96 Japan Makio Saito[2] I 1
DayDream Racing 4 Japan Yuichi Sasaki[2] I 1
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Japan Motohiro Kotani[2] I 1
Buzz Racing 9 Japan "Ken Alex"[2] I 1
90 China Lin Chenghua[2] C 1
Rn-sports 10 Japan Hibiki Komatsu[2] C 1
11 Japan Masayuki Ueda[2] I 1
Zap Speed 14 Japan Masaki Murata[2] C 1
HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 16 Japan Kotaro Shimbara[2] C 1
N-SPEED 23 Japan "Yugo"[2] I 1
Falcon Motorsport 26 Japan Takumi Saigusa[2] C 1
B-Max Racing Team[a]

HFDP with B-Max Racing Team[a] 		30 Japan "Dragon"[3] I 1
44 Japan Nobuhiro Imada[3] I 1
50 Japan Yuto Nomura[4] C 1
51 Japan Ryota Horachi[4] C 1
Drago Corse 33 Japan Itsuki Sato[2] C 1
34 Japan Hironobu Shimizu[2] C 1
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Japan Yuki Sano[5] C 1
36 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe[5] C 1
37 Japan Tokiya Suzuki[5] C 1
38 Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki[5] C 1
Eagle Sports 40 Japan Shoichiro Akamatsu[2] I 1
PONOS Racing 45 Japan Kento Omiya[2] C 1
54 Japan Rintaro Sato[2] C 1
Fujita Pharmacy Racing 46 Japan Shouma Arimura[2] C 1
Field Motorsports 55 Japan "Kentaro"[2] I 1
OTG Motor Sports 60 Japan Kenta Kumagai[2] C 1
HELM Motorsports 61 United States William Sakai[2] I 1
62 Japan Tosei Moriyama[2] C 1
63 Japan Yutaka Toriba[2] I TBC
64 Japan "Hirobon"[2] C 1
Skill Speed 77 Japan Daiki Matsuda[2] C 1
Dr.Dry 86 Japan Hachiro Osaka[2] I 1
87 Japan Rio Shimono[2] C 1
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Japan Ryo Shirasaki[2] C 1
98 Japan "Ikari"[2] I 1
Icon Class
C Champion Class
I Independent Class

Race calendar[edit]

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[6]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Class winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Japan Kotaro Shimbara Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School Japan "Dragon"
R2 4 May Japan Tosei Moriyama Japan Hironobu Shimizu Japan Tosei Moriyama HELM Motorsports Japan "Kentaro"
2 R3 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 1 June
R4 2 June
3 R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 August
R6 4 August
4 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 31 August
R8 1 September
5 R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 21 September
R10 22 September
6 R11 Autopolis, Hita 19 October
R12 20 October
7 R13 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 2 November
R14 3 November

Championship standings[edit]

Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' standings[edit]

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Champion Class
1 Japan Hironobu Shimizu 4 2 30
2 Japan Tosei Moriyama 15 1 25
3 Japan Yuki Sano 1 DNS 25
4 Japan Yuto Nomura 2 DNS 18
5 Japan Ryota Horachi 3 DNS 15
6 Japan Itsuki Sato Ret 3 15
7 Japan Kotaro Shimbara Ret 4 12
8 Japan Kenta Kumagai 10 5 11
9 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe 5 DNS 10
10 Japan Takumi Saigusa 8 7 10
11 Japan Ryo Shirasaki 6 Ret 8
12 Japan Hibiki Komatsu Ret 6 8
13 Japan Tokiya Suzuki 7 DNS 6
14 Japan Daiki Matsuda 9 8 6
15 Japan "Hirobon" Ret 9 2
16 China Lin Chenghua Ret 10 1
17 Japan Rio Shimono Ret 11 0
18 Japan Shouma Arimura 11 DNS 0
19 Japan Kento Omiya 12 DNS 0
20 Japan Masaki Murata 13 Ret 0
21 Japan Rintaro Sato 14 DNS 0
— Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki Ret DNS —
Independent Class
1 Japan "Kentaro" 4 1 37
2 Japan "Dragon" 1 DNS 25
3 Japan "Ikari" 3 5 25
4 Japan Makio Saito 7 2 24
5 Japan Keiji Nakao 2 10 19
6 Japan Motohiro Kotani 8 3 19
7 Japan Shoichiro Akamatsu 6 6 16
8 Japan Hachiro Osaka 10 4 13
9 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 5 Ret 10
10 Japan "Ken Alex" 9 7 8
11 Japan "Yugo" 11 8 4
12 United States William Sakai Ret 9 2
— Japan Yuichi Sasaki WD WD —
— Japan Masayuki Ueda WD WD —
— Japan Nobuhiro Imada WD WD —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish but classified

Teams' standings[edit]

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Pos Team FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Champion Class
1 Drago Corse 4 2 30
2 HELM Motorsports 15 1 25
3 TGR-DC Racing School 1 DNS 25
4 HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 2 DNS 18
5 HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Ret 4 12
6 OTG Motor Sports 10 5 11
7 Bionic Jack Racing 6 Ret 8
8 Falcon Motorsport 8 7 10
9 Rn-sports Ret 6 8
10 Skill Speed 9 8 6
11 Buzz Racing Ret 10 1
12 Dr. Dry Ret 11 0
13 PONOS Racing 12 DNS 0
14 Zap Speed 13 Ret 0
Independent Class
1 Field Motorsports 4 1 37
2 Akiland Racing 2 2 36
3 B-Max Racing Team 1 DNS 25
4 Bionic Jack Racing 3 5 25
5 Team 5ZIGEN 8 3 19
6 Eagle Sports 6 6 16
7 Dr. Dry 10 4 13
8 Buzz Racing 9 7 8
9 N-SPEED 11 8 4
10 HELM Motorsports Ret 9 2
— DayDream Racing WD WD —
— Rn-sports WD WD —
Pos Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Car No. 30 & 44 entered as B-Max Racing Team, and car No. 50 & 51 entered as HFDP with B-Max Racing Team

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Japanese F4 reveals Gen2 design to be introduced in 2024". formulascout. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "エントリーリスト：2024-第1戦・第2戦-富士" (PDF). fiaf4.wordpress.com. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "2024 FIA-F4 B-Max 参戦体制". b-maxracing.co.jp. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "Honda confirms Iori Kimura's place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Formula 4 Calendar". honda.racing. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

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