2016 F4 Japanese Championship

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The 2016 F4 Japanese Championship season was the second season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 9 April in Okayama and finished on 13 November on Twin Ring Motegi after fourteen races held across six rounds. [1]

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Teams and drivers

TeamNo.DriverRounds
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Sasaki2 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Sasaki2–4, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Sutekina Racing Team3 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Urata1–2
Flag of Japan.svg Miku Ikejima3–4, 6
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda 5
Flag of Japan.svg Field Motorsport4 Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno All
25 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki TakahashiAll
55 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Hata1–2, 4–5
75 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Tezuka4
Flag of Japan.svg Honda Formula Dream Project 7 Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Ishizaka [2] All
8 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Kamimura [2] All
9 Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi [2] All
10 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya OtakiAll
Flag of Japan.svg Rn-sports11 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu All
Flag of Japan.svg B-MAX Racing Team 13 Flag of Japan.svg Motoyoshi Yoshida1–2, 4–6
Flag of Japan.svg "Syuji"3
50 Flag of Japan.svg Shinji SawadaAll
Flag of Hong Kong.svg KCMG 14 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nemoto All
Flag of Japan.svg CMS Motorsports Project15 Flag of Japan.svg Yuga Katsumata2–6
Flag of Japan.svg Media Do Kageyama Racing 16 Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara All
Flag of Japan.svg Buzz International17 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Inui1
Flag of Japan.svg Junpei Kato2–6
18 Flag of Japan.svg Shigetomo Shimono1–5
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Urata6
Flag of Italy.svg VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr. 19 Flag of Japan.svg Rikiya Kanazawa6
63 Flag of South Korea.svg Do Yun HwangAll
Flag of Japan.svg RSS21 Flag of Japan.svg "Dragon"1–5
Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Jin6
Flag of Japan.svg N-SPEED23 Flag of Japan.svg "Yugo"All
Flag of Japan.svg Eagle Sport29 Flag of Japan.svg Turbo AsahiAll
30 Flag of Japan.svg Kuninori NakaneAll
Flag of Japan.svg miNami aoYama Project32 Flag of Japan.svg Ayaka Imahashi1–2
33 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama 1
Flag of Japan.svg Miku Ikejima2
Flag of Japan.svg TOM'S Spirit 36 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata All
37 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka All
Flag of Japan.svg Garage Chabatake38 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Anbe2, 4
58 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma AbeAll
Flag of Japan.svg Team Right Way47 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Ban6
Flag of Japan.svg Silver Star Racing51 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoka Goibuchi2–3
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung Woo5
Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Tokumasu6
Flag of Japan.svg Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 52 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Kokuzawa1–4
Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama 6
Flag of Japan.svg Le Beausset Motorsports60 Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai All
61 Flag of Japan.svg Reiji Hiraki All
62 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Hiraki All
Flag of Japan.svg Skill Speed66 Flag of Japan.svg Riku HashimotoAll
Flag of Japan.svg leprix sport70 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya TairaAll
Flag of Japan.svg Reon Kids Racing73 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoka Goibuchi6
Flag of Japan.svg Team Plus 10 ・ NRS83 Flag of Japan.svg Ryosuke TakehiraAll
Flag of Japan.svg Zap Speed Racing Team86 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiko Hachiro
Flag of Japan.svg "Osaka Hachiro"		1–2, 4
5–6
Flag of Japan.svg Succeed Sports88 Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro KawabataAll
89 Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Kiyohara1–3

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events. The Autopolis round, initially scheduled for May 22nd, has been cancelled in the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. [3] On July 1, it was finally decided that one of the cancelled races will be held at the fourth round at Fuji and the other at the season finale at Motegi, both rounds becoming triple-header rounds. [4]

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning driverWinning team
1R1 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 9 April Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata Flag of Japan.svg Succeed Sports
R210 April Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Ishizaka Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata Flag of Japan.svg Succeed Sports
2R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka Flag of Japan.svg TOM'S Spirit
R24 May Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Sawada Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka Flag of Japan.svg TOM'S Spirit
3R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 23 July Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu Flag of Japan.svg Rn-sports
R224 July Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka Flag of Japan.svg TOM'S Spirit
4R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 6 August Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan.svg TOM'S Spirit
R27 August Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan.svg TOM'S Spirit
R3 Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Hiraki Flag of Japan.svg Le Beausset Motorsports
5R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 27 August Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Otaki Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Otaki Flag of Japan.svg Honda Formula Dream Project
R228 August Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu Flag of Japan.svg Rn-sports
6R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 12 November Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai Flag of Japan.svg Le Beausset Motorsports
R2 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi Flag of Japan.svg Honda Formula Dream Project
R313 November Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Hiraki Flag of Japan.svg Le Beausset Motorsports

Championship standings

Only the best thirteen results counts towards the championship. Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Points251815121086421

Drivers' standings

PosDriver OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata 5RetRet2DSQ21146622211142
2 Flag of Japan.svg Sena Sakaguchi 2Ret34Ret9323242Ret115138
3 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiki Oyu 84Ret141464244113310126
4 Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Ishizaka43525218455572684119
5 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Kotaka 101011DSQ1225167Ret24416113
6 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Hiraki Ret515845101418113181106
7 Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Sawada616231514528Ret335133106
8 Flag of Japan.svg Takuro Shinohara 12941510127321512Ret6280
9 Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kawabata11RetRetRet628861281526878
10 Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Kohno 7RetRet56Ret9626139211564
11 Flag of Japan.svg Kohta Kawaai Ret687510141327251419Ret56
12 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya OtakiRet153319813811Ret13085655
13 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nemoto 9766Ret3Ret71910102071353
14 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Kamimura329107Ret129281421Ret101845
15 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Takahashi1114729381322182651414741
16 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda 2430
17 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Taira1618162819112424Ret9134Ret2714
18 Flag of Japan.svg Turbo Asahi1481092221Ret189Ret17Ret16209
19 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Urata223013Ret632Ret8
20 Flag of Japan.svg Reiji Hiraki 25131211Ret73223Ret1120211298
21 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Abe302720241226Ret127172812DSQDSQ6
22 Flag of Japan.svg Junpei Kato171614221915Ret1915720176
23 Flag of Japan.svg Yuga Katsumata22Ret172015Ret8222232DNSDNS4
24 Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Kiyohara131211139152
25 Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Jin924192
26 Flag of Japan.svg Riku Hashimoto192019Ret1816182110181623Ret261
27 Flag of Japan.svg Ryosuke Takehira202123Ret13191120Ret23191015121
28 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Tezuka2310Ret1
29 Flag of Japan.svg Rikiya Kanazawa1119140
30 Flag of Japan.svg "Dragon"1824181711292119Ret21230
31 Flag of Japan.svg Miku Ikejima242021202017112725Ret0
32 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Koyama Ret112821240
33 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Kokuzawa3123143216301626120
34 Flag of South Korea.svg Do Yun Hwang17252812RetRet172721292418Ret210
35 Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Sasaki30222323263113Ret27280
36 Flag of Japan.svg Kuninori Nakane2626292624Ret29291427272528Ret0
37 Flag of Japan.svg Shigetomo Shimono151721181724Ret162216180
38 Flag of Japan.svg Motoyoshi Yoshida2728272727321530292929310
39 Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Tokumasu1917220
40 Flag of Japan.svg Kotoka Goibuchi252126251722230
41 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Anbe26302235170
42 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Inui23190
43 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung Woo20260
44 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiko Hachiro
Flag of Japan.svg "Osaka Hachiro"		2931323131342032313030290
45 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Hata21RetRetRet25302328250
46 Flag of Japan.svg Ayaka Imahashi2422RetRet0
47 Flag of Japan.svg "Yugo"28293123272830332531Ret3131300
48 Flag of Japan.svg "Syuji"25270
PosDriver OKA FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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

Teams' standings

PosTeamPts.
1 Flag of Japan.svg Honda Formula Dream Project203
2 Flag of Japan.svg TOM'S Spirit 182
3 Flag of Japan.svg Rn-sports125
4 Flag of Japan.svg Le Beausset Motorsports99
5 Flag of Japan.svg B-Max Racing Team 91
6 Flag of Japan.svg Field Motorsport79
7 Flag of Japan.svg Succeed Sports76
8 Flag of Japan.svg Media Do Kageyama Racing 63
9 Flag of Hong Kong.svg KCMG 53
10 Flag of Japan.svg Sutekina Racing Team30
11 Flag of Japan.svg Leprix Sport14
12 Flag of Japan.svg Eagle Sport9
13 Flag of Japan.svg Buzz International8
14 Flag of Japan.svg Garage Chabatake6
15 Flag of Japan.svg CMS Motorsports Project4
16 Flag of Japan.svg RSS2
17 Flag of Japan.svg Skill Speed1
18 Flag of Japan.svg Team Plus 10 NRS1

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