The 2019 F4 Japanese Championship season was the fifth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 13 April in Okayama and finished on 3 November in Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds. [1]
All teams were Japanese-registered
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All rounds will be held in Japan. The "2019 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Round 17 Japan Grand Prix Race" will be held at Suzuka Circuit on October 11-13, 2019 first time as a support race event. This "FIA-F4 Dream Cup Race" (tentative name) will be a special non-points race. [8] Other rounds supporting of the Super GT events. [1]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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1 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 13 April | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
R2 | 14 April | Kakunoshin Ohta | Ren Sato | Atsushi Miyake | Honda Formula Dream Project | ||
2 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 May | Ren Sato | Reiji Hiraki | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
R2 | 4 May | Ren Sato | Seita Nonaka | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project | ||
3 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 25 May | Kakunoshin Ohta | Kakunoshin Ohta | Kakunoshin Ohta | Honda Formula Dream Project |
R2 | 26 May | Kakunoshin Ohta | Ren Sato | Kakunoshin Ohta | Honda Formula Dream Project | ||
4 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 August | Ren Sato | Kakunoshin Ohta | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
R2 | 4 August | Ren Sato | Seita Nonaka | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project | ||
5 | R1 | Autopolis, Hita | 7 September | Atsushi Miyake | Atsushi Miyake | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
R2 | 8 September | Ren Sato | Reiji Hiraki | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project | ||
6 | R1 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 21 September | Atsushi Miyake | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
R2 | 22 September | Atsushi Miyake | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project | ||
NC | R1 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 12 October | Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis [9] | |||
R2 | 13 October | ||||||
7 | R1 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 2 November | Ren Sato | Reiji Hiraki | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
R2 | 3 November | Ren Sato | Kohta Kawaai | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
Points were awarded as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Pos | Driver | OKA | FUJ1 | SUZ | FUJ2 | AUT | SUG | MOT | Points | |||||||
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1 | Sergeyevich Sato | 12 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 32 | 241 |
2 | "Dragon" | 11 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 182 | ||
3 | Keizi Nakao | 27 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 27 | 21 | 17 | 29 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 171 |
4 | Makio Saito | 23 | Ret | 24 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 34 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 147 |
5 | "Ikari" | 19 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 23 | 134 | ||
6 | Makoto Hotta | 18 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 126 |
7 | Yuichi Sasaki | 26 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 112 | ||||||
8 | Hachiro Osaka | 24 | 19 | 27 | Ret | 26 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 92 |
9 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 21 | 18 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 26 | Ret | 27 | 26 | Ret | 28 | 56 |
10 | Masayoshi Oyama | 22 | 22 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 24 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 49 |
11 | "Syuji" | 26 | 25 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 26 | Ret | 25 | 26 | 29 | 43 |
12 | "Yugo" | 25 | 26 | 32 | Ret | 34 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 15 |
13 | Hideki Hirota | 22 | Ret | 12 | ||||||||||||
14 | "Ryo" | 25 | Ret | 10 | ||||||||||||
15 | Yasushi Ide | 29 | 23 | 10 | ||||||||||||
16 | "Don Luciano" | 32 | 25 | 8 | ||||||||||||
17 | Hironori Kikuchi | 31 | 27 | 4 | ||||||||||||
18 | Mitsuji Inagaki | 27 | Ret | 2 |
Pos | Team | Pts. |
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1 | Honda Formula Dream Project | 350 |
2 | Media Do Kageyama Racing | 137 |
3 | TOM'S Spirit | 134 |
4 | Le Beausset Motorsports | 131 |
5 | OTG Motor Sports | 128 |
6 | Silver Star Racing | 69 |
7 | Saccess Racing | 65 |
8 | Bionic Jack Racing | 35 |
9 | Skill Speed | 17 |
10 | Zap Speed | 12 |
11 | Ateam Buzz Motorsport | 9 |
12 | Rn-sports | 1 |
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