Teams and drivers
All teams were Japanese-registered
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The 2020 F4 Japanese Championship season was the sixth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 12 races over four triple-header rounds. [1]
All teams were Japanese-registered
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All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events. [1] On 18 March 2020, the original opening round at Okayama International Circuit was postponed to an undetermined date due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. [5] [6] On 30 March 2020 it was determined the second and third rounds also had to be postponed. [7] [8] On 5 April 2020 the Super GT Series issued a revised calendar in which the F4 Japanese Championship also confirmed their schedule change, [9] [10] with a newly revised calendar being issued on 17 July 2020. [11]
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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‡ – Half points were awarded for race 2, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.
| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | SUZ ‡ | MOT | FUJ2 | Points | ||||||||
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| 1 |  Sergeyevich Sato | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 21 | Ret | 13 | 21 | 18 | 225 |
| 2 | Makio Saito | 20 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 23 | Ret | 20 | 20 | 197.5 |
| 3 | Keiji Nakao | 17 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 28 | 14 | DNS | 28 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 145.5 |
| 4 | "Ikari" | 23 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 16 | 23 | Ret | 111 |
| 5 | Hachiro Osaka | 28 | 21 | 26 | Ret | DNS | 25 | 17 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 97 |
| 6 | Makoto Hotta | 27 | 21 | 22 | Ret | 26 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 77 | |||
| 7 | Masayoshi Oyama | 27 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 64 |
| 8 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 24 | 26 | Ret | Ret | 26 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 64 |
| 9 | Yutaka Toriba | 21 | 17 | 20 | Ret | Ret | WD | DSQ | 30 | 24 | 62 | |||
| 10 | Yuichi Sasaki | 22 | 23 | 28 | Ret | 24 | 29 | 37 | ||||||
| 11 | "Yugo" | 26 | 28 | 29 | Ret | 25 | 29 | 20 | 30 | WD | 22 | 28 | 29 | 26 |
| 12 | "Tomisan" | 25 | 25 | 25 | 16 | |||||||||
| 13 | Tsuyoshi Usui | 23 | 27 | 30 | 7 | |||||||||
| 14 | Katsunori Keihara | 31 | Ret | Ret | 24 | 31 | 31 | 1 | ||||||
| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | SUZ ‡ | MOT | FUJ2 | Points | ||||||||
‡ – Half points were awarded for race 2, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.
Only the best finisher scored points for a team.
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TGR-DC Racing School | 273.5 |
| 2 | HELM Motorsports | 180.5 |
| 3 | Skill Speed | 121 |
| 4 | OTG Motor Sports | 89 |
| 5 | Bionic Jack Racing | 80 |
| 6 | Vegaplus | 80 |
| 7 | Zap Speed | 54 |
| 8 | ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | 54 |
| 9 | Saccess Racing | 18.5 |
| 10 | Fuma Horio | 14 |
| 11 | Akiland Racing | 8 |
| 12 | TOM'S Youth | 5 |
| 13 | Rn-sports | 3 |
| 14 | KRac Motorsports | 1 |
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