The 2021 F4 Japanese Championship season was the seventh season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It held a total of 14 races over four double-header rounds and two triple-header rounds. [1]
All teams were Japanese-registered.
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All rounds were held in Japan and support the Super GT events. [1] [8] The revised calendar was published on 10 February 2021. [9] The second round of the championship at Suzuka Circuit was postponed from 29–30 May to 21–22 August due to COVID-19 pandemic. The nomenclature was kept, despite the round at Twin Ring Motegi being held in the meantime. [10] [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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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | SUZ [lower-alpha 1] | MOT1 | SUG | MOT2 | FUJ2 | Pts | ||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | "Hirobon" | 21 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 238 |
2 | Yutaka Toriba | Ret | 18 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 223 | ||
3 | "Dragon" | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 20 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 173 |
4 | Sergeyevich Sato | 20 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 19 | Ret | 18 | 147 | ||
5 | Makio Saito | Ret | 21 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Ret | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 144 |
6 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | 23 | 26 | 27 | Ret | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 84 |
7 | Keiji Nakao | 21 | 20 | Ret | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 73 | ||||||
8 | Nobuhiro Imada | 23 | 16 | Ret | 28 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 49 | |||||||
9 | Hachiro Osaka | 25 | 30† | 29 | 22 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 32† | 27 | Ret | 29 | 22 | Ret | 48 |
10 | Masayoshi Oyama | 27 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 31† | 29 | 24 | 28 | 26 | Ret | 45 |
11 | Makoto Hotta | 26 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 36 | ||||||||
12 | Yuichi Sasaki | Ret | 22 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 32 | |||||||||
13 | "Ikari" | 21 | 17 | 30 | ||||||||||||
14 | Yasushi Ide | 24 | 23 | 22 | ||||||||||||
15 | "Syuji" | 28 | 26 | 30 | Ret | Ret | 27 | 25 | 17 | |||||||
16 | "Yugo" | 28 | 28 | 24 | Ret | 29 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 16 | |||
17 | Tsuyoshi Usui | 17 | Ret | 15 | ||||||||||||
18 | Katsunori Keihara | 29 | 29 | 25 | Ret | 30 | 27 | Ret | 25 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 13 | |||
19 | Motohiko Isozaki | 26 | 31 | 30 | 7 | |||||||||||
20 | Hiromitsu Fujii | 30 | 30 | 32 | 1 | |||||||||||
– | Isao Nakashima | Ret | Ret | – | ||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
FUJ1 | SUZ [lower-alpha 1] | MOT1 | SUG | MOT2 | FUJ2 |
Only the best finisher scored points for their team.
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | TGR-DC Racing School | 285 |
2 | Honda Formula Dream Project | 260 |
3 | OTG Motor Sports | 160 |
4 | Saccess Racing | 59 |
5 | Skill Speed | 52 |
6 | HELM Motorsports | 34 |
7 | Bionic Jack Racing | 34 |
8 | Media Do Kageyama Racing | 7 |
9 | RSS | 3 |
10 | KRac Motorsports | 1 |
11 | Rn-sports | 1 |
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