2022 F4 Japanese Championship

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The 2022 F4 Japanese Championship season was the eighth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 14 races over seven double-header rounds. [1]

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Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered

TeamNo.DriverClassRounds
Field Motorsports3Sergeyevich SatoI1–2
55"Kentaro"IAll
Honda Formula Dream Project 5 Syun Koide All
6Kazuma NishimuraAll
7 Yusuke Mitsui All
SD-Style8Takumi Sanada1
Rn-sports11Itsuki Sato1
Isao NakashimaI2, 4
"Hirobon"I6
"Daisuke"I7
99Yoshitsugu KondoIAll
Hitotsuyama Racing13Daiki Fujiwara1–5, 7
Zap Speed14Kotaro ShimbaraAll
86Hachiro OsakaIAll
87 Rio Shimono All
Media Do Kageyama Racing 15Wataru YoshimuraAll
16Takuya OtakiAll
Akiland Racing18Makoto HottaI1–2
Ryota Horachi 3–4, 7
Yuta Fujiwara5–6
224, 7
71Masayoshi OyamaIAll
72"Hirobon"I7
96Makio SaitoIAll
KRac Motorsports19Shinnosuke Ito1–5
N-SPEED23"Yugo"IAll
Tsuyoshi Usui24Tsuyoshi UsuiI2, 6
RSS27"Syuji"IAll
Saccess Racing29Yasushi IdeI1
Daitetsu Ueno2
Tadakazu KojimaI3–7
39Hikaru JitoshoAll
40Daitetsu Ueno4
B-Max Racing Team 30 "Dragon" IAll
44Nobuhiro ImadaI1–2
50Yuki Mishima1–2
Buzz Racing31Jiei OkuzumiAll
32Shion Tsujimoto1–2, 4–7
Daisuke Takaguchi3
33Katsunori KeiharaI1–3
Ayato Iwasaki4, 6–7
Teppei Tsuruta5
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Rin Arakawa All
36 Rikuto Kobayashi All
37 Jin Nakamura All
38Ryoma HenzanAll
Team Hero's41Shunji OkumotoAll
Tokaidenso MD45Toshihiro KubotaI7
Bionic Jack Racing 47Yuta Fujiwara1–3
Sena Yamamoto6–7
81 Kazuhisa Urabe All
97 Yugo Iwasawa All
HELM Motorsports 61Takumi Sato2–4, 7
Itsuki Sato5
62Fuma HorioAll
63Yutaka ToribaIAll
Team RCOM68Ryunosuke Shibata2, 4
Skill Speed77Gento MiyashitaAll
OTG Motor Sports 80 Reimei Ito All
Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]
IconClass
IIndependent Cup

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events. [1]

RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamIndependent Cup winner
1R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Syun Koide Rin Arakawa Yusuke Mitsui [lower-alpha 1] Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
R24 May Syun Koide Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
2R3 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 28 May Syun Koide Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Makio Saito
R429 May Syun Koide Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
3R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 6 August Syun Koide [lower-alpha 2] Rikuto Kobayashi Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
R67 August Rikuto Kobayashi [lower-alpha 3] Yugo Iwasawa Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
4R7 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 27 August Yusuke Mitsui Syun Koide Yusuke Mitsui Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
R828 August Yusuke Mitsui Yusuke Mitsui Yusuke Mitsui Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
5R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 17 September Syun Koide Jin Nakamura Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
R1018 September Jin Nakamura Jin Nakamura Jin Nakamura TGR-DC Racing School Yutaka Toriba
6R11 Autopolis, Hita 1 October Syun Koide Jin Nakamura Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project "Hirobon"
R122 October Syun Koide Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project "Dragon"
7R13 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 5 November Rikuto Kobayashi Rikuto Kobayashi Rikuto Kobayashi TGR-DC Racing School "Dragon"
R146 November Rikuto Kobayashi Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

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

Drivers' standings

PosDriver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
1 Syun Koide Ret11111221261121279
2 Yusuke Mitsui 12223211423344246
3 Rin Arakawa 4213152433832232175
4 Jin Nakamura 106876974214675126
5 Yugo Iwasawa 2454439Ret1256467125
6 Rikuto Kobayashi 851587545375DNS16120
7 Reimei Ito 331065711910101079Ret68
8Kazuma Nishimura28945911679895101060
9Gento Miyashita11711Ret1085671216168354
10Fuma Horio141016181162615541110161532
11Jiei Okuzumi58202316Ret22201616Ret125Ret24
12Takumi Sato63RetRet1711Ret1223
13Takuya Otaki12367108141012Ret13730Ret1718
14Ryoma Henzan619Ret913161416131412935†816
15Teppei Tsuruta6910
16Ayato Iwasaki203188Ret910
17Daiki Fujiwara1612351128Ret161711611118
18 Kazuhisa Urabe 937251914138101819191417197
19Shunji Okumoto7131313121215131711151715146
20Kotaro Shimbara131114121510128151713131233†5
21Yuki Mishima17Ret9212
22Yuta Fujiwara20172322Ret2225141920141114130
23Daitetsu Ueno121436190
24 Ryota Horachi 201813291332†0
25Itsuki Sato211814150
26Shion Tsujimoto181426RetRet302123312018180
27Wataru Yoshimura15RetWDWD17152122Ret2117Ret33220
28Shinnosuke ItoRet1521Ret182119Ret20220
29Sena YamamotoRet1519200
30Hikaru Jitosho19RetRet16311718233118201822Ret0
31 Rio Shimono 34162234212033182324181921Ret0
32Yutaka Toriba22201820191923242225252523160
33Ryunosuke Shibata191724210
34Makio Saito25231724232327Ret24Ret222424230
35 "Dragon" 2322242533Ret30RetRet30Ret2120210
36"Hirobon"2131Ret310
37Tadakazu Kojima252934332727232228260
38Daisuke Takaguchi22300
39Yoshitsugu Kondo2728303526Ret29252528Ret2326Ret0
40Hachiro Osaka3029332624242826RetRet272925240
41Sergeyevich Sato242429360
42Tsuyoshi Usui322724280
43"Kentaro"36333429302531282631262727250
44Makoto Hotta312527300
45Masayoshi Oyama32272831272635272829302630270
46Nobuhiro Imada2626RetDNS0
47"Syuji"333236282927Ret3429Ret283232Ret0
48"Yugo"383437333228323230Ret293334300
49Toshihiro Kubota29280
50Takumi Sanada29310
50"Daisuke"31290
52Yasushi Ide35300
53Isao Nakashima3137†0
54Katsunori Keihara3735383234Ret0
PosDriverR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT
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

Independent Cup

PosDriver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
1Yutaka Toriba11211111115521306
2Makio Saito4312222Ret2Ret2433202
3 "Dragon" 223310Ret5RetRet5Ret112155
4Yoshitsugu Kondo687125Ret4233Ret35Ret113
5Hachiro Osaka791043333RetRet7944113
6Tadakazu Kojima4887523276101
7"Kentaro"1212117846546676592
8Masayoshi Oyama97596594641069789
9"Syuji"101112676Ret87Ret81111Ret37
10Sergeyevich Sato3461335
11Makoto Hotta854830
12"Yugo"1413131197768Ret912121029
13Tsuyoshi Usui954828
14"Hirobon"110Ret1126
15Nobuhiro Imada56RetDNS18
16Toshihiro Kubota888
17Isao Nakashima814†4
18"Daisuke"1093
19Katsunori Keihara1314141011Ret1
20Yasushi Ide11101
PosDriverR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scores points for their team.

PosTeamPoints
1 Honda Formula Dream Project 336
2 TGR-DC Racing School 225
3 Bionic Jack Racing 128
4 OTG Motor Sports 68
5 HELM Motorsports 55
6Skill Speed54
7Buzz Racing44
8 Media Do Kageyama Racing 18
9Hitotsuyama Racing8
10Team Hero's6
11Zap Speed5
12 B-Max Racing Team 2

Notes

  1. ↑ Reimei Ito crossed the line first but was given a 5 second penalty. Mitsui inherited the win.
  2. ↑ The qualifying session was cancelled due to heavy fog. The starting grid was set by the fastest overall times from the practice sessions.
  3. ↑ Due to the cancellation of qualifying, the starting grid was set from the fastest lap times set in the first race.

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  2. ↑ "2022 第1戦・第2戦 富士スピードウェイ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "2022 第3戦・第4戦 鈴鹿サーキット". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "2022 第5戦・第6戦 富士スピードウェイ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "2022 第7戦・第8戦 鈴鹿サーキット". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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