The 2023 F4 Japanese Championship season was the ninth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 14 races over seven double-header rounds. [1]
All teams & drivers were Japanese-registered.
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All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events. [1]
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 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | Pts | |||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | Makoto Fujiwara | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 191 |
2 | Keiji Nakao | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16† | 5 | 11 | 1 | 179 |
3 | Makio Saito | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 157 |
4 | Yutaka Toriba | 1 | Ret | 10 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 152 | ||
5 | Masayuki Ueda | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 2 | 5 | 139 |
6 | "Dragon" | 5 | 4 | 3 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 3 | 134 |
7 | Nobuhiro Imada | 3 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 1 | DNS | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 110 | ||
8 | Reijiro Yamazaki | 6 | 5 | DNQ | DNQ | 13† | 10 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 61 |
9 | Masayoshi Oyama | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 50 |
10 | "Kentaro" | 11 | 7 | 7 | 14† | 6 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 41 |
11 | Tadakazu Kojima | 10 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 38 | ||
12 | Isao Nakashima | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 9 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
13 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | ||||||||||
14 | Norio Tsukamoto | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 26 | ||||||
15 | Hiroyuki Saka | 7 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 22 | ||||||||||
16 | Bunsei Okawa | 14 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 14 | ||||||||||
17 | Yuichi Sasaki | 14 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 10 | ||||||||
18 | "Yugo" | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 17 | Ret | 15 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
19 | Hachiro Osaka | 9 | Ret | 15 | 12 | 14† | Ret | Ret | 9 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
20 | Masahiro Aoai | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
21 | Shoichiro Akamatsu | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
22 | Tsuyoshi Usui | DNS | DNS | 10 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||
23 | "Syuji" | 13 | 15 | Ret | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
– | Kazuaki Yasui | DNQ | DNQ | – | ||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT |
Only the best finisher scored points for their team.
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | TGR-DC Racing School | 290 |
2 | Honda Formula Dream Project | 232 |
3 | Bionic Jack Racing | 82 |
4 | Akiland Racing | 63 |
5 | Zap Speed | 58 |
6 | PONOS Racing | 53 |
7 | Buzz Racing | 48 |
8 | HELM Motorsports | 33 |
9 | Dr.Dry | 29 |
10 | Media Do Kageyama Racing | 12 |
11 | Skill Speed | 4 |
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