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All cars will be from Toray Carbon Magic second-generation F4 chassis with TOM’S continuing as engine supplier. The engine will feature a 20-horsepower increase in maximum power output to 180bhp. [1]
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The 2024 F4 Japanese Championship season is the tenth season of the F4 Japanese Championship.
All cars will be from Toray Carbon Magic second-generation F4 chassis with TOM’S continuing as engine supplier. The engine will feature a 20-horsepower increase in maximum power output to 180bhp. [1]
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All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events. [6]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Independent Cup winner | |
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| 1 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 May | |||||
| R2 | 4 May | |||||||
| 2 | R3 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 1 June | |||||
| R4 | 2 June | |||||||
| 3 | R5 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 August | |||||
| R6 | 4 August | |||||||
| 4 | R7 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 31 August | |||||
| R8 | 1 September | |||||||
| 5 | R9 | Sportsland Sugo, Murata | 21 September | |||||
| R10 | 22 September | |||||||
| 6 | R11 | Autopolis, Hita | 19 October | |||||
| R12 | 20 October | |||||||
| 7 | R13 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi | 2 November | |||||
| R14 | 3 November | |||||||
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 | 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 | |||
 Keiji Nakao | ||||||||||||||||
| Masayoshi Oyama | ||||||||||||||||
| Makio Saito | ||||||||||||||||
| Yuichi Sasaki | ||||||||||||||||
| Motohiro Kotani | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Alex | ||||||||||||||||
| Masayuki Ueda | ||||||||||||||||
| "Yugo" | ||||||||||||||||
| "Dragon" | ||||||||||||||||
| Nobuhiro Imada | ||||||||||||||||
| Shoichiro Akamatsu | ||||||||||||||||
| "Kentaro" | ||||||||||||||||
 William Sakai | ||||||||||||||||
| Yutaka Toriba | ||||||||||||||||
| Hachiro Osaka | ||||||||||||||||
| "Ikari" | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | |||
| Akiland Racing | ||||||||||||||||
| DayDream RacingTeam | ||||||||||||||||
| Team 5ZIGEN | ||||||||||||||||
| Buzz Racing | ||||||||||||||||
| Rn-sports | ||||||||||||||||
| Zap Speed | ||||||||||||||||
| HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing | ||||||||||||||||
| N-SPEED | ||||||||||||||||
| Falcon Motorsport | ||||||||||||||||
| B-Max Racing Team | ||||||||||||||||
| HFDP with B-Max Racing Team | ||||||||||||||||
| Drago Corse | ||||||||||||||||
| TGR-DC Racing School | ||||||||||||||||
| Eagle Sports | ||||||||||||||||
| PONOS Racing | ||||||||||||||||
| Fujita Pharmacy Racing | ||||||||||||||||
| Field Motorsports | ||||||||||||||||
| OTG Motor Sports | ||||||||||||||||
| HELM Motorsports | ||||||||||||||||
| Skill Speed | ||||||||||||||||
| Dr.Dry | ||||||||||||||||
| Bionic Jack Racing | ||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | ||||||||||
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