2020 F4 Japanese Championship

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]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Ito Engineering 2 Japan Keiji Nakao[2] I All
Field Motorsports 3 Japan Sergeyevich Sato[2] I All
Daydream Racing 4 Japan Yuichi Sasaki[2] I 1, 3
Vegaplus 5 Japan Syun Koide[3] 2–4
7 Japan Kakunoshin Ohta[3] 2–4
Rn-sports 11 Japan Yugo Iwasawa[2] All
18 Japan Makoto Hotta[3] I 2–4
KRac Motorsports 13 Japan Daiki Fujiwara[2] All
Zap Speed 14 Japan Rin Arakawa[2] All
43 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida[2] I All
86 Japan Hachiro Osaka[2] I All
Media Do Kageyama Racing 16 Japan Kaito Tsukada[2] All
N-SPEED 23 Japan "Yugo"[2] I All
Tsuyoshi Usui 24 Japan Tsuyoshi Usui[4] I 4
Fuma Horio 25 Japan Fuma Horio[2] All
TOM'S Youth 28 Japan Yuga Furutani[2] All
ATEAM Buzz Motorsport 31 Japan Seiya Jin[2] All
32 Japan Hirotaka Kikuchi[2] All
33 Finland Max Salo[2] All
34 Japan Katsunori Keihara[2] I 1, 4
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Japan Hibiki Taira[2] All
36 Japan Seita Nonaka[2] All
37 Japan Eijirou Shimizu[2] All
38 Japan Jiei Okuzumi[2] All
Saccess Racing 39 Japan Yoshiaki Nakamura[2] All
40 Japan Seiya Motojima[3] 2, 4
Team Liaison 55 Japan Yusuke Tsuchiya[2] 1–3
Bird 56 Japan Yutaka Toriba[2] I 1, 3–4
Helm Motorsports 62 Japan Reiji Hiraki[2] All
Leprix Sport 70 Japan Aito Kinoshita[2] 1, 4
Akiland Racing 71 Japan Masayoshi Oyama[2] I All
92 Japan Yuki Urata[3] 2–4
95 Japan "Tomisan"[2] I 1
96 Japan Makio Saito[2] I All
C.S.I-Reon Kids Racing 73 Japan Shunsuke Hanawa[2] 1
Skill Speed 77 Japan Sota Ogawa[2] All
OTG Motor Sports 80 Japan Reimei Ito[2] All
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Japan Ryunosuke Sawa[2] All
98 Japan "Ikari"[2] I All
Icon Class
I Independent Cup

Race calendar and results

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]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Cup winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 October Japan Seiya Jin Japan Reiji Hiraki Japan Reiji Hiraki Helm Motorsports Japan Keiji Nakao
R2 Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Rin Arakawa Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan Makio Saito
R3 4 October Japan Sota Ogawa Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan Yutaka Toriba
2 R4 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 24 October Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Rin Arakawa Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan Sergeyevich Sato
R5 Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Kakunoshin Ohta Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan Makio Saito
R6 25 October Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan Sergeyevich Sato
3 R7 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 7 November Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan Sergeyevich Sato
R8 Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Seiya Jin Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan Sergeyevich Sato
R9 8 November Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan "Ikari"
4 R10 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 28 November Japan Sota Ogawa Japan Reiji Hiraki Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan Sergeyevich Sato
R11 Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Hibiki Taira Japan Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Japan Makio Saito
R12 29 November Japan Syun Koide Japan Reiji Hiraki Helm Motorsports Japan Sergeyevich Sato

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' standings
Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ ‡ MOT FUJ2 Points
1 Japan Hibiki Taira 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 270.5
2 Japan Reiji Hiraki 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 5 6 2 1 180.5
3 Japan Seita Nonaka 2 3 2 3 4 11 3 6 4 Ret 5 7 123
4 Japan Sota Ogawa 7 6 7 7 12 7 5 2 2 2 3 5 121
5 Japan Reimei Ito 5 7 6 6 6 5 9 7 6 25 4 3 89
6 Japan Ryunosuke Sawa 9 11 5 8 Ret 8 4 4 3 3 9 8 80
7 Japan Kakunoshin Ohta 5 2 3 6 9 8 9 7 4 68
8 Japan Rin Arakawa Ret 2 17 2 5 Ret DNS 5 17 Ret 10 9 54
9 Japan Seiya Jin 4 5 3 17 Ret DNS 7 28 7 Ret 11 13 49
10 Japan Syun Koide 12 11 6 Ret 8 13 4 8 6 36
11 Japan Fuma Horio 6 8 9 19 14 18 NC 16 12 5 12 10 25
12 Japan Jiei Okuzumi 8 10 8 14 Ret 19 23† 10 9 Ret 6 11 20
13 Japan Seiya Motojima 9 15 4 11 13 14 14
14 Japan Yuki Urata 20 23 9 21 15 30 7 14 12 8
15 Japan Hirotaka Kikuchi 12 22 11 10 7 10 Ret 12 16 Ret Ret 15 5
16 Japan Yuga Furutani 11 Ret 16 15 9 14 8 14 11 21 17 26 5
17 Japan Eijirou Shimizu 10 9 10 Ret 13 15 10 11 14 Ret DNS 17 5
18 Japan Yoshiaki Nakamura 16 12 12 13 10 12 25 20 20 8 15 32 4.5
19 Japan Yugo Iwasawa Ret DNS 15 11 8 13 24† 17 10 Ret Ret DNS 3
20 Japan Daiki Fujiwara 15 14 14 18 17 16 12 19 19 10 16 21 1
21 Japan Yusuke Tsuchiya 13 Ret 19 Ret Ret 24 11 18 18 0
22 Finland Max Salo 30 20 18 24 Ret 30† 15 23 21 12 19 19 0
23 Japan Kaito Tsukada 14 24 13 16 16 17 22 13 15 Ret WD WD 0
24 Japan Sergeyevich Sato 18 18 21 21 19 20 13 21 Ret 13 21 18 0
25 Japan Aito Kinoshita 19 13 Ret 14 18 16 0
26 Japan Keiji Nakao 17 16 23 26 20 28 14 DNS 28 15 22 23 0
27 Japan Makio Saito 20 15 22 22 18 21 16 22 23 Ret 20 20 0
28 Japan "Ikari" 23 19 24 23 24 23 Ret Ret 22 16 23 Ret 0
29 Japan Hachiro Osaka 28 21 26 Ret DNS 25 17 25 25 17 24 22 0
30 Japan Yutaka Toriba 21 17 20 Ret Ret WD DSQ 30 24 0
31 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 24 26 Ret Ret 26 27 18 27 26 19 26 27 0
32 Japan Makoto Hotta 27 21 22 Ret 26 24 18 25 25 0
33 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 27 27 27 25 22 26 19 29 27 20 29 28 0
34 Japan "Yugo" 26 28 29 Ret 25 29 20 30 WD 22 28 29 0
35 Japan Yuichi Sasaki 22 23 28 Ret 24 29 0
36 Japan Tsuyoshi Usui 23 27 30 0
37 Japan Katsunori Keihara 31 Ret Ret 24 31 31 0
38 Japan "Tomisan" 25 25 25 0
39 Japan Shunsuke Hanawa 29 DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ ‡ MOT FUJ2 Points
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)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

‡ – Half points were awarded for race 2, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Independent Cup
Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ ‡ MOT FUJ2 Points
1 Japan Sergeyevich Sato 18 18 21 21 19 20 13 21 Ret 13 21 18 225
2 Japan Makio Saito 20 15 22 22 18 21 16 22 23 Ret 20 20 197.5
3 Japan Keiji Nakao 17 16 23 26 20 28 14 DNS 28 15 22 23 145.5
4 Japan "Ikari" 23 19 24 23 24 23 Ret Ret 22 16 23 Ret 111
5 Japan Hachiro Osaka 28 21 26 Ret DNS 25 17 25 25 17 24 22 97
6 Japan Makoto Hotta 27 21 22 Ret 26 24 18 25 25 77
7 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 27 27 27 25 22 26 19 29 27 20 29 28 64
8 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 24 26 Ret Ret 26 27 18 27 26 19 26 27 64
9 Japan Yutaka Toriba 21 17 20 Ret Ret WD DSQ 30 24 62
10 Japan Yuichi Sasaki 22 23 28 Ret 24 29 37
11 Japan "Yugo" 26 28 29 Ret 25 29 20 30 WD 22 28 29 26
12 Japan "Tomisan" 25 25 25 16
13 Japan Tsuyoshi Usui 23 27 30 7
14 Japan 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.

Teams' standings

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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