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 Keiji Nakao[2] I All Field Motorsports 3 Sergeyevich Sato[2] I All Daydream Racing 4 Yuichi Sasaki[2] I 1, 3 Vegaplus 5 Syun Koide[3] 2–4 7 Kakunoshin Ohta[3] 2–4 Rn-sports 11 Yugo Iwasawa[2] All 18 Makoto Hotta[3] I 2–4 KRac Motorsports 13 Daiki Fujiwara[2] All Zap Speed 14 Rin Arakawa[2] All 43 Motoyoshi Yoshida[2] I All 86 Hachiro Osaka[2] I All Media Do Kageyama Racing 16 Kaito Tsukada[2] All N-SPEED 23 "Yugo"[2] I All TOM'S Youth 28 Yuga Furutani[2] All ATEAM Buzz Motorsport 31 Seiya Jin[2] All 32 Hirotaka Kikuchi[2] All 33 Max Salo[2] All 34 Katsunori Keihara[2] I 1, 4 TGR-DC Racing School 35 Hibiki Taira[2] All 36 Seita Nonaka[2] All 37 Eijiro Shimizu[2] All 38 Jiei Okuzumi[2] All Saccess Racing 39 Yoshiaki Nakamura[2] All 40 Seiya Motojima[3] 2, 4 Team Liaison 55 Yusuke Tsuchiya[2] 1–3 Bird 56 Yutaka Toriba[2] I 1, 3–4 HELM Motorsports 62 Reiji Hiraki[2] All Leprix Sport 70 Aito Kinoshita[2] 1, 4 Akiland Racing 71 Masayoshi Oyama[2] I All 92 Yuki Urata[3] 2–4 95 "Tomisan"[2] I 1 96 Makio Saito[2] I All C.S.I-Reon Kids Racing 73 Shunsuke Hanawa[2] 1 Skill Speed 77 Sota Ogawa[2] All OTG Motor Sports 80 Reimei Ito[2] All Bionic Jack Racing 97 Ryunosuke Sawa[2] All 98 "Ikari"[2] I All Privateer 24 Tsuyoshi Usui[4] I 4 25 Fuma Horio[2] 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	Seiya Jin	Reiji Hiraki	Reiji Hiraki	HELM Motorsports	Keiji Nakao
	R2			Hibiki Taira	Rin Arakawa	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Makio Saito
	R3		4 October		Sota Ogawa	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Yutaka Toriba
2	R4	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	24 October	Hibiki Taira	Rin Arakawa	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
	R5			Hibiki Taira	Kakunoshin Ohta	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Makio Saito
	R6		25 October		Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
3	R7	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	7 November	Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
	R8			Hibiki Taira	Seiya Jin	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
	R9		8 November		Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	"Ikari"
4	R10	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	28 November	Sota Ogawa	Reiji Hiraki	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
	R11			Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Makio Saito
	R12		29 November		Syun Koide	Reiji Hiraki	HELM Motorsports	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 Hibiki Taira 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 270.5 2 Reiji Hiraki 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 5 6 2 1 180.5 3 Seita Nonaka 2 3 2 3 4 11 3 6 4 Ret 5 7 123 4 Sota Ogawa 7 6 7 7 12 7 5 2 2 2 3 5 121 5 Reimei Ito 5 7 6 6 6 5 9 7 6 25 4 3 89 6 Ryunosuke Sawa 9 11 5 8 Ret 8 4 4 3 3 9 8 80 7 Kakunoshin Ohta 5 2 3 6 9 8 9 7 4 68 8 Rin Arakawa Ret 2 17 2 5 Ret DNS 5 17 Ret 10 9 54 9 Seiya Jin 4 5 3 17 Ret DNS 7 28 7 Ret 11 13 49 10 Syun Koide 12 11 6 Ret 8 13 4 8 6 36 11 Fuma Horio 6 8 9 19 14 18 NC 16 12 5 12 10 25 12 Jiei Okuzumi 8 10 8 14 Ret 19 23† 10 9 Ret 6 11 20 13 Seiya Motojima 9 15 4 11 13 14 14 14 Yuki Urata 20 23 9 21 15 30 7 14 12 8 15 Hirotaka Kikuchi 12 22 11 10 7 10 Ret 12 16 Ret Ret 15 5 16 Yuga Furutani 11 Ret 16 15 9 14 8 14 11 21 17 26 5 17 Eijiro Shimizu 10 9 10 Ret 13 15 10 11 14 Ret DNS 17 5 18 Yoshiaki Nakamura 16 12 12 13 10 12 25 20 20 8 15 32 4.5 19 Yugo Iwasawa Ret DNS 15 11 8 13 24† 17 10 Ret Ret DNS 3 20 Daiki Fujiwara 15 14 14 18 17 16 12 19 19 10 16 21 1 21 Yusuke Tsuchiya 13 Ret 19 Ret Ret 24 11 18 18 0 22 Max Salo 30 20 18 24 Ret 30† 15 23 21 12 19 19 0 23 Kaito Tsukada 14 24 13 16 16 17 22 13 15 Ret WD WD 0 24 Sergeyevich Sato 18 18 21 21 19 20 13 21 Ret 13 21 18 0 25 Aito Kinoshita 19 13 Ret 14 18 16 0 26 Keiji Nakao 17 16 23 26 20 28 14 DNS 28 15 22 23 0 27 Makio Saito 20 15 22 22 18 21 16 22 23 Ret 20 20 0 28 "Ikari" 23 19 24 23 24 23 Ret Ret 22 16 23 Ret 0 29 Hachiro Osaka 28 21 26 Ret DNS 25 17 25 25 17 24 22 0 30 Yutaka Toriba 21 17 20 Ret Ret WD DSQ 30 24 0 31 Motoyoshi Yoshida 24 26 Ret Ret 26 27 18 27 26 19 26 27 0 32 Makoto Hotta 27 21 22 Ret 26 24 18 25 25 0 33 Masayoshi Oyama 27 27 27 25 22 26 19 29 27 20 29 28 0 34 "Yugo" 26 28 29 Ret 25 29 20 30 WD 22 28 29 0 35 Yuichi Sasaki 22 23 28 Ret 24 29 0 36 Tsuyoshi Usui 23 27 30 0 37 Katsunori Keihara 31 Ret Ret 24 31 31 0 38 "Tomisan" 25 25 25 0 39 Shunsuke Hanawa 29 DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ ^‡ MOT FUJ2 Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did 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	Sergeyevich Sato	18	18	21	21	19	20	13	21	Ret	13	21	18	225
2	Makio Saito	20	15	22	22	18	21	16	22	23	Ret	20	20	197.5
3	Keiji Nakao	17	16	23	26	20	28	14	DNS	28	15	22	23	145.5
4	"Ikari"	23	19	24	23	24	23	Ret	Ret	22	16	23	Ret	111
5	Hachiro Osaka	28	21	26	Ret	DNS	25	17	25	25	17	24	22	97
6	Makoto Hotta				27	21	22	Ret	26	24	18	25	25	77
7	Masayoshi Oyama	27	27	27	25	22	26	19	29	27	20	29	28	64
8	Motoyoshi Yoshida	24	26	Ret	Ret	26	27	18	27	26	19	26	27	64
9	Yutaka Toriba	21	17	20				Ret	Ret	WD	DSQ	30	24	62
10	Yuichi Sasaki	22	23	28				Ret	24	29				37
11	"Yugo"	26	28	29	Ret	25	29	20	30	WD	22	28	29	26
12	"Tomisan"	25	25	25										16
13	Tsuyoshi Usui										23	27	30	7
14	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	Privateer (Fuma Horio)	14
11	Akiland Racing	8
12	TOM'S Youth	5
13	Rn-sports	3
14	KRac Motorsports	1

References

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External links

• Official website (in Japanese)