2023 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2023 F4 Japanese Championship season is the ninth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It is competed with 14 races over seven double-header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams & drivers are Japanese-registered.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Akiland Racing 2 Keiji Nakao I 1–6
10 Masayuki Ueda I 1–6
12 Ryota Horachi 1–6
18 Kazuya Oshima 1
Norio Tsukamoto I 2–5
Aoto Nagahara 6
22 Yuta Fujiwara 1–6
71 Masayoshi Oyama I 1–6
96 Makio Saito I 1–6
DayDream Racing 4 Yuichi Sasaki I 5–6
Honda Formula Dream Project 5 Yusuke Mitsui 1–6
6 Yuto Nomura 1–6
7 Tosei Moriyama 1–6
Team GMB 8 Masamune Handa 1–5
Spread 6
Rn-sports 11 Isao Nakashima I 1–6
99 Yoshitsugu Kondo I 1, 5
Kazuaki Yasui I 3
B-Max Racing Team 13 Makoto Fujiwara I 1–6
27 "Syuji" I 6
30 "Dragon" I 1–6
44 Nobuhiro Imada I 1–6
Zap Speed 14 Souryuu Tagami 1–4
86 Hachiro Osaka I 1–4
87 Rio Shimono 1–4
88 Rin Arakawa 1–4
Media Do Kageyama Racing 15 Tomohito Watabe 1–5
16 Kazuma Nishimura 1–5
26 Reijiro Yamazaki I 1–6
Eagle Sports 21 Tadakazu Kojima I 1–6
49 Bunsei Okawa I 1–2
Akito Itsuki 3
Daitetsu Ueno 4
Shoichiro Akamatsu I 5–6
NSPEED 23 "Yugo" I 1–6
Tsuyoshi Usui 24 Tsuyoshi Usui I 2, 6
TOM'S Youth 28 Yoshiaki Nakamura 1–6
Buzz Racing 31 Ryoma Henzan 1–6
32 Taiga Imoto 2
41 3–4
Masahiro Aoai I 1–2
Drago Corse 34 Hironobu Shimizu 1–6
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Jin Nakamura 1–6
36 Rikuto Kobayashi 1–6
37 Yuki Sano 1–6
38 Shunji Okumoto 1–6
PONOS Racing 45 Kento Omiya 1–6
Fujita Pharmacy Racing 46 Kohei Tokumasu 1–5
48 Fuma Horio 1–5
Field Motorsports 55 "Kentaro" I 1–6
HELM Motorsports 61 Jiei Okuzumi 3
62 Itsuki Sato 1–6
63 Yutaka Toriba I 1–3, 5–6
Skill Speed 77 Hibiki Komatsu 1–6
78 Yohei Ono 1–6
OTG Motor Sports 80 Yuto Nozawa 1–6
Bionic Jack Racing 81 Kazuhisa Urabe 1–6
97 Shion Tsujimoto 1–2
Hiroyuki Saka I 3–4
Jiei Okuzumi 5–6
98 Yuki Mishima 1–6
Dr.Dry 86 Hachiro Osaka I 5–6
87 Rio Shimono 5–6
88 Rin Arakawa 5–6
Sources: [2][3]
Icon Class
I Independent Cup

Race calendar and results

All rounds are held in Japan and support the Super GT events.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Cup winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Rikuto Kobayashi Rin Arakawa Rikuto Kobayashi TGR-DC Racing School Yutaka Toriba
R2 4 May Rikuto Kobayashi Yusuke Mitsui Jin Nakamura[lower-alpha 1] TGR-DC Racing School Makoto Fujiwara
2 R3 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 3 June Yusuke Mitsui Rikuto Kobayashi Yusuke Mitsui Honda Formula Dream Project Masayuki Ueda
R4 4 June Yusuke Mitsui Yusuke Mitsui Yusuke Mitsui Honda Formula Dream Project Masayuki Ueda
3 R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 5 August Yuto Nomura Ryota Horachi Rikuto Kobayashi TGR-DC Racing School Nobuhiro Imada
R6 6 August Yuto Nomura Rikuto Kobayashi Rikuto Kobayashi TGR-DC Racing School Yutaka Toriba
4 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 26 August Yusuke Mitsui Yuto Nomura Yusuke Mitsui Honda Formula Dream Project Makio Saito
R8 27 August Yusuke Mitsui Yuto Nomura Yusuke Mitsui Honda Formula Dream Project Nobuhiro Imada
5 R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 16 September Yuto Nomura Jin Nakamura Yuto Nomura Honda Formula Dream Project Makoto Fujiwara
R10 17 September Kazuhisa Urabe Yuto Nomura Kazuhisa Urabe Bionic Jack Racing Makoto Fujiwara
6 R11 Autopolis, Hita 14 October Rikuto Kobayashi Yusuke Mitsui Rikuto Kobayashi TGR-DC Racing School Yutaka Toriba
R12 15 October Jin Nakamura Jin Nakamura Jin Nakamura TGR-DC Racing School Yutaka Toriba
7 R13 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 4 November
R14 5 November

Championship standings

Points are 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 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Rikuto Kobayashi 1 3 2 4 1 1 33 5 6 22 1 3 178
2 Yusuke Mitsui Ret 28 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 10 176
3 Jin Nakamura Ret 1 Ret 6 3 2 2 3 4 4 2 1 166
4 Yuto Nomura Ret 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 24 6 5 157
5 Tosei Moriyama 9 5 4 2 5 6 Ret 9 5 3 7 6 101
6 Yuki Sano 3 9 8 11 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 5 5 40 74
7 Shunji Okumoto 2 7 10 7 11 10 15 10 12 11 4 2 63
8 Rin Arakawa 34 4 5 5 7 8 8 20 8 7 11 8 60
9 Ryota Horachi 6 13 9 8 15 37 4 4 11 10 8 4 55
10 Kazuhisa Urabe 20 8 43† 10 10 12 9 6 7 1 10 7 54
11 Kento Omiya 15 Ret 7 9 8 11 5 8 19 9 9 Ret 30
12 Ryoma Henzan Ret Ret 11 15 Ret 7 7 7 Ret 8 14 9 24
13 Itsuki Sato 28 6 6 13 9 9 10 11 9 12 12 11 23
14 Kazuma Nishimura 4 12 14 19 18 Ret DNS 16 18 23 12
15 Yuki Mishima 5 10 17 18 Ret 31 18 15 17 19 20 18 11
16 Yuta Fujiwara 10 14 13 12 12 14 12 12 Ret 6 15 13 9
17 Jiei Okuzumi 6 39 10 13 13 15 9
18 Rio Shimono 7 18 19 20 19 24 19 19 16 17 17 16 6
19 Hibiki Komatsu 8 19 15 16 13 13 Ret 13 21 20 18 12 4
20 Hironobu Shimizu Ret 11 12 14 22 18 13 18 14 16 22 28 0
21 Kohei Tokumasu Ret 17 16 23 21 15 11 14 13 14 0
22 Tomohito Watabe 11 37 21 24 14 17 16 17 WD WD 0
23 Souryuu Tagami 12 15 18 17 20 Ret 14 24 0
24 Kazuya Oshima 13 16 0
25 Yoshiaki Nakamura 14 DNS 24 26 24 21 23 23 Ret 18 19 14 0
26 Yuto Nozawa 19 20 23 25 16 16 22 21 15 15 16 17 0
27 Yutaka Toriba 16 Ret 36 34 Ret 19 33 29 23 20 0
28 Keiji Nakao 17 23 30 31 26 27 26 28 29 28 40† 26 0
29 Akito Itsuki 17 23 0
30 Daitetsu Ueno 17 38 0
31 Fuma Horio 18 Ret 25 28 Ret 25 21 29 20 20 0
32 Yohei Ono 27 26 28 29 32 38 25 31 Ret Ret 24 19 0
33 Taiga Imoto 22 21 23 20 20 22 0
34 Shion Tsujimoto Ret Ret 20 22 0
35 Makoto Fujiwara 22 21 31 41 28 28 Ret 32 22 25 25 22 0
36 Nobuhiro Imada 21 38 37 Ret 25 DNS Ret 25 23 Ret 27 24 0
37 Masamune Handa 33 27 Ret Ret 34 26 27 26 25 30 21 21 0
38 Makio Saito 26 33 27 30 27 22 24 39 27 40 26 41 0
39 Masayuki Ueda 38 22 26 27 29 29 32 Ret 31 27 Ret 33 0
40 "Dragon" 23 24 29 Ret DNQ DNQ 29 27 26 26 Ret 25 0
41 Aoto Nagahara 38 23 0
42 Reijiro Yamazaki 24 25 DNQ DNQ 39† 35 Ret 30 Ret Ret 28 29 0
43 "Kentaro" 31 30 33 42† 30 Ret Ret 40† 24 34 31 36 0
44 Yoshitsugu Kondo 25 29 28 31 0
45 Tadakazu Kojima 30 36 42 38 33 Ret 28 Ret 32 38 29 27 0
46 Hachiro Osaka 29 Ret 41 40 40† Ret Ret 36 37 37 35 35 0
47 Masayoshi Oyama 32 32 35 33 36 33 Ret 34 30 32 30 32 0
48 Hiroyuki Saka 31 30 Ret 33 0
49 Norio Tsukamoto 38 36 35 32 30 35 38 36 0
50 Isao Nakashima 35 31 34 32 38 34 Ret DNS 35 35 32 30 0
51 "Yugo" DNQ DNQ 40 39 37 36 31 37 39 Ret 39 39 0
52 Shoichiro Akamatsu 34 39 37 31 0
53 Bunsei Okawa 36 35 32 35 0
54 Yuichi Sasaki 36 33 34 34 0
55 Tsuyoshi Usui DNS DNS 33 38 0
56 Masahiro Aoai 37 34 39 37 0
57 "Syuji" 36 37 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
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

Independent Cup
Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
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 2 167
2 Keiji Nakao 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 7 4 16† 5 154
3 Makio Saito 8 10 2 2 3 2 1 11 5 15 3 18 124
4 Yutaka Toriba 1 Ret 10 6 Ret 1 11 5 1 1 119
5 Masayuki Ueda 16 2 1 1 5 5 7 Ret 9 3 Ret 11 111
6 Nobuhiro Imada 3 14 11 Ret 1 DNS Ret 1 2 Ret 4 3 110
7 "Dragon" 5 4 3 Ret DNQ DNQ 4 2 4 2 Ret 4 109
8 Reijiro Yamazaki 6 5 DNQ DNQ 13† 10 Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 7 47
9 Masayoshi Oyama 12 9 9 5 10 8 Ret 7 8 7 7 10 42
10 "Kentaro" 11 7 7 14† 6 Ret Ret 12 3 9 8 14 41
11 Tadakazu Kojima 10 13 16 10 8 Ret 3 Ret 10 13 6 6 38
12 Yoshitsugu Kondo 7 6 6 6 30
13 Isao Nakashima 13 8 8 4 12 9 Ret DNS 13 10 9 8 29
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 "Yugo" DNQ DNQ 14 11 11 11 6 10 17 Ret 15 17 9
18 Yuichi Sasaki 14 8 11 12 4
19 Hachiro Osaka 9 Ret 15 12 14† Ret Ret 9 15 12 12 13 4
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 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

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scores points for their team.

Pos Team Points
1 TGR-DC Racing School 240
2 Honda Formula Dream Project 221
3 Bionic Jack Racing 64
4 Akiland Racing 62
5 Zap Speed 52
6 PONOS Racing 30
7 HELM Motorsports 29
8 Buzz Racing 24
9 Dr.Dry 14
10 Media Do Kageyama Racing 12
11 Skill Speed 4

Notes
  1. Mitsui finished as the first but received a drive through penalty converted into 40 seconds for an illegal start on a safety car restart. Nakamura inherited the win.

References
  1. "2023年地方レース選手権カレンダー". JAF Motorsport (in Japanese). 12 December 2022.
  2. "参戦台数は過去最多の46台。2023年FIA-F4選手権 第1戦・第2戦富士 エントリーリスト". AUTO SPORT web (in Japanese). 2023-05-02.
  3. "【順位結果】2023FIA-F4選手権 第3戦鈴鹿 決勝". AUTO SPORT web (in Japanese). 2023-06-03.
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