2018 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2018 F4 Japanese Championship season was the fourth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 7 April in Okayama and finished on 11 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.^[1]^[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
TOM'S Spirit	1	Kazuto Kotaka^[3]		2–7
TOM'S Spirit	36	Sota Ogawa^[4]		All
Team Right Way	2	Keizi Nakao^[4]	I	All
Yuichi Sasaki	4	Yuichi Sasaki^[3]	I	2, 4–5, 7
Honda Formula Dream Project	5	Yuki Tsunoda^[5]		All
	6	Teppei Natori^[5]		All
	7	Takuya Otaki^[4]		All
	8	Ren Sato^[4]		All
Rn-sports	10	Ayumu Iwasa^[6]		3
	10	Toshihito Funai	I	7
	11	Masayuki Ueda^[4]	I	All
M2 Engineering	12	"Ryo"^[6]	I	3
B-MAX Engineering	13	"Syuji"^[3]	I	2–3
		Motoyoshi Yoshida^[7]	I	4
		"Dragon"	I	7
	27	"Syuji"^[7]	I	4, 7
Media Do Kageyama Racing	15	Hiromichi Hayase^[4]		1–5, 7
	15	Yuui Tsutsumi		6
	16	Shinji Sawada^[4]		All
Ateam Buzz Motorsport	17	Yusuke Shiotsu^[4]		All
	18	Daichi Okamoto^[4]		1, 3
	18	Hideki Hirota^[7]	I	4, 6–7
Corse Ceramiche Racing	20	Hiroyuki Honda^[3]	I	2
N-Speed	23	"Yugo"^[4]	I	All
Field Motorsports	25	Kiryu Hosoda^[4]		All
	55	Rikiya Kanazawa^[4]		All
	95	Miki Koyama^[4]		All
Eagle Sports	28	Makio Saito^[4]	I	1–3
		Yasushi Ide^[7]	I	4
		Atsushi Miyake		7
	29	Yasushi Ide^[4]	I	1–3
MYST	31	Kakunoshin Ohta^[7]		4
Inging Motorsport	38	Reiji Hiraki^[4]		All
Saccess Racing	39	Yuki Urata^[4]		1, 3–4
		Miku Ikejima^[3]	I	2
		Daichi Okamoto		7
Succeed Sports	88	Sena Kuronuma^[4]		All
Bionic Jack Racing	44	Sho Onodera^[3]		2–5
	44	"Ikari"	I	7
	98	Mizuki Ishizaka^[4]		All
Le Beausset Motorsports	62	Shota Ogura^[4]		All
Le Beausset Motorsports	63	Kohta Kawaai^[4]		All
leprix sport with SSR	70	Ryohei Tanaka^[4]		1–2
leprix sport with SSR	70	Norio Kubo^[6]	I	3
C.S.I.-Reon Kids Racing	73	Shunsuke Hanawa^[4]		1–5, 7
Skill Speed	77	Takuya Okada^[4]		1–3
Skill Speed	77	Takeshi Ohi^[7]		4–7
OTG Motor Sports	80	Yuko Tamaki^[4]		All
	81	Togo Suganami^[4]		All
	82	Yuma Shouji^[4]		All
NRS	83	Kazuki Hirokawa^[7]		4
Zap Speed Racing Team	86	Hachiro Osaka^[4]	I	All

Icon	Class
I	Independent Cup

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Independent Cup winner
1	R1	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	7 April	Yuki Tsunoda	Kohta Kawaai	Teppei Natori	Honda Formula Dream Project	Keizi Nakao
1	R2	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	8 April	Yuki Tsunoda	Yuki Tsunoda	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project	Masayuki Ueda
2	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	3 May	Yuki Tsunoda	Ren Sato	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project	Miku Ikejima
2	R2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	4 May	Yuki Tsunoda	Togo Suganami	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project	Miku Ikejima
3	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	19 May	Yuki Tsunoda	Kazuto Kotaka	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project	Keizi Nakao
3	R2	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	20 May	Yuki Tsunoda	Teppei Natori	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project	Norio Kubo
4	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	4 August	Teppei Natori	Yuki Tsunoda	Kazuto Kotaka	TOM'S Spirit	Yasushi Ide
4	R2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	5 August	Teppei Natori	Kazuto Kotaka	Kazuto Kotaka	TOM'S Spirit	Masayuki Ueda
5	R1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	15 September	Yuki Tsunoda	Ren Sato	Teppei Natori	Honda Formula Dream Project	Yuichi Sasaki
5	R2	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	16 September	Yuki Tsunoda	Yuki Tsunoda	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project	Keizi Nakao
6	R1	Autopolis, Hita	20 October	Togo Suganami	Togo Suganami	Togo Suganami	OTG Motor Sports	Keizi Nakao
6	R2	Autopolis, Hita	21 October	Togo Suganami	Togo Suganami	Togo Suganami	OTG Motor Sports	Keizi Nakao
7	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	10 November	Teppei Natori	Yuki Tsunoda	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project	Keizi Nakao
7	R2	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	11 November	Teppei Natori	Kazuto Kotaka	Teppei Natori	Honda Formula Dream Project	Hideki Hirota

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	OKA		FUJ1		SUZ		FUJ2		SUG		AUT		MOT		Points
1	Yuki Tsunoda	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	1	8	11	1	2	245
2	Teppei Natori	1	4	2	17	3	4	3	2	1	2	3	3	2	1	231
3	Kazuto Kotaka			3	2	2	2	1	1	5	6	2	2	21	3	188
4	Kohta Kawaai	8	8	4	4	5	7	5	7	2	3	4	6	5	6	135
5	Togo Suganami	10	10	Ret	3	8	Ret	6	4	9	9	1	1	4	4	119
6	Shinji Sawada	3	3	Ret	Ret	12	8	7	26	16	4	6	10	10	9	64
7	Ren Sato	15	9	6	Ret	4	5	10	6	10	8	14	13	7	7	58
8	Takuya Otaki	19	DNS	20	20	16	3	8	11	6	14	5	4	6	Ret	57
9	Sota Ogawa	5	6	11	21	9	9	4	5	8	10	9	12	8	24	55
10	Mizuki Ishizaka	11	11	10	Ret	7	6	30	33	7	7	Ret	5	9	5	49
11	Shota Ogura	13	14	9	7	33	10	11	10	4	5	10	15	3	DNS	48
12	Rikiya Kanazawa	4	5	8	6	11	16	31	13	13	Ret	7	7	16	25	46
13	Reiji Hiraki	7	7	5	5	Ret	12	28	8	12	11	12	9	Ret	Ret	38
14	Kiryu Hosoda	2	2	Ret	Ret	18	11	13	14	11	12	13	17	13	14	36
15	Miki Koyama	16	12	7	14	14	13	9	9	15	17	11	16	12	Ret	10
16	Yuki Urata	6	Ret			10	14	16	12							9
17	Ayumu Iwasa					6	Ret									8
18	Yuko Tamaki	20	18	Ret	11	25	31	12	19	20	13	Ret	8	Ret	8	8
19	Takuya Okada	12	13	12	8	21	17									4
20	Sena Kuronuma	17	17	13	9	15	19	15	20	Ret	15	18	26	18	13	2
21	Daichi Okamoto	9	15			20	Ret							14	20	2
22	Sho Onodera			14	10	19	18	DNQ	DNQ							1
23	Takeshi Ohi							29	15	17	16	19	18	15	10	1
24	Atsushi Miyake													11	11	0
25	Yusuke Shiotsu	14	16	Ret	Ret	13	15	18	18	14	21	17	19	Ret	12	0
26	Yuma Shouji	18	19	16	12	17	20	14	16	22	Ret	16	20	WD	WD	0
27	Miku Ikejima			15	13											0
28	Yuui Tsutsumi											15	14			0
29	Hiromichi Hayase	23	Ret	17	15	24	23	17	23	21	23			20	15	0
30	Shunsuke Hanawa	24	22	19	19	22	22	19	30	18	22			17	16	0
31	Masayuki Ueda	22	21	18	16	Ret	25	26	21	Ret	19	21	22	22	23	0
32	Hideki Hirota							Ret	27			22	23	23	17	0
33	Kazuki Hirokawa							Ret	17							0
34	Keizi Nakao	21	Ret	25	18	28	21	Ret	22	Ret	18	20	21	19	Ret	0
35	Hachiro Osaka	28	24	22	Ret	27	24	22	28	23	24	23	24	26	18	0
36	Yuichi Sasaki			24	22			24	24	19	20					0
37	Toshihito Funai													25	19	0
38	Yasushi Ide	26	26	27	25	26	27	20	25							0
39	Ryohei Tanaka	25	20	DNQ	DNQ											0
40	"Syuji"			26	23	32	30	21	29					Ret	21	0
41	Makio Saito	27	23	21	24	31	29									0
42	"Yugo"	29	25	23	26	29	28	25	31	Ret	25	24	25	27	22	0
43	Motoyoshi Yoshida							23	32							0
44	Norio Kubo					23	Ret									0
45	"Ikari"													24	Ret	0
46	"Ryo"					30	26									0
47	Kakunoshin Ohta							27	Ret							0
—	"Dragon"													Ret	Ret	0
—	Hiroyuki Honda			DNQ	DNQ											0
Pos	Driver	OKA		FUJ1		SUZ		FUJ2		SUG		AUT		MOT		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Pts.
1	Honda Formula Dream Project	316
2	TOM'S Spirit	210
3	Le Beausset Motorsports	140
4	OTG Motor Sports	119
5	Field Motorsports	69
6	Media Do Kageyama Racing	64
7	Bionic Jack Racing	50
8	Inging Motorsports	38
9	Saccess Racing	9
10	Rn-sports	8
11	Skill Speed	5
12	Ateam Buzz Motorsport	2
13	Succeed Sports	2

Independent Cup Standings

Pos	Driver	OKA		FUJ1		SUZ		FUJ2		SUG		AUT		MOT		Points
1	Masayuki Ueda	22	21	18	16	Ret	25	26	21	Ret	19	21	22	22	23	207
2	Keizi Nakao	21	Ret	25	18	28	21	Ret	22	Ret	18	20	21	19	Ret	201
3	Hachiro Osaka	28	24	22	Ret	27	24	22	28	23	24	23	24	26	18	177
4	"Yugo"	29	25	23	26	29	28	25	31	Ret	25	24	25	27	22	116
5	Yasushi Ide	26	26	27	25	26	27	20	25							98
6	Yuichi Sasaki			24	22			24	24	19	20					85
7	Hideki Hirota							Ret	27			22	23	23	17	80
8	Makio Saito	27	23	21	24	31	29									65
9	"Syuji"			26	23	32	30	21	29					Ret	21	61
10	Miku Ikejima			15	13											50
11	Norio Kubo					23	Ret									25
12	"Ryo"					30	26									20
13	Motoyoshi Yoshida							23	32							14

References

^ ^a ^b "JAF国内モータースポーツカレンダー2018(JAF domestic motorsports calendar 2018)" (PDF). Japan Automobile Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing OUTLINES 2018 MOTORSPORTS ACTIVITIES". Toyota Motor Corporation. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "018 FIA-F4 Championship 3rd / 4th Fuji Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "018 FIA-F4 Championship 1st / 2nd Okayama Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Honda 2018 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "018 FIA-F4 Championship 5th / 6th Suzuka Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "018 FIA-F4 Championship 7th / 8th Fuji Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 2 August 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[Calendar-1] "JAF国内モータースポーツカレンダー2018(JAF domestic motorsports calendar 2018)" (PDF). Japan Automobile Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[Toyota-2] "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing OUTLINES 2018 MOTORSPORTS ACTIVITIES". Toyota Motor Corporation. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[FujiEntry-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "018 FIA-F4 Championship 3rd / 4th Fuji Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

[Entry-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "018 FIA-F4 Championship 1st / 2nd Okayama Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[Honda-5] "Honda 2018 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[SuzukaEntry-6] "018 FIA-F4 Championship 5th / 6th Suzuka Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[Fuji2Entry-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "018 FIA-F4 Championship 7th / 8th Fuji Competition entry list". fiaf4.jp (in Japanese). GTA Co. 2 August 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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