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2022 F4 Japanese Championship

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The 2022 F4 Japanese Championship season was the eighth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 14 races over seven double-header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

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All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Field Motorsports 3 Sergeyevich Sato I 1–2
55 "Kentaro" I All
Honda Formula Dream Project 5 Syun Koide All
6 Kazuma Nishimura All
7 Yusuke Mitsui All
SD-Style 8 Takumi Sanada 1
Rn-sports 11 Itsuki Sato 1
Isao Nakashima I 2, 4
"Hirobon" I 6
"Daisuke" I 7
99 Yoshitsugu Kondo I All
Hitotsuyama Racing 13 Daiki Fujiwara 1–5, 7
Zap Speed 14 Kotaro Shimbara All
86 Hachiro Osaka I All
87 Rio Shimono All
Media Do Kageyama Racing 15 Wataru Yoshimura All
16 Takuya Otaki All
Akiland Racing 18 Makoto Hotta I 1–2
Ryota Horachi 3–4, 7
Yuta Fujiwara 5–6
22 4, 7
71 Masayoshi Oyama I All
72 "Hirobon" I 7
96 Makio Saito I All
KRac Motorsports 19 Shinnosuke Ito 1–5
N-SPEED 23 "Yugo" I All
Tsuyoshi Usui 24 Tsuyoshi Usui I 2, 6
RSS 27 "Syuji" I All
Saccess Racing 29 Yasushi Ide I 1
Daitetsu Ueno 2
Tadakazu Kojima I 3–7
39 Hikaru Jitosho All
40 Daitetsu Ueno 4
B-Max Racing Team 30 "Dragon" I All
44 Nobuhiro Imada I 1–2
50 Yuki Mishima 1–2
Buzz Racing 31 Jiei Okuzumi All
32 Shion Tsujimoto 1–2, 4–7
Daisuke Takaguchi 3
33 Katsunori Keihara I 1–3
Ayato Iwasaki 4, 6–7
Teppei Tsuruta 5
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Rin Arakawa All
36 Rikuto Kobayashi All
37 Jin Nakamura All
38 Ryoma Henzan All
Team Hero's 41 Shunji Okumoto All
Tokaidenso MD 45 Toshihiro Kubota I 7
Bionic Jack Racing 47 Yuta Fujiwara 1–3
Sena Yamamoto 6–7
81 Kazuhisa Urabe All
97 Yugo Iwasawa All
HELM Motorsports 61 Takumi Sato 2–4, 7
Itsuki Sato 5
62 Fuma Horio All
63 Yutaka Toriba I All
Team RCOM 68 Ryunosuke Shibata 2, 4
Skill Speed 77 Gento Miyashita All
OTG Motor Sports 80 Reimei Ito All
Sources: [2][3][4][5]
Icon Class
I Independent Cup

Race calendar and results

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All rounds were held in Japan and supported 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 Syun Koide Rin Arakawa Yusuke Mitsui[a] Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
R2 4 May Syun Koide Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
2 R3 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 28 May Syun Koide Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Makio Saito
R4 29 May Syun Koide Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
3 R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 6 August Syun Koide[b] Rikuto Kobayashi Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
R6 7 August Rikuto Kobayashi[c] Yugo Iwasawa Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
4 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 27 August Yusuke Mitsui Syun Koide Yusuke Mitsui Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
R8 28 August Yusuke Mitsui Yusuke Mitsui Yusuke Mitsui Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
5 R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 17 September Syun Koide Jin Nakamura Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba
R10 18 September Jin Nakamura Jin Nakamura Jin Nakamura TGR-DC Racing School Yutaka Toriba
6 R11 Autopolis, Hita 1 October Syun Koide Jin Nakamura Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project "Hirobon"
R12 2 October Syun Koide Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project "Dragon"
7 R13 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 5 November Rikuto Kobayashi Rikuto Kobayashi Rikuto Kobayashi TGR-DC Racing School "Dragon"
R14 6 November Rikuto Kobayashi Syun Koide Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Yutaka Toriba

Championship standings

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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

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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 Syun Koide Ret 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 26 1 1 2 1 279
2 Yusuke Mitsui 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 4 2 3 3 4 4 246
3 Rin Arakawa 4 21 3 15 2 4 3 3 8 3 2 2 3 2 175
4 Jin Nakamura 10 6 8 7 6 9 7 4 2 1 4 6 7 5 126
5 Yugo Iwasawa 2 4 5 4 4 3 9 Ret 12 5 6 4 6 7 125
6 Rikuto Kobayashi 8 5 15 8 7 5 4 5 3 7 5 DNS 1 6 120
7 Reimei Ito 3 3 10 6 5 7 11 9 10 10 10 7 9 Ret 68
8 Kazuma Nishimura 28 9 4 5 9 11 6 7 9 8 9 5 10 10 60
9 Gento Miyashita 11 7 11 Ret 10 8 5 6 7 12 16 16 8 3 54
10 Fuma Horio 14 10 16 18 11 6 26 15 5 4 11 10 16 15 32
11 Jiei Okuzumi 5 8 20 23 16 Ret 22 20 16 16 Ret 12 5 Ret 24
12 Takumi Sato 6 3 Ret Ret 17 11 Ret 12 23
13 Takuya Otaki 12 36 7 10 8 14 10 12 Ret 13 7 30 Ret 17 18
14 Ryoma Henzan 6 19 Ret 9 13 16 14 16 13 14 12 9 35† 8 16
15 Teppei Tsuruta 6 9 10
16 Ayato Iwasaki 20 31 8 8 Ret 9 10
17 Daiki Fujiwara 16 12 35 11 28 Ret 16 17 11 6 11 11 8
18 Kazuhisa Urabe 9 37 25 19 14 13 8 10 18 19 19 14 17 19 7
19 Shunji Okumoto 7 13 13 13 12 12 15 13 17 11 15 17 15 14 6
20 Kotaro Shimbara 13 11 14 12 15 10 12 8 15 17 13 13 12 33† 5
21 Yuki Mishima 17 Ret 9 21 2
22 Yuta Fujiwara 20 17 23 22 Ret 22 25 14 19 20 14 11 14 13 0
23 Daitetsu Ueno 12 14 36 19 0
24 Ryota Horachi 20 18 13 29 13 32† 0
25 Itsuki Sato 21 18 14 15 0
26 Shion Tsujimoto 18 14 26 Ret Ret 30 21 23 31 20 18 18 0
27 Wataru Yoshimura 15 Ret WD WD 17 15 21 22 Ret 21 17 Ret 33 22 0
28 Shinnosuke Ito Ret 15 21 Ret 18 21 19 Ret 20 22 0
29 Sena Yamamoto Ret 15 19 20 0
30 Hikaru Jitosho 19 Ret Ret 16 31 17 18 23 31 18 20 18 22 Ret 0
31 Rio Shimono 34 16 22 34 21 20 33 18 23 24 18 19 21 Ret 0
32 Yutaka Toriba 22 20 18 20 19 19 23 24 22 25 25 25 23 16 0
33 Ryunosuke Shibata 19 17 24 21 0
34 Makio Saito 25 23 17 24 23 23 27 Ret 24 Ret 22 24 24 23 0
35 "Dragon" 23 22 24 25 33 Ret 30 Ret Ret 30 Ret 21 20 21 0
36 "Hirobon" 21 31 Ret 31 0
37 Tadakazu Kojima 25 29 34 33 27 27 23 22 28 26 0
38 Daisuke Takaguchi 22 30 0
39 Yoshitsugu Kondo 27 28 30 35 26 Ret 29 25 25 28 Ret 23 26 Ret 0
40 Hachiro Osaka 30 29 33 26 24 24 28 26 Ret Ret 27 29 25 24 0
41 Sergeyevich Sato 24 24 29 36 0
42 Tsuyoshi Usui 32 27 24 28 0
43 "Kentaro" 36 33 34 29 30 25 31 28 26 31 26 27 27 25 0
44 Makoto Hotta 31 25 27 30 0
45 Masayoshi Oyama 32 27 28 31 27 26 35 27 28 29 30 26 30 27 0
46 Nobuhiro Imada 26 26 Ret DNS 0
47 "Syuji" 33 32 36 28 29 27 Ret 34 29 Ret 28 32 32 Ret 0
48 "Yugo" 38 34 37 33 32 28 32 32 30 Ret 29 33 34 30 0
49 Toshihiro Kubota 29 28 0
50 Takumi Sanada 29 31 0
50 "Daisuke" 31 29 0
52 Yasushi Ide 35 30 0
53 Isao Nakashima 31 37† 0
54 Katsunori Keihara 37 35 38 32 34 Ret 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT
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

Independent Cup

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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 Yutaka Toriba 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 306
2 Makio Saito 4 3 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 2 Ret 2 4 3 3 202
3 "Dragon" 2 2 3 3 10 Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 1 1 2 155
4 Yoshitsugu Kondo 6 8 7 12 5 Ret 4 2 3 3 Ret 3 5 Ret 113
5 Hachiro Osaka 7 9 10 4 3 3 3 3 Ret Ret 7 9 4 4 113
6 Tadakazu Kojima 4 8 8 7 5 2 3 2 7 6 101
7 "Kentaro" 12 12 11 7 8 4 6 5 4 6 6 7 6 5 92
8 Masayoshi Oyama 9 7 5 9 6 5 9 4 6 4 10 6 9 7 89
9 "Syuji" 10 11 12 6 7 6 Ret 8 7 Ret 8 11 11 Ret 37
10 Sergeyevich Sato 3 4 6 13 35
11 Makoto Hotta 8 5 4 8 30
12 "Yugo" 14 13 13 11 9 7 7 6 8 Ret 9 12 12 10 29
13 Tsuyoshi Usui 9 5 4 8 28
14 "Hirobon" 1 10 Ret 11 26
15 Nobuhiro Imada 5 6 Ret DNS 18
16 Toshihiro Kubota 8 8 8
17 Isao Nakashima 8 14† 4
18 "Daisuke" 10 9 3
19 Katsunori Keihara 13 14 14 10 11 Ret 1
20 Yasushi Ide 11 10 1
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

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Only the best finisher scores points for their team.

Pos Team Points
1 Honda Formula Dream Project 336
2 TGR-DC Racing School 225
3 Bionic Jack Racing 128
4 OTG Motor Sports 68
5 HELM Motorsports 55
6 Skill Speed 54
7 Buzz Racing 44
8 Media Do Kageyama Racing 18
9 Hitotsuyama Racing 8
10 Team Hero's 6
11 Zap Speed 5
12 B-Max Racing Team 2

Notes

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  1. ^ Reimei Ito crossed the line first but was given a 5 second penalty. Mitsui inherited the win.
  2. ^ The qualifying session was cancelled due to heavy fog. The starting grid was set by the fastest overall times from the practice sessions.
  3. ^ Due to the cancellation of qualifying, the starting grid was set from the fastest lap times set in the first race.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2022年日本レース選手権カレンダー". JAF Motorsport (in Japanese). 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-25.
  2. ^ "2022 第1戦・第2戦 富士スピードウェイ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 第3戦・第4戦 鈴鹿サーキット". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 第5戦・第6戦 富士スピードウェイ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 第7戦・第8戦 鈴鹿サーキット". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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