2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship

The 2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers were competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This was the inaugural season of the championship, and was promoted by K2 Planet.[1]

The season started on 1 August at Fuji Speedway and ran until 13 December.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers competed using the Dome F111/3 Regional F3 car.[1]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Sutekina Racing Team 3 Japan Sena Sakaguchi 1, 3–6
5 Japan Yu Kanamaru 1, 6
Japan Miku Ikejima 3
8 Japan Takuro Shinohara 1
Japan Mizuki Ishizaka 5
Japan Miku Ikejima 6
Eagle Sport 4 Japan Nobuhiro Imada M 1
JMS Racing 4 Japan Nobuhiro Imada M 2–5
Super License 5 Japan Takashi Hata 5
6 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 1–3
Japan Ai Miura 4–5
Zap Speed 8 Japan Yuki Nemoto 2
Japan Riki Okusa 3
86 Japan Hachiro Osaka M 1
Japan Miki Koyama 3
Rn-sports 11 Japan Masayuki Ueda M 1–5
B-Max Engineering 13 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida M 1, 3
27 Japan Syuji M 1–5
30 Japan "Dragon" M 1–5
N-SPEED 23 Japan Yugo M 3
TOM'S Youth 28 Japan Yuga Furutani All
CMS motor sports project 34 Japan Masaru Miura M 1, 4
Saccess Racing 39 Japan Daichi Okamoto 3
Team Goh 55 Japan Satoshi Motoyama M 6
Field Racing 78 Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi 1
Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Race calendar

The initial calendar was announced on 27 December 2019.[8] After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of two races,[9] a revised schedule was announced on 17 June 2020, with 14 races across 6 meetings, starting on 1 August and running until December.[10]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Fuji Speedway 1 August Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team The One Make Race Festival
R2 Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
R3 2 August Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
2 R4 Sportsland SUGO 22 August Japan Tomoki Takahashi Japan Tomoki Takahashi Japan Tomoki Takahashi Super License SUGO Champion Cup
R5 23 August Japan Tomoki Takahashi Japan Yuga Furutani Japan Yuki Nemoto Zap Speed
R6 Japan Tomoki Takahashi Japan Tomoki Takahashi Japan Tomoki Takahashi Super License
3 R7 Fuji Speedway 5 September Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team Super Taikyu
R8 Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
4 R9 Twin Ring Motegi 19 September Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team Motegi Champion Cup
R10 20 September Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
5 R11 Okayama International Circuit 1 November Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Yuga Furutani Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team Super Taikyu
R12 Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
6 R13 Autopolis 12 December Japan Yuga Furutani Japan Yuga Furutani Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team Super Taikyu
R14 Japan Yuga Furutani Japan Yuga Furutani Japan Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten drivers.

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

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 MOT OKA AUT Pts
1 Japan Sena Sakaguchi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 275
2 Japan Yuga Furutani 4 5 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 223
3 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 6 3 2 1 2 1 2 4 139
4 Japan Masayuki Ueda 9 8 9 5 4 6 9 8 7 3 6 7 79
5 Japan Nobuhiro Imada 7 10 7 4 6 4 8 13 4 5 9 8 77
6 Japan "Dragon" DNS 7 8 6 5 5 6 7 6 Ret 7 5 76
7 Japan Yu Kanamaru 2 4 3 3 3 75
8 Japan Yuki Nemoto 3 1 2 58
9 Japan Takuro Shinohara 3 2 5 43
10 Japan "Syuji" 12 11 13 7 7 7 11 10 8 4 8 9 41
11 Japan Ai Miura 3 Ret 4 4 39
12 Japan Mizuki Ishizaka 3 3 30
13 Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi 5 6 6 26
14 Japan Riki Okusa 5 3 25
15 Japan Miku Ikejima 10 9 5 4 25
16 Japan Satoshi Motoyama 4 5 22
17 Japan Daichi Okamoto 4 6 20
18 Japan Takashi Hata 5 6 18
19 Japan Masaru Miura 8 9 10 5 Ret 17
20 Japan Miki Koyama 7 5 16
21 Japan Hachiro Osaka 10 12 11 1
22 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 11 13 12 12 12 0
23 Japan "Yugo" 13 11 0

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