2021 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2021 F4 Japanese Championship season was the seventh season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It held a total of 14 races over four double-header rounds and two triple-header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
TCS Racing Team 2 Japan Keiji Nakao I 2–4
Field Motorsports 3 Japan Sergeyevich Sato I 2–6
DayDream Racing 4 Japan Yuichi Sasaki I 1, 3
Honda Formula Dream Project 5 Japan Syun Koide All
6 Japan Iori Kimura All
7 Japan Kakunoshin Ohta All
Rn-sports 11 Japan "Hirobon" I All
99 Japan Yoshitsugu Kondo I All
KRac Motorsports 13 Japan Daiki Fujiwara All
Zap Speed 14 Japan Motohiko Isozaki I 3
Japan Hikaru Abe 5
43 Japan "Dragon" I All
86 Japan Hachiro Osaka I All
Media Do Kageyama Racing 15 Japan Wataru Yoshimura 1, 3–6
16 Japan Haruyuki Takahashi 1, 3
Japan Takuya Otaki 2, 4–6
Akiland Racing 18 Japan Makoto Hotta I 1–2, 6
Japan Hiromitsu Fujii I 3
22 Japan Reijiro Yamazaki 6
71 Japan Masayoshi Oyama I All
96 Japan Makio Saito I All
RSS 20 Japan Kotaro Shimbara 3–6
N-SPEED 23 Japan "Yugo" I 1–2, 4–6
Tsuyoshi Usui 24 Japan Tsuyoshi Usui I 2
B-Max Engineering 27 Japan "Syuji" I 5–6
44 4
Japan Nobuhiro Imada I 2–3, 5
Saccess Racing 29 Japan Yasushi Ide I 1
39 Japan Gento Miyashita 1, 3–6
40 Japan Seiya Motojima All
ATEAM Buzz Motorsport 31 Japan Teppei Tsuruta All
32 Finland Max Salo All
33 Japan Katsunori Keihara I 1–2, 4–6
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Japan Seita Nonaka All
36 Japan Rin Arakawa All
37 Japan Jiei Okuzumi All
38 Japan Eijiro Shimizu All
HELM Motorsports 62 Japan Ryosuke Matsuzawa All
63 Japan Yutaka Toriba I 2–6
leprix sport 70 Japan Isao Nakashima I 5
C.S.I-Reon Kids Racing 73 Japan Shunsuke Hanawa All
Skill Speed 77 Japan Sota Ogawa All
OTG Motor Sports 80 Japan Reimei Ito All
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Japan Yugo Iwasawa All
98 Japan Daiki Okamoto 1–4
Japan "Ikari" I 6
Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Icon Class
I Independent Cup

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and support the Super GT events.[1][8] The revised calendar was published on 10 February 2021.[9] The second round of the championship at Suzuka Circuit was postponed from 29–30 May to 21–22 August due to COVID-19 pandemic. The nomenclature was kept, despite the round at Twin Ring Motegi being held in the meantime.[10][11]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Cup winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Japan Iori Kimura Japan Rin Arakawa Japan Iori Kimura Honda Formula Dream Project Japan "Dragon"
R2 4 May Japan Syun Koide Japan Syun Koide Japan Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School Japan "Hirobon"
3[a] R6 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 21 August Japan Iori Kimura Japan Eijiro Shimizu Japan Iori Kimura Honda Formula Dream Project Japan "Hirobon"
R7 22 August Japan Iori Kimura Japan Jiei Okuzumi Japan Rin Arakawa[b] TGR-DC Racing School Japan Sergeyevich Sato
2 R3 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 17 July Japan Reimei Ito Japan Seita Nonaka Japan Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School Japan Yutaka Toriba
R4 Japan Seita Nonaka Japan Seita Nonaka Japan Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School Japan Yutaka Toriba
R5 18 July Japan Seita Nonaka Japan Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School Japan "Hirobon"
4 R8 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 11 September Japan Syun Koide Japan Iori Kimura Japan Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project Japan Yutaka Toriba
R9 Japan Iori Kimura Japan Kotaro Shimbara Japan Iori Kimura Honda Formula Dream Project Japan Yutaka Toriba
R10 12 September Japan Seita Nonaka Japan Reimei Ito OTG Motor Sports Japan "Dragon"
5 R11 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 6 November Japan Rin Arakawa Japan Rin Arakawa Japan Iori Kimura Honda Formula Dream Project Japan Yutaka Toriba
R12 7 November Japan Rin Arakawa Japan Rin Arakawa Japan Rin Arakawa TGR-DC Racing School Japan Yutaka Toriba
6 R13 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 27 November Japan Reimei Ito Japan Seita Nonaka Japan Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School Japan Yutaka Toriba
R14 28 November Japan Reimei Ito Japan Kakunoshin Ohta Japan Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School Japan "Hirobon"

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[a] MOT1 SUG MOT2 FUJ2 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Japan Seita Nonaka 3 1 28 7 1 1 1 5 7 2 4 Ret 1 1 217
2 Japan Rin Arakawa 6 2 5 1 4 3 3 4 5 4 2 1 3 2 213
3 Japan Iori Kimura 1 25 1 5 5 2 7 2 1 26 1 9 4 3 191
4 Japan Reimei Ito 8 6 7 4 2 4 6 3 2 1 9 7 2 6 160
5 Japan Kakunoshin Ohta 4 31 2 2 3 5 2 8 9 6 3 2 Ret 4 150
6 Japan Syun Koide 2 7 3 Ret 7 6 Ret 1 3 3 Ret 8 6 8 124
7 Japan Jiei Okuzumi 7 5 6 6 8 9 5 9 8 12 5 3 5 5 99
8 Japan Eijiro Shimizu 5 3 4 19 6 10 4 10 10 10 Ret 10 7 26 68
9 Japan Seiya Motojima 10 8 22 3 12 13 10 7 6 5 7 6 12 15 59
10 Japan Sota Ogawa 9 4 9 12 9 8 8 12 13 11 6 4 13 7 52
11 Japan Ryosuke Matsuzawa 12 9 11 8 11 11 12 6 4 8 27† 12 8 11 34
12 Japan Yugo Iwasawa 11 12 8 9 10 7 9 Ret 12 7 Ret 5 9 10 34
13 Japan Takuya Otaki 14 10 11 30† 9 8 13 Ret 21 7
14 Japan Kotaro Shimbara 13 Ret 11 DNS 11 24 10 14 DSQ 9 3
15 Japan Daiki Fujiwara 17 10 12 11 14 12 13 13 17 13 12 17 11 12 1
16 Japan Gento Miyashita 16 15 16 17 14 14 16 15 11 11 10 13 1
17 Japan "Hirobon" 21 16 10 15 20 19 20 21 20 20 22 23 30 16 1
18 Japan Teppei Tsuruta 15 11 30 DSQ 18 24 18 15 15 14 16 18 17 14 0
19 Japan Daiki Okamoto 14 13 13 13 15 16 16 17 14 16 0
20 Japan Shunsuke Hanawa 19 14 31 14 17 16 25 17 13 22 18 20 0
21 Japan Haruyuki Takahashi 13 19 17 Ret 15 0
22 Japan Yutaka Toriba Ret 18 19 15 21 19 18 19 14 16 14 29 0
23 Japan Sergeyevich Sato 20 14 23 20 25 23 24 25 15 19 Ret 18 0
24 Japan Wataru Yoshimura 22 18 21 21 22 18 19 Ret Ret 15 15 Ret 0
25 Japan Makio Saito Ret 21 15 25 22 23 24 Ret 22 22 20 21 20 19 0
26 Japan "Dragon" 20 17 18 17 Ret Ret DNS 20 21 18 17 20 16 Ret 0
27 Finland Max Salo 18 20 16 21 27 18 19 24 Ret 21 18 24 19 28 0
28 Japan Nobuhiro Imada 23 16 Ret 28 26 19 26 0
29 Japan "Ikari" 21 17 0
30 Japan Tsuyoshi Usui 17 Ret 0
31 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 27 27 19 24 28 29 31 27 31† 29 24 28 26 Ret 0
32 Japan Keiji Nakao 21 20 Ret 22 23 22 23 23 0
33 Japan Hikaru Abe 21 25 0
34 Japan Hachiro Osaka 25 30† 29 22 29 27 29 26 32† 27 Ret 29 22 Ret 0
35 Japan Makoto Hotta 26 24 26 23 25 22 0
36 Japan Yuichi Sasaki Ret 22 25 25 28 0
37 Japan Yoshitsugu Kondo 23 26 27 Ret 24 26 27 25 29 28 23 27 24 23 0
38 Japan Yasushi Ide 24 23 0
39 Japan Reijiro Yamazaki 23 24 0
40 Japan "Yugo" 28 28 24 Ret 29 28 31 26 31 29 27 0
41 Japan Katsunori Keihara 29 29 25 Ret 30 27 Ret 25 30 28 30 0
42 Japan "Syuji" 28 26 30 Ret Ret 27 25 0
43 Japan Motohiko Isozaki 26 31 30 0
44 Japan Hiromitsu Fujii 30 30 32 0
– Japan Isao Nakashima Ret Ret –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ[a] MOT1 SUG MOT2 FUJ2
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

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ[a] MOT1 SUG MOT2 FUJ2 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Japan "Hirobon" 21 16 10 15 20 19 20 21 20 20 22 23 30 16 238
2 Japan Yutaka Toriba Ret 18 19 15 21 19 18 19 14 16 14 29 223
3 Japan "Dragon" 20 17 18 17 Ret Ret DNS 20 21 18 17 20 16 Ret 173
4 Japan Sergeyevich Sato 20 14 23 20 25 23 24 25 15 19 Ret 18 147
5 Japan Makio Saito Ret 21 15 25 22 23 24 Ret 22 22 20 21 20 19 144
6 Japan Yoshitsugu Kondo 23 26 27 Ret 24 26 27 25 29 28 23 27 24 23 84
7 Japan Keiji Nakao 21 20 Ret 22 23 22 23 23 73
8 Japan Nobuhiro Imada 23 16 Ret 28 26 19 26 49
9 Japan Hachiro Osaka 25 30† 29 22 29 27 29 26 32† 27 Ret 29 22 Ret 48
10 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 27 27 19 24 28 29 31 27 31† 29 24 28 26 Ret 45
11 Japan Makoto Hotta 26 24 26 23 25 22 36
12 Japan Yuichi Sasaki Ret 22 25 25 28 32
13 Japan "Ikari" 21 17 30
14 Japan Yasushi Ide 24 23 22
15 Japan "Syuji" 28 26 30 Ret Ret 27 25 17
16 Japan "Yugo" 28 28 24 Ret 29 28 31 26 31 29 27 16
17 Japan Tsuyoshi Usui 17 Ret 15
18 Japan Katsunori Keihara 29 29 25 Ret 30 27 Ret 25 30 28 30 13
19 Japan Motohiko Isozaki 26 31 30 7
20 Japan Hiromitsu Fujii 30 30 32 1
– Japan Isao Nakashima Ret Ret –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ[a] MOT1 SUG MOT2 FUJ2

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Pos Team Points
1 TGR-DC Racing School 285
2 Honda Formula Dream Project 260
3 OTG Motor Sports 160
4 Saccess Racing 59
5 Skill Speed 52
6 HELM Motorsports 34
7 Bionic Jack Racing 34
8 Media Do Kageyama Racing 7
9 RSS 3
10 KRac Motorsports 1
11 Rn-sports 1

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e The round was postponed from 29–30 May to 21–22 August but it is still considered as Round 2 with Race 3&4.
  2. ^ Iori Kimura crossed the line as the first but was given a 5 second penalty for a dangerous driving behavior. Arakawa inherited the win.

References

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