2024 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2024 F4 Japanese Championship season is the tenth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 3 May at Fuji Speedway and will end on 3 November at Mobility Resort Motegi.

This is the first season for the second-generation MCSC-24 chassis constructed by Toray Carbon Magic, and the new TOM'S TMA43 engine which produces 180 horsepower, 20 more than its predecessor.[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams will compete with an identical Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 chassis and TOM'S 2-litre naturally aspirated engine.[1]

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Akiland Racing 2 Japan Keiji Nakao[2] I 1–3
Japan Aoto Nagahara[3] C 5
71 Japan Masayoshi Oyama[2] I 1–6
96 Japan Makio Saito[2] I 1–6
DayDream Racing 4 Japan Yuichi Sasaki[2] I 1–6
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Japan Motohiro Kotani[2] I 1–6
Buzz Racing 9 Japan "Ken Alex"[2] I 1–6
90 China Lin Chenghua[2] C 1–6
Rn-sports 10 Japan Hibiki Komatsu[2] C 1
Japan Isao Nakashima[4] I 2–6
11 Japan Masayuki Ueda[2] I 1–6
Zap Speed 14 Japan Masaki Murata[2] C 1–6
57 Japan Anri Sugihara I 6
HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 16 Japan Kotaro Shimbara[2] C 1–6
N-SPEED 23 Japan "Yugo”[2] I 1–6
Falcon Motorsport 26 Japan Takumi Saigusa[2] C 1–3, 6
B-Max Racing Team[a]

HFPD with B-Max Racing Team[a] 		30 Japan "Dragon"[5] I 1–6
44 Japan Nobuhiro Imada[5] I 1–6
50 Japan Yuto Nomura[6] C 1–6
51 Japan Ryota Horachi[6] C 1–6
Drago Corse 33 Japan Itsuki Sato[2] C 1–6
34 Japan Hironobu Shimizu[2] C 1–6
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Japan Yuki Sano[7] C 1–6
36 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe[7] C 1–6
37 Japan Tokiya Suzuki[7] C 1–6
38 Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki[7] C 1–6
Eagle Sports 40 Japan Shoichiro Akamatsu[2] I 1–6
PONOS Racing 45 Japan Kento Omiya[2] C 1–6
54 Japan Rintaro Sato[2] C 1–6
Fujita Pharmacy Racing 46 Japan Shouma Arimura[2] C 1–6
Field Motorsports 55 Japan "Kentaro"[2] I 1–6
OTG Motor Sports 60 Japan Kenta Kumagai[2] C 1–6
HELM Motorsports 61 United States William Sakai[2] I 1–3
62 Japan Tosei Moriyama[2] C 1–6
63 Japan Yutaka Toriba[2] I 2–6
64 Japan "Hirobon"[2] C 1–2, 5
Chinese Taipei Ethan Ho[8] C 3
Skill Speed 77 Japan Daiki Matsuda[2] C 1–4
Dr.Dry 86 Japan Hachiro Osaka[2] I 1–6
87 Japan Rio Shimono[2] C 1–6
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Japan Ryo Shirasaki[2] C 1–6
98 Japan "Ikari"[2] I 1–6
Icon Class
C Champion Class
I Independent Class

Race calendar

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[9] On 28 August 2024, it was announced that the 2nd Suzuka round was postponed to 7–8 December due to the threat of Typhoon Shanshan.[10] After Race 11 was not held due to bad weather in Autopolis, the race was moved to the Mobility Resort Motegi round.[11]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Class winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Japan Kotaro Shimbara Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School Japan "Dragon"
R2 4 May Japan Tosei Moriyama Japan Hironobu Shimizu Japan Tosei Moriyama HELM Motorsports Japan "Kentaro"
2 R3 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 1 June Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan Nobuhiro Imada
R4 2 June Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Tosei Moriyama Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan "Dragon"
3 R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 August Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Ryota Horachi HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan Yutaka Toriba
R6 4 August Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Hironobu Shimizu Drago Corse Japan "Kentaro"
4 R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 21 September Japan Yuki Sano Japan Kento Omiya Japan Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School Japan Nobuhiro Imada
R10 22 September Japan Yuki Sano Japan Yuki Sano Japan Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School Japan Nobuhiro Imada
5 R11 Autopolis, Hita 19 October The race was cancelled due to severe bad weather. The race rescheduled to the next round in Motegi.
R12 20 October Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan "Dragon"
6 R11 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 2 November Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan "Dragon"
R13 Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan Nobuhiro Imada
R14 3 November Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan "Dragon"
7 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 7 December
R8 8 December

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 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8
Champion Class
1 Japan Yuto Nomura 2 DNS 1 1 3 8 7 4 C 1 1 1 1 193
2 Japan Ryota Horachi 3 DNS 2 3 1 2 8 5 C 4 2 3 4 152
3 Japan Yuki Sano 1 DNS 11 6 10 7 1 1 C 2 3 7 3 119
4 Japan Kotaro Shimbara Ret 4 3 4 7 4 9 8 C 3 7 2 2 116
5 Japan Hironobu Shimizu 4 2 5 5 4 1 13 13 C 11 9 17 9 91
6 Japan Tosei Moriyama 15 1 4 2 2 11 10 9 C Ret 15 Ret 11 74
7 Japan Kento Omiya 12 DNS 7 8 11 3 2 2 C 8 4 4 17 68
8 Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki Ret DNS 9 7 6 5 6 10 C 5 6 6 8 64
9 Japan Rintaro Sato 14 DNS 6 9 18 6 3 6 C 7 17 8 6 54
10 Japan Tokiya Suzuki 7 DNS 12 13 5 16 5 7 C 6 10 16 7 41
11 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe 5 DNS 8 10 20 Ret 4 3 C 9 13 5 Ret 39
12 Japan Itsuki Sato Ret 3 10 11 9 10 11 12 C 10 8 10 5 35
13 Japan Ryo Shirasaki 6 Ret 13 21 8 12 14 18 C 12 5 15 10 23
14 Japan Kenta Kumagai 10 5 18 12 12 9 15 19 C 15 12 Ret 12 13
15 Japan Takumi Saigusa 8 7 16 18 DNS DNS Ret 12 15 10
16 Japan Hibiki Komatsu Ret 6 8
17 Japan Daiki Matsuda 9 8 20 14 14 15 16 16 6
18 Japan Rio Shimono Ret 11 15 19 13 Ret 12 11 C 13 11 9 13 2
19 Japan "Hirobon" Ret 9 14 15 WD WD 2
20 China Lin Chenghua Ret 10 21 20 19 Ret 19 17 C 16 18 14 16 1
21 Japan Masaki Murata 13 Ret 19 16 15 17 17 14 C 17 14 11 14 0
22 Japan Shouma Arimura 11 DNS 18 17 17 14 18 15 C 18 16 13 18 0
23 Chinese Taipei Ethan Ho 16 13 0
24 Japan Aoto Nagahara C 14 0
Independent Class
1 Japan "Dragon" 1 DNS 2 1 9 4 3 2 C 1 1 7 1 187
2 Japan Nobuhiro Imada WD WD 1 2 5 3 1 1 C 3 2 1 15 163.5
3 Japan Makio Saito 7 2 4 5 Ret 2 11 6 C 6 4 5 4 110
4 Japan "Kentaro" 4 1 3 7 2 1 Ret 9 C 9 Ret 8 9 108
5 Japan Masayuki Ueda WD WD 6 4 3 8 6 5 C 5 3 9 2 97
6 Japan "Ken Alex" 9 7 Ret 10 4 10 2 3 C 2 7 3 11 86.5
7 Japan Isao Nakashima 5 3 7 6 4 4 C 4 8 4 10 86
8 Japan Shoichiro Akamatsu 6 6 8 16 6 7 5 7 C 8 5 14 5 71
9 Japan "Ikari" 3 5 7 9 8 5 9 12 C 13 13 12 3 64
10 Japan Yutaka Toriba 13 6 1 Ret 7 11 C 12 9 2 13 59
11 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 5 Ret 12 13 12 9 8 8 C 10 14 6 8 32
12 Japan Hachiro Osaka 10 4 14 12 14 13 12 10 C 11 11 10 6 23.5
13 Japan Keiji Nakao 2 10 Ret 8 11 DNS 23
14 Japan Motohiro Kotani 8 3 Ret 15 10 11 13 14 C Ret 10 11 14 21
15 Japan Yuichi Sasaki WD WD 11 11 13 14 10 13 C 7 6 15 7 21
16 Japan "Yugo” 11 8 10 17 15 15 Ret 15 C 14 12 13 12 5
17 United States William Sakai Ret 9 9 14 16 12 4
— Japan Anri Sugihara WD WD WD —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish but classified

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Pos Team FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8
Champion Class
1 HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 2 DNS 1 1 1 2 7 4 C 1 1 1 1 217
2 TGR-DC Racing School 1 DNS 8 6 5 5 1 1 C 2 3 5 3 140
3 HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Ret 4 3 4 7 4 9 8 C 3 7 2 2 116
4 Drago Corse 4 2 5 5 4 1 11 13 C 10 8 10 5 107
5 PONOS Racing 12 DNS 6 8 11 3 2 2 C 7 4 4 6 83
6 HELM Motorsports 15 1 4 2 2 11 10 9 C Ret 15 Ret 11 74
8 Bionic Jack Racing 6 Ret 13 21 8 12 14 18 C 12 5 15 10 23
7 OTG Motor Sports 10 5 18 12 12 9 15 19 C 15 12 Ret 12 13
9 Falcon Motorsport 8 7 16 18 DNS DNS Ret 12 15 10
10 Rn-sports Ret 6 8
11 Skill Speed 9 8 20 14 14 15 16 16 6
12 Dr. Dry Ret 11 15 19 13 Ret 12 11 C 13 11 9 13 2
13 Buzz Racing Ret 10 21 20 19 Ret 19 17 C 16 18 14 16 1
14 Zap Speed 13 Ret 19 16 15 17 17 14 C 17 14 11 14 0
15 Akiland Racing C 14 0
Independent Class
1 B-Max Racing Team 1 DNS 1 1 5 3 1 1 C 1 1 1 1 237.5
2 Akiland Racing 2 2 4 5 11 2 8 6 C 6 4 5 4 124
3 Rn-sports WD WD 5 3 3 8 4 4 C 5 3 4 2 123
4 Field Motorsports 4 1 3 7 2 1 Ret 9 C 9 Ret 8 9 108
5 Buzz Racing 9 7 Ret 10 4 10 2 3 C 2 7 3 11 86.5
6 Eagle Sports 6 6 8 16 6 7 5 7 C 8 5 14 5 71
7 Bionic Jack Racing 3 5 7 9 8 5 9 12 C 13 13 12 3 64
8 HELM Motorsports Ret 9 9 6 1 12 7 11 C 12 9 2 13 63
9 Dr. Dry 10 4 14 12 14 13 12 10 C 11 11 10 6 23.5
10 Team 5ZIGEN 8 3 Ret 15 10 11 13 14 C Ret 10 11 14 21
11 DayDream Racing WD WD 11 11 13 14 10 14 C 7 6 15 7 21
12 N-SPEED 11 8 10 17 15 15 Ret 15 C 14 12 13 12 5
— Zap Speed WD WD WD —
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2

Notes

  1. ^ a b Car No. 30 & 44 entered as B-Max Racing Team, and car No. 50 & 51 entered as HFDP with B-Max Racing Team
  2. ^ a b c d The race was abandoned due to bad weather conditions before 75% of the race was completed. Therefore, half points were awarded for the Independent Class. In the Champion Class no points were awarded because only two laps were completed.

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