2022 F4 Japanese Championship
Parent series:Super GT
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
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
All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[1]
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 | 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
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
Only the best finisher scores points for their team.
Notes
- ^ Reimei Ito crossed the line first but was given a 5 second penalty. Mitsui inherited the win.
- ^ The qualifying session was cancelled due to heavy fog. The starting grid was set by the fastest overall times from the practice sessions.
- ^ Due to the cancellation of qualifying, the starting grid was set from the fastest lap times set in the first race.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)