Formula 4 championship
2023 F4 Japanese Championship
Drivers' champion: Rikuto Kobayashi
Teams' Champion: TGR-DC Racing School
Parent series:Super GT
The 2023 F4 Japanese Championship season was the ninth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 14 races over seven double-header rounds.[1]
Teams and drivers
All teams & drivers were Japanese-registered.
Team | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds | Akiland Racing | 2 | Keiji Nakao | I | All | 10 | Masayuki Ueda | I | All | 12 | Ryota Horachi | | All | 18 | Kazuya Oshima | | 1 | Norio Tsukamoto | I | 2–5 | Aoto Nagahara | | 6 | 22 | Yuta Fujiwara | | All | 71 | Masayoshi Oyama | I | All | 96 | Makio Saito | I | All | DayDream Racing | 4 | Yuichi Sasaki | I | 5–7 | Honda Formula Dream Project | 5 | Yusuke Mitsui | | All | 6 | Yuto Nomura | | All | 7 | Tosei Moriyama | | All | Team GMB | 8 | Masamune Handa | | 1–5 | Spread | 6–7 | Rn-sports | 11 | Isao Nakashima | I | All | 99 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | I | 1, 5 | Kazuaki Yasui | I | 3 | B-Max Racing Team | 13 | Makoto Fujiwara | I | All | 27 | "Syuji" | I | 6 | 30 | "Dragon" | I | All | 44 | Nobuhiro Imada | I | 1–6 | "Syuji" | I | 7 | Zap Speed | 14 | Souryuu Tagami | | 1–4, 7 | 86 | Hachiro Osaka | I | 1–4 | 87 | Rio Shimono | | 1–4 | 88 | Rin Arakawa | | 1–4 | Media Do Kageyama Racing | 15 | Tomohito Watabe | | 1–5 | 16 | Kazuma Nishimura | | 1–5, 7 | 26 | Reijiro Yamazaki | I | All | Eagle Sports | 21 | Tadakazu Kojima | I | 1–6 | 49 | Bunsei Okawa | I | 1–2 | Akito Itsuki | | 3 | Daitetsu Ueno | | 4 | Shoichiro Akamatsu | I | 5–6 | NSPEED | 23 | "Yugo" | I | All | Tsuyoshi Usui | 24 | Tsuyoshi Usui | I | 2, 6 | TOM'S Youth | 28 | Yoshiaki Nakamura | | All | Buzz Racing | 31 | Ryoma Henzan | | All | 32 | Taiga Imoto | | 2 | 41 | 3–4 | Masahiro Aoai | I | 1–2 | Drago Corse | 34 | Hironobu Shimizu | | All | TGR-DC Racing School | 35 | Jin Nakamura | | All | 36 | Rikuto Kobayashi | | All | 37 | Yuki Sano | | All | 38 | Shunji Okumoto | | All | PONOS Racing | 45 | Kento Omiya | | All | Fujita Pharmacy Racing | 46 | Kohei Tokumasu | | 1–5, 7 | 48 | Fuma Horio | | 1–5 | Field Motorsports | 55 | "Kentaro" | I | All | HELM Motorsports | 61 | Jiei Okuzumi | | 3 | 62 | Itsuki Sato | | All | 63 | Yutaka Toriba | I | 1–3, 5–7 | Skill Speed | 77 | Hibiki Komatsu | | All | 78 | Yohei Ono | | All | OTG Motor Sports | 80 | Yuto Nozawa | | All | Bionic Jack Racing | 81 | Kazuhisa Urabe | | All | 97 | Shion Tsujimoto | | 1–2 | Hiroyuki Saka | I | 3–4 | Jiei Okuzumi | | 5–7 | 98 | Yuki Mishima | | All | Dr.Dry | 86 | Hachiro Osaka | I | 5–7 | 87 | Rio Shimono | | 5–7 | 88 | Rin Arakawa | | 5–7 | Sources: [2][3] | | 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 | Rikuto Kobayashi | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 2 | Jin Nakamura | Ret | 1 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 3 | Yusuke Mitsui | Ret | 28 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 181 | 4 | Yuto Nomura | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 167 | 5 | Tosei Moriyama | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 101 | 6 | Rin Arakawa | 34 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 75 | 7 | Yuki Sano | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 5 | 40 | Ret | 37 | 74 | 8 | Kazuhisa Urabe | 20 | 8 | 43† | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 9 | Shunji Okumoto | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 63 | 10 | Ryota Horachi | 6 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 56 | 11 | Kento Omiya | 15 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 53 | 12 | Ryoma Henzan | Ret | Ret | 11 | 15 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 13 | Itsuki Sato | 28 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 14 | Jiei Okuzumi | | | | | 6 | 39 | | | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 15 | Kazuma Nishimura | 4 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 18 | Ret | DNS | 16 | 18 | 23 | | | 16 | 19 | 12 | 16 | Yuki Mishima | 5 | 10 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 31 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 17 | Yuta Fujiwara | 10 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 15 | 13 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 18 | Souryuu Tagami | 12 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 20 | Ret | 14 | 24 | | | | | 7 | 11 | 6 | 19 | Rio Shimono | 7 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 20 | Hibiki Komatsu | 8 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 21 | Hironobu Shimizu | Ret | 11 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 22 | Kohei Tokumasu | Ret | 17 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 14 | | | 18 | 18 | 0 | 23 | Tomohito Watabe | 11 | 37 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | WD | WD | | | | | 0 | 24 | Yuto Nozawa | 19 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 25 | Kazuya Oshima | 13 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 26 | Yoshiaki Nakamura | 14 | DNS | 24 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 23 | Ret | 18 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 27 | Yutaka Toriba | 16 | Ret | 36 | 34 | Ret | 19 | | | 33 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 28 | Keiji Nakao | 17 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 40† | 26 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 29 | Akito Itsuki | | | | | 17 | 23 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 30 | Daitetsu Ueno | | | | | | | 17 | 38 | | | | | | | 0 | 31 | Fuma Horio | 18 | Ret | 25 | 28 | Ret | 25 | 21 | 29 | 20 | 20 | | | | | 0 | 32 | Yohei Ono | 27 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 25 | 31 | Ret | Ret | 24 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 33 | Taiga Imoto | | | 22 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 22 | | | | | | | 0 | 34 | Shion Tsujimoto | Ret | Ret | 20 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 35 | Masamune Handa | 33 | 27 | Ret | Ret | 34 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 36 | Makoto Fujiwara | 22 | 21 | 31 | 41 | 28 | 28 | Ret | 32 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 37 | Nobuhiro Imada | 21 | 38 | 37 | Ret | 25 | DNS | Ret | 25 | 23 | Ret | 27 | 24 | | | 0 | 38 | Masayuki Ueda | 38 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 32 | Ret | 31 | 27 | Ret | 33 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 39 | Makio Saito | 26 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 39 | 27 | 40 | 26 | 41 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 40 | "Dragon" | 23 | 24 | 29 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | Ret | 25 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 41 | Aoto Nagahara | | | | | | | | | | | 38 | 23 | | | 0 | 42 | Reijiro Yamazaki | 24 | 25 | DNQ | DNQ | 39† | 35 | Ret | 30 | Ret | Ret | 28 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 0 | 43 | "Kentaro" | 31 | 30 | 33 | 42† | 30 | Ret | Ret | 40† | 24 | 34 | 31 | 36 | Ret | 34 | 0 | 44 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | 25 | 29 | | | | | | | 28 | 31 | | | | | 0 | 45 | Tadakazu Kojima | 30 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 33 | Ret | 28 | Ret | 32 | 38 | 29 | 27 | | | 0 | 46 | Yuichi Sasaki | | | | | | | | | 36 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 28 | Ret | 0 | 47 | Masayoshi Oyama | 32 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 36 | 33 | Ret | 34 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 48 | Hachiro Osaka | 29 | Ret | 41 | 40 | 40† | Ret | Ret | 36 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 49 | Isao Nakashima | 35 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 38 | 34 | Ret | DNS | 35 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 0 | 50 | Hiroyuki Saka | | | | | 31 | 30 | Ret | 33 | | | | | | | 0 | 51 | Norio Tsukamoto | | | 38 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 36 | | | | | 0 | 52 | "Yugo" | DNQ | DNQ | 40 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 31 | 37 | 39 | Ret | 39 | 39 | 33 | 36 | 0 | 53 | Shoichiro Akamatsu | | | | | | | | | 34 | 39 | 37 | 31 | | | 0 | 54 | Bunsei Okawa | 36 | 35 | 32 | 35 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 55 | Tsuyoshi Usui | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 33 | 38 | | | 0 | 56 | Masahiro Aoai | 37 | 34 | 39 | 37 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 57 | "Syuji" | | | | | | | | | | | 36 | 37 | Ret | 35 | 0 | – | Kazuaki Yasui | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | | – | 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 | Makoto Fujiwara | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 191 |
2 | Keiji Nakao | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16† | 5 | 11 | 1 | 179 |
3 | Makio Saito | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 157 |
4 | Yutaka Toriba | 1 | Ret | 10 | 6 | Ret | 1 | | | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 152 |
5 | Masayuki Ueda | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 2 | 5 | 139 |
6 | "Dragon" | 5 | 4 | 3 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 3 | 134 |
7 | Nobuhiro Imada | 3 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 1 | DNS | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 3 | | | 110 |
8 | Reijiro Yamazaki | 6 | 5 | DNQ | DNQ | 13† | 10 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 61 |
9 | Masayoshi Oyama | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 50 |
10 | "Kentaro" | 11 | 7 | 7 | 14† | 6 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 41 |
11 | Tadakazu Kojima | 10 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 6 | 6 | | | 38 |
12 | Isao Nakashima | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 9 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
13 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | 6 | | | | | 30 |
14 | Norio Tsukamoto | | | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 | | | | | 26 |
15 | Hiroyuki Saka | | | | | 7 | 6 | Ret | 6 | | | | | | | 22 |
16 | Bunsei Okawa | 14 | 12 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 14 |
17 | Yuichi Sasaki | | | | | | | | | 14 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 10 |
18 | "Yugo" | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 17 | Ret | 15 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
19 | Hachiro Osaka | 9 | Ret | 15 | 12 | 14† | Ret | Ret | 9 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
20 | Masahiro Aoai | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
21 | Shoichiro Akamatsu | | | | | | | | | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 | | | 2 |
22 | Tsuyoshi Usui | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 10 | 16 | | | 1 |
23 | "Syuji" | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 15 | Ret | 12 | 0 |
– | Kazuaki Yasui | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | | – |
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 scored points for their team.
Notes
- ^ Yusuke Mitsui finished as the first but received a drive through penalty converted into 40 seconds for an illegal start on a safety car restart. Nakamura inherited the win.
References
- ^ a b "2023年地方レース選手権カレンダー". JAF Motorsport (in Japanese). 12 December 2022.
- ^ "参戦台数は過去最多の46台。2023年FIA-F4選手権 第1戦・第2戦富士 エントリーリスト". AUTO SPORT web (in Japanese). 2023-05-02.
- ^ "【順位結果】2023FIA-F4選手権 第3戦鈴鹿 決勝". AUTO SPORT web (in Japanese). 2023-06-03.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)