The 2021 Formula Regional Japanese Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers competed in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This was the second season of the championship, promoted by K2 Planet.[1]
The season started on 26 June and concluded on 12 December. Yuga Furutani took the drivers' title ahead of Ai Miura, while his team TOM'S Youth won the teams' title and Takashi Hata earned Masters' class honors.
Teams and drivers edit
All teams and drivers competed using the Dome F111/3 Regional F3 car.[1] All teams were Japanese-registered.
| Team | No. | Driver | Status | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutekina Racing Team | 1 |  Lucca Allen
|
1 | |
| 3 |  Sota Ogawa
|
3–5 | ||
| 5 | Yousuke Shiotsu
|
3–5 | ||
| B-Max Engineering | 4 | Nobuhiro Imada
|
M | 3–5 |
| 27 | 1 | |||
| "Syuji"
|
M | 2–3, 5 | ||
| 30 | "Dragon"
|
M | 1, 3–5 | |
| 96 | "Takumi"
|
M | All | |
| Super License | 7 | Takashi Hata
|
M | All |
| 8 | Ai Miura
|
All | ||
| 9 | Tomoki Takahashi
|
5 | ||
| Rn-sports | 11 | Masayuki Ueda
|
M | 1–3, 5 |
| Kakunoshin Ohta
|
4 | |||
| RaiseUPMotorSport | 22 | Takashi Itou
|
1 | |
| N-Speed | 23 | "Yugo"
|
M | 2–3 |
| TOM'S Youth[N 1] PONOS Racing[N 1] |
28 | Yuga Furutani
|
All | |
| 45 | Yorikatsu Tsujiko
|
1, 3 | ||
| Riki Okusa
|
2, 4–5 | |||
| CMS motor sports project | 34 | Masaru Miura
|
M | All |
| Asclay Saccess ES | 39 | Yuki Tanaka
|
M | All |
| D'station Racing | 77 | Ryunosuke Sawa
|
3–4 | |
| Zap Speed | 86 | Hachiro Osaka
|
M | 3 |
| Privateer | 6 | Yoshiaki Katayama
|
1 | |
| 87 | Yousuke Shiotsu
|
1 | ||
| Source: [2][3][4][5] | ||||
Race calendar edit
The first calendar for 2021 was announced on 30 October 2020. For the first time, the series was planned to be on the Formula One support bill, at the 2021 Japanese Grand Prix.[6] After the changes in the calendar, it was to support FIA World Endurance Championship at 2021 6 Hours of Fuji instead, before that race was cancelled.[7] The round at Sugo was moved to 9 October later on.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Masters winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 26 June | Yousuke Shiotsu
|
Yoshiaki Katayama
|
Yoshiaki Katayama
|
Privateer | Yuki Tanaka
|
| R2 | 27 June | Yoshiaki Katayama
|
Yoshiaki Katayama
|
Yoshiaki Katayama
|
Privateer | Yuki Tanaka
| ||
| R3 | Yoshiaki Katayama
|
Yuga Furutani
|
Yoshiaki Katayama
|
Privateer | "Dragon"
| |||
| 2 | R4 | Twin Ring Motegi | 4 September | Riki Okusa
|
Riki Okusa
|
Riki Okusa
|
Ponos Racing | Takashi Hata
|
| R5 | 5 September | Yuga Furutani
|
Yuga Furutani
|
Yuga Furutani
|
TOM'S Youth | Masaru Miura
| ||
| R6 | Riki Okusa
|
Yuga Furutani
|
Riki Okusa
|
Ponos Racing | Masaru Miura
| |||
| 3 | R7 | Fuji Speedway | 25 September | Yuga Furutani
|
Yuga Furutani
|
Yuga Furutani
|
TOM'S Youth | Nobuhiro Imada
|
| R8 | Yuga Furutani
|
Yuga Furutani
|
Ai Miura
|
Super License | Nobuhiro Imada
| |||
| R9 | 26 September | Ai Miura
|
Yuga Furutani
|
Ryunosuke Sawa
|
D'station Racing | Yuki Tanaka
| ||
| 4 | R10 | Sportsland Sugo | 9 October | Ryunosuke Sawa
|
Ai Miura
|
Yuga Furutani
|
TOM'S Youth | Takashi Hata
|
| R11 | Ryunosuke Sawa
|
Riki Okusa
|
Ryunosuke Sawa
|
D'station Racing | Takashi Hata
| |||
| 5 | R12 | Suzuka International Racing Course | 12 December | Riki Okusa
|
Sota Ogawa
|
Sota Ogawa
|
Sutekina Racing Team | Nobuhiro Imada
|
| R13 | Riki Okusa
|
Yuga Furutani
|
Yuga Furutani
|
TOM'S Youth | Nobuhiro Imada
| |||
| Source: [7] | ||||||||
Championship standings edit
Scoring system edit
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 edit
| Pos | Driver | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | SUZ | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| 1 | Yuga Furutani
|
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 240 |
| 2 | Ai Miura
|
4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 179 |
| 3 | Riki Okusa
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 140 | ||||||
| 4 | Yousuke Shiotsu
|
3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 110 | |||
| 5 | Ryunosuke Sawa
|
2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 84 | ||||||||
| 6 | Yoshiaki Katayama
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Sota Ogawa
|
9 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 73 | ||||||
| 8 | Takashi Hata
|
12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 57 |
| 9 | Yuki Tanaka
|
7 | 6 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 55 |
| 10 | Nobuhiro Imada
|
8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 54 | |||
| 11 | "Takumi"
|
9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 44 |
| 12 | Masaru Miura
|
11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 13 | Masayuki Ueda
|
10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 35 | ||
| 14 | Kakunoshin Ohta
|
4 | 3 | 27 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Tomoki Takahashi
|
3 | 6 | 23 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Lucca Allen
|
6 | 4 | 10 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Takashi Itou
|
5 | Ret | 5 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 18 | "Dragon"
|
Ret | Ret | 6 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 20 | |||
| 19 | "Syuji"
|
9 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | |||||
| 20 | "Yugo"
|
Ret | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 3 | |||||||
| 21 | Yorikatsu Tsujiko
|
13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
| 22 | Hachiro Osaka
|
Ret | 12 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | SUZ | |||||||||||
Masters class edit
| Pos | Driver | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | SUZ | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| 1 | Takashi Hata
|
6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 196 |
| 2 | Nobuhiro Imada
|
2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 193 | |||
| 3 | Yuki Tanaka
|
1 | 1 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 173 |
| 4 | "Takumi"
|
3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 165 |
| 5 | Masaru Miura
|
5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 162 |
| 6 | Masayuki Ueda
|
4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 119 | ||
| 7 | "Dragon"
|
Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 80 | |||
| 8 | "Syuji"
|
6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 64 | |||||
| 9 | "Yugo"
|
Ret | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 22 | |||||||
| 10 | Hachiro Osaka
|
Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | SUZ | |||||||||||
Teams' standings edit
Only the best finishing driver of each team was eligible for teams' championship points.
| Pos | Team | OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | SUZ | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| 1 | TOM'S Youth | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 245 |
| 2 | Super License | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 188 |
| 3 | Ponos Racing | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 146 |
| 4 | Sutekina Racing Team | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 116 | |||
| 5 | B-Max Engineering | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 104 |
| 6 | D'station Racing | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 89 | ||||||||
| 7 | Rn-sports | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 85 |
| 8 | CMS motor sports project | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 77 |
| 9 | Asclay Saccess ES | 7 | 6 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 76 |
| 10 | Yoshiaki Katayama (privateer) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Yousuke Shiotsu (privateer) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||||
| 12 | RaiseUPMotorSport | 4 | Ret | 4 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 13 | N-Speed | Ret | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 14 | |||||||
| 14 | Zap Speed | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | ||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
| OKA | MOT | FUJ | SUG | SUZ | |||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b Wood, Elliot (2019-09-11). "Japanese Regional F3 series and car revealed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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- ^ "2021 Inter Proto Series 第3大会 エントリーリスト" (PDF).
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