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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 edit

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   Keiji Nakao[2] I 1
71   Masayoshi Oyama[2] I 1
96   Makio Saito[2] I 1
DayDream Racing 4   Yuichi Sasaki[2] I 1
Team 5ZIGEN 5   Motohiro Kotani[2] I 1
Buzz Racing 9   "Ken Alex"[2] I 1
90   Lin Chenghua[2] C 1
Rn-sports 10   Hibiki Komatsu[2] C 1
11   Masayuki Ueda[2] I 1
Zap Speed 14   Masaki Murata[2] C 1
HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 16   Kotaro Shimbara[2] C 1
N-SPEED 23   "Yugo"[2] I 1
Falcon Motorsport 26   Takumi Saigusa[2] C 1
B-Max Racing Team[a]

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

Race calendar edit

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[6]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Class winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May   Kotaro Shimbara   Ryota Horachi   Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School   "Dragon"
R2 4 May   Tosei Moriyama
2 R3 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 1 June
R4 2 June
3 R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 August
R6 4 August
4 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 31 August
R8 1 September
5 R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 21 September
R10 22 September
6 R11 Autopolis, Hita 19 October
R12 20 October
7 R13 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 2 November
R14 3 November

Championship standings edit

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 edit

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Champion Class
1   Yuki Sano 1 25
2   Yuto Nomura 2 18
3   Ryota Horachi 3 15
4   Hironobu Shimizu 4 12
5   Kazuhisa Urabe 5 10
6   Ryo Shirasaki 6 8
7   Tokiya Suzuki 7 6
8   Takumi Saigusa 8 4
9   Daiki Matsuda 9 2
10   Kenta Kumagai 10 1
11   Shouma Arimura 11 0
12   Kento Omiya 12 0
13   Masaki Murata 13 0
14   Rintaro Sato 14 0
15   Tosei Moriyama 15 P 0
—   "Hirobon" Ret —
—   Lin Chenghua Ret —
—   Itsuki Sato Ret —
—   Kotaro Shimbara Ret —
—   Hibiki Komatsu Ret —
—   Kiyoshi Umegaki Ret —
—   Rio Shimono Ret —
Independent Class
1   "Dragon" 1 25
2   Keiji Nakao 2 18
3   "Ikari" 3 15
4   "Kentaro" 4 12
5   Masayoshi Oyama 5 10
6   Shoichiro Akamatsu 6 8
7   Makio Saito 7 6
8   Motohiro Kotani 8 4
9   "Ken Alex" 9 1
10   Hachiro Osaka 10 1
11   "Yugo" 11 0
—   William Sakai Ret 0
—   Yuichi Sasaki WD —
—   Masayuki Ueda WD —
—   Nobuhiro Imada WD —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT
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 edit

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Pos Team Pts
1 TGR-DC Racing School 25
2 HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 18
3 Drago Corse 12
4 Bionic Jack Racing 8
5 Falcon Motorsport 4
6 Skill Speed 2
7 OTG Motor Sports 1

Notes edit

  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

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Japanese F4 reveals Gen2 design to be introduced in 2024". formulascout. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "エントリーリスト：2024-第1戦・第2戦-富士" (PDF). fiaf4.wordpress.com. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "2024 FIA-F4 B-Max 参戦体制". b-maxracing.co.jp. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "Honda confirms Iori Kimura's place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Formula 4 Calendar". honda.racing. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

External links edit

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