2019 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2019 F4 Japanese Championship season was the fifth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 13 April in Okayama and finished on 3 November in Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Team Right Way 2 Keiji Nakao[2] I All
Field Motorsport 3 Sergeyevich Sato[2] I All
Daydream Racing 4 Yuichi Sasaki[3] I 2, 4, 6–7
Honda Formula Dream Project 5 Atsushi Miyake[2] All
6 Kakunoshin Ohta[2] All
7 Ren Sato[2] All
8 Miki Koyama[2] 3–7
ATEAM Buzz Motorsport 9 Yusuke Shiotsu[2] All
18 Masaki Baba[4] 4
Hideki Hirota[5] I 5
Rn-sports 10 Makoto Hotta[2] I All
11 Ryuichirou Ishizaki[2] 1–3
Masayuki Ueda[4] 4–7
12 2–3
Zap Speed 14 Kotaro Sakurai[4] 3–7
43 Motoyoshi Yoshida[2] I All
99 Kotaro Sakurai[3] 2
Media Do Kageyama Racing 15 Takuro Shinohara[3] 2–3
Masakatsu Takatsu[4] 4
Kaito Tsukada[6] 6
16 Daisuke Watanabe[2] All
24 Reiji Hiraki[2] All
Silver Star Racing 19 Ryo Komikado[4] 4
20 Iori Kimura[2] All
M2 HDR Racing 21 "Ryo" 3
L.B. Japan Racing 22 "Don Luciano"[5] I 5
N-SPEED 23 "Yugo"[4] I All
Team Samurai 25 Fuma Horio[2] All
Saccess Racing 26 Ryunosuke Shibata[4] 4
Ryunosuke Sawa[7] 7
39 Daichi Okamoto[2] All
40 Teravate Pukpiboon[2] 1
B-MAX Engineering 27 "Syuji"[2] I All
30 "Dragon"[2] I 1–2, 4–7
Eagle Sports 28 Makio Saito[2] I All
RS Fine 29 Yasushi Ide I 3
NRS 31 Takumi Saigusa[2] 1–4
Masaya Kono[5] 5
Ashida MFG 33 Mitsuji Inagaki[5] I 5
RT WORLD 34 Hironori Kikuchi[3] I 2
TOM'S Spirit 36 Seita Nonaka[2] All
37 Hibiki Taira[2] All
IMS 44 Sho Onodera 2
OTG Motor Sports 60 Togo Suganami[2] All
80 Masamitsu Ohtake[2] All
Le Beausset Motorsports 62 Seiya Jin[2] All
63 Kohta Kawaai[2] All
Nagisa Auto Motor Sports 71 Masayoshi Oyama[2] I All
C.S.I.-Reon Kids Racing 73 Shunsuke Hanawa[2] 1–4, 6–7
Skill Speed 77 Takeshi Ohi[2] 1–3
Sota Ogawa[4] 4–7
Sashi Speed 86 Hachiro Osaka[2] I All
Team Right Way 88 Yoshifumi Shigemori[6] I 6
Akiland Racing 96 Rin Arakawa[7] I 7
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Mizuki Ishizaka[5] 5–7
98 "Ikari"[2] I 1–3, 5–7
Mizuki Ishizaka[4] 4
Icon Class
I Independent Cup

Race calendar and results

All rounds will be held in Japan. The "2019 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Round 17 Japan Grand Prix Race" will be held at Suzuka Circuit on October 11-13, 2019 first time as a support race event. This "FIA-F4 Dream Cup Race" (tentative name) will be a special non-points race. [8] Other rounds supporting of the Super GT events.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 13 April Ren Sato Ren Sato Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 14 April Kakunoshin Ohta Ren Sato Atsushi Miyake Honda Formula Dream Project
2 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Ren Sato Reiji Hiraki Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 4 May Ren Sato Seita Nonaka Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
3 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 25 May Kakunoshin Ohta Kakunoshin Ohta Kakunoshin Ohta Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 26 May Kakunoshin Ohta Ren Sato Kakunoshin Ohta Honda Formula Dream Project
4 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 August Ren Sato Kakunoshin Ohta Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 4 August Ren Sato Seita Nonaka Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
5 R1 Autopolis, Hita 7 September Atsushi Miyake Atsushi Miyake Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 8 September Ren Sato Reiji Hiraki Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
6 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 21 September Atsushi Miyake Ren Sato Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 22 September Atsushi Miyake Ren Sato Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
NC R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 12 October Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis[9]
R2 13 October
7 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 2 November Ren Sato Reiji Hiraki Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 3 November Ren Sato Kohta Kawaai Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project

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 OKA FUJ1 SUZ FUJ2 AUT SUG MOT Points
1 Ren Sato 1 20 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 311
2 Atsushi Miyake 14 1 11 10 3 3 9 Ret 2 2 2 2 9 3 147
3 Kohta Kawaai 20 5 5 3 7 6 6 6 5 3 3 6 Ret 2 131
4 Reiji Hiraki 5 7 10 2 8 8 Ret 2 8 4 4 5 2 4 129
5 Togo Suganami 3 2 8 6 4 4 2 3 7 7 6 7 Ret Ret 128
6 Kakunoshin Ohta Ret Ret 2 5 1 1 4 9 3 6 18 27 8 7 125
7 Hibiki Taira 4 8 7 4 5 5 23 4 12 32 5 3 5 Ret 101
8 Seita Nonaka 2 3 4 8 35 7 29 11 10 10 7 4 7 6 89
9 Iori Kimura 7 4 13 12 13 9 Ret 7 6 5 Ret 23 3 5 69
10 Daichi Okamoto 6 6 3 9 6 Ret 5 8 14 13 12 14 6 9 65
11 Mizuki Ishizaka 3 5 9 8 14 12 Ret 8 35
12 Seiya Jin Ret DNS 9 7 9 Ret 7 10 11 9 8 30 Ret 10 24
13 Sota Ogawa 12 Ret 4 31 10 10 Ret Ret 14
14 Kotaro Sakurai Ret Ret 15 13 Ret 14 18 11 Ret 11 4 25 12
15 Yusuke Shiotsu 8 9 Ret DNS 11 10 11 12 16 17 9 13 11 14 9
16 Takuro Shinohara 6 17 12 12 8
17 Miki Koyama 17 Ret 8 13 13 14 13 9 10 11 7
18 Masamitsu Ohtake 10 11 15 15 14 Ret Ret 15 15 12 11 8 Ret 13 5
19 Takeshi Ohi 9 10 12 11 16 Ret 3
20 Ryuichirou Ishizaki 28 12 20 13 10 11 1
21 Daisuke Watanabe Ret Ret 14 23 28 Ret 10 16 Ret 15 16 31 13 24 1
22 "Dragon" 11 14 19 26 15 35 20 23 24 17 Ret 17 0
23 Ryunosuke Sawa 12 12 0
24 Sergeyevich Sato 12 15 21 25 19 17 20 21 21 18 17 19 17 32 0
25 Fuma Horio 13 24 33 14 18 Ret 13 17 17 16 15 15 16 18 0
26 Keizi Nakao 27 13 18 Ret 27 21 17 29 19 28 22 28 18 19 0
27 Shunsuke Hanawa 16 27 16 18 30 16 14 18 20 16 15 16 0
28 Rin Arakawa 14 15 0
29 Masayuki Ueda 22 Ret 20 14 18 20 34 19 21 Ret 20 22 0
30 Teravate Pukpiboon 15 16 0
31 "Ikari" 19 17 25 24 21 15 23 20 25 32 27 23 0
32 Takumi Saigusa 17 23 23 16 23 19 16 19 0
33 Sho Onedera 17 28 0
34 Yuichi Sasaki 26 20 22 25 19 18 19 21 0
35 Makoto Hotta 18 21 29 22 24 20 19 24 28 29 26 21 22 27 0
36 Makio Saito 23 Ret 24 19 22 18 21 34 24 22 23 20 23 26 0
37 Motoyoshi Yoshida 21 18 28 29 32 26 30 26 26 Ret 27 26 Ret 28 0
38 Hachiro Osaka 24 19 27 Ret 26 22 25 28 25 30 29 22 21 20 0
39 "Syuji" 26 25 30 21 31 25 27 33 30 26 Ret 25 26 29 0
40 Masaya Kono 31 21 0
41 Masayoshi Oyama 22 22 34 30 33 24 31 30 29 24 28 24 24 30 0
42 Masaki Baba 26 22 0
43 Hideki Hirota 22 Ret 0
44 Ryo Komikado 28 23 0
45 Yasushi Ide 29 23 0
46 Ryunosuke Shibata 24 27 0
47 "Yugo" 25 26 32 Ret 34 27 33 32 33 27 30 29 25 31 0
48 "Don Luciano" 32 25 0
49 "Ryo" 25 Ret 0
50 Hironori Kikuchi 31 27 0
51 Mitsuji Inagaki 27 Ret 0
52 Masakatsu Takatsu 32 31 0
53 Yoshifumi Shigemori 31 Ret 0
— Kaito Tsukada Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 SUZ FUJ2 AUT SUG MOT Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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 OKA FUJ1 SUZ FUJ2 AUT SUG MOT Points
1 Sergeyevich Sato 12 15 21 25 19 17 20 21 21 18 17 19 17 32 241
2 "Dragon" 11 14 19 24 15 35 20 23 24 17 Ret 17 182
3 Keizi Nakao 27 13 18 Ret 27 21 17 29 19 28 22 28 18 19 171
4 Makio Saito 23 Ret 24 19 22 18 21 34 24 22 23 20 23 26 147
5 "Ikari" 19 17 25 24 21 15 23 20 25 32 27 23 134
6 Makoto Hotta 18 21 29 22 24 20 19 24 28 29 26 21 22 27 126
7 Yuichi Sasaki 26 20 22 25 19 18 19 21 112
8 Hachiro Osaka 24 19 27 Ret 26 22 25 28 25 30 29 22 21 20 92
9 Motoyoshi Yoshida 21 18 28 29 32 26 30 26 26 Ret 27 26 Ret 28 56
10 Masayoshi Oyama 22 22 34 30 33 24 31 30 29 24 28 24 24 30 49
11 "Syuji" 26 25 30 21 31 25 27 33 30 26 Ret 25 26 29 43
12 "Yugo" 25 26 32 Ret 34 27 33 32 33 27 30 29 25 31 15
13 Hideki Hirota 22 Ret 12
14 "Ryo" 25 Ret 10
15 Yasushi Ide 29 23 10
16 "Don Luciano" 32 25 8
17 Hironori Kikuchi 31 27 4
18 Mitsuji Inagaki 27 Ret 2

Teams' standings

Pos Team Pts.
1 Honda Formula Dream Project 350
2 Media Do Kageyama Racing 137
3 TOM'S Spirit 134
4 Le Beausset Motorsports 131
5 OTG Motor Sports 128
6 Silver Star Racing 69
7 Saccess Racing 65
8 Bionic Jack Racing 35
9 Skill Speed 17
10 Zap Speed 12
11 Ateam Buzz Motorsport 9
12 Rn-sports 1

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