2025 F4 Japanese Championship
The 2025 F4 Japanese Championship season is a planned eleventh season of the F4 Japanese Championship.
This is the second season for the second-generation MCSC-24 chassis constructed by Toray Carbon Magic, and TOM'S TMA43 engine which produces 180 horsepower.[1]
Teams and drivers
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 | Rounds | ||
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Champion Class | |||||
Team 5ZIGEN | 3 | Sena Yamamoto[2] | 1 | ||
TGM Grand Prix | 8 | Leon Ochiai[3] | 1 | ||
53 | Shota Sakai[3] | 1 | |||
Zap Speed | 14 | Masaki Murata[2] | 1 | ||
HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing | 15 | TBA | TBC | ||
16 | Ryo Shirasaki[2] | 1 | |||
17 | Itsuki Sato[2] | 1 | |||
Akiland Racing | 19 | Keito Matsui[2] | 1 | ||
TGR-DC Racing School | 28 | Kiyoshi Umegaki[4] | 1 | ||
29 | Tokiya Suzuki[4] | 1 | |||
35 | Megumu Suzuki[4] | 1 | |||
36 | Takahiro Kikuchi[4] | 1 | |||
37 | Masana Muto[4] | 1 | |||
38 | Yuzuki Miura[4] | 1 | |||
Drago Corse | 33 | Yuta Suzuki[2] | 1 | ||
34 | Fuki Tanaka[2] | 1 | |||
|
43 | Tosei Moriyama[5] | 1 | ||
50 | Kotaro Shimbara[6] | 1 | |||
51 | Syo Momose[6] | 1 | |||
52 | Ayato Iwasaki[7] | 1 | |||
PONOS Racing | 45 | Ryota Horachi[8] | 1 | ||
54 | Ryuma Sako[8] | 1 | |||
Fujita Pharmacy Racing | 46 | Shouma Arimura[2] | 1 | ||
Ragno Motor Sport | 48 | Lin Chenghua[2] | 1 | ||
OTG Motor Sports | 60 | Kenta Kumagai[9] | 1 | ||
80 | Miki Onaga[9] | 1 | |||
HELM Motorsports | 62 | Haruto Nakai[10] | 1 | ||
63 | Fuji Kishi[10] | 1 | |||
Skill Speed | 77 | Yasumasa Kano[2] | 1 | ||
Dr Dry Racing Team | 87 | Rio Shimono[2] | 1 | ||
Bionic Jack Racing | 97 | Ai Miura[2] | 1 | ||
Independent Class | |||||
Day Dream Racing | 4 | Yuichi Sasaki[2] | 1 | ||
Team 5ZIGEN | 5 | Motohiro Kotani[2] | 1 | ||
Buzz Racing | 6 | "Ken Alex"[2] | 1 | ||
7 | Hitoshi Sakai[2] | 1 | |||
Rn-sports | 10 | Isao Nakashima[2] | 1 | ||
11 | Masayuki Ueda[2] | 1 | |||
74 | Kentaro Kojima[2] | 1 | |||
Eagle Racing | 21 | Tadakazu Kojima[2] | 1 | ||
40 | Shoichiro Akamatsu[2] | 1 | |||
N-Speed | 23 | "Yugo"[2] | 1 | ||
B-Max Racing Team | 30 | "Dragon"[7] | 1 | ||
44 | Nobuhiro Imada[7] | 1 | |||
88 | Kazutaka Miura[7] | TBC | |||
Field Motorsport | 55 | "Kentaro"[2] | 1 | ||
HELM Motorsports | 61 | William Sakai[10] | 1 | ||
64 | Go Shimizu[10] | 1 | |||
Akiland Racing | 71 | Masayoshi Oyama[2] | 1 | ||
96 | Makio Saito[2] | 1 | |||
Dr Dry Racing Team | 86 | Hachiro Osaka[2] | 1 | ||
Bionic Jack Racing | 98 | "Ikari"[2] | 1 |
Race calendar and results
All rounds are held in Japan and support the Super GT events in Japan, except for Okayama.[11]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Independent Class winner | |
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1 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 May | Ryo Shirasaki | Itsuki Sato | Tokiya Suzuki | TGR-DC Racing School | "Kentaro" |
R2 | 4 May | Ryo Shirasaki | Ryo Shirasaki | Ryo Shirasaki | HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing | "Dragon" | ||
R3 | Ryo Shirasaki | Itsuki Sato | HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing | "Kentaro" | ||||
2 | R4 | 2–3 August | ||||||
R5 | ||||||||
3 | R6 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 23–24 August | |||||
R7 | ||||||||
4 | R8 | Sportsland Sugo, Murata | 20–21 September | |||||
R9 | ||||||||
R10 | ||||||||
5 | R11 | Autopolis, Hita | 18–19 October | |||||
R12 | ||||||||
6 | R13 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi | 1–2 November | |||||
R14 |
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
Champion Class
|
Bold – Pole |
Independent Class
Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | Pts | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | |||
1 | "Kentaro" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 65 | |||||||||||
2 | Isao Nakashima | 3 | 2 | 3 | 48 | |||||||||||
3 | "Dragon" | Ret | 1 | 5 | 35 | |||||||||||
4 | "Ken Alex" | 4 | 15 | 2 | 30 | |||||||||||
5 | Nobuhiro Imada | 2 | 4 | Ret | 30 | |||||||||||
6 | Makio Saito | 5 | 8 | 4 | 26 | |||||||||||
7 | William Sakai | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||||||||||
8 | Masayoshi Oyama | 6 | 9 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||||
9 | "Ikari" | 11 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||||||||||
10 | Motohiro Kotani | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | |||||||||||
11 | Shoichiro Akamatsu | 8 | 13 | Ret | 4 | |||||||||||
12 | Hachiro Osaka | 9 | 11 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||
13 | Tadakazu Kojima | Ret | 17 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||
14 | Go Shimizu | 13 | 10 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||
15 | Yuichi Sasaki | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
16 | Kentaro Kojima | 10 | 12 | Ret | 1 | |||||||||||
17 | Hitoshi Sakai | 14 | 16 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
— | Masayuki Ueda | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
— | "Yugo" | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT |
Teams' standings
Only the best finisher scored points for their team.
Champion Class
Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | Pts | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | |||
1 | TGR-DC Racing School | 1 | 3 | 3 | 55 | |||||||||||
2 | HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing | 8 | 1 | 1 | 54 | |||||||||||
3 | B-Max Racing Team | 3 | 4 | 2 | 45 | |||||||||||
4 | Ponos Racing | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | |||||||||||
5 | HFDP with B-Max Racing Team | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |||||||||||
6 | Drago Corse | 7 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||||||||||
7 | Team 5ZIGEN | 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||
8 | HELM Motorsports | 23 | 9 | 18 | 2 | |||||||||||
9 | Akiland Racing | 10 | Ret | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||
10 | TGM Grand Prix | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
11 | OTG Motor Sports | 14 | Ret | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||
12 | Dr Dry Racing Team | 19 | Ret | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||
13 | Bionic Jack Racing | 20 | 17 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||
14 | Ragno Motor Sport | DNQ | 20 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
— | Skill Speed | DNQ | DNQ | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||
— | Zap Speed | Ret | Ret | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||
— | Fujita Pharmacy Racing | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT |
Independent Class
Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | Pts | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | |||
1 | Field Motorsport | 1 | 3 | 1 | 65 | |||||||||||
2 | B-Max Racing Team | 2 | 1 | 5 | 53 | |||||||||||
3 | Rn-sports | 3 | 2 | 3 | 48 | |||||||||||
4 | Buzz Racing | 4 | 15 | 2 | 30 | |||||||||||
5 | Akiland Racing | 5 | 8 | 4 | 26 | |||||||||||
6 | HELM Motorsports | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||||||||||
7 | Bionic Jack Racing | 11 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||||||||||
8 | Team 5ZIGEN | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | |||||||||||
9 | Eagle Racing | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
10 | Dr Dry Racing Team | 9 | 11 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||
11 | Day Dream Racing | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
— | N-Speed | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
FUJ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT |
Notes
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External links
- Official website (in Japanese)