F4 Japanese Championship season
2020 F4 Japanese Championship
Parent series:Super GT
The 2020 F4 Japanese Championship season was the sixth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 12 races over four triple-header rounds.[1]
Teams and drivers
All teams were Japanese-registered
Team | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds | Ito Engineering | 2 | Keiji Nakao[2] | I | All | Field Motorsports | 3 | Sergeyevich Sato[2] | I | All | Daydream Racing | 4 | Yuichi Sasaki[2] | I | 1, 3 | Vegaplus | 5 | Syun Koide[3] | | 2–4 | 7 | Kakunoshin Ohta[3] | | 2–4 | Rn-sports | 11 | Yugo Iwasawa[2] | | All | 18 | Makoto Hotta[3] | I | 2–4 | KRac Motorsports | 13 | Daiki Fujiwara[2] | | All | Zap Speed | 14 | Rin Arakawa[2] | | All | 43 | Motoyoshi Yoshida[2] | I | All | 86 | Hachiro Osaka[2] | I | All | Media Do Kageyama Racing | 16 | Kaito Tsukada[2] | | All | N-SPEED | 23 | "Yugo"[2] | I | All | Tsuyoshi Usui | 24 | Tsuyoshi Usui[4] | I | 4 | Fuma Horio | 25 | Fuma Horio[2] | | All | TOM'S Youth | 28 | Yuga Furutani[2] | | All | ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | 31 | Seiya Jin[2] | | All | 32 | Hirotaka Kikuchi[2] | | All | 33 | Max Salo[2] | | All | 34 | Katsunori Keihara[2] | I | 1, 4 | TGR-DC Racing School | 35 | Hibiki Taira[2] | | All | 36 | Seita Nonaka[2] | | All | 37 | Eijirou Shimizu[2] | | All | 38 | Jiei Okuzumi[2] | | All | Saccess Racing | 39 | Yoshiaki Nakamura[2] | | All | 40 | Seiya Motojima[3] | | 2, 4 | Team Liaison | 55 | Yusuke Tsuchiya[2] | | 1–3 | Bird | 56 | Yutaka Toriba[2] | I | 1, 3–4 | HELM Motorsports | 62 | Reiji Hiraki[2] | | All | Leprix Sport | 70 | Aito Kinoshita[2] | | 1, 4 | Akiland Racing | 71 | Masayoshi Oyama[2] | I | All | 92 | Yuki Urata[3] | | 2–4 | 95 | "Tomisan"[2] | I | 1 | 96 | Makio Saito[2] | I | All | C.S.I-Reon Kids Racing | 73 | Shunsuke Hanawa[2] | | 1 | Skill Speed | 77 | Sota Ogawa[2] | | All | OTG Motor Sports | 80 | Reimei Ito[2] | | All | Bionic Jack Racing | 97 | Ryunosuke Sawa[2] | | All | 98 | "Ikari"[2] | I | All | | Icon | Class | I | Independent Cup | |
Race calendar and results
All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[1] On 18 March 2020, the original opening round at Okayama International Circuit was postponed to an undetermined date due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.[5][6] On 30 March 2020 it was determined the second and third rounds also had to be postponed.[7][8] On 5 April 2020 the Super GT Series issued a revised calendar in which the F4 Japanese Championship also confirmed their schedule change,[9][10] with a newly revised calendar being issued on 17 July 2020.[11]
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
‡ – Half points were awarded for race 2, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.
Independent Cup
Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | SUZ ‡ | MOT | FUJ2 | Points |
1 | Sergeyevich Sato | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 21 | Ret | 13 | 21 | 18 | 225 |
2 | Makio Saito | 20 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 23 | Ret | 20 | 20 | 197.5 |
3 | Keiji Nakao | 17 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 28 | 14 | DNS | 28 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 145.5 |
4 | "Ikari" | 23 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 16 | 23 | Ret | 111 |
5 | Hachiro Osaka | 28 | 21 | 26 | Ret | DNS | 25 | 17 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 97 |
6 | Makoto Hotta | | | | 27 | 21 | 22 | Ret | 26 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 77 |
7 | Masayoshi Oyama | 27 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 64 |
8 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 24 | 26 | Ret | Ret | 26 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 64 |
9 | Yutaka Toriba | 21 | 17 | 20 | | | | Ret | Ret | WD | DSQ | 30 | 24 | 62 |
10 | Yuichi Sasaki | 22 | 23 | 28 | | | | Ret | 24 | 29 | | | | 37 |
11 | "Yugo" | 26 | 28 | 29 | Ret | 25 | 29 | 20 | 30 | WD | 22 | 28 | 29 | 26 |
12 | "Tomisan" | 25 | 25 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | 16 |
13 | Tsuyoshi Usui | | | | | | | | | | 23 | 27 | 30 | 7 |
14 | Katsunori Keihara | 31 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 24 | 31 | 31 | 1 |
Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | SUZ ‡ | MOT | FUJ2 | Points |
‡ – Half points were awarded for race 2, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.
Teams' standings
Only the best finisher scored points for a team.
References
- ^ a b "F4 Japanese Championship 2020 Series". F4 Japanese Championship. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ 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 ae af ag "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP | 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第1/2/3戦 富士大会エントリーリスト". fiaf4.jp. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP | 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第4・5・6戦 鈴鹿大会エントリーリスト". fiaf4.jp. 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP | 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第10・11・12戦 富士大会エントリーリスト". fiaf4.jp. 16 November 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Super GT postpones Okayama opener after all". www.motorsport.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "2020 FIA-F4選手権 Rd.1&2 岡山大会について". F4 Japanese Championship (in Japanese). 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Super GT indefinitely postpones Fuji, Suzuka races". www.motorsport.com. 30 March 2020.
- ^ "2020 FIA-F4選手権 富士大会ならびに鈴鹿大会に関するご案内". F4 Japanese Championship (in Japanese). 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Super GT to hold Thailand, Malaysia races in winter". www.motorsport.com. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "2020 FIA-F4選手権 大会変更日程案についてのご案内". F4 Japanese Championship (in Japanese). 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "2020 FIA-F4選手権 大会日程の改定および開幕前トレーニング走行日程のご案内". F4 Japanese Championship (in Japanese). 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)