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]

2019 F4 Japanese Championship

Drivers' champion: Ren Sato
Teams' champion: Honda Formula Dream Project

Previous

2018

Next

2020

Parent series:
Super GT

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