2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship

The 2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers were competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This was the inaugural season of the championship, and was promoted by K2 Planet.^[1]

2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship

Drivers' Champion: Sena Sakaguchi
Masters' winner: Nobuhiro Imada
Teams' Champion: Sutekina Racing Team

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The season started on 1 August at Fuji Speedway and ran until 13 December.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers competed using the Dome F111/3 Regional F3 car.^[1]

Team	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Sutekina Racing Team	3	Sena Sakaguchi		1, 3–6
	5	Yu Kanamaru		1, 6
		Miku Ikejima		3
	8	Takuro Shinohara		1
		Mizuki Ishizaka		5
		Miku Ikejima		6
Eagle Sport	4	Nobuhiro Imada	M	1
JMS Racing	4	Nobuhiro Imada	M	2–5
Super License	5	Takashi Hata		5
	6	Tomoki Takahashi		1–3
		Ai Miura		4–5
Zap Speed	8	Yuki Nemoto		2
		Riki Okusa		3
	86	Hachiro Osaka	M	1
		Miki Koyama		3
Rn-sports	11	Masayuki Ueda	M	1–5
B-Max Engineering	13	Motoyoshi Yoshida	M	1, 3
	27	Syuji	M	1–5
	30	"Dragon"	M	1–5
N-SPEED	23	Yugo	M	3
TOM'S Youth	28	Yuga Furutani		All
CMS motor sports project	34	Masaru Miura	M	1, 4
Saccess Racing	39	Daichi Okamoto		3
Team Goh	55	Satoshi Motoyama		6
Field Racing	78	Ryohei Sakaguchi		1
Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Race calendar

The initial calendar was announced on 27 December 2019.^[8] After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of two races,^[9] a revised schedule was announced on 17 June 2020, with 14 races across 6 meetings, starting on 1 August and running until December.^[10]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Fuji Speedway	1 August	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team	The One Make Race Festival
	R2			Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team
	R3		2 August	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team
2	R4	Sportsland SUGO	22 August	Tomoki Takahashi	Tomoki Takahashi	Tomoki Takahashi	Super License	SUGO Champion Cup
	R5		23 August	Tomoki Takahashi	Yuga Furutani	Yuki Nemoto	Zap Speed
	R6			Tomoki Takahashi	Tomoki Takahashi	Tomoki Takahashi	Super License
3	R7	Fuji Speedway	5 September	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team	Super Taikyu
	R8			Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team
4	R9	Twin Ring Motegi	19 September	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team	Motegi Champion Cup
	R10		20 September	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team
5	R11	Okayama International Circuit	1 November	Sena Sakaguchi	Yuga Furutani	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team	Super Taikyu
	R12			Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team
6	R13	Autopolis	12 December	Yuga Furutani	Yuga Furutani	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team	Super Taikyu
	R14			Yuga Furutani	Yuga Furutani	Sena Sakaguchi	Sutekina Racing Team

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten drivers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUG			FUJ2		MOT		OKA		AUT		Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14
1	Sena Sakaguchi	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	275
2	Yuga Furutani	4	5	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	223
3	Tomoki Takahashi	6	3	2	1	2	1	2	4							139
4	Masayuki Ueda	9	8	9	5	4	6	9	8	7	3	6	7			79
5	Nobuhiro Imada	7	10	7	4	6	4	8	13	4	5	9	8			77
6	"Dragon"	DNS	7	8	6	5	5	6	7	6	Ret	7	5			76
7	Yu Kanamaru	2	4	3										3	3	75
8	Yuki Nemoto				3	1	2									58
9	Takuro Shinohara	3	2	5												43
10	"Syuji"	12	11	13	7	7	7	11	10	8	4	8	9			41
11	Ai Miura									3	Ret	4	4			39
12	Mizuki Ishizaka											3	3			30
13	Ryohei Sakaguchi	5	6	6												26
14	Riki Okusa							5	3							25
15	Miku Ikejima							10	9					5	4	25
16	Satoshi Motoyama													4	5	22
17	Daichi Okamoto							4	6							20
18	Takashi Hata											5	6			18
19	Masaru Miura	8	9	10						5	Ret					17
20	Miki Koyama							7	5							16
21	Hachiro Osaka	10	12	11												1
22	Motoyoshi Yoshida	11	13	12				12	12							0
23	"Yugo"							13	11							0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
		FUJ1			SUG			FUJ2		MOT		OKA		AUT

Masters class

Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUG			FUJ2		MOT		OKA		AUT		Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14
1	Nobuhiro Imada	1	4	1	1	3	1	2	6	1	3	4	3			220
2	Masayuki Ueda	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	2	4	1	1	2			219
3	"Dragon"	DNS	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	3	Ret	2	1			202
4	"Syuji"	6	5	7	4	4	4	4	3	5	2	3	4			142
5	Masaru Miura	2	3	4						2	Ret					63
6	Motoyoshi Yoshida	5	7	6				5	5							44
7	Hachiro Osaka	4	6	5												30
8	"Yugo"							6	4							20
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
		FUJ1			SUG			FUJ2		MOT		OKA		AUT

Teams' standings

Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUG			FUJ2		MOT		OKA		AUT		Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14
1	Sutekina Racing Team	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	275
2	TOM'S Youth	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	237
3	Super License	4	2	2	1	2	1	2	4	3	Ret	3	3			191
4	B-Max Engineering	9	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	4			106
5	Rn-sports	7	6	7	5	4	6	8	7	7	3	9	5			103
6	Zap Speed	8	9	9	3	1	2	5	3							91
7	JMS Racing				4	6	4	7	9	4	5	6	6			78
8	Field Racing	3	5	5												39
9	Team Goh													3	3	30
10	CMS motor sports project	6	7	8						5	Ret					28
11	Eagle Sports	5	8	5												24
12	Saccess Racing							4	5							22
13	N-SPEED							9	8							6
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
		FUJ1			SUG			FUJ2		MOT		OKA		AUT