2024 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2024 F4 Japanese Championship season is the tenth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 3 May at Fuji Speedway and will end on 3 November at Mobility Resort Motegi.

This is the first season for the second-generation MCSC-24 chassis constructed by Toray Carbon Magic, and the new TOM'S TMA43 engine which produces 180 horsepower, 20 more than its predecessor.[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 Class Rounds
Akiland Racing 2 Keiji Nakao[2] I 1–2
71 Masayoshi Oyama[2] I 1–2
96 Makio Saito[2] I 1–2
DayDream Racing 4 Yuichi Sasaki[2] I 1–2
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Motohiro Kotani[2] I 1–2
Buzz Racing 9 "Ken Alex"[2] I 1–2
90 Lin Chenghua[2] C 1–2
Rn-sports 10 Hibiki Komatsu[2] C 1
Isao Nakashima[3] I 2
11 Masayuki Ueda[2] I 1–2
Zap Speed 14 Masaki Murata[2] C 1–2
HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 16 Kotaro Shimbara[2] C 1–2
N-SPEED 23 "Yugo"[2] I 1–2
Falcon Motorsport 26 Takumi Saigusa[2] C 1–2
B-Max Racing Team[lower-alpha 1]

HFDP with B-Max Racing Team[lower-alpha 1]		 30 "Dragon"[4] I 1–2
44 Nobuhiro Imada[4] I 1–2
50 Yuto Nomura[5] C 1–2
51 Ryota Horachi[5] C 1–2
Drago Corse 33 Itsuki Sato[2] C 1–2
34 Hironobu Shimizu[2] C 1–2
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Yuki Sano[6] C 1–2
36 Kazuhisa Urabe[6] C 1–2
37 Tokiya Suzuki[6] C 1–2
38 Kiyoshi Umegaki[6] C 1–2
Eagle Sports 40 Shoichiro Akamatsu[2] I 1–2
PONOS Racing 45 Kento Omiya[2] C 1–2
54 Rintaro Sato[2] C 1–2
Fujita Pharmacy Racing 46 Shouma Arimura[2] C 1–2
Field Motorsports 55 "Kentaro"[2] I 1–2
OTG Motor Sports 60 Kenta Kumagai[2] C 1–2
HELM Motorsports 61 William Sakai[2] I 1–2
62 Tosei Moriyama[2] C 1–2
63 Yutaka Toriba[2] I 2
64 "Hirobon"[2] C 1–2
Skill Speed 77 Daiki Matsuda[2] C 1–2
Dr.Dry 86 Hachiro Osaka[2] I 1–2
87 Rio Shimono[2] C 1–2
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Ryo Shirasaki[2] C 1–2
98 "Ikari"[2] I 1–2
Icon Class
C Champion Class
I Independent Class

Race calendar

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[7]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Class winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Kotaro Shimbara Ryota Horachi Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School "Dragon"
R2 4 May Tosei Moriyama Hironobu Shimizu Tosei Moriyama HELM Motorsports "Kentaro"
2 R3 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 1 June Yuto Nomura Ryota Horachi Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Nobuhiro Imada
R4 2 June Yuto Nomura Tosei Moriyama Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team "Dragon"
3 R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 August
R6 4 August
4 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 31 August
R8 1 September
5 R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 21 September
R10 22 September
6 R11 Autopolis, Hita 19 October
R12 20 October
7 R13 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 2 November
R14 3 November

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 FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Champion Class
1 Yuto Nomura 2 DNS 1 1 68
2 Tosei Moriyama 15 1 4 2 55
3 Hironobu Shimizu 4 2 5 5 50
4 Ryota Horachi 3 DNS 2 3 48
5 Kotaro Shimbara Ret 4 3 4 39
6 Yuki Sano 1 DNS 11 6 33
7 Itsuki Sato Ret 3 10 11 16
8 Kazuhisa Urabe 5 DNS 8 10 15
9 Kenta Kumagai 10 5 18 12 11
10 Rintaro Sato 14 DNS 6 9 10
11 Kento Omiya 12 DNS 7 8 10
12 Takumi Saigusa 8 7 16 18 10
13 Ryo Shirasaki 6 Ret 13 21 8
14 Hibiki Komatsu Ret 6 8
15 Kiyoshi Umegaki Ret DNS 9 7 8
16 Tokiya Suzuki 7 DNS 12 13 6
17 Daiki Matsuda 9 8 20 14 6
18 "Hirobon" Ret 9 14 15 2
19 Lin Chenghua Ret 10 21 20 1
20 Rio Shimono Ret 11 15 19 0
21 Shouma Arimura 11 DNS 18 17 0
22 Masaki Murata 13 Ret 19 16 0
Independent Class
1 "Dragon" 1 DNS 2 1 68
2 "Kentaro" 4 1 3 7 58
3 Makio Saito 7 2 4 5 46
4 Nobuhiro Imada WD WD 1 2 43
5 "Ikari" 3 5 7 9 33
6 Isao Nakashima 5 3 25
7 Keiji Nakao 2 10 Ret 8 23
8 Masayuki Ueda WD WD 6 4 20
9 Shoichiro Akamatsu 6 6 8 16 20
10 Motohiro Kotani 8 3 Ret 15 19
11 Hachiro Osaka 10 4 14 12 13
12 Masayoshi Oyama 5 Ret 12 13 10
13 "Ken Alex" 9 7 Ret 10 9
14 Yutaka Toriba 13 6 8
15 "Yugo" 11 8 10 17 5
16 William Sakai Ret 9 9 14 4
17 Yuichi Sasaki WD WD 11 11 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT
Key
Colour Result
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish but classified

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Pos Team FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Champion Class
1 HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 2 DNS 1 1 68
2 HELM Motorsports 15 1 4 2 55
3 Drago Corse 4 2 5 5 50
4 HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Ret 4 3 4 39
5 TGR-DC Racing School 1 DNS 8 6 37
6 PONOS Racing 12 DNS 6 8 12
7 OTG Motor Sports 10 5 18 12 11
8 Falcon Motorsport 8 7 16 18 10
9 Bionic Jack Racing 6 Ret 13 21 8
10 Rn-sports Ret 6 8
11 Skill Speed 9 8 20 14 6
12 Buzz Racing Ret 10 21 20 1
13 Dr. Dry Ret 11 15 19 0
14 Zap Speed 13 Ret 19 16 0
Independent Class
1 B-Max Racing Team 1 DNS 1 1 75
2 Field Motorsports 4 1 3 7 58
3 Akiland Racing 2 2 4 5 58
4 Bionic Jack Racing 3 5 7 9 33
5 Rn-sports WD WD 6 3 25
6 Eagle Sports 6 6 8 16 20
7 Team 5ZIGEN 8 3 Ret 15 19
8 Dr. Dry 10 4 14 12 13
9 HELM Motorsports Ret 9 9 6 12
10 Buzz Racing 9 7 Ret 10 9
11 N-SPEED 11 8 10 17 5
12 DayDream Racing WD WD 11 11 0
Pos Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT

Notes
  1. Car No. 30 & 44 entered as B-Max Racing Team, and car No. 50 & 51 entered as HFDP with B-Max Racing Team

References
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