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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 Japan Keiji Nakao[2] I 1
71 Japan Masayoshi Oyama[2] I 1
96 Japan Makio Saito[2] I 1
DayDream Racing 4 Japan Yuichi Sasaki[2] I 1
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Japan Motohiro Kotani[2] I 1
Buzz Racing 9 Japan "Ken Alex"[2] I 1
90 China Lin Chenghua[2] C 1
Rn-sports 10 Japan Hibiki Komatsu[2] C 1
11 Japan Masayuki Ueda[2] I TBC
Zap Speed 14 Japan Masaki Murata[2] C 1
HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 16 Japan Kotaro Shimbara[2] C 1
N-SPEED 23 Japan "Yugo"[2] I 1
Falcon Motorsport 26 Japan Takumi Saigusa[2] C 1
B-Max Racing Team[a]

HFDP with B-Max Racing Team[a] 		30 Japan "Dragon"[3] I 1
44 Japan Nobuhiro Imada[3] I 1
50 Japan Yuto Nomura[4] C 1
51 Japan Ryota Horachi[4] C 1
Drago Corse 33 Japan Itsuki Sato[2] C 1
34 Japan Hironobu Shimizu[2] C 1
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Japan Yuki Sano[5] C 1
36 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe[5] C 1
37 Japan Tokiya Suzuki[5] C 1
38 Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki[5] C 1
Eagle Sports 40 Japan Shoichiro Akamatsu[2] I 1
PONOS Racing 45 Japan Kento Omiya[2] C 1
54 Japan Rintaro Sato[2] C 1
Fujita Pharmacy Racing 46 Japan Shouma Arimura[2] C 1
Field Motorsports 55 Japan "Kentaro"[2] I 1
OTG Motor Sports 60 Japan Kenta Kumagai[2] C 1
HELM Motorsports 61 United States William Sakai[2] I 1
62 Japan Tosei Moriyama[2] C 1
63 Japan Yutaka Toriba[2] I TBC
64 Japan "Hirobon"[2] C 1
Skill Speed 77 Japan Daiki Matsuda[2] C 1
Dr.Dry 86 Japan Hachiro Osaka[2] I 1
87 Japan Rio Shimono[2] C 1
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Japan Ryo Shirasaki[2] C 1
98 Japan "Ikari"[2] I 1
Icon Class
C Champion Cup
I Independent Cup

Race calendar

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[6]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Cup winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Japan Kotaro Shimbara Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School Japan "Dragon"
R2 4 May Japan Tosei Moriyama
2 R3 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 1 June
R4 2 June
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

Overall 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
1 Japan Yuki Sano 1 25
2 Japan Yuto Nomura 2 18
3 Japan Ryota Horachi 3 15
4 Japan Hironobu Shimizu 4 12
5 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe 5 10
6 Japan Ryo Shirasaki 6 8
7 Japan Rintaro Sato 7 6
8 Japan Tokiya Suzuki 8 4
9 Japan Kenta Kumagai 9 1
10 Japan Takumi Saigusa 10 1
11 Japan Daiki Matsuda 11 0
12 Japan "Dragon" 12 0
13 Japan Keiji Nakao 13 0
14 Japan Shouma Arimura 14 0
15 Japan "Ikari" 15 0
16 Japan "Kentaro" 16 0
17 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 17 0
18 Japan Shoichiro Akamatsu 18 0
19 Japan Kento Omiya 19 0
20 Japan Makio Saito 20 0
21 Japan Motohiro Kotani 21 0
22 Japan "Ken Alex" 22 0
23 Japan Hachiro Osaka 23 0
24 Japan Masaki Murata 24 0
25 Japan "Yugo" 25 0
26 Japan Tosei Moriyama 26 P 0
— Japan "Hirobon" Ret —
— United States William Sakai Ret —
— China Lin Chenghua Ret —
— Japan Itsuki Sato Ret —
— Japan Kotaro Shimbara Ret —
— Japan Hibiki Komatsu Ret —
— Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki Ret —
— Japan Rio Shimono Ret —
— Japan Yuichi Sasaki DNS —
— Japan Masayuki Ueda DNS —
— Japan Nobuhiro Imada DNS —
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
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (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

Champion Cup

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Japan Yuki Sano 1 25
2 Japan Yuto Nomura 2 18
3 Japan Ryota Horachi 3 15
4 Japan Hironobu Shimizu 4 12
5 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe 5 10
6 Japan Ryo Shirasaki 6 8
7 Japan Rintaro Sato 7 6
8 Japan Tokiya Suzuki 8 4
9 Japan Kenta Kumagai 9 1
10 Japan Takumi Saigusa 10 1
11 Japan Daiki Matsuda 11 0
12 Japan Shouma Arimura 12 0
13 Japan Kento Omiya 13 0
14 Japan Masaki Murata 14 0
15 Japan Tosei Moriyama 15 P 0
— Japan "Hirobon" Ret —
— China Lin Chenghua Ret —
— Japan Itsuki Sato Ret —
— Japan Kotaro Shimbara Ret —
— Japan Hibiki Komatsu Ret —
— Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki Ret —
— Japan Rio Shimono Ret —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT

Independent Cup

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Japan "Dragon" 1 25
2 Japan Keiji Nakao 2 18
3 Japan "Ikari" 3 15
4 Japan "Kentaro" 4 12
5 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 5 10
6 Japan Shoichiro Akamatsu 6 8
7 Japan Makio Saito 7 6
8 Japan Motohiro Kotani 8 4
9 Japan "Ken Alex" 9 1
10 Japan Hachiro Osaka 10 1
11 Japan "Yugo" 11 0
— United States William Sakai Ret 0
— Japan Yuichi Sasaki DNP —
— Japan Masayuki Ueda DNP —
— Japan Nobuhiro Imada DNP —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUZ2 SUG AUT MOT

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
1 TGR-DC Racing School 1 25
2 HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 2 18
3 Drago Corse 4 12
4 Bionic Jack Racing 6 8
5 PONOS Racing 7 6
6 OTG Motor Sports 9 2
7 Falcon Motorsport 10 1
— Skill Speed 11 0
— B-Max Racing Team 12 0
— Akiland Racing 13 0
— Fujita Pharmacy Racing 14 0
— Field Motorsports 16 0
— Eagle Sports 18 0
— Team 5ZIGEN 21 0
— Buzz Racing 22 0
— Dr.Dry 23 0
— Zap Speed 24 0
— N-SPEED 25 0
— HELM Motorsports 26 P 0
— HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Ret —
— Rn-sports Ret —
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. ^ a b Car No. 30 & 44 entered as B-Max Racing Team, and car No. 50 & 51 entered as HFDP with B-Max Racing Team

References

  1. ^ a b "Japanese F4 reveals Gen2 design to be introduced in 2024". formulascout. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ 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 "エントリーリスト：2024-第1戦・第2戦-富士" (PDF). fiaf4.wordpress.com. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "2024 FIA-F4 B-Max 参戦体制". b-maxracing.co.jp. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "Honda confirms Iori Kimura's place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Formula 4 Calendar". honda.racing. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

External links

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