F4 Japanese Championship

F4 Japanese Championship (ＦＩＡ－フォーミュラ４ 地方選手権, FIA F4 Chihou Senshuken)[1] is a formula racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was held in 2015.

Not to be confused with Japan Formula 4.
F4 Japanese Championship
CategoryFIA Formula 4
CountryJapan
Inaugural season2015
ConstructorsDome
Engine suppliersTOM'S Toyota
Tyre suppliersDunlop
Drivers' champion Ren Sato
Teams' champion Honda Formula Dream Project
Official websiteOfficial website
Current season

History

Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commission launched the FIA Formula 4 in March 2013.[2] The goal of the Formula 4 is to make the ladder to Formula 1 more transparent. Besides sporting and technical regulations, costs are regulated too. A car to compete in this category may not exceed €30.000 in purchase. A single season in Formula 4 may not exceed €100.000 in costs. The Japanese F4 will be the one of the second phase Formula 4 championship to be launched. The first phase championships was the Italian F4 Championship and the Formula 4 Sudamericana which started in 2014.

The F4 Japanese Championship was launched by the GT Association on 16 December 2014.[1] All rounds are support events to the Super GT.

Japanese race car constructor Dome was contracted to design and build all the cars.[1]. The cars are constructed out of carbon fibre and feature a monocoque chassis. The engine is a 2.0 turbo TOM'S Toyota, whereas Dunlop (Sumitomo Rubber Industries) is the tyre supplier.

Point system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Champions

All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered.

Drivers
Season Driver Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2015 Sho Tsuboi TOM'S Spirit 4 7 10 4 195 Race 14 of 14 3
2016 Ritomo Miyata TOM'S Spirit 2 2 5 3 142 Race 14 of 14 4
2017 Ritomo Miyata TOM'S Spirit 5 4 11 6 231 Race 14 of 14 7
2018 Yuki Tsunoda Honda Formula Dream Project 8 7 11 4 245 Race 14 of 14 14
2019 Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project 8 11 13 5 311 Race 14 of 14 164

Teams
Season Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Margin
2015 TOM'S Spirit 4 7 10 4 225 9
2016 Honda Formula Dream Project 1 2 12 3 203 21
2017 Honda Formula Dream Project 9 11 26 6 314 83
2018 Honda Formula Dream Project 12 10 23 7 316 106
2019 Honda Formula Dream Project 14 14 25 14 350 213

Independent Cup
Season Driver Team Wins (Indep/Cup) Podiums (Indep/Cup) Points (Indep/Cup) Margin
2018 Masayuki Ueda Rn-sports 2 10 207 6
2019 Sergeyevich Sato Field Motorsport 5 11 241 59


  • Result of each driver's worst three races(80%) weekend will be dropped.[3]

References
  1. "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP selects Dunlop Tire as its official designated tire". Super GT. GT–Association. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. "FIA reveals Formula 4 plan". Autosport. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. "新たなフォーミュラシリーズ「FIA-F4」 を 2015 年から開催" [New Formula series "FIA-F4" from 2015] (PDF). F4 Japanese Championship (in Japanese). GT-Association. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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