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2024 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2024 F4 Japanese Championship season was the tenth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was began on 3 May at Fuji Speedway and finished on 8 December at Suzuka International Racing Course.

This was 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 were compete with an identical Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 chassis and TOM'S 2-litre naturally aspirated engine.[1]

Team No. Driver Rounds
Champion Class
Akiland Racing 2 Japan Aoto Nagahara[2] 5
Rn-sports 10 Japan Hibiki Komatsu[3] 1
Zap Speed 14 Japan Masaki Murata[3] All
HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 16 Japan Kotaro Shimbara[3] All
Falcon Motorsport 26 Japan Takumi Saigusa[3] 1–3, 6–7
Drago Corse 33 Japan Itsuki Sato[3] All
34 Japan Hironobu Shimizu[3] All
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Japan Yuki Sano[4] All
36 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe[4] All
37 Japan Tokiya Suzuki[4] All
38 Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki[4] All
PONOS Racing 45 Japan Kento Omiya[3] All
54 Japan Rintaro Sato[3] All
Fujita Pharmacy Racing 46 Japan Shouma Arimura[3] All
HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 50 Japan Yuto Nomura[5] All
51 Japan Ryota Horachi[5] All
TGM Grand Prix 53 Japan Shota Sakai[6] 7
OTG Motor Sports 60 Japan Kenta Kumagai[3] All
HELM Motorsports 62 Japan Tosei Moriyama[3] All
64 Japan "Hirobon"[3] 1–2, 5
Chinese Taipei Ethan Ho[7] 3
Skill Speed 77 Japan Daiki Matsuda[3] 1–4, 7
Dr.Dry 87 Japan Rio Shimono[3] All
Buzz Racing 90 China Lin Chenghua[3] All
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Japan Ryo Shirasaki[3] All
Independent Class
Akiland Racing 2 Japan Keiji Nakao[3] 1–3
71 Japan Masayoshi Oyama[3] All
96 Japan Makio Saito[3] All
DayDream Racing 4 Japan Yuichi Sasaki[3] All
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Japan Motohiro Kotani[3] All
Buzz Racing 9 Japan "Ken Alex"[3] All
Rn-sports 10 Japan Isao Nakashima[8] 2–7
11 Japan Masayuki Ueda[3] All
Eagle Sports 21 Japan Tadakazu Kojima[6] 7
40 Japan Shoichiro Akamatsu[3] All
N-SPEED 23 Japan "Yugo”[3] All
B-Max Racing Team 30 Japan "Dragon"[9] All
44 Japan Nobuhiro Imada[9] All
Field Motorsports 55 Japan "Kentaro"[3] All
Zap Speed 57 Japan Anri Sugihara[10] 6
HELM Motorsports 61 United States William Sakai[3] 1–3, 7
63 Japan Yutaka Toriba[3] All
Dr.Dry 86 Japan Hachiro Osaka[3] All
Bionic Jack Racing 98 Japan "Ikari"[3] All

Race calendar

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[11] On 28 August 2024, it was announced that the 2nd Suzuka round was postponed to 7–8 December due to the threat of Typhoon Shanshan.[12] After Race 11 was not held due to bad weather in Autopolis, the race was moved to the Mobility Resort Motegi round.[13]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Class 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 Japan Hironobu Shimizu Japan Tosei Moriyama HELM Motorsports Japan "Kentaro"
2 R3 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 1 June Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan Nobuhiro Imada
R4 2 June Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Tosei Moriyama Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan "Dragon"
3 R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 August Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Ryota Horachi HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan Yutaka Toriba
R6 4 August Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Hironobu Shimizu Drago Corse Japan "Kentaro"
4 R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 21 September Japan Yuki Sano Japan Kento Omiya Japan Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School Japan Nobuhiro Imada
R10 22 September Japan Yuki Sano Japan Yuki Sano Japan Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School Japan Nobuhiro Imada
5 R11 Autopolis, Hita 19 October The race was cancelled due to severe bad weather. The race was rescheduled to the next round in Motegi.
R12 20 October Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan "Dragon"
6 R11 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 2 November Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan "Dragon"
R13 Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan Nobuhiro Imada
R14 3 November Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan "Dragon"
7 R7 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 7 December Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Yuto Nomura Japan Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Japan Yutaka Toriba
R8 8 December Japan Ryota Horachi Japan Tosei Moriyama Japan Kotaro Shimbara[a] HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Japan Yutaka Toriba

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

Champion Class

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8
1 Japan Yuto Nomura 2 DNS 1 1 3 8 7 4 C 1 1 1 1 1 2 236
2 Japan Ryota Horachi 3 DNS 2 3 1 2 8 5 C 4 2 3 4 3 DSQ 167
3 Japan Kotaro Shimbara Ret 4 3 4 7 4 9 8 C 3 7 2 2 4 1 153
4 Japan Yuki Sano 1 DNS 11 6 10 7 1 1 C 2 3 7 3 2 5 147
5 Japan Tosei Moriyama 15 1 4 2 2 11 10 9 C Ret 15 Ret 11 5 3 99
6 Japan Hironobu Shimizu 4 2 5 5 4 1 13 13 C 11 9 17 9 7 Ret 97
7 Japan Kiyoshi Umegaki Ret DNS 9 7 6 5 6 10 C 5 6 6 8 9 4 78
8 Japan Rintaro Sato 14 DNS 6 9 18 6 3 6 C 7 17 8 6 6 6 70
9 Japan Kento Omiya 12 DNS 7 8 11 3 2 2 C 8 4 4 17 11 Ret 68
10 Japan Tokiya Suzuki 7 DNS 12 13 5 16 5 7 C 6 10 16 7 16 7 47
11 Japan Kazuhisa Urabe 5 DNS 8 10 20 Ret 4 3 C 9 13 5 Ret 14 Ret 39
12 Japan Itsuki Sato Ret 3 10 11 9 10 11 12 C 10 8 10 5 13 9 37
13 Japan Ryo Shirasaki 6 Ret 13 21 8 12 14 18 C 12 5 15 10 8 Ret 27
14 Japan Kenta Kumagai 10 5 18 12 12 9 15 19 C 15 12 Ret 12 12 8 17
15 Japan Takumi Saigusa 8 7 16 18 DNS DNS Ret 12 15 19 Ret 10
16 Japan Hibiki Komatsu Ret 6 8
17 Japan Daiki Matsuda 9 8 20 14 14 15 16 16 WD WD 6
18 Japan Rio Shimono Ret 11 15 19 13 Ret 12 11 C 13 11 9 13 10 11 3
19 Japan "Hirobon" Ret 9 14 15 C WD 2
20 China Lin Chenghua Ret 10 21 20 19 Ret 19 17 C 16 18 14 16 18 14 1
21 Japan Shota Sakai 15 10 1
22 Japan Masaki Murata 13 Ret 19 16 15 17 17 14 C 17 14 11 14 Ret 12 0
23 Japan Shouma Arimura 11 DNS 18 17 17 14 18 15 C 18 16 13 18 17 13 0
24 Chinese Taipei Ethan Ho 16 13 0
25 Japan Aoto Nagahara C 14 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2
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

Independent Class

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8
1 Japan "Dragon" 1 DNS 2 1 9 4 3 2 C 1 1 7 1 Ret 3 202
2 Japan Nobuhiro Imada WD WD 1 2 5 3 1 1 C 3 2 1 15 2 2 199.5
3 Japan Makio Saito 7 2 4 5 Ret 2 11 6 C 6 4 5 4 13 6 118
4 Japan "Kentaro" 4 1 3 7 2 1 Ret 9 C 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 7 114
5 Japan Yutaka Toriba 13 6 1 Ret 7 11 C 12 9 2 13 1 1 109
6 Japan Masayuki Ueda WD WD 6 4 3 8 6 5 C 5 3 9 2 Ret 5 107
7 Japan Isao Nakashima 5 3 7 6 4 4 C 4 8 4 10 Ret 4 98
8 Japan Shoichiro Akamatsu 6 6 8 16 6 7 5 7 C 8 5 14 5 3 8 90
9 Japan "Ken Alex" 9 7 Ret 10 4 10 2 3 C 2 7 3 11 11 14 86.5
10 Japan "Ikari" 3 5 7 9 8 5 9 12 C 13 13 12 3 5 11 74
11 Japan Masayoshi Oyama 5 Ret 12 13 12 9 8 8 C 10 14 6 8 9 9 36
12 Japan Yuichi Sasaki WD WD 11 11 13 14 10 13 C 7 6 15 7 4 12 33
13 Japan Hachiro Osaka 10 4 14 12 14 13 12 10 C 11 11 10 6 6 13 31.5
14 Japan Motohiro Kotani 8 3 Ret 15 10 11 13 14 C Ret 10 11 14 7 17 27
15 Japan Keiji Nakao 2 10 Ret 8 11 DNS 23
16 Japan "Yugo” 11 8 10 17 15 15 Ret 15 C 14 12 13 12 12 15 5
17 Japan Tadakazu Kojima 8 10 5
18 United States William Sakai Ret 9 9 14 16 12 10 16 5
— Japan Anri Sugihara WD WD WD —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Champion Class

Pos Team FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8
1 HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 2 DNS 1 1 1 2 7 4 C 1 1 1 1 1 2 260
2 TGR-DC Racing School 1 DNS 8 6 5 5 1 1 C 2 3 5 3 2 4 170
3 HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Ret 4 3 4 7 4 9 8 C 3 7 2 2 4 1 153
4 Drago Corse 4 2 5 5 4 1 11 13 C 10 8 10 5 7 9 115
5 HELM Motorsports 15 1 4 2 2 11 10 9 C Ret 15 Ret 11 5 3 99
6 PONOS Racing 12 DNS 6 8 11 3 2 2 C 7 4 4 6 6 6 99
7 Bionic Jack Racing 6 Ret 13 21 8 12 14 18 C 12 5 15 10 8 Ret 27
8 OTG Motor Sports 10 5 18 12 12 9 15 19 C 15 12 Ret 12 12 8 17
9 Falcon Motorsport 8 7 16 18 DNS DNS Ret 12 15 19 Ret 10
10 Rn-sports Ret 6 8
11 Skill Speed 9 8 20 14 14 15 16 16 WD WD 6
12 Dr. Dry Ret 11 15 19 13 Ret 12 11 C 13 11 9 13 10 11 3
13 Buzz Racing Ret 10 21 20 19 Ret 19 17 C 16 18 14 16 18 14 1
15 TGM Grand Prix 15 10 1
14 Zap Speed 13 Ret 19 16 15 17 17 14 C 17 14 11 14 Ret 12 0
16 Akiland Racing C 14 0
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2

Independent Class

Pos Team FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8
1 B-Max Racing Team 1 DNS 1 1 5 3 1 1 C 1 1 1 1 2 2 273.5
2 Akiland Racing 2 2 4 5 11 2 8 6 C 6 4 5 4 9 6 134
3 Rn-sports WD WD 5 3 3 8 4 4 C 5 3 4 2 Ret 4 135
4 Field Motorsports 4 1 3 7 2 1 Ret 9 C 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 7 114
5 HELM Motorsports Ret 9 9 6 1 12 7 11 C 12 9 2 13 1 1 113
6 Eagle Sports 6 6 8 16 6 7 5 7 C 8 5 14 5 3 8 90
7 Buzz Racing 9 7 Ret 10 4 10 2 3 C 2 7 3 11 11 14 86.5
8 Bionic Jack Racing 3 5 7 9 8 5 9 12 C 13 13 12 3 5 11 74
9 DayDream Racing WD WD 11 11 13 14 10 14 C 7 6 15 7 4 12 33
10 Dr. Dry 10 4 14 12 14 13 12 10 C 11 11 10 6 6 13 31.5
11 Team 5ZIGEN 8 3 Ret 15 10 11 13 14 C Ret 10 11 14 7 17 27
12 N-SPEED 11 8 10 17 15 15 Ret 15 C 14 12 13 12 12 15 5
— Zap Speed WD WD WD —
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10[b] R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2

Notes

  1. ^ Ryota Horachi finished first on track, but was later disqualified. Kotaro Shimbara, initially classified second, inherited the win.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h The race was abandoned due to bad weather conditions before 75% of the race was completed. Therefore, half points were awarded for the Independent Class. In the Champion Class no points were awarded because only two laps were completed.

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