2020 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2020 F4 Japanese Championship season was the sixth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 12 races over four triple-header rounds.[1]

2020 F4 Japanese Championship
Driver's champion: Hibiki Taira
Team's champion: TGR-DC Racing School
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Parent series:
Super GT

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Ito Engineering 2 Keiji Nakao[2] I All
Field Motorsport 3 Sergeyevich Sato[2] I All
Daydream Racing 4 Yuichi Sasaki[2] I 1, 3
Vegaplus 5 Syun Koide[3] 2–4
7 Kakunoshin Ota[3] 2–4
Rn-sports 11 Yugo Iwasawa[2] All
18 Makoto Hotta[3] I 2–4
KRac Motorsports 13 Daiki Fujiwara[2] All
Zap Speed 14 Rin Arakawa[2] All
43 Motoyoshi Yoshida[2] I All
86 Hachiro Osaka[2] I All
Media Do Kageyama Racing 16 Kaito Tsukada[2] All
N-SPEED 23 "Yugo"[2] I All
Tsuyoshi Usui 24 Tsuyoshi Usui[4] I 4
Fuma Horio 25 Fuma Horio[2] All
TOM'S Youth 28 Yuga Furutani[2] All
ATEAM Buzz Motorsport 31 Seiya Jin[2] All
32 Hirotaka Kikuchi[2] All
33 Max Salo[2] All
34 Katsunori Keihara[2] I 1, 4
TGR-DC Racing School 35 Hibiki Taira[2] All
36 Seita Nonaka[2] All
37 Eijirou Shimizu[2] All
38 Jiei Okuzumi[2] All
Saccess Racing 39 Yoshiaki Nakamura[2] All
40 Seiya Motojima[3] 2, 4
Team Liaison 55 Yusuke Tsuchiya[2] 1–3
Bird 56 Yutaka Toriba[2] I 1, 3–4
Helm Motorsports 62 Reiji Hiraki[2] All
Leprix Sport 70 Aito Kinoshita[2] 1, 4
Akiland Racing 71 Masayoshi Oyama[2] I All
92 Yuki Urata[3] 2–4
95 "Tomisan"[2] I 1
96 Makio Saito[2] I All
C.S.I-Reon Kids Racing 73 Shunsuke Hanawa[2] 1
Skill Speed 77 Sota Ogawa[2] All
OTG Motor Sports 80 Reimei Ito[2] All
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Ryunosuke Sawa[2] All
98 "Ikari"[2] I All
Icon Class
I Independent Cup

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[1] On 18 March 2020, the original opening round at Okayama International Circuit was postponed to an undetermined date due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.[5][6] On 30 March 2020 it was determined the second and third rounds also had to be postponed.[7][8] On 5 April 2020 the Super GT Series issued a revised calendar in which the F4 Japanese Championship also confirmed their schedule change,[9][10] with a newly revised calendar being issued on 17 July 2020.[11]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Cup winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 October Seiya Jin Reiji Hiraki Reiji Hiraki Helm Motorsports Keiji Nakao
R2 Hibiki Taira Rin Arakawa Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Makio Saito
R3 4 October Reiji Hiraki Sota Ogawa Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Yutaka Toriba
2 R4 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 24 October Hibiki Taira Rin Arakawa Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Sergeyevich Sato
R5 Hibiki Taira Kakunoshin Ota Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Makio Saito
R6 25 October Rin Arakawa Hibiki Taira Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Sergeyevich Sato
3 R7 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 7 November Hibiki Taira Hibiki Taira Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Sergeyevich Sato
R8 Hibiki Taira Seiya Jin Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Sergeyevich Sato
R9 8 November Hibiki Taira Hibiki Taira Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School "Ikari"
4 R10 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 28 November Sota Ogawa Reiji Hiraki Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Sergeyevich Sato
R11 Hibiki Taira Hibiki Taira Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School Makio Saito
R12 29 November Reiji Hiraki Syun Koide Reiji Hiraki Helm Motorsports Sergeyevich Sato

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 SUZ‡ MOT FUJ2 Points
1 Hibiki Taira 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 270.5
2 Reiji Hiraki 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 5 6 2 1 180.5
3 Seita Nonaka 2 3 2 3 4 11 3 6 4 Ret 5 7 123
4 Sota Ogawa 7 6 7 7 12 7 5 2 2 2 3 5 121
5 Reimei Ito 5 7 6 6 6 5 9 7 6 25 4 3 89
6 Ryunosuke Sawa 9 11 5 8 Ret 8 4 4 3 3 9 8 80
7 Kakunoshin Ota 5 2 3 6 9 8 9 7 4 68
8 Rin Arakawa Ret 2 17 2 5 Ret DNS 5 17 Ret 10 9 54
9 Seiya Jin 4 5 3 17 Ret DNS 7 28 7 Ret 11 13 49
10 Syun Koide 12 11 6 Ret 8 13 4 8 6 36
11 Fuma Horio 6 8 9 19 14 18 NC 16 12 5 12 10 25
12 Jiei Okuzumi 8 10 8 14 Ret 19 23† 10 9 Ret 6 11 20
13 Seiya Motojima 9 15 4 11 13 14 14
14 Yuki Urata 20 23 9 21 15 30 7 14 12 8
15 Hirotaka Kikuchi 12 22 11 10 7 10 Ret 12 16 Ret Ret 15 5
16 Yuga Furutani 11 Ret 16 15 9 14 8 14 11 21 17 26 5
17 Eijirou Shimizu 10 9 10 Ret 13 15 10 11 14 Ret DNS 17 5
18 Yoshiaki Nakamura 16 12 12 13 10 12 25 20 20 8 15 32 4.5
19 Yugo Iwasawa Ret DNS 15 11 8 13 24† 17 10 Ret Ret DNS 3
20 Daiki Fujiwara 15 14 14 18 17 16 12 19 19 10 16 21 1
21 Yusuke Tsuchiya 13 Ret 19 Ret Ret 24 11 18 18 0
22 Max Salo 30 20 18 24 Ret 30† 15 23 21 12 19 19 0
23 Kaito Tsukada 14 24 13 16 16 17 22 13 15 Ret WD WD 0
24 Sergeyevich Sato 18 18 21 21 19 20 13 21 Ret 13 21 18 0
25 Aito Kinoshita 19 13 Ret 14 18 16 0
26 Keiji Nakao 17 16 23 26 20 28 14 DNS 28 15 22 23 0
27 Makio Saito 20 15 22 22 18 21 16 22 23 Ret 20 20 0
28 "Ikari" 23 19 24 23 24 23 Ret Ret 22 16 23 Ret 0
29 Hachiro Osaka 28 21 26 Ret DNS 25 17 25 25 17 24 22 0
30 Yutaka Toriba 21 17 20 Ret Ret WD DSQ 30 24 0
31 Motoyoshi Yoshida 24 26 Ret Ret 26 27 18 27 26 19 26 27 0
32 Makoto Hotta 27 21 22 Ret 26 24 18 25 25 0
33 Masayoshi Oyama 27 27 27 25 22 26 19 29 27 20 29 28 0
34 "Yugo" 26 28 29 Ret 25 29 20 30 WD 22 28 29 0
35 Yuichi Sasaki 22 23 28 Ret 24 29 0
36 Tsuyoshi Usui 23 27 30 0
37 Katsunori Keihara 31 Ret Ret 24 31 31 0
38 "Tomisan" 25 25 25 0
39 Shunsuke Hanawa 29 DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ‡ MOT FUJ2 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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

‡ – Half points were awarded for race 2, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Independent Cup
Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ‡ MOT FUJ2 Points
1 Sergeyevich Sato 18 18 21 21 19 20 13 21 Ret 13 21 18 225
2 Makio Saito 20 15 22 22 18 21 16 22 23 Ret 20 20 197.5
3 Keiji Nakao 17 16 23 26 20 28 14 DNS 28 15 22 23 145.5
4 "Ikari" 23 19 24 23 24 23 Ret Ret 22 16 23 Ret 111
5 Hachiro Osaka 28 21 26 Ret DNS 25 17 25 25 17 24 22 97
6 Makoto Hotta 27 21 22 Ret 26 24 18 25 25 77
7 Masayoshi Oyama 27 27 27 25 22 26 19 29 27 20 29 28 64
8 Motoyoshi Yoshida 24 26 Ret Ret 26 27 18 27 26 19 26 27 64
9 Yutaka Toriba 21 17 20 Ret Ret WD DSQ 30 24 62
10 Yuichi Sasaki 22 23 28 Ret 24 29 37
11 "Yugo" 26 28 29 Ret 25 29 20 30 WD 22 28 29 26
12 "Tomisan" 25 25 25 16
13 Tsuyoshi Usui 23 27 30 7
14 Katsunori Keihara 31 Ret Ret 24 31 31 1
Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ‡ MOT FUJ2 Points

‡ – Half points were awarded for race 2, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for a team.

Pos Driver Points
1 TGR-DC Racing School 273.5
2 Helm Motorsports 180.5
3 Skill Speed 121
4 OTG Motor Sports 89
5 Bionic Jack Racing 80
6 Vegaplus 80
7 Zap Speed 54
8 ATEAM Buzz Motorsport 54
9 Saccess Racing 18.5
10 Fuma Horio 14
11 Akiland Racing 8
12 TOM'S Youth 5
13 Rn-sports 3
14 KRac Motorsports 1

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