2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship

The 2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers were competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This was the inaugural season of the championship, and was promoted by K2 Planet.[1]

2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship
Drivers' Champion:Sena Sakaguchi
Teams Champion:Sutekina Racing Team
Previous: none Next: 2021

The season started on 1 August at Fuji Speedway and ran until 13 December.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers competed using the Dome F111/3 Regional F3 car.[1]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Sutekina Racing Team 3 Sena Sakaguchi 1, 3–6
5 Yu Kanamaru 1, 6
Miku Ikejima 3
8 Takuro Shinohara 1
Mizuki Ishizaka 5
Miku Ikejima 6
JMS Racing 4 Nobuhiro Imada M 1–5
5 Takashi Hata 5
Super License 6 Tomoki Takahashi 1–3
Ai Miura 4–5
Zap Speed 8 Yuki Nemoto 2
Riki Okusa 3
86 Hachiro Osaka M 1
Miki Koyama 3
Rn-sports 11 Masayuki Ueda M 1–5
B-MAX 13 Motoyoshi Yoshida M 1, 3
27 Syuji M 1–5
30 "Dragon" M 1–5
N-Speed 23 Yugo M 3
TOM'S Youth 28 Yuga Furutani All
CMS 34 Masaru Miura M 1, 4
Saccess Racing 39 Daichi Okamoto 3
Team Goh 55 Satoshi Motoyama M 6
Field Racing 78 Ryohei Sakaguchi 1
Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7]


Race calendar

The initial calendar was announced on 27 December 2019.[8] After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of two races,[9] a revised schedule was announced on 17 June 2020, with 14 races across 6 meetings, starting on 1 August and running until December.[10]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Fuji Speedway 1 August Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team The One Make Race Festival
R2 Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
R3 2 August Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
2 R4 Sportsland SUGO 22 August Tomoki Takahashi Tomoki Takahashi Tomoki Takahashi Super License SUGO Champion Cup
R5 23 August Tomoki Takahashi Yuga Furutani Yuki Nemoto Zap Speed
R6 Tomoki Takahashi Tomoki Takahashi Tomoki Takahashi Super License
3 R7 Fuji Speedway 5 September Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team Super Taikyu
R8 Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
4 R9 Twin Ring Motegi 19 September Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team Motegi Champion Cup
R10 20 September Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
5 R11 Okayama International Circuit 1 November Sena Sakaguchi Yuga Furutani Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team Super Taikyu
R12 Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team
6 R13 Autopolis 12 December Yuga Furutani Yuga Furutani Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team Super Taikyu
R14 Yuga Furutani Yuga Furutani Sena Sakaguchi Sutekina Racing Team

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten drivers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship
Pos Driver FUJ1 SUG FUJ2 MOT OKA AUT Pts
1 Sena Sakaguchi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 275
2 Yuga Furutani 4 5 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 223
3 Tomoki Takahashi 6 3 2 1 2 1 2 4 139
4 Masayuki Ueda 9 8 9 5 4 6 9 8 7 3 6 7 79
5 Nobuhiro Imada 7 10 7 4 6 4 8 13 4 5 9 8 77
6 "Dragon" DNS 7 8 6 5 5 6 7 6 Ret 7 5 76
7 Yu Kanamaru 2 4 3 3 3 75
8 Yuki Nemoto 3 1 2 58
9 Takuro Shinohara 3 2 5 43
10 Syuji 12 11 13 7 7 7 11 10 8 4 8 9 41
11 Ai Miura 3 Ret 4 4 39
12 Mizuki Ishizaka 3 3 30
13 Ryohei Sakaguchi 5 6 6 26
14 Riki Okusa 5 3 25
15 Miku Ikejima 10 9 5 4 25
16 Satoshi Motoyama 4 5 22
17 Daichi Okamoto 4 6 20
18 Takashi Hata 5 6 18
19 Masaru Miura 8 9 10 5 Ret 17
20 Miki Koyama 7 5 16
21 Hachiro Osaka 10 12 11 1
22 Motoyoshi Yoshida 11 13 12 12 12 0
23 Yugo 13 11 0

References
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  8. "2020 年、FIA により策定された世界規格の新型車両による 新シリーズ「FORMULA REGIONAL JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP」 がいよいよスタート 開幕戦は S 耐富士 24 時間、最終戦は WEC 富士大会" (PDF). Formula Regional Japanese Championship. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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