The 2023 F4 Japanese Championship season was the ninth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 14 races over seven double-header rounds.[1]
All teams & drivers were Japanese-registered.
More information Team, No. ...
Team |
|
Driver |
Class |
Rounds |
Akiland Racing |
2 |
Keiji Nakao |
I |
All |
10 |
Masayuki Ueda |
I |
All |
12 |
Ryota Horachi |
|
All |
18 |
Kazuya Oshima |
|
1 |
Norio Tsukamoto |
I |
2–5 |
Aoto Nagahara |
|
6 |
22 |
Yuta Fujiwara |
|
All |
71 |
Masayoshi Oyama |
I |
All |
96 |
Makio Saito |
I |
All |
DayDream Racing |
4 |
Yuichi Sasaki |
I |
5–7 |
Honda Formula Dream Project |
5 |
Yusuke Mitsui |
|
All |
6 |
Yuto Nomura |
|
All |
7 |
Tosei Moriyama |
|
All |
Team GMB |
8 |
Masamune Handa |
|
1–5 |
Spread |
6–7 |
Rn-sports |
11 |
Isao Nakashima |
I |
All |
99 |
Yoshitsugu Kondo |
I |
1, 5 |
Kazuaki Yasui |
I |
3 |
B-Max Racing Team |
13 |
Makoto Fujiwara |
I |
All |
27 |
"Syuji" |
I |
6 |
30 |
"Dragon" |
I |
All |
44 |
Nobuhiro Imada |
I |
1–6 |
"Syuji" |
I |
7 |
Zap Speed |
14 |
Souryuu Tagami |
|
1–4, 7 |
86 |
Hachiro Osaka |
I |
1–4 |
87 |
Rio Shimono |
|
1–4 |
88 |
Rin Arakawa |
|
1–4 |
Media Do Kageyama Racing |
15 |
Tomohito Watabe |
|
1–5 |
16 |
Kazuma Nishimura |
|
1–5, 7 |
26 |
Reijiro Yamazaki |
I |
All |
Eagle Sports |
21 |
Tadakazu Kojima |
I |
1–6 |
49 |
Bunsei Okawa |
I |
1–2 |
Akito Itsuki |
|
3 |
Daitetsu Ueno |
|
4 |
Shoichiro Akamatsu |
I |
5–6 |
NSPEED |
23 |
"Yugo" |
I |
All |
Tsuyoshi Usui |
24 |
Tsuyoshi Usui |
I |
2, 6 |
TOM'S Youth |
28 |
Yoshiaki Nakamura |
|
All |
Buzz Racing |
31 |
Ryoma Henzan |
|
All |
32 |
Taiga Imoto |
|
2 |
41 |
3–4 |
Masahiro Aoai |
I |
1–2 |
Drago Corse |
34 |
Hironobu Shimizu |
|
All |
TGR-DC Racing School |
35 |
Jin Nakamura |
|
All |
36 |
Rikuto Kobayashi |
|
All |
37 |
Yuki Sano |
|
All |
38 |
Shunji Okumoto |
|
All |
PONOS Racing |
45 |
Kento Omiya |
|
All |
Fujita Pharmacy Racing |
46 |
Kohei Tokumasu |
|
1–5, 7 |
48 |
Fuma Horio |
|
1–5 |
Field Motorsports |
55 |
"Kentaro" |
I |
All |
HELM Motorsports |
61 |
Jiei Okuzumi |
|
3 |
62 |
Itsuki Sato |
|
All |
63 |
Yutaka Toriba |
I |
1–3, 5–7 |
Skill Speed |
77 |
Hibiki Komatsu |
|
All |
78 |
Yohei Ono |
|
All |
OTG Motor Sports |
80 |
Yuto Nozawa |
|
All |
Bionic Jack Racing |
81 |
Kazuhisa Urabe |
|
All |
97 |
Shion Tsujimoto |
|
1–2 |
Hiroyuki Saka |
I |
3–4 |
Jiei Okuzumi |
|
5–7 |
98 |
Yuki Mishima |
|
All |
Dr.Dry |
86 |
Hachiro Osaka |
I |
5–7 |
87 |
Rio Shimono |
|
5–7 |
88 |
Rin Arakawa |
|
5–7 |
Sources: [2][3] |
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Icon |
Class |
I |
Independent Cup |
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All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[1]
More information Round, Circuit ...
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Points were awarded as follows:
More information Position, Points ...
Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
Points |
25 |
18 |
15 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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Drivers' standings
More information Pos, Driver ...
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 |
Rikuto Kobayashi |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
33 |
5 |
6 |
22 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
221 |
2 |
Jin Nakamura |
Ret |
1 |
Ret |
6 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
209 |
3 |
Yusuke Mitsui |
Ret |
28 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
181 |
4 |
Yuto Nomura |
Ret |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
24 |
6 |
5 |
Ret |
5 |
167 |
5 |
Tosei Moriyama |
9 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
Ret |
9 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
11 |
Ret |
101 |
6 |
Rin Arakawa |
34 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
20 |
8 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
12 |
75 |
7 |
Yuki Sano |
3 |
9 |
8 |
11 |
Ret |
5 |
6 |
Ret |
3 |
5 |
5 |
40 |
Ret |
37 |
74 |
8 |
Kazuhisa Urabe |
20 |
8 |
43† |
10 |
10 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
72 |
9 |
Shunji Okumoto |
2 |
7 |
10 |
7 |
11 |
10 |
15 |
10 |
12 |
11 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
20 |
63 |
10 |
Ryota Horachi |
6 |
13 |
9 |
8 |
15 |
37 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
4 |
Ret |
10 |
56 |
11 |
Kento Omiya |
15 |
Ret |
7 |
9 |
8 |
11 |
5 |
8 |
19 |
9 |
9 |
Ret |
6 |
3 |
53 |
12 |
Ryoma Henzan |
Ret |
Ret |
11 |
15 |
Ret |
7 |
7 |
7 |
Ret |
8 |
14 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
48 |
13 |
Itsuki Sato |
28 |
6 |
6 |
13 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
12 |
12 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
27 |
14 |
Jiei Okuzumi |
|
|
|
|
6 |
39 |
|
|
10 |
13 |
13 |
15 |
8 |
7 |
19 |
15 |
Kazuma Nishimura |
4 |
12 |
14 |
19 |
18 |
Ret |
DNS |
16 |
18 |
23 |
|
|
16 |
19 |
12 |
16 |
Yuki Mishima |
5 |
10 |
17 |
18 |
Ret |
31 |
18 |
15 |
17 |
19 |
20 |
18 |
20 |
17 |
11 |
17 |
Yuta Fujiwara |
10 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
Ret |
6 |
15 |
13 |
34 |
13 |
9 |
18 |
Souryuu Tagami |
12 |
15 |
18 |
17 |
20 |
Ret |
14 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
11 |
6 |
19 |
Rio Shimono |
7 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
19 |
24 |
19 |
19 |
16 |
17 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
15 |
6 |
20 |
Hibiki Komatsu |
8 |
19 |
15 |
16 |
13 |
13 |
Ret |
13 |
21 |
20 |
18 |
12 |
Ret |
Ret |
4 |
21 |
Hironobu Shimizu |
Ret |
11 |
12 |
14 |
22 |
18 |
13 |
18 |
14 |
16 |
22 |
28 |
15 |
21 |
0 |
22 |
Kohei Tokumasu |
Ret |
17 |
16 |
23 |
21 |
15 |
11 |
14 |
13 |
14 |
|
|
18 |
18 |
0 |
23 |
Tomohito Watabe |
11 |
37 |
21 |
24 |
14 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
WD |
WD |
|
|
|
|
0 |
24 |
Yuto Nozawa |
19 |
20 |
23 |
25 |
16 |
16 |
22 |
21 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
13 |
14 |
0 |
25 |
Kazuya Oshima |
13 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
26 |
Yoshiaki Nakamura |
14 |
DNS |
24 |
26 |
24 |
21 |
23 |
23 |
Ret |
18 |
19 |
14 |
14 |
16 |
0 |
27 |
Yutaka Toriba |
16 |
Ret |
36 |
34 |
Ret |
19 |
|
|
33 |
29 |
23 |
20 |
19 |
28 |
0 |
28 |
Keiji Nakao |
17 |
23 |
30 |
31 |
26 |
27 |
26 |
28 |
29 |
28 |
40† |
26 |
32 |
23 |
0 |
29 |
Akito Itsuki |
|
|
|
|
17 |
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
30 |
Daitetsu Ueno |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
31 |
Fuma Horio |
18 |
Ret |
25 |
28 |
Ret |
25 |
21 |
29 |
20 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
32 |
Yohei Ono |
27 |
26 |
28 |
29 |
32 |
38 |
25 |
31 |
Ret |
Ret |
24 |
19 |
26 |
29 |
0 |
33 |
Taiga Imoto |
|
|
22 |
21 |
23 |
20 |
20 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
34 |
Shion Tsujimoto |
Ret |
Ret |
20 |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
35 |
Masamune Handa |
33 |
27 |
Ret |
Ret |
34 |
26 |
27 |
26 |
25 |
30 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
22 |
0 |
36 |
Makoto Fujiwara |
22 |
21 |
31 |
41 |
28 |
28 |
Ret |
32 |
22 |
25 |
25 |
22 |
24 |
26 |
0 |
37 |
Nobuhiro Imada |
21 |
38 |
37 |
Ret |
25 |
DNS |
Ret |
25 |
23 |
Ret |
27 |
24 |
|
|
0 |
38 |
Masayuki Ueda |
38 |
22 |
26 |
27 |
29 |
29 |
32 |
Ret |
31 |
27 |
Ret |
33 |
22 |
27 |
0 |
39 |
Makio Saito |
26 |
33 |
27 |
30 |
27 |
22 |
24 |
39 |
27 |
40 |
26 |
41 |
23 |
24 |
0 |
40 |
"Dragon" |
23 |
24 |
29 |
Ret |
DNQ |
DNQ |
29 |
27 |
26 |
26 |
Ret |
25 |
25 |
25 |
0 |
41 |
Aoto Nagahara |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38 |
23 |
|
|
0 |
42 |
Reijiro Yamazaki |
24 |
25 |
DNQ |
DNQ |
39† |
35 |
Ret |
30 |
Ret |
Ret |
28 |
29 |
27 |
30 |
0 |
43 |
"Kentaro" |
31 |
30 |
33 |
42† |
30 |
Ret |
Ret |
40† |
24 |
34 |
31 |
36 |
Ret |
34 |
0 |
44 |
Yoshitsugu Kondo |
25 |
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
45 |
Tadakazu Kojima |
30 |
36 |
42 |
38 |
33 |
Ret |
28 |
Ret |
32 |
38 |
29 |
27 |
|
|
0 |
46 |
Yuichi Sasaki |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36 |
33 |
34 |
34 |
28 |
Ret |
0 |
47 |
Masayoshi Oyama |
32 |
32 |
35 |
33 |
36 |
33 |
Ret |
34 |
30 |
32 |
30 |
32 |
29 |
31 |
0 |
48 |
Hachiro Osaka |
29 |
Ret |
41 |
40 |
40† |
Ret |
Ret |
36 |
37 |
37 |
35 |
35 |
30 |
32 |
0 |
49 |
Isao Nakashima |
35 |
31 |
34 |
32 |
38 |
34 |
Ret |
DNS |
35 |
35 |
32 |
30 |
31 |
33 |
0 |
50 |
Hiroyuki Saka |
|
|
|
|
31 |
30 |
Ret |
33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
51 |
Norio Tsukamoto |
|
|
38 |
36 |
35 |
32 |
30 |
35 |
38 |
36 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
52 |
"Yugo" |
DNQ |
DNQ |
40 |
39 |
37 |
36 |
31 |
37 |
39 |
Ret |
39 |
39 |
33 |
36 |
0 |
53 |
Shoichiro Akamatsu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34 |
39 |
37 |
31 |
|
|
0 |
54 |
Bunsei Okawa |
36 |
35 |
32 |
35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
55 |
Tsuyoshi Usui |
|
|
DNS |
DNS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
38 |
|
|
0 |
56 |
Masahiro Aoai |
37 |
34 |
39 |
37 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
57 |
"Syuji" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36 |
37 |
Ret |
35 |
0 |
– |
Kazuaki Yasui |
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
DNQ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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– |
Pos |
Driver |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
Pts |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
|
Colour | Result |
Gold | Winner |
Silver | Second place |
Bronze | Third place |
Green | Points finish |
Blue | Non-points finish |
Non-classified finish (NC) |
Purple | Retired (Ret) |
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
White | Did not start (DNS) |
Withdrew (WD) |
Race cancelled (C) |
Blank |
Did not practice (DNP) |
Did not arrive (DNA) |
Excluded (EX) |
Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish but classified |
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Independent Cup
More information Pos, Driver ...
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 |
Makoto Fujiwara |
4 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
Ret |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
191 |
2 |
Keiji Nakao |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
16† |
5 |
11 |
1 |
179 |
3 |
Makio Saito |
8 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
15 |
3 |
18 |
3 |
2 |
157 |
4 |
Yutaka Toriba |
1 |
Ret |
10 |
6 |
Ret |
1 |
|
|
11 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
152 |
5 |
Masayuki Ueda |
16 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
Ret |
9 |
3 |
Ret |
11 |
2 |
5 |
139 |
6 |
"Dragon" |
5 |
4 |
3 |
Ret |
DNQ |
DNQ |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
Ret |
4 |
5 |
3 |
134 |
7 |
Nobuhiro Imada |
3 |
14 |
11 |
Ret |
1 |
DNS |
Ret |
1 |
2 |
Ret |
4 |
3 |
|
|
110 |
8 |
Reijiro Yamazaki |
6 |
5 |
DNQ |
DNQ |
13† |
10 |
Ret |
4 |
Ret |
Ret |
5 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
61 |
9 |
Masayoshi Oyama |
12 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
Ret |
7 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
50 |
10 |
"Kentaro" |
11 |
7 |
7 |
14† |
6 |
Ret |
Ret |
12 |
3 |
9 |
8 |
14 |
Ret |
11 |
41 |
11 |
Tadakazu Kojima |
10 |
13 |
16 |
10 |
8 |
Ret |
3 |
Ret |
10 |
13 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
38 |
12 |
Isao Nakashima |
13 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
12 |
9 |
Ret |
DNS |
13 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
31 |
13 |
Yoshitsugu Kondo |
7 |
6 |
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|
6 |
6 |
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|
30 |
14 |
Norio Tsukamoto |
|
|
12 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
16 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
26 |
15 |
Hiroyuki Saka |
|
|
|
|
7 |
6 |
Ret |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
16 |
Bunsei Okawa |
14 |
12 |
6 |
7 |
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|
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|
14 |
17 |
Yuichi Sasaki |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
8 |
11 |
12 |
7 |
Ret |
10 |
18 |
"Yugo" |
DNQ |
DNQ |
14 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
17 |
Ret |
15 |
17 |
12 |
13 |
9 |
19 |
Hachiro Osaka |
9 |
Ret |
15 |
12 |
14† |
Ret |
Ret |
9 |
15 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
20 |
Masahiro Aoai |
15 |
11 |
13 |
9 |
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|
|
|
|
|
2 |
21 |
Shoichiro Akamatsu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
14 |
14 |
9 |
|
|
2 |
22 |
Tsuyoshi Usui |
|
|
DNS |
DNS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
16 |
|
|
1 |
23 |
"Syuji" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
15 |
Ret |
12 |
0 |
– |
Kazuaki Yasui |
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
DNQ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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– |
Pos |
Driver |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
R1 |
R2 |
Pts |
FUJ1 |
SUZ1 |
FUJ2 |
SUZ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
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Teams' standings
Only the best finisher scored points for their team.
More information Pos, Team ...
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Yusuke Mitsui finished as the first but received a drive through penalty converted into 40 seconds for an illegal start on a safety car restart. Nakamura inherited the win.