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2017 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2017 F4 Japanese Championship was the third season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 7 April in Okayama and finished on 12 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.[1] Ritomo Miyata defended his drivers' title successfully, continuing with TOM'S Spirit.[2]

Teams and drivers edit

The teams were announced on 11 March 2017.[3]

Team No. Driver Rounds
  TOM'S Spirit 1   Ritomo Miyata[4] All
36   Sota Ogawa 7
  Team Right Way 2   Keiji Nakao[4] 1–2, 4–7
  Sutekina Racing Team 3   Mizuki Ishizaka[4] 1–6
  Yuichi Sasaki 4   Yuichi Sasaki[5] 2, 4–5
  Honda Formula Dream Project 5   Toshiki Oyu[4] All
6   Ukyo Sasahara[6] All
7   Takuya Otaki[4] All
8   Yuki Tsunoda[4] All
  Field Motorsport 9   Toshiki Haruyama[4] 1–3
  Takashi Hata 5–7
25   Tomoki Takahashi[4] All
55   Kiryu Hosoda[4] All
  Rn-sports 11   Toshiki Komura[4] 1–2
  B-MAX Racing Team 13   Motoyoshi Yoshida[5] 2–3
  Ayumu Iwasa 7
50   Shinji Sawada[4] All
68   Chia Wing Hoong[4] All
  Media Do Kageyama Racing 15   Hiromichi Hayase[4] All
16   Takuro Shinohara[4] All
  Buzz International 17   Turbo Asahi[4] All
18   Junpei Kato[4] 1–4, 7
  Teppei Natori 5–6
30   "Dragon"[7] 3
  VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr. 19   Akash Gowda[8] 1–6
63   Rikiya Kanazawa[4] All
  RSS 21   Seiya Jin[4] 1–6
  N-SPEED 23   "Yugo"[4] All
  Eagle Sport 27   Wataru Yamaki[9] 6
  Automotive Team MYST 29   Tatsuya Ota[9] 6
  HubAuto Racing 35   Shunsuke Kohno[10] All
89   Yuma Shoji 7
  Saccess Racing 38   Miku Ikejima[5] 2
39   Miku Ikejima[4] 1
  Yuki Urata[5] 2–7
  NRS 44   Sho Onodera[4] All
83   Takumi Ueki[4] 1–3, 5–6
  "Rising" 7
  Silver Star Racing 51   Hiroyuki Kojima[4] 1
  ARN Racing 54   Gerhard Rickert[4] All
  Le Beausset Motorsports 60   Kohta Kawaai[4] All
61   Reiji Hiraki[4] All
62   Yuya Hiraki[4] All
  leprix sport 70   Miki Koyama[4] All
  C.S.I.-Reon Kids Racing 73   Kotoka Goibuchi[4] 1–2, 4–5
  Garage Chabatake 77   Takeshi Ohi[4] All
  OTG Motor Sports 80   Togo Suganami[4] All
  Zap Speed Racing Team 86   Hachiro Osaka[4] 1–2, 5–7
99   Danial Frost 7

Race calendar and results edit

All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 7 April   Ritomo Miyata   Ritomo Miyata   Ukyo Sasahara   Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 8 April   Ritomo Miyata   Toshiki Oyu   Yuki Tsunoda   Honda Formula Dream Project
2 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May   Toshiki Oyu   Tomoki Takahashi   Ritomo Miyata   TOM'S Spirit
R2 4 May   Ritomo Miyata   Ukyo Sasahara   Ritomo Miyata   TOM'S Spirit
3 R1 Autopolis, Hita 20 May   Ukyo Sasahara   Toshiki Oyu   Ukyo Sasahara   Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 21 May   Toshiki Oyu   Togo Suganami   Toshiki Oyu   Honda Formula Dream Project
4 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 22 July   Yuki Tsunoda   Ukyo Sasahara   Ukyo Sasahara   Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 23 July   Yuki Tsunoda   Ritomo Miyata   Takuya Otaki   Honda Formula Dream Project
5 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 5 August   Toshiki Oyu   Ritomo Miyata   Yuki Tsunoda   Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 6 August   Toshiki Oyu   Ukyo Sasahara   Toshiki Oyu   Honda Formula Dream Project
6 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 26 August   Yuki Tsunoda   Yuki Tsunoda   Yuki Tsunoda   Honda Formula Dream Project
R2 27 August   Yuki Tsunoda   Ritomo Miyata   Ritomo Miyata   TOM'S Spirit
7 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 11 November   Ritomo Miyata   Ritomo Miyata   Ritomo Miyata   TOM'S Spirit
R2 12 November   Ritomo Miyata   Ritomo Miyata   Toshiki Oyu   Honda Formula Dream Project

Championship standings edit

Only the best thirteen results counted towards the championship. Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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

Drivers' standings edit

Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points
1   Ritomo Miyata 2 6 1 1 3 4 Ret 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 231
2   Ukyo Sasahara 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 Ret 2 2 4 2 5 5 224
3   Yuki Tsunoda 3 1 11 5 9 2 5 Ret 1 4 1 3 8 4 173
4   Toshiki Oyu 24 5 2 2 2 1 Ret Ret DNS 1 3 4 Ret 1 166
5   Takuya Otaki 7 3 14 13 Ret 12 2 1 6 9 7 8 7 8 94
6   Shinji Sawada 5 4 Ret 7 13 23 4 4 25 Ret 18 14 3 2 85
7   Shunsuke Kohno 11 11 6 6 5 8 8 6 4 5 5 5 10 12 85
8   Kohta Kawaai Ret 7 7 9 4 5 9 Ret 7 21 6 7 4 7 76
9   Takuro Shinohara 8 Ret 5 12 6 14 6 Ret 8 6 9 9 2 6 72
10   Tomoki Takahashi 4 9 4 4 7 19 7 5 13 27 Ret 13 11 13 60
11   Yuya Hiraki 6 8 10 8 8 6 10 7 5 7 8 DSQ 12 11 56
12   Mizuki Ishizaka 10 NC 20 10 27 7 3 2 12 17 11 15 41
13   Teppei Natori 9 8 Ret 6 14
14   Sota Ogawa 6 9 10
15   Togo Suganami 9 10 9 11 DNS 15 14 9 11 10 19 25 17 29 8
16   Reiji Hiraki 15 13 8 15 11 11 11 10 10 11 13 16 14 16 6
17   Kiryu Hosoda 17 22 Ret Ret 14 Ret 12 8 15 15 23 11 32 10 5
18   Turbo Asahi 13 21 12 18 20 10 15 24 17 12 12 26 9 17 3
19   Yuki Urata Ret 14 16 9 Ret 21 19 13 Ret 10 31 14 3
20   Seiya Jin 12 Ret 13 17 10 18 13 22 14 16 10 12 2
21   Junpei Kato 16 14 Ret 29 12 13 Ret 11 19 19 0
22   Rikiya Kanazawa 18 17 16 Ret 15 17 16 12 22 14 16 Ret 16 23 0
23   Hirokuni Kojima 14 12 0
24   Akash Gowda 21 18 17 20 Ret 16 23 13 16 20 15 Ret 0
25   Yuma Shoji 13 18 0
26   Kotoka Goibuchi 19 15 19 30 19 14 23 24 0
27   Wataru Yamaki 14 18 0
28   Ayumu Iwasa 15 15 0
29   Takeshi Ohi 20 16 18 23 Ret 20 17 15 18 18 17 19 21 24 0
30   Toshiki Haruyama 23 24 15 16 WD WD 0
31   Chia Wing Hoong     29 20 21 19 17 Ret 18 16 21 19 22 20 26 22 0
32   Tatsuya Ota 20 17 0
33   Yuichi Sasaki WD WD 21 17 26 25 0
34   Miki Koyama 33 DSQ 23 22 18 21 Ret DNS 20 30 21 21 20 20 0
35   Danial Frost 18 21 0
36   Gerhard Rickert 30 28 30 30 24 27 Ret 18 28 31 28 29 30 Ret 0
37   Keiji Nakao 27 19 24 24 DNS 19 Ret 23 25 23 23 32 0
38   Sho Onedera 26 25 25 Ret 19 Ret Ret DNS 24 26 24 22 24 26 0
39   Hiromichi Hayase 28 23 27 25 22 25 20 23 Ret 22 26 24 25 28 0
40   "Yugo" 32 30 29 28 26 28 22 20 27 28 27 28 29 31 0
41   Miku Ikejima 22 26 22 21 0
42   Takumi Ueki WD WD Ret Ret 21 24 WD WD WD WD 0
43   "Dragon" 23 22 0
44   Takashi Hata WD WD WD WD 22 25 0
45   Motoyoshi Yoshida 26 26 25 26 0
46   Toshiki Komura 25 29 WD WD 0
47   Hachiro Osaka 31 27 28 27 29 29 29 27 27 30 0
48   "Rising" 28 27 0
Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points
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

Teams' standings edit

Pos Tean Pts.
1   Honda Formula Dream Project 314
2   TOM'S Spirit 231
3   Le Beausset Motorsports 102
4   B-Max Racing Team 85
5   HubAuto Racing 85
6   Media Do Kageyama Racing 72
7   Field Motorsport 61
8   Sutekina Racing Team 41
9   Buzz International 17
10   OTG Motor Sports 8
11   Saccess Racing 3
12   RSS 2

References edit

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  2. ^ "Toyota GAZOO Racing Outlines 2017 Motorsports Activities". Toyota Motor Corporation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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  6. ^ "Ukyo Sasahara on Twitter: 今シーズンの活動報告をさせていただきます。 HFDP/SRS/コチラレーシングより、FIA-F4 Japanese Championship に参戦させていただきます。 今シーズンも笹原右京の応援をよろしくお願いいたします。 #gogoukyo #HFDP #SRS #6". March 30, 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  7. ^ "2017 FIA-F4 Championship 5th / 6th Autopolis Round entry list". fiaf4.jp. F4 Japanese Championship. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Gowda secures Japanese F4 drive". 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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External links edit

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