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2021 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2021 F4 Japanese Championship season was the seventh season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It held a total of 14 races over four double-header rounds and two triple-header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
TCS Racing Team 2   Keiji Nakao I 2–4
Field Motorsports 3   Sergeyevich Sato I 2–6
DayDream Racing 4   Yuichi Sasaki I 1, 3
Honda Formula Dream Project 5   Syun Koide All
6   Iori Kimura All
7   Kakunoshin Ohta All
Rn-sports 11   "Hirobon" I All
99   Yoshitsugu Kondo I All
KRac Motorsports 13   Daiki Fujiwara All
Zap Speed 14   Motohiko Isozaki I 3
  Hikaru Abe 5
43   "Dragon" I All
86   Hachiro Osaka I All
Media Do Kageyama Racing 15   Wataru Yoshimura 1, 3–6
16   Haruyuki Takahashi 1, 3
  Takuya Otaki 2, 4–6
Akiland Racing 18   Makoto Hotta I 1–2, 6
  Hiromitsu Fujii I 3
22   Reijiro Yamazaki 6
71   Masayoshi Oyama I All
96   Makio Saito I All
RSS 20   Kotaro Shimbara 3–6
N-SPEED 23   "Yugo" I 1–2, 4–6
Tsuyoshi Usui 24   Tsuyoshi Usui I 2
B-Max Engineering 27   "Syuji" I 5–6
44 4
  Nobuhiro Imada I 2–3, 5
Saccess Racing 29   Yasushi Ide I 1
39   Gento Miyashita 1, 3–6
40   Seiya Motojima All
ATEAM Buzz Motorsport 31   Teppei Tsuruta All
32   Max Salo All
33   Katsunori Keihara I 1–2, 4–6
TGR-DC Racing School 35   Seita Nonaka All
36   Rin Arakawa All
37   Jiei Okuzumi All
38   Eijirou Shimizu All
HELM Motorsports 62   Ryosuke Matsuzawa All
63   Yutaka Toriba I 2–6
leprix sport 70   Isao Nakashima I 5
C.S.I-Reon Kids Racing 73   Shunsuke Hanawa All
Skill Speed 77   Sota Ogawa All
OTG Motor Sports 80   Reimei Ito All
Bionic Jack Racing 97   Yugo Iwasawa All
98   Daiki Okamoto 1–4
  "Ikari" I 6
Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Icon Class
I Independent Cup

Race calendar and results edit

All rounds were held in Japan and support the Super GT events.[1][8] The revised calendar was published on 10 February 2021.[9] The second round of the championship at Suzuka Circuit was postponed from 29–30 May to 21–22 August due to COVID-19 pandemic. The nomenclature was kept, despite the round at Twin Ring Motegi being held in the meantime.[10][11]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Cup winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May   Iori Kimura   Rin Arakawa   Iori Kimura Honda Formula Dream Project   "Dragon"
R2 4 May   Syun Koide   Syun Koide   Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School   "Hirobon"
3[a] R6 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 21 August   Iori Kimura   Eijirou Shimizu   Iori Kimura Honda Formula Dream Project   "Hirobon"
R7 22 August   Iori Kimura   Jiei Okuzumi   Rin Arakawa[b] TGR-DC Racing School   Sergeyevich Sato
2 R3 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 17 July   Reimei Ito   Seita Nonaka   Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School   Yutaka Toriba
R4   Seita Nonaka   Seita Nonaka   Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School   Yutaka Toriba
R5 18 July   Seita Nonaka   Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School   "Hirobon"
4 R8 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 11 September   Syun Koide   Iori Kimura   Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project   Yutaka Toriba
R9   Iori Kimura   Kotaro Shimbara   Iori Kimura Honda Formula Dream Project   Yutaka Toriba
R10 12 September   Seita Nonaka   Reimei Ito OTG Motor Sports   "Dragon"
5 R11 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 6 November   Rin Arakawa   Rin Arakawa   Iori Kimura Honda Formula Dream Project   Yutaka Toriba
R12 7 November   Rin Arakawa   Rin Arakawa   Rin Arakawa TGR-DC Racing School   Yutaka Toriba
6 R13 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 27 November   Reimei Ito   Seita Nonaka   Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School   Yutaka Toriba
R14 28 November   Reimei Ito   Kakunoshin Ohta   Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School   "Hirobon"

Championship standings edit

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 edit

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ[a] MOT1 SUG MOT2 FUJ2 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   Seita Nonaka 3 1 28 7 1 1 1 5 7 2 4 Ret 1 1 217
2   Rin Arakawa 6 2 5 1 4 3 3 4 5 4 2 1 3 2 213
3   Iori Kimura 1 25 1 5 5 2 7 2 1 26 1 9 4 3 191
4   Reimei Ito 8 6 7 4 2 4 6 3 2 1 9 7 2 6 160
5   Kakunoshin Ohta 4 31 2 2 3 5 2 8 9 6 3 2 Ret 4 150
6   Syun Koide 2 7 3 Ret 7 6 Ret 1 3 3 Ret 8 6 8 124
7   Jiei Okuzumi 7 5 6 6 8 9 5 9 8 12 5 3 5 5 99
8   Eijirou Shimizu 5 3 4 19 6 10 4 10 10 10 Ret 10 7 26 68
9   Seiya Motojima 10 8 22 3 12 13 10 7 6 5 7 6 12 15 59
10   Sota Ogawa 9 4 9 12 9 8 8 12 13 11 6 4 13 7 52
11   Ryosuke Matsuzawa 12 9 11 8 11 11 12 6 4 8 27† 12 8 11 34
12   Yugo Iwasawa 11 12 8 9 10 7 9 Ret 12 7 Ret 5 9 10 34
13   Takuya Otaki 14 10 11 30† 9 8 13 Ret 21 7
14   Kotaro Shimbara 13 Ret 11 DNS 11 24 10 14 DSQ 9 3
15   Daiki Fujiwara 17 10 12 11 14 12 13 13 17 13 12 17 11 12 1
16   Gento Miyashita 16 15 16 17 14 14 16 15 11 11 10 13 1
17   "Hirobon" 21 16 10 15 20 19 20 21 20 20 22 23 30 16 1
18   Teppei Tsuruta 15 11 30 DSQ 18 24 18 15 15 14 16 18 17 14 0
19   Daiki Okamoto 14 13 13 13 15 16 16 17 14 16 0
20   Shunsuke Hanawa 19 14 31 14 17 16 25 17 13 22 18 20 0
21   Haruyuki Takahashi 13 19 17 Ret 15 0
22   Yutaka Toriba Ret 18 19 15 21 19 18 19 14 16 14 29 0
23   Sergeyevich Sato 20 14 23 20 25 23 24 25 15 19 Ret 18 0
24   Wataru Yoshimura 22 18 21 21 22 18 19 Ret Ret 15 15 Ret 0
25   Makio Saito Ret 21 15 25 22 23 24 Ret 22 22 20 21 20 19 0
26   "Dragon" 20 17 18 17 Ret Ret DNS 20 21 18 17 20 16 Ret 0
27   Max Salo 18 20 16 21 27 18 19 24 Ret 21 18 24 19 28 0
28   Nobuhiro Imada 23 16 Ret 28 26 19 26 0
29   "Ikari" 21 17 0
30   Tsuyoshi Usui 17 Ret 0
31   Masayoshi Oyama 27 27 19 24 28 29 31 27 31† 29 24 28 26 Ret 0
32   Keiji Nakao 21 20 Ret 22 23 22 23 23 0
33   Hikaru Abe 21 25 0
34   Hachiro Osaka 25 30† 29 22 29 27 29 26 32† 27 Ret 29 22 Ret 0
35   Makoto Hotta 26 24 26 23 25 22 0
36   Yuichi Sasaki Ret 22 25 25 28 0
37   Yoshitsugu Kondo 23 26 27 Ret 24 26 27 25 29 28 23 27 24 23 0
38   Yasushi Ide 24 23 0
39   Reijiro Yamazaki 23 24 0
40   "Yugo" 28 28 24 Ret 29 28 31 26 31 29 27 0
41   Katsunori Keihara 29 29 25 Ret 30 27 Ret 25 30 28 30 0
42   "Syuji" 28 26 30 Ret Ret 27 25 0
43   Motohiko Isozaki 26 31 30 0
44   Hiromitsu Fujii 30 30 32 0
–   Isao Nakashima Ret Ret –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ[a] MOT1 SUG MOT2 FUJ2
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

Independent Cup edit

Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ[a] MOT1 SUG MOT2 FUJ2 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   "Hirobon" 21 16 10 15 20 19 20 21 20 20 22 23 30 16 238
2   Yutaka Toriba Ret 18 19 15 21 19 18 19 14 16 14 29 223
3   "Dragon" 20 17 18 17 Ret Ret DNS 20 21 18 17 20 16 Ret 173
4   Sergeyevich Sato 20 14 23 20 25 23 24 25 15 19 Ret 18 147
5   Makio Saito Ret 21 15 25 22 23 24 Ret 22 22 20 21 20 19 144
6   Yoshitsugu Kondo 23 26 27 Ret 24 26 27 25 29 28 23 27 24 23 84
7   Keiji Nakao 21 20 Ret 22 23 22 23 23 73
8   Nobuhiro Imada 23 16 Ret 28 26 19 26 49
9   Hachiro Osaka 25 30† 29 22 29 27 29 26 32† 27 Ret 29 22 Ret 48
10   Masayoshi Oyama 27 27 19 24 28 29 31 27 31† 29 24 28 26 Ret 45
11   Makoto Hotta 26 24 26 23 25 22 36
12   Yuichi Sasaki Ret 22 25 25 28 32
13   "Ikari" 21 17 30
14   Yasushi Ide 24 23 22
15   "Syuji" 28 26 30 Ret Ret 27 25 17
16   "Yugo" 28 28 24 Ret 29 28 31 26 31 29 27 16
17   Tsuyoshi Usui 17 Ret 15
18   Katsunori Keihara 29 29 25 Ret 30 27 Ret 25 30 28 30 13
19   Motohiko Isozaki 26 31 30 7
20   Hiromitsu Fujii 30 30 32 1
–   Isao Nakashima Ret Ret –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
FUJ1 SUZ[a] MOT1 SUG MOT2 FUJ2

Teams' standings edit

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Pos Team Points
1 TGR-DC Racing School 285
2 Honda Formula Dream Project 260
3 OTG Motor Sports 160
4 Saccess Racing 59
5 Skill Speed 52
6 HELM Motorsports 34
7 Bionic Jack Racing 34
8 Media Do Kageyama Racing 7
9 RSS 3
10 KRac Motorsports 1
11 Rn-sports 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e The round was postponed from 29–30 May to 21–22 August but it is still considered as Round 2 with Race 3&4.
  2. ^ Iori Kimura crossed the line as the first but was given a 5 second penalty for a dangerous driving behavior. Arakawa inherited the win.

References edit

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  2. ^ "2021 第1戦・第2戦 富士スピードウェイ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site. Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ "RESULTS:2021 第5戦・第6戦・第7戦 ツインリンクもてぎ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ^ "RESULTS:2021 第3戦・第4戦 鈴鹿サーキット". Japanese FIA-F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ "RESULTS:2021 第8戦・第9戦・第10戦 スポーツランドSUGO". Japanese FIA-F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  6. ^ "RESULTS:2021 第11戦・第12戦 ツインリンクもてぎ". Japanese FIA-F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  7. ^ "RESULTS:2021 第13戦・第14戦 富士スピードウェイ". JAPANESE FIA-F4 CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL SITE (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  8. ^ "2021年のSUPER GTカレンダー（予定）を発表。全8大会の開催を予定". SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE. 6 August 2020.
  9. ^ "2021年日本レース選手権およびFIAインターナショナルシリーズ開催日程について". JAF｜モータースポーツ (in Japanese). 10 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-10.
  10. ^ "Super GT Suzuka 300km Postponed". www.dailysportscar.com. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11.
  11. ^ "2021 第3戦・第4戦代替日程決定のお知らせ". JAPANESE FIA F4 CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL SITE (in Japanese). 4 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04.

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