The 2022 F4 Japanese Championship season was the eighth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 14 races over seven double-header rounds.[1]
Teams and drivers
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All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered
Team
|
|
Driver
|
Class
|
Rounds
|
Field Motorsports
|
3
|
Sergeyevich Sato
|
I
|
1–2
|
55
|
"Kentaro"
|
I
|
All
|
Honda Formula Dream Project
|
5
|
Syun Koide
|
|
All
|
6
|
Kazuma Nishimura
|
|
All
|
7
|
Yusuke Mitsui
|
|
All
|
SD-Style
|
8
|
Takumi Sanada
|
|
1
|
Rn-sports
|
11
|
Itsuki Sato
|
|
1
|
Isao Nakashima
|
I
|
2, 4
|
"Hirobon"
|
I
|
6
|
"Daisuke"
|
I
|
7
|
99
|
Yoshitsugu Kondo
|
I
|
All
|
Hitotsuyama Racing
|
13
|
Daiki Fujiwara
|
|
1–5, 7
|
Zap Speed
|
14
|
Kotaro Shimbara
|
|
All
|
86
|
Hachiro Osaka
|
I
|
All
|
87
|
Rio Shimono
|
|
All
|
Media Do Kageyama Racing
|
15
|
Wataru Yoshimura
|
|
All
|
16
|
Takuya Otaki
|
|
All
|
Akiland Racing
|
18
|
Makoto Hotta
|
I
|
1–2
|
Ryota Horachi
|
|
3–4, 7
|
Yuta Fujiwara
|
|
5–6
|
22
|
4, 7
|
71
|
Masayoshi Oyama
|
I
|
All
|
72
|
"Hirobon"
|
I
|
7
|
96
|
Makio Saito
|
I
|
All
|
KRac Motorsports
|
19
|
Shinnosuke Ito
|
|
1–5
|
N-SPEED
|
23
|
"Yugo"
|
I
|
All
|
Tsuyoshi Usui
|
24
|
Tsuyoshi Usui
|
I
|
2, 6
|
RSS
|
27
|
"Syuji"
|
I
|
All
|
Saccess Racing
|
29
|
Yasushi Ide
|
I
|
1
|
Daitetsu Ueno
|
|
2
|
Tadakazu Kojima
|
I
|
3–7
|
39
|
Hikaru Jitosho
|
|
All
|
40
|
Daitetsu Ueno
|
|
4
|
B-Max Racing Team
|
30
|
"Dragon"
|
I
|
All
|
44
|
Nobuhiro Imada
|
I
|
1–2
|
50
|
Yuki Mishima
|
|
1–2
|
Buzz Racing
|
31
|
Jiei Okuzumi
|
|
All
|
32
|
Shion Tsujimoto
|
|
1–2, 4–7
|
Daisuke Takaguchi
|
|
3
|
33
|
Katsunori Keihara
|
I
|
1–3
|
Ayato Iwasaki
|
|
4, 6–7
|
Teppei Tsuruta
|
|
5
|
TGR-DC Racing School
|
35
|
Rin Arakawa
|
|
All
|
36
|
Rikuto Kobayashi
|
|
All
|
37
|
Jin Nakamura
|
|
All
|
38
|
Ryoma Henzan
|
|
All
|
Team Hero's
|
41
|
Shunji Okumoto
|
|
All
|
Tokaidenso MD
|
45
|
Toshihiro Kubota
|
I
|
7
|
Bionic Jack Racing
|
47
|
Yuta Fujiwara
|
|
1–3
|
Sena Yamamoto
|
|
6–7
|
81
|
Kazuhisa Urabe
|
|
All
|
97
|
Yugo Iwasawa
|
|
All
|
HELM Motorsports
|
61
|
Takumi Sato
|
|
2–4, 7
|
Itsuki Sato
|
|
5
|
62
|
Fuma Horio
|
|
All
|
63
|
Yutaka Toriba
|
I
|
All
|
Team RCOM
|
68
|
Ryunosuke Shibata
|
|
2, 4
|
Skill Speed
|
77
|
Gento Miyashita
|
|
All
|
OTG Motor Sports
|
80
|
Reimei Ito
|
|
All
|
Sources: [2][3][4][5]
|
|
Icon
|
Class
|
I
|
Independent Cup
|
|
Race calendar and results
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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
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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
|
Syun Koide
|
Ret
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
26
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
279
|
2
|
Yusuke Mitsui
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
246
|
3
|
Rin Arakawa
|
4
|
21
|
3
|
15
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
175
|
4
|
Jin Nakamura
|
10
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
9
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
126
|
5
|
Yugo Iwasawa
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
9
|
Ret
|
12
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
125
|
6
|
Rikuto Kobayashi
|
8
|
5
|
15
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
DNS
|
1
|
6
|
120
|
7
|
Reimei Ito
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
11
|
9
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
7
|
9
|
Ret
|
68
|
8
|
Kazuma Nishimura
|
28
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
9
|
11
|
6
|
7
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
10
|
10
|
60
|
9
|
Gento Miyashita
|
11
|
7
|
11
|
Ret
|
10
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
12
|
16
|
16
|
8
|
3
|
54
|
10
|
Fuma Horio
|
14
|
10
|
16
|
18
|
11
|
6
|
26
|
15
|
5
|
4
|
11
|
10
|
16
|
15
|
32
|
11
|
Jiei Okuzumi
|
5
|
8
|
20
|
23
|
16
|
Ret
|
22
|
20
|
16
|
16
|
Ret
|
12
|
5
|
Ret
|
24
|
12
|
Takumi Sato
|
|
|
6
|
3
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
17
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
Ret
|
12
|
23
|
13
|
Takuya Otaki
|
12
|
36
|
7
|
10
|
8
|
14
|
10
|
12
|
Ret
|
13
|
7
|
30
|
Ret
|
17
|
18
|
14
|
Ryoma Henzan
|
6
|
19
|
Ret
|
9
|
13
|
16
|
14
|
16
|
13
|
14
|
12
|
9
|
35†
|
8
|
16
|
15
|
Teppei Tsuruta
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
16
|
Ayato Iwasaki
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20
|
31
|
|
|
8
|
8
|
Ret
|
9
|
10
|
17
|
Daiki Fujiwara
|
16
|
12
|
35
|
11
|
28
|
Ret
|
16
|
17
|
11
|
6
|
|
|
11
|
11
|
8
|
18
|
Kazuhisa Urabe
|
9
|
37
|
25
|
19
|
14
|
13
|
8
|
10
|
18
|
19
|
19
|
14
|
17
|
19
|
7
|
19
|
Shunji Okumoto
|
7
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
12
|
12
|
15
|
13
|
17
|
11
|
15
|
17
|
15
|
14
|
6
|
20
|
Kotaro Shimbara
|
13
|
11
|
14
|
12
|
15
|
10
|
12
|
8
|
15
|
17
|
13
|
13
|
12
|
33†
|
5
|
21
|
Yuki Mishima
|
17
|
Ret
|
9
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
22
|
Yuta Fujiwara
|
20
|
17
|
23
|
22
|
Ret
|
22
|
25
|
14
|
19
|
20
|
14
|
11
|
14
|
13
|
0
|
23
|
Daitetsu Ueno
|
|
|
12
|
14
|
|
|
36
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
24
|
Ryota Horachi
|
|
|
|
|
20
|
18
|
13
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
32†
|
0
|
25
|
Itsuki Sato
|
21
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
26
|
Shion Tsujimoto
|
18
|
14
|
26
|
Ret
|
|
|
Ret
|
30
|
21
|
23
|
31
|
20
|
18
|
18
|
0
|
27
|
Wataru Yoshimura
|
15
|
Ret
|
WD
|
WD
|
17
|
15
|
21
|
22
|
Ret
|
21
|
17
|
Ret
|
33
|
22
|
0
|
28
|
Shinnosuke Ito
|
Ret
|
15
|
21
|
Ret
|
18
|
21
|
19
|
Ret
|
20
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
29
|
Sena Yamamoto
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret
|
15
|
19
|
20
|
0
|
30
|
Hikaru Jitosho
|
19
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
16
|
31
|
17
|
18
|
23
|
31
|
18
|
20
|
18
|
22
|
Ret
|
0
|
31
|
Rio Shimono
|
34
|
16
|
22
|
34
|
21
|
20
|
33
|
18
|
23
|
24
|
18
|
19
|
21
|
Ret
|
0
|
32
|
Yutaka Toriba
|
22
|
20
|
18
|
20
|
19
|
19
|
23
|
24
|
22
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
23
|
16
|
0
|
33
|
Ryunosuke Shibata
|
|
|
19
|
17
|
|
|
24
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
34
|
Makio Saito
|
25
|
23
|
17
|
24
|
23
|
23
|
27
|
Ret
|
24
|
Ret
|
22
|
24
|
24
|
23
|
0
|
35
|
"Dragon"
|
23
|
22
|
24
|
25
|
33
|
Ret
|
30
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
30
|
Ret
|
21
|
20
|
21
|
0
|
36
|
"Hirobon"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21
|
31
|
Ret
|
31
|
0
|
37
|
Tadakazu Kojima
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
29
|
34
|
33
|
27
|
27
|
23
|
22
|
28
|
26
|
0
|
38
|
Daisuke Takaguchi
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
39
|
Yoshitsugu Kondo
|
27
|
28
|
30
|
35
|
26
|
Ret
|
29
|
25
|
25
|
28
|
Ret
|
23
|
26
|
Ret
|
0
|
40
|
Hachiro Osaka
|
30
|
29
|
33
|
26
|
24
|
24
|
28
|
26
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
27
|
29
|
25
|
24
|
0
|
41
|
Sergeyevich Sato
|
24
|
24
|
29
|
36
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
42
|
Tsuyoshi Usui
|
|
|
32
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
|
28
|
|
|
0
|
43
|
"Kentaro"
|
36
|
33
|
34
|
29
|
30
|
25
|
31
|
28
|
26
|
31
|
26
|
27
|
27
|
25
|
0
|
44
|
Makoto Hotta
|
31
|
25
|
27
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
45
|
Masayoshi Oyama
|
32
|
27
|
28
|
31
|
27
|
26
|
35
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
26
|
30
|
27
|
0
|
46
|
Nobuhiro Imada
|
26
|
26
|
Ret
|
DNS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
47
|
"Syuji"
|
33
|
32
|
36
|
28
|
29
|
27
|
Ret
|
34
|
29
|
Ret
|
28
|
32
|
32
|
Ret
|
0
|
48
|
"Yugo"
|
38
|
34
|
37
|
33
|
32
|
28
|
32
|
32
|
30
|
Ret
|
29
|
33
|
34
|
30
|
0
|
49
|
Toshihiro Kubota
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29
|
28
|
0
|
50
|
Takumi Sanada
|
29
|
31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
50
|
"Daisuke"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31
|
29
|
0
|
52
|
Yasushi Ide
|
35
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
53
|
Isao Nakashima
|
|
|
31
|
37†
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
54
|
Katsunori Keihara
|
37
|
35
|
38
|
32
|
34
|
Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
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
|
Independent Cup
edit
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
|
Yutaka Toriba
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
306
|
2
|
Makio Saito
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Ret
|
2
|
Ret
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
202
|
3
|
"Dragon"
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
Ret
|
5
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
5
|
Ret
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
155
|
4
|
Yoshitsugu Kondo
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
12
|
5
|
Ret
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
Ret
|
3
|
5
|
Ret
|
113
|
5
|
Hachiro Osaka
|
7
|
9
|
10
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
Ret
|
Ret
|
7
|
9
|
4
|
4
|
113
|
6
|
Tadakazu Kojima
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
6
|
101
|
7
|
"Kentaro"
|
12
|
12
|
11
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
92
|
8
|
Masayoshi Oyama
|
9
|
7
|
5
|
9
|
6
|
5
|
9
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
10
|
6
|
9
|
7
|
89
|
9
|
"Syuji"
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
Ret
|
8
|
7
|
Ret
|
8
|
11
|
11
|
Ret
|
37
|
10
|
Sergeyevich Sato
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35
|
11
|
Makoto Hotta
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30
|
12
|
"Yugo"
|
14
|
13
|
13
|
11
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
Ret
|
9
|
12
|
12
|
10
|
29
|
13
|
Tsuyoshi Usui
|
|
|
9
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
8
|
|
|
28
|
14
|
"Hirobon"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
10
|
Ret
|
11
|
26
|
15
|
Nobuhiro Imada
|
5
|
6
|
Ret
|
DNS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
16
|
Toshihiro Kubota
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
17
|
Isao Nakashima
|
|
|
8
|
14†
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
18
|
"Daisuke"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
9
|
3
|
19
|
Katsunori Keihara
|
13
|
14
|
14
|
10
|
11
|
Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
20
|
Yasushi Ide
|
11
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Pos
|
Driver
|
R1
|
R2
|
R1
|
R2
|
R1
|
R2
|
R1
|
R2
|
R1
|
R2
|
R1
|
R2
|
R1
|
R2
|
Pts
|
FUJ1
|
SUZ1
|
FUJ2
|
SUZ2
|
SUG
|
AUT
|
MOT
|
Teams' standings
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Only the best finisher scores points for their team.
- ^ Reimei Ito crossed the line first but was given a 5 second penalty. Mitsui inherited the win.
- ^ The qualifying session was cancelled due to heavy fog. The starting grid was set by the fastest overall times from the practice sessions.
- ^ Due to the cancellation of qualifying, the starting grid was set from the fastest lap times set in the first race.
References
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