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2024 Formula Regional Japanese Championship

The 2024 Formula Regional Japanese Championship is a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers compete in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This is the fifth season of the series, promoted by K2 Planet, and the 46th overall season of an FIA ladder series (dating to the 1979 Japanese Formula 3 Championship).[1]

The season started on 9 March at Suzuka International Racing Course and will run over six weekends, until 13 October.[2] All three titles were wrapped up at the penultimate round of the season, with Michael Sauter becoming the first foreign driver to win the Drivers' Championship, while his team Birth Racing Project【BRP】took the Teams' Championship and N-SPEED driver "Yugo" topped the Masters' class.

Teams and drivers

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

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Sutekina Racing Team 3   Jiei Okuzumi[3] 1
  Fuma Horio[4] 2–4
Birth Racing Project【BRP】 5   Michael Sauter[5] 1–5
55   Sebastian Manson[5] 1–5
Rn-sports 11   "Motoki"[3] M 1
  Masayuki Ueda[6] M 5
Abbey Racing 16   "Akita"[3] M 1, 5
NILZZ Racing 18   "Yuki"[7] M 4–5
N-SPEED 23   "Yugo”[3] M 1–5
TOM'S Formula 28   Yoshiaki Nakamura[8] 1–5
Eagle Sports 29   Juancho Brobio[3] 1
  Tadakazu Kojima[6] M 5
Sky Motorsports 36   Wang Zhongwei[3] 1
TGR-DC Racing School[9] 37   Yuki Sano[9] 5
38   Kazuhisa Urabe[9] 5
PONOS Racing 45   Yorikatsu Tsujiko[3] M 1, 3, 5
Bionic Jack Racing 51   Kizuku Hirota[3] 1
  Alfie Briggs[10] 2
53   Jesse Lacey[5] 1–5
HELM Motorsports 62   Anna Inotsume[11] 1–5
Icon Legend
M Masters' Class

Race calendar

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The provisional 2024 calendar was revealed in late September 2023 and comprises 14 races over six rounds.[2] The championship supported Super Formula for the first time in its history.

Round Circuit Date Support Bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 9 March Super Formula Championship
All Japan Road Race Championship
R2
R3 10 March
2 R4 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 11 May Sugo Champion Cup
TCR Japan Touring Car Series
R5 12 May
3 R6 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 29 June Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
Okayama Challenge Cup
Mini Challenge Japan
BMW M2 CS Racing Series
R7 30 June
R8
4 R9 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 24 August Super Formula Championship
All Japan Road Race Championship
R10 25 August
5 R11 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 14 September FIA World Endurance Championship (6 Hours of Fuji)
R12
6 R13 12–13 October Super Formula Championship
R14

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Masters' class winner
1 R1 Suzuka International Racing Course   Kizuku Hirota   Jiei Okuzumi   Jiei Okuzumi Sutekina Racing Team   "Motoki"
R2   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter Birth Racing Project【BRP】   "Akita"
R3   Jiei Okuzumi   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter Birth Racing Project【BRP】   "Motoki"
2 R4 Sportsland Sugo   Fuma Horio   Michael Sauter   Fuma Horio Sutekina Racing Team   "Yugo"
R5   Sebastian Manson   Michael Sauter   Fuma Horio Sutekina Racing Team   "Yugo"
3 R6 Okayama International Circuit   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter Birth Racing Project【BRP】   "Yugo"
R7   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter   Jesse Lacey Bionic Jack Racing   Yorikatsu Tsujiko
R8   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter Birth Racing Project【BRP】   Yorikatsu Tsujiko
4 R9 Mobility Resort Motegi   Sebastian Manson   Sebastian Manson   Michael Sauter Birth Racing Project【BRP】   "Yuki"
R10   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter Birth Racing Project【BRP】   "Yuki"
5 R11 Fuji Speedway   Yuki Sano   Yuki Sano   Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School   "Akita"
R12   Yuki Sano   Yoshiaki Nakamura   Yuki Sano TGR-DC Racing School   "Akita"
6 R13
R14

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Points are 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

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Pos Driver SUZ SUG OKA MOT FUJ1 FUJ2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   Michael Sauter Ret 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 6 Ret 209
2   Sebastian Manson Ret 5 3 5 2 4 3 2 6 2 3 6 147
3   Jesse Lacey 3 7 Ret 3 6 6 1 4 3 6 8 4 128
4   Yoshiaki Nakamura 2 6 8 8† 5 2 4 DNS 4 4 4 2 128
5   Fuma Horio 1 1 3 DNS Ret 2 3 98
6   Anna Inotsume 6 Ret 6 6 7 5 6 5 Ret 5 2 5 96
7   Jiei Okuzumi 1 2 2 61
8   Yuki Sano 1 1 50
9   "Yugo” 10 11 9 7 8 7 7 6 7 8 11 11 43
10   Yorikatsu Tsujiko 7 9 7 Ret 5 3 Ret DNS 39
11   "Akita" 8 4 11 5 7 32
12   "Motoki" 4 8 5 26
13   Kizuku Hirota 5 3 12 25
14   Alfie Briggs 4 4 24
15   "Yuki" 5 7 9 10 19
16   Kazuhisa Urabe Ret 3 15
17   Wang Zhongwei 9 12 4 14
18   Masayuki Ueda 7 9 8
19   Tadakazu Kojima 10 8 5
20   Juancho Brobio Ret 10 10 2
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
SUZ SUG OKA MOT FUJ1 FUJ2

Masters' class standings

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Pos Driver SUZ SUG OKA MOT FUJ1 FUJ2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   "Yugo” 4 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 5 206
2   "Akita" 3 1 4 1 1 102
3   Yorikatsu Tsujiko 2 3 2 Ret 1 1 Ret DNS 101
4   "Yuki" 1 1 3 4 77
5   "Motoki" 1 2 1 68
6   Masayuki Ueda 2 3 33
7   Tadakazu Kojima 4 2 30
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
SUZ SUG OKA MOT FUJ1 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

Teams' championship

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Only the best finishing driver of each team is eligible for teams' championship points.

Pos Driver SUZ SUG OKA MOT FUJ1 FUJ2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Birth Racing Project【BRP】 Ret 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 6 227
2 Sutekina Racing Team 1 2 2 1 1 3 DNS Ret 2 3 159
3 Bionic Jack Racing 3 3 12 3 4 6 1 4 3 6 8 4 140
4 TOM'S Formula 2 6 8 8† 5 2 4 DNS 4 4 4 2 128
5 HELM Motorsports 6 Ret 6 6 7 5 6 5 Ret 5 2 5 96
6 TGR-DC Racing School 1 1 50
7 N-SPEED 10 11 9 7 8 7 7 6 7 8 11 11 43
8 PONOS Racing 7 9 7 Ret 5 3 Ret DNS 39
9 Rn-sports 4 8 5 7 9 34
10 Abbey Racing 8 4 11 5 7 32
11 NILZZ Racing 5 7 9 10 19
12 Sky Motorsports 9 12 4 14
13 Eagle Sports Ret 10 10 10 8 5
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
SUZ SUG OKA MOT FUJ1 FUJ2

References

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