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
All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered
Team |
No. |
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
All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[1]
Championship standings
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
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 |
2nd place |
Bronze |
3rd 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 participate (DNP) |
Excluded (EX) |
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish but classified
|
Independent Cup
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
Only the best finisher scores points for their team.
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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