2015 F4 Japanese Championship Explained

The 2015 F4 Japanese Championship was the inaugural season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 4 April in Okayama and finished on 15 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

TeamDriverRounds
Hanashima Racing[2] 2 Katsuaki Kubota[3] 1–2, 7
Shuma Sato3–5
Sutekina Racing Team3 Takahiro Ban1
Miku Ikejima2–3
Sena Sakaguchi4–7
RS Fine4 Shunsuke KohnoAll
5 Yuya HirakiAll
Clear Corporation6 Masanori Yonekura1, 3–4, 6
Honda Formula Dream Project7 Hiroki Otsu[4] All
8 Yuta KamimuraAll
9 Mizuki IshizakaAll
10 Katsuhide KaneishiAll
Rn-sports11 Tadasuke MakinoAll
57 Nobuhiro Yoshida6
Team A-ONE with SECNA12 Yuki Shiraishi1–4, 6
KCMG14 Yuki Nemoto[5] All
18 James Munro1–2
Paul Ip3
Media Do Kageyama Racing16 Tsubasa Mekaru[6] 1–5
ARN Racing17 Hiroaki Nagai5–7
VSR Lamborghini S.C.Formula Jr[7] 19 Takuro ShinoharaAll
63 Nicolas Costa1–4
Gustavo Myasava5–7
miNami aoYama with SARD[8] 20 Kotoka Goibuchi2, 4
Ayaka Imahashi3, 5
Miki Koyama6–7
28 Yoshiaki Katayama1–2
39 Junpei KatoAll
RSS21 Turbo Asahi3–4, 7
22 Ritomo Miyata5–7
N-SPEED23 Yugo TanabeAll
Mars Racing Factory24 Hideki Nakahara7
Field Motorsport25 Tomoki Takahashi2–4, 7
55 Takashi Hata1–2, 4, 6–7
75 Yuya TezukaAll
Zap Speed Racing Team[9] 27 Hwang Do-yun1–4, 7
Shunsuke Sato32 Shunsuke Sato4
Sfida Racing Team34 "Flying Rat"2–4
35 "Motor Mouse"2–4
TOM'S Spirit36 Sho TsuboiAll
37 Kazuto Kotaka2–7
Garage Chabatake38 Ryo Yamada1–3
Tsuyoshi Tajima5, 7
Buzz International[10] 44 View YamauchiAll
45 Yosuke Yamazaki7
B-MAX Racing Team[11] 50 Shinnosuke YamadaAll
51 Yuichi MikasaAll
Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave52 Taku Bamba1–3, 5–7
Le Beausset Motorsports[12] 62 Noa SatomiAll
Skill Speed66 Riku HashimotoAll
leprix sport70 Tsubasa Amano2–7
NRS80 Yudai Jinkawa1
Satoshi Kosugi2
81 Musashi Nakanishi2–3
Yuichi Sasaki7
Succeed Sports88 Shintaro KawabataAll
89 Takahiro Ban3–5
Ryota Kiyohara6–7

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 19 January 2015.[1] All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events.

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning driverWinning team
11Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka4 April Sho Tsuboi Tadasuke Makino Tadasuke Makino Rn-sports
R25 April Tsubasa Mekaru Tadasuke Makino Tadasuke Makino Rn-sports
2R1Fuji Speedway, Oyama2 May Tadasuke Makino Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi TOM'S Spirit
R23 May Tadasuke Makino Sho Tsuboi Tadasuke Makino Rn-sports
3R1Fuji Speedway, Oyama8 August Katsuhide Kaneishi Yuya Hiraki Tadasuke Makino Rn-sports
R29 August Katsuhide Kaneishi Yuya Hiraki Sho Tsuboi TOM'S Spirit
4R1Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka29 August Sho Tsuboi Yuya Hiraki Sho Tsuboi TOM'S Spirit
R230 August Tadasuke Makino Tadasuke Makino Sho Tsuboi TOM'S Spirit
5R1Sportsland SUGO, Murata19 September Sho Tsuboi Shunsuke Kohno Sho Tsuboi TOM'S Spirit
R220 September Sho Tsuboi Sena Sakaguchi Sho Tsuboi TOM'S Spirit
6R1Autopolis, Hita31 October Hiroki Otsu Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi TOM'S Spirit
R21 November Yuya Hiraki Kazuto Kotaka Shinnosuke Yamada B-MAX Racing Team
7R1Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi14 November Yuki Nemoto Yuta Kamimura Tadasuke Makino Rn-sports
R215 November Tadasuke Makino Sho Tsuboi Tadasuke Makino Rn-sports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championships

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Points20151210864321

Overall

PosDriverOKAFUJ1FUJ2SUZSUGAUTMOTPoints
1 Sho Tsuboi221941111111752
2 Tadasuke Makino112112622239511
3 Hiroki Otsu93411244175722324108
4 Shinnosuke YamadaRetRet33767710Ret316884
5 Yuya Hiraki376Ret32331213420Ret1383
6 Kazuto Kotaka101365646786161150
7 Yuki NemotoRet108712Ret10515141482347
8 Shunsuke Kohno102017211718993210109642
9 Mizuki IshizakaDNS161355Ret51420166411942
10 Sena Sakaguchi30†678573741
11 Takuro Shinohara1718Ret41881889479102235
12 Yuta KamimuraRet51115Ret128108616157435
13 Shintaro Kawabata15Ret51011132811141115114527
14 Yuichi Mikasa5RetRet2Ret9221813122116Ret1725
15 Ritomo Miyata49Ret3142724
16 Katsuhide Kaneishi1992128Ret3161921222713151214
17 Tsubasa Mekaru6Ret732†8251213161513
18 Nicolas Costa4151214DNS16132410
19 James MunroRet416Ret10
20 Yuki Shiraishi7618161624151512Ret10
21 Musashi Nakanishi33†621236
22 Turbo Asahi107203023235
23 Noa Satomi208Ret201931171617Ret111212Ret3
24 Riku Hashimoto111719824Ret19202721242315Ret3
25 Ryo Yamada81215Ret20193
26 Taku BambaWDWD912141518171321Ret103
27 Tsubasa Amano2219911Ret12Ret19181417142
28 Shuma Sato131431†2211101
29 Junpei Kato13191424151014DNS26231927Ret251
30 Takahiro Ban1811262032†2323260
31 Tomoki Takahashi3118Ret211126WDWD0
32 Masanori Yonekura1223†WDWD242526240
33 View YamauchiWDWD20252217Ret312424252213210
34 Yoshiaki Katayama2113DNSRet0
35 Yuya Tezuka22142317232221272220171819Ret0
36 Katsuaki Kubota14222631RetRet0
37 Hwang Do-yunWDWD25RetRet33232125160
38 Yugo Tanabe16243229Ret3229333029302828320
39 Gustavo Myasava193823RetRet180
40 Yosuke Yamazaki18Ret0
41 Hiroaki Nagai25252929†21190
42 Nobuhiro Yoshida22190
43 Ryota Kiyohara20RetRet200
44 Takashi HataRet2128Ret2529Ret2520300
45 Satoshi Kosugi24220
46 Tsuyoshi Tajima292822310
47 Kotoka Goibuchi272327DNS0
48 Yuichi Sasaki24290
49 Ayaka Imahashi25280
50 Miki Koyama282626260
51 "Motor Mouse"29262727WDWD0
52 "Flying Rat"3027283026320
53 Hideki Nakahara27280
54 Shunsuke SatoRet280
55 Miku IkejimaRet30Ret290
Yudai JinkawaWDWD0
Paul IpWDWD0
PosDriverOKAFUJ1FUJ2SUZSUGAUTMOTPoints
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' standings

PosTeamPts.
1 TOM'S Spirit225
2 Rn-sports216
3 Honda Formula Dream Project144
4 RS Fine133
5 B-Max Racing Team109
6 KCMG70
7 VSR Lamborghini S.C.Formula Jr59
8 Sutekina Racing Team55
9 Succeed Sports41
10 RSS39
11 Media Do Kageyama Racing23
12 Eagle Sport20
13 Le Beausset Motorsports17
14 Skill Speed17
15 miNami aoYama with SARD14
16 N-Speed14
17 Field Motorsport14
18 Leprix Sport14
19 Garage Chabatake13
20 Hanamashima Racing13
21 Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave13
22 NRS10
23 Buzz International10
24 Zap Speed Racing Team8
25 Sfida Racing Team6
26 Clear Corporation6
27 ARN Racing6

Notes and References

  1. News: 2015年 SUPER GT カレンダー変更および F4 日程変更について. 19 January 2015. F4 Japanese Championship. GT-Association. Japanese. 15 February 2015.
  2. News: 「2015FIA-F4選手権」年間登録リスト. F4 Japanese Championship. GT-Association. Japanese. 2 March 2015. 25 March 2015. "2015FIA-F4 Championship" year entry list.
  3. News: 「2015FIA-F4選手権」岡山大会エントリーリスト. F4 Japanese Championship. GT-Association. Japanese. 25 March 2015. 25 March 2015. "2015FIA-F4 Championship" Okayama entry list.
  4. Web site: Honda 2015 Motorsports Program Overview. 13 February 2015. 15 February 2015. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  5. Web site: Yuki Nemoto joins KCMG for FIA Japanese F4. 15 March 2015. 16 March 2015. KC Motorgroup Ltd..
  6. News: 『メディアドゥ影山レーシング』がFIA-F4に参戦. as-web.jp. 5 March 2015. 5 March 2015. Japanese. "Media de Kageyama racing" is competing in the FIA-F4.
  7. News: VSR Lamborghini Formula Junior Team confirms programme in Japanese F4. Vincenzo Sospiri Racing. 27 February 2015. 27 February 2015.
  8. News: サード、来季F4/S耐参戦を決定。NRAと提携強化. as-web.jp. 29 October 2014. 19 February 2015. SARD, to determine the competing in next season F4 and Super taikyu. NRA affiliated with strengthening.
  9. News: ZAP SPEED、FIA-F4参戦ドライバー3名を発表. as-web.jp. 7 January 2015. 19 February 2015. ZAP SPEED, announced the three FIA-F4 drivers.
  10. News: 全日本カートFS125クラス王者がFIA-F4に参戦. as-web.jp. 17 February 2015. 19 February 2015. All-Japan cart FS125 class champion, joined FIA-F4.
  11. News: B-MAX、FIA-F4に2台を投入。初代王者目指す. as-web.jp. 9 February 2015. 19 February 2015. B-MAX Participated two to FIA-F4. Aim the first champion..
  12. News: 2015年Le Beausset Motorsports参戦体制を発表!. Le Beausset Motorsports. 20 February 2015. 2 March 2015. 2015 Le Beausset Motorsports Announces competed order..