2020 F4 Japanese Championship Explained

The 2020 F4 Japanese Championship season was the sixth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It was competed with 12 races over four triple-header rounds.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered

Team		Driver	Rounds
Ito Engineering	2	Keiji Nakao^[2]	All
Field Motorsports	3	Sergeyevich Sato	All
Daydream Racing	4	Yuichi Sasaki	1, 3
Vegaplus	5	Syun Koide^[3]	2–4
Vegaplus	7	Kakunoshin Ohta	2–4
Rn-sports	11	Yugo Iwasawa	All
Rn-sports	18	Makoto Hotta	2–4
KRac Motorsports	13	Daiki Fujiwara	All
Zap Speed	14	Rin Arakawa	All
	43	Motoyoshi Yoshida	All
	86	Hachiro Osaka	All
Media Do Kageyama Racing	16	Kaito Tsukada	All
N-SPEED	23	"Yugo"	All
Tsuyoshi Usui	24	Tsuyoshi Usui^[4]	4
Fuma Horio	25	Fuma Horio	All
TOM'S Youth	28	Yuga Furutani	All
ATEAM Buzz Motorsport	31	Seiya Jin	All
	32	Hirotaka Kikuchi	All
	33	Max Salo	All
	34	Katsunori Keihara	1, 4
TGR-DC Racing School	35	Hibiki Taira	All
	36	Seita Nonaka	All
	37	Eijirou Shimizu	All
	38	Jiei Okuzumi	All
Saccess Racing	39	Yoshiaki Nakamura	All
Saccess Racing	40	Seiya Motojima	2, 4
Team Liaison	55	Yusuke Tsuchiya	1–3
Bird	56	Yutaka Toriba	1, 3–4
HELM Motorsports	62	Reiji Hiraki	All
Leprix Sport	70	Aito Kinoshita	1, 4
Akiland Racing	71	Masayoshi Oyama	All
	92	Yuki Urata	2–4
	95	"Tomisan"	1
	96	Makio Saito	All
C.S.I-Reon Kids Racing	73	Shunsuke Hanawa	1
Skill Speed	77	Sota Ogawa	All
OTG Motor Sports	80	Reimei Ito	All
Bionic Jack Racing	97	Ryunosuke Sawa	All
Bionic Jack Racing	98	"Ikari"	All

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Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.^[1] On 18 March 2020, the original opening round at Okayama International Circuit was postponed to an undetermined date due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.^[5] ^[6] On 30 March 2020 it was determined the second and third rounds also had to be postponed.^[7] ^[8] On 5 April 2020 the Super GT Series issued a revised calendar in which the F4 Japanese Championship also confirmed their schedule change,^[9] ^[10] with a newly revised calendar being issued on 17 July 2020.^[11]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	3 October	Seiya Jin	Reiji Hiraki	Reiji Hiraki	HELM Motorsports	Keiji Nakao
	R2		3 October	Hibiki Taira	Rin Arakawa	Hibiki Taira		Makio Saito
	R3		4 October		Sota Ogawa	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Yutaka Toriba
2	R4	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	24 October	Hibiki Taira	Rin Arakawa	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
	R5		24 October	Hibiki Taira	Kakunoshin Ohta	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Makio Saito
	R6		25 October		Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
3	R7		7 November	Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
	R8		7 November	Hibiki Taira	Seiya Jin	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
	R9		8 November		Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	"Ikari"
4	R10	Fuji Speedway, Oyama			Reiji Hiraki	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Sergeyevich Sato
	R11			Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	Hibiki Taira	TGR-DC Racing School	Makio Saito
	R12		29 November		Syun Koide	Reiji Hiraki	HELM Motorsports	Sergeyevich Sato

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			SUZ ^‡			MOT			FUJ2			Points
1	Hibiki Taira	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	270.5
2	Reiji Hiraki	1	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	5	6	2	1	180.5
3	Seita Nonaka	2	3	2	3	4	11	3	6	4	Ret	5	7	123
4	Sota Ogawa	7	6	7	7	12	7	5	2	2	2	3	5	121
5	Reimei Ito	5	7	6	6	6	5	9	7	6	25	4	3	89
6	Ryunosuke Sawa	9	11	5	8	Ret	8	4	4	3	3	9	8	80
7	Kakunoshin Ohta				5	2	3	6	9	8	9	7	4	68
8	Rin Arakawa	Ret	2	17	2	5	Ret	DNS	5	17	Ret	10	9	54
9	Seiya Jin	4	5	3	17	Ret	DNS	7	28	7	Ret	11	13	49
10	Syun Koide				12	11	6	Ret	8	13	4	8	6	36
11	Fuma Horio	6	8	9	19	14	18	NC	16	12	5	12	10	25
12	Jiei Okuzumi	8	10	8	14	Ret	19	23†	10	9	Ret	6	11	20
13	Seiya Motojima				9	15	4				11	13	14	14
14	Yuki Urata				20	23	9	21	15	30	7	14	12	8
15	Hirotaka Kikuchi	12	22	11	10	7	10	Ret	12	16	Ret	Ret	15	5
16	Yuga Furutani	11	Ret	16	15	9	14	8	14	11	21	17	26	5
17	Eijirou Shimizu	10	9	10	Ret	13	15	10	11	14	Ret	DNS	17	5
18	Yoshiaki Nakamura	16	12	12	13	10	12	25	20	20	8	15	32	4.5
19	Yugo Iwasawa	Ret	DNS	15	11	8	13	24†	17	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	3
20	Daiki Fujiwara	15	14	14	18	17	16	12	19	19	10	16	21	1
21	Yusuke Tsuchiya	13	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	24	11	18	18				0
22	Max Salo	30	20	18	24	Ret	30†	15	23	21	12	19	19	0
23	Kaito Tsukada	14	24	13	16	16	17	22	13	15	Ret	WD	WD	0
24	Sergeyevich Sato	18	18	21	21	19	20	13	21	Ret	13	21	18	0
25	Aito Kinoshita	19	13	Ret							14	18	16	0
26	Keiji Nakao	17	16	23	26	20	28	14	DNS	28	15	22	23	0
27	Makio Saito	20	15	22	22	18	21	16	22	23	Ret	20	20	0
28	"Ikari"	23	19	24	23	24	23	Ret	Ret	22	16	23	Ret	0
29	Hachiro Osaka	28	21	26	Ret	DNS	25	17	25	25	17	24	22	0
30	Yutaka Toriba	21	17	20				Ret	Ret	WD	DSQ	30	24	0
31	Motoyoshi Yoshida	24	26	Ret	Ret	26	27	18	27	26	19	26	27	0
32	Makoto Hotta				27	21	22	Ret	26	24	18	25	25	0
33	Masayoshi Oyama	27	27	27	25	22	26	19	29	27	20	29	28	0
34	"Yugo"	26	28	29	Ret	25	29	20	30	WD	22	28	29	0
35	Yuichi Sasaki	22	23	28				Ret	24	29				0
36	Tsuyoshi Usui										23	27	30	0
37	Katsunori Keihara	31	Ret	Ret							24	31	31	0
38	"Tomisan"	25	25	25										0
39	Shunsuke Hanawa	29	DNS	DNS										0
Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUZ ^‡			MOT			FUJ2			Points

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Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

^‡ – Half points were awarded for race 2, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Independent Cup

Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUZ ^‡			MOT			FUJ2			Points
1	Sergeyevich Sato	18	18	21	21	19	20	13	21	Ret	13	21	18	225
2	Makio Saito	20	15	22	22	18	21	16	22	23	Ret	20	20	197.5
3	Keiji Nakao	17	16	23	26	20	28	14	DNS	28	15	22	23	145.5
4	"Ikari"	23	19	24	23	24	23	Ret	Ret	22	16	23	Ret	111
5	Hachiro Osaka	28	21	26	Ret	DNS	25	17	25	25	17	24	22	97
6	Makoto Hotta				27	21	22	Ret	26	24	18	25	25	77
7	Masayoshi Oyama	27	27	27	25	22	26	19	29	27	20	29	28	64
8	Motoyoshi Yoshida	24	26	Ret	Ret	26	27	18	27	26	19	26	27	64
9	Yutaka Toriba	21	17	20				Ret	Ret	WD	DSQ	30	24	62
10	Yuichi Sasaki	22	23	28				Ret	24	29				37
11	"Yugo"	26	28	29	Ret	25	29	20	30	WD	22	28	29	26
12	"Tomisan"	25	25	25										16
13	Tsuyoshi Usui										23	27	30	7
14	Katsunori Keihara	31	Ret	Ret							24	31	31	1
Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUZ ^‡			MOT			FUJ2			Points

^‡ – Half points were awarded for race 2, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for a team.

Pos	Team	Points
1	TGR-DC Racing School	273.5
2	HELM Motorsports	180.5
3	Skill Speed	121
4	OTG Motor Sports	89
5	Bionic Jack Racing	80
6	Vegaplus	80
7	Zap Speed	54
8	ATEAM Buzz Motorsport	54
9	Saccess Racing	18.5
10	Fuma Horio	14
11	Akiland Racing	8
12	TOM'S Youth	5
13	Rn-sports	3
14	KRac Motorsports	1

Notes and References

Web site: F4 Japanese Championship 2020 Series. F4 Japanese Championship. 22 March 2020.
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Web site: 9 October 2020. F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 FIA-F4選手権第4・5・6戦鈴鹿大会エントリーリスト. dead. fiaf4.jp. 10 October 2020. 20 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020233310/https://fiaf4.jp/news/single/635.
Web site: 16 November 2020. F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 FIA-F4選手権第10・11・12戦富士大会エントリーリスト. fiaf4.jp.
Web site: Super GT postpones Okayama opener after all. www.motorsport.com. 18 March 2020. 22 March 2020.
News: 2020 FIA-F4選手権 Rd.1&2 岡山大会について. F4 Japanese Championship. 18 March 2020. 22 March 2020. Japanese. 5 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805190057/https://fiaf4.jp/news/single/608. dead.
Web site: Super GT indefinitely postpones Fuji, Suzuka races . www.motorsport.com. 30 March 2020.
News: 2020 FIA-F4選手権富士大会ならびに鈴鹿大会に関するご案内. F4 Japanese Championship. 30 March 2020. Japanese. 30 March 2020. 5 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805190939/https://fiaf4.jp/news/single/609. dead.
Web site: Super GT to hold Thailand, Malaysia races in winter. www.motorsport.com. 5 April 2020. 6 April 2020.
News: 2020 FIA-F4選手権大会変更日程案についてのご案内. F4 Japanese Championship. 6 April 2020. Japanese. 6 April 2020. 6 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200406235412/https://fiaf4.jp/news/single/610. dead.
News: 2020 FIA-F4選手権大会日程の改定および開幕前トレーニング走行日程のご案内. F4 Japanese Championship. 17 July 2020. Japanese. 17 July 2020. 29 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929170345/https://fiaf4.jp/news/single/611. dead.