2016 F4 Japanese Championship

2016 F4 Japanese Championship season
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Parent series:
Super GT

The 2016 F4 Japanese Championship season is the second season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It will begin on 9 April in Okayama and will finish on 13 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
Japan Sendai DayDreamRacing 2 Japan Yuichi Sasaki 2
Japan Sutekina Racing Team 3 Japan Yuki Urata 1–2
Japan Field Motorsport 4 Japan Shunsuke Kouno 1–2
25 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 1–2
55 Japan Takashi Hata 1–2
Japan Honda Formula Dream Project 7 Japan Mizuki Ishizaka[2] 1–2
8 Japan Yuta Kamimura[2] 1–2
9 Japan Sena Sakaguchi[2] 1–2
10 Japan Takuya Otaki 1–2
Japan Rn-sports 11 Japan Toshiki Oyu 1–2
Japan B-MAX Racing Team 13 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 1–2
50 Japan Shinji Sawada 1–2
Hong Kong KCMG 14 Japan Yuki Nemoto 1–2
Japan CMS Motorsports Project 15 Japan Yuga Katsumata 2
Japan Media Do Kageyama Racing 16 Japan Takuro Shinohara 1–2
Japan Buzz International 17 Japan Hiroki Inui 1
Japan Junpei Kato 2
18 Japan Shigetomo Shimono 1–2
Japan RSS 21 Japan "Dragon" 1–2
Japan N-SPEED 23 Japan "Yugo" Tanabe 1–2
Japan Eagle Sport 29 Japan Turbo Asahi 1–2
30 Japan Kuninori Nakane 1–2
Japan miNami aoYama Project 32 Japan Ayaka Imahashi 1–2
33 Japan Miki Koyama 1
Japan Miku Ikejima 2
Japan TOM'S Spirit 36 Japan Ritomo Miyata 1–2
37 Japan Kazuto Kotaka 1–2
Japan Garage Chabatake 38 Japan Satoshi Abe 2
58 Japan Takuma Abe 1–2
Japan Silver Star Racing 51 Japan Kotoka Goibuchi 2
Japan Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave 52 Japan Hiroki Kokuzawa 1–2
Japan Le Beausset Motorsports 60 Japan Kohta Kawaai 1–2
61 Japan Reiji Hiraki 1–2
62 Japan Yuya Hiraki 1–2
Italy VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr. 63 South Korea Do Yun Hwang 1–2
Japan Skill Speed 66 Japan Riku Hashimoto 1–2
Japan Leprix Sport 70 Japan Yuya Taira 1–2
Japan Team Plus 10 ・ NRS 83 Japan Ryosuke Takehira 1–2
Japan Zap Speed Racing Team 86 Japan Toshihiko Hachiro 1–2
Japan Succeed Sports 88 Japan Shintaro Kawabata 1–2
89 Japan Ryota Kiyohara 1–2

Race calendar and results

All rounds will be held in Japan and will be part of the Super GT events. The Autopolis round, initially scheduled for May 22nd, has been postponed in the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 9 April Japan Shintaro Kawabata Japan Sena Sakaguchi Japan Shintaro Kawabata Japan Succeed Sports
R2 10 April Japan Shintaro Kawabata Japan Mizuki Ishizaka Japan Shintaro Kawabata Japan Succeed Sports
2 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Japan Ritomo Miyata Japan Shintaro Kawabata Japan Kazuto Kotaka Japan TOM'S Spirit
R2 4 May Japan Shinji Sawada Japan Kazuto Kotaka Japan Kazuto Kotaka Japan TOM'S Spirit
TBA R1 Autopolis, Hita TBA
R2 TBA
4 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 23 July
R2 24 July
5 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 6 August
R2 7 August
6 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 27 August
R2 28 August
7 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 12 November
R2 13 November

Championship standings

Only the best thirteen results counts towards the championship. Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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 OKA FUJ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points
1 Japan Kazuto Kotaka 10 10 1 1 52
2 Japan Shintaro Kawabata 1 1 Ret Ret 50
3 Japan Sena Sakaguchi 2 Ret 3 4 45
4 Japan Shinji Sawada 6 16 2 3 41
5 Japan Mizuki Ishizaka 4 3 5 25 37
6 Japan Yuta Kamimura 3 2 9 10 36
7 Japan Ritomo Miyata 5 Ret Ret 2 28
8 Japan Yuki Nemoto 9 7 6 6 24
9 Japan Kohta Kawaai Ret 6 8 7 18
10 Japan Toshiki Oyu 8 4 Ret 14 16
11 Japan Shunsuke Kouno 7 Ret Ret 5 16
12 Japan Takuro Shinohara 12 9 4 15 14
13 Japan Yuya Hiraki Ret 5 15 8 14
14 Japan Turbo Asahi 14 8 10 9 7
15 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 11 14 7 29 6
16 Japan Ryota Kiyohara 13 12 11 13 0
17 Japan Reiji Hiraki 25 13 12 11 0
18 Japan Miki Koyama Ret 11 0
19 South Korea Do Yun Hwang 17 25 28 12 0
20 Japan Yuki Urata 22 30 13 Ret 0
21 Japan Hiroki Kokuzawa 31 23 14 32 0
22 Japan Shigetomo Shimono     15 17 21 18 0
23 Japan Takuya Otaki Ret 15 33 19 0
24 Japan Yuya Taira 16 18 16 28 0
25 Japan Junpei Kato 17 16 0
26 Japan "Dragon" 18 24 18 17 0
27 Japan Riku Hashimoto 19 20 19 Ret 0
28 Japan Hiroki Inui 23 19 0
29 Japan Ryosuke Takehira 20 21 23 Ret 0
30 Japan Takuma Abe 30 27 20 24 0
31 Japan Miku Ikejima 24 20 0
32 Japan Kotoka Goibuchi 25 21 0
33 Japan Takashi Hata 21 Ret Ret Ret 0
34 Japan Ayaka Imahashi 24 22 Ret Ret 0
35 Japan Yuichi Sasaki 30 22 0
36 Japan Yuga Katsumata 22 Ret 0
37 Japan "Yugo" Tanabe 28 29 31 23 0
38 Japan Kuninori Nakane 26 26 29 26 0
39 Japan Satoshi Abe 26 30 0
40 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 27 28 27 27 0
41 Japan Toshihiko Hachiro 29 31 32 31 0
Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points
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

References

  1. ↑ "races". F4 Japanese Championship (GT-Association). 12 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Honda 2016 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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