2021 F4 Japanese Championship
Parent series:Super GT
The 2021 F4 Japanese Championship season was the seventh season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It held a total of 14 races over four double-header rounds and two triple-header rounds.[1]
Teams and drivers
All teams were Japanese-registered.
Team | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds | TCS Racing Team | 2 | Keiji Nakao | I | 2–4 | Field Motorsports | 3 | Sergeyevich Sato | I | 2–6 | DayDream Racing | 4 | Yuichi Sasaki | I | 1, 3 | Honda Formula Dream Project | 5 | Syun Koide | | All | 6 | Iori Kimura | | All | 7 | Kakunoshin Ohta | | All | Rn-sports | 11 | "Hirobon" | I | All | 99 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | I | All | KRac Motorsports | 13 | Daiki Fujiwara | | All | Zap Speed | 14 | Motohiko Isozaki | I | 3 | Hikaru Abe | | 5 | 43 | "Dragon" | I | All | 86 | Hachiro Osaka | I | All | Media Do Kageyama Racing | 15 | Wataru Yoshimura | | 1, 3–6 | 16 | Haruyuki Takahashi | | 1, 3 | Takuya Otaki | | 2, 4–6 | Akiland Racing | 18 | Makoto Hotta | I | 1–2, 6 | Hiromitsu Fujii | I | 3 | 22 | Reijiro Yamazaki | | 6 | 71 | Masayoshi Oyama | I | All | 96 | Makio Saito | I | All | RSS | 20 | Kotaro Shimbara | | 3–6 | N-SPEED | 23 | "Yugo" | I | 1–2, 4–6 | Tsuyoshi Usui | 24 | Tsuyoshi Usui | I | 2 | B-Max Engineering | 27 | "Syuji" | I | 5–6 | 44 | 4 | Nobuhiro Imada | I | 2–3, 5 | Saccess Racing | 29 | Yasushi Ide | I | 1 | 39 | Gento Miyashita | | 1, 3–6 | 40 | Seiya Motojima | | All | ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | 31 | Teppei Tsuruta | | All | 32 | Max Salo | | All | 33 | Katsunori Keihara | I | 1–2, 4–6 | TGR-DC Racing School | 35 | Seita Nonaka | | All | 36 | Rin Arakawa | | All | 37 | Jiei Okuzumi | | All | 38 | Eijirou Shimizu | | All | HELM Motorsports | 62 | Ryosuke Matsuzawa | | All | 63 | Yutaka Toriba | I | 2–6 | leprix sport | 70 | Isao Nakashima | I | 5 | C.S.I-Reon Kids Racing | 73 | Shunsuke Hanawa | | All | Skill Speed | 77 | Sota Ogawa | | All | OTG Motor Sports | 80 | Reimei Ito | | All | Bionic Jack Racing | 97 | Yugo Iwasawa | | All | 98 | Daiki Okamoto | | 1–4 | "Ikari" | I | 6 | Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7] | | Icon | Class | I | Independent Cup | |
Race calendar and results
All rounds were held in Japan and support the Super GT events.[1][8] The revised calendar was published on 10 February 2021.[9] The second round of the championship at Suzuka Circuit was postponed from 29–30 May to 21–22 August due to COVID-19 pandemic. The nomenclature was kept, despite the round at Twin Ring Motegi being held in the meantime.[10][11]
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
Independent Cup
Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | SUZ[a] | MOT1 | SUG | MOT2 | FUJ2 | Pts |
R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 |
1 | "Hirobon" | 21 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 238 |
2 | Yutaka Toriba | | | Ret | 18 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 223 |
3 | "Dragon" | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 20 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 173 |
4 | Sergeyevich Sato | | | 20 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 19 | Ret | 18 | 147 |
5 | Makio Saito | Ret | 21 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Ret | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 144 |
6 | Yoshitsugu Kondo | 23 | 26 | 27 | Ret | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 84 |
7 | Keiji Nakao | | | 21 | 20 | Ret | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | | | | | 73 |
8 | Nobuhiro Imada | | | 23 | 16 | Ret | 28 | 26 | | | | 19 | 26 | | | 49 |
9 | Hachiro Osaka | 25 | 30† | 29 | 22 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 32† | 27 | Ret | 29 | 22 | Ret | 48 |
10 | Masayoshi Oyama | 27 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 31† | 29 | 24 | 28 | 26 | Ret | 45 |
11 | Makoto Hotta | 26 | 24 | 26 | 23 | | | | | | | | | 25 | 22 | 36 |
12 | Yuichi Sasaki | Ret | 22 | | | 25 | 25 | 28 | | | | | | | | 32 |
13 | "Ikari" | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 17 | 30 |
14 | Yasushi Ide | 24 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
15 | "Syuji" | | | | | | | | 28 | 26 | 30 | Ret | Ret | 27 | 25 | 17 |
16 | "Yugo" | 28 | 28 | 24 | Ret | | | | 29 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 16 |
17 | Tsuyoshi Usui | | | 17 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
18 | Katsunori Keihara | 29 | 29 | 25 | Ret | | | | 30 | 27 | Ret | 25 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 13 |
19 | Motohiko Isozaki | | | | | 26 | 31 | 30 | | | | | | | | 7 |
20 | Hiromitsu Fujii | | | | | 30 | 30 | 32 | | | | | | | | 1 |
– | Isao Nakashima | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | – |
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
FUJ1 | SUZ[a] | MOT1 | SUG | MOT2 | FUJ2 |
Teams' standings
Only the best finisher scored points for their team.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e The round was postponed from 29–30 May to 21–22 August but it is still considered as Round 2 with Race 3&4.
- ^ Iori Kimura crossed the line as the first but was given a 5 second penalty for a dangerous driving behavior. Arakawa inherited the win.
References
- ^ a b "2021年の日本レース選手権カレンダーがJAF公示。2021年JAFカップダートトライアルは門前に". JAF|モータースポーツ (in Japanese). 4 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-05.
- ^ "2021 第1戦・第2戦 富士スピードウェイ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site. Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS:2021 第5戦・第6戦・第7戦 ツインリンクもてぎ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS:2021 第3戦・第4戦 鈴鹿サーキット". Japanese FIA-F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS:2021 第8戦・第9戦・第10戦 スポーツランドSUGO". Japanese FIA-F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS:2021 第11戦・第12戦 ツインリンクもてぎ". Japanese FIA-F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS:2021 第13戦・第14戦 富士スピードウェイ". JAPANESE FIA-F4 CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL SITE (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "2021年のSUPER GTカレンダー(予定)を発表。全8大会の開催を予定". SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE. 6 August 2020.
- ^ "2021年日本レース選手権およびFIAインターナショナルシリーズ開催日程について". JAF|モータースポーツ (in Japanese). 10 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-10.
- ^ "Super GT Suzuka 300km Postponed". www.dailysportscar.com. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11.
- ^ "2021 第3戦・第4戦代替日程決定のお知らせ". JAPANESE FIA F4 CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL SITE (in Japanese). 4 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)