The 2018 F4 Japanese Championship season was the fourth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 7 April in Okayama and finished on 11 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.[1][2]
Teams and drivers
All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered
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Class |
I |
Independent Cup |
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Race calendar and results
All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events.[1]
Championship standings
Points are 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 |
OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ |
FUJ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
1 |
Yuki Tsunoda |
Ret |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
245 |
2 |
Teppei Natori |
1 |
4 |
2 |
17 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
231 |
3 |
Kazuto Kotaka |
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3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
3 |
188 |
4 |
Kohta Kawaai |
8 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
135 |
5 |
Togo Suganami |
10 |
10 |
Ret |
3 |
8 |
Ret |
6 |
4 |
9 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
119 |
6 |
Shinji Sawada |
3 |
3 |
Ret |
Ret |
12 |
8 |
7 |
26 |
16 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
64 |
7 |
Ren Sato |
15 |
9 |
6 |
Ret |
4 |
5 |
10 |
6 |
10 |
8 |
14 |
13 |
7 |
7 |
58 |
8 |
Takuya Otaki |
19 |
DNS |
20 |
20 |
16 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
6 |
14 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
Ret |
57 |
9 |
Sota Ogawa |
5 |
6 |
11 |
21 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
10 |
9 |
12 |
8 |
24 |
55 |
10 |
Mizuki Ishizaka |
11 |
11 |
10 |
Ret |
7 |
6 |
30 |
33 |
7 |
7 |
Ret |
5 |
9 |
5 |
49 |
11 |
Shota Ogura |
13 |
14 |
9 |
7 |
33 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
3 |
DNS |
48 |
12 |
Rikiya Kanazawa |
4 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
11 |
16 |
31 |
13 |
13 |
Ret |
7 |
7 |
16 |
25 |
46 |
13 |
Reiji Hiraki |
7 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
Ret |
12 |
28 |
8 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
9 |
Ret |
Ret |
38 |
14 |
Kiryu Hosoda |
2 |
2 |
Ret |
Ret |
18 |
11 |
13 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
17 |
13 |
14 |
36 |
15 |
Miki Koyama |
16 |
12 |
7 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
9 |
9 |
15 |
17 |
11 |
16 |
12 |
Ret |
10 |
16 |
Yuki Urata |
6 |
Ret |
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|
10 |
14 |
16 |
12 |
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9 |
17 |
Ayumu Iwasa |
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6 |
Ret |
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8 |
18 |
Yuko Tamaki |
20 |
18 |
Ret |
11 |
25 |
31 |
12 |
19 |
20 |
13 |
Ret |
8 |
Ret |
8 |
8 |
19 |
Takuya Okada |
12 |
13 |
12 |
8 |
21 |
17 |
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4 |
20 |
Sena Kuronuma |
17 |
17 |
13 |
9 |
15 |
19 |
15 |
20 |
Ret |
15 |
18 |
26 |
18 |
13 |
2 |
21 |
Daichi Okamoto |
9 |
15 |
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20 |
Ret |
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14 |
20 |
2 |
22 |
Sho Onodera |
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|
14 |
10 |
19 |
18 |
DNQ |
DNQ |
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1 |
23 |
Takeshi Ohi |
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29 |
15 |
17 |
16 |
19 |
18 |
15 |
10 |
1 |
24 |
Atsushi Miyake |
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|
11 |
11 |
0 |
25 |
Yusuke Shiotsu |
14 |
16 |
Ret |
Ret |
13 |
15 |
18 |
18 |
14 |
21 |
17 |
19 |
Ret |
12 |
0 |
26 |
Yuma Shouji |
18 |
19 |
16 |
12 |
17 |
20 |
14 |
16 |
22 |
Ret |
16 |
20 |
WD |
WD |
0 |
27 |
Miku Ikejima |
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15 |
13 |
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0 |
28 |
Yuui Tsutsumi |
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|
15 |
14 |
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0 |
29 |
Hiromichi Hayase |
23 |
Ret |
17 |
15 |
24 |
23 |
17 |
23 |
21 |
23 |
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|
20 |
15 |
0 |
30 |
Shunsuke Hanawa |
24 |
22 |
19 |
19 |
22 |
22 |
19 |
30 |
18 |
22 |
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17 |
16 |
0 |
31 |
Masayuki Ueda |
22 |
21 |
18 |
16 |
Ret |
25 |
26 |
21 |
Ret |
19 |
21 |
22 |
22 |
23 |
0 |
32 |
Hideki Hirota |
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Ret |
27 |
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22 |
23 |
23 |
17 |
0 |
33 |
Kazuki Hirokawa |
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Ret |
17 |
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0 |
34 |
Keizi Nakao |
21 |
Ret |
25 |
18 |
28 |
21 |
Ret |
22 |
Ret |
18 |
20 |
21 |
19 |
Ret |
0 |
35 |
Hachiro Osaka |
28 |
24 |
22 |
Ret |
27 |
24 |
22 |
28 |
23 |
24 |
23 |
24 |
26 |
18 |
0 |
36 |
Yuichi Sasaki |
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24 |
22 |
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24 |
24 |
19 |
20 |
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0 |
37 |
Toshihito Funai |
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25 |
19 |
0 |
38 |
Yasushi Ide |
26 |
26 |
27 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
20 |
25 |
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0 |
39 |
Ryohei Tanaka |
25 |
20 |
DNQ |
DNQ |
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0 |
40 |
"Syuji" |
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26 |
23 |
32 |
30 |
21 |
29 |
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Ret |
21 |
0 |
41 |
Makio Saito |
27 |
23 |
21 |
24 |
31 |
29 |
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0 |
42 |
"Yugo" |
29 |
25 |
23 |
26 |
29 |
28 |
25 |
31 |
Ret |
25 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
22 |
0 |
43 |
Motoyoshi Yoshida |
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23 |
32 |
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0 |
44 |
Norio Kubo |
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23 |
Ret |
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0 |
45 |
"Ikari" |
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|
24 |
Ret |
0 |
46 |
"Ryo" |
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30 |
26 |
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0 |
47 |
Kakunoshin Ohta |
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27 |
Ret |
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0 |
— |
"Dragon" |
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Ret |
Ret |
0 |
— |
Hiroyuki Honda |
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DNQ |
DNQ |
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0 |
Pos |
Driver |
OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ |
FUJ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
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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
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Teams' standings
Pos |
Team |
Pts. |
1 |
Honda Formula Dream Project |
316 |
2 |
TOM'S Spirit |
210 |
3 |
Le Beausset Motorsports |
140 |
4 |
OTG Motor Sports |
119 |
5 |
Field Motorsports |
69 |
6 |
Media Do Kageyama Racing |
64 |
7 |
Bionic Jack Racing |
50 |
8 |
Inging Motorsports |
38 |
9 |
Saccess Racing |
9 |
10 |
Rn-sports |
8 |
11 |
Skill Speed |
5 |
12 |
Ateam Buzz Motorsport |
2 |
13 |
Succeed Sports |
2 |
Independent Cup Standings
Pos |
Driver |
OKA |
FUJ1 |
SUZ |
FUJ2 |
SUG |
AUT |
MOT |
Points |
1 |
Masayuki Ueda |
22 |
21 |
18 |
16 |
Ret |
25 |
26 |
21 |
Ret |
19 |
21 |
22 |
22 |
23 |
207 |
2 |
Keizi Nakao |
21 |
Ret |
25 |
18 |
28 |
21 |
Ret |
22 |
Ret |
18 |
20 |
21 |
19 |
Ret |
201 |
3 |
Hachiro Osaka |
28 |
24 |
22 |
Ret |
27 |
24 |
22 |
28 |
23 |
24 |
23 |
24 |
26 |
18 |
177 |
4 |
"Yugo" |
29 |
25 |
23 |
26 |
29 |
28 |
25 |
31 |
Ret |
25 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
22 |
116 |
5 |
Yasushi Ide |
26 |
26 |
27 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
20 |
25 |
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98 |
6 |
Yuichi Sasaki |
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24 |
22 |
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24 |
24 |
19 |
20 |
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|
85 |
7 |
Hideki Hirota |
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Ret |
27 |
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22 |
23 |
23 |
17 |
80 |
8 |
Makio Saito |
27 |
23 |
21 |
24 |
31 |
29 |
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65 |
9 |
"Syuji" |
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26 |
23 |
32 |
30 |
21 |
29 |
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Ret |
21 |
61 |
10 |
Miku Ikejima |
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15 |
13 |
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|
50 |
11 |
Norio Kubo |
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|
23 |
Ret |
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25 |
12 |
"Ryo" |
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|
30 |
26 |
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20 |
13 |
Motoyoshi Yoshida |
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|
23 |
32 |
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14 |
References
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