2024 F4 Japanese Championship
The 2024 F4 Japanese Championship season is the tenth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 3 May at Fuji Speedway and will end on 3 November at Mobility Resort Motegi.
This is the first season for the second-generation MCSC-24 chassis constructed by Toray Carbon Magic, and the new TOM'S TMA43 engine which produces 180 horsepower, 20 more than its predecessor.[1]
Teams and drivers[edit]
All teams will compete with an identical Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 chassis and TOM'S 2-litre naturally aspirated engine.[1]
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Race calendar[edit]
All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events.[6]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Independent Class winner | |
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1 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 May | Kotaro Shimbara | Ryota Horachi | Yuki Sano | TGR-DC Racing School | "Dragon" |
R2 | 4 May | Tosei Moriyama | Hironobu Shimizu | Tosei Moriyama | HELM Motorsports | "Kentaro" | ||
2 | R3 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 1 June | |||||
R4 | 2 June | |||||||
3 | R5 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 August | |||||
R6 | 4 August | |||||||
4 | R7 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 31 August | |||||
R8 | 1 September | |||||||
5 | R9 | Sportsland Sugo, Murata | 21 September | |||||
R10 | 22 September | |||||||
6 | R11 | Autopolis, Hita | 19 October | |||||
R12 | 20 October | |||||||
7 | R13 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi | 2 November | |||||
R14 | 3 November |
Championship standings[edit]
Points were awarded as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' standings[edit]
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Bold – Pole |
Teams' standings[edit]
Only the best finisher scored points for their team.
Pos | Team | FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT | Pts | |||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
Champion Class | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Drago Corse | 4 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||||
2 | HELM Motorsports | 15 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||||
3 | TGR-DC Racing School | 1 | DNS | 25 | ||||||||||||
4 | HFDP with B-Max Racing Team | 2 | DNS | 18 | ||||||||||||
5 | HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing | Ret | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||||
6 | OTG Motor Sports | 10 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||
7 | Bionic Jack Racing | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||||||
8 | Falcon Motorsport | 8 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||
9 | Rn-sports | Ret | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
10 | Skill Speed | 9 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||
11 | Buzz Racing | Ret | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||
12 | Dr. Dry | Ret | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||
13 | PONOS Racing | 12 | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||
14 | Zap Speed | 13 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
Independent Class | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Field Motorsports | 4 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||||
2 | Akiland Racing | 2 | 2 | 36 | ||||||||||||
3 | B-Max Racing Team | 1 | DNS | 25 | ||||||||||||
4 | Bionic Jack Racing | 3 | 5 | 25 | ||||||||||||
5 | Team 5ZIGEN | 8 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||||||
6 | Eagle Sports | 6 | 6 | 16 | ||||||||||||
7 | Dr. Dry | 10 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||||
8 | Buzz Racing | 9 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||
9 | N-SPEED | 11 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
10 | HELM Motorsports | Ret | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
— | DayDream Racing | WD | WD | — | ||||||||||||
— | Rn-sports | WD | WD | — | ||||||||||||
Pos | Team | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
FUJ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ2 | SUZ2 | SUG | AUT | MOT |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Japanese F4 reveals Gen2 design to be introduced in 2024". formulascout. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "エントリーリスト:2024-第1戦・第2戦-富士" (PDF). fiaf4.wordpress.com. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 FIA-F4 B-Max 参戦体制". b-maxracing.co.jp. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Honda confirms Iori Kimura's place on 2024 Super Formula grid". formulascout. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Formula 4 Calendar". honda.racing. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Japanese)