2016 F4 Japanese Championship
The 2016 F4 Japanese Championship season was the second season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 9 April in Okayama and finished on 13 November on Twin Ring Motegi after fourteen races held across six rounds.[1]
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Japan Yuichi Sasaki | 2 | Japan Yuichi Sasaki | 2–4, 6 |
Japan Sutekina Racing Team | 3 | Japan Yuki Urata | 1–2 |
Japan Miku Ikejima | 3–4, 6 | ||
Japan Yuki Tsunoda | 5 | ||
Japan Field Motorsport | 4 | Japan Shunsuke Kohno | All |
25 | Japan Tomoki Takahashi | All | |
55 | Japan Takashi Hata | 1–2, 4–5 | |
75 | Japan Yuya Tezuka | 4 | |
Japan Honda Formula Dream Project | 7 | Japan Mizuki Ishizaka[2] | All |
8 | Japan Yuta Kamimura[2] | All | |
9 | Japan Sena Sakaguchi[2] | All | |
10 | Japan Takuya Otaki | All | |
Japan Rn-sports | 11 | Japan Toshiki Oyu | All |
Japan B-MAX Racing Team | 13 | Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida | 1–2, 4–6 |
Japan "Syuji" | 3 | ||
50 | Japan Shinji Sawada | All | |
Hong Kong KCMG | 14 | Japan Yuki Nemoto | All |
Japan CMS Motorsports Project | 15 | Japan Yuga Katsumata | 2–6 |
Japan Media Do Kageyama Racing | 16 | Japan Takuro Shinohara | All |
Japan Buzz International | 17 | Japan Hiroki Inui | 1 |
Japan Junpei Kato | 2–6 | ||
18 | Japan Shigetomo Shimono | 1–5 | |
Japan Yuki Urata | 6 | ||
Italy VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr. | 19 | Japan Rikiya Kanazawa | 6 |
63 | South Korea Do Yun Hwang | All | |
Japan RSS | 21 | Japan "Dragon" | 1–5 |
Japan Seiya Jin | 6 | ||
Japan N-SPEED | 23 | Japan "Yugo" | All |
Japan Eagle Sport | 29 | Japan Turbo Asahi | All |
30 | Japan Kuninori Nakane | All | |
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 | All |
37 | Japan Kazuto Kotaka | All | |
Japan Garage Chabatake | 38 | Japan Satoshi Anbe | 2, 4 |
58 | Japan Takuma Abe | All | |
Japan Team Right Way | 47 | Japan Takahiro Ban | 6 |
Japan Silver Star Racing | 51 | Japan Kotoka Goibuchi | 2–3 |
South Korea Lee Jung Woo | 5 | ||
Japan Kohei Tokumasu | 6 | ||
Japan Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 52 | Japan Hiroki Kokuzawa | 1–4 |
Japan Miki Koyama | 6 | ||
Japan Le Beausset Motorsports | 60 | Japan Kohta Kawaai | All |
61 | Japan Reiji Hiraki | All | |
62 | Japan Yuya Hiraki | All | |
Japan Skill Speed | 66 | Japan Riku Hashimoto | All |
Japan leprix sport | 70 | Japan Yuya Taira | All |
Japan Reon Kids Racing | 73 | Japan Kotoka Goibuchi | 6 |
Japan Team Plus 10 ・ NRS | 83 | Japan Ryosuke Takehira | All |
Japan Zap Speed Racing Team | 86 | Japan Toshihiko Hachiro Japan "Osaka Hachiro" |
1–2, 4 5–6 |
Japan Succeed Sports | 88 | Japan Shintaro Kawabata | All |
89 | Japan Ryota Kiyohara | 1–3 |
Race calendar and results
All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events. The Autopolis round, initially scheduled for May 22nd, has been cancelled in the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.[3] On July 1, it was finally decided that one of the cancelled races will be held at the fourth round at Fuji and the other at the season finale at Motegi, both rounds becoming triple-header rounds.[4]
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
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Bold – Pole |
Teams' standings
Pos | Team | Pts. |
---|---|---|
1 | Japan Honda Formula Dream Project | 203 |
2 | Japan TOM'S Spirit | 182 |
3 | Japan Rn-sports | 125 |
4 | Japan Le Beausset Motorsports | 99 |
5 | Japan B-Max Racing Team | 91 |
6 | Japan Field Motorsport | 79 |
7 | Japan Succeed Sports | 76 |
8 | Japan Media Do Kageyama Racing | 63 |
9 | Hong Kong KCMG | 53 |
10 | Japan Sutekina Racing Team | 30 |
11 | Japan Leprix Sport | 14 |
12 | Japan Eagle Sport | 9 |
13 | Japan Buzz International | 8 |
14 | Japan Garage Chabatake | 6 |
15 | Japan CMS Motorsports Project | 4 |
16 | Japan RSS | 2 |
17 | Japan Skill Speed | 1 |
18 | Japan Team Plus 10 NRS | 1 |
References
- ↑ "2016 Calendar". F4 Japanese Championship. GT-Association. 12 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Honda 2016 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "2016 FIA-F4選手権第5戦・第6戦オートポリス大会は残念ながら中止が決定". F4 Japanese Championship. GT-Association. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ↑ "中止となったオートポリス大会の代替レースは8月富士大会と11月もてぎ大会での3レース開催へ". F4 Japanese Championship. GT-Association. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)