2015 F4 Japanese Championship season

2015 F4 Japanese Championship season
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Parent series:
Super GT

The 2015 F4 Japanese Championship season is the inaugural season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It will begin on 4 April in Okayama and will finish on 15 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
Japan Hanashima Racing[2] 2 Japan Katsuaki Kubota[3] 1–2
Japan Sutekina Racing Team[2] 3 Japan Takahiro Ban[3] 1
Japan Miku Ikejima 2
Japan RS Fine[2] 4 Japan Shunsuke Kouno[3] 1–2
5 Japan Yuya Hiraki[3] 1–2
Japan Masanori Yonekura[3] 6 Japan Masanori Yonekura[3] 1
Japan Honda Formula Dream Project[2] 7 Japan Hiroki Ohtsu[4] 1–2
8 Japan Yuta Kamimura[4] 1–2
9 Japan Mizuki Ishizaka[4] 1–2
10 Japan Katsuhide Kaneishi[3] 1–2
Japan Rn-sports[2] 11 Japan Tadasuke Makino[3] 1–2
Japan Team A-One[2] 12 Japan Yuki Shiraishi[3] 1–2
Japan KCMG[2] 14 Japan Yuki Nemoto[5] 1–2
18 New Zealand James Munro[3] 1–2
Japan Media Do Kageyama Racing[2] 16 Japan Tsubasa Mekaru[6] 1–2
Italy VSR Lamborghini S.C.Formula Jr[7] 19 Japan Takuro Shinohara[7] 1–2
63 Brazil Nicolas Costa[3] 1–2
Japan miNami aoYama with SARD[2][8] 20 Japan Kotoka Goibuchi 2
28 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama[3] 1–2
39 Japan Junpei Kato[3] 1–2
Japan N-Speed[2] 23 Japan Yugo Tanabe[3] 1–2
Japan Field Motorsport[2] 25 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 2
55 Japan Takashi Hata[3] 1–2
75 Japan Yuya Tezuka[3] 1–2
Japan ZAP Speed Racing Team[9] 27 South Korea Doyun Hwang[9] 2
Japan Harness 34 Japan "Flying Rat" 2
35 Japan "Motor Mouse" 2
Japan TOM'S Spirit[2] 36 Japan Shou Tsuboi[3] 1–2
37 Japan Kazuto Kotaka 2
Japan Garage Chabatake[2] 38 Japan Ryo Yamada[3] 1–2
Japan Buzz International[10] 44 Japan View Yamauchi[10] 2
Japan B-MAX Racing Team[11] 50 Japan Shinnosuke Yamada[11] 1–2
51 Japan Yuichi Mikasa[11] 1–2
Japan Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave[2] 52 Japan Taku Bamba[3] 2
Japan Le Beausset Motorsports[12] 62 Japan Noa Satomi[12] 1–2
Japan Skill Speed[2] 66 Japan Riku Hashimoto[3] 1–2
Japan Leprix Sports 70 Japan Tsubasa Amano 2
Japan NRS[2] 80 Japan Satoshi Kosugi 2
81 Japan Musashi Nakanishi 2
Japan Succeed Sports[2] 88 Japan Shintaro Kawabata[3] 1–2
89 TBA TBA

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 19 January 2015.[1] All rounds will be held in Japan and will be part of the Super GT events.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 4 April Japan Shou Tsuboi Japan Tadasuke Makino Japan Tadasuke Makino Japan Rn-sports
R2 5 April Japan Tsubasa Mekaru Japan Tadasuke Makino Japan Tadasuke Makino Japan Rn-sports
2 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 2 May
R2 3 May
3 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 8 August
R2 9 August
4 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 29 August
R2 30 August
5 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 19 September
R2 20 September
6 R1 Autopolis, Hita 31 October
R2 1 November
7 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 14 November
R2 15 November

Championship standings

Drivers' Championships

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1

Overall

Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Points
1 Japan Tadasuke Makino 1 1 40
2 Japan Shou Tsuboi 2 2 31
3 Japan Yuya Hiraki 3 7 16
4 Japan Hiroki Ohtsu 9 3 14
5 Brazil Nicolas Costa 4 15 10
6 New Zealand James Munro Ret 4 10
7 Japan Yuki Shiraishi 7 6 10
8 Japan Yuichi Mikasa 5 Ret 8
9 Japan Yuta Kamimura Ret 5 8
10 Japan Tsubasa Mekaru 6 Ret 7
11 Japan Ryo Yamada 8 12 3
12 Japan Noa Satomi 20 8 3
13 Japan Katsuhide Kaneishi 19 9 2
14 Japan Shunsuke Kouno 10 20 1
15 Japan Yuki Nemoto Ret 10 1
Japan Riku Hashimoto 11 17 0
Japan Takahiro Ban 18 11 0
Japan Masanori Yonekura 12 23 0
Japan Junpei Kato 13 19 0
Japan Yoshiaki Katayama 21 13 0
Japan Katsuaki Kubota 14 22 0
Japan Yuya Tezuka 22 14 0
Japan Shintaro Kawabata 15 Ret 0
Japan Yugo Tanabe 16 24 0
Japan Mizuki Ishizaka DNS 16 0
Japan Takuro Shinohara 17 18 0
Japan Takashi Hata Ret 21 0
Japan Shinnosuke Yamada Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2015年 SUPER GT カレンダー変更および F4 日程変更について". F4 Japanese Championship (in Japanese) (GT-Association). 19 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 "「2015FIA-F4選手権」年間登録リスト" ["2015FIA-F4 Championship" year entry list] (PDF). F4 Japanese Championship (in Japanese) (GT-Association). 2 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 "「2015FIA-F4選手権」岡山大会エントリーリスト" ["2015FIA-F4 Championship" Okayama entry list] (PDF). F4 Japanese Championship (in Japanese) (GT-Association). 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Honda 2015 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Yuki Nemoto joins KCMG for FIA Japanese F4". KC Motorgroup Ltd. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "『メディアドゥ影山レーシング』がFIA-F4に参戦" ["Media de Kageyama racing" is competing in the FIA-F4] (in Japanese). as-web.jp. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "VSR Lamborghini Formula Junior Team confirms programme in Japanese F4". Vincenzo Sospiri Racing. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "サード、来季F4／S耐参戦を決定。NRAと提携強化" [SARD, to determine the competing in next season F4 and Super taikyu. NRA affiliated with strengthening]. as-web.jp. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "ZAP SPEED、FIA-F4参戦ドライバー3名を発表" [ZAP SPEED, announced the three FIA-F4 drivers]. as-web.jp. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "全日本カートFS125クラス王者がFIA-F4に参戦" [All-Japan cart FS125 class champion, joined FIA-F4]. as-web.jp. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "B-MAX、FIA-F4に2台を投入。初代王者目指す" [B-MAX Participated two to FIA-F4. Aim the first champion.]. as-web.jp. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "２０１５年Le Beausset Motorsports参戦体制を発表！" [2015 Le Beausset Motorsports Announces competed order.] (PDF). Le Beausset Motorsports. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

External links

Official website (Japanese)