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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
Team
Driver
Class
Rounds
TOM'S Spirit
1
Kazuto Kotaka[ 3]
2–7
36
Sota Ogawa[ 4]
All
Team Right Way
2
Keizi Nakao[ 4]
I
All
Yuichi Sasaki
4
Yuichi Sasaki[ 3]
I
2, 4–5, 7
Honda Formula Dream Project
5
Yuki Tsunoda [ 5]
All
6
Teppei Natori [ 5]
All
7
Takuya Otaki[ 4]
All
8
Ren Sato [ 4]
All
Rn-sports
10
Ayumu Iwasa[ 6]
3
Toshihito Funai
I
7
11
Masayuki Ueda[ 4]
I
All
M2 Engineering
12
Ryo[ 6]
I
3
B-MAX Engineering
13
Syuji[ 3]
I
2–3
Motoyoshi Yoshida[ 7]
I
4
I
7
27
Syuji[ 7]
I
4, 7
Media Do Kageyama Racing
15
Hiromichi Hayase[ 4]
1–5, 7
Yuui Tsutsumi
6
16
Shinji Sawada[ 4]
All
Ateam Buzz Motorsport
17
Yusuke Shiotsu[ 4]
All
18
Daichi Okamoto[ 4]
1, 3
Hideki Hirota[ 7]
I
4, 6–7
Corse Ceramiche Racing
20
Hiroyuki Honda[ 3]
I
2
N-Speed
23
Yugo[ 4]
I
All
Field Motorsports
25
Kiryu Hosoda[ 4]
All
55
Rikiya Kanazawa[ 4]
All
95
Miki Koyama[ 4]
All
Eagle Sports
28
Makio Saito[ 4]
I
1–3
Yasushi Ide[ 7]
I
4
Atsushi Miyake
7
29
Yasushi Ide[ 4]
I
1–3
MYST
31
Kakunoshin Ota[ 7]
4
Inging Motorsports
38
Reiji Hiraki[ 4]
All
Saccess Racing
39
Yuki Urata[ 4]
1, 3–4
Miku Ikejima[ 3]
I
2
Daichi Okamoto
7
Succeed Sports
88
Sena Kuronuma[ 4]
All
Bionic Jack Racing
44
Sho Onodera[ 3]
2–5
Ikari
I
7
98
Mizuki Ishizaka[ 4]
All
Le Beausset Motorsports
62
Shota Ogura[ 4]
All
63
Kohta Kawaai[ 4]
All
leprix sport with SSR
70
Ryohei Tanaka[ 4]
1–2
Norio Kubo[ 6]
I
3
C.S.I.-Reon Kids Racing
73
Shunsuke Hanawa[ 4]
1–5, 7
Skill Speed
77
Takuya Okada[ 4]
1–3
Takeshi Ohi[ 7]
4–7
OTG Motor Sports
80
Yuko Tamaki[ 4]
All
81
Togo Suganami[ 4]
All
82
Yuma Shouji[ 4]
All
NRS
83
Kazuki Hirokawa[ 7]
4
Zap Speed Racing Team
86
Hachiro Osaka[ 4]
I
All
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Class
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Independent Cup
Race calendar and results
All rounds were held in Japan and were be part of the Super GT events.[ 1]
Round
Circuit
Date
Pole position
Fastest lap
Winning driver
Winning team
1
1
Okayama International Circuit , Mimasaka
7 April
Yuki Tsunoda
Kohta Kawaai
Teppei Natori
Honda Formula Dream Project
R2
8 April
Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda
Honda Formula Dream Project
2
R1
Fuji Speedway , Oyama
3 May
Yuki Tsunoda
Ren Sato
Yuki Tsunoda
Honda Formula Dream Project
R2
4 May
Yuki Tsunoda
Togo Suganami
Yuki Tsunoda
Honda Formula Dream Project
3
R1
Suzuka Circuit , Suzuka
19 May
Yuki Tsunoda
Kazuto Kotaka
Yuki Tsunoda
Honda Formula Dream Project
R2
20 May
Yuki Tsunoda
Teppei Natori
Yuki Tsunoda
Honda Formula Dream Project
4
R1
Fuji Speedway , Oyama
4 August
Teppei Natori
Yuki Tsunoda
Kazuto Kotaka
TOM'S Spirit
R2
5 August
Teppei Natori
Kazuto Kotaka
Kazuto Kotaka
TOM'S Spirit
5
R1
Sportsland SUGO , Murata
15 September
Yuki Tsunoda
Ren Sato
Teppei Natori
Honda Formula Dream Project
R2
16 September
Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda
Honda Formula Dream Project
6
R1
Autopolis , Hita
20 October
Togo Suganami
Togo Suganami
Togo Suganami
OTG Motor Sports
R2
21 October
Togo Suganami
Togo Suganami
Togo Suganami
OTG Motor Sports
7
R1
Twin Ring Motegi , Motegi
10 November
Teppei Natori
Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda
Honda Formula Dream Project
R2
11 November
Teppei Natori
Kazuto Kotaka
Teppei Natori
Honda Formula Dream Project
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
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
10
14
16
12
9
17
Ayumu Iwasa
6
Ret
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
4
20
Sena Kuronuma
17
17
13
9
15
19
15
20
Ret
15
18
26
18
13
2
21
Daichi Okamoto
9
15
20
Ret
14
20
2
22
Sho Onodera
14
10
19
18
DNQ
DNQ
1
23
Takeshi Ohi
29
15
17
16
19
18
15
10
1
24
Atsushi Miyake
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
15
13
0
28
Yuui Tsutsumi
15
14
0
29
Hiromichi Hayase
23
Ret
17
15
24
23
17
23
21
23
20
15
0
30
Shunsuke Hanawa
24
22
19
19
22
22
19
30
18
22
17
16
0
31
Masayuki Ueda
22
21
18
16
Ret
25
26
21
Ret
19
21
22
22
23
0
32
Hideki Hirota
Ret
27
22
23
23
17
0
33
Kazuki Hirokawa
Ret
17
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
24
22
24
24
19
20
0
37
Toshihito Funai
25
19
0
38
Yasushi Ide
26
26
27
25
26
27
20
25
0
39
Ryohei Tanaka
25
20
DNQ
DNQ
0
40
"Syuji"
26
23
32
30
21
29
Ret
21
0
41
Makio Saito
27
23
21
24
31
29
0
42
"Yugo"
29
25
23
26
29
28
25
31
Ret
25
24
25
27
22
0
43
Motoyoshi Yoshida
23
32
0
44
Norio Kubo
23
Ret
0
45
"Ikari"
24
Ret
0
46
"Ryo"
30
26
0
47
Kakunoshin Ota
27
Ret
0
—
"Dragon"
Ret
Ret
0
—
Hiroyuki Honda
DNQ
DNQ
0
Pos
Driver
OKA
FUJ1
SUZ
FUJ2
SUG
AUT
MOT
Points
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified
Teams' standings
Pos
Driver
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
98
6
Yuichi Sasaki
24
22
24
24
19
20
85
7
Hideki Hirota
Ret
27
22
23
23
17
80
8
Makio Saito
27
23
21
24
31
29
65
9
"Syuji"
26
23
32
30
21
29
Ret
21
61
10
Miku Ikejima
15
13
50
11
Norio Kubo
23
Ret
25
12
"Ryo"
30
26
20
13
Motoyoshi Yoshida
23
32
14
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Teams' standings
Pos
Driver
Pts.
1
Honda Formula Dream Project
350
2
Media Do Kageyama Racing
137
3
TOM'S Spirit
134
4
Le Beausset Motorsports
131
5
OTG Motor Sports
128
6
Silver Star Racing
69
7
Saccess Racing
65
8
Bionic Jack Racing
35
9
Skill Speed
17
10
Zap Speed
12
11
Ateam Buzz Motorsport
9
12
Rn-sports
1
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