2017 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2017 F4 Japanese Championship was the third season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 7 April in Okayama and finished on 12 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds. Ritomo Miyata defended his drivers' title successfully, continuing with TOM'S Spirit.

Teams and drivers

The teams were announced on 11 March 2017.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Japan TOM'S Spirit	1	Japan Ritomo Miyata	All
36	Japan Sota Ogawa	7
Japan Team Right Way	2	Japan Keiji Nakao	1–2, 4–7
Japan Sutekina Racing Team	3	Japan Mizuki Ishizaka	1–6
Japan Yuichi Sasaki	4	Japan Yuichi Sasaki	2, 4–5
Japan Honda Formula Dream Project	5	Japan Toshiki Oyu	All
6	Japan Ukyo Sasahara	All
7	Japan Takuya Otaki	All
8	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	All
Japan Field Motorsport	9	Japan Toshiki Haruyama	1–3
Japan Takashi Hata	5–7
25	Japan Tomoki Takahashi	All
55	Japan Kiryu Hosoda	All
Japan Rn-sports	11	Japan Toshiki Komura	1–2
Japan B-MAX Racing Team	13	Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida	2–3
Japan Ayumu Iwasa	7
50	Japan Shinji Sawada	All
68	Malaysia Chia Wing Hoong	All
Japan Media Do Kageyama Racing	15	Japan Hiromichi Hayase	All
16	Japan Takuro Shinohara	All
Japan Buzz International	17	Japan Turbo Asahi	All
18	Japan Junpei Kato	1–4, 7
Japan Teppei Natori	5–6
30	Japan "Dragon"	3
Italy VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr.	19	India Akash Gowda	1–6
63	Japan Rikiya Kanazawa	All
Japan RSS	21	Japan Seiya Jin	1–6
Japan N-SPEED	23	Japan "Yugo"	All
Japan Eagle Sport	27	Japan Wataru Yamaki	6
Japan Automotive Team MYST	29	Japan Tatsuya Ota	6
Japan HubAuto Racing	35	Japan Shunsuke Kohno	All
89	Japan Yuma Shoji	7
Japan Saccess Racing	38	Japan Miku Ikejima	2
39	Japan Miku Ikejima	1
Japan Yuki Urata	2–7
Japan NRS	44	Japan Sho Onodera	All
83	Japan Takumi Ueki	1–3, 5–6
Japan "Rising"	7
Japan Silver Star Racing	51	Japan Hiroyuki Kojima	1
Japan ARN Racing	54	Germany Gerhard Rickert	All
Japan Le Beausset Motorsports	60	Japan Kohta Kawaai	All
61	Japan Reiji Hiraki	All
62	Japan Yuya Hiraki	All
Japan leprix sport	70	Japan Miki Koyama	All
Japan C.S.I.-Reon Kids Racing	73	Japan Kotoka Goibuchi	1–2, 4–5
Japan Garage Chabatake	77	Japan Takeshi Ohi	All
Japan OTG Motor Sports	80	Japan Togo Suganami	All
Japan Zap Speed Racing Team	86	Japan Hachiro Osaka	1–2, 5–7
99	Singapore Danial Frost	7

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	7 April	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Ukyo Sasahara	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project
R2	8 April	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Toshiki Oyu	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project
2	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	3 May	Japan Toshiki Oyu	Japan Tomoki Takahashi	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan TOM'S Spirit
R2	4 May	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Ukyo Sasahara	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan TOM'S Spirit
3	R1	Autopolis, Hita	20 May	Japan Ukyo Sasahara	Japan Toshiki Oyu	Japan Ukyo Sasahara	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project
R2	21 May	Japan Toshiki Oyu	Japan Togo Suganami	Japan Toshiki Oyu	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project
4	R1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	22 July	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	Japan Ukyo Sasahara	Japan Ukyo Sasahara	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project
R2	23 July	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Takuya Otaki	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project
5	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	5 August	Japan Toshiki Oyu	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project
R2	6 August	Japan Toshiki Oyu	Japan Ukyo Sasahara	Japan Toshiki Oyu	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project
6	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	26 August	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project
R2	27 August	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan TOM'S Spirit
7	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	11 November	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan TOM'S Spirit
R2	12 November	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Ritomo Miyata	Japan Toshiki Oyu	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project

Championship standings

Only the best thirteen results counted towards the championship. Points were 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

Pos	Driver	OKA	FUJ1	AUT	SUG	FUJ2	SUZ	MOT	Points
Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points 1 Japan Ritomo Miyata 2 6 1 1 3 4 Ret 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 231 2 Japan Ukyo Sasahara 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 Ret 2 2 4 2 5 5 224 3 Japan Yuki Tsunoda 3 1 11 5 9 2 5 Ret 1 4 1 3 8 4 173 4 Japan Toshiki Oyu 24 5 2 2 2 1 Ret Ret DNS 1 3 4 Ret 1 166 5 Japan Takuya Otaki 7 3 14 13 Ret 12 2 1 6 9 7 8 7 8 94 6 Japan Shinji Sawada 5 4 Ret 7 13 23 4 4 25 Ret 18 14 3 2 85 7 Japan Shunsuke Kohno 11 11 6 6 5 8 8 6 4 5 5 5 10 12 85 8 Japan Kohta Kawaai Ret 7 7 9 4 5 9 Ret 7 21 6 7 4 7 76 9 Japan Takuro Shinohara 8 Ret 5 12 6 14 6 Ret 8 6 9 9 2 6 72 10 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 4 9 4 4 7 19 7 5 13 27 Ret 13 11 13 60 11 Japan Yuya Hiraki 6 8 10 8 8 6 10 7 5 7 8 DSQ 12 11 56 12 Japan Mizuki Ishizaka 10 NC 20 10 27 7 3 2 12 17 11 15 41 13 Japan Teppei Natori 9 8 Ret 6 14 14 Japan Sota Ogawa 6 9 10 15 Japan Togo Suganami 9 10 9 11 DNS 15 14 9 11 10 19 25 17 29 8 16 Japan Reiji Hiraki 15 13 8 15 11 11 11 10 10 11 13 16 14 16 6 17 Japan Kiryu Hosoda 17 22 Ret Ret 14 Ret 12 8 15 15 23 11 32 10 5 18 Japan Turbo Asahi 13 21 12 18 20 10 15 24 17 12 12 26 9 17 3 19 Japan Yuki Urata Ret 14 16 9 Ret 21 19 13 Ret 10 31 14 3 20 Japan Seiya Jin 12 Ret 13 17 10 18 13 22 14 16 10 12 2 21 Japan Junpei Kato 16 14 Ret 29 12 13 Ret 11 19 19 0 22 Japan Rikiya Kanazawa 18 17 16 Ret 15 17 16 12 22 14 16 Ret 16 23 0 23 Japan Hirokuni Kojima 14 12 0 24 India Akash Gowda 21 18 17 20 Ret 16 23 13 16 20 15 Ret 0 25 Japan Yuma Shoji 13 18 0 26 Japan Kotoka Goibuchi 19 15 19 30 19 14 23 24 0 27 Japan Wataru Yamaki 14 18 0 28 Japan Ayumu Iwasa 15 15 0 29 Japan Takeshi Ohi 20 16 18 23 Ret 20 17 15 18 18 17 19 21 24 0 30 Japan Toshiki Haruyama 23 24 15 16 WD WD 0 31 Malaysia Chia Wing Hoong 29 20 21 19 17 Ret 18 16 21 19 22 20 26 22 0 32 Japan Tatsuya Ota 20 17 0 33 Japan Yuichi Sasaki WD WD 21 17 26 25 0 34 Japan Miki Koyama 33 DSQ 23 22 18 21 Ret DNS 20 30 21 21 20 20 0 35 Singapore Danial Frost 18 21 0 36 Germany Gerhard Rickert 30 28 30 30 24 27 Ret 18 28 31 28 29 30 Ret 0 37 Japan Keiji Nakao 27 19 24 24 DNS 19 Ret 23 25 23 23 32 0 38 Japan Sho Onedera 26 25 25 Ret 19 Ret Ret DNS 24 26 24 22 24 26 0 39 Japan Hiromichi Hayase 28 23 27 25 22 25 20 23 Ret 22 26 24 25 28 0 40 Japan "Yugo" 32 30 29 28 26 28 22 20 27 28 27 28 29 31 0 41 Japan Miku Ikejima 22 26 22 21 0 42 Japan Takumi Ueki WD WD Ret Ret 21 24 WD WD WD WD 0 43 Japan "Dragon" 23 22 0 44 Japan Takashi Hata WD WD WD WD 22 25 0 45 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 26 26 25 26 0 46 Japan Toshiki Komura 25 29 WD WD 0 47 Japan Hachiro Osaka 31 27 28 27 29 29 29 27 27 30 0 48 Japan "Rising" 28 27 0 Pos Driver OKA FUJ1 AUT SUG FUJ2 SUZ MOT Points	Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified
1	Japan Ritomo Miyata	2	6	1	1	3	4	Ret	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	231
2	Japan Ukyo Sasahara	1	2	3	3	1	3	1	Ret	2	2	4	2	5	5	224
3	Japan Yuki Tsunoda	3	1	11	5	9	2	5	Ret	1	4	1	3	8	4	173
4	Japan Toshiki Oyu	24	5	2	2	2	1	Ret	Ret	DNS	1	3	4	Ret	1	166
5	Japan Takuya Otaki	7	3	14	13	Ret	12	2	1	6	9	7	8	7	8	94
6	Japan Shinji Sawada	5	4	Ret	7	13	23	4	4	25	Ret	18	14	3	2	85
7	Japan Shunsuke Kohno	11	11	6	6	5	8	8	6	4	5	5	5	10	12	85
8	Japan Kohta Kawaai	Ret	7	7	9	4	5	9	Ret	7	21	6	7	4	7	76
9	Japan Takuro Shinohara	8	Ret	5	12	6	14	6	Ret	8	6	9	9	2	6	72
10	Japan Tomoki Takahashi	4	9	4	4	7	19	7	5	13	27	Ret	13	11	13	60
11	Japan Yuya Hiraki	6	8	10	8	8	6	10	7	5	7	8	DSQ	12	11	56
12	Japan Mizuki Ishizaka	10	NC	20	10	27	7	3	2	12	17	11	15			41
13	Japan Teppei Natori									9	8	Ret	6			14
14	Japan Sota Ogawa													6	9	10
15	Japan Togo Suganami	9	10	9	11	DNS	15	14	9	11	10	19	25	17	29	8
16	Japan Reiji Hiraki	15	13	8	15	11	11	11	10	10	11	13	16	14	16	6
17	Japan Kiryu Hosoda	17	22	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	12	8	15	15	23	11	32	10	5
18	Japan Turbo Asahi	13	21	12	18	20	10	15	24	17	12	12	26	9	17	3
19	Japan Yuki Urata			Ret	14	16	9	Ret	21	19	13	Ret	10	31	14	3
20	Japan Seiya Jin	12	Ret	13	17	10	18	13	22	14	16	10	12			2
21	Japan Junpei Kato	16	14	Ret	29	12	13	Ret	11					19	19	0
22	Japan Rikiya Kanazawa	18	17	16	Ret	15	17	16	12	22	14	16	Ret	16	23	0
23	Japan Hirokuni Kojima	14	12													0
24	India Akash Gowda	21	18	17	20	Ret	16	23	13	16	20	15	Ret			0
25	Japan Yuma Shoji													13	18	0
26	Japan Kotoka Goibuchi	19	15	19	30			19	14	23	24					0
27	Japan Wataru Yamaki											14	18			0
28	Japan Ayumu Iwasa													15	15	0
29	Japan Takeshi Ohi	20	16	18	23	Ret	20	17	15	18	18	17	19	21	24	0
30	Japan Toshiki Haruyama	23	24	15	16	WD	WD									0
31	Malaysia Chia Wing Hoong	29	20	21	19	17	Ret	18	16	21	19	22	20	26	22	0
32	Japan Tatsuya Ota											20	17			0
33	Japan Yuichi Sasaki			WD	WD			21	17	26	25					0
34	Japan Miki Koyama	33	DSQ	23	22	18	21	Ret	DNS	20	30	21	21	20	20	0
35	Singapore Danial Frost													18	21	0
36	Germany Gerhard Rickert	30	28	30	30	24	27	Ret	18	28	31	28	29	30	Ret	0
37	Japan Keiji Nakao	27	19	24	24			DNS	19	Ret	23	25	23	23	32	0
38	Japan Sho Onedera	26	25	25	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNS	24	26	24	22	24	26	0
39	Japan Hiromichi Hayase	28	23	27	25	22	25	20	23	Ret	22	26	24	25	28	0
40	Japan "Yugo"	32	30	29	28	26	28	22	20	27	28	27	28	29	31	0
41	Japan Miku Ikejima	22	26	22	21											0
42	Japan Takumi Ueki	WD	WD	Ret	Ret	21	24			WD	WD	WD	WD			0
43	Japan "Dragon"					23	22									0
44	Japan Takashi Hata									WD	WD	WD	WD	22	25	0
45	Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida			26	26	25	26									0
46	Japan Toshiki Komura	25	29	WD	WD											0
47	Japan Hachiro Osaka	31	27	28	27					29	29	29	27	27	30	0
48	Japan "Rising"													28	27	0
Pos	Driver	OKA	FUJ1	AUT	SUG	FUJ2	SUZ	MOT	Points
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (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)

Teams' standings

Pos	Tean	Pts.
1	Japan Honda Formula Dream Project	314
2	Japan TOM'S Spirit	231
3	Japan Le Beausset Motorsports	102
4	Japan B-Max Racing Team	85
5	Japan HubAuto Racing	85
6	Japan Media Do Kageyama Racing	72
7	Japan Field Motorsport	61
8	Japan Sutekina Racing Team	41
9	Japan Buzz International	17
10	Japan OTG Motor Sports	8
11	Japan Saccess Racing	3
12	Japan RSS	2

External links

(in Japanese)