The is a formula racing series held in Japan regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was held in 2015.
History Gerhard Berger and the FIA Single Seater Commission launched the current FIA Formula 4 in March 2013. The goal of FIA Formula 4 was to make the ladder to Formula 1 more transparent. Besides sporting and technical regulations, costs are regulated too: Any eligible car may not exceed a purchase price of €30,000. A single season in Formula 4 may not exceed €100,000 in costs.
The F4 Japanese Championship was launched by the GT Association on 16 December 2014, as one of the second phases of Formula 4 championships to be launched following the Italian F4 Championship and Formula 4 Sudamericana which launched in 2014. All rounds are support events to the Super GT Series.
Japanese race car constructor Dome was contracted to design and build the spec F110 chassis. The cars are constructed out of carbon fibre and feature a monocoque chassis. The engine is a 2.0-litre TOM'S Toyota inline-four. Dunlop (Sumitomo Rubber Industries) is the tyre supplier.
The series is open to drivers aged 16 and up. While primarily contested by young drivers moving up the single-seater ladder, older amateur drivers also compete in the series in the Independent Cup category.
A second-generation F4 Japanese Championship car built by Toray Carbon Magic, called the MCSC-24, was first revealed in 2022 and will debut in 2024, with an integrated halo safety device and a more powerful TOM'S Toyota engine.
Point system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Champions All teams and drivers were Japanese-registered. Drivers SeasonDriverTeamPolesWinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsClinchedMargin 2015 Sho Tsuboi TOM'S Spirit47104Race 14 of 143 2016 Ritomo Miyata TOM'S Spirit2253142Race 14 of 144 2017 Ritomo Miyata TOM'S Spirit54116231Race 14 of 147 2018 Yuki Tsunoda Honda Formula Dream Project87114245Race 14 of 1414 2019 Ren Sato Honda Formula Dream Project811135311Race 10 of 14164 2020 Hibiki Taira TGR-DC Racing School710124270.5Race 10 of 1290 2021 Seita Nonaka TGR-DC Racing School1685217Race 14 of 144 2022 Syun Koide Honda Formula Dream Project89126279Race 14 of 1433 2023 Rikuto Kobayashi TGR-DC Racing School5594221Race 14 of 1412 2024 Yuto Nomura HFDP with B-Max Racing Team37104236Race 13 of 1469 2025 Tokiya Suzuki TGR-DC Racing School3491219Race 14 of 147.5
Teams Season Team PolesWinsPodiumsFastest lapsPointsMarginIndependent Class Team 2015 TOM'S Spirit 4 7 10 4 225 9 not held 2016 Honda Formula Dream Project 1 2 12 3 203 21 2017 Honda Formula Dream Project 9 11 26 6 314 83 2018 Honda Formula Dream Project 12 10 23 7 316 106 2019 Honda Formula Dream Project 14 14 25 14 350 213 2020 TGR-DC Racing School 7 10 17 4 273.5 93 2021 TGR-DC Racing School 3 8 17 10 285 25 2022 Honda Formula Dream Project 10 12 23 7 336 111 2023 TGR-DC Racing School 6 8 22 5 290 58 2024 HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 9 8 18 8 260 80 B-Max Racing Team 2025 HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 5 8 17 8 269.5 44.5 B-Max Racing Team
Independent Cup SeasonDriverTeamWins (Indep/Cup)Podiums (Indep/Cup)Points (Indep/Cup)Margin 2018 Masayuki Ueda Rn-sports 2 10 207 6 2019 Sergeyevich Sato Field Motorsport 5 11 241 59 2020 Sergeyevich Sato Field Motorsport 6 10 225 27.5 2021 "Hirobon" Rn-sports 4 11 238 15 2022 Yutaka Toriba HELM Motorsports 10 12 306 104 2023 Makoto Fujiwara B-Max Racing Team 3 5 191 12 2024 "Dragon" B-Max Racing Team 5 9 202 2.5 2025 Nobuhiro Imada B-Max Racing Team 3 11 226 1.5
Circuits
Bold denotes a circuit is used in the 2026 season.
NumberCircuitsRoundsYears1 Fuji Speedway222015–present2 Suzuka Circuit142015–present3 Mobility Resort Motegi122015–present4 Sportsland Sugo102015–2019, 2021–present5 Autopolis82015, 2017–2019, 2022–present6 Okayama International Circuit52015–2019, 2026
In other media The 2023 anime Overtake! is based around the F4 Japanese Championship.
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