# 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 |
| TOM'S Spirit | 1 | Ritomo Miyata | All |
| TOM'S Spirit | 36 | Sota Ogawa | 7 |
| Team Right Way | 2 | Keiji Nakao | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 3 | Mizuki Ishizaka | 1–6 |
| Yuichi Sasaki | 4 | Yuichi Sasaki | 2, 4–5 |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 5 | Toshiki Oyu | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 6 | Ukyo Sasahara | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 7 | Takuya Otaki | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | All |
| Field Motorsport | 9 | Toshiki Haruyama | 1–3 |
| Field Motorsport | 9 | Takashi Hata | 5–7 |
| Field Motorsport | 25 | Tomoki Takahashi | All |
| Field Motorsport | 55 | Kiryu Hosoda | All |
| Rn-sports | 11 | Toshiki Komura | 1–2 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 13 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 2–3 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 13 | Ayumu Iwasa | 7 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 50 | Shinji Sawada | All |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 68 | Chia Wing Hoong | All |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 15 | Hiromichi Hayase | All |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 16 | Takuro Shinohara | All |
| Buzz International | 17 | Turbo Asahi | All |
| Buzz International | 18 | Junpei Kato | 1–4, 7 |
| Buzz International | 18 | Teppei Natori | 5–6 |
| Buzz International | 30 | "Dragon" | 3 |
| VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr. | 19 | Akash Gowda | 1–6 |
| VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr. | 63 | Rikiya Kanazawa | All |
| RSS | 21 | Seiya Jin | 1–6 |
| N-SPEED | 23 | "Yugo" | All |
| Eagle Sport | 27 | Wataru Yamaki | 6 |
| Automotive Team MYST | 29 | Tatsuya Ota | 6 |
| HubAuto Racing | 35 | Shunsuke Kohno | All |
| HubAuto Racing | 89 | Yuma Shoji | 7 |
| Saccess Racing | 38 | Miku Ikejima | 2 |
| Saccess Racing | 39 | Miku Ikejima | 1 |
| Saccess Racing | 39 | Yuki Urata | 2–7 |
| NRS | 44 | Sho Onodera | All |
| NRS | 83 | Takumi Ueki | 1–3, 5–6 |
| NRS | 83 | "Rising" | 7 |
| Silver Star Racing | 51 | Hiroyuki Kojima | 1 |
| ARN Racing | 54 | Gerhard Rickert | All |
| Le Beausset Motorsports | 60 | Kohta Kawaai | All |
| Le Beausset Motorsports | 61 | Reiji Hiraki | All |
| Le Beausset Motorsports | 62 | Yuya Hiraki | All |
| leprix sport | 70 | Miki Koyama | All |
| C.S.I.-Reon Kids Racing | 73 | Kotoka Goibuchi | 1–2, 4–5 |
| Garage Chabatake | 77 | Takeshi Ohi | All |
| OTG Motor Sports | 80 | Togo Suganami | All |
| Zap Speed Racing Team | 86 | Hachiro Osaka | 1–2, 5–7 |
| Zap Speed Racing Team | 99 | Danial Frost | 7 |

## Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 7 April | Ritomo Miyata | Ritomo Miyata | Ukyo Sasahara | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 1 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 8 April | Ritomo Miyata | Toshiki Oyu | Yuki Tsunoda | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 2 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 May | Toshiki Oyu | Tomoki Takahashi | Ritomo Miyata | TOM'S Spirit |
| 2 | R2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 4 May | Ritomo Miyata | Ukyo Sasahara | Ritomo Miyata | TOM'S Spirit |
| 3 | R1 | Autopolis, Hita | 20 May | Ukyo Sasahara | Toshiki Oyu | Ukyo Sasahara | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 3 | R2 | Autopolis, Hita | 21 May | Toshiki Oyu | Togo Suganami | Toshiki Oyu | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 4 | R1 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 22 July | Yuki Tsunoda | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 4 | R2 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 23 July | Yuki Tsunoda | Ritomo Miyata | Takuya Otaki | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 5 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 5 August | Toshiki Oyu | Ritomo Miyata | Yuki Tsunoda | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 5 | R2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 6 August | Toshiki Oyu | Ukyo Sasahara | Toshiki Oyu | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 6 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 26 August | Yuki Tsunoda | Yuki Tsunoda | Yuki Tsunoda | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 6 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 27 August | Yuki Tsunoda | Ritomo Miyata | Ritomo Miyata | TOM'S Spirit |
| 7 | R1 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 11 November | Ritomo Miyata | Ritomo Miyata | Ritomo Miyata | TOM'S Spirit |
| 7 | R2 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 12 November | Ritomo Miyata | Ritomo Miyata | Toshiki Oyu | 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 | OKA | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUZ | MOT | MOT | Points |
| 1 | Ritomo Miyata | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 231 |
| 2 | Ukyo Sasahara | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 224 |
| 3 | Yuki Tsunoda | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 173 |
| 4 | Toshiki Oyu | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 1 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 166 |
| 5 | Takuya Otaki | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 94 |
| 6 | Shinji Sawada | 5 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 25 | Ret | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 85 |
| 7 | Shunsuke Kohno | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 85 |
| 8 | Kohta Kawaai | Ret | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 76 |
| 9 | Takuro Shinohara | 8 | Ret | 5 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 72 |
| 10 | Tomoki Takahashi | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 13 | 60 |
| 11 | Yuya Hiraki | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | DSQ | 12 | 11 | 56 |
| 12 | Mizuki Ishizaka | 10 | NC | 20 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 15 | | | 41 |
| 13 | Teppei Natori | | | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | Ret | 6 | | | 14 |
| 14 | Sota Ogawa | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| 15 | Togo Suganami | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | DNS | 15 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 29 | 8 |
| 16 | Reiji Hiraki | 15 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | Kiryu Hosoda | 17 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 5 |
| 18 | Turbo Asahi | 13 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 3 |
| 19 | Yuki Urata | | | Ret | 14 | 16 | 9 | Ret | 21 | 19 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 31 | 14 | 3 |
| 20 | Seiya Jin | 12 | Ret | 13 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 12 | | | 2 |
| 21 | Junpei Kato | 16 | 14 | Ret | 29 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 11 | | | | | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 22 | Rikiya Kanazawa | 18 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 23 | 0 |
| 23 | Hirokuni Kojima | 14 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Akash Gowda | 21 | 18 | 17 | 20 | Ret | 16 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 15 | Ret | | | 0 |
| 25 | Yuma Shoji | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 18 | 0 |
| 26 | Kotoka Goibuchi | 19 | 15 | 19 | 30 | | | 19 | 14 | 23 | 24 | | | | | 0 |
| 27 | Wataru Yamaki | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 18 | | | 0 |
| 28 | Ayumu Iwasa | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 29 | Takeshi Ohi | 20 | 16 | 18 | 23 | Ret | 20 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 0 |
| 30 | Toshiki Haruyama | 23 | 24 | 15 | 16 | WD | WD | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Chia Wing Hoong | 29 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 0 |
| 32 | Tatsuya Ota | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 17 | | | 0 |
| 33 | Yuichi Sasaki | | | WD | WD | | | 21 | 17 | 26 | 25 | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Miki Koyama | 33 | DSQ | 23 | 22 | 18 | 21 | Ret | DNS | 20 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 35 | Danial Frost | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 21 | 0 |
| 36 | Gerhard Rickert | 30 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 27 | Ret | 18 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Ret | 0 |
| 37 | Keiji Nakao | 27 | 19 | 24 | 24 | | | DNS | 19 | Ret | 23 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 32 | 0 |
| 38 | Sho Onedera | 26 | 25 | 25 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 24 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 0 |
| 39 | Hiromichi Hayase | 28 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 23 | Ret | 22 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 0 |
| 40 | "Yugo" | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 0 |
| 41 | Miku Ikejima | 22 | 26 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 42 | Takumi Ueki | WD | WD | Ret | Ret | 21 | 24 | | | WD | WD | WD | WD | | | 0 |
| 43 | "Dragon" | | | | | 23 | 22 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 44 | Takashi Hata | | | | | | | | | WD | WD | WD | WD | 22 | 25 | 0 |
| 45 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | | | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Toshiki Komura | 25 | 29 | WD | WD | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Hachiro Osaka | 31 | 27 | 28 | 27 | | | | | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 0 |
| 48 | "Rising" | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | 27 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | OKA | OKA | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUZ | MOT | MOT | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Teams' standings

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