# 2019 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2019 F4 Japanese Championship season was the fifth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 13 April in Okayama and finished on 3 November in Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.

## Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered
| Team | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
| Team Right Way | 2 | Keiji Nakao | I | All |
| Field Motorsport | 3 | Sergeyevich Sato | I | All |
| Daydream Racing | 4 | Yuichi Sasaki | I | 2, 4, 6–7 |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 5 | Atsushi Miyake | | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 6 | Kakunoshin Ohta | | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 7 | Ren Sato | | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 8 | Miki Koyama | | 3–7 |
| ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | 9 | Yusuke Shiotsu | | All |
| ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | 18 | Masaki Baba | | 4 |
| ATEAM Buzz Motorsport | 18 | Hideki Hirota | I | 5 |
| Rn-sports | 10 | Makoto Hotta | I | All |
| Rn-sports | 11 | Ryuichirou Ishizaki | | 1–3 |
| Rn-sports | 11 | Masayuki Ueda | | 4–7 |
| Rn-sports | 12 | Masayuki Ueda | | 2–3 |
| Zap Speed | 14 | Kotaro Sakurai | | 3–7 |
| Zap Speed | 43 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | I | All |
| Zap Speed | 99 | Kotaro Sakurai | | 2 |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 15 | Takuro Shinohara | | 2–3 |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 15 | Masakatsu Takatsu | | 4 |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 15 | Kaito Tsukada | | 6 |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 16 | Daisuke Watanabe | | All |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 24 | Reiji Hiraki | | All |
| Silver Star Racing | 19 | Ryo Komikado | | 4 |
| Silver Star Racing | 20 | Iori Kimura | | All |
| M2 HDR Racing | 21 | "Ryo" | | 3 |
| L.B. Japan Racing | 22 | "Don Luciano" | I | 5 |
| N-SPEED | 23 | "Yugo" | I | All |
| Team Samurai | 25 | Fuma Horio | | All |
| Saccess Racing | 26 | Ryunosuke Shibata | | 4 |
| Saccess Racing | 26 | Ryunosuke Sawa | | 7 |
| Saccess Racing | 39 | Daichi Okamoto | | All |
| Saccess Racing | 40 | Teravate Pukpiboon | | 1 |
| B-MAX Engineering | 27 | "Syuji" | I | All |
| B-MAX Engineering | 30 | "Dragon" | I | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Eagle Sports | 28 | Makio Saito | I | All |
| RS Fine | 29 | Yasushi Ide | I | 3 |
| NRS | 31 | Takumi Saigusa | | 1–4 |
| NRS | 31 | Masaya Kono | | 5 |
| Ashida MFG | 33 | Mitsuji Inagaki | I | 5 |
| RT WORLD | 34 | Hironori Kikuchi | I | 2 |
| TOM'S Spirit | 36 | Seita Nonaka | | All |
| TOM'S Spirit | 37 | Hibiki Taira | | All |
| IMS | 44 | Sho Onodera | | 2 |
| OTG Motor Sports | 60 | Togo Suganami | | All |
| OTG Motor Sports | 80 | Masamitsu Ohtake | | All |
| Le Beausset Motorsports | 62 | Seiya Jin | | All |
| Le Beausset Motorsports | 63 | Kohta Kawaai | | All |
| Nagisa Auto Motor Sports | 71 | Masayoshi Oyama | I | All |
| C.S.I.-Reon Kids Racing | 73 | Shunsuke Hanawa | | 1–4, 6–7 |
| Skill Speed | 77 | Takeshi Ohi | | 1–3 |
| Skill Speed | 77 | Sota Ogawa | | 4–7 |
| Sashi Speed | 86 | Hachiro Osaka | I | All |
| Team Right Way | 88 | Yoshifumi Shigemori | I | 6 |
| Akiland Racing | 96 | Rin Arakawa | I | 7 |
| Bionic Jack Racing | 97 | Mizuki Ishizaka | | 5–7 |
| Bionic Jack Racing | 98 | "Ikari" | I | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Bionic Jack Racing | 98 | Mizuki Ishizaka | | 4 |
| Icon | Class |
| I | Independent Cup |

## Race calendar and results

All rounds will be held in Japan. The "2019 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Round 17 Japan Grand Prix Race" will be held at Suzuka Circuit on October 11-13, 2019 first time as a support race event. This "FIA-F4 Dream Cup Race" (tentative name) will be a special non-points race.
Other rounds supporting of the Super GT events.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 13 April | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 1 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 14 April | Kakunoshin Ohta | Ren Sato | Atsushi Miyake | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 2 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 May | Ren Sato | Reiji Hiraki | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 2 | R2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 4 May | Ren Sato | Seita Nonaka | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 3 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 25 May | Kakunoshin Ohta | Kakunoshin Ohta | Kakunoshin Ohta | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 3 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 26 May | Kakunoshin Ohta | Ren Sato | Kakunoshin Ohta | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 4 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 August | Ren Sato | Kakunoshin Ohta | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 4 | R2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 4 August | Ren Sato | Seita Nonaka | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 5 | R1 | Autopolis, Hita | 7 September | Atsushi Miyake | Atsushi Miyake | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 5 | R2 | Autopolis, Hita | 8 September | Ren Sato | Reiji Hiraki | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 6 | R1 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 21 September | Atsushi Miyake | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 6 | R2 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 22 September | Atsushi Miyake | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| NC | R1 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 12 October | Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis | Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis | Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis | Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis |
| NC | R2 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 13 October | Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis | Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis | Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis | Round cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis |
| 7 | R1 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 2 November | Ren Sato | Reiji Hiraki | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 7 | R2 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 3 November | Ren Sato | Kohta Kawaai | Ren Sato | Honda Formula Dream Project |

## Championship standings

Points were 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 | OKA | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUZ | SUZ | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | MOT | MOT | Points |
| 1 | Ren Sato | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 311 |
| 2 | Atsushi Miyake | 14 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 147 |
| 3 | Kohta Kawaai | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 131 |
| 4 | Reiji Hiraki | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 129 |
| 5 | Togo Suganami | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 128 |
| 6 | Kakunoshin Ohta | Ret | Ret | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 125 |
| 7 | Hibiki Taira | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 101 |
| 8 | Seita Nonaka | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 7 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 89 |
| 9 | Iori Kimura | 7 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 23 | 3 | 5 | 69 |
| 10 | Daichi Okamoto | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 65 |
| 11 | Mizuki Ishizaka | | | | | | | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 35 |
| 12 | Seiya Jin | Ret | DNS | 9 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 30 | Ret | 10 | 24 |
| 13 | Sota Ogawa | | | | | | | 12 | Ret | 4 | 31 | 10 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 14 |
| 14 | Kotaro Sakurai | | | Ret | Ret | 15 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 18 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 25 | 12 |
| 15 | Yusuke Shiotsu | 8 | 9 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 9 |
| 16 | Takuro Shinohara | | | 6 | 17 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 17 | Miki Koyama | | | | | 17 | Ret | 8 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
| 18 | Masamitsu Ohtake | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 5 |
| 19 | Takeshi Ohi | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 16 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 20 | Ryuichirou Ishizaki | 28 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 21 | Daisuke Watanabe | Ret | Ret | 14 | 23 | 28 | Ret | 10 | 16 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 31 | 13 | 24 | 1 |
| 22 | "Dragon" | 11 | 14 | 19 | 26 | | | 15 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryunosuke Sawa | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 24 | Sergeyevich Sato | 12 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 32 | 0 |
| 25 | Fuma Horio | 13 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 18 | Ret | 13 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 0 |
| 26 | Keizi Nakao | 27 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 27 | 21 | 17 | 29 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 0 |
| 27 | Shunsuke Hanawa | 16 | 27 | 16 | 18 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 18 | | | 20 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| 28 | Rin Arakawa | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 15 | 0 |
| 29 | Masayuki Ueda | | | 22 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 34 | 19 | 21 | Ret | 20 | 22 | 0 |
| 30 | Teravate Pukpiboon | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | "Ikari" | 19 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 15 | | | 23 | 20 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 23 | 0 |
| 32 | Takumi Saigusa | 17 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 19 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Sho Onedera | | | 17 | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Yuichi Sasaki | | | 26 | 20 | | | 22 | 25 | | | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 0 |
| 35 | Makoto Hotta | 18 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 0 |
| 36 | Makio Saito | 23 | Ret | 24 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 34 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 0 |
| 37 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 21 | 18 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 26 | Ret | 27 | 26 | Ret | 28 | 0 |
| 38 | Hachiro Osaka | 24 | 19 | 27 | Ret | 26 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 0 |
| 39 | "Syuji" | 26 | 25 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 26 | Ret | 25 | 26 | 29 | 0 |
| 40 | Masaya Kono | | | | | | | | | 31 | 21 | | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Masayoshi Oyama | 22 | 22 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 24 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 0 |
| 42 | Masaki Baba | | | | | | | 26 | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Hideki Hirota | | | | | | | | | 22 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 44 | Ryo Komikado | | | | | | | 28 | 23 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 45 | Yasushi Ide | | | | | 29 | 23 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Ryunosuke Shibata | | | | | | | 24 | 27 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | "Yugo" | 25 | 26 | 32 | Ret | 34 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 0 |
| 48 | "Don Luciano" | | | | | | | | | 32 | 25 | | | | | 0 |
| 49 | "Ryo" | | | | | 25 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 50 | Hironori Kikuchi | | | 31 | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Mitsuji Inagaki | | | | | | | | | 27 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 52 | Masakatsu Takatsu | | | | | | | 32 | 31 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 53 | Yoshifumi Shigemori | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | Ret | | | 0 |
| — | Kaito Tsukada | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | OKA | OKA | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUZ | SUZ | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | 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) |

### Independent Cup

| Pos | Driver | OKA | OKA | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUZ | SUZ | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | MOT | MOT | Points |
| 1 | Sergeyevich Sato | 12 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 32 | 241 |
| 2 | "Dragon" | 11 | 14 | 19 | 24 | | | 15 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 182 |
| 3 | Keizi Nakao | 27 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 27 | 21 | 17 | 29 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 171 |
| 4 | Makio Saito | 23 | Ret | 24 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 34 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 147 |
| 5 | "Ikari" | 19 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 15 | | | 23 | 20 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 23 | 134 |
| 6 | Makoto Hotta | 18 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 126 |
| 7 | Yuichi Sasaki | | | 26 | 20 | | | 22 | 25 | | | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 112 |
| 8 | Hachiro Osaka | 24 | 19 | 27 | Ret | 26 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 92 |
| 9 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 21 | 18 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 26 | Ret | 27 | 26 | Ret | 28 | 56 |
| 10 | Masayoshi Oyama | 22 | 22 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 24 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 49 |
| 11 | "Syuji" | 26 | 25 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 26 | Ret | 25 | 26 | 29 | 43 |
| 12 | "Yugo" | 25 | 26 | 32 | Ret | 34 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 15 |
| 13 | Hideki Hirota | | | | | | | | | 22 | Ret | | | | | 12 |
| 14 | "Ryo" | | | | | 25 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 15 | Yasushi Ide | | | | | 29 | 23 | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 16 | "Don Luciano" | | | | | | | | | 32 | 25 | | | | | 8 |
| 17 | Hironori Kikuchi | | | 31 | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 18 | Mitsuji Inagaki | | | | | | | | | 27 | Ret | | | | | 2 |

### Teams' standings

| Pos | Team | 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 |