# 2016 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2016 F4 Japanese Championship season was the second season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 9 April in Okayama and finished on 13 November on Twin Ring Motegi after fourteen races held across six rounds.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Yuichi Sasaki | 2 | Yuichi Sasaki | 2–4, 6 |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 3 | Yuki Urata | 1–2 |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 3 | Miku Ikejima | 3–4, 6 |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 3 | Yuki Tsunoda | 5 |
| Field Motorsport | 4 | Shunsuke Kohno | All |
| Field Motorsport | 25 | Tomoki Takahashi | All |
| Field Motorsport | 55 | Takashi Hata | 1–2, 4–5 |
| Field Motorsport | 75 | Yuya Tezuka | 4 |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 7 | Mizuki Ishizaka | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 8 | Yuta Kamimura | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 9 | Sena Sakaguchi | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 10 | Takuya Otaki | All |
| Rn-sports | 11 | Toshiki Oyu | All |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 13 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 1–2, 4–6 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 13 | "Syuji" | 3 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 50 | Shinji Sawada | All |
| KCMG | 14 | Yuki Nemoto | All |
| CMS Motorsports Project | 15 | Yuga Katsumata | 2–6 |
| Media Do Kageyama Racing | 16 | Takuro Shinohara | All |
| Buzz International | 17 | Hiroki Inui | 1 |
| Buzz International | 17 | Junpei Kato | 2–6 |
| Buzz International | 18 | Shigetomo Shimono | 1–5 |
| Buzz International | 18 | Yuki Urata | 6 |
| VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr. | 19 | Rikiya Kanazawa | 6 |
| VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr. | 63 | Do Yun Hwang | All |
| RSS | 21 | "Dragon" | 1–5 |
| RSS | 21 | Seiya Jin | 6 |
| N-SPEED | 23 | "Yugo" | All |
| Eagle Sport | 29 | Turbo Asahi | All |
| Eagle Sport | 30 | Kuninori Nakane | All |
| miNami aoYama Project | 32 | Ayaka Imahashi | 1–2 |
| miNami aoYama Project | 33 | Miki Koyama | 1 |
| miNami aoYama Project | 33 | Miku Ikejima | 2 |
| TOM'S Spirit | 36 | Ritomo Miyata | All |
| TOM'S Spirit | 37 | Kazuto Kotaka | All |
| Garage Chabatake | 38 | Satoshi Anbe | 2, 4 |
| Garage Chabatake | 58 | Takuma Abe | All |
| Team Right Way | 47 | Takahiro Ban | 6 |
| Silver Star Racing | 51 | Kotoka Goibuchi | 2–3 |
| Silver Star Racing | 51 | Lee Jung Woo | 5 |
| Silver Star Racing | 51 | Kohei Tokumasu | 6 |
| Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 52 | Hiroki Kokuzawa | 1–4 |
| Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave | 52 | Miki Koyama | 6 |
| Le Beausset Motorsports | 60 | Kohta Kawaai | All |
| Le Beausset Motorsports | 61 | Reiji Hiraki | All |
| Le Beausset Motorsports | 62 | Yuya Hiraki | All |
| Skill Speed | 66 | Riku Hashimoto | All |
| leprix sport | 70 | Yuya Taira | All |
| Reon Kids Racing | 73 | Kotoka Goibuchi | 6 |
| Team Plus 10 ・ NRS | 83 | Ryosuke Takehira | All |
| Zap Speed Racing Team | 86 | Toshihiko Hachiro "Osaka Hachiro" | 1–2, 4 5–6 |
| Succeed Sports | 88 | Shintaro Kawabata | All |
| Succeed Sports | 89 | Ryota Kiyohara | 1–3 |

## Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events. The Autopolis round, initially scheduled for May 22nd, has been cancelled in the aftermath of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. On July 1, it was finally decided that one of the cancelled races will be held at the fourth round at Fuji and the other at the season finale at Motegi, both rounds becoming triple-header rounds.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 9 April | Shintaro Kawabata | Sena Sakaguchi | Shintaro Kawabata | Succeed Sports |
| 1 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 10 April | Shintaro Kawabata | Mizuki Ishizaka | Shintaro Kawabata | Succeed Sports |
| 2 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3 May | Ritomo Miyata | Shintaro Kawabata | Kazuto Kotaka | TOM'S Spirit |
| 2 | R2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 4 May | Shinji Sawada | Kazuto Kotaka | Kazuto Kotaka | TOM'S Spirit |
| 3 | R1 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 23 July | Kazuto Kotaka | Toshiki Oyu | Toshiki Oyu | Rn-sports |
| 3 | R2 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 24 July | Kazuto Kotaka | Kazuto Kotaka | Kazuto Kotaka | TOM'S Spirit |
| 4 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 6 August | Ritomo Miyata | Takuro Shinohara | Ritomo Miyata | TOM'S Spirit |
| 4 | R2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 7 August | Kazuto Kotaka | Tomoki Takahashi | Ritomo Miyata | TOM'S Spirit |
| 4 | R3 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 7 August | Takuro Shinohara | Ritomo Miyata | Yuya Hiraki | Le Beausset Motorsports |
| 5 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 27 August | Takuya Otaki | Sena Sakaguchi | Takuya Otaki | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 5 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 28 August | Toshiki Oyu | Toshiki Oyu | Toshiki Oyu | Rn-sports |
| 6 | R1 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 12 November | Toshiki Oyu | Takuro Shinohara | Kohta Kawaai | Le Beausset Motorsports |
| 6 | R2 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 12 November | Toshiki Oyu | Ritomo Miyata | Sena Sakaguchi | Honda Formula Dream Project |
| 6 | R3 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 13 November | Takuro Shinohara | Ritomo Miyata | Yuya Hiraki | Le Beausset Motorsports |

## Championship standings

Only the best thirteen results counts towards the championship. Points are 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 | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUZ | MOT | MOT | MOT | Points |
| 1 | Ritomo Miyata | 5 | Ret | Ret | 2 | DSQ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 142 |
| 2 | Sena Sakaguchi | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 15 | 138 |
| 3 | Toshiki Oyu | 8 | 4 | Ret | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 126 |
| 4 | Mizuki Ishizaka | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 119 |
| 5 | Kazuto Kotaka | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 7 | Ret | 24 | 4 | 16 | 113 |
| 6 | Yuya Hiraki | Ret | 5 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 106 |
| 7 | Shinji Sawada | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 28 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 106 |
| 8 | Takuro Shinohara | 12 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 80 |
| 9 | Shintaro Kawabata | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 78 |
| 10 | Shunsuke Kohno | 7 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 64 |
| 11 | Kohta Kawaai | Ret | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 9 | Ret | 56 |
| 12 | Takuya Otaki | Ret | 15 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 55 |
| 13 | Yuki Nemoto | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 7 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 53 |
| 14 | Yuta Kamimura | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 28 | 14 | 21 | Ret | 10 | 18 | 45 |
| 15 | Tomoki Takahashi | 11 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 4 | | | | 30 |
| 17 | Yuya Taira | 16 | 18 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 24 | 24 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 4 | Ret | 27 | 14 |
| 18 | Turbo Asahi | 14 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 21 | Ret | 18 | 9 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 16 | 20 | 9 |
| 19 | Yuki Urata | 22 | 30 | 13 | Ret | | | | | | | | 6 | 32 | Ret | 8 |
| 20 | Reiji Hiraki | 25 | 13 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 32 | 23 | Ret | 11 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| 21 | Takuma Abe | 30 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 26 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 12 | DSQ | DSQ | 6 |
| 22 | Junpei Kato | | | 17 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 15 | Ret | 19 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 6 |
| 23 | Yuga Katsumata | | | 22 | Ret | 17 | 20 | 15 | Ret | 8 | 22 | 22 | 32 | DNS | DNS | 4 |
| 24 | Ryota Kiyohara | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 25 | Seiya Jin | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 24 | 19 | 2 |
| 26 | Riku Hashimoto | 19 | 20 | 19 | Ret | 18 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 23 | Ret | 26 | 1 |
| 27 | Ryosuke Takehira | 20 | 21 | 23 | Ret | 13 | 19 | 11 | 20 | Ret | 23 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| 28 | Yuya Tezuka | | | | | | | 23 | 10 | Ret | | | | | | 1 |
| 29 | Rikiya Kanazawa | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 19 | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | "Dragon" | 18 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 29 | 21 | 19 | Ret | 21 | 23 | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Miku Ikejima | | | 24 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 11 | | | 27 | 25 | Ret | 0 |
| 32 | Miki Koyama | Ret | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 28 | 21 | 24 | 0 |
| 33 | Hiroki Kokuzawa | 31 | 23 | 14 | 32 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 26 | 12 | | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Do Yun Hwang | 17 | 25 | 28 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 24 | 18 | Ret | 21 | 0 |
| 35 | Yuichi Sasaki | | | 30 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 13 | | | Ret | 27 | 28 | 0 |
| 36 | Kuninori Nakane | 26 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 24 | Ret | 29 | 29 | 14 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 28 | Ret | 0 |
| 37 | Shigetomo Shimono000 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 24 | Ret | 16 | 22 | 16 | 18 | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | | | 27 | 32 | 15 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 0 |
| 39 | Kohei Tokumasu | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 17 | 22 | 0 |
| 40 | Kotoka Goibuchi | | | 25 | 21 | 26 | 25 | | | | | | 17 | 22 | 23 | 0 |
| 41 | Satoshi Anbe | | | 26 | 30 | | | 22 | 35 | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| 42 | Hiroki Inui | 23 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Lee Jung Woo | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 26 | | | | 0 |
| 44 | Toshihiko Hachiro "Osaka Hachiro" | 29 | 31 | 32 | 31 | | | 31 | 34 | 20 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| 45 | Takashi Hata | 21 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 25 | 30 | 23 | 28 | 25 | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Ayaka Imahashi | 24 | 22 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | "Yugo" | 28 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 31 | Ret | 31 | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| 48 | "Syuji" | | | | | 25 | 27 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | OKA | OKA | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | SUZ | SUZ | MOT | 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 | Team | Pts. |
| 1 | Honda Formula Dream Project | 203 |
| 2 | TOM'S Spirit | 182 |
| 3 | Rn-sports | 125 |
| 4 | Le Beausset Motorsports | 99 |
| 5 | B-Max Racing Team | 91 |
| 6 | Field Motorsport | 79 |
| 7 | Succeed Sports | 76 |
| 8 | Media Do Kageyama Racing | 63 |
| 9 | KCMG | 53 |
| 10 | Sutekina Racing Team | 30 |
| 11 | Leprix Sport | 14 |
| 12 | Eagle Sport | 9 |
| 13 | Buzz International | 8 |
| 14 | Garage Chabatake | 6 |
| 15 | CMS Motorsports Project | 4 |
| 16 | RSS | 2 |
| 17 | Skill Speed | 1 |
| 18 | Team Plus 10 NRS | 1 |