# 2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship

The 2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers were competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This was the inaugural season of the championship, and was promoted by K2 Planet.
The season started on 1 August at Fuji Speedway and ran until 13 December.

## Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers competed using the Dome F111/3 Regional F3 car.
| Team | No. | Driver | Status | Rounds |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 3 | Sena Sakaguchi | | 1, 3–6 |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 5 | Yu Kanamaru | | 1, 6 |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 5 | Miku Ikejima | | 3 |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 8 | Takuro Shinohara | | 1 |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 8 | Mizuki Ishizaka | | 5 |
| Sutekina Racing Team | 8 | Miku Ikejima | | 6 |
| Eagle Sport | 4 | Nobuhiro Imada | M | 1 |
| JMS Racing | 4 | Nobuhiro Imada | M | 2–5 |
| Super License | 5 | Takashi Hata | | 5 |
| Super License | 6 | Tomoki Takahashi | | 1–3 |
| Super License | 6 | Ai Miura | | 4–5 |
| Zap Speed | 8 | Yuki Nemoto | | 2 |
| Zap Speed | 8 | Riki Okusa | | 3 |
| Zap Speed | 86 | Hachiro Osaka | M | 1 |
| Zap Speed | 86 | Miki Koyama | | 3 |
| Rn-sports | 11 | Masayuki Ueda | M | 1–5 |
| B-Max Engineering | 13 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | M | 1, 3 |
| B-Max Engineering | 27 | Syuji | M | 1–5 |
| B-Max Engineering | 30 | "Dragon" | M | 1–5 |
| N-SPEED | 23 | Yugo | M | 3 |
| TOM'S Youth | 28 | Yuga Furutani | | All |
| CMS motor sports project | 34 | Masaru Miura | M | 1, 4 |
| Saccess Racing | 39 | Daichi Okamoto | | 3 |
| Team Goh | 55 | Satoshi Motoyama | | 6 |
| Field Racing | 78 | Ryohei Sakaguchi | | 1 |
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## Race calendar

The initial calendar was announced on 27 December 2019. After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of two races, a revised schedule was announced on 17 June 2020, with 14 races across 6 meetings, starting on 1 August and running until December.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | 1 August | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | The One Make Race Festival |
| 1 | R2 | Fuji Speedway | 1 August | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | The One Make Race Festival |
| 1 | R3 | Fuji Speedway | 2 August | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | The One Make Race Festival |
| 2 | R4 | Sportsland SUGO | 22 August | Tomoki Takahashi | Tomoki Takahashi | Tomoki Takahashi | Super License | SUGO Champion Cup |
| 2 | R5 | Sportsland SUGO | 23 August | Tomoki Takahashi | Yuga Furutani | Yuki Nemoto | Zap Speed | SUGO Champion Cup |
| 2 | R6 | Sportsland SUGO | 23 August | Tomoki Takahashi | Tomoki Takahashi | Tomoki Takahashi | Super License | SUGO Champion Cup |
| 3 | R7 | Fuji Speedway | 5 September | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | Super Taikyu |
| 3 | R8 | Fuji Speedway | 5 September | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | Super Taikyu |
| 4 | R9 | Twin Ring Motegi | 19 September | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | Motegi Champion Cup |
| 4 | R10 | Twin Ring Motegi | 20 September | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | Motegi Champion Cup |
| 5 | R11 | Okayama International Circuit | 1 November | Sena Sakaguchi | Yuga Furutani | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | Super Taikyu |
| 5 | R12 | Okayama International Circuit | 1 November | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | Super Taikyu |
| 6 | R13 | Autopolis | 12 December | Yuga Furutani | Yuga Furutani | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | Super Taikyu |
| 6 | R14 | Autopolis | 12 December | Yuga Furutani | Yuga Furutani | Sena Sakaguchi | Sutekina Racing Team | Super Taikyu |

## Championship standings
### Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten drivers.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' championship

| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUG | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA | OKA | AUT | AUT | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| 1 | Sena Sakaguchi | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 275 |
| 2 | Yuga Furutani | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 223 |
| 3 | Tomoki Takahashi | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 139 |
| 4 | Masayuki Ueda | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | 79 |
| 5 | Nobuhiro Imada | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | | | 77 |
| 6 | "Dragon" | DNS | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | | | 76 |
| 7 | Yu Kanamaru | 2 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 75 |
| 8 | Yuki Nemoto | | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 58 |
| 9 | Takuro Shinohara | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 43 |
| 10 | "Syuji" | 12 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | | | 41 |
| 11 | Ai Miura | | | | | | | | | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | | | 39 |
| 12 | Mizuki Ishizaka | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | 30 |
| 13 | Ryohei Sakaguchi | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 |
| 14 | Riki Okusa | | | | | | | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | 25 |
| 15 | Miku Ikejima | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | | | | | 5 | 4 | 25 |
| 16 | Satoshi Motoyama | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 17 | Daichi Okamoto | | | | | | | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | 20 |
| 18 | Takashi Hata | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 6 | | | 18 |
| 19 | Masaru Miura | 8 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | 5 | Ret | | | | | 17 |
| 20 | Miki Koyama | | | | | | | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | 16 |
| 21 | Hachiro Osaka | 10 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 22 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 11 | 13 | 12 | | | | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 23 | "Yugo" | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUG | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA | OKA | AUT | AUT | | Pts |

### Masters class

| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUG | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA | OKA | AUT | AUT | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| 1 | Nobuhiro Imada | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | | | 220 |
| 2 | Masayuki Ueda | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | 219 |
| 3 | "Dragon" | DNS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | | | 202 |
| 4 | "Syuji" | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | 142 |
| 5 | Masaru Miura | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | Ret | | | | | 63 |
| 6 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 44 |
| 21 | Hachiro Osaka | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 8 | "Yugo" | | | | | | | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | 20 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUG | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA | OKA | AUT | AUT | | Pts |

### Teams' standings

| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUG | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA | OKA | AUT | AUT | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| 1 | Sutekina Racing Team | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 275 |
| 2 | TOM'S Youth | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 237 |
| 3 | Super License | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 3 | | | 191 |
| 4 | B-Max Engineering | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | 106 |
| 5 | Rn-sports | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | | | 103 |
| 6 | Zap Speed | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | 91 |
| 7 | JMS Racing | | | | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | 78 |
| 8 | Field Racing | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 39 |
| 9 | Team Goh | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | CMS motor sports project | 6 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | 5 | Ret | | | | | 28 |
| 11 | Eagle Sports | 5 | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 12 | Saccess Racing | | | | | | | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 22 |
| 13 | N-SPEED | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | 6 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | SUG | SUG | SUG | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA | OKA | AUT | AUT | | Pts |