The 2024 F4 Japanese Championship season was the tenth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 3 May at Fuji Speedway and finished on 8 December at Suzuka International Racing Course.
This was the first season for the second-generation MCSC-24 chassis constructed by Toray Carbon Magic, and the new TOM'S TMA43 engine which produces 180 horsepower, 20 more than its predecessor.
Teams and drivers All teams were compete with an identical Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 chassis and TOM'S 2-litre naturally aspirated engine.
Team Driver Rounds Champion Class Akiland Racing 2 Aoto Nagahara 5 90 Lin Chenghua All Rn-sports 10 Hibiki Komatsu 1 Zap Speed 14 Masaki Murata All HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 16 Kotaro Shimbara All Falcon Motorsport 26 Takumi Saigusa 1–3, 6–7 Drago Corse 33 Itsuki Sato All 34 Hironobu Shimizu All TGR-DC Racing School 35 Yuki Sano All 36 Kazuhisa Urabe All 37 Tokiya Suzuki All 38 Kiyoshi Umegaki All PONOS Racing 45 Kento Omiya All 54 Rintaro Sato All Fujita Pharmacy Racing 46 Shouma Arimura AllHFDP with B-Max Racing Team 50 Yuto Nomura All 51 Ryota Horachi All TGM Grand Prix 53 Shota Sakai 7 OTG Motor Sports 60 Kenta Kumagai All HELM Motorsports 62 Tosei Moriyama All 64 "" 1–2, 5 Ethan Ho 3 Skill Speed 77 Daiki Matsuda 1–4, 7 Dr.Dry 87 Rio Shimono All Bionic Jack Racing 97 Ryo Shirasaki All Independent Class Akiland Racing2 Keiji Nakao 1–3 71 Masayoshi Oyama All 96 Makio Saito All DayDream Racing 4 Yuichi Sasaki All Team 5ZIGEN 5 Motohiro Kotani All Buzz Racing 9 "" All Rn-sports 10 Isao Nakashima 2–7 11 Masayuki Ueda All Eagle Sports 21 Tadakazu Kojima 7 40 Shoichiro Akamatsu All N-SPEED 23 "” All B-Max Racing Team 30 "Dragon" All 44 Nobuhiro Imada All Field Motorsports 55 "Kentaro" All Zap Speed 57 Anri Sugihara 6 HELM Motorsports 61 William Sakai 1–3, 7 63 Yutaka Toriba All Dr.Dry 86 Hachiro Osaka All Bionic Jack Racing 98 "Ikari" All
Race calendar and results All rounds were held in Japan and supported the Super GT events. On 28 August 2024, it was announced that the 2nd Suzuka round was postponed to 7–8 December due to the threat of Typhoon Shanshan. After Race 11 was not held due to bad weather in Autopolis, the race was moved to the Mobility Resort Motegi round. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Kotaro Shimbara Ryota Horachi Yuki SanoTGR-DC Racing School "Dragon" R2 4 May Tosei Moriyama Hironobu Shimizu Tosei MoriyamaHELM Motorsports "Kentaro" 2 R3 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 1 June Yuto Nomura Ryota Horachi Yuto NomuraHFDP with B-Max Racing Team Nobuhiro Imada R4 2 June Yuto Nomura Tosei Moriyama Yuto NomuraHFDP with B-Max Racing Team "Dragon" 3 R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 August Ryota Horachi Ryota Horachi Ryota HorachiHFDP with B-Max Racing Team Yutaka Toriba R6 4 August Ryota Horachi Ryota Horachi Hironobu ShimizuDrago Corse "Kentaro" 4 R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 21 September Yuki Sano Kento Omiya Yuki SanoTGR-DC Racing School Nobuhiro Imada R10 22 September Yuki Sano Yuki Sano Yuki SanoTGR-DC Racing School Nobuhiro Imada 5 R11 Autopolis, Hita 19 October The race was cancelled due to severe bad weather. The race was rescheduled to the next round in Motegi. R12 20 October Yuto Nomura Yuto Nomura Yuto NomuraHFDP with B-Max Racing Team "Dragon" 6 R11 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 2 November Ryota Horachi Kiyoshi Umegaki Yuto NomuraHFDP with B-Max Racing Team "Dragon" R13 Ryota Horachi Yuto Nomura Yuto NomuraHFDP with B-Max Racing Team Nobuhiro Imada R14 3 November Yuto Nomura Yuto NomuraHFDP with B-Max Racing Team "Dragon" 7 R7 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 7 December Ryota Horachi Yuto Nomura Yuto NomuraHFDP with B-Max Racing Team Yutaka Toriba R8 8 December Ryota Horachi Tosei Moriyama Kotaro ShimbaraHYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Yutaka Toriba
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 Champion Class Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10 R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R81 Yuto Nomura 2 DNS 1 1 3 8 7 4 C 1 1 1 1 1 22362 Ryota Horachi 3 DNS 2 3 1 2 8 5 C 4 2 3 4 3 DSQ1673 Kotaro Shimbara Ret 4 3 4 7 4 9 8 C 3 7 2 2 4 11534 Yuki Sano 1 DNS 11 6 10 7 1 1 C 2 3 7 3 2 51475 Tosei Moriyama 15 1 4 2 2 11 10 9 C Ret 15 Ret 11 5 3996 Hironobu Shimizu 4 2 5 5 4 1 13 13 C 11 9 17 9 7 Ret977 Kiyoshi Umegaki Ret DNS 9 7 6 5 6 10 C 5 6 6 8 9 4788 Rintaro Sato 14 DNS 6 9 18 6 3 6 C 7 17 8 6 6 6709 Kento Omiya 12 DNS 7 8 11 3 2 2 C 8 4 4 17 11 Ret6810 Tokiya Suzuki 7 DNS 12 13 5 16 5 7 C 6 10 16 7 16 74711 Kazuhisa Urabe 5 DNS 8 10 20 Ret 4 3 C 9 13 5 Ret 14 Ret3912 Itsuki Sato Ret 3 10 11 9 10 11 12 C 10 8 10 5 13 93713 Ryo Shirasaki 6 Ret 13 21 8 12 14 18 C 12 5 15 10 8 Ret2714 Kenta Kumagai 10 5 18 12 12 9 15 19 C 15 12 Ret 12 12 81715 Takumi Saigusa 8 7 16 18 DNS DNS Ret 12 15 19 Ret1016 Hibiki Komatsu Ret 6817 Daiki Matsuda 9 8 20 14 14 15 16 16 WD WD618 Rio Shimono Ret 11 15 19 13 Ret 12 11 C 13 11 9 13 10 11319 "" Ret 9 14 15 C WD220 Lin Chenghua Ret 10 21 20 19 Ret 19 17 C 16 18 14 16 18 14121 Shota Sakai 15 10122 Masaki Murata 13 Ret 19 16 15 17 17 14 C 17 14 11 14 Ret 12023 Shouma Arimura 11 DNS 18 17 17 14 18 15 C 18 16 13 18 17 13024 Ethan Ho 16 13025 Aoto Nagahara C 140 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10 R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish but classified
Independent Class Pos Driver FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10 R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R81 "Dragon" 1 DNS 2 1 9 4 3 2 C 1 1 7 1 Ret 32022 Nobuhiro Imada WD WD 1 2 5 3 1 1 C 3 2 1 15 2 2199.53 Makio Saito 7 2 4 5 Ret 2 11 6 C 6 4 5 4 13 61184 "Kentaro" 4 1 3 7 2 1 Ret 9 C 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 71145 Yutaka Toriba 13 6 1 Ret 7 11 C 12 9 2 13 1 11096 Masayuki Ueda WD WD 6 4 3 8 6 5 C 5 3 9 2 Ret 51077 Isao Nakashima 5 3 7 6 4 4 C 4 8 4 10 Ret 4988 Shoichiro Akamatsu 6 6 8 16 6 7 5 7 C 8 5 14 5 3 8909 "Ken Alex" 9 7 Ret 10 4 10 2 3 C 2 7 3 11 11 1486.510 "Ikari" 3 5 7 9 8 5 9 12 C 13 13 12 3 5 117411 Masayoshi Oyama 5 Ret 12 13 12 9 8 8 C 10 14 6 8 9 93612 Yuichi Sasaki WD WD 11 11 13 14 10 13 C 7 6 15 7 4 123313 Hachiro Osaka 10 4 14 12 14 13 12 10 C 11 11 10 6 6 1331.514 Motohiro Kotani 8 3 Ret 15 10 11 13 14 C Ret 10 11 14 7 172715 Keiji Nakao 2 10 Ret 8 11 DNS2316 "” 11 8 10 17 15 15 Ret 15 C 14 12 13 12 12 15517 Tadakazu Kojima 8 10518 William Sakai Ret 9 9 14 16 12 10 165— Anri Sugihara WD WD WD— Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10 R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2
Teams' standings Only the best finisher scored points for their team.
Champion Class Pos Team FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10 R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R81HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 2 DNS 1 1 1 2 7 4 C 1 1 1 1 1 22602TGR-DC Racing School 1 DNS 8 6 5 5 1 1 C 2 3 5 3 2 41703HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Ret 4 3 4 7 4 9 8 C 3 7 2 2 4 11534 Drago Corse 4 2 5 5 4 1 11 13 C 10 8 10 5 7 91155HELM Motorsports 15 1 4 2 2 11 10 9 C Ret 15 Ret 11 5 3996PONOS Racing 12 DNS 6 8 11 3 2 2 C 7 4 4 6 6 6997Bionic Jack Racing 6 Ret 13 21 8 12 14 18 C 12 5 15 10 8 Ret278OTG Motor Sports 10 5 18 12 12 9 15 19 C 15 12 Ret 12 12 8179Falcon Motorsport 8 7 16 18 DNS DNS Ret 12 15 19 Ret1010Rn-sports Ret 6811Skill Speed 9 8 20 14 14 15 16 16 WD WD612Dr. Dry Ret 11 15 19 13 Ret 12 11 C 13 11 9 13 10 11313Akiland Racing Ret 10 21 20 19 Ret 19 17 C 14 18 14 16 18 14115TGM Grand Prix 15 10114Zap Speed 13 Ret 19 16 15 17 17 14 C 17 14 11 14 Ret 120 Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10 R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2
Independent Class Pos Team FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10 R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R81B-Max Racing Team 1 DNS 1 1 5 3 1 1 C 1 1 1 1 2 2273.52Akiland Racing 2 2 4 5 11 2 8 6 C 6 4 5 4 9 61343Rn-sports WD WD 5 3 3 8 4 4 C 5 3 4 2 Ret 41354Field Motorsports 4 1 3 7 2 1 Ret 9 C 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 71145HELM Motorsports Ret 9 9 6 1 12 7 11 C 12 9 2 13 1 11136Eagle Sports 6 6 8 16 6 7 5 7 C 8 5 14 5 3 8907Buzz Racing 9 7 Ret 10 4 10 2 3 C 2 7 3 11 11 1486.58Bionic Jack Racing 3 5 7 9 8 5 9 12 C 13 13 12 3 5 11749DayDream Racing WD WD 11 11 13 14 10 14 C 7 6 15 7 4 123310Dr. Dry 10 4 14 12 14 13 12 10 C 11 11 10 6 6 1331.511Team 5ZIGEN 8 3 Ret 15 10 11 13 14 C Ret 10 11 14 7 172712N-SPEED 11 8 10 17 15 15 Ret 15 C 14 12 13 12 12 155—Zap Speed WD WD WD— Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R9 R10 R11 R12 R11 R13 R14 R7 R8 Pts FUJ1 SUZ1 FUJ2 SUG AUT MOT SUZ2
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