2025 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2025 F4 Japanese Championship season was the eleventh season of the F4 Japanese Championship.

This was the second season for the second-generation MCSC-24 chassis constructed by Toray Carbon Magic, and TOM'S TMA43 engine which produces 180 horsepower.[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams competed with an identical Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 chassis and TOM'S 2-litre naturally aspirated engine.[1]

Team No. Driver Rounds
Champion Class
Team 5ZIGEN 3 Sena Yamamoto[2] 1–3, 6
Buzz Racing 7 Aoto Nagahara[3] 3, 5
TGM Grand Prix 8 Leon Ochiai[4] All
53 Shota Sakai[4] All
Zap Speed 14 Masaki Murata[2] All
HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 15 Ryusho Nakazato[2] 2–6
16 Ryo Shirasaki[2] All
17 Itsuki Sato[2] All
Akiland Racing 19 Keito Matsui[2] All
TGR-DC Racing School 28 Kiyoshi Umegaki[5] All
29 Tokiya Suzuki[5] All
35 Megumu Suzuki[5] All
36 Takahiro Kikuchi[5] All
37 Masana Muto[5] All
38 Yuzuki Miura[5] All
Drago Corse 33 Yuta Suzuki[2] All
34 Fuki Tanaka[2] All
B-Max Racing Team[a]
HFDP with B-Max Racing Team[a]
43 Tosei Moriyama[6] All
50 Kotaro Shimbara[7] All
51 Syo Momose[7] All
52 Ayato Iwasaki[8] All
Ponos Racing 45 Ryota Horachi[9] All
54 Ryuma Sako[9] All
Fujita Pharmacy Racing 46 Shouma Arimura[2] All
Ragno Motor Sport 48 Lin Chenghua[2] 1–2
Kaoru Yoshida[10] 4
OTG Motor Sports 60 Kenta Kumagai[11] All
80 Miki Onaga[11] All
HELM Motorsports 62 Haruto Nakai[12] All
63 Fuji Kishi[12] All
Skill Speed 77 Yasumasa Kano[2] 1
Dr Dry Racing Team 87 Rio Shimono[2] 1–3, 5–6
Rikuto Toyoshima[10] 4
Bionic Jack Racing 97 Ai Miura[2] All
Independent Class
Day Dream Racing 4 Yuichi Sasaki[2] All
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Motohiro Kotani[2] 1–3, 6
Buzz Racing 6 "Ken Alex"[2] All
7 Hitoshi Sakai[2] 1
Rn-sports 10 Isao Nakashima[2] All
11 Masayuki Ueda[2] All
74 Kentaro Kojima[2] All
Eagle Racing 21 Tadakazu Kojima[2] All
40 Shoichiro Akamatsu[2] All
N-Speed 23 "Yugo"[2] All
B-Max Racing Team 30 "Dragon"[8] All
44 Nobuhiro Imada[8] All
88 Kazutaka Miura[8] 2–4
Yasuhiro Shimizu 5–6
Field Motorsport 55 "Kentaro"[2] All
HELM Motorsports 61 William Sakai[12] All
64 Go Shimizu[12] 1–3, 6
Akiland Racing 71 Masayoshi Oyama[2] All
96 Makio Saito[2] All
Dr Dry Racing Team 86 Hachiro Osaka[2] All
Bionic Jack Racing 98 "Ikari"[2] All

Race calendar and results

All rounds are held in Japan and support the Super GT events in Japan, except for Okayama.[13]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Class winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Ryo Shirasaki Itsuki Sato Tokiya Suzuki TGR-DC Racing School "Kentaro"
R2 4 May Ryo Shirasaki Ryo Shirasaki Ryo Shirasaki HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing "Dragon"
R3 Ryo Shirasaki Itsuki Sato HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing "Kentaro"
2 R4 2 August Itsuki Sato Tokiya Suzuki Itsuki Sato HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing "Dragon"
R5 3 August Itsuki Sato Itsuki Sato Itsuki Sato HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing "Dragon"
3 R6 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 23 August Kotaro Shimbara Tosei Moriyama Itsuki Sato HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing "Dragon"
R7 24 August Kotaro Shimbara Itsuki Sato Kotaro Shimbara HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Nobuhiro Imada
4 R8 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 20 September Tokiya Suzuki Itsuki Sato Tokiya Suzuki TGR-DC Racing School "Kentaro"
R9 Tokiya Suzuki Itsuki Sato Tokiya Suzuki TGR-DC Racing School "Kentaro"
R10 21 September Itsuki Sato Itsuki Sato HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Nobuhiro Imada
5 R11 Autopolis, Hita 18–19 October Tokiya Suzuki Tokiya Suzuki Tokiya Suzuki TGR-DC Racing School "Kentaro"
R12 Tosei Moriyama Ryo Shirasaki Ryo Shirasaki HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing Nobuhiro Imada
6 R13 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 1 November Kotaro Shimbara Kotaro Shimbara Kotaro Shimbara HFDP with B-Max Racing Team Yasuhiro Shimizu
R14 2 November Itsuki Sato Itsuki Sato Ryo Shirasaki HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing "Kentaro"

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 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4[b] R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
1 Tokiya Suzuki 1 3 3 26 7 3 6 1 1 2 1 4 2 4 219
2 Itsuki Sato 11 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 5 Ret 14 212.5
3 Ryo Shirasaki 8 1 23 3 3 7 10 4 3 3 4 1 7 1 168.5
4 Kotaro Shimbara 21 6 13 2 2 2 1 13 5 16 8 8 1 7 127
5 Ryota Horachi 5 5 24 7 4 4 4 14 12 Ret 7 6 3 5 98
6 Syo Momose 6 21 6 4 5 6 3 9 11 6 6 3 13 6 96
7 Kiyoshi Umegaki 2 10 4 25 9 25 11 6 7 4 11 11 4 2 89
8 Tosei Moriyama 3 4 2 6 6 16 14 16 13 20 5 2 9 12 88
9 Kenta Kumagai Ret Ret 17 10 13 5 5 3 9 5 10 9 12 18 50.5
10 Ryuma Sako 12 11 8 5 8 24 8 12 4 18 20 24 6 11 37
11 Megumu Suzuki 9 7 11 20 21 10 12 7 8 8 12 12 8 8 31
12 Yuzuki Miura 14 13 Ret 22 15 27 9 15 16 14 15 10 5 3 28
13 Leon Ochiai 23 14 10 11 11 26 Ret 5 6 7 19 15 Ret 9 27
14 Ayato Iwasaki 4 19 5 24 10 13 15 23 15 17 13 13 17 20 23
15 Masana Muto 15 Ret DNQ DNS 19 12 17 17 21 10 3 7 18 19 22
16 Keito Matsui 10 Ret 12 19 22 8 7 8 14 12 WD WD 15 Ret 15
17 Yuta Suzuki 16 8 7 13 14 Ret 27 11 10 13 25 22 14 13 11
18 Fuki Tanaka 7 Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 23 18 18 15 17 16 10 10 8
19 Takahiro Kikuchi Ret 15 15 17 18 9 29 10 24 24 9 14 16 26 5
20 Haruto Nakai 22 9 22 9 27 11 19 28 25 23 19 18 19 15 3
21 Fuji Kishi 24 16 18 8 26 15 26 27 26 21 22 DNS 20 21 2
22 Sena Yamamoto 20 12 9 21 16 14 18 25 25 2
23 Rikuto Toyoshima 19 17 9 2
24 Shota Sakai 18 18 14 23 23 23 13 22 24 11 16 17 23 16 0
25 Masaki Murata Ret Ret DNS 16 28 18 28 21 25 19 23 21 13 Ret 0
26 Miki Onaga 13 Ret 20 18 20 22 24 20 23 Ret 21 19 22 23 0
27 Ryusho Nakazato 14 25 19 16 24 Ret 26 Ret 23 27 Ret 0
28 Rio Shimono 17 DNS 16 DNS 24 20 21 15 27 24 24 0
29 Ai Miura 19 17 19 15 17 17 20 26 20 25 24 25 21 17 0
30 Kaoru Yoshida Ret 19 22 0
31 Shouma Arimura Ret Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 28 25 25 22 27 Ret 20 26 22 0
32 Lin Chenghua DNQ 20 Ret DNQ DNQ 0
33 Aoto Nagahara 21 22 26 26 0
34 Yasumasa Kano DNQ DNQ 21 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4[b] R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

† — Did not finish but classified

Independent Class

Pos Driver FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4[b] R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
1 Nobuhiro Imada 2 4 Ret 2 2 3 1 3 5 1 2 1 2 2 226
2 "Kentaro" 1 3 1 3 Ret 5 2 1 1 Ret 1 3 5 1 225.5
3 "Dragon" Ret 1 5 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 4 Ret 13 3 190.5
4 Masayuki Ueda DNQ DNQ DNQ 6 3 2 4 5 4 5 3 4 6 15 116
5 "Ken Alex" 4 15 2 5 5 4 13 15 11 2 7 5 4 7 109
6 Isao Nakashima 3 2 3 4 8 Ret Ret 4 3 9 8 Ret 10 11 92
7 Shoichiro Akamatsu 8 13 Ret 11 7 6 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 5 72
8 Makio Saito 5 8 4 Ret 4 8 Ret 6 6 4 11 12 14 10 71
9 William Sakai 7 6 7 8 Ret 9 9 10 9 8 Ret 8 3 4 64
10 Yasuhiro Shimizu 5 2 1 9 55
11 Go Shimizu 13 10 11 7 14 7 5 8 6 32
12 "Ikari" 11 5 8 12 15 12 16 7 7 10 12 9 Ret Ret 29
13 Masayoshi Oyama 6 9 6 DNQ DNQ 11 14 9 15 11 14 10 11 12 21
14 Yuichi Sasaki 12 14 10 10 10 14 11 11 13 7 10 11 9 8 15.5
15 Motohiro Kotani Ret 7 Ret Ret 12 15 6 12 14 14
16 Kentaro Kojima 10 12 Ret 13 11 13 8 12 10 13 9 7 Ret 13 14
17 Tadakazu Kojima Ret 17 9 13 6 10 10 WD WD WD WD WD WD WD 12
18 Hachiro Osaka 9 11 13 9 13 16 Ret 14 14 12 13 13 DNQ DNQ 3
19 Kazutaka Miura 14 9 Ret 12 13 12 14 2
20 Hitoshi Sakai 14 16 12 0
21 "Yugo" DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 15 16 16 15 15 14 DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4[b] R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Champion Class

Pos Driver FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4[b] R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
1 HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing 8 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 7 1 269.5
2 TGR-DC Racing School 1 3 3 17 7 3 6 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 225
3 HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 6 6 6 2 2 2 1 9 5 6 6 3 1 6 168
4 Ponos Racing 5 5 8 5 4 4 4 12 4 18 7 6 3 5 116
5 B-Max Racing Team 3 4 2 6 6 14 14 16 13 17 5 2 9 12 87
6 OTG Motor Sports 14 Ret 17 10 13 5 5 3 9 5 10 9 11 18 49.5
7 TGM Grand Prix 18 14 10 11 11 23 13 5 6 7 16 15 23 9 27
8 Drago Corse 7 8 7 12 12 Ret 23 11 10 13 17 16 10 10 19
9 Akiland Racing 10 Ret 12 19 22 8 7 8 14 12 WD WD 15 Ret 13
10 HELM Motorsports 23 9 18 8 26 11 19 27 26 21 18 18 19 15 4
11 Team 5ZIGEN 21 12 9 21 16 14 18 25 25 2
12 Dr Dry Racing Team 17 DNS 16 DNS 24 20 21 19 17 9 15 27 24 24 2
13 Zap Speed Ret Ret DNS 16 28 18 28 21 25 19 23 21 13 Ret 0
14 Bionic Jack Racing 20 17 19 15 17 17 20 26 20 25 24 25 21 17 0
15 Ragno Motor Sport DNQ 20 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 19 22 0
16 Fujita Pharmacy Racing Ret Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 28 25 25 22 27 Ret 20 26 22 0
17 Buzz Racing 21 22 25 26 0
18 Skill Speed DNQ DNQ 21 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4[b] R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT

Independent Class

Pos Driver FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4[b] R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
1 B-Max Racing Team 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 287.5
2 Field Motorsport 1 3 1 3 Ret 5 2 1 1 Ret 1 3 5 1 225.5
3 Rn-sports 3 2 3 4 3 2 4 4 3 5 3 4 6 11 171
4 Buzz Racing 4 15 2 5 5 4 13 15 11 2 7 5 4 7 109
5 HELM Motorsports 7 6 7 6 14 7 5 10 9 8 Ret 8 3 4 77
6 Eagle Racing 8 13 9 11 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 5 76
7 Akiland Racing 5 8 4 Ret 4 8 14 9 6 4 11 10 11 10 72
8 Bionic Jack Racing 11 5 8 12 15 12 16 7 7 10 12 9 Ret Ret 29
9 Day Dream Racing 12 14 10 10 10 14 11 11 13 7 10 11 9 8 15.5
10 Team 5ZIGEN Ret 7 Ret Ret 12 15 6 12 14 14
11 Dr Dry Racing Team 9 11 13 9 13 16 Ret 14 14 12 13 13 DNQ DNQ 3
12 N-Speed DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 15 16 16 15 15 14 DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4[b] R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT

Notes

  1. ^ a b Car No. 43 & No. 52 entered as B-Max Racing Team, and car No. 50 & No. 51 entered as HFDP with B-Max Racing Team.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Only five of the 14 laps were completed, less than 75% of the race distance, thus half points were awarded.

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