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2017 F4 Japanese Championship

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The 2017 F4 Japanese Championship was the third season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 7 April in Okayama and finished on 12 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.^[1] Ritomo Miyata defended his drivers' title successfully, continuing with TOM'S Spirit.^[2]

Championship standings

Only the best thirteen results counted towards the championship. Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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Drivers' standings

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Pos	Driver	OKA		FUJ1		AUT		SUG		FUJ2		SUZ		MOT		Points
1	Ritomo Miyata	2	6	1	1	3	4	Ret	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	231
2	Ukyo Sasahara	1	2	3	3	1	3	1	Ret	2	2	4	2	5	5	224
3	Yuki Tsunoda	3	1	11	5	9	2	5	Ret	1	4	1	3	8	4	173
4	Toshiki Oyu	24	5	2	2	2	1	Ret	Ret	DNS	1	3	4	Ret	1	166
5	Takuya Otaki	7	3	14	13	Ret	12	2	1	6	9	7	8	7	8	94
6	Shinji Sawada	5	4	Ret	7	13	23	4	4	25	Ret	18	14	3	2	85
7	Shunsuke Kohno	11	11	6	6	5	8	8	6	4	5	5	5	10	12	85
8	Kohta Kawaai	Ret	7	7	9	4	5	9	Ret	7	21	6	7	4	7	76
9	Takuro Shinohara	8	Ret	5	12	6	14	6	Ret	8	6	9	9	2	6	72
10	Tomoki Takahashi	4	9	4	4	7	19	7	5	13	27	Ret	13	11	13	60
11	Yuya Hiraki	6	8	10	8	8	6	10	7	5	7	8	DSQ	12	11	56
12	Mizuki Ishizaka	10	NC	20	10	27	7	3	2	12	17	11	15			41
13	Teppei Natori									9	8	Ret	6			14
14	Sota Ogawa													6	9	10
15	Togo Suganami	9	10	9	11	DNS	15	14	9	11	10	19	25	17	29	8
16	Reiji Hiraki	15	13	8	15	11	11	11	10	10	11	13	16	14	16	6
17	Kiryu Hosoda	17	22	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	12	8	15	15	23	11	32	10	5
18	Turbo Asahi	13	21	12	18	20	10	15	24	17	12	12	26	9	17	3
19	Yuki Urata			Ret	14	16	9	Ret	21	19	13	Ret	10	31	14	3
20	Seiya Jin	12	Ret	13	17	10	18	13	22	14	16	10	12			2
21	Junpei Kato	16	14	Ret	29	12	13	Ret	11					19	19	0
22	Rikiya Kanazawa	18	17	16	Ret	15	17	16	12	22	14	16	Ret	16	23	0
23	Hirokuni Kojima	14	12													0
24	Akash Gowda	21	18	17	20	Ret	16	23	13	16	20	15	Ret			0
25	Yuma Shoji													13	18	0
26	Kotoka Goibuchi	19	15	19	30			19	14	23	24					0
27	Wataru Yamaki											14	18			0
28	Ayumu Iwasa													15	15	0
29	Takeshi Ohi	20	16	18	23	Ret	20	17	15	18	18	17	19	21	24	0
30	Toshiki Haruyama	23	24	15	16	WD	WD									0
31	Chia Wing Hoong	29	20	21	19	17	Ret	18	16	21	19	22	20	26	22	0
32	Tatsuya Ota											20	17			0
33	Yuichi Sasaki			WD	WD			21	17	26	25					0
34	Miki Koyama	33	DSQ	23	22	18	21	Ret	DNS	20	30	21	21	20	20	0
35	Danial Frost													18	21	0
36	Gerhard Rickert	30	28	30	30	24	27	Ret	18	28	31	28	29	30	Ret	0
37	Keiji Nakao	27	19	24	24			DNS	19	Ret	23	25	23	23	32	0
38	Sho Onedera	26	25	25	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNS	24	26	24	22	24	26	0
39	Hiromichi Hayase	28	23	27	25	22	25	20	23	Ret	22	26	24	25	28	0
40	"Yugo"	32	30	29	28	26	28	22	20	27	28	27	28	29	31	0
41	Miku Ikejima	22	26	22	21											0
42	Takumi Ueki	WD	WD	Ret	Ret	21	24			WD	WD	WD	WD			0
43	"Dragon"					23	22									0
44	Takashi Hata									WD	WD	WD	WD	22	25	0
45	Motoyoshi Yoshida			26	26	25	26									0
46	Toshiki Komura	25	29	WD	WD											0
47	Hachiro Osaka	31	27	28	27					29	29	29	27	27	30	0
48	"Rising"													28	27	0
Pos	Driver	OKA		FUJ1		AUT		SUG		FUJ2		SUZ		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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

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Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
TOM'S Spirit	1	Ritomo Miyata^[4]	All
TOM'S Spirit	36	Sota Ogawa	7
Team Right Way	2	Keiji Nakao^[4]	1–2, 4–7
Sutekina Racing Team	3	Mizuki Ishizaka^[4]	1–6
Yuichi Sasaki	4	Yuichi Sasaki^[5]	2, 4–5
Honda Formula Dream Project	5	Toshiki Oyu^[4]	All
	6	Ukyo Sasahara^[6]	All
	7	Takuya Otaki^[4]	All
	8	Yuki Tsunoda^[4]	All
Field Motorsport	9	Toshiki Haruyama^[4]	1–3
	9	Takashi Hata	5–7
	25	Tomoki Takahashi^[4]	All
	55	Kiryu Hosoda^[4]	All
Rn-sports	11	Toshiki Komura^[4]	1–2
B-MAX Racing Team	13	Motoyoshi Yoshida^[5]	2–3
	13	Ayumu Iwasa	7
	50	Shinji Sawada^[4]	All
	68	Chia Wing Hoong^[4]	All
Media Do Kageyama Racing	15	Hiromichi Hayase^[4]	All
Media Do Kageyama Racing	16	Takuro Shinohara^[4]	All
Buzz International	17	Turbo Asahi^[4]	All
	18	Junpei Kato^[4]	1–4, 7
	18	Teppei Natori	5–6
	30	"Dragon"^[7]	3
VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr.	19	Akash Gowda^[8]	1–6
VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr.	63	Rikiya Kanazawa^[4]	All
RSS	21	Seiya Jin^[4]	1–6
N-SPEED	23	"Yugo"^[4]	All
Eagle Sport	27	Wataru Yamaki^[9]	6
Automotive Team MYST	29	Tatsuya Ota^[9]	6
HubAuto Racing	35	Shunsuke Kohno^[10]	All
HubAuto Racing	89	Yuma Shoji	7
Saccess Racing	38	Miku Ikejima^[5]	2
	39	Miku Ikejima^[4]	1
	39	Yuki Urata^[5]	2–7
NRS	44	Sho Onodera^[4]	All
	83	Takumi Ueki^[4]	1–3, 5–6
	83	"Rising"	7
Silver Star Racing	51	Hiroyuki Kojima^[4]	1
ARN Racing	54	Gerhard Rickert^[4]	All
Le Beausset Motorsports	60	Kohta Kawaai^[4]	All
	61	Reiji Hiraki^[4]	All
	62	Yuya Hiraki^[4]	All
leprix sport	70	Miki Koyama^[4]	All
C.S.I.-Reon Kids Racing	73	Kotoka Goibuchi^[4]	1–2, 4–5
Garage Chabatake	77	Takeshi Ohi^[4]	All
OTG Motor Sports	80	Togo Suganami^[4]	All
Zap Speed Racing Team	86	Hachiro Osaka^[4]	1–2, 5–7
Zap Speed Racing Team	99	Danial Frost	7

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	7 April	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ukyo Sasahara	Honda Formula Dream Project
1	R2	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	8 April	Ritomo Miyata	Toshiki Oyu	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project
2	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	3 May	Toshiki Oyu	Tomoki Takahashi	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S Spirit
2	R2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	4 May	Ritomo Miyata	Ukyo Sasahara	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S Spirit
3	R1	Autopolis, Hita	20 May	Ukyo Sasahara	Toshiki Oyu	Ukyo Sasahara	Honda Formula Dream Project
3	R2	Autopolis, Hita	21 May	Toshiki Oyu	Togo Suganami	Toshiki Oyu	Honda Formula Dream Project
4	R1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	22 July	Yuki Tsunoda	Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Honda Formula Dream Project
4	R2	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	23 July	Yuki Tsunoda	Ritomo Miyata	Takuya Otaki	Honda Formula Dream Project
5	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	5 August	Toshiki Oyu	Ritomo Miyata	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project
5	R2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	6 August	Toshiki Oyu	Ukyo Sasahara	Toshiki Oyu	Honda Formula Dream Project
6	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	26 August	Yuki Tsunoda	Yuki Tsunoda	Yuki Tsunoda	Honda Formula Dream Project
6	R2	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	27 August	Yuki Tsunoda	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S Spirit
7	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	11 November	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	TOM'S Spirit
7	R2	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	12 November	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Toshiki Oyu	Honda Formula Dream Project

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos	Tean	Pts.
1	Honda Formula Dream Project	314
2	TOM'S Spirit	231
3	Le Beausset Motorsports	102
4	B-Max Racing Team	85
5	HubAuto Racing	85
6	Media Do Kageyama Racing	72
7	Field Motorsport	61
8	Sutekina Racing Team	41
9	Buzz International	17
10	OTG Motor Sports	8
11	Saccess Racing	3
12	RSS	2

2017_F4_Japanese_Championship

2017 F4 Japanese Championship

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Race calendar and results

Championship standings

Drivers' standings

Teams' standings

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