2017 F4 Japanese Championship


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. Ritomo Miyata will defend his drivers' title, continuing with TOM'S Spirit.

Teams and drivers

The teams were announced on 11 March 2017.
TeamDriverRounds
TOM'S Spirit1 Ritomo MiyataAll
TOM'S Spirit36 Sota Ogawa7
Team Right Way2 Keiji Nakao1–2, 4–7
Sutekina Racing Team3 Mizuki Ishizaka1–6
Yuichi Sasaki4 Yuichi Sasaki2, 4–5
Honda Formula Dream Project5 Toshiki OyuAll
Honda Formula Dream Project6 Ukyo SasaharaAll
Honda Formula Dream Project7 Takuya OtakiAll
Honda Formula Dream Project8 Yuki TsunodaAll
Field Motorsport9 Toshiki Haruyama1–3
Field Motorsport9 Takashi Hata5–7
Field Motorsport25 Tomoki TakahashiAll
Field Motorsport55 Kiryu HosodaAll
Rn-sports11 Toshiki Komura1–2
B-MAX Racing Team13 Motoyoshi Yoshida2–3
B-MAX Racing Team13 Ayumu Iwasa7
B-MAX Racing Team50 Shinji SawadaAll
B-MAX Racing Team68 Chia Wing HoongAll
Media Do Kageyama Racing15 Hiromichi HayaseAll
Media Do Kageyama Racing16 Takuro ShinoharaAll
Buzz International17 Turbo AsahiAll
Buzz International18 Junpei Kato1–4, 7
Buzz International18 Teppei Natori5–6
Buzz International30 "Dragon"3
VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr.19 Akash Gowda1–6
VSR Lamborghini S.C. Formula Jr.63 Rikiya KanazawaAll
RSS21 Seiya Jin1–6
N-SPEED23 "Yugo"All
Eagle Sport27 Wataru Yamaki6
Automotive Team MYST29 Tatsuya Ota6
HubAuto Racing35 Shunsuke KohnoAll
HubAuto Racing89 Yuma Shoji7
Saccess Racing38 Miku Ikejima2
Saccess Racing39 Miku Ikejima1
Saccess Racing39 Yuki Urata2–7
NRS44 Sho OnoderaAll
NRS83 Takumi Ueki1–3, 5–6
NRS83 "Rising"7
Silver Star Racing51 Hiroyuki Kojima1
ARN Racing54 Gerhard RickertAll
Le Beausset Motorsports60 Kohta KawaaiAll
Le Beausset Motorsports61 Reiji HirakiAll
Le Beausset Motorsports62 Yuya HirakiAll
leprix sport70 Miki KoyamaAll
C.S.I.-Reon Kids Racing73 Kotoka Goibuchi1–2, 4–5
Garage Chabatake77 Takeshi OhiAll
OTG Motor Sports80 Tougo SuganamiAll
Zap Speed Racing Team86 Hachiro Osaka1–2, 5–7
Zap Speed Racing Team99 Danial Nielsen Frost7

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events.

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
Points251815121086421

Drivers' standings

Teams' standings