2026 F4 Japanese Championship

The 2026 seven x seven FIA F4 Japanese Championship season is the twelfth season of the F4 Japanese Championship.

This is the third 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 compete with an identical Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 chassis and TOM'S 2-litre naturally aspirated engine.[1]

Team No. Driver Rounds
Champion Class
Ragno Motor Sports 2 Keigo Okazawa[2] 1–2
Team 5ZIGEN 3 Sena Yamamoto[2] 1–2
Buzz Racing 7 Toranosuke Takagi[2] 1–2
8 Song Harim[2] 1–2
Zap Speed 14 Masaki Murata[2] 1–2
24 Kota Umemoto[2] 1–2
Hydrangea Kageyama Racing 15 Ryusho Nakazato[3] 1–2
16 Ryo Shirasaki[3] 1–2
17 Yuta Suzuki[3] 1–2
Akiland Racing 19 Lu You De[a][2] 1–2
Eagle Sports 21 Leon Ochiai[4][5] 2
Falcon Motorsport 26 1
TGR-DC Racing School 28 Yuzuki Miura[6] 1–2
29 Masana Muto[6] 1–2
35 Ryo Sakai[6] 1–2
36 Masaki Hamabe[6] 1–2
37 Buntaro Igarashi[6] 1–2
38 Tomoki Terashima[6] 1–2
Drago Corse 34 Kaoru Yoshida TBC
B-Max Engineering[b]
HFDP with B-Max Racing Team[b]
42 Ryoki Minoura[7] 1–2
43 Haruto Nakai[7] 1–2
50 Syo Momose[8] 1–2
51 Kazuma Kurosawa[8] 1–2
Ponos Racing 45 Megumu Suzuki[9] 1–2
54 Shota Sakai[9] 1–2
Fujita Pharmacy Racing 47 Taiga Ishii[2] 1
48 Taisei Murakami[2] 1–2
TGM Grand Prix 53 Miku Ikejima[2] 1
OTG Motor Sports 60 Kenta Kumagai[10] 1–2
80 Miki Onaga[10] 1–2
HELM Motorsports 62 Kosei Oguma[2] 1–2
Mitsusada Racing 73 Ryutaro Sakai[2] 1–2
Team LeMans 78 TBA TBC
Dr. Dry Racing 85 Kodai Yoshida[2] 1–2
87 Rikuto Toyoshima[2] 1–2
Bionic Jack Racing 99 Soichiro Shioda[11] 1–2
Independent Class
Day Dream Racing 4 Yuichi Sasaki[2] 1
Team 5ZIGEN 5 "Hirobon"[2] 1–2
Buzz Racing 6 Shigeto Nagashima[2] 1
Team Hashimoto Group 9 Kazuhiro Kanayama[2] 1–2
Rn-sports 10 Isao Nakashima[2] 1–2
11 Hiroshi Sugiyama[2] 1
Masayuki Ueda[5] 2
12 Kentaro Kojima[2] 1
92 Ryuichi Kunihiro[2] 1
Hydrangea Kageyama Racing 18 Yutaka Toriba[3] 1–2
Eagle Sports 21 TBA TBC
40 Shoichiro Akamatsu[2] 1–2
Zap Speed 22 "Go Shimizu"[2] 1–2
77 "Mototino"[2] 1–2
N-Speed 23 "Yugo"[2] 1–2
B-Max Engineering 30 "Dragon"[12] 1–2
44 Nobuhiro Imada[12] 1
"Syuji"[5] 2
88 Yasuhiro Shimizu[12] TBC
Field Motorsport 55 "Kentaro"[2] 1–2
HELM Motorsports 61 "William"[2] 1–2
Akiland Racing 71 Masayoshi Oyama[2] 1–2
96 Makio Saito[2] 1–2
Dr Dry Racing Team 86 Hachiro Osaka[2] 1–2
M&K Racing 97 Mitsuhiro Endo 2
Bionic Jack Racing 98 "Ikari"[11] 1–2

Race calendar

All seven rounds will be held in Japan. Six rounds are supporting the Super GT events in Japan, with only Okayama supporting the Super Formula Lights.[13]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Independent Class winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 3 May Ryo Sakai Masana Muto Buntaro Igarashi TGR-DC Racing School Yutaka Toriba
R2 4 May Ryo Sakai Masana Muto Masana Muto TGR-DC Racing School Yutaka Toriba
2 R3 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka 13 June Ryo Shirasaki Ryo Shirasaki Ryo Shirasaki HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing "Hirobon"
R4 14 June Ryo Shirasaki Ryo Shirasaki Ryo Shirasaki HYDRANGEA Kageyama Racing "Hirobon"
3 R5 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 1–2 August
R6
4 R7 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 22–23 August
R8
5 R9 Sportsland Sugo, Murata 19–20 September
R10
6 R11 Autopolis, Hita 17–18 October
R12
7 R13 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi 7–8 November
R14

Championship standings

Points will be 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 OKA FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
1 Masana Muto 6 1 2 2 69
2 Ryo Shirasaki 19 Ret 1 1 50
3 Buntaro Igarashi 1 3 16 12 40
4 Kenta Kumagai 2 4 8 7 40
5 Yuzuki Miura 4 6 5 8 34
6 Ryutaro Sakai 14 21 4 3 27
7 Ryo Sakai 9 27 3 5 27
8 Haruto Nakai 27 2 17 17 18
9 Lu You De Ret 14 7 4 18
10 Syo Momose 3 10 19 20 16
11 Yuta Suzuki Ret 8 6 9 14
12 Sena Yamamoto 5 19 15 11 10
13 Leon Ochiai 16 5 20 19 10
14 Masaki Hamabe Ret Ret 9 6 10
15 Tomoki Terashima 7 12 Ret 18 6
16 Miki Onaga 15 7 24 27 6
17 Ryusho Nakazato 8 16 10 14 5
18 Kazuma Kurosawa 28 9 11 10 3
19 Masaki Murata 10 29 26 Ret 1
20 Rikuto Toyoshima 20 11 23 22 0
21 Ryoki Minoura 11 Ret 12 15 0
22 Keigo Okazawa 12 23 21 16 0
23 Kosei Oguma 13 17 13 21 0
24 Megumu Suzuki 25 15 14 13 0
25 Shota Sakai Ret 13 18 23 0
26 Kodai Yoshida 17 20 WD WD 0
27 Soichiro Shioda 26 18 22 Ret 0
28 Toranosuke Takagi 18 24 25 24 0
29 Taisei Murakami 21 25 28 25 0
30 Song Harim 22 26 27 26 0
31 Kota Umemoto 23 22 WD WD 0
32 Miku Ikejima 24 28 0
— Taiga Ishii WD WD 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
FUJ1 OKA 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 OKA FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
1 "Hirobon" 3 Ret 1 1 65
2 Yutaka Toriba 1 1 4 Ret 62
3 "Ikari" 7 2 3 6 47
4 Masayoshi Oyama 6 3 5 5 43
5 "Kentaro" 14 Ret 2 2 36
6 Nobuhiro Imada 2 6 26
7 "Dragon" 19 4 11 4 24
8 Isao Nakashima 4 8 9 8 22
9 "William" 8 Ret 7 7 16
10 Masayuki Ueda Ret 3 15
11 Shoichiro Akamatsu 11 5 8 12 14
12 "Go Shimizu" 5 9 12 9 14
13 Makio Saito 10 Ret 6 Ret 9
14 Hiroshi Sugiyama 13 7 6
15 Kentaro Kojima 9 Ret 10 10 4
16 Shigeto Nagashima 15 10 1
17 Hachiro Osaka 16 11 13 11 0
18 "Mototino" Ret 12 15 13 0
19 Yuichi Sasaki 12 Ret 0
20 Ryuichi Kunihiro 17 13 0
21 "Syuji" 14 14 0
22 "Yugo" 18 14 16 15 0
— Kazuhiro Kanayama DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
— Mitsuhiro Endo WD WD 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
FUJ1 OKA FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT

Teams' standings

Only the best finisher scored points for their team.

Championship Class

Pos Team FUJ1 OKA FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
1 TGR-DC Racing School 1 1 2 2 86
2 Hydrangea Kageyama Racing 8 8 1 1 58
3 OTG Motor Sports 2 4 8 7 30
4 Mitsusada Racing 14 21 4 3 27
5 B-Max Engineering 11 2 17 15 18
6 HFDP with B-Max Racing Team 3 9 11 10 18
7 Akiland Racing Ret 14 7 4 18
8 Falcon Motorsport 16 5 10
9 Team 5ZIGEN 5 19 15 11 10
10 Zap Speed 10 29 26 Ret 1
11 Dr. Dry Racing 17 11 23 22 0
12 Ragno Motor Sports 12 23 21 16 0
13 Ponos Racing 25 13 14 13 0
14 HELM Motorsports 13 17 13 21 0
15 Bionic Jack Racing 26 18 22 Ret 0
16 Buzz Racing 18 24 25 24 0
17 Eagle Sports 20 19 0
18 Fujita Pharmacy Racing 21 25 28 25 0
19 TGM Grand Prix 24 28 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
FUJ1 OKA FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT

Independent Class

Pos Team FUJ1 OKA FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
1 Team 5ZIGEN 3 Ret 1 1 65
2 Hydrangea Kageyama Racing 1 1 4 Ret 62
3 Bionic Jack Racing 7 2 3 6 47
4 Akiland Racing 6 3 5 5 43
5 B-Max Engineering 2 4 11 4 42
6 Field Motorsport 14 Ret 2 2 36
7 Rn-sports 4 7 9 3 35
8 HELM Motorsports 8 Ret 7 7 16
9 Zap Speed 5 9 12 9 14
10 Eagle Sport 11 5 8 12 14
11 Buzz Racing 15 10 1
12 Dr Dry Racing Team 16 11 13 11 0
13 Day Dream Racing 12 Ret 0
14 N-Speed 18 14 16 15 0
— Team Hashimoto Group DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
— M&K Racing WD WD 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
FUJ1 OKA FUJ2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT

Notes

  1. ^ Lu is a Chinese driver competing under an Italian licence.
  2. ^ a b Car No. 42 & No. 43 entered as B-Max Engineering, and car No. 50 & No. 51 entered as HFDP with B-Max Racing Team.

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