2024 Formula Regional Japanese Championship
The 2024 Formula Regional Japanese Championship is a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers compete in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This is the fifth season of the series, promoted by K2 Planet, and the 46th overall season of an FIA ladder series (dating to the 1979 Japanese Formula 3 Championship).[1]
The season started on 9 March at Suzuka International Racing Course and will run over six weekends, until 13 October.[2] All three titles were wrapped up at the penultimate round of the season, with Michael Sauter becoming the first foreign driver to win the Drivers' Championship, while his team Birth Racing Project【BRP】took the Teams' Championship and N-SPEED driver "Yugo" topped the Masters' class.
Teams and drivers
[edit]All teams and drivers compete using the Dome F111/3 Regional F3 car.[1]
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Race calendar
[edit]The provisional 2024 calendar was revealed in late September 2023 and comprises 14 races over six rounds.[2] The championship supported Super Formula for the first time in its history.
Round | Circuit | Date | Support Bill | Map of circuit locations | |
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1 | R1 | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka | 9 March | Super Formula Championship All Japan Road Race Championship |
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R2 | |||||
R3 | 10 March | ||||
2 | R4 | Sportsland Sugo, Murata | 11 May | Sugo Champion Cup TCR Japan Touring Car Series | |
R5 | 12 May | ||||
3 | R6 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 29 June | Porsche Carrera Cup Japan Okayama Challenge Cup Mini Challenge Japan BMW M2 CS Racing Series | |
R7 | 30 June | ||||
R8 | |||||
4 | R9 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi | 24 August | Super Formula Championship All Japan Road Race Championship | |
R10 | 25 August | ||||
5 | R11 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 14 September | FIA World Endurance Championship (6 Hours of Fuji) | |
R12 | |||||
6 | R13 | 12–13 October | Super Formula Championship | ||
R14 |
Race results
[edit]Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Masters' class winner | |
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1 | R1 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Kizuku Hirota | Jiei Okuzumi | Jiei Okuzumi | Sutekina Racing Team | "Motoki" |
R2 | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Birth Racing Project【BRP】 | "Akita" | ||
R3 | Jiei Okuzumi | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Birth Racing Project【BRP】 | "Motoki" | ||
2 | R4 | Sportsland Sugo | Fuma Horio | Michael Sauter | Fuma Horio | Sutekina Racing Team | "Yugo" |
R5 | Sebastian Manson | Michael Sauter | Fuma Horio | Sutekina Racing Team | "Yugo" | ||
3 | R6 | Okayama International Circuit | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Birth Racing Project【BRP】 | "Yugo" |
R7 | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Jesse Lacey | Bionic Jack Racing | Yorikatsu Tsujiko | ||
R8 | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Birth Racing Project【BRP】 | Yorikatsu Tsujiko | ||
4 | R9 | Mobility Resort Motegi | Sebastian Manson | Sebastian Manson | Michael Sauter | Birth Racing Project【BRP】 | "Yuki" |
R10 | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Birth Racing Project【BRP】 | "Yuki" | ||
5 | R11 | Fuji Speedway | Yuki Sano | Yuki Sano | Yuki Sano | TGR-DC Racing School | "Akita" |
R12 | Yuki Sano | Yoshiaki Nakamura | Yuki Sano | TGR-DC Racing School | "Akita" | ||
6 | R13 | ||||||
R14 |
Championship standings
[edit]Scoring system
[edit]Points are awarded to the top ten drivers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
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Masters' class standings[edit]
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
Teams' championship
[edit]Only the best finishing driver of each team is eligible for teams' championship points.
Pos | Driver | SUZ | SUG | OKA | MOT | FUJ1 | FUJ2 | Pts | ||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | Birth Racing Project【BRP】 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 227 | ||
2 | Sutekina Racing Team | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | DNS | Ret | 2 | 3 | 159 | ||||
3 | Bionic Jack Racing | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 141 | ||
4 | TOM'S Formula | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8† | 5 | 2 | 4 | DNS | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 128 | ||
5 | HELM Motorsports | 6 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 5 | 96 | ||
6 | TGR-DC Racing School | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||||
7 | N-SPEED | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 43 | ||
8 | PONOS Racing | 7 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 3 | Ret | DNS | 39 | ||||||
9 | Rn-sports | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 34 | |||||||||
10 | Abbey Racing | 8 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 32 | |||||||||
11 | NILZZ Racing | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 19 | ||||||||||
12 | Sky Motorsports | 9 | 12 | 4 | 14 | |||||||||||
13 | Eagle Sports | Ret | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
DELiGHTWORKS Racing | ||||||||||||||||
TBA | ||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
SUZ | SUG | OKA | MOT | FUJ1 | FUJ2 |
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