2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship
The 2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers were competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This was the inaugural season of the championship, and was promoted by K2 Planet.[1]
| 2020 Formula Regional Japanese Championship | |||
| Drivers' Champion:Sena Sakaguchi Teams Champion:Sutekina Racing Team | |||
| Previous: | none | Next: | 2021 |
The season started on 1 August at Fuji Speedway and ran until 13 December.
Teams and drivers
All teams and drivers competed using the Dome F111/3 Regional F3 car.[1]
| Team | No. | Driver | Status | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutekina Racing Team | 3 |  Sena Sakaguchi |
1, 3–6 | |
| 5 | Yu Kanamaru |
1, 6 | ||
| Miku Ikejima |
3 | |||
| 8 | Takuro Shinohara |
1 | ||
| Mizuki Ishizaka |
5 | |||
| Miku Ikejima |
6 | |||
| JMS Racing | 4 | Nobuhiro Imada |
M | 1–5 |
| 5 | Takashi Hata |
5 | ||
| Super License | 6 | Tomoki Takahashi |
1–3 | |
| Ai Miura |
4–5 | |||
| Zap Speed | 8 | Yuki Nemoto |
2 | |
| Riki Okusa |
3 | |||
| 86 | Hachiro Osaka |
M | 1 | |
| Miki Koyama |
3 | |||
| Rn-sports | 11 | Masayuki Ueda |
M | 1–5 |
| B-MAX | 13 | Motoyoshi Yoshida |
M | 1, 3 |
| 27 | Syuji |
M | 1–5 | |
| 30 | "Dragon" |
M | 1–5 | |
| N-Speed | 23 | Yugo |
M | 3 |
| TOM'S Youth | 28 | Yuga Furutani |
All | |
| CMS | 34 | Masaru Miura |
M | 1, 4 |
| Saccess Racing | 39 | Daichi Okamoto |
3 | |
| Team Goh | 55 | Satoshi Motoyama |
M | 6 |
| Field Racing | 78 | Ryohei Sakaguchi |
1 | |
| Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7] | ||||
Race calendar
The initial calendar was announced on 27 December 2019.[8] After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of two races,[9] a revised schedule was announced on 17 June 2020, with 14 races across 6 meetings, starting on 1 August and running until December.[10]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Supporting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | 1 August | Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | The One Make Race Festival |
| R2 | Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | ||||
| R3 | 2 August | Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | |||
| 2 | R4 | Sportsland SUGO | 22 August | Tomoki Takahashi |
Tomoki Takahashi |
Tomoki Takahashi |
Super License | SUGO Champion Cup |
| R5 | 23 August | Tomoki Takahashi |
Yuga Furutani |
Yuki Nemoto |
Zap Speed | |||
| R6 | Tomoki Takahashi |
Tomoki Takahashi |
Tomoki Takahashi |
Super License | ||||
| 3 | R7 | Fuji Speedway | 5 September | Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | Super Taikyu |
| R8 | Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | ||||
| 4 | R9 | Twin Ring Motegi | 19 September | Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | Motegi Champion Cup |
| R10 | 20 September | Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | |||
| 5 | R11 | Okayama International Circuit | 1 November | Sena Sakaguchi |
Yuga Furutani |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | Super Taikyu |
| R12 | Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | ||||
| 6 | R13 | Autopolis | 12 December | Yuga Furutani |
Yuga Furutani |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | Super Taikyu |
| R14 | Yuga Furutani |
Yuga Furutani |
Sena Sakaguchi |
Sutekina Racing Team | ||||
Championship standings
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten drivers.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
| Pos | Driver | FUJ1 | SUG | FUJ2 | MOT | OKA | AUT | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sena Sakaguchi |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 275 | |||
| 2 | Yuga Furutani |
4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 223 |
| 3 | Tomoki Takahashi |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 139 | ||||||
| 4 | Masayuki Ueda |
9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 79 | ||
| 5 | Nobuhiro Imada |
7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 77 | ||
| 6 | "Dragon" |
DNS | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 76 | ||
| 7 | Yu Kanamaru |
2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 75 | |||||||||
| 8 | Yuki Nemoto |
3 | 1 | 2 | 58 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Takuro Shinohara |
3 | 2 | 5 | 43 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Syuji |
12 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 41 | ||
| 11 | Ai Miura |
3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Mizuki Ishizaka |
3 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Ryohei Sakaguchi |
5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Riki Okusa |
5 | 3 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Miku Ikejima |
10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Satoshi Motoyama |
4 | 5 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Daichi Okamoto |
4 | 6 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Takashi Hata |
5 | 6 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Masaru Miura |
8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 17 | |||||||||
| 20 | Miki Koyama |
7 | 5 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Hachiro Osaka |
10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Motoyoshi Yoshida |
11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Yugo |
13 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||
References
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- "Round 5 スーパー耐久岡山大会". fia-fr.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- Wood, Elliot (2020-12-03). "Super Formula legend Satoshi Motoyama set to race in Regional F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- "2020 年、FIA により策定された世界規格の新型車両による 新シリーズ「FORMULA REGIONAL JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP」 がいよいよスタート 開幕戦は S 耐富士 24 時間、最終戦は WEC 富士大会" (PDF). Formula Regional Japanese Championship. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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