2023 Formula Regional Japanese Championship

The 2023 Formula Regional Japanese Championship was a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers competed in Formula Regional cars that conformed to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This was the fourth season of the series, promoted by K2 Planet, and the 45th overall season of an FIA ladder series (dating to the 1979 Japanese Formula 3 Championship).^[1]

The season started on 1 April at Fuji Speedway and ran over six weekends until 26 November.^[2]

Sota Ogawa, driving for Bionic Jack Racing, won the Drivers' Championship, while Rn-Sports driver Yoshitsugu Kondo was victorious in the Masters' Class. Sutekina Racing Team won the Teams' Championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers competed using the Dome F111/3 Regional F3 car.^[1] All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Team KRM	2	Masahiro Hayashi	M	1
Sutekina Racing Team	3	Ryunosuke Sawa		1, 5
		Kaleb Ngatoa		2
		Yu Kanamaru		3
		Michael Sauter		4
		Jiei Okuzumi		6
	14	Mizuki Ishizaka		5
	27	Liam Sceats		All
Rn-Sports	11	"Motoki"	M	2, 5
Rn-Sports	99	Yoshitsugu Kondo	M	3–4, 6
HELM Motorsports	14	Tomohito Watabe		2
	62	Yuya Hiraki		1
	62	Wang Zhongwei		3
Buzz Racing	14	Jiei Okuzumi		3
TOM'S Formula	14	Enzo Trulli		4, 6
NILZZ Racing	18	"Yuki"	M	1, 4–5
N-Speed	23	"Yugo"	M	1, 5
Sky Motor Sports	36	Sky Chen	M	5–6
Tokaidenso MD	44	Toshihiro Kubota	M	5
PONOS Racing	45	Yorikatsu Tsujiko	M	1, 5
PONOS Racing	45	Kazuki Oki		2, 6
Kizuku Hirota	62	Kizuku Hirota		6
Bionic Jack Racing	97	Yugo Iwasawa		1–3
		Jiei Okuzumi		4
		Anna Inotsume		5
		Michael Sauter		6
	98	Sota Ogawa		All
Sources: ^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Race calendar

The 2023 calendar was revealed in late 2022.^[2]

Round		Circuit	Date	Support Bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	1 April	Fuji Champion Race Series Porsche Sprint Challenge Japan Yaris Cup West Japan Series Formula Beat	Fuji Suzuka Okayama Sugo Motegi
	R2		2 April
	R3		2 April
2	R4	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	14 May	TCR Japan Touring Car Series Suzuka Clubman Race
2	R5	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	14 May	TCR Japan Touring Car Series Suzuka Clubman Race
3	R6	Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka	10 June	TCR Japan Touring Car Series Okayama Challenge Cup Formula Beat Roadster Party Race
	R7		11 June
	R8		11 June
4	R9	Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi	22 July	GT World Challenge Asia (Japan Cup) GT4 Asia Series Motegi Champion Cup Super FJ
	R10		23 July
	R11		23 July
5	R12	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	9 September	FIA World Endurance Championship (6 Hours of Fuji)
5	R13	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	9 September	FIA World Endurance Championship (6 Hours of Fuji)
6	R14	Sportsland Sugo, Murata	25 November	TCR Japan Touring Car Series Sugo Champion Cup Motegi - Sugo Challenge Cup Japanese Roadster Cup
	R15		26 November
	R16		26 November

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Masters class winner
1	R1	Fuji Speedway	Sota Ogawa	Yuya Hiraki	Yuya Hiraki	HELM Motorsports	Yorikatsu Tsukijo
	R2		Sota Ogawa	Ryunosuke Sawa	Ryunosuke Sawa	Sutekina Racing Team	Yorikatsu Tsukijo
	R3		Sota Ogawa	Sota Ogawa	Sota Ogawa	Bionic Jack Racing	"Yuki"
2	R4	Suzuka International Racing Course	Kazuki Oki	Yugo Iwasawa	Kazuki Oki	PONOS Racing	”Motoki”
2	R5	Suzuka International Racing Course	Sota Ogawa	Liam Sceats	Sota Ogawa	Bionic Jack Racing	”Motoki”
3	R6	Okayama International Circuit	Sota Ogawa	Jiei Okuzumi	Sota Ogawa	Bionic Jack Racing	Yoshitsugu Kondo
	R7		Sota Ogawa	Yu Kanamaru	Yu Kanamaru	Sutekina Racing Team	Yoshitsugu Kondo
	R8		Sota Ogawa	Sota Ogawa	Liam Sceats	Sutekina Racing Team	Yoshitsugu Kondo
4	R9	Mobility Resort Motegi	Sota Ogawa	Sota Ogawa	Jiei Okuzumi	Bionic Jack Racing	Yoshitsugu Kondo
	R10		Sota Ogawa	Sota Ogawa	Sota Ogawa	Bionic Jack Racing	Yoshitsugu Kondo
	R11		Sota Ogawa	Liam Sceats	Liam Sceats	Sutekina Racing Team	Yoshitsugu Kondo
5	R12	Fuji Speedway	Ryunosuke Sawa	Ryunosuke Sawa	Ryunosuke Sawa	Sutekina Racing Team	Yorikatsu Tsukijo
5	R13	Fuji Speedway	Sota Ogawa	Ryunosuke Sawa	Liam Sceats	Sutekina Racing Team	”Motoki”
6	R14	Sportsland Sugo	Enzo Trulli	Michael Sauter	Jiei Okuzumi	Sutekina Racing Team	No classified finishers
	R15		Michael Sauter	Sota Ogawa	Jiei Okuzumi	Sutekina Racing Team
	R16		Michael Sauter	Michael Sauter	Michael Sauter	Bionic Jack Racing

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			SUZ^{[lower-alpha 1]}		OKA			MOT			FUJ2		SUG			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Sota Ogawa	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	Ret	1	2	2	Ret	3	4	4	243.5
2	Liam Sceats	4	Ret	5	3	2	4	4	1	3	4	1	4	1	2	3	5	219.5
3	Jiei Okuzumi						Ret	3	4	1	3	5			1	1	2	145
4	Ryunosuke Sawa	3	1	2									1	3				98
5	Yugo Iwasawa	5	4	4	5	3	2	5	5									84.5
6	Michael Sauter									4	5	4			4	Ret	1	71
7	Kazuki Oki				1	4									5	2	3	61.5
8	Yuya Hiraki	1	3	3														55
9	Yu Kanamaru						3	1	3									55
10	Enzo Trulli									2	2	3			Ret	DNS	Ret	51
11	Yoshitsugu Kondo						5	6	7	5	6	6			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	50
12	"Yuki"	7	8	6						6	7	7	9	10				41
13	Yorikatsu Tsujiko	6	5	7									6	9				34
14	Mizuki Ishizaka												3	2				33
15	Kizuku Hirota														6	5	6	26
16	Anna Inotsume												5	4				22
17	“Motoki”				7	5							8	5				22
18	"Yugo"	8	6	8									11	8				20
19	Wang Zhongwei						Ret	7	6									14
20	Toshihiro Kubota												7	6				14
21	Masahiro Hayashi	9†	7	9														10
22	Tomohito Watabe				6	6												8
23	Sky Chen												10	7	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	7
24	Kaleb Ngatoa				4	Ret												6
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUZ		OKA			MOT			FUJ2		SUG			Pts

Masters' class

Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUZ^{[lower-alpha 1]}		OKA			MOT			FUJ2		SUG			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Yoshitsugu Kondo						1	1	1	1	1	1			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	150
2	"Yuki"	2	4	1						2	2	2	4	6				129
3	Yorikatsu Tsujiko	1	1	2									1	5				103
4	"Yugo"	3	2	3									6	4				68
5	“Motoki”				1	1							3	1				65
6	Masahiro Hayashi	4†	3	4														39
7	Toshihiro Kubota												2	2				36
8	Sky Chen												5	3	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	25
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUZ		OKA			MOT			FUJ2		SUG			Pts

Teams' championship

Only the best finishing driver of each team was eligible for teams' championship points.

Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUZ^{[lower-alpha 1]}		OKA			MOT			FUJ2		SUG			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Sutekina Racing Team	3	1	2	3	2	3	1	1	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	309.5
2	Bionic Jack Racing	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	4	3	4	1	293.5
3	PONOS Racing	6	5	7	1	4							6	9	5	2	3	95.5
4	HELM Motorsports	1	3	3	6	6	Ret	7	6									77
5	Rn-Sports				7	5	5	6	7	5	6	6	8	5	DNS	DNQ	DNQ	72
6	TOM'S Formula									2	2	3			Ret	DNS	Ret	51
7	NILZZ Racing	7	8	6						6	7	7	9	10				41
8	Buzz Racing						Ret	3	4									27
9	Kizuku Hirota														6	5	6	26
10	N-Speed	8	6	8									11	8				20
11	Tokaidenso MD												7	6				14
12	Team KRM	9†	7	9														10
13	Sky Motor Sports												10	7	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	7
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	FUJ1			SUZ		OKA			MOT			FUJ2		SUG			Pts

Notes

1 2 3 Half points were awarded in both races of round two due to limited running caused by bad weather conditions.

References

1 2 Wood, Elliot (2019-09-11). "Japanese Regional F3 series and car revealed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
1 2 "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
↑ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
↑ Wood, Ida (2023-04-27). "M2 Competition sets up management company, sends Ngatoa to FRJC". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
↑ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
↑ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
↑ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
↑ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
↑ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

External links

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[RD2-10] 1 2 3 Half points were awarded in both races of round two due to limited running caused by bad weather conditions.

[Revealed-1] 1 2 Wood, Elliot (2019-09-11). "Japanese Regional F3 series and car revealed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-02-18.

[:0-2] 1 2 "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-19.

[3] "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-27.

[4] Wood, Ida (2023-04-27). "M2 Competition sets up management company, sends Ngatoa to FRJC". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-04-27.

[5] "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-05-08.

[6] "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-06-05.

[7] "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[8] "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[9] "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

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