2012 Formula Challenge Japan

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The 2012 Formula Challenge Japan was a multi-event motor racing championship for open-wheel formula racing cars, and the seventh running of the Formula Challenge Japan series, a young driver development series jointly supported by Honda, Toyota, and Nissan. The championship featured a mix of manufacturer-affiliated drivers and independent entries, and commenced on 7 April and ended on 4 November.[1][2]

The championship featured a close battle between Honda-backed Nobuharu Matsushita and Toyota-supported Ryō Hirakawa; both drivers scored five wins over the course of the 12-race season, with Nissan-supported Mitsunori Takaboshi taking the remaining two victories. Matsushita would ultimately claim the championship title by countback over Hirakawa, with Takaboshi finishing third in the points standings.

Team No. Driver Rounds
FTRS Scholarship
FTRS
FTRS Clarion Hiroshima Toyopet
FTRS PTT
FTRS TMC
FTRS Ishiyaki Ramen Volcano		 1 Japan Shintarō Kawabata All
3 Japan Hiroki Shinotani All
4 Japan Ryō Hirakawa All
6 Thailand Nanin Indra-Payoong All
9 Japan Shinya Michimi All
11 Japan Shō Tsuboi All
14 Japan Yuichi Mikasa All
HFDP Scholarship/SRS-F/Kotira
HFDP ARTA		 2 Japan Shun Kurosaki All
8 Japan Shōta Kiyohara All
10 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita All
15 Japan Tsubasa Takahashi 8–9
20 Japan Keishi Ishikawa 5–7, 10–12
Team SPV 5 Japan Kōhei Sutō All
Houka Racing with Dunlop 7 Japan Ryō Ogawa All
NDDP Daishin
NDDP		 12 Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi All
13 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami All
Exedy Racing Team 16 Japan Ai Miura All
Tokyo Motor Sports College 17 Japan Yūdai Jinkawa All
Honda Cars Mie-kita SBT 18 Japan Ryūnosuke Shibata 1–2, 8–12
Kim's Racing 19 South Korea Im Che-won 8–12
GRID 21 Japan Takahiro Matsuda 10–12
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Race calendar and results

Championship standings

References

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