2026 F4 Japanese Championship
Formula 4 championship
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The 2026 F4 Japanese Championship season was the twelfth season of the F4 Japanese Championship.
This was 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 competed with an identical Toray Carbon Magic MCSC-24 chassis and TOM'S 2-litre naturally aspirated engine.[1]
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrangea Kageyama Racing | 15 |  Ryusho Nakazato[2] |
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| 16 | Ryo Shirasaki[2] |
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| 17 | Yuta Suzuki[2] |
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| Falcon Motorsport | 26 | Leon Ochiai[3] |
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| TGR-DC Racing School | 28 | Yuzuki Miura[4] |
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| 29 | Masana Muto[4] |
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| 35 | Ryo Sakai[4] |
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| 36 | Masaki Hamabe[4] |
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| 37 | Buntaro Igarashi[4] |
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| 38 | Tomoki Terashima[4] |
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42 | Haruto Nakai[5] |
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| 43 | Ryoki Minoura[5] |
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| 50 | Syo Momose[6] |
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| 51 | Kazuma Kurosawa[6] |
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| Ponos Racing | 45 | Megumu Suzuki[7] |
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| 54 | Shota Sakai[7] |
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| OTG Motor Sports | 60 | Kenta Kumagai[8] |
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| 80 | Miki Onaga[8] |
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| Bionic Jack Racing | 99 | Soichiro Shioda[9] |
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| Independent Class | |||||
| Hydrangea Kageyama Racing | 18 | Yutaka Toriba[2] |
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| B-Max Engineering | 30 | "Dragon"[10] |
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| 44 | Nobuhiro Imada[10] |
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| 88 | Yasuhiro Shimizu[10] |
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| Bionic Jack Racing | 98 | "Ikari"[9] |
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Race calendar
All seven rounds are be held in Japan. Six rounds are supporting the Super GT events in Japan, with only Okayama that supporting Super Formula Lights.[11]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Independent Class winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama | 3–4 May | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| 2 | R3 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka | 13–14 June | |||||
| R4 | ||||||||
| 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 were 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 |
Notes
- Car No. 42 & No. 43 entered as JMS Racing with B-Max, and car No. 50 & No. 51 entered as HFDP with B-Max Racing Team.