2021 Formula Regional Japanese Championship

The 2021 Formula Regional Japanese Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held in Japan. The drivers competed in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This was the second season of the championship, promoted by K2 Planet.^[1]

The season started on 26 June and concluded on 12 December. Yuga Furutani took the drivers' title ahead of Ai Miura, while his team TOM'S Youth won the teams' title and Takashi Hata earned Masters' class honors.

Teams and drivers[edit]

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

Team	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
Sutekina Racing Team	1	Lucca Allen		1
	3	Sota Ogawa		3–5
	5	Yousuke Shiotsu		3–5
B-Max Engineering	4	Nobuhiro Imada	M	3–5
	27	Nobuhiro Imada	M	1
	27	"Syuji"	M	2–3, 5
	30	"Dragon"	M	1, 3–5
	96	"Takumi"	M	All
Super License	7	Takashi Hata	M	All
	8	Ai Miura		All
	9	Tomoki Takahashi		5
Rn-sports	11	Masayuki Ueda	M	1–3, 5
Rn-sports	11	Kakunoshin Ohta		4
RaiseUPMotorSport	22	Takashi Itou		1
N-Speed	23	"Yugo"	M	2–3
TOM'S Youth^{[N 1]} PONOS Racing^{[N 1]}	28	Yuga Furutani		All
	45	Yorikatsu Tsujiko		1, 3
	45	Riki Okusa		2, 4–5
CMS motor sports project	34	Masaru Miura	M	All
Asclay Saccess ES	39	Yuki Tanaka	M	All
D'station Racing	77	Ryunosuke Sawa		3–4
Zap Speed	86	Hachiro Osaka	M	3
Privateer	6	Yoshiaki Katayama		1
Privateer	87	Yousuke Shiotsu		1
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Race calendar[edit]

The first calendar for 2021 was announced on 30 October 2020. For the first time, the series was planned to be on the Formula One support bill, at the 2021 Japanese Grand Prix.^[6] After the changes in the calendar, it was to support FIA World Endurance Championship at 2021 6 Hours of Fuji instead, before that race was cancelled.^[7] The round at Sugo was moved to 9 October later on.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Masters winner
1	R1	Okayama International Circuit	26 June	Yousuke Shiotsu	Yoshiaki Katayama	Yoshiaki Katayama	Privateer	Yuki Tanaka
	R2		27 June	Yoshiaki Katayama	Yoshiaki Katayama	Yoshiaki Katayama	Privateer	Yuki Tanaka
	R3		27 June	Yoshiaki Katayama	Yuga Furutani	Yoshiaki Katayama	Privateer	"Dragon"
2	R4	Twin Ring Motegi	4 September	Riki Okusa	Riki Okusa	Riki Okusa	Ponos Racing	Takashi Hata
	R5		5 September	Yuga Furutani	Yuga Furutani	Yuga Furutani	TOM'S Youth	Masaru Miura
	R6		5 September	Riki Okusa	Yuga Furutani	Riki Okusa	Ponos Racing	Masaru Miura
3	R7	Fuji Speedway	25 September	Yuga Furutani	Yuga Furutani	Yuga Furutani	TOM'S Youth	Nobuhiro Imada
	R8		25 September	Yuga Furutani	Yuga Furutani	Ai Miura	Super License	Nobuhiro Imada
	R9		26 September	Ai Miura	Yuga Furutani	Ryunosuke Sawa	D'station Racing	Yuki Tanaka
4	R10	Sportsland Sugo	9 October	Ryunosuke Sawa	Ai Miura	Yuga Furutani	TOM'S Youth	Takashi Hata
4	R11	Sportsland Sugo	9 October	Ryunosuke Sawa	Riki Okusa	Ryunosuke Sawa	D'station Racing	Takashi Hata
5	R12	Suzuka International Racing Course	12 December	Riki Okusa	Sota Ogawa	Sota Ogawa	Sutekina Racing Team	Nobuhiro Imada
5	R13	Suzuka International Racing Course	12 December	Riki Okusa	Yuga Furutani	Yuga Furutani	TOM'S Youth	Nobuhiro Imada
Source: ^[7]

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring system[edit]

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[edit]

Pos	Driver	OKA			MOT			FUJ			SUG		SUZ		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Yuga Furutani	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	4	2	1	5	5	1	240
2	Ai Miura	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	5	4	6	5	179
3	Riki Okusa				1	2	1				2	2	2	2	140
4	Yousuke Shiotsu	3	5	3				4	3	4	13	8	4	3	110
5	Ryunosuke Sawa							2	10	1	3	1			84
6	Yoshiaki Katayama	1	1	1											75
7	Sota Ogawa							9	2	5	12	7	1	4	73
8	Takashi Hata	12	9	11	4	7	6	12	8	10	6	6	8	8	57
9	Yuki Tanaka	7	6	Ret	7	Ret	5	6	6	6	10	11	11	Ret	55
10	Nobuhiro Imada	8	8	7				5	5	13	7	9	7	7	54
11	"Takumi"	9	7	8	8	6	7	10	9	7	9	10	9	Ret	44
12	Masaru Miura	11	10	9	6	4	4	11	15	8	11	13	10	10	41
13	Masayuki Ueda	10	11	12	5	5	9	8	7	9			Ret	12	35
14	Kakunoshin Ohta										4	3			27
15	Tomoki Takahashi												3	6	23
16	Lucca Allen	6	4	10											21
17	Takashi Itou	5	Ret	5											20
18	"Dragon"	Ret	Ret	6				7	Ret	Ret	8	12	Ret	9	20
19	"Syuji"				9	8	8	15	11	11			12	11	10
20	"Yugo"				Ret	9	10	13	13	Ret					3
21	Yorikatsu Tsujiko	13	12	13				14	14	12					0
22	Hachiro Osaka							Ret	12	Ret					0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	OKA			MOT			FUJ			SUG		SUZ		Pts

Masters class[edit]

Pos	Driver	OKA			MOT			FUJ			SUG		SUZ		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Takashi Hata	6	4	5	1	4	3	7	4	5	1	1	2	2	196
2	Nobuhiro Imada	2	3	2				1	1	7	2	2	1	1	193
3	Yuki Tanaka	1	1	Ret	4	Ret	2	2	2	1	5	4	5	Ret	173
4	"Takumi"	3	2	3	5	3	4	5	5	2	4	3	3	Ret	165
5	Masaru Miura	5	5	4	3	1	1	6	9	3	6	6	4	4	162
6	Masayuki Ueda	4	6	6	2	2	6	4	3	4			Ret	6	119
7	"Dragon"	Ret	Ret	1				3	Ret	Ret	3	5	Ret	3	80
8	"Syuji"				6	5	5	9	6	6			6	5	64
9	"Yugo"				Ret	6	7	8	8	Ret					22
10	Hachiro Osaka							Ret	7	Ret					6
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	OKA			MOT			FUJ			SUG		SUZ		Pts

Teams' standings[edit]

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

Pos	Team	OKA			MOT			FUJ			SUG		SUZ		Pts
Pos	Team	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	TOM'S Youth	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	1	5	4	1	245
2	Super License	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	5	4	3	4	188
3	Ponos Racing	11	10	10	1	2	1	10	10	9	2	2	2	2	146
4	Sutekina Racing Team	6	4	8				4	2	4	9	6	1	3	116
5	B-Max Engineering	8	7	6	7	6	6	5	4	6	6	7	5	5	104
6	D'station Racing							2	7	1	3	1			89
7	Rn-sports	9	9	9	4	5	7	7	6	8	4	3	Ret	7	85
8	CMS motor sports project	10	8	7	5	4	4	8	11	7	8	9	6	6	77
9	Asclay Saccess ES	7	6	Ret	7	Ret	5	6	5	5	7	8	7	Ret	76
10	Yoshiaki Katayama (privateer)	1	1	1											75
11	Yousuke Shiotsu (privateer)	3	5	3											40
12	RaiseUPMotorSport	4	Ret	4											20
13	N-Speed				Ret	7	8	9	9	Ret					14
14	Zap Speed							Ret	8	Ret					4
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos	Driver	OKA			MOT			FUJ			SUG		SUZ		Pts

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Wood, Elliot (2019-09-11). "Japanese Regional F3 series and car revealed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
^ "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
^ "2021 Inter Proto Series 第3大会エントリーリスト" (PDF).
^ "フォーミュラ・リージョナルの2021年は全5ラウンドの開催。F1日本GPのサポートも | 国内レース他 | autosport web". AUTO SPORT web (in Japanese). 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
^ ^a ^b "2021 FRJレースカレンダー". Formula Regional Japanese Championship. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

^ ^a ^b Car No. 28 entered as TOM'S Youth, and car No. 45 entered as PONOS Racing

External links[edit]

Official website

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

[3] "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

[4] "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-16.

[5] "Formula Regional Japanese Championship". frj.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-30.

[6] "2021 Inter Proto Series 第3大会エントリーリスト" (PDF).

[7] "フォーミュラ・リージョナルの2021年は全5ラウンドの開催。F1日本GPのサポートも | 国内レース他 | autosport web". AUTO SPORT web (in Japanese). 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-12-12.

[:0-8] "2021 FRJレースカレンダー". Formula Regional Japanese Championship. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[TOM'S-2] Car No. 28 entered as TOM'S Youth, and car No. 45 entered as PONOS Racing

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