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

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 Republic of Ireland Lucca Allen 1
3 Japan Sota Ogawa 3–5
5 Japan Yousuke Shiotsu 3–5
B-Max Engineering 4 Japan Nobuhiro Imada M 3–5
27 1
Japan "Syuji" M 2–3, 5
30 Japan "Dragon" M 1, 3–5
96 Japan "Takumi" M All
Super License 7 Japan Takashi Hata M All
8 Japan Ai Miura All
9 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 5
Rn-sports 11 Japan Masayuki Ueda M 1–3, 5
Japan Kakunoshin Ohta 4
RaiseUPMotorSport 22 Japan Takashi Itou 1
N-Speed 23 Japan "Yugo" M 2–3
TOM'S Youth 28 Japan Yuga Furutani All
CMS motor sports project 34 Japan Masaru Miura M All
Asclay Saccess ES 39 Japan Yuki Tanaka M All
Ponos Racing 45 Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko 1, 3
Japan Riki Okusa 2, 4–5
D'station Racing 77 Japan Ryunosuke Sawa 3–4
Zap Speed 86 Japan Hachiro Osaka M 3
Privateer 6 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama 1
87 Japan Yousuke Shiotsu 1
Source: [2][3][4][5]

Race calendar

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

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

Masters class

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

Teams' standings

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

Pos Team OKA MOT FUJ SUG SUZ Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2
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
OKA MOT FUJ SUG SUZ

References

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