Formula Challenge Japan was an

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series based in Japan. The first season was in 2006 and carried on from the defunct Formula Dream series. It is promoted as a young driver development project jointly by

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and Nissan and is positioned as an intermediate level of the domestic motorsport in Japan, lower than the

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, but above F4. Formula Challenge Japan ended after the 2013 season, and was replaced by

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Overview

Being backed by the three major automobile manufacturers in Japan, the driver of the series generally consists of the drivers graduating from the racing schools managed by those three, plus a number of privateers meeting the prerequisites. To participate in the FCJ series, a driver needs to be younger than 26 years old and possess a National A racing license, but not having raced in

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or above to participate, with a year's subscription fee of around 7.5 million yen. Despite being a series primarily catering the upcoming Japanese drivers, as of 2009 there were foreign drivers competing in the series. The cars are

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s, running on a Tatuus chassis and is mated to a 2.0 L 200 hp engine and a six-speed sequential gearbox, similar to a Formula Renault 2.0 car. The engine is a Renault F4R unit badged as FCJ and maintained by Nismo. The tires are manufactured by Dunlop. To ensure parity of the cars, the engine and gearbox are both sealed prior to being delivered to the competitors so that no private tuning could be carried out in between. Moreover, the cars are centrally maintained by the organizers for this purpose. As of 2009 the series is run on the same weekends as the Formula Nippon race weekend, and visits the major circuits in Japan like Fuji Speedway,

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and Sportsland Sugo.

Scoring system

* Points are awarded to the top 10 race finishers with a bonus point for pole position and the fastest race lap.

Champions

References

External links

Formula Challenge Japan official website
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Overview

Scoring system

Champions

See also

References

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