It featured drivers competing in Dallara 320 chassis and with engines made by three different manufacturers, a similar regulation format to the Euroformula Open Championship.
[8] The championship began in early April at Fuji Speedway with Kohta Kawaai taking a surprise debut pole.
The second race was also decided by the time lap one was over: Kazuto Kotaka led Ohta from pole, while Taira passed Kawaai for third.
The final race was wet, too, and Ohta used his drier start position to move past Kotaka into first, with Furutani doing the same to Nonaka for third.
Kimura was among those who were penalized, but came back to win race three in a dominant lights-to-flag display, only dropping behind Ohta shortly before turn one.
[11] The second half of the season began at Sportsland SUGO, and race one had chaos from the start that took out Suganami, while Kotaka moved past Ohta for the lead.
On the restart, Kimura hit Ohta's rear and the resulting oil leaking on track caused a lengthy red flag.
[12][13] The Mobility Resort Motegi was the host of the next round, and a wet track caused wheelspin for race one polesitter Kimura, who was then overtaken by Kotaka, Ohta and Suganami.
The weather for race three was better, and Kimura ended his weekend with a bang, slicing past Ohta and then Kotaka to claim the lead, while the other podium positions did not change.
Dropped scores came into play and Kotaka's four-point gap to Ohta grew to six points at the end of the season as he took a deserved championship with eight wins from 18 races.