2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 40th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Engine Rounds
Championship Class
B-MAX Racing Team 1 Japan Yu Kanamaru[1] Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) All
3 Japan Ai Miura[1] All
21 Brazil Bruno Carneiro[1] 1
Japan Kazuki Hiramine[2] 2
Japan "Syuji"[3] 3
Japan Masayuki Ueda[4] 4
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami[5] 5, 7
Japan Takashi Hata[6] 6
Japan Shinji Sawada[7] 8
Toda Racing 2 Japan Sena Sakaguchi[8] Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 All
93 Japan Toshiki Oyu[8] All
Hanashima Racing 5 Japan Katsuaki Kubota[4] Dallara F312 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 4–5
Japan Kazuto Kotaka[9] 7
Japan Riki Okusa[7] 8
OIRC team YTB 8 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama[1] Dallara F318 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 All
ThreeBond Racing 12 Japan Ukyo Sasahara[8] Dallara F318 ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 All
B-Max Engineering 13 Japan Hideki Hirota[1] Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 1
Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida[2] 2–8
30 Japan "Dragon"[1] Dallara F314 All
Albirex Racing Team 14 Japan Yuki Nemoto[1] Dallara F315 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 1–3, 5–7
Japan Tatsuya Ota[7] 8
Tairoku Racing 28 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi[1] Dallara F316 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) All
RS Fine 35 Japan Shunsuke Kohno[1] Dallara F318 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 All
Team Tom's 36 Japan Sho Tsuboi[10] Dallara F317 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 All
37 Japan Ritomo Miyata[10] All
National Class
NODA Racing 10 Australia Jake Parsons[1] Dallara F312 Volkswagen A18 All

Race calendar

Calendar for the 2018 season.[11] All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.

Race 9 at Okayama International Circuit was postponed due to severe weather conditions. The race was rescheduled for a later round at the same circuit, and was subsequently postponed again to be run at Sportsland SUGO.[12]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team National winner Supporting
1 R1 Suzuka Circuit 21 April Japan Ritomo Miyata Japan Sho Tsuboi Japan Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Australia Jake Parsons Super Formula
R2 Japan Sho Tsuboi
2 R1 Sportsland SUGO 26 May
R2 27 May Japan Ritomo Miyata
3 R1 Fuji Speedway 7 July Japan Ukyo Sasahara
R2 8 July Japan Sho Tsuboi Japan Ritomo Miyata
4 R1 Okayama International Circuit 28 July Japan Ritomo Miyata Japan Sho Tsuboi
R2 Japan Sho Tsuboi
R3 29 July Race postponed due to weather conditions[13]
5 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 18 August Japan Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Australia Jake Parsons Super Formula
R2 19 August
R3
6 R1 Okayama International Circuit 8 September
R2 9 September
R3 Race postponed due to weather conditions[14]
7 R1 Sportsland SUGO 29 September Japan Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Australia Jake Parsons
R2 Japan Sho Tsuboi Japan Ritomo Miyata Japan Sho Tsuboi
R3 30 September Japan Sho Tsuboi
R4
8 R1 Fuji Speedway 13 October Japan Sho Tsuboi FIA World Endurance Championship
R2 14 October

Championship standings

  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 PP FL
10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1

Drivers' Championships

Overall

Pos Driver SUZ SUG1 FUJ1 OKA1 MOT OKA2 SUG2 FUJ2 Points
1 Japan Sho Tsuboi 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 C 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 1 1 1 1 1 214
2 Japan Ritomo Miyata 2 2 2 2 8 1 1 2 C 2 2 2 5 3 C 2 2 4 2 6 3 117
3 Japan Ukyo Sasahara 4 7 5 5 3 3 3 7 C Ret 4 7 4 2 C 3 3 2 3 Ret 2 65
4 Japan Sena Sakaguchi 3 3 4 3 2 4 6 4 C 5 5 9 Ret 4 C 8 5 Ret 4 2 6 52
5 Japan Yu Kanamaru 5 5 6 8 5 6 4 6 C 4 3 4 2 9 C 4 7 3 5 13 Ret 40
6 Japan Toshiki Oyu 14 9 3 4 4 Ret 9 3 C 3 6 3 Ret 5 C 6 4 Ret DNS 4 4 39
7 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama Ret 4 7 6 7 14 7 6 C 6 Ret 5 7 7 C 5 6 5 9 11 Ret 14
8 Japan Shunsuke Kohno 10 8 8 9 6 5 5 8 C 7 7 6 8 8 C 11 9 8 8 3 5 13
9 Japan Yuki Nemoto 9 10 9 7 9 8 8 13 8 3 6 C 13 10 6 Ret 7
10 Japan Riki Okusa 5 9 2
11 Brazil Bruno Carneiro 6 6 2
12 Japan Ai Miura 7 11 11 12 Ret 7 8 9 C 10 9 11 6 10 C 16 13 10 12 7 8 1
13 Japan Kazuto Kotaka 7 8 Ret 6 1
14 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 9 8 10 9 14 7 7 0
15 Japan Tatsuya Ota 10 7 0
16 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi 8 12 12 11 11 9 10 10 C 12 12 13 9 13 C 12 12 11 10 8 11 0
17 Japan "Dragon" 11 Ret Ret 13 10 10 11 11 C 11 10 12 11 12 C 10 11 Ret 11 9 10 0
18 Australia Jake Parsons 13 13 13 14 12 11 14 13 C 14 14 15 10 11 C 14 15 9 DNS 14 12 0
19 Japan Kazuki Hiramine 10 10 0
20 Japan Katsuaki Kubota 12 12 C 13 11 14 0
21 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 14 15 14 13 15 15 C 15 15 16 13 15 C 15 16 12 Ret 12 13 0
22 Japan Syuji 13 12 0
23 Japan Hideki Hirota 12 14 0
24 Japan Takashi Hata 12 14 C 0
25 Japan Masayuki Ueda 13 14 C 0
Pos Driver SUZ SUG1 FUJ1 OKA1 MOT OKA2 SUG2 FUJ2 Points

National Class

Pos Driver SUZ SUG1 FUJ1 OKA1 MOT OKA2 SUG2 FUJ2 Points
1 Australia Jake Parsons 13 13 13 14 12 11 14 13 C 14 14 15 10 11 C 14 15 9 DNS 14 12 214

References

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