2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 39th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Championship Class
Team Tom's 1   Sho Tsuboi[1] Dallara F317 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 All
36   Ritomo Miyata[1] Dallara F314 All
Toda Racing 2   Hiroki Otsu[2] Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 All
B-MAX Racing Team 3   Ai Miura[3] Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) All
30   "Dragon" Dallara F314 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 8–9
Honda Formula Dream Project 7   Sena Sakaguchi[2] Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 All
Threebond with Drago Corse[4] 12   Álex Palou[5] Dallara F314 ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 All
Albirex Racing Team 21   Bruno Carneiro[3] Dallara F315 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 All
B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP 23   Mitsunori Takaboshi[3] Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) All
Tairoku Racing 28   Tairoku Yamaguchi[3] Dallara F316 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) All
Team KRC with B-Max 33   Ye Hongli[3] Dallara F315 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 1–8
  Hong Shijie[6] Dallara F315 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 9
OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC 78   Yoshiaki Katayama[3] Dallara F315 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 All
National Class
HuaJiangHU Racing 5   Alex Yang[3] Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE All
B-MAX with Rn-Sports 11   Masayuki Ueda[3] Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE All
B-MAX Racing Team 13   Motoyoshi Yoshida[3] Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE All
27   "Syuji"[7] Dallara F306 3, 7, 9
30   "Dragon" Dallara F306 1–7
50   Shinji Sawada[8] Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 8
Albirex Racing Team 22   Ryoya Hasegawa[3] Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 1–7, 9
Hanashima Racing 55   Katsuaki Kubota[3] Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 1–6, 9
  Takashi Fujii[9] Dallara F308 7
  Yuya Motojima[8] 8
CM Motor Sports Project 77   Shigetomo Shimono[3] Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 1–2
  Makoto Hotta[10] 4
  Yuya Taira[9] 7
  Ryuichiro Ohtsuka[8] 8

Race calendar

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Calendar for the 2017 season.[11]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team National winner Supporting
1 R1 Okayama International Circuit 1 April   Álex Palou   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Mitsunori Takaboshi B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP   "Dragon"
R2 2 April   Álex Palou   Álex Palou   Álex Palou Threebond with Drago Corse   Shigetomo Shimono
R3   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Mitsunori Takaboshi B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP   "Dragon"
2 R1 Suzuka Circuit 22 April   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Mitsunori Takaboshi B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP   Shigetomo Shimono Super Formula
R2 23 April   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Mitsunori Takaboshi B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP   Shigetomo Shimono
3 R1 Fuji Speedway 13 May   Álex Palou   Sho Tsuboi   Álex Palou Threebond with Drago Corse   "Dragon"
R2 14 May   Álex Palou   Sho Tsuboi   Mitsunori Takaboshi B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP   Ryoya Hasegawa
4 R1 Okayama International Circuit 27 May   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Mitsunori Takaboshi B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP   "Dragon" Super Formula
R2 28 May   Álex Palou   Ritomo Miyata   Álex Palou Threebond with Drago Corse   Masayuki Ueda
5 R1 Suzuka Circuit 24 June   Sho Tsuboi   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's   "Dragon" Blancpain GT Asia
R2 25 June   Sho Tsuboi   Álex Palou   Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's   "Dragon"
6 R1 Fuji Speedway 8 July   Sho Tsuboi   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Mitsunori Takaboshi B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP   "Dragon" Super Formula
R2 9 July   Sho Tsuboi   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's   "Dragon"
7 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 29 July   Sho Tsuboi   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's   "Dragon"
R2 30 July   Sho Tsuboi   Sho Tsuboi   Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's   Yuya Taira
R3   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's   Yuya Taira
8 R1 Autopolis 9 September   Sho Tsuboi   Sho Tsuboi   Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's   Yuya Motojima Super Formula
R2 10 September   Sho Tsuboi   Mitsunori Takaboshi   Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's   Yuya Motojima
9 R1 Sportsland SUGO 23 September   Hiroki Otsu   Ritomo Miyata   Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's   Ryoya Hasegawa
R2 24 September   Hiroki Otsu   Álex Palou   Hiroki Otsu Toda Racing   Alex Yang

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championships

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

Overall

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Pos Driver OKA1 SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA2 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT AUT SUG Points
1   Mitsunori Takaboshi 1 2 1 1 1 DSQ 1 1 4 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 148
2   Sho Tsuboi 2 9 5 3 9 7 2 3 3 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 140
3   Álex Palou 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 8 1 4 2 3 4 Ret 3 7 2 4 5 5 102
4   Ritomo Miyata 3 3 3 DNS DNS 5 3 2 2 2 4 6 5 4 8 4 4 2 2 3 79
5   Hiroki Otsu 5 7 4 Ret 3 2 5 Ret 5 5 5 2 3 3 4 3 10 5 Ret 1 64
6   Sena Sakaguchi 6 5 7 4 4 4 Ret 6 9 7 16 4 6 7 6 6 5 6 3 9 27
7   Ye Hongli 8 4 6 6 8 3 10 5 8 6 9 7 7 Ret 9 9 11 14 13
8   Ai Miura 9 Ret 9 5 6 9 6 4 6 10 7 5 8 Ret 7 10 7 8 8 6 11
9   Yoshiaki Katayama 7 Ret 8 8 5 8 9 14 7 8 6 15 Ret 5 5 5 6 9 6 8 11
10   Tairoku Yamaguchi 10 6 10 Ret 10 11 8 7 Ret 11 10 Ret 9 6 10 8 8 10 10 Ret 2
11   Bruno Carneiro 11 Ret 11 7 7 6 7 Ret 10 9 8 8 Ret Ret 11 11 9 7 7 7 1
12   "Dragon" 12 Ret 12 10 12 10 14 9 15 12 11 9 10 8 14 13 13 12 9 11 0
13   Shigetomo Shimono 13 8 13 9 11 0
14   Yuya Taira 9 12 12 0
15   Masayuki Ueda 14 14 14 12 13 13 15 10 11 13 12 10 11 12 15 17 17 Ret 14 14 0
16   Ryoya Hasegawa 16 10 15 11 14 12 11 Ret 12 15 13 12 13 Ret 16 16 12 Ret 0
17   Alex Yang 17 12 16 15 16 15 12 12 13 14 17 11 12 10 13 15 16 16 15 12 0
18   Hong Shijie 11 10 0
19   Katsuaki Kubota 15 11 Ret 13 15 14 13 11 14 17 15 13 14 13 13 0
20   Yuya Motojima 12 11 0
21   Takashi Fujii 11 Ret 14 0
22   Motoyoshi Yoshida 18 13 17 14 17 16 16 Ret 17 16 14 14 Ret 13 17 18 Ret 17 16 Ret 0
23   Shinji Sawada 14 13 0
24   Makoto Hotta 13 16 0
25   Ryuichirou Ohtsuka 15 15 0
26   "Syuji" 17 17 Ret 18 19 17 15 0
Pos Driver OKA1 SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA2 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT AUT SUG Points

National Class

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Pos Driver OKA1 SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA2 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT AUT SUG Points
1   "Dragon" 12 Ret 12 10 12 10 14 9 15 12 11 9 10 8 14 13 136
2   Masayuki Ueda 14 14 14 12 13 13 15 10 11 13 12 10 11 12 15 17 17 Ret 14 14 92
3   Ryoya Hasegawa 16 10 15 11 14 12 11 Ret 12 15 13 12 13 Ret 16 16 12 Ret 77
4   Alex Yang 17 12 16 15 16 15 12 12 13 14 17 11 12 10 13 15 16 16 15 12 62
5   Shigetomo Shimono 13 8 13 9 11 52
6   Katsuaki Kubota 15 11 Ret 13 15 14 13 11 14 17 15 13 14 13 13 49
7   Yuya Taira 9 12 12 29
8   Yuya Motojima 12 11 24
9   Motoyoshi Yoshida 18 13 17 14 17 16 16 Ret 17 16 14 14 Ret 13 17 7 Ret 13 16 Ret 16
10   Shinji Sawada 14 13 14
11   Ryuichirou Ohtsuka 15 15 10
12   Takashi Fujii 11 Ret 14 8
13   "Syuji" 17 17 Ret 18 19 17 15 4
14   Makoto Hotta 13 16 3

References

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  2. ^ a b "Honda 2017 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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  4. ^ 34 Ryo Michigami/道上 龍 [@Ryo_Michigami] (4 February 2017). "ここ数年、ユーロF3に参戦して来たThreeBondさんと共に「ThreeBond Racing with Drago corse」として2017全日本F3に参戦する事をご報告致します。応援よろしくお願いします。…" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 February 2017 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  7. ^ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 6/7 Fuji - Entry List" (PDF). j-formula3.com. Entry List. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 17/18 Autopolis - Entry List" (PDF). j-formula3.com. Entry List. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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