2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship
The 2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 39th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.
Teams and drivers
| 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
Calendar for the 2017 season.[11]
Championship standings
Drivers' Championships
- Points are awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | PP | FL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
Overall
| 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
| 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
- ^ a b "Toyota GAZOO Racing Outlines 2017 Motorsports Activities". Toyota Motor Corporation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Honda 2017 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 1/2/3 Okayama - Entry List" (PDF). j-formula3.com. Entry List. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ Michigami, Ryo [@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.
- ^ Gruz, David (29 March 2017). "GP3 race winner Palou makes Japanese F3 switch". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 19/20 SportsLand SUGO - Entry List" (PDF). j-formula3.com. Entry List. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 18 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 14/15/16 Motegi - Entry List" (PDF). j-formula3.com. Entry List. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 8/9 Okayama - Entry List" (PDF). j-formula3.com. Entry List. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Japan Formula 3 Official Web Site". www.j-formula3.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese and English)