1995 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

1995 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

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Related series:
1995 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 1995 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was scheduled over 9 rounds and contested over 8 rounds. 16 different teams, 26 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.

This was the last season of the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship as the main single seater racing category in Japan. It was replaced in 1996 by the Japanese Formula Nippon Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Rounds
Team 5ZIGEN	1	Marco Apicella	Reynard 94D Reynard 95D	Judd KV2	Y	All
	5	Jeff Krosnoff	Lola T94/50			All
	6	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Lola T93/50	Cosworth DFV		4, 6–9
Heroes Racing Corporation	3	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Lola T94/50	Judd KV2	B	All
Advan Sport	7	Masami Kageyama	Lola T94/50 Lola T95/50	Mugen MF308	Y	All
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team avex Dome with Mugen Racing Team	8	Shinji Nakano	Dome F104	Mugen MF308	Y B	All
Shionogi Team Nova	9	Mauro Martini	Lola T95/50	Mugen MF308	B	All
	10	Akira Iida				1–3, 5–9
		Yukihiro Hane				4
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo Cerumo Co.	11	Tom Kristensen	Lola T94/50	Mugen MF308	B	All
	12	Motonari Higuchi				8
		"Osamu"				9
Hoshino Racing Nisseki Impul Racing Team	15	Toshio Suzuki	Lola T94/50	Mugen MF308	B	All
	19	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Lola T93/50 Lola T95/50			All
Ad Racing Team	17	Taichiro Oonishi	Lola T94/50	Judd KV2	Y	1
	18	Naohiro Furuya	Lola T93/50	Cosworth DFV		1
Oasys Stellar International	20	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Lola T93/50	Mugen MF308	B	All
	21	Michael Krumm				3–9
Team LeMans X Japan Racing Team	24	Naoki Hattori	Reynard 95D	Mugen MF308	B	All
	25	Katsumi Yamamoto	Reynard 94D Reynard 95D			All
Navi Connection Racing	27	Masahiko Kageyama	Reynard 94D Reynard 95D	Mugen MF308	Y B	All
	28	Masahiko Kondo	Reynard 94D			4–9
Team Gullwing	30	Hideki Okada	Lola T93/50	Cosworth DFV	Y	3–6, 8–9
With Project	33	Masatomo Shimizu	Lola T93/50	Mugen MF308	Y	2, 6, 8
Nakajima Planning	64	Toranosuke Takagi	Reynard 94D Reynard 95D	Mugen MF308	B	All
	65	Takuya Kurosawa				All

Race calendar

All races were held in Japan.

Round	Race name	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Million Card Cup Race Round 1 Suzuka	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka, Mie	19 March
2	International Formula Cup	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka	9 April
3	F3000 Mine All Star	Mine Circuit	Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture	7 May
4	Million Card Cup Race Round 2 Suzuka	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka, Mie	21 May
5	Sugo Inter Formula F3000 & F3	Sportsland SUGO	Shibata, Miyagi	30 July
6	Fuji Inter F3000 & F3	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka	3 September
7	Tokachi International F3000	Tokachi International Speedway	Sarabetsu, Hokkaido	17 September
8	International F3000 Fuji Final	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka	15 October
9	Million Card Cup Race Final Round Suzuka	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka, Mie	19 November

Race results

Round 2 at Fuji Speedway was cancelled after the race was red flagged with one lap completed due to heavy rain.

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Suzuka Circuit	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Toshio Suzuki	Naoki Hattori	Team LeMans
2	Fuji Speedway	Naoki Hattori	Race cancelled due to weather conditions
3	Mine Circuit	Tom Kristensen	Jeff Krosnoff	Tom Kristensen	Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo
4	Suzuka Circuit	Takuya Kurosawa	Toshio Suzuki	Toshio Suzuki	Hoshino Racing
5	Sportsland SUGO	Toranosuke Takagi	Jeff Krosnoff	Toranosuke Takagi	Nakajima Planning
6	Fuji Speedway	Toshio Suzuki	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Stellar International
7	Tokachi International Speedway	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Nakajima Planning
8	Fuji Speedway	Naoki Hattori	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Nakajima Planning
9	Suzuka Circuit	Masahiko Kageyama	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Toshio Suzuki	Hoshino Racing

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers. For the Drivers standings, the best six results were counted

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1

Driver standings

Rank Driver SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ TOK FUJ SUZ Points 1 Toshio Suzuki 5 C 2 1 Ret 3 (6) 3 1 34 (35) 2 Toranosuke Takagi 7 C 5 Ret 1 12 1 1 Ret 29 3 Tom Kristensen 4 C 1 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 5 29 4 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 11 C 3 6 Ret 2 Ret 2 4 20 5 Mauro Martini (6) C 6 3 4 5 Ret 5 3 16 (17) 6 Takuya Kurosawa 2 C Ret 4 Ret 9 Ret 7 2 15 7 Andrew Gilbert-Scott 8 C Ret 11 6 1 8 6 6 12 8 Naoki Hattori 1 C Ret 7 5 Ret 10 Ret Ret 11 9 Katsumi Yamamoto Ret C 4 Ret 2 Ret Ret 8 Ret 9 10 Katsutomo Kaneishi Ret C Ret 5 7 13 4 4 Ret 8 11 Shinji Nakano Ret C 7 Ret 3 Ret 5 9 8 6 12 Masahiko Kageyama 3 C 8 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 13 Masami Kageyama 12 C Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 14 Ret 4 14 Michael Krumm Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 0 15 Hidetoshi Mitsusada Ret 7 Ret Ret 9 0 16 Marco Apicella Ret C Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret 10 0 17 Akira Iida Ret C Ret 8 11 Ret 11 11 0 18 Jeff Krosnoff 10 C 9 12 9 10 Ret 12 Ret 0 19 Masahiko Kondo 10 10 Ret 9 13 12 0 20 Hideki Okada Ret 9 Ret 14 10 Ret 0 21 Thomas Danielsson 9 0 22 Masatomo Shimizu C 15 15 0 23 Motonari Higuchi 16 0 Yukihiro Hane Ret - "Osamu" Ret - Naohiro Furuya DNS - Rank Driver SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ TOK FUJ SUZ Points

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R13=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Toshio Suzuki	Japan	Hoshino Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	13	5	11	C	4	2	6	1	2	R	1	3	7	6	7	3	8	1
2	Toranosuke Takagi	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	9	7	12	C	10	5	13	R	1	1	5	12	1	1	5	1	3	R
3	Tom Kristensen	Denmark	Team Cerumo	Lola	Mugen Honda	6	4	3	C	1	1	4	2	5	R	2	4	3	2	11	R	18	5
4	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	4	11	6	C	7	3	15	6	3	R	3	2	4	R	4	2	2	4
5	Mauro Martini	Italy	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	10	6	10	C	2	6	9	3	11	4	18	5	15	R	9	5	14	3
6	Takuya Kurosawa	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	7	2	15	C	8	R	1	4	6	R	17	9	5	R	13	7	6	2
7	Andrew Gilbert Scott	United Kingdom	Stellar International	Lola	Mugen Honda	1	8	4	C	5	R	8	11	14	6	9	1	11	8	8	6	12	6
8	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	2	1	1	C	11	R	16	7	12	5	4	R	8	10	1	R	4	R
9	Katsumi Yamamoto	Japan	X Japan Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	12	R	13	C	3	4	11	R	7	2	11	R	18	R	8	6	11	R
10	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Japan	Heros Racing	Lola	Judd	3	R	8	C	9	R	2	5	16	7	6	R13	9	4	10	4	7	R
11	Shinji Nakano	Japan	Speed Star Wheel Racing	Dome	Mugen Honda	15	R	5	C	14	7	10	R	10	3	10	R	13	5	15	9	15	8
12	Masahiko Kageyama	Japan	Navi Connection Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	5	3	9	C	17	8	5	R	8	R	7	6	17	R	2	R	1	R
13	Masami Kageyama	Japan	Advan Sport Pal	Lola	Mugen Honda	11	12	7	C	13	R	14	R	15	R	12	R	16	3	18	14	5	R
-	Michael Krumm	Germany	Stellar International	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	16	R	18	R	13	R	15	R	6	7	20	R	13	7
-	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Japan	Team 5Zigen	Lola	Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	R	-	-	13	7	12	R	16	R	10	9
-	Marco Apicella	Italy	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Judd	8	R	2	C	6	R	7	8	4	R	8	8	2	R	3	R	16	10
-	Akira Iida	Japan	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	17	R	16	C	15	R	-	-	18	8	16	11	10	R	17	11	19	11
-	Jeff Krosnoff	United States	Team 5Zigen	Lola	Judd	14	10	14	C	12	9	3	12	9	9	19	10	14	R	12	12	9	R
-	Masahiko Kondo	Japan	Navi Connection Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	10	19	10	20	R	19	9	19	13	21	12
-	Hideki Okada	Japan	Team Gullwing	Lola	Cosworth	-	-	-	-	18	R	17	9	17	R	14	14	-	-	14	10	17	R
-	Thomas Danielsson	Sweden	Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	Lola	Judd	16	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Masatomo Shimizu	Japan	With Project	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	17	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	15	-	-	21	15	-	-
-	Motonari Higuchi	Japan	Team Cerumo	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	16	-	-
-	Yukihiro Hane	Japan	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	"Osamu"	Japan	Team Cerumo	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	R
-	Naohiro Furuya	Japan	Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	Lola	Cosworth	18	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-