2014 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

2014 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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The 2014 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 36th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It was held over 7 rounds and a total of 15 races, commencing on 12 April at Suzuka and culminating on 12 October at Fuji Speedway.

The overall championship title was won by HFDP Racing driver Nobuharu Matsushita, clinching the title with a fifth-place finish during the first race of the final meeting at Fuji. Matsushita claimed 6 wins during the season, including a hat-trick at the first Motegi meeting, and ultimately won the championship by 12 points, ahead of Kenta Yamashita, who was driving for Petronas Team TOM'S. Yamashita finished each of the first five races on the podium, and ultimately finished all bar three races on the podium during 2014; however, he was only able to win two races, winning the season opener at Suzuka as well as a race at Okayama. Third place in the championship went to Mitsunori Takaboshi, who won three races for the B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP. The remaining race victories were taken by Yamashita's team-mate Takamoto Katsuta and Daiki Sasaki (B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP), with each driver taking two wins. Petronas Team TOM'S did, however, take the teams' championship by 12 points ahead of the B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP. TOM'S also comfortable won the engine tuners' championship, 39 points clear of M-TEC.

The National class title was taken by Hanashima Racing and their driver Hiroshi Koizumi, after eight victories during the season; he also recorded the best finish for any of the drivers in the class, recording a seventh-place finish at the first Fuji meeting. Koizumi finished 27 points clear of Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports' Rintaro Kubo, who won 5 races. Tairoku Yamaguchi finished a further 28 points in arrears, and was the only other race winner in the class, taking his sole triumph at Sugo.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Championship Class
Petronas Team TOM'S	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	1	Takamoto Katsuta [1]	All
	Dallara F314		36	Kenta Yamashita [1]	All
Toda Racing [2]	Dallara F312	Toda TR-F301	2	Shota Kiyohara [3]	All
	Dallara F314		21	Sam MacLeod [4]	5
				Dan Wells	7
HFDP Racing	Dallara F312	Mugen-Honda MF204D	7	Nobuharu Matsushita [3]	All
			8	Tsubasa Takahashi [3]	All
B-Max Racing Team [2]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 [2]	13	Motoyoshi Yoshida [2]	All
B-Max Racing Team with NDDP [2]			22	Mitsunori Takaboshi [5]	All
			23	Daiki Sasaki [5]	All
Cerumo・Inging Jr [6]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	38	Nanin Indra-Payoong [2]	All
National Class
Exedy Racing Team	Dallara F307	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	3	Ai Miura [2]	All
Hanashima Racing	Dallara F306	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	6	Hiroshi Koizumi [2]	All
KCMG	Dallara F308	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	19	Shohei Yuzawa [2]	All
Tairoku Exceed	Dallara F306	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	28	Tairoku Yamaguchi [2]	All
B-Max Racing Team [2]	Dallara F306	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	30	"Dragon" [2]	All
Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports	Dallara F308	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	62	Rintaro Kubo [2]	All
CMS	Dallara F306	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	77	Masaru Miura [4]	5, 7

Race calendar and results

A provisional calendar for the 2014 season was released on 8 November 2013. ^[7] On 10 June 2014 it was announced that the series would add two races in support of the FIA World Endurance Championship round at Fuji. ^[8] All races were held in Japan.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National winner
1	R1	Suzuka Circuit	12 April	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Kenta Yamashita	Petronas Team TOM'S	Rintaro Kubo
	R2		13 April	Kenta Yamashita	Takamoto Katsuta	Mitsunori Takaboshi	B-Max Racing Team with NDDP	Ai Miura
2	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	10 May	Nobuharu Matsushita	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Nobuharu Matsushita	HFDP Racing	Rintaro Kubo
	R2		11 May	Nobuharu Matsushita	Kenta Yamashita	Nobuharu Matsushita	HFDP Racing	Hiroshi Koizumi
	R3				Nobuharu Matsushita	Nobuharu Matsushita	HFDP Racing	Rintaro Kubo
3	R1	Okayama International Circuit	14 June	Nobuharu Matsushita	Daiki Sasaki	Daiki Sasaki	B-Max Racing Team with NDDP	Hiroshi Koizumi
	R2		15 June	Takamoto Katsuta	Nobuharu Matsushita	Kenta Yamashita	Petronas Team TOM'S	Hiroshi Koizumi
4	R1	Fuji Speedway	12 July	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	B-Max Racing Team with NDDP	Rintaro Kubo
	R2		13 July	Nobuharu Matsushita	Nobuharu Matsushita	Nobuharu Matsushita	HFDP Racing	Hiroshi Koizumi
5	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	23 August	Shota Kiyohara	Takamoto Katsuta	Takamoto Katsuta	Petronas Team TOM'S	Hiroshi Koizumi
	R2		24 August	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Daiki Sasaki	Mitsunori Takaboshi	B-Max Racing Team with NDDP	Hiroshi Koizumi
6	R1	Sportsland SUGO	27 September	Nobuharu Matsushita	Nobuharu Matsushita	Nobuharu Matsushita	HFDP Racing	Tairoku Yamaguchi
	R2		28 September	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Nobuharu Matsushita	HFDP Racing	Rintaro Kubo
7	R1	Fuji Speedway	11 October	Daiki Sasaki	Daiki Sasaki	Takamoto Katsuta	Petronas Team TOM'S	Hiroshi Koizumi
	R2		12 October	Daiki Sasaki	Takamoto Katsuta	Daiki Sasaki	B-Max Racing Team with NDDP	Hiroshi Koizumi

Championship standings

Drivers' Championships

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Overall

Pos Driver SUZ MOT1 OKA FUJ1 MOT2 SUG FUJ2 Points 1 Nobuharu Matsushita 4 4 1 1 1 2 14 4 1 4 2 1 1 5 3 102 2 Kenta Yamashita 1 3 2 2 2 5 1 2 2 3 6 6 2 3 2 90 3 Mitsunori Takaboshi 2 1 3 4 4 3 4 1 4 2 1 4 Ret 4 5 82 4 Takamoto Katsuta 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 6 5 1 3 2 3 1 4 80 5 Daiki Sasaki 7 6 6 5 5 1 2 3 3 6 4 5 5 2 1 63 6 Shota Kiyohara 5 8 5 6 7 6 6 5 6 Ret 5 3 4 6 6 23 7 Tsubasa Takahashi 6 5 8 7 Ret 8 7 7 Ret 5 8 8 7 7 8 5 8 Nanin Indra-Payoong 8 7 7 8 6 7 5 Ret Ret 7 9 7 6 8 7 4 9 Hiroshi Koizumi 10 11 10 9 11 9 8 10 7 8 10 NC 11 9 10 0 10 Rintaro Kubo 9 10 9 12 8 10 13 8 Ret 10 11 Ret 8 12 Ret 0 11 Ai Miura 11 9 11 Ret 10 14 11 11 8 9 14 Ret 12 Ret 12 0 12 Tairoku Yamaguchi 12 12 12 10 9 12 10 9 11 11 12 9 Ret 13 11 0 13 Shohei Yuzawa 15 14 14 11 12 11 9 12 9 Ret 13 10 9 11 Ret 0 14 Dan Wells 10 9 0 15 "Dragon" 13 13 13 13 14 13 12 13 10 13 16 11 10 15 14 0 16 Motoyoshi Yoshida 14 14 15 Ret 13 15 15 14 12 14 15 12 13 14 13 0 17 Masaru Miura 12 17 16 15 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points — Sam MacLeod Ret 7 Pos Driver SUZ MOT1 OKA FUJ1 MOT2 SUG FUJ2 Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

National Class

Pos	Driver	SUZ		MOT1			OKA		FUJ1		MOT2		SUG		FUJ2		Points
1	Hiroshi Koizumi	10	11	10	9	11	9	8	10	7	8	10	NC	11	9	10	124
2	Rintaro Kubo	9	10	9	12	8	10	13	8	Ret	10	11	Ret	8	12	Ret	97
3	Tairoku Yamaguchi	12	12	12	10	9	12	10	9	11	11	12	9	Ret	13	11	69
4	Ai Miura	11	9	11	Ret	10	14	11	11	8	9	14	Ret	12	Ret	12	55
5	Shohei Yuzawa	15	14	14	11	12	11	9	12	9	Ret	13	10	9	11	Ret	55
6	"Dragon"	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	13	10	13	16	11	10	15	14	33
7	Masaru Miura										12	17			16	15	4
Pos	Driver	SUZ		MOT1			OKA		FUJ1		MOT2		SUG		FUJ2		Points

Teams' Championship

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Team	SUZ		MOT1			OKA		FUJ1		MOT2		SUG		FUJ2		Points
1	Petronas Team TOM'S	1	2	2	2	2	4	1	2	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	111
2	B-Max Racing Team with NDDP	2	1	3	4	4	1	2	1	3	2	1	4	5	2	1	99
3	HFDP Racing	4	4	1	1	1	2	7	4	1	4	2	1	1	5	3	93
4	Toda Racing	5	8	5	6	7	6	6	5	6	Ret	5	3	4	6	6	22
5	Cerumo・Inging Jr	8	7	7	8	6	7	5	Ret	Ret	7	9	7	6	8	7	4
NC	Hanashima Racing	10	11	10	9	11	9	8	10	7	8	10	Ret	11	9	10	0
NC	Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports	9	10	9	12	8	10	13	8	Ret	10	11	Ret	8	12	Ret	0
NC	Exedy Racing Team	11	9	11	Ret	10	14	11	11	8	9	14	Ret	12	Ret	12	0
NC	Tairoku Exceed	12	12	12	10	9	12	10	9	11	11	12	9	Ret	13	11	0
NC	KCMG	15	14	14	11	12	11	9	12	9	Ret	13	10	9	11	Ret	0
NC	B-Max Racing Team	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	10	13	15	11	10	14	13	0
NC	CMS										12	17			16	15	0
Pos	Team	SUZ		MOT1			OKA		FUJ1		MOT2		SUG		FUJ2		Points

Engine Tuners' Championship

Pos	Tuner	SUZ		MOT1			OKA		FUJ1		MOT2		SUG		FUJ2		Points
1	TOM'S	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	132
2	M-TEC	4	4	1	1	1	2	7	4	1	4	2	1	1	5	3	93
3	Toda Racing	5	8	5	6	7	6	6	5	6	Ret	5	3	4	6	6	22
Pos	Tuner	SUZ		MOT1			OKA		FUJ1		MOT2		SUG		FUJ2		Points

References

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External links

• Official website (in Japanese)