2015 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

Last updated June 25, 2024

The 2015 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 37th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Championship Class
Toda Racing	2	Keishi Ishikawa^[1]	Dallara F312	Toda TR-F301	All
HFDP Racing	7	Nirei Fukuzumi ^[1]	Dallara F312	Mugen-Honda MF204D	All
HFDP Racing	8	Tsubasa Takahashi^[1]	Dallara F312	Mugen-Honda MF204D	All
RSS with B-MAX Racing Team	13	Motoyoshi Yoshida^[2]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	1–5
KCMG	19	Struan Moore^[3]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	All
B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP	22	Lucas Ordóñez ^[4]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	1–3, 5–8
	22	Daiki Sasaki ^[5]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	4
	23	Mitsunori Takaboshi ^[4]	Dallara F315	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	All
Tairoku Hanashima Racing	28	Tairoku Yamaguchi^[6]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	All
Petronas Team TOM'S	36	Kenta Yamashita ^[7]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	All
Petronas Team TOM'S	37	Nick Cassidy ^[8]	Dallara F314	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	All
B-MAX Racing Team ^[2]	50	Katsumasa Chiyo	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	6
B-MAX Racing Team ^[2]	50	Yuhi Sekiguchi ^[9]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	7–8
National Class
Exedy Racing Team	3	Ai Miura ^[10]	Dallara F307	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	All
KRC Hanashima Racing	5	Alex Yang^[6]	Dallara F306	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	All
RSS with B-MAX Racing Team	13	Motoyoshi Yoshida^[2]	Dallara F306	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	6
FSC Motorsport	18	Guillaume Cunnington ^[6]	Dallara F307	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	1–3, 6–8
B-MAX Racing Team ^[2]	30	"Dragon" ^[2]	Dallara F308	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	All
TOM'S	38	Ryo Ogawa^[11]	Dallara F306	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	All
CMS	77	Masaru Miura^[6]	Dallara F306	Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE	All

Race calendar and results

A provisional calendar for the 2015 season.^[12] All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National winner	Supporting
1	R1	Suzuka Circuit	18 April	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Mitsunori Takaboshi	B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP	Ai Miura	Super Formula
1	R2	Suzuka Circuit	19 April	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa	Super Formula
2	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	9 May	Kenta Yamashita	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Nick Cassidy	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ai Miura
	R2		10 May	Kenta Yamashita	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Kenta Yamashita	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa
	R3		10 May		Kenta Yamashita	Kenta Yamashita	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa
3	R1	Okayama International Circuit	23 May	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa	Super Formula
3	R2	Okayama International Circuit	24 May	Kenta Yamashita	Kenta Yamashita	Kenta Yamashita	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa	Super Formula
4	R1	Fuji Speedway	6 June	Nirei Fukuzumi	Nick Cassidy	Kenta Yamashita	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa	The One–Make Race Festival
4	R2	Fuji Speedway	7 June	Nick Cassidy	Kenta Yamashita	Nick Cassidy	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa	The One–Make Race Festival
5	R1	Okayama International Circuit	27 June	Kenta Yamashita	Kenta Yamashita	Mitsunori Takaboshi	B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP	Ai Miura	GT Asia Series
5	R2	Okayama International Circuit	28 June	Kenta Yamashita	Kenta Yamashita	Mitsunori Takaboshi	B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP	Ryo Ogawa	GT Asia Series
6	R1	Fuji Speedway	18 July	Nick Cassidy	Nirei Fukuzumi	Nick Cassidy	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa	Super Formula
6	R2	Fuji Speedway	19 July	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Nick Cassidy	Kenta Yamashita	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa	Super Formula
7	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	22 August	Nirei Fukuzumi	Nirei Fukuzumi	Nirei Fukuzumi	HFDP Racing	Ryo Ogawa	Super Formula
7	R2	Twin Ring Motegi	23 August	Nirei Fukuzumi	Nirei Fukuzumi	Nirei Fukuzumi	HFDP Racing	Ryo Ogawa	Super Formula
8	R1	Sportsland SUGO	17 October	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa	Super Formula
8	R2	Sportsland SUGO	18 October	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Petronas Team TOM'S	Ryo Ogawa	Super Formula

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	SUZ		MOT1			OKA1		FUJ1		OKA2		FUJ2		MOT2		SUG		Points
1	Nick Cassidy	10	1	1	3	3	1	2	2	1	5	4	1	2	2	5	1	1	129
2	Kenta Yamashita	16	3	2	1	1	8	1	1	3	2	2	5	1	3	2	4	3	113
3	Mitsunori Takaboshi	1	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	Ret	4	3	5	8	92
4	Nirei Fukuzumi	5	7	4	4	2	7	5	5	4	4	5	2	3	1	1	3	5	72
5	Lucas Ordóñez	4	5	6	6	6	2	4			3	3	9	6	9	Ret	2	2	43
6	Tsubasa Takahashi	3	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	9	8	4	Ret	8	6	8	6	22
7	Keishi Ishikawa	2	6	8	8	7	13	Ret	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	4	6	4	20
8	Struan Moore	6	8	7	7	8	4	7	8	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	9	7	6
9	Daiki Sasaki								4	5									5
10	Katsumasa Chiyo												6	4					4
11	Yuhi Sekiguchi														5	Ret	7	9	2
12	Tairoku Yamaguchi	7	9	9	9	9	6	8	9	9	8	9	10	8	10	8	10	12	1
	Ai Miura	8	11	10	11	11	Ret	10	11	11	10	11	12	10	12	10	12	11	0
	Ryo Ogawa	9	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	10	11	9	11	9	11	10	0
	Alex Yang	13	15	Ret	14	14	10	13	Ret	15	15	Ret	14	13	Ret	12	Ret	15	0
	"Dragon"	11	12	12	12	12	Ret	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	13	11	13	13	0
	Motoyoshi Yoshida	12	14	14	Ret	Ret	11	12	13	13	14	14	17	14					0
	Masaru Miura	14	13	13	13	13	12	Ret	14	14	13	13	15	12	14	13	14	Ret	0
	Guillaume Cunnington	15	16	15	15	Ret	WD	WD					16	15	NC	Ret	15	14	0
Pos	Driver	SUZ		MOT1			OKA1		FUJ1		OKA2		FUJ2		MOT2		SUG		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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			OKA1		FUJ1		OKA2		FUJ2		MOT2		SUG	Points
1	Ryo Ogawa	9	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	10	11	9	11	9		168
2	Ai Miura	8	11	10	11	11	Ret	10	11	11	10	11	12	10	12	10		109
3	"Dragon"	11	12	12	12	12	Ret	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	13	11		70
4	Masaru Miura	14	13	13	13	13	12	Ret	14	14	13	13	15	12	14	13		41
5	Alex Yang	13	15	Ret	14	14	10	13	Ret	15	15	Ret	14	13	Ret	12		31
6	Guillaume Cunnington	15	16	15	15	Ret	WD	WD					16	15	NC	Ret		6
7	Motoyoshi Yoshida												17	14				1
Pos	Driver	SUZ		MOT1			OKA1		FUJ1		OKA2		FUJ2		MOT2		SUG	Points

Teams' Championship

Points are awarded as follows:

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

Pos	Tuner	SUZ		MOT1			OKA1		FUJ1		OKA2		FUJ2		MOT2		SUG	Points
1	Petronas Team TOM'S	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2		128
2	B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP	1	2	3	2	4	2	3	3	2	1	1	3	6	4	3		90
3	HFDP Racing	3	4	4	4	2	5	5	5	4	4	5	2	3	1	1		67
4	Toda Racing	2	6	8	8	7	13	Ret	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	4		16
5	KCMG	6	8	7	7	8	4	7	8	7	7	7	7	5	7	7		6
6	B-MAX Racing Team	11	12	12	12	12	Ret	11	12	12	12	12	6	4	5	11		6
7	Tairoku Hanashima Racing	7	9	9	9	9	6	8	9	9	8	9	10	8	10	8		1
	Exedy Racing Team	8	11	10	11	11	Ret	10	11	11	10	11	12	10	12	10		0
	TOM'S	9	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	10	11	9	11	9		0
	KRC Hanashima Racing	13	15	Ret	14	14	10	13	Ret	15	15	Ret	14	13	Ret	12		0
	RSS with B-MAX Racing Team	12	14	14	Ret	Ret	11	12	13	13	14	14	17	14				0
	CMS	14	13	13	13	13	12	Ret	14	14	13	13	15	12	14	13		0
	FSC Motorsport	15	16	15	15	Ret	WD	WD					16	15	NC	Ret		0
Poo	Driver	SUZ		MOT1			OKA1		FUJ1		OKA2		FUJ2		MOT2		SUG	Points

Engine Tuners' Championship

Pos	Tuner	SUZ		MOT1			OKA1		FUJ1		OKA2		FUJ2		MOT2		SUG	Points
1	TOM'S	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2		144
2	M-TEC	3	4	4	4	2	5	5	5	4	4	5	2	3	1	1		67
3	Toda Racing	2	6	8	8	7	13	Ret	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	4		16
Pos	Tuner	SUZ		MOT1			OKA1		FUJ1		OKA2		FUJ2		MOT2		SUG	Points

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