2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship season

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

Teams and drivers

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

Icon Class N National class.

Race calendar and results

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	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	"Dragon"	Blancpain GT Asia
	R2		25 June	Sho Tsuboi	Álex Palou	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo 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	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	"Dragon"
7	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	29 July	Sho Tsuboi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R2		30 July	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Yuya Taira
	R3				Mitsunori Takaboshi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Yuya Taira
8	R1	Autopolis	9 September	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Yuya Motojima	Super Formula
	R2		10 September	Sho Tsuboi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Yuya Motojima
9	R1	Sportsland SUGO	23 September	Hiroki Otsu	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Ryoya Hasegawa
	R2		24 September	Hiroki Otsu	Álex Palou	Hiroki Otsu	Toda Racing	Alex Yang

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
Pos	Driver	OKA1			SUZ1		FUJ1		OKA2		SUZ2		FUJ2		MOT			AUT		SUG		Points

Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	143
2	B-Max Racing Team with NDDP	134
3	ThreeBond Racing with Drago Corse	94
4	Toda Racing	62
5	HFDP Racing	27
6	B-Max Racing Team	21
7	Okayama Kokusai Circuit RC	40
8	Tairoku Racing	2
9	Albirex Racing Team	1
NC	Team KRC with B-Max	0
NC	HuaJiangHU Racing	0
NC	Hanashima Racing	0
NC	B-Max with Rn-Sports Yamashita Manufacturing	0
NC	CMS Motor Sports Project	0
Ref: [12]

Engine tuner standings

Pos.	Engine tuner	Points
1	TOM'S	143
2	Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH	139
3	Tomei Engine	94
4	Toda Racing	75
5	HWA	12

References

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2. "Honda 2017 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. 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.
9. Gruz, David (29 March 2017). "GP3 race winner Palou makes Japanese F3 switch". Motorsport.com . Retrieved 29 March 2017.
10. "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.
11. "Japan Formula 3 Official Web Site". www.j-formula3.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02.
12. "2019　全日本F3選手権　POINT STANDING". 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese and English)