2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

Last updated December 19, 2024

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
Team TOM'S	36	Ritomo Miyata ^[1]	Dallara F314	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	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
B-Max Racing Team	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
Team KRC with B-Max	33	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]	Dallara F308		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]

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		2 April		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
2	R2	Suzuka Circuit	23 April	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	B-Max Racing Team with NDDP	Shigetomo Shimono	Super Formula
3	R1	Fuji Speedway	13 May	Álex Palou	Sho Tsuboi	Álex Palou	Threebond with Drago Corse	"Dragon"
3	R2	Fuji Speedway	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
4	R2	Okayama International Circuit	28 May	Álex Palou	Ritomo Miyata	Álex Palou	Threebond with Drago Corse	Masayuki Ueda	Super Formula
5	R1	Suzuka Circuit	24 June	Sho Tsuboi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	"Dragon"	Blancpain GT Asia
5	R2	Suzuka Circuit	25 June	Sho Tsuboi	Álex Palou	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	"Dragon"	Blancpain GT Asia
6	R1	Fuji Speedway	8 July	Sho Tsuboi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	B-Max Racing Team with NDDP	"Dragon"	Super Formula
6	R2	Fuji Speedway	9 July	Sho Tsuboi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	"Dragon"	Super Formula
7	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	29 July	Sho Tsuboi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R2		30 July	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	Yuya Taira
	R3		30 July		Mitsunori Takaboshi	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	Yuya Taira
8	R1	Autopolis	9 September	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	Yuya Motojima	Super Formula
8	R2	Autopolis	10 September	Sho Tsuboi	Mitsunori Takaboshi	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	Yuya Motojima
9	R1	Sportsland SUGO	23 September	Hiroki Otsu	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Team TOM'S	Ryoya Hasegawa
9	R2	Sportsland SUGO	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

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