2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

Last updated September 06, 2025

The 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 40th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Engine	Rounds
Championship Class
B-Max Racing Team	1	Yu Kanamaru ^[1]	Dallara F312	Volkswagen A41 (0XY)	All
	3	Ai Miura ^[1]			All
	21	Bruno Carneiro ^[1]			1
		Kazuki Hiramine ^[2]			2
		"Syuji"^[3]			3
		Masayuki Ueda^[4]			4
		Kiyoto Fujinami ^[5]			5, 7
		Takashi Hata^[6]			6
		Shinji Sawada^[7]			8
Toda Racing	2	Sena Sakaguchi ^[8]	Dallara F316	Toda TR-F301	All
Toda Racing	93	Toshiki Oyu ^[8]	Dallara F316	Toda TR-F301	All
Hanashima Racing	5	Katsuaki Kubota^[4]	Dallara F312	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	4–5
		Kazuto Kotaka ^[9]			7
		Riki Okusa ^[7]			8
OIRC Team YTB	8	Yoshiaki Katayama ^[1]	Dallara F318	Mercedes-Benz F3-414	All
ThreeBond Racing	12	Ukyo Sasahara ^[8]	Dallara F318	ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3	All
B-Max Engineering	13	Hideki Hirota^[1]	Dallara F312	Volkswagen A41 (0XY)	1
	13	Motoyoshi Yoshida^[2]	Dallara F312		2–8
	30	"Dragon" ^[1]	Dallara F314		All
Albirex Racing Team	14	Yuki Nemoto ^[1]	Dallara F315	Mercedes-Benz F3-414	1–3, 5–7
Albirex Racing Team	14	Tatsuya Ota^[7]	Dallara F315	Mercedes-Benz F3-414	8
Tairoku Racing	28	Tairoku Yamaguchi^[1]	Dallara F316	Volkswagen A41 (0XY)	All
RS Fine	35	Shunsuke Kohno ^[1]	Dallara F318	Mercedes-Benz F3-414	All
Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	36	Sho Tsuboi ^[10]	Dallara F317	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	All
Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	37	Ritomo Miyata ^[10]	Dallara F317	Toyota TOM'S TAZ31	All
National Class
NODA Racing	10	Jake Parsons ^[1]	Dallara F312	Volkswagen A18	All

Race calendar and results

Calendar for the 2018 season.^[11] All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.

Race 9 at Okayama International Circuit was postponed due to severe weather conditions. The race was rescheduled for a later round at the same circuit, and was subsequently postponed again to be run at Sportsland SUGO.^[12]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National winner	Supporting
1	R1	Suzuka Circuit	21 April	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons	Super Formula
1	R2	Suzuka Circuit	21 April	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
2	R1	Sportsland SUGO	26 May	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
2	R2	Sportsland SUGO	27 May	Sho Tsuboi	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
3	R1	Fuji Speedway	7 July	Sho Tsuboi	Ukyo Sasahara	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
3	R2	Fuji Speedway	8 July	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
4	R1	Okayama International Circuit	28 July	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Ritomo Miyata	Team TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R2		28 July	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R3		29 July	Race postponed due to weather conditions^[13]
5	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	18 August	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons	Super Formula
	R2		19 August	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R3		19 August		Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
6	R1	Okayama International Circuit	8 September	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R2		9 September	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R3		9 September	Race postponed due to weather conditions^[14]
7	R1	Sportsland SUGO	29 September	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R2		29 September	Sho Tsuboi	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R3		30 September		Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R4		30 September		Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	No finishers
8	R1	Fuji Speedway	13 October	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons	FIA World Endurance Championship
8	R2	Fuji Speedway	14 October	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons	FIA World Endurance Championship

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows:

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

Drivers' Championships

Overall

Pos	Driver	SUZ		SUG1		FUJ1		OKA1			MOT			OKA2			SUG2				FUJ2		Points
1	Sho Tsuboi	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	C	1	1	1	1	1	C	1	1	1	1	1	1	214
2	Ritomo Miyata	2	2	2	2	8	1	1	2	C	2	2	2	5	3	C	2	2	4	2	6	3	117
3	Ukyo Sasahara	4	7	5	5	3	3	3	7	C	Ret	4	7	4	2	C	3	3	2	3	Ret	2	65
4	Sena Sakaguchi	3	3	4	3	2	4	6	4	C	5	5	9	Ret	4	C	8	5	Ret	4	2	6	52
5	Yu Kanamaru	5	5	6	8	5	6	4	6	C	4	3	4	2	9	C	4	7	3	5	13	Ret	40
6	Toshiki Oyu	14	9	3	4	4	Ret	9	3	C	3	6	3	Ret	5	C	6	4	Ret	DNS	4	4	39
7	Yoshiaki Katayama	Ret	4	7	6	7	14	7	6	C	6	Ret	5	7	7	C	5	6	5	9	11	Ret	14
8	Shunsuke Kohno	10	8	8	9	6	5	5	8	C	7	7	6	8	8	C	11	9	8	8	3	5	13
9	Yuki Nemoto	9	10	9	7	9	8				8	13	8	3	6	C	13	10	6	Ret			7
10	Riki Okusa																				5	9	2
11	Bruno Carneiro	6	6																				2
12	Ai Miura	7	11	11	12	Ret	7	8	9	C	10	9	11	6	10	C	16	13	10	12	7	8	1
13	Kazuto Kotaka																7	8	Ret	6			1
14	Kiyoto Fujinami										9	8	10				9	14	7	7			0
15	Tatsuya Ota																				10	7	0
16	Tairoku Yamaguchi	8	12	12	11	11	9	10	10	C	12	12	13	9	13	C	12	12	11	10	8	11	0
17	"Dragon"	11	Ret	Ret	13	10	10	11	11	C	11	10	12	11	12	C	10	11	Ret	11	9	10	0
18	Jake Parsons	13	13	13	14	12	11	14	13	C	14	14	15	10	11	C	14	15	9	DNS	14	12	0
19	Kazuki Hiramine			10	10																		0
20	Katsuaki Kubota							12	12	C	13	11	14										0
21	Motoyoshi Yoshida			14	15	14	13	15	15	C	15	15	16	13	15	C	15	16	12	Ret	12	13	0
22	Syuji					13	12																0
23	Hideki Hirota	12	14																				0
24	Takashi Hata													12	14	C							0
25	Masayuki Ueda							13	14	C													0
Pos	Driver	SUZ		SUG1		FUJ1		OKA1			MOT			OKA2			SUG2				FUJ2		Points

National Class

Pos	Driver	SUZ		SUG1		FUJ1		OKA1			MOT			OKA2			SUG2				FUJ2		Points
1	Jake Parsons	13	13	13	14	12	11	14	13	C	14	14	15	10	11	C	14	15	9	DNS	14	12	214

References

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1 2 "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 3/4 SUGO - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 26 May 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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1 2 "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 7/8/9 Okayama - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 26 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
↑ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 10/11/12 Motegi - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
↑ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 13/14/9 Okayama - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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External links

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[Entry1-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 1/2 Suzuka - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

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[Entry4-4] 1 2 "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 7/8/9 Okayama - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 26 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[Entry5-5] "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 10/11/12 Motegi - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

[Entry6-6] "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 13/14/9 Okayama - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[Entry8-7] 1 2 3 "Japanese Formula 3 Championship - Round 18/19 Fuji - Entry List". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[Honda-8] 1 2 3 "Honda 2018 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

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[13] 全日本F3選手権第4ラウンド 7月29日のスケジュール中止のお知らせ. j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship . Retrieved 28 July 2018. (in Japanese)

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