The 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 40th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.
Team | No. | Driver | Class | Engine | Rounds |
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Championship Class | |||||
B-MAX Racing Team | 1 | ![]() | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | All |
3 | ![]() | All | |||
21 | ![]() | 1 | |||
![]() | 2 | ||||
![]() | 3 | ||||
![]() | 4 | ||||
![]() | 5, 7 | ||||
![]() | 6 | ||||
![]() | 8 | ||||
Toda Racing | 2 | ![]() | Dallara F316 | Toda TR-F301 | All |
93 | ![]() | All | |||
Hanashima Racing | 5 | ![]() | Dallara F312 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | 4–5 |
![]() | 7 | ||||
![]() | 8 | ||||
OIRC team YTB | 8 | ![]() | Dallara F318 | Mercedes-Benz F3-414 | All |
ThreeBond Racing | 12 | ![]() | Dallara F318 | ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 | All |
B-Max Engineering | 13 | ![]() | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 1 |
![]() | 2–8 | ||||
30 | ![]() | Dallara F314 | All | ||
Albirex Racing Team | 14 | ![]() | Dallara F315 | Mercedes-Benz F3-414 | 1–3, 5–7 |
![]() | 8 | ||||
Tairoku Racing | 28 | ![]() | Dallara F316 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | All |
RS Fine | 35 | ![]() | Dallara F318 | Mercedes-Benz F3-414 | All |
Team Tom's | 36 | ![]() | Dallara F317 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | All |
37 | ![]() | All | |||
National Class | |||||
NODA Racing | 10 | ![]() | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A18 | All |
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]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | PP | FL |
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10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pos | Driver | SUZ | SUG1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | MOT | OKA2 | SUG2 | FUJ2 | Points | |||||||||||||
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 214 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | C | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 117 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | C | Ret | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | C | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 65 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | C | 5 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 4 | C | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 6 | 52 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | C | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | C | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | Ret | 40 |
6 | ![]() | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 3 | C | 3 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 5 | C | 6 | 4 | Ret | DNS | 4 | 4 | 39 |
7 | ![]() | Ret | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | C | 6 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 7 | C | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 14 |
8 | ![]() | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | C | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | C | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
9 | ![]() | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 6 | C | 13 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 7 | |||||
10 | ![]() | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | ![]() | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 9 | C | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 | C | 16 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
13 | ![]() | 7 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | ![]() | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | 10 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | ![]() | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | C | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 13 | C | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
17 | ![]() | 11 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | C | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | C | 10 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
18 | ![]() | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | C | 14 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 11 | C | 14 | 15 | 9 | DNS | 14 | 12 | 0 |
19 | ![]() | 10 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | ![]() | 12 | 12 | C | 13 | 11 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
21 | ![]() | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | C | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | C | 15 | 16 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 0 | ||
22 | ![]() | 13 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | ![]() | 12 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | ![]() | 12 | 14 | C | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | ![]() | 13 | 14 | C | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | SUZ | SUG1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | MOT | OKA2 | SUG2 | FUJ2 | Points |
Pos | Driver | SUZ | SUG1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | MOT | OKA2 | SUG2 | FUJ2 | Points | |||||||||||||
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1 | ![]() | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | C | 14 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 11 | C | 14 | 15 | 9 | DNS | 14 | 12 | 214 |
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