2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 38th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Status Rounds
Toda Racing Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 2 Japan Keishi Ishikawa All
12 Japan Tadasuke Makino 2–8
Dallara F314 1
B-Max Racing Team Dallara F312 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 3 Japan Ai Miura All
Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 11 Japan Masayuki Ueda [ja] N 7–8
30 Japan "Dragon" N 1–3, 5
Dallara F306 4, 6–8
B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 21 Japan Daiki Sasaki 1–2
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi 3–4
Dallara F314 22 United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough All
Dallara F315 23 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 1–4
Dallara F312 5, 8
Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi 6–7
Team KRC with B-Max Dallara F315 21 China Ye Hongli 5–8
Hanashima Racing Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 5 China Alex Yang N All
HFDP Racing Dallara F312 Mugen-Honda MF204D 7 Japan Sena Sakaguchi All
8 Japan Hiroki Otsu All
Albirex Racing Team [ja] Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 9 Japan Kizuku Hirota N All
Dallara F308 10 Japan Zene Okazaki [ja] N 1–5
Team Samurai Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 25 Japan Takamitsu Matsui N 5
Tairoku Exceed Dallara F316 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 28 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi 1–2
Tairoku Racing Dallara F312 3–4
Dallara F316 Volkswagen A41 5–8
Team TOM'S Dallara F312 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 36 Japan Kenta Yamashita All
Dallara F314 37 Japan Sho Tsuboi All
Petit Lemans Racing Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 46 Japan Katsuaki Kubota N 8
Dallara F306 78 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama N All
Icon Class
N National class.

Race calendar and results

A provisional calendar for the 2016 championship. All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.

The Autopolis round was cancelled on May 29 due to damages caused by the Kumamoto earthquake. However, on July 15, it was decided that Okayama would take its place at the same date.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team National winner Supporting
1 R1 Suzuka Circuit 23 April Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan Daiki Sasaki Japan Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Japan Yoshiaki Katayama Super Formula
R2 24 April Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Japan Yoshiaki Katayama
2 R1 Fuji Speedway 14 May United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough Japan Daiki Sasaki Japan Daiki Sasaki B-Max Racing Team with NDDP China Alex Yang
R2 15 May Japan Daiki Sasaki Japan Daiki Sasaki Japan Daiki Sasaki B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Japan Yoshiaki Katayama
3 R1 Okayama International Circuit 28 May United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Japan Yoshiaki Katayama Super Formula
R2 29 May United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Japan Yoshiaki Katayama
4 R1 Suzuka Circuit 11 June Japan Kenta Yamashita United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Japan Kizuku Hirota Super Taikyu
R2 12 June Japan Kenta Yamashita United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Japan Kizuku Hirota
5 R1 Fuji Speedway 16 July United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough Japan Katsumasa Chiyo United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Japan Takamitsu Matsui Super Formula
R2 17 July United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough Japan Katsumasa Chiyo Japan Katsumasa Chiyo B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Japan Takamitsu Matsui
6 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 20 August Japan Tadasuke Makino United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Japan "Dragon"
R2 21 August United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Japan Yoshiaki Katayama
7 R1 Okayama International Circuit 10 September Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Japan Yoshiaki Katayama
R2 11 September Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Japan Yoshiaki Katayama
8 R1 Sportsland SUGO 24 September Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Japan Yoshiaki Katayama
R2 25 September Japan Kenta Yamashita Japan Sho Tsuboi Japan Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Japan "Dragon"
R3 United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough Japan Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Japan "Dragon"

Championship standings

Drivers' Championships

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

Overall

Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points
1 Japan Kenta Yamashita 1 1 5 2 1 6 Ret 2 6 4 5 2 1 5 1 1 1 113
2 United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough   2 3 2 4 8 1 10 3 1 2 1 1 4 8 2 2 2 110
3 Japan Sho Tsuboi 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 DNS 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 87
4 Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi 4 8 1 1 7 8 2 1 42
5 Japan Tadasuke Makino 8 6 6 6 Ret 2 4 6 3 5 2 5 5 3 4 9 7 41
6 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 4 8 4 16 3 9 3 4 4 1 Ret 7 8 34
7 Japan Daiki Sasaki 5 4 1 1 29
8 Japan Keishi Ishikawa 6 5 7 5 Ret 5 5 5 7 9 4 7 9 7 5 4 4 22
9 Japan Sena Sakaguchi 9 7 8 7 6 4 7 7 5 8 6 6 6 2 7 5 5 20
10 Japan Hiroki Otsu 7 9 9 9 5 7 6 8 8 6 Ret 11 8 Ret 6 8 6 6
11 China Ye Hongli 9 7 8 4 7 6 8 6 9 5
12 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi WD WD 11 10 7 Ret 9 10 12 10 9 9 11 Ret Ret 11 11 0
13 Japan Ai Miura 10 10 10 8 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 16 10 10 10 9 Ret 10 10 0
14 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama 11 11 Ret 11 10 10 Ret 13 11 15 13 12 12 10 9 13 Ret 0
15 Japan "Dragon" Ret 12 13 12 14 11 12 12 Ret 12 11 13 13 11 10 12 12 0
16 Japan Takamitsu Matsui 10 11 0
17 Japan Kizuku Hirota 12 13 14 13 12 Ret 11 11 Ret 13 12 Ret 14 13 12 14 15 0
18 China Alex Yang Ret 14 12 14 11 13 13 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 12 13 16 14 0
19 Japan Masayuki Ueda Ret Ret 11 15 13 0
20 Japan Zene Okazaki 13 15 15 15 13 12 14 14 Ret 14 0
21 Japan Katsuaki Kubota 14 17 Ret 0
Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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 SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points
1 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama 11 11 Ret 11 10 10 Ret 13 11 15 13 12 12 10 9 13 Ret 139
2 Japan "Dragon" Ret 12 13 12 14 11 12 12 Ret 12 11 13 13 11 10 12 12 113
3 Japan Kizuku Hirota 12 13 14 13 12 Ret 11 11 Ret 13 12 15 14 13 12 14 15 82
4 China Alex Yang Ret 14 12 14 11 13 13 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 15 12 13 16 14 56
5 Japan Zene Okazaki 13 15 15 15 13 12 14 14 Ret 14 29
6 Japan Takamitsu Matsui 10 11 24
7 Japan Masayuki Ueda Ret Ret 11 15 13 15
8 Japan Katsuaki Kubota 14 17 Ret 2
Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points

Teams Championship

Pos. Team Points
1 B-Max Racing Team with NDDP 145
2 Team TOM'S 128
3 Toda Racing 50
4 HFDP Racing 24
NC Team KRC with B-Max 0
NC Tairoku Racing 0
NC Hanashima Racing 0
NC Albirex Racing Team 0
NC Team Samurai 0
NC Petit Lemans Racing 0
Ref:

Engine tuner standings

Pos. Engine tuner Points
1 Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH 145
2 TOM'S 128
3 Toda Racing 50
4 M-TEC 24

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