All-Japan Formula Three Championship

All-Japan Formula Three Championship

Category	Single seaters
Country or region	Japan
Inaugural season	1979
Constructors	Dallara
Engine suppliers	Toyota-TOM'S Mugen-Honda ThreeBond
Tyre suppliers	Yokohama
Drivers' champion	Yuhi Sekiguchi
Teams' champion	ThreeBond Racing
Official website	j-formula3.com
Current season

All-Japan Formula Three Championship (全日本F3選手権, Zen'nihon F3 Senshuken^?), also known as Japanese Formula Three, is a national motor racing championship that takes place in Japan. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses small single seater Formula Three chassis.

It is one of the four major Formula Three championships that guarantee the winner an FIA Super Licence.^[1]

History

The first Formula Three championship to take place in Japan was held by Nippon Formula 3 Association (Japanese Formula 3 Association) in 1979, which was won by Toshio Suzuki. By 1981, it had evolved into a national-level series, the Japanese Championship, and was organised by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF).

Foreign drivers' participation has increased since the 1980s and the majority of champions have been foreign since the beginning of the 1990s.

Since 2008 a two-tier championship system was adopted as a bid to increase driver and team participation. The "Championship" class was open to cars conforming to the current three-year cycle, whilst the lower tier "National" class was open to cars meeting the previous three-year cycle and using the spec Toyota engine.

Equipment

All competitors in the championship use Dallara chassis, as of 2010.

Like most Formula Three championships, competitors in the Japanese Championship are permitted to use any eligible chassis.

• Chassis:

  Only Dallara chassis have been used since 2007. In the past, March, Reynard, Ralt, and Japanese manufacturers like TOM'S and Dome also had supplied chassis.

• Engines:

  Engines are supplied by Toyota-TOM'S, Mugen-Honda and ThreeBond (Nissan). Volkswagen, HKS (Mitshubishi), Fiat and Opel had previously supplied engines.

• Tyres:

  Hankook will supply tyres in 2009 as the series' sole supplier.^[2] Bridgestone, Dunlop and Yokohama had supplied tyres until 1987. In 1988, Bridgestone took place of the series' sole tyre supplier and supplied until 2008.

Champions

Season	Champion	Team Champion	National Class Champion
1979	Toshio Suzuki	Heroes Racing
1980	Shuroko Sasaki	Gallop Racing
1981	Osamu Nakako	Hayashi Racing
1982	Kengo Nakamoto	Hayashi Racing
1983	Yoshimasa Fujiwara	Umeda Racing
1984	Shuji Hyoudo	Hayashi Racing
1985	Koji Sato	Le Garage Cox Racing
1986	Akio Morimoto	LeMans Company
1987	Ross Cheever	TOM'S
1988	Akihiko Nakaya	Le Garage Cox Racing
1989	Masahiko Kageyama	Leyton House Racing
1990	Naoki Hattori	Le Garage Cox Racing
1991	Paulo Carcasci	TOM'S
1992	Anthony Reid	Tomei Sport
1993	Tom Kristensen	TOM'S
1994	Michael Krumm	TOM'S
1995	Pedro de la Rosa	TOM'S
1996	Juichi Wakisaka	Nakajima Racing
1997	Tom Coronel	TOM'S
1998	Peter Dumbreck	TOM'S
1999	Darren Manning	TOM'S
2000	Sébastien Philippe	Mugen Dome Project
2001	Benoît Tréluyer	TOM'S
2002	Takashi Kogure	TOM'S
2003	James Courtney	TOM'S
2004	Ronnie Quintarelli	TOM'S
2005	João Paulo de Oliveira	TOM'S
2006	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S
2007	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
2008	Carlo van Dam	TOM'S	Hideki Yamauchi
2009	Marcus Ericsson	TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
2010	Yuji Kunimoto	TOM'S	Takashi Kobayashi
2011	Yuhi Sekiguchi	ThreeBond Racing	Katsumasa Chiyo

References

External links

• Japan Formula 3 official website - Japanese / English
• All-Japan Formula 3 Championship at forix.com

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