2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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

2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship season
Previous: 2017 Next: 2019
Parent series:
Super Formula

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

Race calendar

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 Team Tom's Jake Parsons Super Formula
R2 Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
2 R1 Sportsland SUGO 26 May Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
R2 27 May Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
3 R1 Fuji Speedway 7 July Sho Tsuboi Ukyo Sasahara Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
R2 8 July Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata Team Tom's Jake Parsons
4 R1 Okayama International Circuit 28 July Ritomo Miyata Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata Team Tom's Jake Parsons
R2 Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team 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 Team Tom's Jake Parsons Super Formula
R2 19 August Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
R3 Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
6 R1 Okayama International Circuit 8 September Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
R2 9 September Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
R3 Race postponed due to weather conditions[14]
7 R1 Sportsland SUGO 29 September Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
R2 Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
R3 30 September Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons
R4 Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's No finishers
8 R1 Fuji Speedway 13 October Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons FIA World Endurance Championship
R2 14 October Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Team Tom's Jake Parsons

Championship standings
  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 PP FL
10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1

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 Yuuki 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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