The 2001 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 23rd edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 25 March at Suzuka and ended on 21 October at Motegi. French driver Benoît Tréluyer took the championship title by winning 15 of 19 races.

Teams and drivers All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tires.

Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds TOM'S 0 Paolo Montin Dallara F301 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All 7 Sakon Yamamoto Dallara F301 All 8 Norihiko Tasaki Dallara F301 All Mugen Dome Project 1 Benoît Tréluyer Dallara F300/301 Mugen-Honda MF204B All 11 Shinya Hosokawa Dallara F300 10 Toda Racing 2 Masataka Yanagida Dallara F399/301 Toda-Honda MF204B All Inging 3 Jérémie Dufour Dallara F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE All 4 Bruce Jouanny Dallara F399 10 XO Racing Keiichi Nisimiya XOR-99F Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 2–3, 5 Team 5Zigen 5 Hideshi Nishimura Dallara F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–5, 7, 9 6 Takahiro Ogawa Dallara F300 1–6, 9–10 Pal Sport 9 Akitsugu Matsunaga Dallara F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–5 ThreeBond Racing 12 Yuji Ide Dallara F399/301 Tomei Nissan SR20VE All Team Daikokuya 16 Yousuke Shimojima Dallara F300 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 10 Aim Sports Hiroki Yoshimoto Dallara F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 9 18 Shogo Mitsuyama Dallara F399 All Lian Racing 17 Peter Sundberg Dallara F399 Toda-Honda MF204B All DTM 19 Keita Sawa Dallara F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–3, 7, 9–10 20 Vladimir Tchekanine Dallara F399 6 Team Echigoya 21 Shigeki Ebihara Dallara F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–2 Kondō Racing 24 Kazuyuki Nishizawa Dallara F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–2, 4–5, 9 Maejima 32 Saturo Gotou Dallara F399 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 2 Shigeki Ebihara Toyota-TOM'S 5–10 Now Motor Sports 33 Takashi Kogure Dallara F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All Nobel France Racing Team 37 Motonari Higuchi Dallara F399 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–2, 5 Nakajima Racing 64 Shinya Sato Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda MF204B All Skill Speed 77 Hiroshi Nakamura Dallara F399 Toda-Honda MF204B 2–10

Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 25 March Jérémie Dufour Paolo Montin Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project R2 Paolo Montin Benoît Tréluyer Paolo Montin TOM'S 2 R1 Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma 8 April Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project R2 Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project 3 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 4 May Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Jérémie Dufour TOM'S R2 Jérémie Dufour Paolo Montin Paolo Montin TOM'S 4 R1 Mine Circuit, Mine 20 May Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project R2 Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project 5 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 10 June Benoît Tréluyer Paolo Montin Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project R2 Benoît Tréluyer Paolo Montin Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project 6 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 1 July Paolo Montin Paolo Montin Paolo Montin TOM'S 7 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 29 July Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project R2 Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project 8 R1 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku 26 August Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project R2 Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project 9 R1 Okayama International Circuit 9 September Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project R2 Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project 10 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 21 October Jérémie Dufour Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project R2 Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project

Standings Points are awarded as follows, with only the best 13 results to count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG SEN OKA MOT Pts 1 Benoît Tréluyer 1 2 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Paolo Montin 3 1 6 4 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 8 3 3 3 2 3 Jérémie Dufour 2 3 2 2 1 Ret 2 6 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 Ret 12 2 3 4 Sakon Yamamoto DNS 9 12 10 10 Ret Ret 9 5 4 3 Ret 3 3 4 2 2 5 4 5 Yuji Ide Ret 4 7 7 5 Ret 4 3 Ret 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 8 8 8 6 Peter Sundberg 4 Ret 3 6 4 2 7 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret Ret Ret 2 6 5 7 12 94 7 Masataka Yanagida DNS 8 13 5 14 Ret 6 4 4 6 7 8 9 7 9 7 Ret 4 5 80 8 Shinya Sato 9 7 8 3 Ret Ret 10 8 Ret 7 6 4 8 5 7 4 6 6 Ret 9 Shogo Mitsuyama 8 Ret 4 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 6 9 8 10 6 Ret Ret 10 7 10 7 57 10 Norihiko Tasaki Ret 5 Ret Ret 8 4 9 7 12 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 11 8 4 Ret 6 54 11 Takashi Kogure 6 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 5 5 7 Ret Ret 6 13 9 5 15 Ret 12 11 44 12 Keita Sawa 5 6 5 8 6 5 11 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 41 13 Takahiro Ogawa 10 Ret 10 Ret 11 6 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 10 13 14 10 14 Akitsugu Matsunaga 7 10 14 12 Ret Ret 12 Ret 9 13 7 15 Hideshi Nishimura 11 11 9 13 12 Ret 8 Ret 14 Ret 13 12 16 9 7 16 Shigeki Ebihara 12 Ret Ret 16 11 11 9 12 11 8 12 14 Ret 15 Ret 5 17 Hiroshi Nakamura Ret 15 13 Ret 11 Ret 10 Ret 11 9 10 Ret 10 13 11 14 13 5 18 Kazuyuki Nishizawa 13 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 DNS 12 Ret 3 19 Bruce Jouanny 9 10 3 20 Saturo Gotou 11 9 2 21 Shinya Hosokawa 11 9 2 22 Motonari Higuchi Ret 12 Ret 14 13 12 0 23 Vladimir Tchekanine 12 0 24 Keiichi Nisimiya DNS DNS 15 Ret Ret Ret 0 25 Yousuke Shimojima 17 Ret 0 Hiroki Yoshimoto Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG SEN OKA MOT PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

References

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