The 2000 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 22nd edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 26 March at Suzuka and ended on 5 November at the same place. French driver Sébastien Philippe took the championship title, winning three from ten races.
Teams and drivers All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tyres. Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds TOM'S 1 Robert Lechner F300 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–9 7 Haruki Kurosawa F300 1–9 8 Kaichi Sato F399 All Toda Racing 2 Seiji Ara F300 Toda-Honda MF204B All Inging 3 Benoît Tréluyer F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE All 5 Shinichi Takagi F399 TOM'S-Toyota 3S-GE 1–9 Team 5Zigen 6 Hideki Nishimura F399 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 2 Kota Sasaki 9 15 Tadashi Nagamori F399 1, 3, 5–8, 10 Pal Sport 9 Takeshi Tsuchiya F399 Tomei Nissan SR20VE 1–2, 4–10 19 Tsubasa Kurosawa F399 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–3 Mugen Dome Project 10 Sébastien Philippe F300 Mugen-Honda MF204B All 11 Yuji Ide F300 All Lian Racing Team 17 Kota Sasaki F399 Toda-Honda MF204B 1–4 Tsubasa Kurosawa 6–10 Team Yellow Hat with Aim Sports 18 Shogo Mitsuyama F399 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE All DTM 20 Kyousuke Mineo F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–4, 7 Racer Kashima 8–10 Tomei Sport 24 Kazuyuki Nishizawa F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All Maejima Racing Team 32 Masaru Tomizawa F399 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–3 Now Motor Sports Tomoyuki Inoue F399 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 9–10 33 Akira Yamaguchi F300 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All Nobel France Racing Team 37 Motonari Higuchi F397 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 2–3, 5, 7–8 Prokidai with Torii Racing 38 Yasutaka Gomi F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–2, 4–6 Teruyuki Tokuda 7 Hirotaka Nakajima 9 Kota Sasaki 10 39 Masayuki Suzuki F397 10 Nakajima Racing 64 Yasuyuki Honjyo F399 Mugen-Honda MF204B 1–8 Shinya Sato 9–10 Skill Speed 77 Kou Hirano F399 Toda-Honda MF204B 1–9 Notes
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 26 March Sébastien Philippe Sébastien Philippe Sébastien Philippe Mugen Dome Project 2 Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma 9 April Yuji Ide Yuji Ide Yuji Ide Mugen Dome Project 3 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 4 May Sébastien Philippe Haruki Kurosawa Sébastien Philippe Mugen Dome Project 4 Mine Circuit, Mine 21 May Robert Lechner Benoît Tréluyer Robert Lechner TOM'S 5 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 11 June Robert Lechner Seiji Ara Robert Lechner TOM'S 6 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 2 July Shinichi Takagi Sébastien Philippe Shinichi Takagi Inging 7 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 30 July Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Inging 8 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 20 August Seiji Ara Haruki Kurosawa Haruki Kurosawa TOM'S 9 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku 24 September Sébastien Philippe Sébastien Philippe Sébastien Philippe Mugen Dome Project 10 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 5 November Sébastien Philippe Yuji Ide Yuji Ide Mugen Dome Project
Standings Points are awarded as follows, with only the best 7 results to count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 6 4 3 2 1 Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG MOT SEN SUZ Pts 1 Sébastien Philippe 1 3 1 2 3 3 4 2 1 2 2 Yuji Ide Ret 1 6 3 6 2 5 3 6 1 3 Seiji Ara Ret 2 4 5 2 4 3 9 3 3 4 Robert Lechner Ret Ret 2 1 1 6 7 4 8 28 5 Benoît Tréluyer 2 16 13 4 8 Ret 1 7 2 Ret 24 6 Haruki Kurosawa Ret 4 7 6 4 5 2 1 7 24 7 Shinichi Takagi 4 7 Ret 7 Ret 1 13 5 5 16 8 Takeshi Tsuchiya 3 Ret 14 Ret Ret 12 17 4 5 9 9 Kyousuke Mineo 7 10 3 13 Ret 4 10 Yasuyuki Honjyo 6 8 5 Ret 7 7 6 8 4 11 Shinya Sato 12 4 3 12 Kaichi Sato Ret 11 Ret 11 5 8 8 6 11 7 3 13 Shogo Mitsuyama 5 13 10 12 9 12 Ret 10 13 10 2 14 Kota Sasaki Ret 6 Ret 8 9 6 2 15 Masaru Tomizawa Ret 5 Ret 2 16 Akira Yamaguchi 8 9 11 Ret 11 Ret 11 11 Ret 9 0 17 Tsubasa Kurosawa Ret 17 Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 8 0 18 Kou Hirano Ret 12 9 9 Ret 9 9 12 Ret 0 19 Yasutaka Gomi Ret Ret 10 10 10 0 20 Tomoyuki Inoue 10 Ret 0 21 Tadashi Nagamori Ret DNS 12 Ret Ret 15 11 0 22 Motonari Higuchi 14 12 13 14 14 0 23 Racer Kashima 16 16 12 0 24 Kazuyuki Nishizawa Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 14 Ret 0 25 Hideki Nishimura 15 0 26 Teruyuki Tokuda 15 0 27 Hirotaka Nakajima 15 0 Masayuki Suzuki Ret 0 Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG MOT SEN SUZ PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
References
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