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 Driver Status Rounds Toda Racing Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 2 Keishi Ishikawa All 12 Tadasuke Makino 2–8 Dallara F314 1 B-Max Racing Team Dallara F312 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 3 Ai Miura All Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 11 7–8 30 "Dragon" 1–3, 5 Dallara F306 4, 6–8 B-Max Racing Team with Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 21 Daiki Sasaki 1–2 Mitsunori Takaboshi 3–4 Dallara F314 22 Jann Mardenborough All Dallara F315 23 Katsumasa Chiyo 1–4 Dallara F312 5, 8 Mitsunori Takaboshi 6–7 Team KRC with B-Max Dallara F315 21 Ye Hongli 5–8 Hanashima Racing Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 5 Alex Yang All HFDP Racing Dallara F312 Mugen-Honda MF204D 7 Sena Sakaguchi All 8 Hiroki Otsu All Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 9 Kizuku Hirota All Dallara F308 10 1–5 Team Samurai Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 25 Takamitsu Matsui 5 Tairoku Exceed Dallara F316 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 28 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 Kenta Yamashita All Dallara F314 37 Sho Tsuboi All Petit Lemans Racing Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 46 Katsuaki Kubota 8 Dallara F306 78 Yoshiaki Katayama All Icon Class 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 Supporting 1 R1 Suzuka Circuit 23 April Kenta Yamashita Daiki Sasaki Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Yoshiaki Katayama Super Formula R2 24 April Kenta Yamashita Kenta Yamashita Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Yoshiaki Katayama 2 R1 Fuji Speedway 14 May Jann Mardenborough Daiki Sasaki Daiki Sasaki B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Alex Yang R2 15 May Daiki Sasaki Daiki Sasaki Daiki Sasaki B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Yoshiaki Katayama 3 R1 Okayama International Circuit 28 May Jann Mardenborough Kenta Yamashita Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Yoshiaki Katayama Super Formula R2 29 May Jann Mardenborough Jann Mardenborough Jann Mardenborough B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Yoshiaki Katayama 4 R1 Suzuka Circuit 11 June Kenta Yamashita Jann Mardenborough Mitsunori Takaboshi B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Kizuku Hirota Super Taikyu R2 12 June Kenta Yamashita Jann Mardenborough Mitsunori Takaboshi B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Kizuku Hirota 5 R1 Fuji Speedway 16 July Jann Mardenborough Katsumasa Chiyo Jann Mardenborough B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Takamitsu Matsui Super Formula R2 17 July Jann Mardenborough Katsumasa Chiyo Katsumasa Chiyo B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Takamitsu Matsui 6 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 20 August Tadasuke Makino Jann Mardenborough Jann Mardenborough B-Max Racing Team with NDDP "Dragon" R2 21 August Jann Mardenborough Jann Mardenborough Jann Mardenborough B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Yoshiaki Katayama 7 R1 Okayama International Circuit 10 September Kenta Yamashita Kenta Yamashita Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Yoshiaki Katayama R2 11 September Mitsunori Takaboshi Mitsunori Takaboshi Mitsunori Takaboshi B-Max Racing Team with NDDP Yoshiaki Katayama 8 R1 Sportsland SUGO 24 September Kenta Yamashita Kenta Yamashita Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S Yoshiaki Katayama R2 25 September Kenta Yamashita Sho Tsuboi Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S "Dragon" R3 Jann Mardenborough Kenta Yamashita Team TOM'S "Dragon"

Championship standings Drivers' Championships Points are awarded as follows: 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 Kenta Yamashita 1 1 5 2 1 6 Ret 2 6 4 5 2 1 5 1 1 1 113 2 2 3 2 4 8 1 10 3 1 2 1 1 4 8 2 2 2 110 3 Sho Tsuboi 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 DNS 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 87 4 Mitsunori Takaboshi 4 8 1 1 7 8 2 1 42 5 Tadasuke Makino 8 6 6 6 Ret 2 4 6 3 5 2 5 5 3 4 9 7 41 6 Katsumasa Chiyo 4 8 4 16 3 9 3 4 4 1 Ret 7 8 34 7 Daiki Sasaki 5 4 1 1 29 8 Keishi Ishikawa 6 5 7 5 Ret 5 5 5 7 9 4 7 9 7 5 4 4 22 9 Sena Sakaguchi 9 7 8 7 6 4 7 7 5 8 6 6 6 2 7 5 5 20 10 Hiroki Otsu 7 9 9 9 5 7 6 8 8 6 Ret 11 8 Ret 6 8 6 6 11 Ye Hongli 9 7 8 4 7 6 8 6 9 5 12 Tairoku Yamaguchi WD WD 11 10 7 Ret 9 10 12 10 9 9 11 Ret Ret 11 11 0 13 Ai Miura 10 10 10 8 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 16 10 10 10 9 Ret 10 10 0 14 Yoshiaki Katayama 11 11 Ret 11 10 10 Ret 13 11 15 13 12 12 10 9 13 Ret 0 15 "Dragon" Ret 12 13 12 14 11 12 12 Ret 12 11 13 13 11 10 12 12 0 16 Takamitsu Matsui 10 11 017 Kizuku Hirota 12 13 14 13 12 Ret 11 11 Ret 13 12 Ret 14 13 12 14 15 0 18 Alex Yang Ret 14 12 14 11 13 13 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 12 13 16 14 0 19 Masayuki Ueda Ret Ret 11 15 13 0 20 Zene Okazaki 13 15 15 15 13 12 14 14 Ret 14 0 21 Katsuaki Kubota 14 17 Ret 0 Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

National Class Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points 1 Yoshiaki Katayama 11 11 Ret 11 10 10 Ret 13 11 15 13 12 12 10 9 13 Ret 139 2 "Dragon" Ret 12 13 12 14 11 12 12 Ret 12 11 13 13 11 10 12 12 113 3 Kizuku Hirota 12 13 14 13 12 Ret 11 11 Ret 13 12 15 14 13 12 14 15 82 4 Alex Yang Ret 14 12 14 11 13 13 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 15 12 13 16 14 56 5 Zene Okazaki 13 15 15 15 13 12 14 14 Ret 14 296 Takamitsu Matsui 10 11247 Masayuki Ueda Ret Ret 11 15 13158 Katsuaki Kubota 14 17 Ret2 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 0Ref:

Engine tuner standings Pos. Engine tuner Points1Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH1452TOM'S 1283Toda Racing504M-TEC24

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