The Japanese Formula 3 Championship is the 41st Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.
In August 2019, Japan Race Promotion, the series promoter, surrendered the right to organise a Japanese Formula 3 championship at the end of the season by choosing to deviate from the Formula Regional class and go to a Euroformula Open Championship-based formula, which will require the renaming of the series as Super Formula Lights from 2020 season onwards. The FIA responded on 26 December 2019 by awarding the rights to organise a Formula Regional championship (as it will be renamed) to rival promoter K2, which promotes the F4 Japanese Championship. Their series, the Formula Regional Japanese Championship, is the legal successor series under FIA standards and be the FIA-approved and JAF-sanctioned regional Formula 3 championship in 2020.
Teams and drivers
For the 2019 season, the National class was replaced by the Master class, aimed at older drivers not on the FIA Single Seater Pyramid. (in Japanese) Team Chassis Engine Driver Status Rounds Toda Racing Dallara F319 Toda TR-F301 2 Toshiki Oyu All Hanashima Racing Dallara F315 Toyota TOM's TAZ31 5 Katsuaki Kubota 1–4, 7 Hiroki Kokuzawa 5 OIRC team YTB Dallara F317 Volkswagen A41 7 Charles Milesi 1–5, 7–8 Esteban Muth 6 Dallara F315 8 Yoshiaki Katayama All B-Max Racing with Motopark Dallara F314 Volkswagen A41 11 Sacha Fenestraz All Dallara F312 28 Harrison Newey 6 Dallara F314 30 "Dragon" All Dallara F316 50 Ukyo Sasahara 7 Takashi Hata 8 Dallara F315 51 Ameya Vaidyanathan All Dallara F312 65 Enaam Ahmed All ThreeBond Racing Dallara F318 ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 12 Hiroki Otsu (in Japanese) All Dallara F314 13 Ai Miura (in Japanese) All Tairoku Racing Dallara F315 Volkswagen A41 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi 1–5 RS Fine Dallara F318 Mercedes 414 35 Shunsuke Kohno (in Japanese) All Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Dallara F317 Toyota TOM's TAZ31 36 Ritomo Miyata All 37 Kazuto Kotaka 1–2, 4–7 Sena Sakaguchi 3, 8 Icon Class Masters' Cup.
Race calendar and results Calendar for the 2019 season. All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 R1 Suzuka Circuit 21 April Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Sacha Fenestraz B-Max Racing with Motopark Tairoku Yamaguchi Super Formula R2 Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Tairoku Yamaguchi 2 R1 Autopolis 18 May Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz B-Max Racing with Motopark Tairoku Yamaguchi R2 19 May Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz B-Max Racing with Motopark No finishers R3 Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz B-Max Racing with Motopark Tairoku Yamaguchi 3 R1 Okayama International Circuit 8 June Sacha Fenestraz Ritomo Miyata Sacha Fenestraz B-Max Racing with Motopark "Dragon" R2 9 June Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Tairoku Yamaguchi R3 Sacha Fenestraz Yoshiaki Katayama OIRC team YTB "Dragon" 4 R1 Sportsland SUGO 22 June Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Katsuaki Kubota Super Formula R2 23 June Ritomo Miyata Sacha Fenestraz Toshiki Oyu Toda Racing Katsuaki Kubota 5 R1 Fuji Speedway 13 July Ritomo Miyata Enaam Ahmed Enaam Ahmed B-Max Racing with Motopark "Dragon" R2 14 July Ritomo Miyata Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz B-Max Racing with Motopark "Dragon" 6 R1 Sportsland SUGO 27 July Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S "Dragon" R2 28 July Enaam Ahmed Sacha Fenestraz Enaam Ahmed B-Max Racing with Motopark No finishers R3 Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S "Dragon" 7 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 17 August Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz B-Max Racing with Motopark "Dragon" Super Formula R2 18 August Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S "Dragon" R3 Ritomo Miyata Sacha Fenestraz B-Max Racing with Motopark "Dragon" 8 R1 Okayama International Circuit 28 September Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S "Dragon" R2 29 September Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S "Dragon"
Championship standings
Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 PP FL 10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1
Drivers' Championships
Overall Pos Driver SUZ AUT OKA1 SUG1 FUJ SUG2 MOT OKA2 Points 1 Sacha Fenestraz 1 14 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 7 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 162 2 Ritomo Miyata 2 1 7 8 6 3 1 3 1 DSQ DSQ 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 142 3 Enaam Ahmed 3 2 3 3 Ret 10 7 Ret 6 3 1 2 4 1 4 Ret 13 11 Ret 7 63 4 Toshiki Oyu 5 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 1 3 6 6 7 6 3 5 7 5 5 60 5 Kazuto Kotaka 4 3 6 6 5 2 4 4 5 3 4 3 Ret 3 4 48 6 Hiroki Otsu 6 7 5 5 3 9 Ret 9 4 6 2 4 9 10 8 4 8 3 4 6 36 7 Yoshiaki Katayama 8 8 8 9 4 2 4 1 7 5 5 7 7 5 7 6 7 9 6 4 34 8 Sena Sakaguchi 5 3 4 3 3 20 9 Charles Milesi 9 6 10 7 7 4 5 5 Ret DNS WD WD 11 4 5 7 9 13 10 Shunsuke Kohno 7 5 4 4 8 7 8 7 8 7 6 Ret 8 9 9 7 6 Ret 8 11 10 11 Harrison Newey 5 6 5 5 12 Ukyo Sasahara 5 9 6 3 13 Ameya Vaidyanathan Ret 11 9 10 9 8 12 8 9 8 9 8 10 11 11 8 10 12 9 8 0 14 "Dragon" 12 12 13 Ret DNS 11 10 10 Ret Ret 10 9 12 Ret 12 9 11 8 11 12 0 15 Esteban Muth 11 8 10 0 16 Hiroki Kokuzawa 8 Ret 0 17 Ai Miura 10 9 12 11 10 13 11 12 10 9 Ret DNS WD WD WD WD WD WD 10 10 0 18 Tairoku Yamaguchi 11 10 11 Ret 11 12 9 11 Ret Ret WD WD 0 19 Katsuaki Kubota 13 13 14 Ret Ret 14 13 Ret 11 10 10 12 10 0 20 Takashi Hata 12 13 0 Pos Driver SUZ AUT OKA1 SUG1 FUJ SUG2 MOT OKA2 Points
Masters Class Pos Driver SUZ AUT OKA1 SUG1 FUJ SUG2 MOT OKA2 Points 1 "Dragon" 12 12 13 Ret DNS 11 10 10 Ret Ret 10 9 12 Ret 12 9 11 8 11 12 162 2 Tairoku Yamaguchi 11 10 11 Ret 11 12 9 11 Ret Ret WD WD 76 3 Katsuaki Kubota 13 13 14 Ret Ret 14 13 Ret 11 10 10 12 10 66 4 Takashi Hata 12 13 14 Pos Driver SUZ AUT OKA1 SUG1 FUJ SUG2 MOT OKA2 Points
Teams Championship Pos. Team Points 1 B-Max Racing with Motopark 168 2 Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S 131 3 Toda Racing 60 4 OIRC by team YTB 40 5 ThreeBond Racing 36 6 RS Fine 10 NC Tairoku Racing 0 NC Hanashima Racing 0Ref:
Engine tuner standings Pos. Engine tuner Points1Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH1622TOM'S 763Toda Racing604Tomei Engine365HWA10
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