2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 38th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship.

2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship
Previous:	2015	Next:	2017
Parent series: Super Formula

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team No. Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds Toda Racing 2 Keishi Ishikawa[1] C Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 All 12 Tadasuke Makino[1] C Dallara F314 1 Dallara F316 2–8 B-MAX Racing Team 3 Ai Miura[2] C Dallara F312 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 All 11 Masayuki Ueda[3] N Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 7–8 30 "Dragon"[4] N Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 1–3, 5 Dallara F306 4, 6–8 Hanashima Racing 5 Alex Yang[4] N Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE All HFDP Racing 7 Sena Sakaguchi[4] C Dallara F312 Mugen-Honda MF204D All 8 Hiroki Otsu[1] C Dallara F312 All Albirex Racing Team 9 Kizuku Hirota[4] N Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE All 10 Zene Okazaki[4] N Dallara F308 1–5 Team KRC with B-Max 21 Ye Hongli[5] C Dallara F315 Volkswagen A41 5–8 B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP[5] 21 Daiki Sasaki[4] C Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 1–2 Mitsunori Takaboshi[6] C Dallara F312 3–4 22 Jann Mardenborough[7] C Dallara F314 All 23 Katsumasa Chiyo[7] C Dallara F315 1–4 Dallara F312 5, 8 Mitsunori Takaboshi[8] C 6–7 Team Samurai 25 Takamitsu Matsui[5] N Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 5 FSC Motorsport 18 Guillaume Cunnington N Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE All Tairoku Exceed 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi C Dallara F316 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 1–2 Tairoku Racing Dallara F312 3–4 Dallara F316 Volkswagen A41[5] 5–8 Team TOM'S 36 Kenta Yamashita[9] C Dallara F312 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 All 37 Sho Tsuboi[9] C Dallara F314 All Petit Lemans Racing 46 Katsuaki Kubota[10] N Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 8 78 Yoshiaki Katayama[4] N Dallara F306 All

Icon Class C Championship N National

Race calendar and results

A provisional calendar for the 2016 championship.[11] 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.[12] However, on July 15, it was decided that Okayama would take its place at the same date.[13]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National winner	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 Jann Mardenborough   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 Tairoku Yamaguchi WD WD 11 10 7 Ret 9 10 12 10 9 9 11 Ret Ret 11 11 0 Ai Miura 10 10 10 8 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 16 10 10 10 9 Ret 10 10 0 Yoshiaki Katayama 11 11 Ret 11 10 10 Ret 13 11 15 13 12 12 10 9 13 Ret 0 "Dragon" Ret 12 13 12 14 11 12 12 Ret 12 11 13 13 11 10 12 12 0 Takamitsu Matsui 10 11 0 Kizuku Hirota 12 13 14 13 12 Ret 11 11 Ret 13 12 Ret 14 13 12 14 15 0 Alex Yang Ret 14 12 14 11 13 13 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 12 13 16 14 0 Masayuki Ueda Ret Ret 11 15 13 0 Zene Okazaki 13 15 15 15 13 12 14 14 Ret 14 0 Katsuaki Kubota 14 17 Ret 0 Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

National Class

Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points 1 Yoshiaki Katayama 11 11 Ret 11 10 10 59 2 "Dragon" Ret 12 13 12 14 11 32 3 Alex Yang Ret 14 12 14 11 13 27 4 Kizuku Hirota 12 13 14 13 12 Ret 27 5 Zene Okazaki 13 15 15 15 13 12 20 Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points

References

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10. "2016年全日本F3選手権シリーズ 第15戦／第16戦／第17戦 スポーツランドSUGO エントリーリスト" [Japanese Formula 3 Championship Round 15/16/17 Sugo Entry List] (PDF). Japanese Formula 3 Championship (in Japanese). Japanese Formula 3 Association. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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External links

• Official website (in Japanese and English)