2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The Japanese Formula 3 Championship is the 41st Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship season
Previous: 2018 Next: 2020 (SF Lights)
2020 FR Japan
Parent series:
Super Formula

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 2020 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.[1]

Team No. Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds
Toda Racing 2 Toshiki Oyu[2] C Dallara F319 Toda TR-F301 All
Hanashima Racing 5 Katsuaki Kubota M Dallara F315 Toyota TOM's TAZ31 1–4, 7
Hiroki Kokuzawa[2] C 5
OIRC team YTB by Carlin 7 Charles Milesi[3] C Dallara F317 Volkswagen A41 1–5, 7–8
Esteban Muth[4] C 6
8 Yoshiaki Katayama[2] C Dallara F315 All
B-Max Racing with Motopark 11 Sacha Fenestraz[5] C Dallara F314 Volkswagen A41 All
28 Harrison Newey[4] C Dallara F312 6
30 'Dragon'[6] M Dallara F314 All
50 Ukyo Sasahara[7] C Dallara F316 7
Takashi Hata[8] C 8
51 Ameya Vaidyanathan[9] C Dallara F315 All
65 Enaam Ahmed[6] C Dallara F312 All
ThreeBond Racing[10] 12 Hiroki Otsu[11] C Dallara F318 ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 All
13 Ai Miura[12] C Dallara F314 All
Tairoku Racing 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi[2] M Dallara F315 Volkswagen A41 1–5
RS Fine 35 Shunsuke Kohno[13] C Dallara F318 Mercedes 414 All
Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S 36 Ritomo Miyata[14] C Dallara F317 Toyota TOM's TAZ31 All
37 Kazuko Kotaka[14] C 1–2, 4–7
Sena Sakaguchi C 3, 8
Icon Class
C Championship
M Master

Race calendar

Calendar for the 2019 season.[15] All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Masters winner 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 by Carlin '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 Kazuko 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

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 team YTB by Carlin 40
5 ThreeBond Racing 36
6 RS Fine 10
NC Tairoku Racing 0
NC Hanashima Racing 0

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References
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  2. "Japanese Formula 3 Championship Round 11/12 Fuji Speedway Entry List" (PDF). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. Wood, Elliot (January 20, 2019). "Charles Milesi and Rui Andrade graduate to Formula 3 for 2019". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
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  5. Brierty, William (February 15, 2019). "Sacha Fenestraz finalises Japanese F3 and Super GT programmes". FormulaScout.
  6. Simmons, Marcus (March 29, 2019). "Enaam Ahmed switches to Motopark in Japanese F3 reshuffle". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
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  8. "Japanese Formula 3 Championship Round 19/20 Okayama International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  9. ""Really excited to be racing for B-Max with Motopark in Japanese F3 this year!"". April 15, 2019.
  10. Klein, Jamie (March 20, 2019). "Ahmed loses ThreeBond Japanese F3 drive". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network.
  11. ""大津選手が全日本F3に復帰。"". April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019. (in Japanese)
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  16. http://www.j-formula3.com/season/2019/ranking.html
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