1991 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

The 1991 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was scheduled over 11 rounds and contested over 10 rounds. 27 different teams, 47 different drivers, 5 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.

1991 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

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Related series:
1991 International Formula 3000 Championship
1991 British Formula 3000 Championship

Calendar

All events took place at venues located within the country of Japan.

Race No	Track	Race Name	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1	Suzuka	Million Card Cup Race 2&4 Suzuka	3 March 1991	35	5.864=205.241 km	1'03:33.365	193.757 km/h	Ukyo Katayama	Ukyo Katayama	Ukyo Katayama
2	Autopolis	All Japan F3000 Championship in Autopolis	24 March 1991	43	4.674=200.982 km	1'08:17.963	176.560 km/h	Akihiko Nakaya	Akihiko Nakaya	Kazuyoshi Hoshino
3	Fuji	Cabin International Formula Cup	14 April 1991	45	4.470=201.15 km	1'00:09.320	200.631 km/h	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Mauro Martini	Keiji Matsumoto
4	Mine	Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.1 Nishi-Nihon All Star	12 May 1991	62	3.239=200.818 km	1'36:48.120	124.471 km/h	Eddie Irvine	Akihiko Nakaya	Takuya Kurosawa
5	Suzuka	Million Card Cup Race Round 2 Suzuka	26 May 1991	34	5.864=199.376 km	1'03:38.746	187.955 km/h	Ukyo Katayama	Ukyo Katayama	Ross Cheever
6	Sugo	Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.2 Sugo Inter Formula	28 July 1991	54	3.704=200.016 km	1'06:46.689	179.714 km/h	Ross Cheever	Ross Cheever	Akihiko Nakaya
7	Fuji	Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.3 Fuji Champions	11 August 1991	45	4.470=201.15 km	0'59:58.828	201.216 km/h	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Mauro Martini	Ukyo Katayama
	Fuji	Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.4 Fuji Inter	8 September 1991	race postponed to November, 30 due to heavy rain
8	Suzuka	Million Card Cup Race Round 3 Suzuka	29 September 1991	35	5.864=205.241 km	1'05:07.814	189.074 km/h	Ross Cheever	Ukyo Katayama	Volker Weidler
	Fuji	Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.5 Fuji Final	27 October 1991	cancelled due to heavy rain
9	Suzuka	Million Card Cup Race Final Round Suzuka	17 November 1991	35	5.864=205.241 km	1'04:23.785	191.229 km/h	Ross Cheever	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Volker Weidler
10	Fuji	Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.4 Fuji Inter	30 November 1991	45	4.470=201.15 km	0'59:33.076	202.666 km/h	Volker Weidler	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Toshio Suzuki

Note:

Race 10 was started with the qualification times set for the race scheduled on September, 8.

The weekend in Fuji with the race cancelled on October, 27 saw only practice and qualification sections.

Final point standings

Driver

For every race, points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 to the runner up, 4 to third place, 3 to fourth place, 2 to fifth place, and 1 to sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 7 results count. No driver had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine											Total Points
1	Ukyo Katayama	Japan	Cabin Racing/Heroes	Lola	Cosworth	9	3	-	-	9	1	6	6	-	6	40
2	Ross Cheever	United States	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	-	27
3	Volker Weidler	Germany	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	4	9	25
4	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	6	9	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	24
5	Hitoshi Ogawa	Japan	Stellar International	Lola	Mugen Honda	6	1	4	-	6	-	-	2	1	-	20
6	Akihiko Nakaya	Japan	Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	9	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	16
7	Eddie Irvine	United Kingdom	Team Cerumo	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	2	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	14
8	Mauro Martini	Italy	Suntec Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	1	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	13
9	Thomas Danielsson	Sweden	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	2	-	12
10	Johnny Herbert	United Kingdom	Team LeMans	Ralt	Mugen Honda	2	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	9
11	Jan Lammers	Netherlands	Dome	Dome	Mugen Honda	4	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	7
12	Keiji Matsumoto	Japan	Dome	Dome	Mugen Honda	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Michael Schumacher	Germany	Team LeMans	Ralt	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Jeff Krosnoff	United States	Suntec Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6
15	Toshio Suzuki	Japan	Universal Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Paulo Carcasci	Brazil	Bitoku Motorsport	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
17	Masanori Sekiya	Japan	Leyton House Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Minoru Tanaka	Japan	Leyton House Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	3
	Maurizio Sandro Sala	Brazil	Super Evolution Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
21	Masahiro Hasemi	Japan	Speed Star Wheel Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
22	Takuya Kurosawa	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Ralt	Mugen Honda	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Mika Salo	Finland	Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Geoff Lees	United Kingdom	Team Hayashi	Ralt	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1