2000 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2000 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 22nd edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 26 March at Suzuka and ended on 5 November at the same place.^[1] French driver Sébastien Philippe took the championship title, winning three from ten races.^[2]

2000 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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1999

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2001

Teams and drivers

• All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tyres.

Team	No	Driver	Chassis[N 1]	Engine	Rounds
TOM'S	1	Robert Lechner	F300	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	1–9
	7	Haruki Kurosawa	F300		1–9
	8	Kaichi Sato	F399		All
Toda Racing	2	Seiji Ara	F300	Toda-Honda MF204B	All
Inging	3	Benoît Tréluyer	F300	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
	5	Shinichi Takagi	F399	TOM'S-Toyota 3S-GE	1–9
Team 5Zigen	6	Hideki Nishimura	F399	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	2
		Kota Sasaki			9
	15	Tadashi Nagamori	F399		1, 3, 5–8, 10
Pal Sport	9	Takeshi Tsuchiya	F399	Tomei Nissan SR20VE	1–2, 4–10
	19	Tsubasa Kurosawa	F399	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	1–3
Mugen Dome Project	10	Sébastien Philippe	F300	Mugen-Honda MF204B	All
	11	Yuji Ide	F300		All
Lian Racing Team	17	Kota Sasaki	F399	Toda-Honda MF204B	1–4
		Tsubasa Kurosawa			6–10
Team Yellow Hat with Aim Sports	18	Shogo Mitsuyama	F399	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
DTM	20	Kyousuke Mineo	F399	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	1–4, 7
		Racer Kashima			8–10
Tomei Sport	24	Kazuyuki Nishizawa	F399	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Maejima Racing Team	32	Masaru Tomizawa	F399	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	1–3
Now Motor Sports		Tomoyuki Inoue	F399	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	9–10
	33	Akira Yamaguchi	F300	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Nobel France Racing Team	37	Motonari Higuchi	F397	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	2–3, 5, 7–8
Prokidai with Torii Racing	38	Yasutaka Gomi	F300	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	1–2, 4–6
		Teruyuki Tokuda			7
		Hirotaka Nakajima			9
		Kota Sasaki			10
	39	Masayuki Suzuki	F397		10
Nakajima Racing	64	Yasuyuki Honjyo	F399	Mugen-Honda MF204B	1–8
		Shinya Sato			9–10
Skill Speed	77	Kou Hirano	F399	Toda-Honda MF204B	1–9

Notes

1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	26 March	Sébastien Philippe	Sébastien Philippe	Sébastien Philippe	Mugen Dome Project
2	Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma	9 April	Yuji Ide	Yuji Ide	Yuji Ide	Mugen Dome Project
3	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	4 May	Sébastien Philippe	Haruki Kurosawa	Sébastien Philippe	Mugen Dome Project
4	Mine Circuit, Mine	21 May	Robert Lechner	Benoît Tréluyer	Robert Lechner	TOM'S
5	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	11 June	Robert Lechner	Seiji Ara	Robert Lechner	TOM'S
6	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	2 July	Shinichi Takagi	Sébastien Philippe	Shinichi Takagi	Inging
7	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	30 July	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Inging
8	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	20 August	Seiji Ara	Haruki Kurosawa	Haruki Kurosawa	TOM'S
9	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku	24 September	Sébastien Philippe	Sébastien Philippe	Sébastien Philippe	Mugen Dome Project
10	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	5 November	Sébastien Philippe	Yuji Ide	Yuji Ide	Mugen Dome Project

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows, with only the best 7 results to count:

1	2	3	4	5	6
9	6	4	3	2	1

Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG MOT SEN SUZ Pts 1 Sébastien Philippe 1 3 1 2 3 3 4 2 1 2 49 2 Yuji Ide Ret 1 6 3 6 2 5 3 6 1 35 3 Seiji Ara Ret 2 4 5 2 4 3 9 3 3 30 4 Robert Lechner Ret Ret 2 1 1 6 7 4 8 28 5 Benoît Tréluyer 2 16 13 4 8 Ret 1 7 2 Ret 24 6 Haruki Kurosawa Ret 4 7 6 4 5 2 1 7 24 7 Shinichi Takagi 4 7 Ret 7 Ret 1 13 5 5 16 8 Takeshi Tsuchiya 3 Ret 14 Ret Ret 12 17 4 5 9 9 Kyousuke Mineo 7 10 3 13 Ret 4 10 Yasuyuki Honjyo 6 8 5 Ret 7 7 6 8 4 11 Shinya Sato 12 4 3 12 Kaichi Sato Ret 11 Ret 11 5 8 8 6 11 7 3 13 Shogo Mitsuyama 5 13 10 12 9 12 Ret 10 13 10 2 14 Kota Sasaki Ret 6 Ret 8 9 6 2 15 Masaru Tomizawa Ret 5 Ret 2 16 Akira Yamaguchi 8 9 11 Ret 11 Ret 11 11 Ret 9 0 17 Tsubasa Kurosawa Ret 17 Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 8 0 18 Kou Hirano Ret 12 9 9 Ret 9 9 12 Ret 0 19 Yasutaka Gomi Ret Ret 10 10 10 0 20 Tomoyuki Inoue 10 Ret 0 21 Tadashi Nagamori Ret DNS 12 Ret Ret 15 11 0 22 Motonari Higuchi 14 12 13 14 14 0 23 Racer Kashima 16 16 12 0 24 Kazuyuki Nishizawa Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 14 Ret 0 25 Hideki Nishimura 15 0 26 Teruyuki Tokuda 15 0 27 Hirotaka Nakajima 15 0 Masayuki Suzuki Ret 0 Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG MOT SEN SUZ Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap