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

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Parent series:
Super Formula

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

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

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 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

National Class

Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points 1 Yoshiaki Katayama 11 11 Ret 11 10 10 Ret 13 11 15 13 12 12 10 9 13 Ret 139 2 "Dragon" Ret 12 13 12 14 11 12 12 Ret 12 11 13 13 11 10 12 12 113 3 Kizuku Hirota 12 13 14 13 12 Ret 11 11 Ret 13 12 15 14 13 12 14 15 82 4 Alex Yang Ret 14 12 14 11 13 13 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 15 12 13 16 14 56 5 Zene Okazaki 13 15 15 15 13 12 14 14 Ret 14 29 6 Takamitsu Matsui 10 11 24 7 Masayuki Ueda Ret Ret 11 15 13 15 8 Katsuaki Kubota 14 17 Ret 2 Pos Driver SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA1 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT OKA2 SUG Points