2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 40th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship season

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Parent series:
Super Formula

Teams and drivers

Team Chasis Engine No. Driver Status Rounds B-Max Racing Team Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 1 Yu Kanamaru[1] All 3 Ai Miura[1] All 21 Bruno Carneiro[1] 1 Kazuki Hiramine[2] 2 "Syuji"[3] 3 Masayuki Ueda[4] 4 Kiyoto Fujinami[5] 5, 7 Takashi Hata[6] 6 Shinji Sawada[7] 8 B-Max Engineering Dallara F312 13 Hideki Hirota[1] 1 Motoyoshi Yoshida[2] 2–8 Dallara F314 30 "Dragon"[1] All Toda Racing Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 2 Sena Sakaguchi[8] All 93 Toshiki Oyu[8] All Hanashima Racing Dallara F312 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 5 Katsuaki Kubota[4] 4–5 Kazuto Kotaka[9] 7 Riki Okusa[7] 8 OIRC Team YTB Dallara F318 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 8 Yoshiaki Katayama[1] All NODA Racing Dallara F312 Volkswagen A18 10 Jake Parsons[1] N All ThreeBond Racing Dallara F318 ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 12 Ukyo Sasahara[8] All Albirex Racing Team Dallara F315 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 14 Yuki Nemoto[1] 1–3, 5–7 Tatsuya Ota[7] 8 Tairoku Racing Dallara F316 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi[1] All RS Fine Dallara F318 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 35 Shunsuke Kohno[1] All Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Dallara F317 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 36 Sho Tsuboi[10] All 37 Ritomo Miyata[10] All

Icon Class N National class.

Race calendar and results

Calendar for the 2018 season.^[11] All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.

Race 9 at Okayama International Circuit was postponed due to severe weather conditions. The race was rescheduled for a later round at the same circuit, and was subsequently postponed again to be run at Sportsland SUGO.^[12]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National winner	Supporting
1	R1	Suzuka Circuit	21 April	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons	Super Formula
	R2			Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
2	R1	Sportsland SUGO	26 May	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R2		27 May	Sho Tsuboi	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
3	R1	Fuji Speedway	7 July	Sho Tsuboi	Ukyo Sasahara	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R2		8 July	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
4	R1	Okayama International Circuit	28 July	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R2			Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R3		29 July	Race postponed due to weather conditions[13]
5	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	18 August	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons	Super Formula
	R2		19 August	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R3				Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
6	R1	Okayama International Circuit	8 September	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R2		9 September	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R3			Race postponed due to weather conditions[14]
7	R1	Sportsland SUGO	29 September	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R2			Sho Tsuboi	Ritomo Miyata	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R3		30 September		Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons
	R4				Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	No finishers
8	R1	Fuji Speedway	13 October	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons	FIA World Endurance Championship
	R2		14 October	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Sho Tsuboi	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Jake Parsons

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		SUG1		FUJ1		OKA1			MOT			OKA2			SUG2				FUJ2		Points
1	Sho Tsuboi	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	C	1	1	1	1	1	C	1	1	1	1	1	1	214
2	Ritomo Miyata	2	2	2	2	8	1	1	2	C	2	2	2	5	3	C	2	2	4	2	6	3	117
3	Ukyo Sasahara	4	7	5	5	3	3	3	7	C	Ret	4	7	4	2	C	3	3	2	3	Ret	2	65
4	Sena Sakaguchi	3	3	4	3	2	4	6	4	C	5	5	9	Ret	4	C	8	5	Ret	4	2	6	52
5	Yu Kanamaru	5	5	6	8	5	6	4	6	C	4	3	4	2	9	C	4	7	3	5	13	Ret	40
6	Toshiki Oyu	14	9	3	4	4	Ret	9	3	C	3	6	3	Ret	5	C	6	4	Ret	DNS	4	4	39
7	Yoshiaki Katayama	Ret	4	7	6	7	14	7	6	C	6	Ret	5	7	7	C	5	6	5	9	11	Ret	14
8	Shunsuke Kohno	10	8	8	9	6	5	5	8	C	7	7	6	8	8	C	11	9	8	8	3	5	13
9	Yuki Nemoto	9	10	9	7	9	8				8	13	8	3	6	C	13	10	6	Ret			7
10	Riki Okusa																				5	9	2
11	Bruno Carneiro	6	6																				2
12	Ai Miura	7	11	11	12	Ret	7	8	9	C	10	9	11	6	10	C	16	13	10	12	7	8	1
13	Kazuto Kotaka																7	8	Ret	6			1
14	Kiyoto Fujinami										9	8	10				9	14	7	7			0
15	Tatsuya Ota																				10	7	0
16	Tairoku Yamaguchi	8	12	12	11	11	9	10	10	C	12	12	13	9	13	C	12	12	11	10	8	11	0
17	"Dragon"	11	Ret	Ret	13	10	10	11	11	C	11	10	12	11	12	C	10	11	Ret	11	9	10	0
18	Jake Parsons	13	13	13	14	12	11	14	13	C	14	14	15	10	11	C	14	15	9	DNS	14	12	0
19	Kazuki Hiramine			10	10																		0
20	Katsuaki Kubota							12	12	C	13	11	14										0
21	Motoyoshi Yoshida			14	15	14	13	15	15	C	15	15	16	13	15	C	15	16	12	Ret	12	13	0
22	Syuji					13	12																0
23	Hideki Hirota	12	14																				0
24	Takashi Hata													12	14	C							0
25	Masayuki Ueda							13	14	C													0
Pos	Driver	SUZ		SUG1		FUJ1		OKA1			MOT			OKA2			SUG2				FUJ2		Points

National Class

Pos	Driver	SUZ		SUG1		FUJ1		OKA1			MOT			OKA2			SUG2				FUJ2		Points
1	Jake Parsons	13	13	13	14	12	11	14	13	C	14	14	15	10	11	C	14	15	9	DNS	14	12	214

Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	190
2	Toda Racing	68
3	ThreeBond Racing	64
4	B-Max Racing with Motopark	40
5	OIRC by team YTB	14
6	RS Fine	13
7	Albirex Racing Team	7
8	Hanashima Racing	3
NC	Noda Racing	13
NC	Tairoku Racing	0
Ref:[15]

Engine tuner standings

Pos.	Engine tuner	Points
1	TOM'S	190
2	Toda Racing	168
3	Tomei Engine	64
2	Spiess Motorenbau Gmbh	40
5	HWA AG	39