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1993 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

The 1993 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was scheduled over 11 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 22 different teams, 30 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.

Calendar

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All rounds 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 Round 1 Suzuka 21 March 1993 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'04:11.297 191.849 km/h Ross Cheever Marco Apicella Eddie Irvine
2 Fuji Cabin International Formula Cup 11 April 1993 45 4.470=201.15 km 0'59:02.025 204.442 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Takuya Kurosawa Masahiko Kageyama
3 Mine F3000 Mine All Star 9 May 1993 50 3.239=161.8 km 1'24:52.084 114.389 km/h Mauro Martini Eddie Irvine Naoki Hattori
4 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Round 2 Suzuka 23 May 1993 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'04:22.711 191.282 km/h Eddie Irvine Eddie Irvine Marco Apicella
Autopolis Cosmo Oil Formula Cup in Racing Park 18 July 1993 cancelled
5 Sugo Sugo Inter Formula 1 August 1993 54 3.704=200.016 km 1'05:38.280 182.836 km/h Marco Apicella Eddie Irvine Eddie Irvine
Fuji RRC Fuji Champions 15 August 1993 cancelled due to fog
6 Fuji Fuji Inter F3000 5 September 1993 45 4.470=201.15 km 0'59:44.294 202.031 km/h Toshio Suzuki Heinz-Harald Frentzen Naoki Hattori
7 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Round 3 Suzuka 26 September 1993 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'04:46.558 190.108 km/h Ross Cheever Ross Cheever Heinz-Harald Frentzen
8 Fuji International F3000 Fuji Final 17 October 1993 44 4.470=196.68 km 0'58:05.324 203.151 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Eddie Irvine Heinz-Harald Frentzen
9 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Final Round Suzuka 14 November 1993 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'04:40.839 190.389 km/h Thomas Danielsson Ross Cheever Masahiko Kageyama

Note:

The weekend in Fuji with the race cancelled on September, 5 saw only practice and qualification sections.

Final point standings

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Driver

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For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 6 results count. One driver had a point deduction, which is given in ().

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 Total Points
1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino   Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 6 9 - 6 - - 2 9 - 32
2 Eddie Irvine   United Kingdom Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 4 4 - 9 - (1) 6 6 3 32
3 Ross Cheever   United States Promise&Reynard Reynard Mugen Honda 9 - 3 - 4 - 9 - 6 31
4 Marco Apicella   Italy Dome Dome Mugen Honda - 6 - 2 9 - 3 3 - 23
5 Toshio Suzuki   Japan Universal Racing Lola Cosworth 1 3 - - 3 9 4 2 - 22
6 Thomas Danielsson   Sweden Team Take One Lola Cosworth - 2 - 4 - - - 4 9 19
7 Mauro Martini   Italy Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - 9 - - - - 1 - 10
8 Andrew Gilbert Scott   United Kingdom Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 2 1 - 3 - - - - 4 10
9 Heinz-Harald Frentzen   Germany Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - 6 - - 2 8
10 Masahiko Kageyama   Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - 1 - 6 - - - - 7
11 Jeff Krosnoff   United States Speed Star Wheel Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - 6 - - - - - - 6
12 Roland Ratzenberger   Austria Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - - 1 - 4 1 - - 6
13 Takuya Kurosawa   Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth 3 - - - 2 - - - - 5
14 Paulo Carcasci   Brazil Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - 4 - - - - - - 4
15 Naoki Hattori   Japan Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Lola Mugen Honda - - 2 - - 2 - - - 4
16 Masanori Sekiya   Japan TOM'S Reynard Cosworth - - - - - 3 - - - 3
17 Mika Salo   Finland Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Mugen Honda - - - - 1 - - - - 1
= Katsutomo Kaneishi   Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth - - - - - - - - 1 1

Note:

Kazuyoshi Hoshino became champion on countback as they had 2 wins while Eddie Irvine only had 1.

Complete Overview

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first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R=retired NS=did not start

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine                  
1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino   Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 3 2 3 1 10 R 2 2 5 20 11 R 6 5 3 1 11 R
2 Eddie Irvine   United Kingdom Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 4 3 4 3 1 R 1 1 1 15 22 6 7 2 1 2 6 4
3 Ross Cheever   United States Promise&Reynard Reynard Mugen Honda 2 1 12 R 6 4 12 9 4 3 25 12 1 1 4 7 1 2
4 Marco Apicella   Italy Dome Dome Mugen Honda 1 7 5 2 8 R 10 5 6 1 2 R 5 4 7 4 20 9
5 Toshio Suzuki   Japan Universal Racing Lola Cosworth 6 6 2 4 2 R 7 R 15 4 8 1 3 3 16 5 26 R
6 Thomas Danielsson   Sweden Team Take One Lola Cosworth 14 9 11 5 11 R 5 3 18 9 17 R 14 16 8 3 2 1
7 Mauro Martini   Italy Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 11 R 6 R 4 1 4 R 8 17 6 R 13 8 18 6 8 R
Andrew Gilbert Scott   United Kingdom Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 7 5 7 6 7 R 8 4 11 8 13 R 12 R 6 9 4 3
9 Heinz-Harald Frentzen   Germany Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 8 R 19 R 9 R 3 8 3 14 1 2 9 10 2 12 9 5
10 Masahiko Kageyama   Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 13 12 14 8 15 6 13 R 7 2 18 8 10 R 17 R 18 11
11 Jeff Krosnoff   United States Speed Star Wheel Racing Lola Mugen Honda 12 14 17 13 17 2 21 13 16 18 15 11 20 11 11 13 23 15
Roland Ratzenberger   Austria Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 15 R 16 10 5 R 16 6 9 16 3 3 11 6 19 14 3 7
13 Takuya Kurosawa   Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth 5 4 1 R 3 R 14 15 2 5 10 R 8 R - - - -
14 Paulo Carcasci   Brazil Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 18 11 9 R 16 3 17 7 17 13 4 7 15 7 9 10 7 13
Naoki Hattori   Japan Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Lola Mugen Honda 10 8 8 R 12 5 19 11 20 7 16 5 2 20 14 11 15 8
16 Masanori Sekiya   Japan TOM'S Reynard Cosworth 9 10 15 7 - - 6 R 13 23 5 4 4 18 - - 5 R
17 Mika Salo   Finland Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Mugen Honda 19 13 21 9 23 7 18 R 10 6 7 NS 17 17 12 R 16 R
Katsutomo Kaneishi   Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 8 14 6
- Takao Wada   Japan Super Evolution Racing Lola Mugen Honda 22 15 18 12 14 8 24 14 23 12 - - - - - - - -
- Kunimitsu Takahashi   Japan Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda 20 R 20 11 13 9 23 12 19 10 9 9 19 9 13 18 13 R
- Akihiko Nakaya   Japan Team Hayashi Lola Judd - - 24 17 19 R 11 10
Team Hayashi Dome Mugen Honda 21 11 12 R 23 15 5 R 10 14
- Akira Ishikawa   Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 21 16 10 15 24 R 9 17 22 21 14 10 18 12 21 16 21 R
- Yasutaka Hinoi   Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 23 R 23 14 20 10 20 R 14 22 20 14 21 13 20 15 22 R
- Hisashi Wada   Japan Team Hagiwara Lola Mugen Honda 17 R 13 R 18 R 22 R 12 24 19 13 16 19 15 R 17 10
- Minoru Tanaka   Japan Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 17 19 12
- Anthony Reid   United Kingdom Super Evolution Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - 21 R 22 14 22 R 12 R
- Emanuele Naspetti   Italy Dome Dome Mugen Honda 16 17 22 16 21 R 15 R - - - - - - - - - -
- Naozumi Itou   Japan Giza Racing Lola Mugen Honda 24 R 25 18 22 R 25 16 24 19 24 R 26 20 25 R
Giza Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 24 R
- Masatomo Shimizu   Japan Trident Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - 26 19 - - - - - - 23 R - - 25 R - -
- Hideki Noda   Japan TOM'S Reynard Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 19 24 R
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