2009 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2009 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 31st edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It commenced on April 4, 2009 and ended on September 27.

Marcus Ericsson became the first Swedish champion, after a title battle which went down to the final round in Sportsland SUGO. Ericsson won with 112 points, beating his teammates Takuto Iguchi with 103 points, and Yuji Kunimoto with 97 points.[1]

Teams and drivers

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All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team No Driver Chassis[N 1] Engine Rounds
Championship Class
Petronas Team TOM'S 1   Marcus Ericsson[2] F308 Toyota-TOM'S All
36   Takuto Iguchi F308 All
37   Yuji Kunimoto F308 All
Toda Racing 2   Kei Cozzolino F308 Mugen-Honda All
ThreeBond Racing 12   Hironobu Yasuda F309 Nismo Nissan All
Now Motor Sport 33   Yuki Iwasaki F308 Toyota-TOM'S All
Denso Team Le Beausset 62   Koki Saga F308 Toyota-TOM'S All
National Class
Hanashima Racing 5   Katsuaki Kubota F306 Toyota-TOM'S All
HFDP Racing 7   Naoki Yamamoto F307 Toyota-TOM'S All
8   Takashi Kobayashi F307 All
Aim Sports 18   Yuhi Sekiguchi F307/305 Toyota-TOM'S 1–7
  Ryuji Yamamoto 8
Achievement by KCMG 19   Yoshitaka Kuroda F307 Toyota-TOM'S All
20   Alexandre Imperatori F307 All
Team Nova 22   Katsumasa Chiyo F306 Toyota-TOM'S All
23   Kimiya Sato F306 All
CMS Motor Sports Project 77   Tatsuru Noro F306 Toyota-TOM'S 1, 4, 6, 8
  Hiroshi Koizumi 2–3, 5, 7
Notes
  1. ^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team National Class winner
1 R1 Fuji Speedway 4 April   Marcus Ericsson   Marcus Ericsson   Takuto Iguchi Petronas Team TOM'S   Yuhi Sekiguchi
R2 5 April   Takuto Iguchi
2 R1 Okayama International Circuit 25 April   Hironobu Yasuda
R2 26 April   Yuji Kunimoto   Kimiya Sato   Hironobu Yasuda ThreeBond Racing   Kimiya Sato
3 R1 Suzuka Circuit 16 May   Alexandre Imperatori   Yuji Kunimoto   Marcus Ericsson Petronas Team TOM'S   Alexandre Imperatori
R2 17 May   Yuji Kunimoto   Takuto Iguchi   Yuji Kunimoto   Naoki Yamamoto
4 R1 Fuji Speedway 27 June   Marcus Ericsson
R2 28 June   Marcus Ericsson   Yuji Kunimoto   Marcus Ericsson   Kimiya Sato
5 R1 Suzuka Circuit 11 July   Kei Cozzolino   Marcus Ericsson   Yuji Kunimoto   Alexandre Imperatori
R2 12 July   Marcus Ericsson   Naoki Yamamoto
6 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 8 August
R2 9 August   Kei Cozzolino Toda Racing
7 R1 Autopolis 29 August   Takuto Iguchi Petronas Team TOM'S
R2 30 August
8 R1 Sportsland SUGO 26 September   Yuji Kunimoto   Marcus Ericsson   Yuji Kunimoto   Kimiya Sato
R2 27 September   Marcus Ericsson   Naoki Yamamoto

Standings

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Championship Class

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  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 PP FL
10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts
1   Marcus Ericsson 2 3 10 10 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 5 2 6 2 1 112
2   Takuto Iguchi 1 1 1 9 2 3 3 2 6 2 3 4 1 1 3 Ret 103
3   Yuji Kunimoto 3 2 2 8 3 1 1 3 1 4 5 2 5 7 1 3 97
4   Kei Cozzolino 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 Ret 2 5 2 1 4 3 4 4 66
5   Hironobu Yasuda 7 16 5 1 4 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 4 3 6 2 5 2 53
6   Koki Saga 5 5 11 14 Ret 6 4 5 4 3 6 6 3 4 6 12 30
7   Yuki Iwasaki 6 6 9 2 DNQ DNQ 6 14 7 6 7 7 7 5 7 11 18
National Class
  Yuhi Sekiguchi 8 7 3 5 12 14 15 Ret 11 12 10 12 Ret 12 0
  Kimiya Sato 11 9 7 3 7 11 10 6 10 8 12 10 9 13 8 8 0
  Naoki Yamamoto 12 8 Ret 6 8 7 7 8 12 7 8 8 8 8 12 5 0
  Alexandre Imperatori 14 10 8 15 6 9 8 13 8 11 9 9 12 9 9 13 0
  Takashi Kobayashi 9 11 6 7 11 10 9 9 9 9 13 14 11 10 13 7 0
  Katsumasa Chiyo 10 12 Ret 11 9 8 11 7 14 14 11 11 10 11 Ret 6 0
  Yoshitaka Kuroda 13 13 12 13 10 12 12 10 13 10 14 13 13 14 10 10 0
  Katsuaki Kubota 16 14 13 16 Ret 13 14 12 16 15 Ret 15 Ret 16 14 Ret 0
  Ryuji Yamamoto 12 9 0
  Hiroshi Koizumi 14 12 13 Ret 15 13 14 15 0
  Tatsuru Noro 15 15 13 11 15 Ret 15 14 0
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

Teams Standings

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  • Points are awarded for both races as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6
10 7 5 3 2 1
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts
1 Petronas Team TOM'S 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 150
2 Toda Racing 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 Ret 2 5 2 1 4 3 4 4 62
3 ThreeBond Racing 7 7 4 1 4 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 4 3 6 2 5 2 52
4 Denso Team Le Beausset 5 5 7 7 Ret 6 4 5 4 3 6 6 3 4 6 6 30
5 Now Motor Sport 6 6 5 2 DNQ DNQ 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 5 7 5 18
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts

Engine Tuners Standings

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  • Points are awarded for both races as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6
10 7 5 3 2 1
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts
1 Toyota-TOM'S 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 154
2 Mugen-Honda 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 Ret 2 5 2 1 4 3 4 4 62
3 Nismo Nissan 7 7 4 1 4 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 4 3 6 2 5 2 52
4 Toyota 5 5 7 7 Ret 6 4 5 4 3 6 6 3 4 6 6 30
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts

National Class

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1 2 3 4 5 6 PP FL
10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts
1   Naoki Yamamoto 5 2 Ret 3 3 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 121
2   Kimiya Sato 4 3 3 1 2 5 4 1 3 2 5 3 2 6 1 4 89
3   Alexandre Imperatori 7 4 4 8 1 3 2 8 1 5 2 2 5 2 2 7 75
4   Takashi Kobayashi 2 5 2 4 6 4 3 4 2 3 6 7 4 3 6 3 62
5   Yuhi Sekiguchi 1 1 1 2 7 8 9 Ret 4 6 3 5 Ret 5 57
6   Katsumasa Chiyo 3 6 Ret 5 4 2 5 2 7 8 4 4 3 4 Ret 2 48
7   Yoshitaka Kuroda 6 7 5 7 5 6 6 5 6 4 7 6 6 7 3 6 21
8   Ryuji Yamamoto 5 5 4
9   Katsuaki Kubota 9 8 6 9 Ret 7 8 7 9 9 Ret 8 Ret 9 7 Ret 1
10   Tatsuru Noro 8 9 7 6 8 Ret 8 8 1
11   Hiroshi Koizumi 7 6 8 Ret 8 7 7 8 1
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

Teams Standings

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  • Points are awarded for both races as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6
10 7 5 3 2 1
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts
1 HFDP Racing 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 126
2 Team Nova 3 3 3 1 2 2 4 1 3 2 4 3 2 4 1 2 99
3 Achievement by KCMG 6 4 4 7 1 3 2 5 1 4 2 2 5 2 2 6 75
4 Aim Sports 1 1 1 2 7 8 9 Ret 4 6 3 5 Ret 5 5 5 54
5 CMS Motor Sports Project 8 9 7 6 8 Ret 7 6 8 7 8 Ret 7 8 8 8 2
6 Hanashima Racing 9 8 6 9 Ret 7 8 7 9 9 Ret 8 Ret 9 7 Ret 1
Pos Driver FUJ OKA AUT FUJ AUT MOT AUT SUG Pts

References

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  1. ^ Bradshaw, Ann (2009-09-27). "Marcus Ericsson is the New Japanese Formula 3 Champion". marcusericssonracing.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  2. ^ "Marcus Ericsson moves east". marcusericssonracing.com. 2008-12-04. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
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