2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The Japanese Formula 3 Championship is the 41st Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship season
Previous:	2018	Next:	2020 (SF Lights) 2020 FR Japan
Parent series: Super Formula

In August 2019, Japan Race Promotion, the series promoter, surrendered the right to organise a Japanese Formula 3 championship at the end of the season by choosing to deviate from the Formula Regional class and go to a Euroformula Open Championship-based formula, which will require the renaming of the series as Super Formula Lights from 2020 season onwards. The FIA responded on 26 December 2020 by awarding the rights to organise a Formula Regional championship (as it will be renamed) to rival promoter K2, which promotes the F4 Japanese Championship. Their series, the Formula Regional Japanese Championship, is the legal successor series under FIA standards and be the FIA-approved and JAF-sanctioned regional Formula 3 championship in 2020.

Teams and drivers

For the 2019 season, the National class was replaced by the Master class, aimed at older drivers not on the FIA Single Seater Pyramid.[1]

Team No. Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds Toda Racing 2 Toshiki Oyu[2] C Dallara F319 Toda TR-F301 All Hanashima Racing 5 Katsuaki Kubota M Dallara F315 Toyota TOM's TAZ31 1–4, 7 Hiroki Kokuzawa[2] C 5 OIRC team YTB by Carlin 7 Charles Milesi[3] C Dallara F317 Volkswagen A41 1–5, 7–8 Esteban Muth[4] C 6 8 Yoshiaki Katayama[2] C Dallara F315 All B-Max Racing with Motopark 11 Sacha Fenestraz[5] C Dallara F314 Volkswagen A41 All 28 Harrison Newey[4] C Dallara F312 6 30 "Dragon"[6] M Dallara F314 All 50 Ukyo Sasahara[7] C Dallara F316 7 Takashi Hata[8] C 8 51 Ameya Vaidyanathan[9] C Dallara F315 All 65 Enaam Ahmed[6] C Dallara F312 All ThreeBond Racing[10] 12 Hiroki Otsu[11] C Dallara F318 ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 All 13 Ai Miura[12] C Dallara F314 All Tairoku Racing 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi[2] M Dallara F315 Volkswagen A41 1–5 RS Fine 35 Shunsuke Kohno[13] C Dallara F318 Mercedes 414 All Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S 36 Ritomo Miyata[14] C Dallara F317 Toyota TOM's TAZ31 All 37 Kazuko Kotaka[14] C 1–2, 4–7 Sena Sakaguchi C 3, 8

Icon Class C Championship M Master

Race calendar

Calendar for the 2019 season.[15] All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Masters winner	Supporting
1	R1	Suzuka Circuit	21 April	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Sacha Fenestraz	B-Max Racing with Motopark	Tairoku Yamaguchi	Super Formula
	R2			Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Tairoku Yamaguchi
2	R1	Autopolis	18 May	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	B-Max Racing with Motopark	Tairoku Yamaguchi
	R2		19 May	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	B-Max Racing with Motopark	No finishers
	R3				Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	B-Max Racing with Motopark	Tairoku Yamaguchi
3	R1	Okayama International Circuit	8 June	Sacha Fenestraz	Ritomo Miyata	Sacha Fenestraz	B-Max Racing with Motopark	"Dragon"
	R2		9 June	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Tairoku Yamaguchi
	R3				Sacha Fenestraz	Yoshiaki Katayama	OIRC team YTB by Carlin	"Dragon"
4	R1	Sportsland SUGO	22 June	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	Katsuaki Kubota	Super Formula
	R2		23 June	Ritomo Miyata	Sacha Fenestraz	Toshiki Oyu	Toda Racing	Katsuaki Kubota
5	R1	Fuji Speedway	13 July	Ritomo Miyata	Enaam Ahmed	Enaam Ahmed	B-Max Racing with Motopark	"Dragon"
	R2		14 July	Ritomo Miyata	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	B-Max Racing with Motopark	"Dragon"
6	R1	Sportsland SUGO	27 July	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R2		28 July	Enaam Ahmed	Sacha Fenestraz	Enaam Ahmed	B-Max Racing with Motopark	No finishers
	R3				Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	"Dragon"
7	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	17 August	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	B-Max Racing with Motopark	"Dragon"	Super Formula
	R2		18 August	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R3				Ritomo Miyata	Sacha Fenestraz	B-Max Racing with Motopark	"Dragon"
8	R1	Okayama International Circuit	28 September	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	"Dragon"
	R2		29 September	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Ritomo Miyata	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	"Dragon"

Championship standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Overall

Pos	Driver	SUZ		AUT			OKA1			SUG1		FUJ		SUG2			MOT			OKA2		Points
1	Sacha Fenestraz	1	14	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	7	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	162
2	Ritomo Miyata	2	1	7	8	6	3	1	3	1	DSQ	DSQ	3	1	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	142
3	Enaam Ahmed	3	2	3	3	Ret	10	7	Ret	6	3	1	2	4	1	4	Ret	13	11	Ret	7	63
4	Toshiki Oyu	5	4	2	2	2	6	6	6	5	1	3	6	6	7	6	3	5	7	5	5	60
5	Kazuko Kotaka	4	3	6	6	5				2	4	4	5	3	4	3	Ret	3	4			48
6	Hiroki Otsu	6	7	5	5	3	9	Ret	9	4	6	2	4	9	10	8	4	8	3	4	6	36
7	Yoshiaki Katayama	8	8	8	9	4	2	4	1	7	5	5	7	7	5	7	6	7	9	6	4	34
8	Sena Sakaguchi						5	3	4											3	3	20
9	Charles Milesi	9	6	10	7	7	4	5	5	Ret	DNS	WD	WD				11	4	5	7	9	13
10	Shunsuke Kohno	7	5	4	4	8	7	8	7	8	7	6	Ret	8	9	9	7	6	Ret	8	11	10
11	Harrison Newey													5	6	5						5
12	Ukyo Sasahara																5	9	6			3
13	Ameya Vaidyanathan	Ret	11	9	10	9	8	12	8	9	8	9	8	10	11	11	8	10	12	9	8	0
14	"Dragon"	12	12	13	Ret	DNS	11	10	10	Ret	Ret	10	9	12	Ret	12	9	11	8	11	12	0
15	Esteban Muth													11	8	10						0
16	Hiroki Kokuzawa											8	Ret									0
17	Ai Miura	10	9	12	11	10	13	11	12	10	9	Ret	DNS	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	10	10	0
18	Tairoku Yamaguchi	11	10	11	Ret	11	12	9	11	Ret	Ret	WD	WD									0
19	Katsuaki Kubota	13	13	14	Ret	Ret	14	13	Ret	11	10						10	12	10			0
20	Takashi Hata																			12	13	0
Pos	Driver	SUZ		AUT			OKA1			SUG1		FUJ		SUG2			MOT			OKA2		Points

Masters Class

Pos	Driver	SUZ		AUT			OKA1			SUG1		FUJ		SUG2			MOT			OKA2		Points
1	"Dragon"	12	12	13	Ret	DNS	11	10	10	Ret	Ret	10	9	12	Ret	12	9	11	8	11	12	162
2	Tairoku Yamaguchi	11	10	11	Ret	11	12	9	11	Ret	Ret	WD	WD									76
3	Katsuaki Kubota	13	13	14	Ret	Ret	14	13	Ret	11	10						10	12	10			66
4	Takashi Hata																			12	13	14

Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	B-Max Racing with Motopark	168
2	Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S	131
3	Toda Racing	60
4	OIRC team YTB by Carlin	40
5	ThreeBond Racing	36
6	RS Fine	10
NC	Tairoku Racing	0
NC	Hanashima Racing	0

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References

1. "全日本F3選手権『マスタークラス』新設のお知らせ". April 18, 2019. (in Japanese)
2. "Japanese Formula 3 Championship Round 11/12 Fuji Speedway Entry List" (PDF). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
3. Wood, Elliot (January 20, 2019). "Charles Milesi and Rui Andrade graduate to Formula 3 for 2019". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
4. "Japanese Formula 3 Championship Round 13/14/15 SUGO Entry List" (PDF). 24 July 2019.
5. Brierty, William (February 15, 2019). "Sacha Fenestraz finalises Japanese F3 and Super GT programmes". FormulaScout.
6. Simmons, Marcus (March 29, 2019). "Enaam Ahmed switches to Motopark in Japanese F3 reshuffle". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
7. "Japanese Formula 3 Championship Round 16/17/18 Twin Ring Motegi Entry List" (PDF). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
8. "Japanese Formula 3 Championship Round 19/20 Okayama International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
9. ""Really excited to be racing for B-Max with Motopark in Japanese F3 this year!"". April 15, 2019.
10. Klein, Jamie (March 20, 2019). "Ahmed loses ThreeBond Japanese F3 drive". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network.
11. ""大津選手が全日本F3に復帰。"". April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019. (in Japanese)
12. "全日本F3選手権で活躍するThreeBondRacing。2019年は2台体制でエントリーする。". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019. (in Japanese)
13. ""2019年も全日本F3選手権に参戦します。"". March 5, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019. (in Japanese)
14. Simmons, Marcus (March 1, 2019). "Ahmed latest F3 driver to head to Japan". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
15. "2019年 全日本F3選手権カレンダーについて (All Japan F3 Championship Calendar in 2019)". j-formula3.com. Japanese Formula 3 Championship. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
16. http://www.j-formula3.com/season/2019/ranking.html

External links

• Official website (in Japanese and English)