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2003 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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The 2003 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 25th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 22 March at Suzuka and ended on 19 October at Motegi.[1] Australian driver James Courtney took the championship title, winning 13 from 20 races.[2]

Teams and drivers edit

  • All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tyres.[3]
Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Dome Racing Team 1   Shinya Hosokawa Lola-Dome F106 Mugen-Honda MF204C 1–5
  Koji Yamanishi 7–10
10   Rob Austin Lola-Dome F106 Mugen-Honda MF204B 9–10
11   Yuki Shibata Lola-Dome F106 1–7
Toda Racing 2   Shinya Sato Dallara F302 Toda-Honda MF204B All
Inging 3   Naoki Yokomizo Dallara F303 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE All
4   Ronnie Quintarelli Dallara F302 All
TOM'S 7   James Courtney Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
8   Wataru Kobayakawa Dallara F302 All
36   Tatsuya Kataoka Dallara F302 All
ThreeBond Racing 12   Paolo Montin Dallara F303 Tomei Nissan SR20VE All
14   Masataka Yanagida Dallara F302 2
Aim Sports 18   Takahiro Ogawa Dallara F302 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–5
  Atsushi Katsumata 8
DTM 19   Hiroyoshi Shibata Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
Now Motor Sports 32   Taku Bamba Lola-Dome F106 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
33   Hiroki Yoshimoto Lola-Dome F106 All

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 22 March   Paolo Montin   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
R2 23 March   James Courtney   Yuki Shibata   Yuki Shibata Dome Racing Team
2 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 5 April   James Courtney   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
R2 6 April   James Courtney   Tatsuya Kataoka   James Courtney TOM'S
3 R1 Okayama International Circuit 17 May   James Courtney   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
R2 18 May   James Courtney   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
4 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 7 June   Paolo Montin   Paolo Montin   Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing
R2 8 June   Paolo Montin   Paolo Montin   Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing
5 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 5 July   James Courtney   Shinya Hosokawa   Shinya Hosokawa Dome Racing Team
R2 6 July   Paolo Montin   James Courtney   Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing
6 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 26 July   James Courtney   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
R2 27 July   James Courtney[N 1]   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
7 R1 Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma 9 August   Tatsuya Kataoka   Koji Yamanishi   Koji Yamanishi Dome Racing Team
R2 10 August   Tatsuya Kataoka   Tatsuya Kataoka   Tatsuya Kataoka Dome Racing Team
8 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 6 September   James Courtney   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
R2 7 September   James Courtney   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
9 R1 Mine Circuit, Mine 20 September   Tatsuya Kataoka   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
R2 21 September   James Courtney   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
10 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 18 October   James Courtney   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
R2 19 October   James Courtney   James Courtney   James Courtney TOM'S
Notes
  1. ^ The qualifying session were abandoned due to heavy rain. The grid of the second race was equal to the first race.

Standings edit

  • Points are awarded as follows, with only the best 16 results to count:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver SUZ FUJ OKA MOT SUZ SUG TSU SUG MIN MOT Pts
1   James Courtney 1 8 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 305
2   Paolo Montin 5 2 4 4 5 12 1 1 2 1 Ret 4 3 4 2 Ret 3 3 6 3 209
3   Tatsuya Kataoka 11 Ret 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 5 2 2 4 5 5 207
4   Ronnie Quintarelli 3 3 3 5 3 3 5 6 6 6 2 2 4 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 200
5   Naoki Yokomizo 2 7 8 6 4 6 6 5 Ret 9 Ret 8 6 8 3 Ret 8 6 3 6 109
6   Shinya Hosokawa 8 9 6 3 Ret 4 4 3 1 3 87
7   Shinya Sato 4 Ret 10 7 9 8 9 7 3 7 6 5 7 6 8 NC 6 8 9 9 79
8   Yuki Shibata 6 1 5 Ret Ret DNS 8 12 10 5 7 Ret 9 7 56
9   Koji Yamanishi 1 5 7 Ret DNS Ret 4 4 52
10   Hiroki Yoshimoto Ret DNS 11 Ret 6 9 7 8 8 12 8 6 12 9 Ret 8 5 7 7 7 52
11   Wataru Kobayakawa 7 4 9 10 Ret 5 11 11 Ret Ret Ret 7 8 12 6 6 7 9 Ret 10 51
12   Hiroyoshi Shibata 10 6 7 8 7 7 13 9 7 11 5 Ret 11 11 10 4 9 10 10 12 51
13   Taku Bamba 9 5 12 11 DNS 10 10 Ret 11 8 3 Ret 10 10 9 5 Ret Ret 8 11 42
14   Rob Austin 10 5 Ret 8 12
15   Takahiro Ogawa 12 Ret 14 Ret 8 11 12 10 9 10 7
16   Atsushi Katsumata 11 7 4
17   Masataka Yanagida 13 9 2
Pos Driver SUZ FUJ OKA MOT SUZ SUG TSU SUG MIN MOT 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

References edit

  1. ^ "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Formula 3 Japan 2003". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

External links edit

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