2007 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2007 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 28th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 31 March at Fuji and ended on 21 October at Motegi.^[1] Local driver Kazuya Oshima took the championship title, winning six from twenty races.^[2]

Teams and drivers edit

All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tyres.^[3]

Team	No	Driver	Chassis^{[N 1]}	Engine	Rounds
TOM'S	1	Oliver Jarvis	F306	Toyota-TOM'S 1AZ-FE	All
	36	Kazuya Oshima	F306	Toyota-TOM'S 1AZ-FE	All
	37	Hiroaki Ishiura	F307	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Honda Toda Racing	2	Yuhki Nakayama	F307	Toda-Honda MF204C	All
Inging Motorsport	3	Roberto Streit	F306	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
Honda Team Real	10	Koudai Tsukakoshi	F307	Mugen-Honda MF204C	All
Honda Team Real	11	Takuya Izawa	F307	Mugen-Honda MF204C	All
ThreeBond Racing	12	Marko Asmer	F307	ThreeBond Nissan SR20VE	1–2, 4–5
		Ben Clucas			3
		Taku Banba			6–7
	14	Hironobu Yasuda	F306		All
Shion Formula Ltd.	16	Motoaki Ishikawa	F306	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Now Motor Sports	33	Yuhi Sekiguchi	F305	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Denso Team Le Beausset	62	Koki Saga	F306	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All

Notes

^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	31 March	Kazuya Oshima	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	TOM'S
1	R2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	1 April	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
2	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	14 April	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
2	R2	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	15 April	Roberto Streit	Kazuya Oshima	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
3	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	19 May	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	TOM'S
3	R2	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	20 May	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
4	R1	Okayama International Circuit	9 June	Hiroaki Ishiura	Hiroaki Ishiura	Hiroaki Ishiura	TOM'S
4	R2	Okayama International Circuit	10 June	Hiroaki Ishiura	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Koudai Tsukakoshi	TOM'S
5	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	7 July	Roberto Streit	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
5	R2	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	8 July	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Kazuya Oshima	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Honda Team Real
6	R1	Autopolis, Hita	4 August	Roberto Streit	Kazuya Oshima	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
	R2		5 August	Kazuya Oshima	Hiroaki Ishiura	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
	R3		5 August	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
7	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	25 August	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
7	R2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	26 August	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
8	R1	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku	6 October	Roberto Streit	Roberto Streit	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
	R2		7 October	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	TOM'S
	R3		7 October	Hiroaki Ishiura	Hiroaki Ishiura	Hiroaki Ishiura	TOM'S
9	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	20 October	Roberto Streit	Kazuya Oshima	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
9	R2	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	21 October	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S

Standings edit

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ		SUZ		MOT		OKA		SUZ		AUT			FUJ		SEN			MOT		Pts
1	Kazuya Oshima	3	1	1	4	6	9	7	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	Ret	3	Ret	2	1	262
2	Roberto Streit	4	2	3	1	2	1	4	3	1	4	1	1	6	5	4	1	4	3	1	5	252
3	Oliver Jarvis	1	3	2	3	1	5	2	5	4	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	Ret	238
4	Hiroaki Ishiura	2	4	4	2	4	2	1	7	10	8	6	11	4	6	5	2	2	1	4	3	201
5	Koudai Tsukakoshi	7	5	5	6	3	4	3	1	3	1	5	5	Ret	2	2	6	8	4	5	8	182
6	Takuya Izawa	Ret	8	7	8	5	3	5	4	9	6	4	4	3	4	6	Ret	5	7	Ret	6	120
7	Yuhi Sekiguchi	5	9	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	5	7	6	5	8	12	Ret	6	5	7	2	101
8	Hironobu Yasuda	8	7	Ret	9	9	8	8	10	5	7	8	7	10	7	7	4	10	6	6	4	76
9	Yuhki Nakayama	Ret	DNS	10	11	10	Ret	10	11	8	9	9	8	7	11	9	5	7	Ret	7	7	35
10	Marko Asmer	6	6	9	5			11	8	6	Ret											31
11	Koki Saga	9	10	8	10	11	10	9	9	12	10	10	10	8	10	10	7	9	8	8	Ret	31
12	Motoaki Ishikawa	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	Ret	11	12	11	8	11	9	9	9	10
13	Ben Clucas					8	6															9
14	Taku Banba											11	9	9	9	8						9
Pos	Driver	FUJ		SUZ		MOT		OKA		SUZ		AUT			FUJ		SEN			MOT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
^ "Formula 3 Japan 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
^ "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

External links edit

Official Site (in Japanese)

[4] All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

[1] "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

[2] "Formula 3 Japan 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

[3] "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

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