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2009 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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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 Sweden Marcus Ericsson[2] F308 Toyota-TOM'S All
36 Japan Takuto Iguchi F308 All
37 Japan Yuji Kunimoto F308 All
Toda Racing 2 Italy Kei Cozzolino F308 Mugen-Honda All
ThreeBond Racing 12 Japan Hironobu Yasuda F309 Nismo Nissan All
Now Motor Sport 33 Japan Yuki Iwasaki F308 Toyota-TOM'S All
Denso Team Le Beausset 62 Japan Koki Saga F308 Toyota-TOM'S All
National Class
Hanashima Racing 5 Japan Katsuaki Kubota F306 Toyota-TOM'S All
HFDP Racing 7 Japan Naoki Yamamoto F307 Toyota-TOM'S All
8 Japan Takashi Kobayashi F307 All
Aim Sports 18 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi F307/305 Toyota-TOM'S 1–7
Japan Ryuji Yamamoto 8
Achievement by KCMG 19 Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda F307 Toyota-TOM'S All
20 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori F307 All
Team Nova 22 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo F306 Toyota-TOM'S All
23 Japan Kimiya Sato F306 All
CMS Motor Sports Project 77 Japan Tatsuru Noro F306 Toyota-TOM'S 1, 4, 6, 8
Japan 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 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Japan Takuto Iguchi Petronas Team TOM'S Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi
R2 5 April Japan Takuto Iguchi
2 R1 Okayama International Circuit 25 April Japan Hironobu Yasuda
R2 26 April Japan Yuji Kunimoto Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Hironobu Yasuda ThreeBond Racing Japan Kimiya Sato
3 R1 Suzuka Circuit 16 May Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Japan Yuji Kunimoto Sweden Marcus Ericsson Petronas Team TOM'S Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
R2 17 May Japan Yuji Kunimoto Japan Takuto Iguchi Japan Yuji Kunimoto Japan Naoki Yamamoto
4 R1 Fuji Speedway 27 June Sweden Marcus Ericsson
R2 28 June Sweden Marcus Ericsson Japan Yuji Kunimoto Sweden Marcus Ericsson Japan Kimiya Sato
5 R1 Suzuka Circuit 11 July Italy Kei Cozzolino Sweden Marcus Ericsson Japan Yuji Kunimoto Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
R2 12 July Sweden Marcus Ericsson Japan Naoki Yamamoto
6 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 8 August
R2 9 August Italy Kei Cozzolino Toda Racing
7 R1 Autopolis 29 August Japan Takuto Iguchi Petronas Team TOM'S
R2 30 August
8 R1 Sportsland SUGO 26 September Japan Yuji Kunimoto Sweden Marcus Ericsson Japan Yuji Kunimoto Japan Kimiya Sato
R2 27 September Sweden Marcus Ericsson Japan 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 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 2 3 10 10 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 5 2 6 2 1 112
2 Japan Takuto Iguchi 1 1 1 9 2 3 3 2 6 2 3 4 1 1 3 Ret 103
3 Japan Yuji Kunimoto 3 2 2 8 3 1 1 3 1 4 5 2 5 7 1 3 97
4 Italy Kei Cozzolino 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 Ret 2 5 2 1 4 3 4 4 66
5 Japan Hironobu Yasuda 7 16 5 1 4 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 4 3 6 2 5 2 53
6 Japan Koki Saga 5 5 11 14 Ret 6 4 5 4 3 6 6 3 4 6 12 30
7 Japan Yuki Iwasaki 6 6 9 2 DNQ DNQ 6 14 7 6 7 7 7 5 7 11 18
National Class
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 8 7 3 5 12 14 15 Ret 11 12 10 12 Ret 12 0
Japan Kimiya Sato 11 9 7 3 7 11 10 6 10 8 12 10 9 13 8 8 0
Japan Naoki Yamamoto 12 8 Ret 6 8 7 7 8 12 7 8 8 8 8 12 5 0
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori 14 10 8 15 6 9 8 13 8 11 9 9 12 9 9 13 0
Japan Takashi Kobayashi 9 11 6 7 11 10 9 9 9 9 13 14 11 10 13 7 0
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 10 12 Ret 11 9 8 11 7 14 14 11 11 10 11 Ret 6 0
Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda 13 13 12 13 10 12 12 10 13 10 14 13 13 14 10 10 0
Japan Katsuaki Kubota 16 14 13 16 Ret 13 14 12 16 15 Ret 15 Ret 16 14 Ret 0
Japan Ryuji Yamamoto 12 9 0
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi 14 12 13 Ret 15 13 14 15 0
Japan 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 Japan Naoki Yamamoto 5 2 Ret 3 3 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 121
2 Japan Kimiya Sato 4 3 3 1 2 5 4 1 3 2 5 3 2 6 1 4 89
3 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori 7 4 4 8 1 3 2 8 1 5 2 2 5 2 2 7 75
4 Japan Takashi Kobayashi 2 5 2 4 6 4 3 4 2 3 6 7 4 3 6 3 62
5 Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi 1 1 1 2 7 8 9 Ret 4 6 3 5 Ret 5 57
6 Japan Katsumasa Chiyo 3 6 Ret 5 4 2 5 2 7 8 4 4 3 4 Ret 2 48
7 Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda 6 7 5 7 5 6 6 5 6 4 7 6 6 7 3 6 21
8 Japan Ryuji Yamamoto 5 5 4
9 Japan Katsuaki Kubota 9 8 6 9 Ret 7 8 7 9 9 Ret 8 Ret 9 7 Ret 1
10 Japan Tatsuru Noro 8 9 7 6 8 Ret 8 8 1
11 Japan 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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