2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship season

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The 2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 39th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

## Teams and drivers[edit]

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Team Tom's | 1  |  Sho Tsuboi[1] | C | Dallara F317  | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31  | All
36  |  Ritomo Miyata[1] | C | Dallara F314  | All
Toda Racing | 2  |  Hiroki Otsu[2] | C | Dallara F316  | Toda TR-F301  | All
B-MAX Racing Team | 3  |  Ai Miura[3] | C | Dallara F312  | Volkswagen A41 (0XY)  | All
13  |  Motoyoshi Yoshida[3] | N | Dallara F306  | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | All
27  |  "Syuji"[4] | N | Dallara F306  | 3, 7, 9
30  |  "Dragon"[3][5] | N | Dallara F306  | 1–7
C | Dallara F314  | Volkswagen A41 (0XY)  | 8–9
50  |  Shinji Sawada[5] | N | Dallara F306  | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 8
HuaJiangHU Racing  | 5  |  Alex Yang[3] | N | Dallara F306  | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | All
HFDP Racing  | 7  |  Sena Sakaguchi[2] | C | Dallara F316  | Toda TR-F301  | All
B-MAX with Rn-Sports  | 11  |  Masayuki Ueda[3] | N | Dallara F308  | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | All
Threebond with Drago Corse[6] | 12  |  Álex Palou[7] | C | Dallara F314  | ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3  | All
Albirex Racing Team  | 21  |  Bruno Carneiro[3] | C | Dallara F315  | Mercedes-Benz F3-414  | All
22  |  Ryoya Hasegawa[3] | N | Dallara F308  | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–7, 9
B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | 23  |  Mitsunori Takaboshi[3] | C | Dallara F312  | Volkswagen A41 (0XY)  | All
Tairoku Racing  | 28  |  Tairoku Yamaguchi[3] | C | Dallara F316  | Volkswagen A41 (0XY)  | All
Team KRC with B-Max | 33  |  Ye Hongli[3] | C | Dallara F315  | Volkswagen A41 (0XY)  | 1–8
Hong Shijie[8] | C | Dallara F315  | Volkswagen A41 (0XY)  | 9
Hanashima Racing  | 55  |  Katsuaki Kubota[3] | N | Dallara F306  | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–6, 9
Takashi Fujii[9] | Dallara F308  | 7
Yuya Motojima[5] | 8
CM Motor Sports Project  | 77  |  Shigetomo Shimono[3] | N | Dallara F306  | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–2
Makoto Hotta[10] | 4
Yuya Taira[9] | 7
Ryuichiro Ohtsuka[5] | 8
OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC  | 78  |  Yoshiaki Katayama[3] | C | Dallara F315  | Mercedes-Benz F3-414  | All
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C | Championship
N | National

## Race calendar[edit]

Calendar for the 2017 season.[11]

Round  | Circuit  | Date  | Pole Position  | Fastest Lap  | Winning driver  | Winning team  | National winner | Supporting

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1  | R1  | Okayama International Circuit | 1 April  |  Álex Palou |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP  |  "Dragon" |
R2  | 2 April  |  Álex Palou |  Álex Palou |  Álex Palou | Threebond with Drago Corse |  Shigetomo Shimono
R3  |  |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP  |  "Dragon"
2  | R1  | Suzuka Circuit | 22 April  |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP  |  Shigetomo Shimono  | Super Formula
R2  | 23 April  |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP  |  Shigetomo Shimono
3  | R1  | Fuji Speedway | 13 May  |  Álex Palou |  Sho Tsuboi |  Álex Palou | Threebond with Drago Corse |  "Dragon" |
R2  | 14 May  |  Álex Palou |  Sho Tsuboi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP  |  Ryoya Hasegawa
4  | R1  | Okayama International Circuit | 27 May  |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP  |  "Dragon" | Super Formula
R2  | 28 May  |  Álex Palou |  Ritomo Miyata |  Álex Palou | Threebond with Drago Corse |  Masayuki Ueda
5  | R1  | Suzuka Circuit | 24 June  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's |  "Dragon" | Blancpain GT Asia
R2  | 25 June  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Álex Palou |  Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's |  "Dragon"
6  | R1  | Fuji Speedway | 8 July  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP  |  "Dragon" | Super Formula
R2  | 9 July  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's |  "Dragon"
7  | R1  | Twin Ring Motegi | 29 July  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's |  "Dragon" |
R2  | 30 July  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Sho Tsuboi |  Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's |  Yuya Taira
R3  |  |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's |  Yuya Taira
8  | R1  | Autopolis | 9 September  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Sho Tsuboi |  Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's |  Yuya Motojima  | Super Formula
R2  | 10 September  |  Sho Tsuboi |  Mitsunori Takaboshi |  Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's |  Yuya Motojima
9  | R1  | Sportsland SUGO | 23 September  |  Hiroki Otsu |  Ritomo Miyata |  Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's |  Ryoya Hasegawa
R2  | 24 September  |  Hiroki Otsu |  Álex Palou |  Hiroki Otsu | Toda Racing |  Alex Yang

## Championship standings[edit]

### Drivers' Championships[edit]

* Points are awarded as follows:

1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | PP | FL

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10  | 7  | 5  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 1 | 1

#### Overall[edit]

Pos  | Driver  | OKA1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | OKA2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | AUT | SUG | Points

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1  |  Mitsunori Takaboshi | 1 | 2  | 1 | 1 | 1 | DSQ  | 1  | 1 | 4  | 3 | 3  | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2  | 2 | 3  | 3 | 4  | 4  | 148
2  |  Sho Tsuboi | 2  | 9  | 5  | 3  | 9  | 7 | 2 | 3  | 3  | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1  | 1 | 1 | 1  | 2  | 140
3  |  Álex Palou | 4 | 1 | 2  | 2  | 2  | 1 | 4 | 8  | 1 | 4  | 2 | 3  | 4  | Ret  | 3  | 7  | 2  | 4  | 5  | 5 | 102
4  |  Ritomo Miyata | 3  | 3  | 3  | DNS  | DNS  | 5  | 3  | 2  | 2 | 2  | 4  | 6  | 5  | 4  | 8  | 4  | 4  | 2  | 2 | 3  | 79
5  |  Hiroki Otsu | 5  | 7  | 4  | Ret  | 3  | 2  | 5  | Ret  | 5  | 5  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 10  | 5  | Ret | 1 | 64
6  |  Sena Sakaguchi | 6  | 5  | 7  | 4  | 4  | 4  | Ret  | 6  | 9  | 7  | 16  | 4  | 6  | 7  | 6  | 6  | 5  | 6  | 3  | 9  | 27
7  |  Ye Hongli  | 8  | 4  | 6  | 6  | 8  | 3  | 10  | 5  | 8  | 6  | 9  | 7  | 7  | Ret  | 9  | 9  | 11  | 14  |  |  | 13
8  |  Ai Miura | 9  | Ret  | 9  | 5  | 6  | 9  | 6  | 4  | 6  | 10  | 7  | 5  | 8  | Ret  | 7  | 10  | 7  | 8  | 8  | 6  | 11
9  |  Yoshiaki Katayama | 7  | Ret  | 8  | 8  | 5  | 8  | 9  | 14  | 7  | 8  | 6  | 15  | Ret  | 5  | 5  | 5  | 6  | 9  | 6  | 8  | 11
10  |  Tairoku Yamaguchi  | 10  | 6  | 10  | Ret  | 10  | 11  | 8  | 7  | Ret  | 11  | 10  | Ret  | 9  | 6  | 10  | 8  | 8  | 10  | 10  | Ret  | 2
11  |  Bruno Carneiro | 11  | Ret  | 11  | 7  | 7  | 6  | 7  | Ret  | 10  | 9  | 8  | 8  | Ret  | Ret  | 11  | 11  | 9  | 7  | 7  | 7  | 1
12  |  "Dragon" | 12  | Ret  | 12  | 10  | 12  | 10  | 14  | 9  | 15  | 12  | 11  | 9  | 10  | 8  | 14  | 13  | 13  | 12  | 9  | 11  | 0
13  |  Shigetomo Shimono  | 13  | 8  | 13  | 9  | 11  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
14  |  Yuya Taira  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 12  | 12  |  |  |  |  | 0
15  |  Masayuki Ueda  | 14  | 14  | 14  | 12  | 13  | 13  | 15  | 10  | 11  | 13  | 12  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 15  | 17  | 17  | Ret  | 14  | 14  | 0
16  |  Ryoya Hasegawa  | 16  | 10  | 15  | 11  | 14  | 12  | 11  | Ret  | 12  | 15  | 13  | 12  | 13  | Ret  | 16  | 16  |  |  | 12  | Ret  | 0
17  |  Alex Yang  | 17  | 12  | 16  | 15  | 16  | 15  | 12  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 17  | 11  | 12  | 10  | 13  | 15  | 16  | 16  | 15  | 12  | 0
18  |  Hong Shijie  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11  | 10  | 0
19  |  Katsuaki Kubota  | 15  | 11  | Ret  | 13  | 15  | 14  | 13  | 11  | 14  | 17  | 15  | 13  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  | 13  | 13  | 0
20  |  Yuya Motojima  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12  | 11  |  |  | 0
21  |  Takashi Fujii  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11  | Ret  | 14  |  |  |  |  | 0
22  |  Motoyoshi Yoshida  | 18  | 13  | 17  | 14  | 17  | 16  | 16  | Ret  | 17  | 16  | 14  | 14  | Ret  | 13  | 17  | 18  | Ret  | 17  | 16  | Ret  | 0
23  |  Shinji Sawada  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14  | 13  |  |  | 0
24  |  Makoto Hotta  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
25  |  Ryuichirou Ohtsuka  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  | 15  |  |  | 0
26  |  "Syuji"  |  |  |  |  |  | 17  | 17  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 18  | 19  |  |  | 17  | 15  | 0
Pos  | Driver  | OKA1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | OKA2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | AUT | SUG | Points

#### National Class[edit]

Pos  | Driver  | OKA1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | OKA2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | AUT | SUG | Points

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1  |  "Dragon" | 12  | Ret  | 12  | 10  | 12 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 14  | 13  |  |  |  |  | 136
2  |  Masayuki Ueda  | 14  | 14  | 14  | 12  | 13  | 13  | 15  | 10  | 11 | 13  | 12  | 10 | 11 | 12  | 15  | 17  | 17  | Ret  | 14  | 14  | 92
3  |  Ryoya Hasegawa  | 16  | 10  | 15  | 11  | 14  | 12  | 11 | Ret  | 12  | 15  | 13  | 12  | 13  | Ret  | 16  | 16  |  |  | 12 | Ret | 77
4  |  Alex Yang  | 17  | 12  | 16  | 15  | 16  | 15  | 12  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 17  | 11  | 12  | 10  | 13  | 15  | 16  | 16  | 15  | 12  | 62
5  |  Shigetomo Shimono  | 13 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 52
6  |  Katsuaki Kubota  | 15  | 11  | Ret  | 13  | 15  | 14  | 13  | 11  | 14  | 17  | 15  | 13  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  | 13  | 13  | 49
7  |  Yuya Taira  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 12  | 12  |  |  |  |  | 29
8  |  Yuya Motojima  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 11 |  |  | 24
9  |  Motoyoshi Yoshida  | 18  | 13  | 17  | 14  | 17  | 16  | 16  | Ret  | 17  | 16  | 14  | 14  | Ret  | 13  | 17  | 7  | Ret  | 13  | 16  | Ret  | 16
10  |  Shinji Sawada  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14  | 13  |  |  | 14
11  |  Ryuichirou Ohtsuka  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  | 15  |  |  | 10
12  |  Takashi Fujii  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11  | Ret  | 14  |  |  |  |  | 8
13  |  "Syuji"  |  |  |  |  |  | 17  | 17  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 18  | 19  |  |  | 17  | 15  | 4
14  |  Makoto Hotta  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3

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11. ^ "Japan Formula 3 Official Web Site". www.j-formula3.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02.

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