2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds
Team Tom's 1 Japan Sho Tsuboi[1] C Dallara F317 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 All
36 Japan Ritomo Miyata[1] C Dallara F314 All
Toda Racing 2 Japan Hiroki Otsu[2] C Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 All
B-MAX Racing Team 3 Japan Ai Miura[3] C Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) All
13 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida[3] N Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE All
27 Japan "Syuji"[4] N Dallara F306 3, 7, 9
30 Japan "Dragon"[3][5] N Dallara F306 1–7
C Dallara F314 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 8–9
50 Japan Shinji Sawada[5] N Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 8
HuaJiangHU Racing 5 China Alex Yang[3] N Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE All
HFDP Racing 7 Japan Sena Sakaguchi[2] C Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 All
B-MAX with Rn-Sports 11 Japan Masayuki Ueda[3] N Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE All
Threebond with Drago Corse[6] 12 Spain Álex Palou[7] C Dallara F314 ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 All
Albirex Racing Team 21 Brazil Bruno Carneiro[3] C Dallara F315 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 All
22 Japan Ryoya Hasegawa[3] N Dallara F308 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 1–7, 9
B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP 23 Japan Mitsunori Takaboshi[3] C Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) All
Tairoku Racing 28 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi[3] C Dallara F316 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) All
Team KRC with B-Max 33 China Ye Hongli[3] C Dallara F315 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 1–8
China Hong Shijie[8] C Dallara F315 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 9
Hanashima Racing 55 Japan Katsuaki Kubota[3] N Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 1–6, 9
Japan Takashi Fujii[9] Dallara F308 7
Japan Yuya Motojima[5] 8
CM Motor Sports Project 77 Japan Shigetomo Shimono[3] N Dallara F306 Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE 1–2
Japan Makoto Hotta[10] 4
Japan Yuya Taira[9] 7
Japan Ryuichiro Ohtsuka[5] 8
OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC 78 Japan Yoshiaki Katayama[3] C Dallara F315 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 All
Icon Class
C Championship
N National

Race calendar

Calendar for the 2017 season.[11]

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

Championship standings

Drivers' Championships
  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 PP FL
10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1

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

National Class
Pos Driver OKA1 SUZ1 FUJ1 OKA2 SUZ2 FUJ2 MOT AUT SUG Points
1 Japan "Dragon" 12 Ret 12 10 12 10 14 9 15 12 11 9 10 8 14 13 136
2 Japan Masayuki Ueda 14 14 14 12 13 13 15 10 11 13 12 10 11 12 15 17 17 Ret 14 14 92
3 Japan Ryoya Hasegawa 16 10 15 11 14 12 11 Ret 12 15 13 12 13 Ret 16 16 12 Ret 77
4 China Alex Yang 17 12 16 15 16 15 12 12 13 14 17 11 12 10 13 15 16 16 15 12 62
5 Japan Shigetomo Shimono 13 8 13 9 11 52
6 Japan Katsuaki Kubota 15 11 Ret 13 15 14 13 11 14 17 15 13 14 13 13 49
7 Japan Yuya Taira 9 12 12 29
8 Japan Yuya Motojima 12 11 24
9 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 18 13 17 14 17 16 16 Ret 17 16 14 14 Ret 13 17 7 Ret 13 16 Ret 16
10 Japan Shinji Sawada 14 13 14
11 Japan Ryuichirou Ohtsuka 15 15 10
12 Japan Takashi Fujii 11 Ret 14 8
13 Japan "Syuji" 17 17 Ret 18 19 17 15 4
14 Japan Makoto Hotta 13 16 3

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