2006 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2006 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 27th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 1 April at Fuji and ended on 22 October at Motegi.[1] German driver Adrian Sutil took the championship title, winning five from eighteen races.[2]

Teams and drivers

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  • All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars used Bridgestone tyres.[3]
Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
TOM'S 1   Adrian Sutil Dallara F305 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
36   Kazuya Oshima Dallara F305 All
37   Hideto Yasuoka Dallara F305 1–5
  Hiroyuki Matsumura 7–9
Honda Toda Racing 2   Takuya Izawa Dome F107 Toda-Honda MF204C All
Inging Motorsport 3   Jonny Reid Dallara F306 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE All
4   Roberto Streit Dallara F306 All
Honda Team M-TEC 10   Koudai Tsukakoshi Dome F107 Mugen-Honda MF204C All
ThreeBond Racing 12   Fabio Carbone Dallara F305 ThreeBond Nissan SR20VE All
14   Marko Asmer Dallara F305 All
Now Motor Sports 33   Hiroaki Ishiura Dallara F305 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
Zap Speed 50   Motohiko Isozaki Dallara F305 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–7, 9
Autosport with Le Beausset 62   Koki Saga Dallara F306 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
Exceed Motorsports 74   Satoru Okada Dallara F306 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–4, 6–9
  Wataru Kobayakawa 5
75   Daisuke Ikeda Dallara F306 All

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 1 April   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima   Adrian Sutil TOM'S
R2 2 April   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima TOM'S
2 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 15 April   Roberto Streit   Roberto Streit   Roberto Streit Inging Motorsport
R2 16 April   Fabio Carbone   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Takuya Izawa Honda Toda Racing
3 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 27 May   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Roberto Streit   Roberto Streit Inging Motorsport
R2 28 May   Adrian Sutil   Adrian Sutil   Adrian Sutil TOM'S
4 R1 Okayama International Circuit 17 June   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Adrian Sutil   Adrian Sutil TOM'S
R2 18 June   Adrian Sutil   Adrian Sutil   Adrian Sutil TOM'S
5 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 7 July   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Koudai Tsukakoshi Honda Team M-TEC
R2 8 July   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Takuya Izawa Honda Toda Racing
6 R1 Autopolis, Hita 5 August   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima TOM'S
R2 6 August   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima   Roberto Streit Inging Motorsport
7 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 26 August   Koudai Tsukakoshi   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima TOM'S
R2 27 August   Kazuya Oshima   Roberto Streit   Adrian Sutil TOM'S
8 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 16 September   Fabio Carbone   Adrian Sutil   Fabio Carbone ThreeBond Racing
R2 17 September   Fabio Carbone   Adrian Sutil   Fabio Carbone ThreeBond Racing
9 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 21 October   Hiroaki Ishiura   Roberto Streit   Hiroaki Ishiura Now Motor Sports
R2 22 October   Adrian Sutil   Roberto Streit   Marko Asmer ThreeBond Racing

Standings

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  • 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 SUG MOT Pts
1   Adrian Sutil 1 4 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 6 3 Ret 1 3 2 Ret DSQ 212
2   Kazuya Oshima 3 1 2 6 5 6 8 Ret Ret 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 Ret DSQ 185
3   Roberto Streit 4 Ret 1 5 1 4 NC 8 4 7 2 1 4 3 4 3 5 3 182
4   Fabio Carbone 13 3 3 2 12 2 4 3 6 6 4 Ret 3 6 1 1 4 Ret 169
5   Koudai Tsukakoshi 2 5 12 9 7 3 2 4 1 2 7 4 13 11 5 5 2 11 153
6   Takuya Izawa 8 Ret 4 1 13 5 3 5 2 1 3 7 6 4 6 7 3 5 151
7   Marko Asmer 5 8 7 4 4 7 6 2 Ret 5 8 6 2 5 8 6 Ret 1 124
8   Jonny Reid 6 2 6 10 2 Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret 5 5 5 7 9 12 Ret 4 88
9   Hiroaki Ishiura 12 Ret 8 7 10 8 5 7 5 Ret 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 1 6 69
10   Daisuke Ikeda 10 6 9 13 6 Ret 7 6 Ret 8 9 10 9 9 7 9 6 7 50
11   Koki Saga 9 Ret 14 NC 9 10 9 10 11 9 11 9 8 10 10 8 7 2 39
12   Hideto Yasuoka 7 Ret 11 8 8 9 Ret Ret 8 Ret 15
13   Satoru Okada 11 7 10 11 11 11 Ret 9 13 11 12 12 11 11 8 8 13
14   Motohiko Isozaki 14 9 13 12 Ret 12 11 11 10 10 12 12 11 13 10 9 7
15   Hiroyuki Matsumura 10 Ret 12 10 9 10 5
16   Wataru Kobayakawa 9 Ret 2
Pos Driver FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ AUT FUJ SUG 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

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  1. ^ "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Formula 3 Japan 2006". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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