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

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  • 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 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
11   Takuya Izawa F307 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
  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
1 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 31 March   Kazuya Oshima   Oliver Jarvis   Oliver Jarvis TOM'S
R2 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
R2 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
R2 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
R2 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
R2 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   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima TOM'S
7 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 25 August   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima TOM'S
R2 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   Hiroaki Ishiura   Hiroaki Ishiura   Hiroaki Ishiura TOM'S
9 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 20 October   Roberto Streit   Kazuya Oshima   Roberto Streit Inging Motorsport
R2 21 October   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima   Kazuya Oshima TOM'S

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 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
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 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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