2009 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team	No	Driver	Chassis^{[N 1]}	Engine	Rounds
Championship Class
Petronas Team TOM'S	1	Marcus Ericsson^[2]	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
	36	Takuto Iguchi	F308		All
	37	Yuji Kunimoto	F308		All
Toda Racing	2	Kei Cozzolino	F308	Mugen-Honda	All
ThreeBond Racing	12	Hironobu Yasuda	F309	Nismo Nissan	All
Now Motor Sport	33	Yuki Iwasaki	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
Denso Team Le Beausset	62	Koki Saga	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
National Class
Hanashima Racing	5	Katsuaki Kubota	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	All
HFDP Racing	7	Naoki Yamamoto	F307	Toyota-TOM'S	All
HFDP Racing	8	Takashi Kobayashi	F307	Toyota-TOM'S	All
Aim Sports	18	Yuhi Sekiguchi	F307/305	Toyota-TOM'S	1–7
Aim Sports	18	Ryuji Yamamoto	F307/305	Toyota-TOM'S	8
Achievement by KCMG	19	Yoshitaka Kuroda	F307	Toyota-TOM'S	All
Achievement by KCMG	20	Alexandre Imperatori	F307	Toyota-TOM'S	All
Team Nova	22	Katsumasa Chiyo	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	All
Team Nova	23	Kimiya Sato	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	All
CMS Motor Sports Project	77	Tatsuru Noro	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	1, 4, 6, 8
CMS Motor Sports Project	77	Hiroshi Koizumi	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	2–3, 5, 7

Notes

↑ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National Class winner
1	R1	Fuji Speedway	4 April	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Yuhi Sekiguchi
1	R2	Fuji Speedway	5 April	Takuto Iguchi	Marcus Ericsson	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Yuhi Sekiguchi
2	R1	Okayama International Circuit	25 April	Hironobu Yasuda	Marcus Ericsson	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Yuhi Sekiguchi
2	R2	Okayama International Circuit	26 April	Yuji Kunimoto	Kimiya Sato	Hironobu Yasuda	ThreeBond Racing	Kimiya Sato
3	R1	Suzuka Circuit	16 May	Alexandre Imperatori	Yuji Kunimoto	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Alexandre Imperatori
3	R2	Suzuka Circuit	17 May	Yuji Kunimoto	Takuto Iguchi	Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
4	R1	Fuji Speedway	27 June	Yuji Kunimoto	Marcus Ericsson	Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
4	R2	Fuji Speedway	28 June	Marcus Ericsson	Yuji Kunimoto	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Kimiya Sato
5	R1	Suzuka Circuit	11 July	Kei Cozzolino	Marcus Ericsson	Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	Alexandre Imperatori
5	R2	Suzuka Circuit	12 July	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
6	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	8 August	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
6	R2	Twin Ring Motegi	9 August	Kei Cozzolino	Kei Cozzolino	Kei Cozzolino	Toda Racing	Naoki Yamamoto
7	R1	Autopolis	29 August	Takuto Iguchi	Takuto Iguchi	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
7	R2	Autopolis	30 August	Takuto Iguchi	Takuto Iguchi	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
8	R1	Sportsland SUGO	26 September	Yuji Kunimoto	Marcus Ericsson	Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	Kimiya Sato
8	R2	Sportsland SUGO	27 September	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto

Standings

Championship Class

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		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts
1	Marcus Ericsson	2	3	10	10	1	2	2	1	5	1	1	5	2	6	2	1	112
2	Takuto Iguchi	1	1	1	9	2	3	3	2	6	2	3	4	1	1	3	Ret	103
3	Yuji Kunimoto	3	2	2	8	3	1	1	3	1	4	5	2	5	7	1	3	97
4	Kei Cozzolino	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	Ret	2	5	2	1	4	3	4	4	66
5	Hironobu Yasuda	7	16	5	1	4	4	Ret	4	3	Ret	4	3	6	2	5	2	53
6	Koki Saga	5	5	11	14	Ret	6	4	5	4	3	6	6	3	4	6	12	30
7	Yuki Iwasaki	6	6	9	2	DNQ	DNQ	6	14	7	6	7	7	7	5	7	11	18
National Class
	Yuhi Sekiguchi	8	7	3	5	12	14	15	Ret	11	12	10	12	Ret	12			0
	Kimiya Sato	11	9	7	3	7	11	10	6	10	8	12	10	9	13	8	8	0
	Naoki Yamamoto	12	8	Ret	6	8	7	7	8	12	7	8	8	8	8	12	5	0
	Alexandre Imperatori	14	10	8	15	6	9	8	13	8	11	9	9	12	9	9	13	0
	Takashi Kobayashi	9	11	6	7	11	10	9	9	9	9	13	14	11	10	13	7	0
	Katsumasa Chiyo	10	12	Ret	11	9	8	11	7	14	14	11	11	10	11	Ret	6	0
	Yoshitaka Kuroda	13	13	12	13	10	12	12	10	13	10	14	13	13	14	10	10	0
	Katsuaki Kubota	16	14	13	16	Ret	13	14	12	16	15	Ret	15	Ret	16	14	Ret	0
	Ryuji Yamamoto															12	9	0
	Hiroshi Koizumi			14	12	13	Ret			15	13			14	15			0
	Tatsuru Noro	15	15					13	11			15	Ret			15	14	0
Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		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		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts

Engine Tuners Standings

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		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		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts

National Class

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts
1	Naoki Yamamoto	5	2	Ret	3	3	1	1	3	5	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	121
2	Kimiya Sato	4	3	3	1	2	5	4	1	3	2	5	3	2	6	1	4	89
3	Alexandre Imperatori	7	4	4	8	1	3	2	8	1	5	2	2	5	2	2	7	75
4	Takashi Kobayashi	2	5	2	4	6	4	3	4	2	3	6	7	4	3	6	3	62
5	Yuhi Sekiguchi	1	1	1	2	7	8	9	Ret	4	6	3	5	Ret	5			57
6	Katsumasa Chiyo	3	6	Ret	5	4	2	5	2	7	8	4	4	3	4	Ret	2	48
7	Yoshitaka Kuroda	6	7	5	7	5	6	6	5	6	4	7	6	6	7	3	6	21
8	Ryuji Yamamoto															5	5	4
9	Katsuaki Kubota	9	8	6	9	Ret	7	8	7	9	9	Ret	8	Ret	9	7	Ret	1
10	Tatsuru Noro	8	9					7	6			8	Ret			8	8	1
11	Hiroshi Koizumi			7	6	8	Ret			8	7			7	8			1
Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		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		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts

References

↑ 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.
↑ "Marcus Ericsson moves east". marcusericssonracing.com. 2008-12-04. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-10-05.

External links

Official Site (in Japanese)

[2] All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

[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.

[3] "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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