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The 2011 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 33rd edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It commenced on May 14 at Suzuka and ended on September 24 at Sportsland SUGO after 16 races held at seven race meetings. It had been due to start there on 16 April, but was delayed due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Championship Class
Petronas Team TOM'S TOM'S Spirit	1	Naoya Gamou	F308	Toyota 1AZ-FE	All
	36	Richard Bradley	F308		All
Hanashima Racing	5	Hideki Yamauchi	F308	Toyota 1AZ-FE	All
ThreeBond Racing	12	Hironobu Yasuda	F309	Nissan SR20VE	All
SGC by KCMG	19	Naoki Nishimoto	F306	Toyota 3S-GE	1–4
		Matt Howson			5–7
B-MAX Engineering	50	Yuhi Sekiguchi	F308	Toyota 1AZ-FE	2–7
National Class
Hanashima Racing	6	Motoaki Ishikawa	F306	Toyota 3S-GE	1–4
		Hiroshi Koizumi			6–7
HFDP Racing	7	Kazuki Miura	F307	Toyota 3S-GE	All
	8	Tomoki Nojiri	F307		All
SGC by KCMG	20	Gary Thompson	F307	Toyota 3S-GE	All
NDDP Racing	22	Daiki Sasaki	F306	Toyota 3S-GE	All
	23	Katsumasa Chiyo	F306		All
Petronas Team TOM'S TOM'S Spirit	37	Yuichi Nakayama	F306	Toyota 3S-GE	All
CMS Motor Sports Project	72	Makoto Kanai	F306	Toyota 3S-GE	6
	77	Tatsuru Noro	F306		2–4, 7

Notes

1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Race calendar and results

• All races were held in Japan.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National Class winner
1	R1	Suzuka Circuit	14 May	Hironobu Yasuda	Hideki Yamauchi	Hideki Yamauchi	Hanashima Racing	Tomoki Nojiri
	R2		15 May	Hideki Yamauchi	Hideki Yamauchi	Hironobu Yasuda	ThreeBond Racing	Katsumasa Chiyo
2	R1	Fuji Speedway	11 June	Hironobu Yasuda	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	B-MAX Engineering	Yuichi Nakayama
	R2		12 June	Hironobu Yasuda	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Hironobu Yasuda	ThreeBond Racing	Katsumasa Chiyo
	R3				Hironobu Yasuda	Naoya Gamou	Petronas Team TOM'S	Tomoki Nojiri
3	R1	Fuji Speedway	16 July	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	B-MAX Engineering	Kazuki Miura
	R2		17 July	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Hironobu Yasuda	ThreeBond Racing	Yuichi Nakayama
4	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	6 August	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	B-MAX Engineering	Katsumasa Chiyo
	R2		7 August	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	B-MAX Engineering	Gary Thompson
5	R1	Okayama International Circuit	27 August	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Hironobu Yasuda	Hironobu Yasuda	ThreeBond Racing	Tomoki Nojiri
	R2		28 August	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Hideki Yamauchi	Hideki Yamauchi	Hanashima Racing	Yuichi Nakayama
6	R1	Suzuka Circuit	3 September	Round cancelled due to Typhoon Talas
	R2		4 September
7	R1	Sportsland SUGO	24 September	Hideki Yamauchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Hideki Yamauchi	Hanashima Racing	Katsumasa Chiyo
	R2		25 September	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Yuhi Sekiguchi	B-MAX Engineering	Daiki Sasaki
	R3				Naoya Gamou	Yuhi Sekiguchi	B-MAX Engineering	Katsumasa Chiyo

Championship standings

Drivers' Championships

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver SUZ FUJ FUJ MOT OKA SUZ SUG Pts Championship Class 1 Yuhi Sekiguchi 1 3 12 1 7 1 1 2 3 C C 3 1 1 100 2 Hironobu Yasuda 8 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 C C 2 7 4 99 3 Hideki Yamauchi 1 2 4 2 3 Ret 2 5 3 Ret 1 C C 1 4 3 79 4 Naoya Gamou 2 3 3 4 1 3 3 2 4 6 12 C C 13 3 2 71 5 Richard Bradley 3 4 11 5 4 4 Ret 4 Ret Ret 4 C C 12 2 5 36 6 Naoki Nishimoto 7 6 12 6 9 5 4 13 5 17 7 Matt Howson 9 5 C C 14 Ret 6 7 National Class 1 Katsumasa Chiyo Ret 5 7 7 7 9 Ret 6 8 10 8 C C 4 6 7 89 2 Tomoki Nojiri 4 7 6 8 5 8 8 8 11 3 10 C C 7 8 10 89 3 Yuichi Nakayama 9 10 5 11 8 7 5 7 7 4 6 C C 5 Ret 9 83 4 Daiki Sasaki 6 8 9 12 10 11 6 9 10 7 7 C C 8 5 8 58 5 Gary Thompson 5 11 10 9 6 10 10 14 6 5 9 C C 6 Ret 12 52 6 Kazuki Miura 10 9 8 10 11 6 9 10 9 8 11 C C 9 9 11 41 7 Tatsuru Noro 13 13 13 12 12 11 12 11 10 14 3 8 Motoaki Ishikawa 11 12 14 14 14 13 11 12 13 2 9 Hiroshi Koizumi C C 10 11 13 1 Makoto Kanai C C 0 Pos Driver SUZ FUJ FUJ MOT OKA SUZ SUG 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

Teams' Championships

• Points are awarded for races as follows:

Engine Tuners' Championship

• Points are awarded for races as follows:

References

1. ^ 開幕ラウンド占有走行 [Travel round the opening possession]. Japanese Formula 3 Championship (in Japanese). Japanese Formula 3 Association. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
2. シリーズ第10戦/第11戦 岡山大会参加一覧 [List of participants Okayama Convention Round 10 / Round 11]. Japanese Formula 3 Championship (in Japanese). Japanese Formula 3 Association. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
3. ^ 「シリーズ第3戦/第4戦/第5戦 富士大会参加一覧」 [Series Round 3 / Round 4 / Round 5 Fuji all tournament participants]. Japanese Formula 3 Championship (in Japanese). Japanese Formula 3 Association. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
4. ^ 第6大会鈴鹿・金曜占有走行 [Vehicle occupancy of six games Friday Suzuka]. Japanese Formula 3 Championship (in Japanese). Japanese Formula 3 Association. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
5. ^ "2011年Hondaモータースポーツ活動の概要" [In 2011 Honda Motorsports Overview]. honda.co.jp (in Japanese). Honda. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
6. ^ 2011年 グローバルモータースポーツ体制を発表 [Global Motorsports Announces 2011 Structure]. Nissan Motorsports (in Japanese). Nissan Motors. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.

External links

• Official Site (in Japanese)

• 2011 in Japanese motorsport
• Japanese Formula 3 Championship seasons
• 2011 in Formula Three
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