# 2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2016 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 38th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship.

## Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.
| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Championship Class ||||||
| Toda Racing | 2 | Keishi Ishikawa | Dallara F316 | Toda TR-F301 | All |
| Toda Racing | 12 | Tadasuke Makino | Dallara F314 | Toda TR-F301 | 1 |
| Toda Racing | 12 | Tadasuke Makino | Dallara F316 | Toda TR-F301 | 2–8 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 3 | Ai Miura | Dallara F312 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project Racing | 7 | Sena Sakaguchi | Dallara F312 | Mugen-Honda MF204D | All |
| Honda Formula Dream Project Racing | 8 | Hiroki Otsu | Dallara F312 | Mugen-Honda MF204D | All |
| Team KRC with B-Max | 21 | Ye Hongli | Dallara F315 | Volkswagen A41 | 5–8 |
| B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | 21 | Daiki Sasaki | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 | 1–2 |
| B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | 21 | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 | 3–4 |
| B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | 22 | Jann Mardenborough | Dallara F314 | Volkswagen A41 | All |
| B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | 23 | Katsumasa Chiyo | Dallara F315 | Volkswagen A41 | 1–4 |
| B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | 23 | Katsumasa Chiyo | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 | 5, 8 |
| B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | 23 | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 | 6–7 |
| Tairoku Exceed | 28 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | Dallara F316 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | 1–2 |
| Tairoku Racing | 28 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | Dallara F312 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | 3–4 |
| Tairoku Racing | 28 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | Dallara F316 | Volkswagen A41 | 5–8 |
| Team TOM'S | 36 | Kenta Yamashita | Dallara F312 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | All |
| Team TOM'S | 37 | Sho Tsuboi | Dallara F314 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | All |
| National Class ||||||
| B-MAX Racing Team | 11 | Masayuki Ueda [ja] | Dallara F308 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 7–8 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 30 | "Dragon" | Dallara F308 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–3, 5 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 30 | "Dragon" | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 4, 6–8 |
| Hanashima Racing | 5 | Alex Yang | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| Albirex Racing Team [ja] | 9 | Kizuku Hirota | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| Albirex Racing Team [ja] | 10 | Zene Okazaki [ja] | Dallara F308 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–5 |
| Team Samurai | 25 | Takamitsu Matsui | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 5 |
| Petit Lemans Racing | 46 | Katsuaki Kubota | Dallara F308 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 8 |
| Petit Lemans Racing | 78 | Yoshiaki Katayama | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | All |

## Race calendar and results

A provisional calendar for the 2016 championship. All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.
The Autopolis round was cancelled on May 29 due to damages caused by the Kumamoto earthquake. However, on July 15, it was decided that Okayama would take its place at the same date.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | National winner | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit | 23 April | Kenta Yamashita | Daiki Sasaki | Kenta Yamashita | Team TOM'S | Yoshiaki Katayama | Super Formula |
| 1 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit | 24 April | Kenta Yamashita | Kenta Yamashita | Kenta Yamashita | Team TOM'S | Yoshiaki Katayama | Super Formula |
| 2 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | 14 May | Jann Mardenborough | Daiki Sasaki | Daiki Sasaki | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | Alex Yang | |
| 2 | R2 | Fuji Speedway | 15 May | Daiki Sasaki | Daiki Sasaki | Daiki Sasaki | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | Yoshiaki Katayama | |
| 3 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 28 May | Jann Mardenborough | Kenta Yamashita | Kenta Yamashita | Team TOM'S | Yoshiaki Katayama | Super Formula |
| 3 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit | 29 May | Jann Mardenborough | Jann Mardenborough | Jann Mardenborough | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | Yoshiaki Katayama | Super Formula |
| 4 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit | 11 June | Kenta Yamashita | Jann Mardenborough | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | Kizuku Hirota | Super Taikyu |
| 4 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit | 12 June | Kenta Yamashita | Jann Mardenborough | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | Kizuku Hirota | Super Taikyu |
| 5 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | 16 July | Jann Mardenborough | Katsumasa Chiyo | Jann Mardenborough | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | Takamitsu Matsui | Super Formula |
| 5 | R2 | Fuji Speedway | 17 July | Jann Mardenborough | Katsumasa Chiyo | Katsumasa Chiyo | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | Takamitsu Matsui | Super Formula |
| 6 | R1 | Twin Ring Motegi | 20 August | Tadasuke Makino | Jann Mardenborough | Jann Mardenborough | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | "Dragon" | Super Formula |
| 6 | R2 | Twin Ring Motegi | 21 August | Jann Mardenborough | Jann Mardenborough | Jann Mardenborough | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | Yoshiaki Katayama | Super Formula |
| 7 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 10 September | Kenta Yamashita | Kenta Yamashita | Kenta Yamashita | Team TOM'S | Yoshiaki Katayama | Super Formula |
| 7 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit | 11 September | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | Yoshiaki Katayama | Super Formula |
| 8 | R1 | Sportsland SUGO | 24 September | Kenta Yamashita | Kenta Yamashita | Kenta Yamashita | Team TOM'S | Yoshiaki Katayama | Super Formula |
| 8 | R2 | Sportsland SUGO | 25 September | Kenta Yamashita | Sho Tsuboi | Kenta Yamashita | Team TOM'S | "Dragon" | Super Formula |
| 8 | R3 | Sportsland SUGO | 25 September | | Jann Mardenborough | Kenta Yamashita | Team TOM'S | "Dragon" | Super Formula |

## 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 | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUG | SUG | SUG | Points |
| 1 | Kenta Yamashita | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 113 |
| 2 | Jann Mardenborough | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 110 |
| 3 | Sho Tsuboi | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | DNS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 87 |
| 4 | Mitsunori Takaboshi | | | | | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | | | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | | | | 42 |
| 5 | Tadasuke Makino | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Katsumasa Chiyo | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | | | | Ret | 7 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Daiki Sasaki | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 |
| 8 | Keishi Ishikawa | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Sena Sakaguchi | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Hiroki Otsu | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Ye Hongli | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| | Tairoku Yamaguchi | WD | WD | 11 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| | Ai Miura | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| | Yoshiaki Katayama | 11 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 0 |
| | "Dragon" | Ret | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| | Takamitsu Matsui | | | | | | | | | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Kizuku Hirota | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 0 |
| | Alex Yang | Ret | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 0 |
| | Masayuki Ueda | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 11 | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| | Zene Okazaki | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Katsuaki Kubota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 17 | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUG | SUG | SUG | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

#### National Class

| Pos | Driver | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUG | SUG | SUG | Points |
| 1 | Yoshiaki Katayama | 11 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 139 |
| 2 | "Dragon" | Ret | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 113 |
| 3 | Kizuku Hirota | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 82 |
| 4 | Alex Yang | Ret | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 56 |
| 5 | Zene Okazaki | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | | 29 |
| 6 | Takamitsu Matsui | | | | | | | | | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 7 | Masayuki Ueda | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 11 | 15 | 13 | 15 |
| 8 | Katsuaki Kubota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 17 | Ret | 2 |
| Pos | Driver | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUG | SUG | SUG | Points |