# 2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2017 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 39th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Championship Class ||||||
| Team TOM'S | 1 | Sho Tsuboi | Dallara F317 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | All |
| Team TOM'S | 36 | Ritomo Miyata | Dallara F314 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | All |
| Toda Racing | 2 | Hiroki Otsu | Dallara F316 | Toda TR-F301 | All |
| B-Max Racing Team | 3 | Ai Miura | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | All |
| B-Max Racing Team | 30 | "Dragon" | Dallara F314 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 8–9 |
| Honda Formula Dream Project | 7 | Sena Sakaguchi | Dallara F316 | Toda TR-F301 | All |
| Threebond with Drago Corse | 12 | Álex Palou | Dallara F314 | ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 | All |
| Albirex Racing Team | 21 | Bruno Carneiro | Dallara F315 | Mercedes-Benz F3-414 | All |
| B-MAX Racing Team with NDDP | 23 | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | All |
| Tairoku Racing | 28 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | Dallara F316 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | All |
| Team KRC with B-Max | 33 | Ye Hongli | Dallara F315 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 1–8 |
| Team KRC with B-Max | 33 | Hong Shijie | Dallara F315 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 9 |
| OKAYAMA KOKUSAI CIRCUIT RC | 78 | Yoshiaki Katayama | Dallara F315 | Mercedes-Benz F3-414 | All |
| National Class ||||||
| HuaJiangHU Racing | 5 | Alex Yang | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| B-MAX with Rn-Sports | 11 | Masayuki Ueda [ja] | Dallara F308 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| B-Max Racing Team | 13 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| B-Max Racing Team | 27 | "Syuji" | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 3, 7, 9 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 30 | "Dragon" | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–7 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 50 | Shinji Sawada | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 8 |
| Albirex Racing Team | 22 | Ryoya Hasegawa | Dallara F308 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–7, 9 |
| Hanashima Racing | 55 | Katsuaki Kubota [ja] | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–6, 9 |
| Hanashima Racing | 55 | Takashi Fujii | Dallara F308 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 7 |
| Hanashima Racing | 55 | Yuya Motojima | Dallara F308 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 8 |
| CM Motor Sports Project | 77 | Shigetomo Shimono | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–2 |
| CM Motor Sports Project | 77 | Makoto Hotta | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 4 |
| CM Motor Sports Project | 77 | Yuya Taira | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 7 |
| CM Motor Sports Project | 77 | Ryuichiro Ohtsuka | Dallara F306 | Toyota TOM'S 3S-GE | 8 |

## Race calendar

Calendar for the 2017 season.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | National winner | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 1 April | Álex Palou | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-Max Racing Team with NDDP | "Dragon" | |
| 1 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit | 2 April | Álex Palou | Álex Palou | Álex Palou | Threebond with Drago Corse | Shigetomo Shimono | |
| 1 | R3 | Okayama International Circuit | 2 April | | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-Max Racing Team with NDDP | "Dragon" | |
| 2 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit | 22 April | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-Max Racing Team with NDDP | Shigetomo Shimono | Super Formula |
| 2 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit | 23 April | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-Max Racing Team with NDDP | Shigetomo Shimono | Super Formula |
| 3 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | 13 May | Álex Palou | Sho Tsuboi | Álex Palou | Threebond with Drago Corse | "Dragon" | |
| 3 | R2 | Fuji Speedway | 14 May | Álex Palou | Sho Tsuboi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-Max Racing Team with NDDP | Ryoya Hasegawa | |
| 4 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 27 May | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-Max Racing Team with NDDP | "Dragon" | Super Formula |
| 4 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit | 28 May | Álex Palou | Ritomo Miyata | Álex Palou | Threebond with Drago Corse | Masayuki Ueda | Super Formula |
| 5 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit | 24 June | Sho Tsuboi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Sho Tsuboi | Team TOM'S | "Dragon" | Blancpain GT Asia |
| 5 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit | 25 June | Sho Tsuboi | Álex Palou | Sho Tsuboi | Team TOM'S | "Dragon" | Blancpain GT Asia |
| 6 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | 8 July | Sho Tsuboi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | B-Max Racing Team with NDDP | "Dragon" | Super Formula |
| 6 | R2 | Fuji Speedway | 9 July | Sho Tsuboi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Sho Tsuboi | Team TOM'S | "Dragon" | Super Formula |
| 7 | R1 | Twin Ring Motegi | 29 July | Sho Tsuboi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Sho Tsuboi | Team TOM'S | "Dragon" | |
| 7 | R2 | Twin Ring Motegi | 30 July | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team TOM'S | Yuya Taira | |
| 7 | R3 | Twin Ring Motegi | 30 July | | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Sho Tsuboi | Team TOM'S | Yuya Taira | |
| 8 | R1 | Autopolis | 9 September | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team TOM'S | Yuya Motojima | Super Formula |
| 8 | R2 | Autopolis | 10 September | Sho Tsuboi | Mitsunori Takaboshi | Sho Tsuboi | Team TOM'S | Yuya Motojima | Super Formula |
| 9 | R1 | Sportsland SUGO | 23 September | Hiroki Otsu | Ritomo Miyata | Sho Tsuboi | Team TOM'S | Ryoya Hasegawa | Super Formula |
| 9 | R2 | Sportsland SUGO | 24 September | Hiroki Otsu | Álex Palou | Hiroki Otsu | Toda Racing | Alex Yang | 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 | OKA1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | MOT | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | Points |
| 1 | Mitsunori Takaboshi | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 148 |
| 2 | Sho Tsuboi | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 140 |
| 3 | Álex Palou | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 102 |
| 4 | Ritomo Miyata | 3 | 3 | 3 | DNS | DNS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 79 |
| 5 | Hiroki Otsu | 5 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 64 |
| 6 | Sena Sakaguchi | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Ye Hongli | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | | | 13 |
| 8 | Ai Miura | 9 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | Yoshiaki Katayama | 7 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 15 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| 10 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | 10 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 2 |
| 11 | Bruno Carneiro | 11 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | "Dragon" | 12 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | Shigetomo Shimono | 13 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 14 | Yuya Taira | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 12 | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| 15 | Masayuki Ueda | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryoya Hasegawa | 16 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 16 | | | 12 | Ret | 0 |
| 17 | Alex Yang | 17 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | Hong Shijie | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| 19 | Katsuaki Kubota | 15 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | | | | | | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 20 | Yuya Motojima | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 11 | | | 0 |
| 21 | Takashi Fujii | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | Ret | 14 | | | | | 0 |
| 22 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 18 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 17 | 16 | Ret | 0 |
| 23 | Shinji Sawada | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 13 | | | 0 |
| 24 | Makoto Hotta | | | | | | | | 13 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 25 | Ryuichirou Ohtsuka | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 15 | | | 0 |
| 26 | "Syuji" | | | | | | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | Ret | 18 | 19 | | | 17 | 15 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | OKA1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | MOT | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | Points |

#### National Class

| Pos | Driver | OKA1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | SUZ1 | SUZ1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUZ2 | SUZ2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | MOT | MOT | MOT | AUT | AUT | SUG | SUG | Points |
| 1 | "Dragon" | 12 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 13 | | | | | 136 |
| 2 | Masayuki Ueda | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 92 |
| 3 | Ryoya Hasegawa | 16 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 16 | | | 12 | Ret | 77 |
| 4 | Alex Yang | 17 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 62 |
| 5 | Shigetomo Shimono | 13 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 52 |
| 6 | Katsuaki Kubota | 15 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | | | | | | 13 | 13 | 49 |
| 7 | Yuya Taira | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 12 | 12 | | | | | 29 |
| 8 | Yuya Motojima | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 11 | | | 24 |
| 9 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | 18 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 17 | 7 | Ret | 13 | 16 | Ret | 16 |
| 10 | Shinji Sawada | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 13 | | | 14 |
| 11 | Ryuichirou Ohtsuka | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 15 | | | 10 |
| 12 | Takashi Fujii | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | Ret | 14 | | | | | 8 |
| 13 | "Syuji" | | | | | | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | Ret | 18 | 19 | | | 17 | 15 | 4 |
| 14 | Makoto Hotta | | | | | | | | 13 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |