# 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 40th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver | Class | Engine | Rounds |
| Championship Class ||||||
| B-MAX Racing Team | 1 | Yu Kanamaru | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | All |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 3 | Ai Miura | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | All |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 21 | Bruno Carneiro | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 1 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 21 | Kazuki Hiramine | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 2 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 21 | "Syuji" | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 3 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 21 | Masayuki Ueda | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 4 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 21 | Kiyoto Fujinami | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 5, 7 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 21 | Takashi Hata | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 6 |
| B-MAX Racing Team | 21 | Shinji Sawada | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 8 |
| Toda Racing | 2 | Sena Sakaguchi | Dallara F316 | Toda TR-F301 | All |
| Toda Racing | 93 | Toshiki Oyu | Dallara F316 | Toda TR-F301 | All |
| Hanashima Racing | 5 | Katsuaki Kubota | Dallara F312 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | 4–5 |
| Hanashima Racing | 5 | Kazuto Kotaka | Dallara F312 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | 7 |
| Hanashima Racing | 5 | Riki Okusa | Dallara F312 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | 8 |
| OIRC team YTB | 8 | Yoshiaki Katayama | Dallara F318 | Mercedes-Benz F3-414 | All |
| ThreeBond Racing | 12 | Ukyo Sasahara | Dallara F318 | ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 | All |
| B-Max Engineering | 13 | Hideki Hirota | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 1 |
| B-Max Engineering | 13 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | 2–8 |
| B-Max Engineering | 30 | "Dragon" | Dallara F314 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | All |
| Albirex Racing Team | 14 | Yuki Nemoto | Dallara F315 | Mercedes-Benz F3-414 | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Albirex Racing Team | 14 | Tatsuya Ota | Dallara F315 | Mercedes-Benz F3-414 | 8 |
| Tairoku Racing | 28 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | Dallara F316 | Volkswagen A41 (0XY) | All |
| RS Fine | 35 | Shunsuke Kohno | Dallara F318 | Mercedes-Benz F3-414 | All |
| Team Tom's | 36 | Sho Tsuboi | Dallara F317 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | All |
| Team Tom's | 37 | Ritomo Miyata | Dallara F317 | Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 | All |
| National Class ||||||
| NODA Racing | 10 | Jake Parsons | Dallara F312 | Volkswagen A18 | All |

## Race calendar

Calendar for the 2018 season. All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.
Race 9 at Okayama International Circuit was postponed due to severe weather conditions. The race was rescheduled for a later round at the same circuit, and was subsequently postponed again to be run at Sportsland SUGO.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | National winner | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit | 21 April | Ritomo Miyata | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 1 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit | 21 April | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 2 | R1 | Sportsland SUGO | 26 May | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 2 | R2 | Sportsland SUGO | 27 May | Sho Tsuboi | Ritomo Miyata | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 3 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | 7 July | Sho Tsuboi | Ukyo Sasahara | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 3 | R2 | Fuji Speedway | 8 July | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Ritomo Miyata | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 4 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 28 July | Ritomo Miyata | Sho Tsuboi | Ritomo Miyata | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | |
| 4 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit | 28 July | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | |
| 4 | R3 | Okayama International Circuit | 29 July | Race postponed due to weather conditions | Race postponed due to weather conditions | Race postponed due to weather conditions | Race postponed due to weather conditions | Race postponed due to weather conditions | | |
| 5 | R1 | Twin Ring Motegi | 18 August | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 5 | R2 | Twin Ring Motegi | 19 August | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 5 | R3 | Twin Ring Motegi | 19 August | | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 6 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 8 September | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 6 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit | 9 September | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | Super Formula |
| 6 | R3 | Okayama International Circuit | 9 September | Race postponed due to weather conditions | Race postponed due to weather conditions | Race postponed due to weather conditions | Race postponed due to weather conditions | Race postponed due to weather conditions | | Super Formula |
| 7 | R1 | Sportsland SUGO | 29 September | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | |
| 7 | R2 | Sportsland SUGO | 29 September | Sho Tsuboi | Ritomo Miyata | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | |
| 7 | R3 | Sportsland SUGO | 30 September | | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | |
| 7 | R4 | Sportsland SUGO | 30 September | | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | No finishers | |
| 8 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | 13 October | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | FIA World Endurance Championship |
| 8 | R2 | Fuji Speedway | 14 October | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Sho Tsuboi | Team Tom's | Jake Parsons | FIA World Endurance Championship |

## Championship standings

* Points are awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | PP | FL |
| 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Drivers' Championships
#### Overall

| Pos | Driver | SUZ | SUZ | SUG1 | SUG1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | MOT | MOT | MOT | OKA2 | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUG2 | SUG2 | SUG2 | SUG2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | Points |
| 1 | Sho Tsuboi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 214 |
| 2 | Ritomo Miyata | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | C | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 117 |
| 3 | Ukyo Sasahara | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | C | Ret | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | C | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 65 |
| 4 | Sena Sakaguchi | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | C | 5 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 4 | C | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | Yu Kanamaru | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | C | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | C | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | Ret | 40 |
| 6 | Toshiki Oyu | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 3 | C | 3 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 5 | C | 6 | 4 | Ret | DNS | 4 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Yoshiaki Katayama | Ret | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | C | 6 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 7 | C | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 14 |
| 8 | Shunsuke Kohno | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | C | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | C | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | Yuki Nemoto | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | | | | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 6 | C | 13 | 10 | 6 | Ret | | | 7 |
| 10 | Riki Okusa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 11 | Bruno Carneiro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 12 | Ai Miura | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 9 | C | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 | C | 16 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | Kazuto Kotaka | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 8 | Ret | 6 | | | 1 |
| 14 | Kiyoto Fujinami | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | 10 | | | | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | | | 0 |
| 15 | Tatsuya Ota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | C | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 13 | C | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | "Dragon" | 11 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | C | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | C | 10 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | Jake Parsons | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | C | 14 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 11 | C | 14 | 15 | 9 | DNS | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| 19 | Kazuki Hiramine | | | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 20 | Katsuaki Kubota | | | | | | | 12 | 12 | C | 13 | 11 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 21 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | | | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | C | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | C | 15 | 16 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| 22 | Syuji | | | | | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 23 | Hideki Hirota | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Takashi Hata | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 14 | C | | | | | | | 0 |
| 25 | Masayuki Ueda | | | | | | | 13 | 14 | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | SUZ | SUZ | SUG1 | SUG1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | MOT | MOT | MOT | OKA2 | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUG2 | SUG2 | SUG2 | SUG2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | Points |

#### National Class

| Pos | Driver | SUZ | SUZ | SUG1 | SUG1 | FUJ1 | FUJ1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | OKA1 | MOT | MOT | MOT | OKA2 | OKA2 | OKA2 | SUG2 | SUG2 | SUG2 | SUG2 | FUJ2 | FUJ2 | Points |
| 1 | Jake Parsons | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | C | 14 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 11 | C | 14 | 15 | 9 | DNS | 14 | 12 | 214 |