2001 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Explained

The 2001 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 23rd edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 25 March at Suzuka and ended on 21 October at Motegi.^[1] French driver Benoît Tréluyer took the championship title by winning 15 of 19 races.^[2]

Teams and drivers

• All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tires.^[3]

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
TOM'S	0	Paolo Montin	Dallara F301	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
	7	Sakon Yamamoto	Dallara F301		All
	8	Norihiko Tasaki	Dallara F301		All
Mugen Dome Project	1	Benoît Tréluyer	Dallara F300/301	Mugen-Honda MF204B	All
	11	Shinya Hosokawa	Dallara F300		10
Toda Racing	2	Masataka Yanagida	Dallara F399/301	Toda-Honda MF204B	All
Inging	3	Jeremie Dufour	Dallara F300	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
	4	Bruce Jouanny	Dallara F399		10
XO Racing		Keiichi Nisimiya	XOR-99F	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	2–3, 5
Team 5Zigen	5	Hideshi Nishimura	Dallara F300	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	1–5, 7, 9
	6	Takahiro Ogawa	Dallara F300		1–6, 9–10
Pal Sport	9	Akitsugu Matsunaga	Dallara F300	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	1–5
ThreeBond Racing	12	Yuji Ide	Dallara F399/301	Tomei Nissan SR20VE	All
Team Daikokuya	16	Yousuke Shimojima	Dallara F300	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	10
Aim Sports		Hiroki Yoshimoto	Dallara F300	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	9
	18	Shogo Mitsuyama	Dallara F399		All
Lian Racing	17	Peter Sundberg	Dallara F399	Toda-Honda MF204B	All
DTM	19	Keita Sawa	Dallara F399	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	1–3, 7, 9–10
	20	Vladimir Tchekanine	Dallara F399		6
Team Echigoya	21	Shigeki Ebihara	Dallara F399	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	1–2
Kondō Racing	24	Kazuyuki Nishizawa	Dallara F399	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	1–2, 4–5, 9
Maejima	32	Saturo Gotou	Dallara F399	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	2
		Shigeki Ebihara		Toyota-TOM'S	5–10
Now Motor Sports	33	Takashi Kogure	Dallara F399	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Nobel France Racing Team	37	Motonari Higuchi	Dallara F399	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	1–2, 5
Nakajima Racing	64	Shinya Sato	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda MF204B	All
Skill Speed	77	Hiroshi Nakamura	Dallara F399	Toda-Honda MF204B	2–10

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	25 March	Jeremie Dufour	Paolo Montin	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
	R2			Paolo Montin	Benoît Tréluyer	Paolo Montin	TOM'S
2	R1	Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma	8 April	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
	R2			Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
3	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	4 May	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Jeremie Dufour	TOM'S
	R2			Jeremie Dufour	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	TOM'S
4	R1	Mine Circuit, Mine	20 May	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
	R2			Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
5	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	10 June	Benoît Tréluyer	Paolo Montin	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
	R2			Benoît Tréluyer	Paolo Montin	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
6		Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	1 July	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	TOM'S
7	R1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	29 July	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
	R2			Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
8	R1	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku	26 August	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
	R2			Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
9	R1	Okayama International Circuit	9 September	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
	R2			Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
10	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	21 October	Jeremie Dufour	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project
	R2			Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Mugen Dome Project

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows, with only the best 13 results to count:

Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG SEN OKA MOT Pts 1 Benoît Tréluyer 1 2 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Paolo Montin 3 1 6 4 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 8 3 3 3 2 3 Jeremie Dufour 2 3 2 2 1 Ret 2 6 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 Ret 12 2 3 4 Sakon Yamamoto DNS 9 12 10 10 Ret Ret 9 5 4 3 Ret 3 3 4 2 2 5 4 5 Yuji Ide Ret 4 7 7 5 Ret 4 3 Ret 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 8 8 8 6 Peter Sundberg 4 Ret 3 6 4 2 7 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret Ret Ret 2 6 5 7 12 94 7 align=left nowrap Masataka Yanagida DNS 8 13 5 14 Ret 6 4 4 6 7 8 9 7 9 7 Ret 4 5 80 8 Shinya Sato 9 7 8 3 Ret Ret 10 8 Ret 7 6 4 8 5 7 4 6 6 Ret 9 Shogo Mitsuyama 8 Ret 4 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 6 9 8 10 6 Ret Ret 10 7 10 7 57 10 Norihiko Tasaki Ret 5 Ret Ret 8 4 9 7 12 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 11 8 4 Ret 6 54 11 Takashi Kogure 6 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 5 5 7 Ret Ret 6 13 9 5 15 Ret 12 11 44 12 Keita Sawa 5 6 5 8 6 5 11 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 41 13 Takahiro Ogawa 10 Ret 10 Ret 11 6 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 10 13 14 10 14 align=left nowrap Akitsugu Matsunaga 7 10 14 12 Ret Ret 12 Ret 9 13 7 15 Hideshi Nishimura 11 11 9 13 12 Ret 8 Ret 14 Ret 13 12 16 9 7 16 Shigeki Ebihara 12 Ret Ret 16 11 11 9 12 11 8 12 14 Ret 15 Ret 5 17 Hiroshi Nakamura Ret 15 13 Ret 11 Ret 10 Ret 11 9 10 Ret 10 13 11 14 13 5 18 Kazuyuki Nishizawa 13 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 DNS 12 Ret 3 19 Bruce Jouanny 9 10 3 20 Saturo Gotou 11 9 2 21 Shinya Hosokawa 11 9 2 22 Motonari Higuchi Ret 12 Ret 14 13 12 0 23 align=left nowrap Vladimir Tchekanine 12 0 24 Keiichi Nisimiya DNS DNS 15 Ret Ret Ret 0 25 Yousuke Shimojima 17 Ret 0 Hiroki Yoshimoto Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG SEN OKA MOT Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 31 January 2013.
2. Web site: Formula 3 Japan 2001. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 31 January 2013.
3. Web site: Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 31 January 2013.