2002 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Explained

The 2002 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 24th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 2 March at Tsukuba and ended on 20 October at Motegi.^[1] Local driver Takashi Kogure took the championship title, winning 11 from 20 races.^[2]

Teams and drivers

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

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Dome Racing Team	1	Takashi Kogure	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda MF204B	All
	11	Kazuki Hoshino	Dallara F302		All
Toda Racing	2	Hirokazu Nagaya	Dallara F302	Toda-Honda MF204B	1–9
Inging	3	Mathieu Zangarelli	Dallara F302	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
Team 5Zigen	5	Hideshi Nishimura	Dallara F302	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
TOM'S	7	Paolo Montin	Dallara F302	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
	8	Naoki Yokomizo	Dallara F302		All
	36	Tatsuya Kataoka	Dallara F302		All
	37	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Dallara F302		All
ThreeBond Racing	12	Masaru Tomizawa	Dallara F302	Tomei Nissan SR20VE	All
	14	Hideyuki Ishizaki	Dallara F399		10
Aim Sports	18	Hiroshi Nakamura	Dallara F302	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	1–6
		Shogo Mitsuyama			7
		Masato Shimoyama			8
		Kota Sasaki			9–10
Now Motor Sports	33	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Dallara F302	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
DTM	60	Keita Sawa	Dallara F300	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	10
Nakajima Racing	64	Shinya Sato	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda MF204B	All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma	2 March	Takashi Kogure	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	TOM'S
	R2		3 March	Takashi Kogure	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	TOM'S
2	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	23 March	Paolo Montin	Shinya Sato	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
	R2		24 March	Takashi Kogure	Shinya Sato	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
3	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	2 May	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	TOM'S
	R2		3 May	Paolo Montin	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Tatsuya Kataoka	TOM'S
4	R1	Mine Circuit, Mine	18 May	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	TOM'S
	R2		19 May	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
5	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	8 June	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
	R2		9 June	Paolo Montin	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
6	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	6 July	Takashi Kogure	Paolo Montin	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
	R2		7 July	Shinya Sato	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	TOM'S
7	R1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	3 August	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
	R2		4 August	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
8	R1	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku	24 August	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
	R2		25 August	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
9	R1	Okayama International Circuit	7 September	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Now Motor Sports
	R2		8 September	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	TOM'S
10	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	19 October	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	Takashi Kogure	Dome Racing Team
	R2		20 October	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	Paolo Montin	TOM'S

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows, with only the best 16 results to count

Pos Driver TSU SUZ FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG SEN OKA MOT Pts 1 Takashi Kogure 4 7 1 1 Ret Ret 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 2 2 Paolo Montin 1 1 4 2 1 Ret 1 2 3 9 2 1 2 2 8 3 2 1 2 1 3 Mathieu Zangarelli 2 2 12 6 3 2 8 4 2 4 4 11 5 5 7 4 9 Ret 4 6 4 Shinya Sato 3 Ret 2 9 5 3 3 6 Ret 11 3 3 4 4 2 10 10 6 5 5 5 Katsuyuki Hiranaka 5 5 3 10 2 Ret Ret 5 4 3 9 7 3 DNS Ret 2 4 3 13 3 142 6 Tatsuya Kataoka Ret 3 5 3 Ret 1 5 3 7 8 7 9 7 10 4 9 7 7 6 4 7 Naoki Yokomizo 10 10 6 4 7 4 4 8 9 5 12 10 10 3 6 5 6 4 3 9 8 Hiroki Yoshimoto 8 6 7 5 Ret 6 Ret 7 8 10 8 6 9 Ret 3 6 1 Ret 11 11 85 9 Hirokazu Nagaya 6 Ret 8 Ret 6 5 Ret 10 6 7 5 8 8 6 5 12 5 5 78 10 Masaru Tomizawa 9 4 10 Ret 4 9 Ret 9 5 6 10 4 11 7 Ret 8 8 11 12 7 69 11 Kazuki Hoshino Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 2 6 5 12 8 11 7 3 8 7 Ret 64 12 Hideshi Nishimura 7 9 11 7 8 10 7 11 10 12 11 12 13 9 9 11 12 10 14 13 24 13 Hiroshi Nakamura Ret Ret 9 8 Ret 8 6 12 11 13 Ret 13 14 14 Kota Sasaki 11 9 8 8 8 15 Shogo Mitsuyama 6 11 4 16 align=left nowrap Masato Shimoyama 10 13 1 Guest driver ineligible for points Keita Sawa 9 10 0 Hideyuki Ishizaki 10 13 0 Pos Driver TSU SUZ 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 2002. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 31 January 2013.
2. Web site: Formula 3 Japan 2002. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 31 January 2013.
3. Web site: Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 31 January 2013.