2005 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Explained

The 2005 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 26th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 2 April at Motegi and ended on 23 October at the same place.^[1] Brazilian driver João Paulo de Oliveira took the championship title, winning seven from 20 races.^[2]

Teams and drivers

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

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Inging	1	Roberto Streit	Dome F107	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
	3	Hideto Yasuoka	Dome F107		1–2, 4–10
		Hiroki Katoh			3
	5	Jonny Reid			1–9
		Hiroki Katoh	Dome F107		10
Toda Racing	2	Yasuhiro Takasaki	Dome F107	Toda-Honda MF204C	All
M-TEC	10	Hideki Mutoh	Dome F107	Mugen-Honda MF204C	All
	16	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Lola-Dome F106		8–10
Dream Factory	11	Hironari Kawachi	Lola-Dome F106	Toda-Honda MF204C	7–10
ThreeBond Racing	12	Naoki Yokomizo	Dallara F305	ThreeBond Nissan SR20VE	All
	14	Paolo Montin	Dallara F305		All
DTM	19	Ryo Orime	Dallara F304	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Now Motor Sports	33	Taku Banba	Dallara F305	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
TOM'S	36	João Paulo de Oliveira	Dallara F305	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
	37	Kazuki Nakajima	Dallara F305		All
	38	Daisuke Ikeda	Dallara F305		All
Zap Speed	50	Motohiko Isozaki	Dallara F305	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Le Beausset Motorsports	62	Koki Saga	Dallara F305	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	2 April	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	TOM'S
	R2		3 April	João Paulo de Oliveira	Hideki Mutoh	Hideki Mutoh	M-TEC
2	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	16 April	Daisuke Ikeda	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	TOM'S
	R2		17 April	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	Hideki Mutoh	M-TEC
3	R1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	14 May	Naoki Yokomizo	Jonny Reid	Naoki Yokomizo	ThreeBond Racing
	R2		15 May	Naoki Yokomizo	João Paulo de Oliveira	Naoki Yokomizo	ThreeBond Racing
4	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	4 June	Naoki Yokomizo	Kazuki Nakajima	João Paulo de Oliveira	TOM'S
	R2		5 June	Kazuki Nakajima	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	TOM'S
5	R1	Okayama International Circuit	18 June	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	Paolo Montin	ThreeBond Racing
	R2		19 June	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	Naoki Yokomizo	ThreeBond Racing
6	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	2 July	Daisuke Ikeda	Kazuki Nakajima	João Paulo de Oliveira	TOM'S
	R2		3 July	João Paulo de Oliveira	Kazuki Nakajima	Roberto Streit	Inging
7	R1	Mine Circuit, Mine	30 July	João Paulo de Oliveira	Kazuki Nakajima	Kazuki Nakajima	TOM'S
	R2		31 July	Roberto Streit	Roberto Streit	Kazuki Nakajima	TOM'S
8	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	27 August	Kazuki Nakajima	Kazuki Nakajima	Paolo Montin	ThreeBond Racing
	R2		28 August	Kazuki Nakajima	Kazuki Nakajima	João Paulo de Oliveira	TOM'S
9	R1	Mine Circuit, Mine	10 September	João Paulo de Oliveira	Kazuki Nakajima	Jonny Reid	Inging
	R2		11 September	Jonny Reid	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	TOM'S
10	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	22 October	Hideki Mutoh	Hideki Mutoh	Hideki Mutoh	M-TEC
	R2		23 October	Hideki Mutoh	Roberto Streit	Paolo Montin	ThreeBond Racing

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver MOT SUZ SUG FUJ OKA SUZ MIN FUJ MIN MOT Pts 1 align=left nowrap João Paulo de Oliveira 1 2 1 2 Ret 2 1 1 2 4 1 2 2 5 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 Kazuki Nakajima Ret Ret 3 3 4 3 2 2 4 8 2 5 1 1 2 2 Ret 2 3 Ret 209 3 Hideki Mutoh Ret 1 4 1 3 8 5 5 7 7 4 3 5 Ret 8 6 2 4 1 3 4 Naoki Yokomizo 3 4 8 8 1 1 3 4 6 1 8 6 6 2 3 Ret 4 3 10 12 5 Paolo Montin 2 3 9 6 9 Ret Ret 8 1 3 7 4 4 3 1 3 NC 6 4 1 6 Roberto Streit 4 6 5 Ret 5 5 Ret 7 5 6 5 1 3 Ret 5 5 6 5 9 4 7 Daisuke Ikeda 5 5 2 4 7 4 8 3 3 2 3 Ret 9 10 6 11 11 7 11 7 126 8 Jonny Reid 6 7 7 5 2 6 4 9 8 5 Ret DNS 7 Ret 7 Ret 1 12 94 9 Taku Bamba 7 9 6 9 8 7 7 10 12 10 6 7 11 7 9 4 8 9 5 13 10 Hideto Yasuoka 10 12 11 DNS 6 11 11 13 10 DNS 8 4 Ret 8 5 Ret 8 Ret 35 11 Yasuhiro Takasaki 8 8 10 7 Ret 10 9 6 9 9 13 DNS 13 Ret 15 10 Ret 10 7 11 30 12 Hiroki Katoh 6 9 6 6 20 13 Koki Saga 11 10 12 10 Ret 11 11 13 14 12 9 8 10 6 10 9 Ret 13 15 8 20 14 Koudai Tsukakoshi 11 7 7 8 12 5 19 15 Ryo Orime 9 Ret 13 11 10 13 10 12 10 11 11 9 12 Ret 12 13 12 11 Ret Ret 7 16 Motohiko Isozaki 12 11 14 12 11 Ret 12 14 13 Ret 12 10 14 11 14 12 10 15 13 9 4 17 Hironari Kawachi Ret Ret 13 14 9 14 14 10 3 Pos Driver MOT SUZ SUG FUJ OKA SUZ MIN FUJ MIN 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 2005. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 3 February 2013.
2. Web site: Formula 3 Japan 2005. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 3 February 2013.
3. Web site: Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2005. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 3 February 2013.