2007 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Explained

The 2007 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 28th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 31 March at Fuji and ended on 21 October at Motegi.^[1] Local driver Kazuya Oshima took the championship title, winning six from twenty races.^[2]

Teams and drivers

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

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
TOM'S	1	Oliver Jarvis	F306	Toyota-TOM'S 1AZ-FE	All
	36	Kazuya Oshima	F306		All
	37	Hiroaki Ishiura	F307	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Honda Toda Racing	2	Yuhki Nakayama	F307	Toda-Honda MF204C	All
Inging Motorsport	3	Roberto Streit	F306	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
Honda Team Real	10	Koudai Tsukakoshi	F307	Mugen-Honda MF204C	All
	11	Takuya Izawa	F307		All
ThreeBond Racing	12	Marko Asmer	F307	ThreeBond Nissan SR20VE	1–2, 4–5
		Ben Clucas			3
		Taku Banba			6–7
	14	Hironobu Yasuda	F306		All
Shion Formula Ltd.	16	Motoaki Ishikawa	F306	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Now Motor Sports	33	Yuhi Sekiguchi	F305	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Denso Team Le Beausset	62	Koki Saga	F306	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All

Notes:

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	31 March	Kazuya Oshima	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	TOM'S
	R2		1 April	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
2	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	14 April	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
	R2		15 April	Roberto Streit	Kazuya Oshima	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
3	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	19 May	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	TOM'S
	R2		20 May	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
4	R1	Okayama International Circuit	9 June	Hiroaki Ishiura	Hiroaki Ishiura	Hiroaki Ishiura	TOM'S
	R2		10 June	Hiroaki Ishiura	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Koudai Tsukakoshi	TOM'S
5	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	7 July	Roberto Streit	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
	R2		8 July	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Kazuya Oshima	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Honda Team Real
6	R1	Autopolis, Hita	4 August	Roberto Streit	Kazuya Oshima	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
	R2		5 August	Kazuya Oshima	Hiroaki Ishiura	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
	R3			Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
7	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	25 August	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
	R2		26 August	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
8	R1	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku	6 October	Roberto Streit	Roberto Streit	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
	R2		7 October	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	Oliver Jarvis	TOM'S
	R3			Hiroaki Ishiura	Hiroaki Ishiura	Hiroaki Ishiura	TOM'S
9	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	20 October	Roberto Streit	Kazuya Oshima	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
	R2		21 October	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ AUT FUJ SEN MOT Pts 1 Kazuya Oshima 3 1 1 4 6 9 7 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 Ret 3 Ret 2 1 2 Roberto Streit 4 2 3 1 2 1 4 3 1 4 1 1 6 5 4 1 4 3 1 5 3 Oliver Jarvis 1 3 2 3 1 5 2 5 4 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 3 Ret 4 Hiroaki Ishiura 2 4 4 2 4 2 1 7 10 8 6 11 4 6 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 align=left nowrap Koudai Tsukakoshi 7 5 5 6 3 4 3 1 3 1 5 5 Ret 2 2 6 8 4 5 8 6 Takuya Izawa Ret 8 7 8 5 3 5 4 9 6 4 4 3 4 6 Ret 5 7 Ret 6 7 Yuhi Sekiguchi 5 9 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 5 7 6 5 8 12 Ret 6 5 7 2 8 Hironobu Yasuda 8 7 Ret 9 9 8 8 10 5 7 8 7 10 7 7 4 10 6 6 4 9 Yuhki Nakayama Ret DNS 10 11 10 Ret 10 11 8 9 9 8 7 11 9 5 7 Ret 7 7 35 10 Marko Asmer 6 6 9 5 11 8 6 Ret 31 11 Koki Saga 9 10 8 10 11 10 9 9 12 10 10 10 8 10 10 7 9 8 8 Ret 12 Motoaki Ishikawa 10 11 11 12 12 11 12 12 11 11 12 Ret 11 12 11 8 11 9 9 9 10 13 Ben Clucas 8 6 9 14 Taku Banba 11 9 9 9 8 9 Pos Driver FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ AUT FUJ SEN 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 2007. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 4 February 2013.
2. Web site: Formula 3 Japan 2007. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 4 February 2013.
3. Web site: Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 4 February 2013.