2001 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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

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  • 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

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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

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  • Points are awarded as follows, with only the best 13 results to count:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
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 1 260
2   Paolo Montin 3 1 6 4 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 8 3 3 3 2 201
3   Jeremie Dufour 2 3 2 2 1 Ret 2 6 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 Ret 12 2 3 177
4   Sakon Yamamoto DNS 9 12 10 10 Ret Ret 9 5 4 3 Ret 3 3 4 2 2 5 4 117
5   Yuji Ide Ret 4 7 7 5 Ret 4 3 Ret 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 8 8 8 100
6   Peter Sundberg 4 Ret 3 6 4 2 7 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret Ret Ret 2 6 5 7 12 94
7   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 79
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   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   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
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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