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2002 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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 edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit

  • Points are awarded as follows, with only the best 16 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 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 2 294
2   Paolo Montin 1 1 4 2 1 Ret 1 2 3 9 2 1 2 2 8 3 2 1 2 1 269
3   Mathieu Zangarelli 2 2 12 6 3 2 8 4 2 4 4 11 5 5 7 4 9 Ret 4 6 157
4   Shinya Sato 3 Ret 2 9 5 3 3 6 Ret 11 3 3 4 4 2 10 10 6 5 5 149
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 4 125
7   Naoki Yokomizo 10 10 6 4 7 4 4 8 9 5 12 10 10 3 6 5 6 4 3 9 110
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   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
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 edit

  1. ^ "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Formula 3 Japan 2002". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

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