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2009 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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The 2009 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 31st edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It commenced on April 4, 2009 and ended on September 27.

Marcus Ericsson became the first Swedish champion, after a title battle which went down to the final round in Sportsland SUGO. Ericsson won with 112 points, beating his teammates Takuto Iguchi with 103 points, and Yuji Kunimoto with 97 points.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Championship Class
Petronas Team TOM'S	1	Marcus Ericsson	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
	36	Takuto Iguchi	F308		All
	37	Yuji Kunimoto	F308		All
Toda Racing	2	Kei Cozzolino	F308	Mugen-Honda	All
ThreeBond Racing	12	Hironobu Yasuda	F309	Nismo Nissan	All
Now Motor Sport	33	Yuki Iwasaki	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
Denso Team Le Beausset	62	Koki Saga	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
National Class
Hanashima Racing	5	Katsuaki Kubota	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	All
HFDP Racing	7	Naoki Yamamoto	F307	Toyota-TOM'S	All
	8	Takashi Kobayashi	F307		All
Aim Sports	18	Yuhi Sekiguchi	F307/305	Toyota-TOM'S	1–7
		Ryuji Yamamoto			8
Achievement by KCMG	19	Yoshitaka Kuroda	F307	Toyota-TOM'S	All
	20	Alexandre Imperatori	F307		All
Team Nova	22	Katsumasa Chiyo	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	All
	23	Kimiya Sato	F306		All
CMS Motor Sports Project	77	Tatsuru Noro	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	1, 4, 6, 8
		Hiroshi Koizumi			2–3, 5, 7

Notes

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National Class winner
1	R1	Fuji Speedway	4 April	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Yuhi Sekiguchi
	R2		5 April	Takuto Iguchi	Marcus Ericsson	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Yuhi Sekiguchi
2	R1	Okayama International Circuit	25 April	Hironobu Yasuda	Marcus Ericsson	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Yuhi Sekiguchi
	R2		26 April	Yuji Kunimoto	Kimiya Sato	Hironobu Yasuda	ThreeBond Racing	Kimiya Sato
3	R1	Suzuka Circuit	16 May	Alexandre Imperatori	Yuji Kunimoto	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Alexandre Imperatori
	R2		17 May	Yuji Kunimoto	Takuto Iguchi	Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
4	R1	Fuji Speedway	27 June	Yuji Kunimoto	Marcus Ericsson	Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
	R2		28 June	Marcus Ericsson	Yuji Kunimoto	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Kimiya Sato
5	R1	Suzuka Circuit	11 July	Kei Cozzolino	Marcus Ericsson	Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	Alexandre Imperatori
	R2		12 July	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
6	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	8 August	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
	R2		9 August	Kei Cozzolino	Kei Cozzolino	Kei Cozzolino	Toda Racing	Naoki Yamamoto
7	R1	Autopolis	29 August	Takuto Iguchi	Takuto Iguchi	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
	R2		30 August	Takuto Iguchi	Takuto Iguchi	Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto
8	R1	Sportsland SUGO	26 September	Yuji Kunimoto	Marcus Ericsson	Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	Kimiya Sato
	R2		27 September	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	Naoki Yamamoto

Standings

Championship Class

• Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Pos Driver FUJ OKA SUZ FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG Pts 1 Marcus Ericsson 2 3 10 10 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 5 2 6 2 1 112 2 Takuto Iguchi 1 1 1 9 2 3 3 2 6 2 3 4 1 1 3 Ret 103 3 Yuji Kunimoto 3 2 2 8 3 1 1 3 1 4 5 2 5 7 1 3 97 4 Kei Cozzolino 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 Ret 2 5 2 1 4 3 4 4 66 5 Hironobu Yasuda 7 16 5 1 4 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 4 3 6 2 5 2 53 6 Koki Saga 5 5 11 14 Ret 6 4 5 4 3 6 6 3 4 6 12 30 7 Yuki Iwasaki 6 6 9 2 DNQ DNQ 6 14 7 6 7 7 7 5 7 11 18 National Class Yuhi Sekiguchi 8 7 3 5 12 14 15 Ret 11 12 10 12 Ret 12 0 Kimiya Sato 11 9 7 3 7 11 10 6 10 8 12 10 9 13 8 8 0 Naoki Yamamoto 12 8 Ret 6 8 7 7 8 12 7 8 8 8 8 12 5 0 Alexandre Imperatori 14 10 8 15 6 9 8 13 8 11 9 9 12 9 9 13 0 Takashi Kobayashi 9 11 6 7 11 10 9 9 9 9 13 14 11 10 13 7 0 Katsumasa Chiyo 10 12 Ret 11 9 8 11 7 14 14 11 11 10 11 Ret 6 0 Yoshitaka Kuroda 13 13 12 13 10 12 12 10 13 10 14 13 13 14 10 10 0 Katsuaki Kubota 16 14 13 16 Ret 13 14 12 16 15 Ret 15 Ret 16 14 Ret 0 Ryuji Yamamoto 12 9 0 Hiroshi Koizumi 14 12 13 Ret 15 13 14 15 0 Tatsuru Noro 15 15 13 11 15 Ret 15 14 0 Pos Driver FUJ OKA SUZ FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Teams Standings

• Points are awarded for both races as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts
1	Petronas Team TOM'S	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	150
2	Toda Racing	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	Ret	2	5	2	1	4	3	4	4	62
3	ThreeBond Racing	7	7	4	1	4	4	Ret	4	3	Ret	4	3	6	2	5	2	52
4	Denso Team Le Beausset	5	5	7	7	Ret	6	4	5	4	3	6	6	3	4	6	6	30
5	Now Motor Sport	6	6	5	2	DNQ	DNQ	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	5	7	5	18
Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts

Engine Tuners Standings

• Points are awarded for both races as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts
1	Toyota-TOM'S	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	154
2	Mugen-Honda	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	Ret	2	5	2	1	4	3	4	4	62
3	Nismo Nissan	7	7	4	1	4	4	Ret	4	3	Ret	4	3	6	2	5	2	52
4	Toyota	5	5	7	7	Ret	6	4	5	4	3	6	6	3	4	6	6	30
Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts

National Class

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Pos Driver FUJ OKA SUZ FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG Pts 1 Naoki Yamamoto 5 2 Ret 3 3 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 121 2 Kimiya Sato 4 3 3 1 2 5 4 1 3 2 5 3 2 6 1 4 89 3 Alexandre Imperatori 7 4 4 8 1 3 2 8 1 5 2 2 5 2 2 7 75 4 Takashi Kobayashi 2 5 2 4 6 4 3 4 2 3 6 7 4 3 6 3 62 5 Yuhi Sekiguchi 1 1 1 2 7 8 9 Ret 4 6 3 5 Ret 5 57 6 Katsumasa Chiyo 3 6 Ret 5 4 2 5 2 7 8 4 4 3 4 Ret 2 48 7 Yoshitaka Kuroda 6 7 5 7 5 6 6 5 6 4 7 6 6 7 3 6 21 8 Ryuji Yamamoto 5 5 4 9 Katsuaki Kubota 9 8 6 9 Ret 7 8 7 9 9 Ret 8 Ret 9 7 Ret 1 10 Tatsuru Noro 8 9 7 6 8 Ret 8 8 1 11 Hiroshi Koizumi 7 6 8 Ret 8 7 7 8 1 Pos Driver FUJ OKA SUZ FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Teams Standings

• Points are awarded for both races as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts
1	HFDP Racing	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	126
2	Team Nova	3	3	3	1	2	2	4	1	3	2	4	3	2	4	1	2	99
3	Achievement by KCMG	6	4	4	7	1	3	2	5	1	4	2	2	5	2	2	6	75
4	Aim Sports	1	1	1	2	7	8	9	Ret	4	6	3	5	Ret	5	5	5	54
5	CMS Motor Sports Project	8	9	7	6	8	Ret	7	6	8	7	8	Ret	7	8	8	8	2
6	Hanashima Racing	9	8	6	9	Ret	7	8	7	9	9	Ret	8	Ret	9	7	Ret	1
Pos	Driver	FUJ		OKA		SUZ		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		AUT		SUG		Pts

External links

• Official Site (in Japanese)