The 1995 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was scheduled over 9 rounds and contested over 8 rounds. 16 different teams, 26 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.
This was the last season of the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship as the main single seater racing category in Japan. It was replaced in 1996 by the Japanese Formula Nippon Championship.
Teams and drivers TeamNo.DriverChassisEngineTyreRoundsTeam 5ZIGEN1 Marco ApicellaReynard 94DReynard 95DJudd KV2All5 Jeff KrosnoffLola T94/50All6 Hidetoshi MitsusadaLola T93/50Cosworth DFV4, 6–9Heroes Racing Corporation3 Katsutomo KaneishiLola T94/50Judd KV2AllAdvan Sport 7 Masami KageyamaLola T94/50Lola T95/50Mugen MF308AllSpeed Star Wheel Racing Teamavex Dome with Mugen Racing Team8 Shinji NakanoDome F104Mugen MF308AllShionogi Team Nova9 Mauro MartiniLola T95/50Mugen MF308All10 Akira Iida1–3, 5–9 Yukihiro Hane4Cosmo Oil Racing Team CerumoCerumo Co.11 Tom KristensenLola T94/50Mugen MF308All12 Motonari Higuchi8 "Osamu"9Hoshino RacingNisseki Impul Racing Team15 Toshio SuzukiLola T94/50Mugen MF308All19 Kazuyoshi HoshinoLola T93/50Lola T95/50AllAd Racing Team17 Taichiro OonishiLola T94/50Judd KV2118 Naohiro FuruyaLola T93/50Cosworth DFV1OasysStellar International20 Andrew Gilbert-ScottLola T93/50Mugen MF308All21 Michael Krumm3–9Team LeMansX Japan Racing Team24 Naoki HattoriReynard 95DMugen MF308All25 Katsumi YamamotoReynard 94DReynard 95DAllNavi Connection Racing27 Masahiko KageyamaReynard 94DReynard 95DMugen MF308All28 Masahiko KondoReynard 94D4–9Team Gullwing30 Hideki OkadaLola T93/50Cosworth DFV 3–6, 8–9With Project33 Masatomo ShimizuLola T93/50Mugen MF308 2, 6, 8Nakajima Planning64 Toranosuke TakagiReynard 94DReynard 95DMugen MF308All65 Takuya KurosawaAll
Race calendar All races were held in Japan. RoundRace nameCircuitLocationDate1Million Card Cup Race Round 1 SuzukaSuzuka CircuitSuzuka, Mie19 March2International Formula CupFuji SpeedwayOyama, Shizuoka9 April3F3000 Mine All StarMine CircuitMine, Yamaguchi Prefecture7 May4Million Card Cup Race Round 2 SuzukaSuzuka CircuitSuzuka, Mie21 May5Sugo Inter Formula F3000 & F3Sportsland SUGOShibata, Miyagi30 July6Fuji Inter F3000 & F3Fuji SpeedwayOyama, Shizuoka3 September7Tokachi International F3000Sarabetsu, Hokkaido17 September8International F3000 Fuji FinalFuji SpeedwayOyama, Shizuoka15 October9Million Card Cup Race Final Round SuzukaSuzuka CircuitSuzuka, Mie19 November
Race results
Round 2 at Fuji Speedway was cancelled after the race was red flagged with one lap completed due to heavy rain. RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team1Suzuka Circuit Andrew Gilbert-Scott Toshio Suzuki Naoki HattoriTeam LeMans2Fuji Speedway Naoki HattoriRace cancelled due to weather conditions3Mine Circuit Tom Kristensen Jeff Krosnoff Tom KristensenCosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo4Suzuka Circuit Takuya Kurosawa Toshio Suzuki Toshio SuzukiHoshino Racing5Sportsland SUGO Toranosuke Takagi Jeff Krosnoff Toranosuke TakagiNakajima Planning6Fuji Speedway Toshio Suzuki Katsutomo Kaneishi Andrew Gilbert-ScottStellar International7 Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke TakagiNakajima Planning8Fuji Speedway Naoki Hattori Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke TakagiNakajima Planning9Suzuka Circuit Masahiko Kageyama Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio SuzukiHoshino Racing
Championship standings
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers. For the Drivers standings, the best six results were counted Position1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points964321
Driver standings
RankDriverSUZFUJMINSUZSUGFUJTOKFUJSUZPoints1 Toshio Suzuki5C21Ret3(6)3134 (35)2 Toranosuke Takagi7C5Ret11211Ret293 Tom Kristensen4C12Ret42Ret5294 Kazuyoshi Hoshino11C36Ret2Ret24205 Mauro Martini(6)C6345Ret5316 (17)6 Takuya Kurosawa2CRet4Ret9Ret72157 Andrew Gilbert-Scott8CRet1161866128 Naoki Hattori1CRet75Ret10RetRet119 Katsumi YamamotoRetC4Ret2RetRet8Ret910 Katsutomo KaneishiRetCRet571344Ret811 Shinji NakanoRetC7Ret3Ret598612 Masahiko Kageyama3C8RetRet6RetRetRet513 Masami Kageyama12CRetRetRetRet314Ret414 Michael KrummRetRetRetRet7Ret7015 Hidetoshi MitsusadaRet7RetRet9016 Marco ApicellaRetCRet8Ret8RetRet10017 Akira IidaRetCRet811Ret1111018 Jeff Krosnoff10C912910Ret12Ret019 Masahiko Kondo1010Ret91312020 Hideki OkadaRet9Ret1410Ret021 Thomas Danielsson9022 Masatomo ShimizuC1515023 Motonari Higuchi160 Yukihiro HaneRet- "Osamu"Ret- Naohiro FuruyaDNS-RankDriverSUZFUJMINSUZSUGFUJTOKFUJSUZPoints
Complete Overview first column of every race 10 = grid position second column of every race 10 = race result
R13=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start
Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine 1 Toshio Suzuki Hoshino Racing Lola Mugen Honda 13 5 11 C 4 2 6 1 2 R 1 3 7 6 7 3 8 1 2 Toranosuke Takagi Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 9 7 12 C 10 5 13 R 1 1 5 12 1 1 5 1 3 R 3 Tom Kristensen Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 6 4 3 C 1 1 4 2 5 R 2 4 3 2 11 R 18 5 4 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 4 11 6 C 7 3 15 6 3 R 3 2 4 R 4 2 2 4 5 Mauro Martini Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 10 6 10 C 2 6 9 3 11 4 18 5 15 R 9 5 14 3 6 Takuya Kurosawa Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 7 2 15 C 8 R 1 4 6 R 17 9 5 R 13 7 6 2 7 Andrew Gilbert Scott Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 1 8 4 C 5 R 8 11 14 6 9 1 11 8 8 6 12 6 8 Naoki Hattori Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 2 1 1 C 11 R 16 7 12 5 4 R 8 10 1 R 4 R 9 Katsumi Yamamoto X Japan Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 12 R 13 C 3 4 11 R 7 2 11 R 18 R 8 6 11 R 10 Katsutomo Kaneishi Heros Racing Lola Judd 3 R 8 C 9 R 2 5 16 7 6 R13 9 4 10 4 7 R 11 Shinji Nakano Speed Star Wheel Racing Dome Mugen Honda 15 R 5 C 14 7 10 R 10 3 10 R 13 5 15 9 15 8 12 Masahiko Kageyama Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 5 3 9 C 17 8 5 R 8 R 7 6 17 R 2 R 1 R 13 Masami Kageyama Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda 11 12 7 C 13 R 14 R 15 R 12 R 16 3 18 14 5 R - Michael Krumm Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - 16 R 18 R 13 R 15 R 6 7 20 R 13 7 - Hidetoshi Mitsusada Team 5Zigen Lola Cosworth - - - - - - 12 R - - 13 7 12 R 16 R 10 9 - Marco Apicella Team 5Zigen Reynard Judd 8 R 2 C 6 R 7 8 4 R 8 8 2 R 3 R 16 10 - Akira Iida Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 17 R 16 C 15 R - - 18 8 16 11 10 R 17 11 19 11 - Jeff Krosnoff Team 5Zigen Lola Judd 14 10 14 C 12 9 3 12 9 9 19 10 14 R 12 12 9 R - Masahiko Kondo Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - 19 10 19 10 20 R 19 9 19 13 21 12 - Hideki Okada Team Gullwing Lola Cosworth - - - - 18 R 17 9 17 R 14 14 - - 14 10 17 R - Thomas Danielsson Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Judd 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Masatomo Shimizu With Project Lola Mugen Honda - - 17 C - - - - - - 21 15 - - 21 15 - - - Motonari Higuchi Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 16 - - - Yukihiro Hane Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - 20 R - - - - - - - - - - - "Osamu" Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 R - Naohiro Furuya Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Cosworth 18 NS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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