2009 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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 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

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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 IguchiPetronas Team TOM'S Yuhi Sekiguchi 2 R1 Okayama International Circuit 25 April Hironobu Yasuda Marcus Ericsson Takuto IguchiPetronas 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 KunimotoPetronas Team TOM'S Naoki Yamamoto 4 R1 Fuji Speedway 27 June Yuji Kunimoto Marcus Ericsson Yuji KunimotoPetronas Team TOM'S Naoki Yamamoto R2 28 June Marcus Ericsson Yuji Kunimoto Marcus EricssonPetronas Team TOM'S Kimiya Sato 5 R1 Suzuka Circuit 11 July Kei Cozzolino Marcus Ericsson Yuji KunimotoPetronas Team TOM'S Alexandre Imperatori R2 12 July Marcus Ericsson Marcus Ericsson Marcus EricssonPetronas Team TOM'S Naoki Yamamoto 6 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 8 August Marcus Ericsson Marcus Ericsson Marcus EricssonPetronas 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 IguchiPetronas Team TOM'S Naoki Yamamoto 8 R1 Sportsland SUGO 26 September Yuji Kunimoto Marcus Ericsson Yuji KunimotoPetronas Team TOM'S Kimiya Sato R2 27 September Marcus Ericsson Marcus Ericsson Marcus EricssonPetronas 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 PtsBold – PoleItalics – 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 PtsBold – PoleItalics – 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

References

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