The 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 40th Japanese Formula 3 Championship season.

Teams and drivers Team Chasis Engine Driver Status Rounds B-Max Racing Team Dallara F312 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 1 Yu Kanamaru All 3 Ai Miura All 21 Bruno Carneiro 1 Kazuki Hiramine 2 "Syuji" 3 Masayuki Ueda 4 Kiyoto Fujinami 5, 7 Takashi Hata 6 Shinji Sawada 8 B-Max Engineering Dallara F312 13 Hideki Hirota 1 Motoyoshi Yoshida 2–8 Dallara F314 30 "Dragon" All Toda Racing Dallara F316 Toda TR-F301 2 Sena Sakaguchi All 93 Toshiki Oyu All Hanashima Racing Dallara F312 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 5 Katsuaki Kubota 4–5 Kazuto Kotaka 7 Riki Okusa 8 OIRC Team YTB Dallara F318 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 8 Yoshiaki Katayama All NODA Racing Dallara F312 Volkswagen A18 10 Jake Parsons All ThreeBond Racing Dallara F318 ThreeBond Tomei TB14F3 12 Ukyo Sasahara All Albirex Racing Team Dallara F315 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 14 Yuki Nemoto 1–3, 5–7 Tatsuya Ota 8 Tairoku Racing Dallara F316 Volkswagen A41 (0XY) 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi All RS Fine Dallara F318 Mercedes-Benz F3-414 35 Shunsuke Kohno All Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Dallara F317 Toyota TOM'S TAZ31 36 Sho Tsuboi All 37 Ritomo Miyata All Icon Class National class.

Race calendar and results Calendar for the 2018 season. All races are scheduled to be held in Japan.

Race 9 at Okayama International Circuit was postponed due to severe weather conditions. The race was rescheduled for a later round at the same circuit, and was subsequently postponed again to be run at Sportsland SUGO.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 R1 Suzuka Circuit 21 April Ritomo Miyata Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons Super Formula R2 Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons 2 R1 Sportsland SUGO 26 May Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R2 27 May Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons 3 R1 Fuji Speedway 7 July Sho Tsuboi Ukyo Sasahara Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R2 8 July Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons 4 R1 Okayama International Circuit 28 July Ritomo Miyata Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R2 Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R3 29 July Race postponed due to weather conditions (in Japanese) 5 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 18 August Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons Super Formula R2 19 August Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R3 Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons 6 R1 Okayama International Circuit 8 September Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R2 9 September Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R3 Race postponed due to weather conditions 7 R1 Sportsland SUGO 29 September Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R2 Sho Tsuboi Ritomo Miyata Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R3 30 September Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons R4 Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S No finishers 8 R1 Fuji Speedway 13 October Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons FIA World Endurance Championship R2 14 October Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Sho Tsuboi Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S Jake Parsons

Championship standings Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 PP FL 10 7 5 3 2 1 1 1 Drivers' Championships

Overall Pos Driver SUZ SUG1 FUJ1 OKA1 MOT OKA2 SUG2 FUJ2 Points 1 Sho Tsuboi 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 C 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 1 1 1 1 1 214 2 Ritomo Miyata 2 2 2 2 8 1 1 2 C 2 2 2 5 3 C 2 2 4 2 6 3 117 3 Ukyo Sasahara 4 7 5 5 3 3 3 7 C Ret 4 7 4 2 C 3 3 2 3 Ret 2 65 4 Sena Sakaguchi 3 3 4 3 2 4 6 4 C 5 5 9 Ret 4 C 8 5 Ret 4 2 6 52 5 Yu Kanamaru 5 5 6 8 5 6 4 6 C 4 3 4 2 9 C 4 7 3 5 13 Ret 40 6 Toshiki Oyu 14 9 3 4 4 Ret 9 3 C 3 6 3 Ret 5 C 6 4 Ret DNS 4 4 39 7 Yoshiaki Katayama Ret 4 7 6 7 14 7 6 C 6 Ret 5 7 7 C 5 6 5 9 11 Ret 14 8 Shunsuke Kohno 10 8 8 9 6 5 5 8 C 7 7 6 8 8 C 11 9 8 8 3 5 13 9 Yuki Nemoto 9 10 9 7 9 8 8 13 8 3 6 C 13 10 6 Ret 7 10 Riki Okusa 5 9 2 11 Bruno Carneiro 6 6 2 12 Ai Miura 7 11 11 12 Ret 7 8 9 C 10 9 11 6 10 C 16 13 10 12 7 8 1 13 Kazuto Kotaka 7 8 Ret 6 1 14 Kiyoto Fujinami 9 8 10 9 14 7 7 0 15 Tatsuya Ota 10 7 0 16 Tairoku Yamaguchi 8 12 12 11 11 9 10 10 C 12 12 13 9 13 C 12 12 11 10 8 11 0 17 "Dragon" 11 Ret Ret 13 10 10 11 11 C 11 10 12 11 12 C 10 11 Ret 11 9 10 0 18 Jake Parsons 13 13 13 14 12 11 14 13 C 14 14 15 10 11 C 14 15 9 DNS 14 12 0 19 Kazuki Hiramine 10 10 0 20 Katsuaki Kubota 12 12 C 13 11 14 0 21 Motoyoshi Yoshida 14 15 14 13 15 15 C 15 15 16 13 15 C 15 16 12 Ret 12 13 0 22 Syuji 13 12 0 23 Hideki Hirota 12 14 0 24 Takashi Hata 12 14 C 0 25 Masayuki Ueda 13 14 C 0 Pos Driver SUZ SUG1 FUJ1 OKA1 MOT OKA2 SUG2 FUJ2 Points

National Class

Pos Driver SUZ SUG1 FUJ1 OKA1 MOT OKA2 SUG2 FUJ2 Points 1 Jake Parsons 13 13 13 14 12 11 14 13 C 14 14 15 10 11 C 14 15 9 DNS 14 12 214

Teams Championship Pos. Team Points 1 Corolla Chukyo Kuo TOM'S 190 2 Toda Racing 68 3 ThreeBond Racing 64 4 B-Max Racing with Motopark 40 5 OIRC by team YTB 14 6 RS Fine 13 7 Albirex Racing Team 7 8 Hanashima Racing 3 NCNoda Racing 13 NC Tairoku Racing 0Ref:

Engine tuner standings Pos. Engine tuner Points1TOM'S 1902Toda Racing1683Tomei Engine642Spiess Motorenbau Gmbh405HWA AG39

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