2006 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2006 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 27th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 1 April at Fuji and ended on 22 October at Motegi.^[1] German driver Adrian Sutil took the championship title, winning five from eighteen races.^[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars used Bridgestone tyres.^[3]

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
TOM'S	1	Adrian Sutil	Dallara F305	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
	36	Kazuya Oshima	Dallara F305		All
	37	Hideto Yasuoka	Dallara F305		1–5
	37	Hiroyuki Matsumura	Dallara F305		7–9
Honda Toda Racing	2	Takuya Izawa	Dome F107	Toda-Honda MF204C	All
Inging Motorsport	3	Jonny Reid	Dallara F306	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
Inging Motorsport	4	Roberto Streit	Dallara F306	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
Honda Team M-TEC	10	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Dome F107	Mugen-Honda MF204C	All
ThreeBond Racing	12	Fabio Carbone	Dallara F305	ThreeBond Nissan SR20VE	All
ThreeBond Racing	14	Marko Asmer	Dallara F305	ThreeBond Nissan SR20VE	All
Now Motor Sports	33	Hiroaki Ishiura	Dallara F305	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Zap Speed	50	Motohiko Isozaki	Dallara F305	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	1–7, 9
Autosport with Le Beausset	62	Koki Saga	Dallara F306	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Exceed Motorsports	74	Satoru Okada	Dallara F306	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	1–4, 6–9
	74	Wataru Kobayakawa	Dallara F306		5
	75	Daisuke Ikeda	Dallara F306		All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	1 April	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S
1	R2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	2 April	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
2	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	15 April	Roberto Streit	Roberto Streit	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
2	R2	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	16 April	Fabio Carbone	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Takuya Izawa	Honda Toda Racing
3	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	27 May	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Roberto Streit	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
3	R2	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	28 May	Adrian Sutil	Adrian Sutil	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S
4	R1	Okayama International Circuit	17 June	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Adrian Sutil	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S
4	R2	Okayama International Circuit	18 June	Adrian Sutil	Adrian Sutil	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S
5	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	7 July	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Honda Team M-TEC
5	R2	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	8 July	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Takuya Izawa	Honda Toda Racing
6	R1	Autopolis, Hita	5 August	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
6	R2	Autopolis, Hita	6 August	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	Roberto Streit	Inging Motorsport
7	R1	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	26 August	Koudai Tsukakoshi	Kazuya Oshima	Kazuya Oshima	TOM'S
7	R2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama	27 August	Kazuya Oshima	Roberto Streit	Adrian Sutil	TOM'S
8	R1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	16 September	Fabio Carbone	Adrian Sutil	Fabio Carbone	ThreeBond Racing
8	R2	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	17 September	Fabio Carbone	Adrian Sutil	Fabio Carbone	ThreeBond Racing
9	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	21 October	Hiroaki Ishiura	Roberto Streit	Hiroaki Ishiura	Now Motor Sports
9	R2	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	22 October	Adrian Sutil	Roberto Streit	Marko Asmer	ThreeBond Racing

Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ		SUZ		MOT		OKA		SUZ		AUT		FUJ		SUG		MOT		Pts
1	Adrian Sutil	1	4	5	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	6	3	Ret	1	3	2	Ret	DSQ	212
2	Kazuya Oshima	3	1	2	6	5	6	8	Ret	Ret	4	1	2	1	2	2	4	Ret	DSQ	185
3	Roberto Streit	4	Ret	1	5	1	4	NC	8	4	7	2	1	4	3	4	3	5	3	182
4	Fabio Carbone	13	3	3	2	12	2	4	3	6	6	4	Ret	3	6	1	1	4	Ret	169
5	Koudai Tsukakoshi	2	5	12	9	7	3	2	4	1	2	7	4	13	11	5	5	2	11	153
6	Takuya Izawa	8	Ret	4	1	13	5	3	5	2	1	3	7	6	4	6	7	3	5	151
7	Marko Asmer	5	8	7	4	4	7	6	2	Ret	5	8	6	2	5	8	6	Ret	1	124
8	Jonny Reid	6	2	6	10	2	Ret	10	Ret	7	Ret	5	5	5	7	9	12	Ret	4	88
9	Hiroaki Ishiura	12	Ret	8	7	10	8	5	7	5	Ret	10	8	7	8	Ret	Ret	1	6	69
10	Daisuke Ikeda	10	6	9	13	6	Ret	7	6	Ret	8	9	10	9	9	7	9	6	7	50
11	Koki Saga	9	Ret	14	NC	9	10	9	10	11	9	11	9	8	10	10	8	7	2	39
12	Hideto Yasuoka	7	Ret	11	8	8	9	Ret	Ret	8	Ret									15
13	Satoru Okada	11	7	10	11	11	11	Ret	9			13	11	12	12	11	11	8	8	13
14	Motohiko Isozaki	14	9	13	12	Ret	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	13			10	9	7
15	Hiroyuki Matsumura													10	Ret	12	10	9	10	5
16	Wataru Kobayakawa									9	Ret									2
Pos	Driver	FUJ		SUZ		MOT		OKA		SUZ		AUT		FUJ		SUG		MOT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
^ "Formula 3 Japan 2006". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
^ "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

External links

Official Site (in Japanese)

[1] "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

[2] "Formula 3 Japan 2006". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

[3] "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2006". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

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