As a result of Formula 3 naming regulations by the FIA, on 13 August 2019, series promoter Japan Race Promotion (jp), split from the Regional Formula 3 formula and rebranded their series as Super Formula Lights to comply with FIA regulations, and remain as the Super Formula feeder championship since the series is prohibited from using "Formula 3" (which belongs to the FIA for the European-based FIA Formula 3 Championship) and "Formula Regional" (which all regional Formula 3 series are being renamed by the 2020 season, first with the Formula Regional European Championship in 2019 for Europe, and the renaming of the North American F3 championship from Formula 3 Americas to Formula Regional Americas Championship). The Series will adopt Euroformula Open Championship regulations.[1]
With the rebranding of the series to Super Formula Lights, the Japanese Formula 3 championship officially ended after 41 years. The Japan Formula 3 Association will continue to run the new championship as stated on 28 February 2020.[2][3]
The first Formula Three championship to take place in Japan was held by Nippon Formula 3 Association (Japanese Formula 3 Association) in 1979, which was won by Toshio Suzuki. By 1981, it had evolved into a national-level series, the Japanese Championship, and was organised by the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF).
Foreign drivers' participation has increased since the 1980s and the majority of champions have been foreign since the beginning of the 1990s.
Since 2008 a two-tier championship system was adopted as a bid to increase driver and team participation. The "Championship" class was open to cars conforming to the current three-year cycle, whilst the lower tier "National" class was open to cars meeting the previous three-year cycle and using the spec Toyota engine.
Prior to the changing of super license requirements for the 2016 Formula One season onward, the series used to be one of the four major Formula Three championships that guaranteed the winner an FIA Super Licence.[4] Under the new requirements the winner of the championship earns 10 points towards their super license, with drivers finishing from 2nd to 5th in the final standings receiving a smaller number of points.[5]
Equipmentedit
All competitors in the championship use Dallara chassis, as of 2010.
Like most Formula Three championships, competitors in the Japanese Championship are permitted to use any eligible chassis.
Chassis:
Only Dallara chassis have been used since 2007. In the past, March, Reynard, Ralt, and Japanese manufacturers like TOM'S and Dome also had supplied chassis.
Hankook will supply tyres in 2009 as the series' sole supplier.[6]Bridgestone, Dunlop and Yokohama had supplied tyres until 1987. In 1988, Bridgestone took place of the series' sole tyre supplier and supplied until 2008.
^Thukral, Rachit; Tanaka, Ken (17 August 2019). "All-Japan F3 rebranded as Super Formula Lights". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^"About Japanese Super Formula Lights Championship". Super Formula Lights. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^"Super Formula Lights series champion will be privileged to test in the Super Formula". Super Formula Lights. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^(PDF). FIA. 2007-03-27. pp. Qualifi cation for the Super licence (Article 5.1 iii-f). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2009. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
^Noble, Jonathan (6 January 2015). "FIA reveals details of new F1 superlicence points system — F1 news — AUTOSPORT.com". Autosport. Haymarket. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^ (in Japanese). All-Japan Formula Three official website. 2008-12-25. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
External linksedit
Japan Formula 3 official website – Japanese / English
All-Japan Formula 3 Championship at forix.com
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japanese, formula, championship, 全日本f3選手権, nihon, senshuken, national, motor, racing, championship, that, takes, place, japan, junior, level, feeder, formula, that, uses, small, single, seater, formula, three, chassis, categorysingle, seaterscountryjapaninaugu. Japanese Formula 3 Championship 全日本F3選手権 Zen nihon F3 Senshuken was a national motor racing championship that takes place in Japan It is a junior level feeder formula that uses small single seater Formula Three chassis Japanese Formula 3 ChampionshipCategorySingle seatersCountryJapanInaugural season1979Folded2019ConstructorsDallaraEngine suppliersToyota TOM SMugen HondaTODA RacingTyre suppliersYokohamaLast Drivers championSacha FenestrazLast Teams championB Max Racing with MotoparkOfficial websitewww wbr j formula3 wbr com As a result of Formula 3 naming regulations by the FIA on 13 August 2019 series promoter Japan Race Promotion jp split from the Regional Formula 3 formula and rebranded their series as Super Formula Lights to comply with FIA regulations and remain as the Super Formula feeder championship since the series is prohibited from using Formula 3 which belongs to the FIA for the European based FIA Formula 3 Championship and Formula Regional which all regional Formula 3 series are being renamed by the 2020 season first with the Formula Regional European Championship in 2019 for Europe and the renaming of the North American F3 championship from Formula 3 Americas to Formula Regional Americas Championship The Series will adopt Euroformula Open Championship regulations 1 Subsequently the FIA awarded rights to a Formula Regional championship in Japan to K2 promoters of the F4 Japanese Championship which will name their series the Formula Regional Japanese Championship With the rebranding of the series to Super Formula Lights the Japanese Formula 3 championship officially ended after 41 years The Japan Formula 3 Association will continue to run the new championship as stated on 28 February 2020 2 3 Contents 1 History 2 Equipment 3 Champions 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe first Formula Three championship to take place in Japan was held by Nippon Formula 3 Association Japanese Formula 3 Association in 1979 which was won by Toshio Suzuki By 1981 it had evolved into a national level series the Japanese Championship and was organised by the Japan Automobile Federation JAF Foreign drivers participation has increased since the 1980s and the majority of champions have been foreign since the beginning of the 1990s Since 2008 a two tier championship system was adopted as a bid to increase driver and team participation The Championship class was open to cars conforming to the current three year cycle whilst the lower tier National class was open to cars meeting the previous three year cycle and using the spec Toyota engine Prior to the changing of super license requirements for the 2016 Formula One season onward the series used to be one of the four major Formula Three championships that guaranteed the winner an FIA Super Licence 4 Under the new requirements the winner of the championship earns 10 points towards their super license with drivers finishing from 2nd to 5th in the final standings receiving a smaller number of points 5 Equipment edit nbsp All competitors in the championship use Dallara chassis as of 2010 Like most Formula Three championships competitors in the Japanese Championship are permitted to use any eligible chassis Chassis Only Dallara chassis have been used since 2007 In the past March Reynard Ralt and Japanese manufacturers like TOM S and Dome also had supplied chassis Engines Engines are supplied by Toyota TOM S Mugen Honda Toda Racing and ThreeBond Nissan Volkswagen HKS Mitsubishi Fiat and Opel had previously supplied engines Tyres Hankook will supply tyres in 2009 as the series sole supplier 6 Bridgestone Dunlop and Yokohama had supplied tyres until 1987 In 1988 Bridgestone took place of the series sole tyre supplier and supplied until 2008 Champions editSeason Champion Team Champion National Class Champion 1979 ja nbsp Toshio Suzuki nbsp Heros Racing not held 1980 ja nbsp Shuroko Sasaki ja nbsp Gallop Racing 1981 ja nbsp Osamu Nakako nbsp Hayashi Racing ja 1982 ja nbsp Kengo Nakamoto ja nbsp Hayashi Racing ja 1983 ja nbsp Yoshimasa Fujiwara ja nbsp Umeda Racing 1984 nbsp Shuji Hyoudo nbsp Hayashi Racing ja 1985 nbsp Koji Sato ja nbsp Le Garage Cox Racing 1986 nbsp Akio Morimoto nbsp LeMans Company 1987 nbsp Ross Cheever nbsp TOM S 1988 nbsp Akihiko Nakaya nbsp Le Garage Cox Racing 1989 nbsp Masahiko Kageyama nbsp Leyton House Racing 1990 nbsp Naoki Hattori nbsp Le Garage Cox Racing 1991 nbsp Paulo Carcasci nbsp TOM S 1992 ja nbsp Anthony Reid nbsp Tomei Sport ja 1993 nbsp Tom Kristensen nbsp TOM S 1994 nbsp Michael Krumm nbsp TOM S 1995 nbsp Pedro de la Rosa nbsp TOM S 1996 nbsp Juichi Wakisaka nbsp Nakajima Racing 1997 nbsp Tom Coronel nbsp TOM S 1998 ja nbsp Peter Dumbreck nbsp TOM S 1999 ja nbsp Darren Manning nbsp TOM S 2000 nbsp Sebastien Philippe nbsp Mugen Dome Project 2001 nbsp Benoit Treluyer nbsp TOM S 2002 nbsp Takashi Kogure nbsp Dome Racing Team 2003 nbsp James Courtney nbsp TOM S 2004 nbsp Ronnie Quintarelli nbsp Inging 2005 nbsp Joao Paulo de Oliveira nbsp TOM S 2006 nbsp Adrian Sutil nbsp TOM S 2007 nbsp Kazuya Oshima nbsp TOM S 2008 nbsp Carlo van Dam nbsp TOM S nbsp Hideki Yamauchi 2009 nbsp Marcus Ericsson nbsp TOM S nbsp Naoki Yamamoto 2010 nbsp Yuji Kunimoto nbsp TOM S nbsp Takashi Kobayashi 2011 nbsp Yuhi Sekiguchi nbsp ThreeBond Racing nbsp Katsumasa Chiyo 2012 nbsp Ryo Hirakawa nbsp RSS nbsp Daiki Sasaki 2013 nbsp Yuichi Nakayama nbsp TOM S nbsp Mitsunori Takaboshi 2014 nbsp Nobuharu Matsushita nbsp TOM S nbsp Hiroshi Koizumi ja 2015 nbsp Nick Cassidy nbsp TOM S nbsp Ryo Ogawa 2016 nbsp Kenta Yamashita nbsp TOM S nbsp Yoshiaki Katayama 2017 nbsp Mitsunori Takaboshi nbsp B MAX Racing Team nbsp Dragon 2018 nbsp Sho Tsuboi nbsp TOM S nbsp Jake Parsons 2019 nbsp Sacha Fenestraz nbsp B Max Racing Team with Motopark nbsp Dragon References edit Thukral Rachit Tanaka Ken 17 August 2019 All Japan F3 rebranded as Super Formula Lights Motorsport com Motorsport Network Retrieved 17 August 2019 About Japanese Super Formula Lights Championship Super Formula Lights 28 February 2020 Retrieved 26 May 2020 Super Formula Lights series champion will be privileged to test in the Super Formula Super Formula Lights 29 February 2020 Retrieved 26 May 2020 APPENDIX L TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTING CODE PDF FIA 2007 03 27 pp Qualifi cation for the Super licence Article 5 1 iii f Archived from the original PDF on August 6 2009 Retrieved 2007 07 29 Noble Jonathan 6 January 2015 FIA reveals details of new F1 superlicence points system F1 news AUTOSPORT com Autosport Haymarket Retrieved 15 March 2015 ハンコックタイヤ オフィシャルテストレポート in Japanese All Japan Formula Three official website 2008 12 25 Archived from the original on February 3 2009 Retrieved 2009 02 19 External links editJapan Formula 3 official website Japanese English All Japan Formula 3 Championship at forix com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Japanese Formula 3 Championship amp oldid 1194146213, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
