2003 All-Japan Formula Three Championship

2003 All-Japan Formula Three Championship
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The 2003 All-Japan Formula Three Championship was the 25th edition of the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. It began on 22 March at Suzuka and ended on 19 October at Motegi.[1] Australian driver James Courtney took the championship title, winning 13 from 20 races.[2]

Teams and drivers

Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Dome Racing Team 1 Japan Shinya Hosokawa Lola-Dome F106 Mugen-Honda MF204C 1–5
Japan Koji Yamanishi 7–10
10 United Kingdom Rob Austin Lola-Dome F106 Mugen-Honda MF204B 9–10
11 Japan Yuki Shibata Lola-Dome F106
Dallara F302		 1–7
Toda Racing 2 Japan Shinya Sato Dallara F302 Toda-Honda MF204B All
Inging 3 Japan Naoki Yokomizo Dallara F303 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE All
4 Italy Ronnie Quintarelli Dallara F302 All
TOM'S 7 Australia James Courtney Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
8 Japan Wataru Kobayakawa Dallara F302 All
36 Japan Tatsuya Kataoka Dallara F302 All
ThreeBond Racing 12 Italy Paolo Montin Dallara F303 Tomei Nissan SR20VE All
14 Japan Masataka Yanagida Dallara F302 2
Aim Sports 18 Japan Takahiro Ogawa Dallara F302 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–5
Japan Atsushi Katsumata 8
DTM 19 Japan Hiroyoshi Shibata Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
Now Motor Sports 32 Japan Taku Banba Lola-Dome F106 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
33 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto Lola-Dome F106 All

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 22 March Italy Paolo Montin Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
R2 23 March Australia James Courtney Japan Yuki Shibata Japan Yuki Shibata Dome Racing Team
2 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 5 April Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
R2 6 April Australia James Courtney Japan Tatsuya Kataoka Australia James Courtney TOM'S
3 R1 Okayama International Circuit 17 May Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
R2 18 May Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
4 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 7 June Italy Paolo Montin Italy Paolo Montin Italy Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing
R2 8 June Italy Paolo Montin Italy Paolo Montin Italy Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing
5 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 5 July Australia James Courtney Japan Shinya Hosokawa Japan Shinya Hosokawa Dome Racing Team
R2 6 July Italy Paolo Montin Australia James Courtney Italy Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing
6 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 26 July Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
R2 27 July Australia James Courtney[N 1] Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
7 R1 Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma 9 August Japan Tatsuya Kataoka Japan Koji Yamanishi Japan Koji Yamanishi Dome Racing Team
R2 10 August Japan Tatsuya Kataoka Japan Tatsuya Kataoka Japan Tatsuya Kataoka Dome Racing Team
8 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 6 September Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
R2 7 September Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
9 R1 Mine Circuit, Mine 20 September Japan Tatsuya Kataoka Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
R2 21 September Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
10 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 18 October Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
R2 19 October Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney TOM'S
Notes
  1. ↑ The qualifying session were abandoned due to heavy rain. The grid of the second race was equal to the first race.

Standings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver SUZ FUJ OKA MOT SUZ SUG TSU SUG MIN MOT Pts
1 Australia James Courtney 1 8 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 305
2 Italy Paolo Montin 5 2 4 4 5 12 1 1 2 1 Ret 4 3 4 2 Ret 3 3 6 3 209
3 Japan Tatsuya Kataoka 11 Ret 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 5 2 2 4 5 5 207
4 Italy Ronnie Quintarelli 3 3 3 5 3 3 5 6 6 6 2 2 4 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 200
5 Japan Naoki Yokomizo 2 7 8 6 4 6 6 5 Ret 9 Ret 8 6 8 3 Ret 8 6 3 6 109
6 Japan Shinya Hosokawa 8 9 6 3 Ret 4 4 3 1 3 87
7 Japan Shinya Sato 4 Ret 10 7 9 8 9 7 3 7 6 5 7 6 8 NC 6 8 9 9 79
8 Japan Yuki Shibata 6 1 5 Ret Ret DNS 8 12 10 5 7 Ret 9 7 56
9 Japan Koji Yamanishi 1 5 7 Ret DNS Ret 4 4 52
10 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto Ret DNS 11 Ret 6 9 7 8 8 12 8 6 12 9 Ret 8 5 7 7 7 52
11 Japan Wataru Kobayakawa 7 4 9 10 Ret 5 11 11 Ret Ret Ret 7 8 12 6 6 7 9 Ret 10 51
12 Japan Hiroyoshi Shibata 10 6 7 8 7 7 13 9 7 11 5 Ret 11 11 10 4 9 10 10 12 51
13 Japan Taku Banba 9 5 12 11 DNS 10 10 Ret 11 8 3 Ret 10 10 9 5 Ret Ret 8 11 42
14 United Kingdom Rob Austin 10 5 Ret 8 12
15 Japan Takahiro Ogawa 12 Ret 14 Ret 8 11 12 10 9 10 7
16 Japan Atsushi Katsumata 11 7 4
17 Japan Masataka Yanagida 13 9 2
Pos Driver SUZ FUJ OKA MOT SUZ SUG TSU SUG MIN MOT Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. ↑ "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Formula 3 Japan 2003". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

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