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]

2006 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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2005

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2007

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
		Hiroyuki Matsumura			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
	4	Roberto Streit	Dallara F306		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
	14	Marko Asmer	Dallara F305		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
		Wataru Kobayakawa			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
	R2		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
	R2		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
	R2		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
	R2		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
	R2		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
	R2		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
	R2		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
	R2		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
	R2		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 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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.

External links

• Official Site (in Japanese)