1995 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

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The 1995 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was scheduled over 9 rounds and contested over 8 rounds. 16 different teams, 26 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.

This was the last season of the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship as the main single seater racing category in Japan. It was replaced in 1996 by the Japanese Formula Nippon Championship.


Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Tyre Rounds
Team 5ZIGEN 1 Italy Marco Apicella Reynard 94D
Reynard 95D
Judd KV2 Y All
5 United States Jeff Krosnoff Lola T94/50 All
6 Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada Lola T93/50 Cosworth DFV 4, 6–9
Heroes Racing Corporation 3 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi Lola T94/50 Judd KV2 B All
Advan Sport 7 Japan Masami Kageyama Lola T94/50
Lola T95/50
Mugen MF308 Y All
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team
avex Dome with Mugen Racing Team
8 Japan Shinji Nakano Dome F104 Mugen MF308 Y
B
All
Shionogi Team Nova 9 Italy Mauro Martini Lola T95/50 Mugen MF308 B All
10 Japan Akira Iida 1–3, 5–9
Japan Yukihiro Hane 4
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo
Cerumo Co.
11 Denmark Tom Kristensen Lola T94/50 Mugen MF308 B All
12 Japan Motonari Higuchi 8
Japan "Osamu" 9
Hoshino Racing
Nisseki Impul Racing Team
15 Japan Toshio Suzuki Lola T94/50 Mugen MF308 B All
19 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Lola T93/50
Lola T95/50
All
Ad Racing Team 17 Japan Taichiro Oonishi Lola T94/50 Judd KV2 Y 1
18 Japan Naohiro Furuya Lola T93/50 Cosworth DFV 1
Oasys
Stellar International
20 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott Lola T93/50 Mugen MF308 B All
21 Germany Michael Krumm 3–9
Team LeMans
X Japan Racing Team
24 Japan Naoki Hattori Reynard 95D Mugen MF308 B All
25 Japan Katsumi Yamamoto Reynard 94D
Reynard 95D
All
Navi Connection Racing 27 Japan Masahiko Kageyama Reynard 94D
Reynard 95D
Mugen MF308 Y
B
All
28 Japan Masahiko Kondo Reynard 94D 4–9
Team Gullwing 30 Japan Hideki Okada Lola T93/50 Cosworth DFV Y 3–6, 8–9
With Project 33 Japan Masatomo Shimizu Lola T93/50 Mugen MF308 Y 2, 6, 8
Nakajima Planning 64 Japan Toranosuke Takagi Reynard 94D
Reynard 95D
Mugen MF308 B All
65 Japan Takuya Kurosawa All

Race calendar

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All races were held in Japan.

Round Race name Circuit Location Date
1 Million Card Cup Race Round 1 Suzuka Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Mie 19 March
2 International Formula Cup Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 9 April
3 F3000 Mine All Star Mine Circuit Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture 7 May
4 Million Card Cup Race Round 2 Suzuka Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Mie 21 May
5 Sugo Inter Formula F3000 & F3 Sportsland SUGO Shibata, Miyagi 30 July
6 Fuji Inter F3000 & F3 Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 3 September
7 Tokachi International F3000 Tokachi International Speedway Sarabetsu, Hokkaido 17 September
8 International F3000 Fuji Final Fuji Speedway Oyama, Shizuoka 15 October
9 Million Card Cup Race Final Round Suzuka Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Mie 19 November

Race results

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Round 2 at Fuji Speedway was cancelled after the race was red flagged with one lap completed due to heavy rain.

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Suzuka Circuit United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott Japan Toshio Suzuki Japan Naoki Hattori Team LeMans
2 Fuji Speedway Japan Naoki Hattori Race cancelled due to weather conditions
3 Mine Circuit Denmark Tom Kristensen United States Jeff Krosnoff Denmark Tom Kristensen Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo
4 Suzuka Circuit Japan Takuya Kurosawa Japan Toshio Suzuki Japan Toshio Suzuki Hoshino Racing
5 Sportsland SUGO Japan Toranosuke Takagi United States Jeff Krosnoff Japan Toranosuke Takagi Nakajima Planning
6 Fuji Speedway Japan Toshio Suzuki Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott Stellar International
7 Tokachi International Speedway Japan Toranosuke Takagi Japan Toranosuke Takagi Japan Toranosuke Takagi Nakajima Planning
8 Fuji Speedway Japan Naoki Hattori Japan Toranosuke Takagi Japan Toranosuke Takagi Nakajima Planning
9 Suzuka Circuit Japan Masahiko Kageyama Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Japan Toshio Suzuki Hoshino Racing

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers. For the Drivers standings, the best six results were counted

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Points 9 6 4 3 2 1
Driver standings
Rank Driver SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ TOK FUJ SUZ Points
1 Japan Toshio Suzuki 5 C 2 1 Ret 3 (6) 3 1 34 (35)
2 Japan Toranosuke Takagi 7 C 5 Ret 1 12 1 1 Ret 29
3 Denmark Tom Kristensen 4 C 1 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 5 29
4 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino 11 C 3 6 Ret 2 Ret 2 4 20
5 Italy Mauro Martini (6) C 6 3 4 5 Ret 5 3 16 (17)
6 Japan Takuya Kurosawa 2 C Ret 4 Ret 9 Ret 7 2 15
7 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott 8 C Ret 11 6 1 8 6 6 12
8 Japan Naoki Hattori 1 C Ret 7 5 Ret 10 Ret Ret 11
9 Japan Katsumi Yamamoto Ret C 4 Ret 2 Ret Ret 8 Ret 9
10 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi Ret C Ret 5 7 13 4 4 Ret 8
11 Japan Shinji Nakano Ret C 7 Ret 3 Ret 5 9 8 6
12 Japan Masahiko Kageyama 3 C 8 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 5
13 Japan Masami Kageyama 12 C Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 14 Ret 4
14 Germany Michael Krumm Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 0
15 Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada Ret 7 Ret Ret 9 0
16 Italy Marco Apicella Ret C Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret 10 0
17 Japan Akira Iida Ret C Ret 8 11 Ret 11 11 0
18 United States Jeff Krosnoff 10 C 9 12 9 10 Ret 12 Ret 0
19 Japan Masahiko Kondo 10 10 Ret 9 13 12 0
20 Japan Hideki Okada Ret 9 Ret 14 10 Ret 0
21 Sweden Thomas Danielsson 9 0
22 Japan Masatomo Shimizu C 15 15 0
23 Japan Motonari Higuchi 16 0
Japan Yukihiro Hane Ret -
Japan "Osamu" Ret -
Japan Naohiro Furuya DNS -
Rank Driver SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ TOK FUJ SUZ Points

Complete Overview

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first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R13=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan
1 Toshio Suzuki File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Hoshino Racing Lola Mugen Honda 13 5 11 C 4 2 6 1 2 R 1 3 7 6 7 3 8 1
2 Toranosuke Takagi File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 9 7 12 C 10 5 13 R 1 1 5 12 1 1 5 1 3 R
3 Tom Kristensen File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 6 4 3 C 1 1 4 2 5 R 2 4 3 2 11 R 18 5
4 Kazuyoshi Hoshino File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 4 11 6 C 7 3 15 6 3 R 3 2 4 R 4 2 2 4
5 Mauro Martini File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 10 6 10 C 2 6 9 3 11 4 18 5 15 R 9 5 14 3
6 Takuya Kurosawa File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 7 2 15 C 8 R 1 4 6 R 17 9 5 R 13 7 6 2
7 Andrew Gilbert Scott File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 1 8 4 C 5 R 8 11 14 6 9 1 11 8 8 6 12 6
8 Naoki Hattori File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 2 1 1 C 11 R 16 7 12 5 4 R 8 10 1 R 4 R
9 Katsumi Yamamoto File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan X Japan Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 12 R 13 C 3 4 11 R 7 2 11 R 18 R 8 6 11 R
10 Katsutomo Kaneishi File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Heros Racing Lola Judd 3 R 8 C 9 R 2 5 16 7 6 R13 9 4 10 4 7 R
11 Shinji Nakano File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Speed Star Wheel Racing Dome Mugen Honda 15 R 5 C 14 7 10 R 10 3 10 R 13 5 15 9 15 8
12 Masahiko Kageyama File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 5 3 9 C 17 8 5 R 8 R 7 6 17 R 2 R 1 R
13 Masami Kageyama File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda 11 12 7 C 13 R 14 R 15 R 12 R 16 3 18 14 5 R
- Michael Krumm File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - 16 R 18 R 13 R 15 R 6 7 20 R 13 7
- Hidetoshi Mitsusada File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Team 5Zigen Lola Cosworth - - - - - - 12 R - - 13 7 12 R 16 R 10 9
- Marco Apicella File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Team 5Zigen Reynard Judd 8 R 2 C 6 R 7 8 4 R 8 8 2 R 3 R 16 10
- Akira Iida File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 17 R 16 C 15 R - - 18 8 16 11 10 R 17 11 19 11
- Jeff Krosnoff File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Team 5Zigen Lola Judd 14 10 14 C 12 9 3 12 9 9 19 10 14 R 12 12 9 R
- Masahiko Kondo File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - 19 10 19 10 20 R 19 9 19 13 21 12
- Hideki Okada File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Team Gullwing Lola Cosworth - - - - 18 R 17 9 17 R 14 14 - - 14 10 17 R
- Thomas Danielsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Judd 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Masatomo Shimizu File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan With Project Lola Mugen Honda - - 17 C - - - - - - 21 15 - - 21 15 - -
- Motonari Higuchi File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 16 - -
- Yukihiro Hane File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - 20 R - - - - - - - - - -
- "Osamu" File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 R
- Naohiro Furuya File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Cosworth 18 NS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -