2003 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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The 2003 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 25th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 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

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  • All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tyres.[3]
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 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 Error creating thumbnail: Wataru Kobayakawa Dallara F302 All
36 Error creating thumbnail: Tatsuya Kataoka Dallara F302 All
ThreeBond Racing 12 Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin Dallara F303 Tomei Nissan SR20VE All
14 Error creating thumbnail: Masataka Yanagida Dallara F302 2
Aim Sports 18 Error creating thumbnail: Takahiro Ogawa Dallara F302 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–5
Error creating thumbnail: Atsushi Katsumata 8
DTM 19 Error creating thumbnail: Hiroyoshi Shibata Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
Now Motor Sports 32 Error creating thumbnail: Taku Bamba Lola-Dome F106 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
33 Error creating thumbnail: Hiroki Yoshimoto Lola-Dome F106 All

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 22 March Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
R2 23 March Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: Yuki Shibata Error creating thumbnail: Yuki Shibata Dome Racing Team
2 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 5 April Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
R2 6 April Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: Tatsuya Kataoka Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
3 R1 Okayama International Circuit 17 May Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
R2 18 May Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
4 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 7 June Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing
R2 8 June Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing
5 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 5 July Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: Shinya Hosokawa Error creating thumbnail: Shinya Hosokawa Dome Racing Team
R2 6 July Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin ThreeBond Racing
6 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 26 July Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
R2 27 July Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney[N 1] Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
7 R1 Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma 9 August Error creating thumbnail: Tatsuya Kataoka Error creating thumbnail: Koji Yamanishi Error creating thumbnail: Koji Yamanishi Dome Racing Team
R2 10 August Error creating thumbnail: Tatsuya Kataoka Error creating thumbnail: Tatsuya Kataoka Error creating thumbnail: Tatsuya Kataoka Dome Racing Team
8 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 6 September Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
R2 7 September Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
9 R1 Mine Circuit, Mine 20 September Error creating thumbnail: Tatsuya Kataoka Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
R2 21 September Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
10 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 18 October Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney TOM'S
R2 19 October Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney Error creating thumbnail: 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

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  • Points are awarded as follows, with only the best 16 results to count:
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 Error creating thumbnail: James Courtney 1 8 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 305
2 Error creating thumbnail: Paolo Montin 5 2 4 4 5 12 1 1 2 1 Ret 4 3 4 2 Ret 3 3 6 3 209
3 Error creating thumbnail: Tatsuya Kataoka 11 Ret 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 5 2 2 4 5 5 207
4 Error creating thumbnail: Ronnie Quintarelli 3 3 3 5 3 3 5 6 6 6 2 2 4 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 200
5 Error creating thumbnail: Naoki Yokomizo 2 7 8 6 4 6 6 5 Ret 9 Ret 8 6 8 3 Ret 8 6 3 6 109
6 Error creating thumbnail: Shinya Hosokawa 8 9 6 3 Ret 4 4 3 1 3 87
7 Error creating thumbnail: Shinya Sato 4 Ret 10 7 9 8 9 7 3 7 6 5 7 6 8 NC 6 8 9 9 79
8 Error creating thumbnail: Yuki Shibata 6 1 5 Ret Ret DNS 8 12 10 5 7 Ret 9 7 56
9 Error creating thumbnail: Koji Yamanishi 1 5 7 Ret DNS Ret 4 4 52
10 Error creating thumbnail: Hiroki Yoshimoto Ret DNS 11 Ret 6 9 7 8 8 12 8 6 12 9 Ret 8 5 7 7 7 52
11 Error creating thumbnail: Wataru Kobayakawa 7 4 9 10 Ret 5 11 11 Ret Ret Ret 7 8 12 6 6 7 9 Ret 10 51
12 Error creating thumbnail: Hiroyoshi Shibata 10 6 7 8 7 7 13 9 7 11 5 Ret 11 11 10 4 9 10 10 12 51
13 Error creating thumbnail: Taku Bamba 9 5 12 11 DNS 10 10 Ret 11 8 3 Ret 10 10 9 5 Ret Ret 8 11 42
14 Error creating thumbnail: Rob Austin 10 5 Ret 8 12
15 Error creating thumbnail: Takahiro Ogawa 12 Ret 14 Ret 8 11 12 10 9 10 7
16 Error creating thumbnail: Atsushi Katsumata 11 7 4
17 Error creating thumbnail: Masataka Yanagida 13 9 2
Pos Driver SUZ FUJ OKA MOT SUZ SUG TSU SUG MIN MOT Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

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