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Wikipedia / 1995 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

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

Team

No.

Driver

Chassis

Engine

Tyre

Rounds

Team 5ZIGEN

1

Marco Apicella

Reynard 94DReynard 95D

Judd KV2

All

5

Jeff Krosnoff

Lola T94/50

All

6

Hidetoshi Mitsusada

Lola T93/50

Cosworth DFV

4, 6–9

Heroes Racing Corporation

3

Katsutomo Kaneishi

Lola T94/50

Judd KV2

All

Advan Sport

7

Masami Kageyama

Lola T94/50Lola T95/50

Mugen MF308

All

Speed Star Wheel Racing Teamavex Dome with Mugen Racing Team

8

Shinji Nakano

Dome F104

Mugen MF308

All

Shionogi Team Nova

9

Mauro Martini

Lola T95/50

Mugen MF308

All

10

Akira Iida

1–3, 5–9

Yukihiro Hane

4

Cosmo Oil Racing Team CerumoCerumo Co.

11

Tom Kristensen

Lola T94/50

Mugen MF308

All

12

Motonari Higuchi

8

"Osamu"

9

Hoshino RacingNisseki Impul Racing Team

15

Toshio Suzuki

Lola T94/50

Mugen MF308

All

19

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Lola T93/50Lola T95/50

All

Ad Racing Team

17

Taichiro Oonishi

Lola T94/50

Judd KV2

1

18

Naohiro Furuya

Lola T93/50

Cosworth DFV

1

OasysStellar International

20

Andrew Gilbert-Scott

Lola T93/50

Mugen MF308

All

21

Michael Krumm

3–9

Team LeMansX Japan Racing Team

24

Naoki Hattori

Reynard 95D

Mugen MF308

All

25

Katsumi Yamamoto

Reynard 94DReynard 95D

All

Navi Connection Racing

27

Masahiko Kageyama

Reynard 94DReynard 95D

Mugen MF308

All

28

Masahiko Kondo

Reynard 94D

4–9

Team Gullwing

30

Hideki Okada

Lola T93/50

Cosworth DFV

3–6, 8–9

With Project

33

Masatomo Shimizu

Lola T93/50

Mugen MF308

2, 6, 8

Nakajima Planning

64

Toranosuke Takagi

Reynard 94DReynard 95D

Mugen MF308

All

65

Takuya Kurosawa

All

Race calendar

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

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

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

Andrew Gilbert-Scott

Toshio Suzuki

Naoki Hattori

Team LeMans

2

Fuji Speedway

Naoki Hattori

Race cancelled due to weather conditions

3

Mine Circuit

Tom Kristensen

Jeff Krosnoff

Tom Kristensen

Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo

4

Suzuka Circuit

Takuya Kurosawa

Toshio Suzuki

Toshio Suzuki

Hoshino Racing

5

Sportsland SUGO

Toranosuke Takagi

Jeff Krosnoff

Toranosuke Takagi

Nakajima Planning

6

Fuji Speedway

Toshio Suzuki

Katsutomo Kaneishi

Andrew Gilbert-Scott

Stellar International

7

Toranosuke Takagi

Toranosuke Takagi

Toranosuke Takagi

Nakajima Planning

8

Fuji Speedway

Naoki Hattori

Toranosuke Takagi

Toranosuke Takagi

Nakajima Planning

9

Suzuka Circuit

Masahiko Kageyama

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Toshio Suzuki

Hoshino Racing

Championship standings

  1. 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

  1. Driver standings

Rank

Driver

SUZ

FUJ

MIN

SUZ

SUG

FUJ

TOK

FUJ

SUZ

Points

1

Toshio Suzuki

5

C

2

1

Ret

3

(6)

3

1

34 (35)

2

Toranosuke Takagi

7

C

5

Ret

1

12

1

1

Ret

29

3

Tom Kristensen

4

C

1

2

Ret

4

2

Ret

5

29

4

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

11

C

3

6

Ret

2

Ret

2

4

20

5

Mauro Martini

(6)

C

6

3

4

5

Ret

5

3

16 (17)

6

Takuya Kurosawa

2

C

Ret

4

Ret

9

Ret

7

2

15

7

Andrew Gilbert-Scott

8

C

Ret

11

6

1

8

6

6

12

8

Naoki Hattori

1

C

Ret

7

5

Ret

10

Ret

Ret

11

9

Katsumi Yamamoto

Ret

C

4

Ret

2

Ret

Ret

8

Ret

9

10

Katsutomo Kaneishi

Ret

C

Ret

5

7

13

4

4

Ret

8

11

Shinji Nakano

Ret

C

7

Ret

3

Ret

5

9

8

6

12

Masahiko Kageyama

3

C

8

Ret

Ret

6

Ret

Ret

Ret

5

13

Masami Kageyama

12

C

Ret

Ret

Ret

Ret

3

14

Ret

4

14

Michael Krumm

Ret

Ret

Ret

Ret

7

Ret

7

0

15

Hidetoshi Mitsusada

Ret

7

Ret

Ret

9

0

16

Marco Apicella

Ret

C

Ret

8

Ret

8

Ret

Ret

10

0

17

Akira Iida

Ret

C

Ret

8

11

Ret

11

11

0

18

Jeff Krosnoff

10

C

9

12

9

10

Ret

12

Ret

0

19

Masahiko Kondo

10

10

Ret

9

13

12

0

20

Hideki Okada

Ret

9

Ret

14

10

Ret

0

21

Thomas Danielsson

9

0

22

Masatomo Shimizu

C

15

15

0

23

Motonari Higuchi

16

0

Yukihiro Hane

Ret

-

"Osamu"

Ret

-

Naohiro Furuya

DNS

-

Rank

Driver

SUZ

FUJ

MIN

SUZ

SUG

FUJ

TOK

FUJ

SUZ

Points

Complete Overview

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

1

Toshio Suzuki

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stellar International

Lola

Mugen Honda

-

-

-

-

16

R

18

R

13

R

15

R

6

7

20

R

13

7

-

Hidetoshi Mitsusada

Team 5Zigen

Lola

Cosworth

-

-

-

-

-

-

12

R

-

-

13

7

12

R

16

R

10

9

-

Marco Apicella

Team 5Zigen

Reynard

Judd

8

R

2

C

6

R

7

8

4

R

8

8

2

R

3

R

16

10

-

Akira Iida

Team Nova

Lola

Mugen Honda

17

R

16

C

15

R

-

-

18

8

16

11

10

R

17

11

19

11

-

Jeff Krosnoff

Team 5Zigen

Lola

Judd

14

10

14

C

12

9

3

12

9

9

19

10

14

R

12

12

9

R

-

Masahiko Kondo

Navi Connection Racing

Reynard

Mugen Honda

-

-

-

-

-

-

19

10

19

10

20

R

19

9

19

13

21

12

-

Hideki Okada

Team Gullwing

Lola

Cosworth

-

-

-

-

18

R

17

9

17

R

14

14

-

-

14

10

17

R

-

Thomas Danielsson

Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.

Lola

Judd

16

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Masatomo Shimizu

With Project

Lola

Mugen Honda

-

-

17

C

-

-

-

-

-

-

21

15

-

-

21

15

-

-

-

Motonari Higuchi

Team Cerumo

Lola

Mugen Honda

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22

16

-

-

-

Yukihiro Hane

Team Nova

Lola

Mugen Honda

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

R

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

"Osamu"

Team Cerumo

Lola

Mugen Honda

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

R

-

Naohiro Furuya

Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.

Lola

Cosworth

18

NS

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-