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2008 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2008 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 30th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. Dutchman Carlo van Dam took the main title,{{cite news |url-status=dead |url-status=dead

Teams and drivers

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
JPN Team TOM'S	1	NLD Carlo van Dam	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
36	JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	F308	All
37	JPN Takuto Iguchi	F308	All
JPN Toda Racing	2	JPN Daisuke Nakajima	F308	Mugen-Honda	All
JPN Team Real	7	JPN Naoki Yamamoto	F308	Mugen-Honda	All
8	JPN Yuhki Nakayama	F308	All
JPN ThreeBond Racing	12	JPN Hironobu Yasuda	F308	Nismo Nissan	All
JPN Now Motor Sport	33	ITA Kei Cozzolino	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
JPN Denso Team Le Beausset	62	JPN Koki Saga	F308	Toyota	All
JPN Hanashima Racing	5	JPN Takashi Nagase	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	1–5
JPN Katsuaki Kubota	6–9
JPN Aim Sports	18	JPN Masaki Matsushita	F307/305	Toyota-TOM'S	All
HKG PTRS	19	IDN Zahir Ali	F307	Toyota-TOM'S	All
20	CHE Alexandre Imperatori	F307	All
JPN TOM'S Spirit	38	JPN Hideki Yamauchi	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	All
JPN Denso Team Le Beausset	63	JPN Hideto Yasuoka	F305	Toyota	All
JPN Exceed Motor Sports	74	JPN Motoki Sakurai	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	All

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Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National Class winner
Fuji Speedway	5 April	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Hideki Yamauchi
6 April	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Masaki Matsushita
Autopolis	26 April	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Team TOM'S	nowrap	CHE Alexandre Imperatori
27 April	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Hideto Yasuoka
Suzuka Circuit	10 May	JPN Hironobu Yasuda	JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	JPN Hironobu Yasuda	nowrap	JPN ThreeBond Racing	JPN Hideki Yamauchi
11 May	JPN Hironobu Yasuda	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Hideki Yamauchi
Twin Ring Motegi	24 May	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Hideki Yamauchi
25 May	NLD Carlo van Dam	ITA Kei Cozzolino	JPN Hironobu Yasuda	JPN ThreeBond Racing	CHE Alexandre Imperatori
Okayama International Circuit	7 June	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Naoki Yamamoto	JPN Team Real	IDN Zahir Ali
8 June	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Team TOM'S	CHE Alexandre Imperatori
Suzuka Circuit	12 July	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Hideki Yamauchi
13 July	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Masaki Matsushita
Twin Ring Motegi	9 August	JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Team TOM'S	CHE Alexandre Imperatori
10 August	nowrap	JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	JPN Team TOM'S	CHE Alexandre Imperatori
Fuji Speedway	30 August	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Hironobu Yasuda	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Hideki Yamauchi
31 August	NLD Carlo van Dam	nowrap	JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	nowrap	JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Hideki Yamauchi
Sportsland SUGO	nowrap	20 September	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Hideki Yamauchi
21 September	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Koki Saga	NLD Carlo van Dam	JPN Team TOM'S	JPN Hideto Yasuoka

Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

Championship Class

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1

National Class

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ	AUT	SUZ	MOT	OKA	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	SUG	Pts	Championship Class	1	322	2	219	3	216
NLD Carlo van Dam	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	*1*	*1*	*1*	1	2	1	2	*1*	1
JPN Keisuke Kunimoto	4	3	10	1	2	Ret	2	Ret	9	2	2	2	2	1	4	*1*	3	2
JPN Takuto Iguchi	*1*	*1*	*1*	2	8	11	4	Ret	*8*	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	3
JPN Hironobu Yasuda	DNS	4	6	6	1	2	3	1	4	8	6	5	Ret	8	8	5	4	5
JPN Naoki Yamamoto	5	7	5	5	Ret	4	5	Ret	1	4	3	4	5	5	6	6	5	7
ITA Kei Cozzolino	3	5	2	4	6	3	8	4	7	7	5	Ret	6	6	3	4	6	Ret
JPN Koki Saga	6	6	4	7	4	5	9	3	5	6	8	Ret	7	9	11	9	9	4
JPN Yuhki Nakayama	7	8	7	10	7	7	6	10	3	5	Ret	Ret	4	4	5	8	7	6
JPN Daisuke Nakajima	8	9	Ret	11	5	6	7	Ret	6	9	7	Ret	8	7	Ret	7	8	8
JPN Hideki Yamauchi	*9*	15	*9*	14	9	*8*	*10*	*6*	12	13	*9*	*7*	10	11	*7*	*10*	*10*	14
CHE Alexandre Imperatori	11	11	8	9	14	Ret	11	5	Ret	*10*	13	8	9	10	10	11	13	11
JPN Masaki Matsushita	13	10	11	15	12	9	14	9	11	12	10	6	11	13	9	12	11	10
IDN Zahir Ali	10	12	12	12	Ret	Ret	12	8	10	14	12	9	13	12	12	13	12	12
JPN Hideto Yasuoka	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	11	10	13	7	13	15	11	10	12	14	14	14	14	9
JPN Takashi Nagase	12	13	13	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	11
JPN Motoki Sakurai	14	14	14	13	13	12	15	11	14	16	15	Ret	14	16	15	16	16	13
JPN Katsuaki Kubota											14	Ret	15	15	13	15	15	Ret

Teams

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Team	FUJ	AUT	SUZ	MOT	OKA	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	SUG	Pts	1	345	2	158	3	149	4
JPN Team TOM'S	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
JPN Team Real	5	7	5	5	7	4	5	10	1	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	6
JPN ThreeBond Racing	DNS	4	6	6	1	2	3	1	4	8	6	5	Ret	8	8	5	4	5
JPN Now Motor Sport	3	5	2	4	6	3	8	4	7	7	5	Ret	6	6	3	4	6	Ret
JPN Denso Team Le Beausset	6	6	4	7	4	5	9	3	5	6	8	Ret	7	9	11	9	9	4
JPN Toda Racing	8	9	Ret	11	5	6	7	Ret	6	9	7	Ret	8	7	Ret	7	8	8

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Engine Tuners

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Team	FUJ	AUT	SUZ	MOT	OKA	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	SUG	Pts	1	345	2	162	3	149	4
Toyota/TOM'S	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mugen-Honda	5	7	5	5	5	4	5	10	1	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	6
Nismo Nissan	DNS	4	6	6	1	2	3	1	4	8	6	5	Ret	8	8	5	4	5
Toyota	6	6	4	7	4	5	9	3	5	6	8	Ret	7	9	11	9	9	4

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