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2009 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2009 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 31st edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It commenced on April 4, 2009 and ended on September 27.

Marcus Ericsson became the first Swedish champion, after a title battle which went down to the final round in Sportsland SUGO. Ericsson won with 112 points, beating his teammates Takuto Iguchi with 103 points, and Yuji Kunimoto with 97 points.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Petronas Team TOM'S	1	SWE Marcus Ericsson	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
36	JPN Takuto Iguchi	F308	All
37	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	F308	All
Toda Racing	2	ITA Kei Cozzolino	F308	Mugen-Honda	All
ThreeBond Racing	12	JPN Hironobu Yasuda	F309	Nismo Nissan	All
Now Motor Sport	33	JPN Yuki Iwasaki	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
Denso Team Le Beausset	62	JPN Koki Saga	F308	Toyota-TOM'S	All
Hanashima Racing	5	JPN Katsuaki Kubota	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	All
HFDP Racing	7	JPN Naoki Yamamoto	F307	Toyota-TOM'S	All
8	JPN Takashi Kobayashi	F307	All
Aim Sports	18	JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi	F307/305	Toyota-TOM'S	1–7
JPN Ryuji Yamamoto	8
Achievement by KCMG	19	JPN Yoshitaka Kuroda	F307	Toyota-TOM'S	All
20	CHE Alexandre Imperatori	F307	All
Team Nova	22	JPN Katsumasa Chiyo	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	All
23	JPN Kimiya Sato	F306	All
CMS Motor Sports Project	77	JPN Tatsuru Noro	F306	Toyota-TOM'S	1, 4, 6, 8
JPN Hiroshi Koizumi	2–3, 5, 7

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Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National Class winner	1
Fuji Speedway	4 April	SWE Marcus Ericsson	SWE Marcus Ericsson	JPN Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi
5 April	JPN Takuto Iguchi	SWE Marcus Ericsson	JPN Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi
Okayama International Circuit	25 April	JPN Hironobu Yasuda	SWE Marcus Ericsson	JPN Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi
26 April	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	JPN Kimiya Sato	nowrap	JPN Hironobu Yasuda	ThreeBond Racing	JPN Kimiya Sato
Suzuka Circuit	16 May	nowrap	CHE Alexandre Imperatori	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	SWE Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	nowrap	CHE Alexandre Imperatori
17 May	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Naoki Yamamoto
Fuji Speedway	27 June	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	SWE Marcus Ericsson	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Naoki Yamamoto
28 June	SWE Marcus Ericsson	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	SWE Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Kimiya Sato
Suzuka Circuit	11 July	ITA Kei Cozzolino	SWE Marcus Ericsson	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	CHE Alexandre Imperatori
12 July	SWE Marcus Ericsson	SWE Marcus Ericsson	SWE Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Naoki Yamamoto
Twin Ring Motegi	8 August	SWE Marcus Ericsson	SWE Marcus Ericsson	SWE Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Naoki Yamamoto
9 August	ITA Kei Cozzolino	ITA Kei Cozzolino	ITA Kei Cozzolino	Toda Racing	JPN Naoki Yamamoto
Autopolis	29 August	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Naoki Yamamoto
30 August	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	JPN Takuto Iguchi	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Naoki Yamamoto
Sportsland SUGO	nowrap	26 September	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	SWE Marcus Ericsson	JPN Yuji Kunimoto	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Kimiya Sato
27 September	SWE Marcus Ericsson	SWE Marcus Ericsson	SWE Marcus Ericsson	Petronas Team TOM'S	JPN Naoki Yamamoto

Standings

Championship Class

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	AUT	SUG	Pts	1	112	2	103	3	97
SWE Marcus Ericsson	*2*	3	10	10	1	2	2	1	5	*1*	*1*	5	2	6	2	*1*
JPN Takuto Iguchi	1	1	1	9	2	3	3	2	6	2	3	4	*1*	*1*	3	Ret
JPN Yuji Kunimoto	3	2	2	8	3	1	1	3	1	4	5	2	5	7	1	3
ITA Kei Cozzolino	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	Ret	2	5	2	*1*	4	3	4	4
JPN Hironobu Yasuda	7	16	5	1	4	4	Ret	4	3	Ret	4	3	6	2	5	2
JPN Koki Saga	5	5	11	14	Ret	6	4	5	4	3	6	6	3	4	6	12
JPN Yuki Iwasaki	6	6	9	2	DNQ	DNQ	6	14	7	6	7	7	7	5	7	11
National Class
JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi	8	7	3	5	12	14	15	Ret	11	12	10	12	Ret	12
JPN Kimiya Sato	11	9	7	3	7	11	10	6	10	8	12	10	9	13	8	8
JPN Naoki Yamamoto	12	8	Ret	6	8	7	7	8	12	7	8	8	8	8	12	5
CHE Alexandre Imperatori	14	10	8	15	6	9	8	13	8	11	9	9	12	9	9	13
JPN Takashi Kobayashi	9	11	6	7	11	10	9	9	9	9	13	14	11	10	13	7
JPN Katsumasa Chiyo	10	12	Ret	11	9	8	11	7	14	14	11	11	10	11	Ret	6
JPN Yoshitaka Kuroda	13	13	12	13	10	12	12	10	13	10	14	13	13	14	10	10
JPN Katsuaki Kubota	16	14	13	16	Ret	13	14	12	16	15	Ret	15	Ret	16	14	Ret
JPN Ryuji Yamamoto															12	9
JPN Hiroshi Koizumi			14	12	13	Ret			15	13			14	15
JPN Tatsuru Noro	15	15					13	11			15	Ret			15	14

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Teams Standings

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	AUT	SUG	Pts	1	150	2	62	3	52
Petronas Team TOM'S	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Toda Racing	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	Ret	2	5	2	1	4	3	4	4
ThreeBond Racing	7	7	4	1	4	4	Ret	4	3	Ret	4	3	6	2	5	2
Denso Team Le Beausset	5	5	7	7	Ret	6	4	5	4	3	6	6	3	4	6	6
Now Motor Sport	6	6	5	2	DNQ	DNQ	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	5	7	5

Engine Tuners Standings

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	AUT	SUG	Pts	1	154	2	62	3	52
Toyota-TOM'S	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Mugen-Honda	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	Ret	2	5	2	1	4	3	4	4
Nismo Nissan	7	7	4	1	4	4	Ret	4	3	Ret	4	3	6	2	5	2
Toyota	5	5	7	7	Ret	6	4	5	4	3	6	6	3	4	6	6

National Class

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	AUT	SUG	Pts	1	121	2	89	3	75
JPN Naoki Yamamoto	5	2	Ret	3	3	1	1	3	5	*1*	*1*	1	*1*	*1*	4	1
JPN Kimiya Sato	4	3	3	1	2	5	4	1	3	2	5	3	2	6	*1*	4
CHE Alexandre Imperatori	7	4	4	8	1	3	2	*8*	1	5	2	2	5	2	2	7
JPN Takashi Kobayashi	2	5	2	4	6	4	3	4	2	3	6	7	4	3	6	3
JPN Yuhi Sekiguchi	*1*	*1*	1	2	7	8	9	Ret	4	6	3	5	Ret	5
JPN Katsumasa Chiyo	3	6	Ret	5	4	2	5	2	7	8	4	4	3	4	Ret	2
JPN Yoshitaka Kuroda	6	7	5	7	5	6	6	5	6	4	7	6	6	7	3	6
JPN Ryuji Yamamoto															5	5
JPN Katsuaki Kubota	9	8	6	9	Ret	7	8	7	9	9	Ret	8	Ret	9	7	Ret
JPN Tatsuru Noro	8	9					7	6			8	Ret			8	8
JPN Hiroshi Koizumi			7	6	8	Ret			8	7			7	8

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |}

Teams Standings

Points are awarded for both races as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FUJ	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	AUT	SUG	Pts	1	126	2	99	3	75
HFDP Racing	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	1
Team Nova	3	3	3	1	2	2	4	1	3	2	4	3	2	4	1	2
Achievement by KCMG	6	4	4	7	1	3	2	5	1	4	2	2	5	2	2	6
Aim Sports	1	1	1	2	7	8	9	Ret	4	6	3	5	Ret	5	5	5
CMS Motor Sports Project	8	9	7	6	8	Ret	7	6	8	7	8	Ret	7	8	8	8
Hanashima Racing	9	8	6	9	Ret	7	8	7	9	9	Ret	8	Ret	9	7	Ret

References

Bradshaw, Ann. (2009-09-27). "Marcus Ericsson is the New Japanese Formula 3 Champion". marcusericssonracing.com.
(2008-12-04). "Marcus Ericsson moves east". marcusericssonracing.com.

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