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2005 Japanese Formula 3 Championship
The 2005 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 26th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 2 April at Motegi and ended on 23 October at the same place. Brazilian driver João Paulo de Oliveira took the championship title, winning seven from 20 races. Teams and drivers * All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars used Bridgestone tyres. Race calendar and results Standings *Points are awarded as follows: References External links Official Site {{All-Japan F3 Seasons Formula Three Japanese Formula 3 Championship seasons Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ... Japanese Formula 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Montin
Paolo Montin (born 8 November 1976) is an Italian racecar driver. Career Montin finished 2nd in the Italian Formula 3 championship in 1998 driving for Team Ghinzani with 1 win and 113 points. He raced for the team at the Macau GP in the same season, finishing 10th. In 1999 he switched to Italian F3000, driving for Durango, across 7 races securing 1 podium finish. He also raced at the prestigious Macau GP and Korean Super Prix Formula 3 races for Carlin. Montin would finish 2nd in the 2000 Macau GP driving for Target Racing. In 2001, Montin went to Japan and joined the TOM's racing team. He competed in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, finishing 2nd with 201 points. The season included 3 wins, 16 podium finishes, 2 pole positions and 6 fastest laps. He also completed his first Super GT race in the TOM's Toyota Supra, finishing 5th at Twin Ring Motegi. For 2002, Montin continued driving for TOM's, finishing 2nd again in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, this time with 269 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Formula 3 Championship
was a national motor racing championship that takes place in Japan. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses small single seater Formula Three chassis. As a result of Formula 3 naming regulations by the FIA, on 13 August 2019, series promoter Japan Race Promotion (jp), split from the FIA Formula Regional regulations and rebranded their series as Super Formula Lights to comply with FIA regulations, and remain as the Super Formula feeder championship since the series is prohibited from using "Formula 3" (which belongs to the FIA for the European-based FIA Formula 3 Championship) and "Formula Regional" (which all regional Formula 3 series are being renamed by the 2020 season, first with the Formula Regional European Championship in 2019 for Europe, and the renaming of the North American F3 championship from Formula 3 Americas to Formula Regional Americas Championship). The Series will adopt Euroformula Open Championship regulations. Subsequently, the FIA awarded right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ThreeBond Racing
ThreeBond Co.,Ltd. is a company headquartered in Hachioji, Tokyo, that develops and manufactures chemical products such as adhesives. The company also have a racing team under the name ''ThreeBond Racing''. History European Formula 3 Japanese Formula 3 In 2017, Michigami's Drago Corse teamed up with ThreeBond to race in Japanese Formula 3 Championship, and entered the under the name ''ThreeBond Racing with Drago Corse''. The team competed until 2019 in the series, achieving good results with Alex Palou in their first season by clinching third in the standings. Ukyo Sasahara clinched third as well in 2018. For 2019, Hiroki Otsu returned to the series, alongside Ai Miura. Super Formula In 2020, Drago Corse returned to the championship in partnership with ThreeBond. This marked the team's first appearance in the championship since 2016. Tatiana Calderón moved to the revived Drago Corse team from the FIA Formula 2 Championship, becoming the first female driver in the current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuka, Mie
is a city in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 197,977 in 87,680 households and a population density of 1000 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Suzuka is in northeastern Mie Prefecture, in northern Kii Peninsula, bordered by Ise Bay to the east. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Ise-no-Umi Prefectural Natural Park and the Suzuka Quasi-National Park. Climate Suzuka has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Suzuka is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1737 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.7 °C. Demographics The population of Suzuka has more than doubled over the 50-year period 1960-2010. History Suzuka, as a place name, is mentioned in the Nara period chro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuka Circuit
The , the , is a long motorsport race track located in Ino, Suzuka, Mie, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan and operated by Honda Mobilityland, a subsidiary of Honda, Honda Motor Co, Ltd. It has a capacity of 155,000. It is most well known by its use by both the international Formula One; and Japanese Super Formula championships. Introduction Soichiro Honda decided to develop a new permanent circuit in Mie prefecture in the late 1950s. Designed as a Honda test track in 1962 by Dutchman John Hugenholtz, John "Hans" Hugenholtz, the track has a figure-of-eight layout, with the long back straight passing over the front section by means of an overpass. It is the only FIA Grade 1 licensed track to have such a layout, after the Fiorano Circuit was downgraded to Grade 2 in 2024. The circuit has been modified at least eight times: In 1983 a chicane was inserted at the last curve to slow the cars into the pit straight; the original circuit was an extremely fast track with only one slo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motegi, Tochigi
is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,777 in 4503 households, and a population density of 68 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Motegi is located on the far eastern border of Tochigi Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities Ibaraki Prefecture * Hitachiōmiya * Kasama * Sakuragawa * Shirosato Tochigi Prefecture * Ichikai * Mashiko * Nasukarasuyama Climate Motegi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Motegi is 13.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1410 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Motegi peaked in the 1950s and has declined steadily over the past 70 years. It is now less than half w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koki Saga
is a Japanese racing driver. Racing career The son of Koei Saga, a senior official at Toyota Gazoo Racing, Saga began kart racing in 1999. In his early career, Saga raced single seaters, such as Formula Toyota and the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. He competed in the Macau Grand Prix in 2008 and 2009 and has competed in Super Taikyu. He competed in Super Formula for four years with no success. Saga began competing in Super GT in 2006; due to his ties to Toyota, he has only driven Toyota or Lexus vehicles in his Super GT career. Saga first competed with Toyota Team Cerumo, contributing to the team's first pole position and victory; he was then called up as a third driver for Lexus Team SARD for the Suzuka 1000 km. Saga has been with apr since 2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuki Nakajima
is a Japanese former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . In Japanese motorsport, Nakajima won the Super Formula Championship in 2012 and 2014 with TOM'S. In endurance racing, Nakajima won the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won consecutively from to , all with Toyota. Since 2022, Nakajima has served as vice-chairman of Toyota in WEC, winning three consecutive World Manufacturers' Championship titles from 2022 to 2024. Racing career Before Formula One Kazuki Nakajima was born on 11 January 1985 in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan. Nakajima is the son of the retired Formula One driver Satoru Nakajima. His younger brother, Daisuke, is also a racing driver. Nakajima started his career in racing in 1996, when he started karting. Three years later, he was crowned the Suzuka Formula ICA karting champion. After some impressive performances, Nakajima was picked up by Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taku Bamba
Taku Bamba (番場琢 - ''Bamba Taku''; born January 30, 1982) is a Japanese professional racing driver, who most recently competed in the Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a sports car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC), the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is the top level of ... series. He won the 2011 Super GT Championship in the GT300 class with Good Smile Racing with Team UKYO. Complete Super GT results ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) References 1982 births Living people Japanese racing drivers Super GT drivers 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-autoracing-bio-stub Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TOM'S
is an automotive aftermarket parts manufacturer and tuner of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, as well as a factory-backed racing team. The TOM'S head office is located in Tokyo, Japan. TOM'S most prominently produces aftermarket parts for current Toyota vehicles, and has also created its own special edition of certain current Lexus models. In motorsport, the company is currently heavily involved with Super GT, Super Formula and Super Formula Lights. TOM'S Racing has won the Japanese Formula 3 Championship 21 times, the Super GT series ten times, the Super Formula Championship four times, and the Super Formula Lights series three times. History The name stands for Tachi Oiwa Motor Sport, as the company was established in 1974 by Nobuhide Tachi and Kiyoshi Oiwa. Despite an oil crisis at the time, the two were able to show productive results and a healthy development of motorsports for Toyota. With the support of Toyota, TOM'S went into business in 1974. In 1975 the Toyota Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Orime
is a professional race car driver. Complete Super GT Results References 1982 births Living people Japanese racing drivers Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers Super GT drivers {{Japan-autoracing-bio-stub KCMG drivers Formula Nippon drivers V8 Utes drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nissan SR Engine
The SR engine is a series of , or Inline-four engine, straight-four, four-stroke engine, four-stroke gasoline internal combustion engine, engines manufactured by Nissan Motors, Nissan. It has an aluminium head and block with steel Cylinder (engine)#Cylinder sleeving, sleeves and has a Overhead camshaft engine#Double overhead camshaft (DOHC), DOHC 4-valve design, with variable valve timing on select models. It was added to a new engine family name PLASMA (Powerful ＆ Economic, Lightweight, Accurate, Silent, Mighty, Advanced). The engine was used in many small to medium Nissan vehicles, including high-performance turbocharged variants. It was designed by Nissan as a replacement of the earlier Nissan CA engine, CA series of engines, and was replaced by the Nissan QR engine, QR and Nissan MR engine, MR series of engines. Power outputs are shown under Horsepower#Japanese Industrial Standard D 1001, JIS Net Horsepower#Metric horsepower (PS, cv, hk, pk, ks, ch), PS or Horsepower#Econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
