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 94D
Reynard 95D 		Judd KV2 Y 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 B All
Advan Sport 7 Masami Kageyama Lola T94/50
Lola T95/50 		Mugen MF308 Y All
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team
avex Dome with Mugen Racing Team 		8 Shinji Nakano Dome F104 Mugen MF308 Y
B 		All
Shionogi Team Nova 9 Mauro Martini Lola T95/50 Mugen MF308 B All
10 Akira Iida 1–3, 5–9
Yukihiro Hane 4
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo
Cerumo Co. 		11 Tom Kristensen Lola T94/50 Mugen MF308 B All
12 Motonari Higuchi 8
"Osamu" 9
Hoshino Racing
Nisseki Impul Racing Team 		15 Toshio Suzuki Lola T94/50 Mugen MF308 B All
19 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Lola T93/50
Lola T95/50 		All
Ad Racing Team 17 Taichiro Oonishi Lola T94/50 Judd KV2 Y 1
18 Naohiro Furuya Lola T93/50 Cosworth DFV 1
Oasys
Stellar International 		20 Andrew Gilbert-Scott Lola T93/50 Mugen MF308 B All
21 Michael Krumm 3–9
Team LeMans
X Japan Racing Team 		24 Naoki Hattori Reynard 95D Mugen MF308 B All
25 Katsumi Yamamoto Reynard 94D
Reynard 95D 		All
Navi Connection Racing 27 Masahiko Kageyama Reynard 94D
Reynard 95D 		Mugen MF308 Y
B 		All
28 Masahiko Kondo Reynard 94D 4–9
Team Gullwing 30 Hideki Okada Lola T93/50 Cosworth DFV Y 3–6, 8–9
With Project 33 Masatomo Shimizu Lola T93/50 Mugen MF308 Y 2, 6, 8
Nakajima Planning 64 Toranosuke Takagi Reynard 94D
Reynard 95D 		Mugen MF308 B 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 Tokachi International Speedway 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 Tokachi International Speedway 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

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
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  Japan 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  Japan 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  Denmark 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  Japan 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  Italy 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  Japan 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  United Kingdom 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  Japan 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  Japan 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  Japan 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  Japan 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  Japan 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  Japan 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  Germany Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - 16 R 18 R 13 R 15 R 6 7 20 R 13 7
- Hidetoshi Mitsusada  Japan Team 5Zigen Lola Cosworth - - - - - - 12 R - - 13 7 12 R 16 R 10 9
- Marco Apicella  Italy Team 5Zigen Reynard Judd 8 R 2 C 6 R 7 8 4 R 8 8 2 R 3 R 16 10
- Akira Iida  Japan Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 17 R 16 C 15 R - - 18 8 16 11 10 R 17 11 19 11
- Jeff Krosnoff  United States Team 5Zigen Lola Judd 14 10 14 C 12 9 3 12 9 9 19 10 14 R 12 12 9 R
- Masahiko Kondo  Japan Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - 19 10 19 10 20 R 19 9 19 13 21 12
- Hideki Okada  Japan Team Gullwing Lola Cosworth - - - - 18 R 17 9 17 R 14 14 - - 14 10 17 R
- Thomas Danielsson  Sweden Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Judd 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Masatomo Shimizu  Japan With Project Lola Mugen Honda - - 17 C - - - - - - 21 15 - - 21 15 - -
- Motonari Higuchi  Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 16 - -
- Yukihiro Hane  Japan Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - 20 R - - - - - - - - - -
- "Osamu"  Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 R
- Naohiro Furuya  Japan Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Cosworth 18 NS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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