1991 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

1991 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship 1990 1992 The 1991 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was scheduled over 11 rounds and contested over 10 rounds. 27 different teams, 47 different drivers, five different chassis and three different engines competed. Heroes Racing driver Ukyo Katayama won the championship and would step up to Formula One the following year. The 1991 season was also noteworthy for a one-off appearance by Michael Schumacher at the sixth round of the championship at Sportsland Sugo. Schumacher would finish second in his only appearance before making his Formula One debut four weeks later in Spa-Francorchamps, and would go on to win seven Formula One World Drivers' Championships. 36 cars attempted to qualify for the third round of the championship at Fuji, the most entries for a single Japanese top formula event.1991 All Japan F3000 Championship - 日本の4輪レース記録 https://jracingrecords.ciao.jp/wordpress/1991f3000e/ 2025-11-22 ja Calendar All events took place at venues located within the country of Japan. Race No Track Race name Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole position Fastest race lap 1 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race 2&4 Suzuka 3 March 1991 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'03:33.365 193.757 km/h Ukyo Katayama Ukyo Katayama Ukyo Katayama 2 Autopolis All Japan F3000 Championship in Autopolis 24 March 1991 43 4.674=200.982 km 1'08:17.963 176.560 km/h Akihiko Nakaya Akihiko Nakaya Kazuyoshi Hoshino 3 Fuji Cabin International Formula Cup 14 April 1991 45 4.470=201.15 km 1'00:09.320 200.631 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Mauro Martini Keiji Matsumoto 4 Mine Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.1 Nishi-Nihon All Star 12 May 1991 62 3.239=200.818 km 1'36:48.120 124.471 km/h Eddie Irvine Akihiko Nakaya Takuya Kurosawa 5 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Round 2 Suzuka 26 May 1991 34 5.864=199.376 km 1'03:38.746 187.955 km/h Ukyo Katayama Ukyo Katayama Ross Cheever 6 Sugo Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.2 Sugo Inter Formula 28 July 1991 54 3.704=200.016 km 1'06:46.689 179.714 km/h Ross Cheever Ross Cheever Akihiko Nakaya 7 Fuji Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.3 Fuji Champions 11 August 1991 45 4.470=201.15 km 0'59:58.828 201.216 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Mauro Martini Ukyo Katayama Fuji Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.4 Fuji Inter 8 September 1991 race postponed to November, 30 due to heavy rain 8 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Round 3 Suzuka 29 September 1991 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'05:07.814 189.074 km/h Ross Cheever Ukyo Katayama Volker Weidler Fuji Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.5 Fuji Final 27 October 1991 cancelled due to heavy rain 9 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Final Round Suzuka 17 November 1991 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'04:23.785 191.229 km/h Ross Cheever Kazuyoshi Hoshino Volker Weidler 10 Fuji Nippon Shinpan Super Cup Rd.4 Fuji Inter 30 November 1991 45 4.470=201.15 km 0'59:33.076 202.666 km/h Volker Weidler Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki Note: Race 10 was started with the qualification times set for the race scheduled on September, 8. The weekend in Fuji with the race cancelled on October, 27 saw only practice and qualification sections. Final point standings Driver For every race, points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 to the runner up, 4 to third place, 3 to fourth place, 2 to fifth place, and 1 to sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 7 results count. No driver had a point deduction. Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN Total points 1 Ukyo Katayama Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth 9 3 - - 9 1 6 6 - 6 40 2 Ross Cheever Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - 9 - 9 9 - 27 3 Volker Weidler Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - 4 4 - 4 - 4 9 25 4 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda - 6 9 - - - 9 - - - 24 5 Hitoshi Ogawa Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 6 1 4 - 6 - - 2 1 - 20 6 Akihiko Nakaya Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Lola Mugen Honda - 9 - - - 4 - 3 - - 16 7 Eddie Irvine Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - 2 - 9 3 - - - - - 14 8 Mauro Martini Suntec Racing Lola Mugen Honda 1 4 - - - - 2 - 6 - 13 9 Thomas Danielsson Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - 3 3 4 2 - 12 10 Johnny Herbert Team LeMans Ralt Mugen Honda 2 - - 6 - - - - - 1 9 11 Jan Lammers Dome Dome Mugen Honda 4 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 7 12 Keiji Matsumoto Dome Dome Mugen Honda - - 6 - - - - - - - 6 Michael Schumacher Team LeMans Ralt Mugen Honda - - - - - 6 - - - - 6 Jeff Krosnoff Suntec Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - 3 - - - - - 3 - 6 15 Toshio Suzuki Universal Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - 2 2 - - - - - 4 Paulo Carcasci Bitoku Motorsport Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - 4 4 17 Masanori Sekiya Leyton House Racing Lola Mugen Honda 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 Minoru Tanaka Leyton House Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - 3 - - - - - - 3 Naoki Hattori Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - 2 - 1 - - 3 Maurizio Sandro Sala Super Evolution Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - 3 3 21 Masahiro Hasemi Speed Star Wheel Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - 2 2 22 Takuya Kurosawa Nakajima Racing Ralt Mugen Honda - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 Mika Salo Ad Racing Team Co. 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Lola Mugen Honda - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 Geoff Lees Team Hayashi Ralt Mugen Honda - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 Complete Overview first column of every race 10 = grid position second column of every race 10 = race result R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS=disqualified Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN 1 Ukyo Katayama Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth 1 1 4 4 3 9 3 R 1 1 3 6 3 2 1 2 4 10 2 2 2 Ross Cheever Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 16 R 8 R 5 12 2 R 10 11 1 1 4 R 2 1 3 1 4 R 3 Volker Weidler Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 20 15 34 NQ 20 19 18 3 5 3 13 8 8 3 10 10 8 3 6 1 4 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 7 R 3 2 2 1 8 R 4 R 11 R 2 1 6 R 1 R 1 R 5 Hitoshi Ogawa Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 2 2 11 6 13 3 6 R 2 2 12 17 13 12 4 5 10 6 9 R 6 Akihiko Nakaya Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Lola Mugen Honda 12 16 1 1 7 R 1 R 8 7 7 3 6 8 3 4 2 R 7 15 7 Eddie Irvine Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 10 8 2 5 11 15 11 1 22 4 9 7 16 13 8 R 20 13 13 9 8 Mauro Martini Suntec Racing Lola Mugen Honda 3 6 5 3 1 16 5 R 3 R 20 10 1 5 17 14 5 2 3 13 9 Thomas Danielsson Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 6 R 22 19 19 R 15 9 13 DIS 6 4 7 4 7 3 11 5 17 R 10 Johnny Herbert Team LeMans Ralt Mugen Honda 5 5 9 7 8 R 13 2 7 R 21 R 20 R 9 7 12 R 22 6 11 Jan Lammers Dome Dome Mugen Honda 8 3 16 9 17 5 10 R 15 10 25 R 17 6 15 R 14 7 27 R 12 Keiji Matsumoto Dome Dome Mugen Honda 18 R 15 R 9 2 7 R 6 R 18 R 18 24 16 12 25 18 16 R Michael Schumacher Team LeMans Ralt Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - 4 2 - - - - - - - - Jeff Krosnoff Suntec Racing Lola Mugen Honda 13 7 6 10 10 4 14 NS 11 R 14 14 11 17 12 9 7 4 12 R 15 Toshio Suzuki Universal Racing Lola Mugen Honda 22 11 13 NS 6 8 26 5 21 5 16 9 29 NQ 28 11 26 12 15 11 Paulo Carcasci Bitoku Motorsport Lola Mugen Honda - - DIS - 14 18 19 R 12 12 17 13 12 7 11 R 6 8 10 3 17 Masanori Sekiya Leyton House Racing Lola Mugen Honda 4 4 18 15 24 17 9 10 17 R 10 9 - - 5 NS Leyton House Racing Leyton House Mugen Honda 5 11 Team LeMans Ralt Mugen Honda 16 9 Minoru Tanaka Leyton House Racing Lola Mugen Honda 21 R 23 R 32 NQ 16 4 28 R 15 12 22 15 - - Dome Dome Mugen Honda 28 15 Leyton House Racing Leyton House Mugen Honda 33 NQ Naoki Hattori Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Lola Mugen Honda 14 R 7 13 16 10 12 15 16 R 2 5 15 10 5 6 9 R 14 12 Maurizio Sandro Sala Super Evolution Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - 34 NQ 24 R 28 14 27 16 22 R 18 4 21 Masahiro Hasemi Speed Star Wheel Racing Lola Mugen Honda 23 9 29 NQ 23 14 29 NQ 20 R 26 R 14 19 19 15 27 14 11 5 22 Takuya Kurosawa Nakajima Racing Ralt Mugen Honda 15 R 10 8 4 6 4 7 9 R 8 15 5 11 - - 8 R Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 18 17 Mika Salo Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Mugen Honda - - 26 14 33 NQ 22 6 31 NQ 28 NQ 18 32 NQ Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Reynard Mugen Honda 25 15 R 19 R Geoff Lees Team Hayashi Ralt Mugen Honda 24 14 14 18 27 13 17 11 14 6 Team Hayashi Lola Mugen Honda 10 R Team Hayashi Lola Judd 31 NQ 13 8 29 NQ 26 R - Naohiro Furuya Dome Lola Mugen Honda 26 R 20 12 21 24 30 NQ 23 R 27 NQ 26 25 24 R 23 R 29 7 - Takao Wada Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda 27 17 19 NS 12 7 28 R 32 NQ - - 32 NQ - - - - - - - Tetsuya Ota CSK Racing Lola Mugen Honda 32 NQ 31 NQ 31 NQ 27 12 25 9 32 NQ 21 23 26 19 - - 24 8 - Osamu Nakako Nakajima Racing Lola Mugen Honda 28 10 12 11 22 R 21 8 19 R 22 R 24 20 30 NQ - - 32 NQ - Hisashi Wada Funaki Racing Lola Mugen Honda 25 NS 32 NQ 30 NQ 31 NQ 26 8 34 NQ 30 NQ 29 NQ - - 23 NS - Yoshiyasu Tachi Navi Connection/Funaki Racing Lola Mugen Honda 11 R 27 21 29 NQ 32 NQ 24 R 29 NQ 9 R 20 R 13 16 20 10 - Masahiko Kageyama Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 19 R 21 17 15 11 25 R 18 13 19 R 19 16 14 13 24 R 31 NQ - Kunimitsu Takahashi Advan Sport Nova Lola Mugen Honda 29 NQ 25 20 25 22 24 14 30 NQ 23 16 23 21 21 20 19 11 21 R - Hideshi Matsuda Takeshi Project Racing Lola Cosworth 17 12 17 R 28 20 DIS - 36 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - Hideo Fukuyama Team Noji International Lola Mugen Honda 9 13 30 NQ 26 23 20 13 29 NQ 30 NQ 34 NQ 18 17 17 R 25 R - Katsunori Iketani Super Cad Racing/Noji Lola Mugen Honda DIS - - - 35 NQ DIS - 33 NQ - - 33 NQ 22 R 21 R 28 14 - Enrico Bertaggia Footwork Racing International Lola Mugen Honda 34 NQ 24 16 18 21 23 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Katsutomo Kaneishi Zoom Racing Lola Cosworth DIS - 28 22 34 NQ DIS - 27 R 31 NQ 27 22 23 18 - - 30 NQ - Koji Sato Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 R - - - - - Masyoshi Nishigaito Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 NQ 30 NQ - - - Philippe Adams CSK Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32 NQ - - - Kouichi Iwaki Team Iwaki Lola Mugen Honda 31 NQ - - DIS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shunji Kasuya Super Evolution Racing Lola Mugen Honda 36 NQ - - 36 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hideki Okada Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Mugen Honda 30 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shuji Hyoudou Bitoku Motorsport Lola Mugen Honda 33 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kenny Acheson Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Reynard Mugen Honda DIS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pedro Chaves Nakajima Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIS - - - - Emanuele Pirrotook only part in the weekend with the cancelled race in Fuji Team Hayashi Lola Judd - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Formula 3000 Category:Super Formula