1995 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

September 2026 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship 1995 1996 Formula Nippon Championship Related series:1995 International 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.September 2026 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.September 2026 Teams and drivers TeamNo.DriverChassisEngineTyreRoundsTeam 5ZIGEN1ITA Marco ApicellaReynard 94DReynard 95DJudd KV2YokohamaAll5USA Jeff KrosnoffLola T94/50All6JPN Hidetoshi MitsusadaLola T93/50Cosworth DFV4, 6–9Heroes Racing Corporation3JPN Katsutomo KaneishiLola T94/50Judd KV2BridgestoneAllAdvan Sport 7JPN Masami KageyamaLola T94/50Lola T95/50Mugen MF308YokohamaAllSpeed Star Wheel Racing Teamavex Dome with Mugen Racing Team8JPN Shinji NakanoDome F104Mugen MF308YokohamaBridgestoneAllShionogi Team Nova9ITA Mauro MartiniLola T95/50Mugen MF308BridgestoneAll10 JPN Akira Iida1–3, 5–9JPN Yukihiro Hane4Cosmo Oil Racing Team CerumoCerumo Co.11DNK Tom KristensenLola T94/50Mugen MF308BridgestoneAll12JPN Motonari Higuchi8JPN "Osamu"9Hoshino RacingNisseki Impul Racing Team15JPN Toshio SuzukiLola T94/50Mugen MF308BridgestoneAll19JPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoLola T93/50Lola T95/50AllAd Racing Team17JPN Taichiro OonishiLola T94/50Judd KV2Yokohama118JPN Naohiro FuruyaLola T93/50Cosworth DFV1OasysStellar International20GBR Andrew Gilbert-ScottLola T93/50Mugen MF308BridgestoneAll21DEU Michael Krumm3–9Team LeMansX Japan Racing Team24JPN Naoki HattoriReynard 95DMugen MF308BridgestoneAll25JPN Katsumi YamamotoReynard 94DReynard 95DAllNavi Connection Racing27JPN Masahiko KageyamaReynard 94DReynard 95DMugen MF308YokohamaBridgestoneAll28JPN Masahiko KondoReynard 94D4–9Team Gullwing30JPN Hideki OkadaLola T93/50Cosworth DFV Yokohama3–6, 8–9With Project33JPN Masatomo ShimizuLola T93/50Mugen MF308 Yokohama2, 6, 8Nakajima Planning64JPN Toranosuke TakagiReynard 94DReynard 95DMugen MF308BridgestoneAll65JPN Takuya KurosawaAll Race calendar All races were held in Japan. RoundRace nameCircuitLocationDate1Million Card Cup Race Round 1 SuzukaSuzuka CircuitSuzuka, Mie19 March2International Formula CupFuji SpeedwayOyama, Shizuoka9 April3F3000 Mine All StarMine CircuitMine, Yamaguchi Prefecture7 May4Million Card Cup Race Round 2 SuzukaSuzuka CircuitSuzuka, Mie21 May5Sugo Inter Formula F3000 & F3Sportsland SUGOShibata, Miyagi30 July6Fuji Inter F3000 & F3Fuji SpeedwayOyama, Shizuoka3 September7Tokachi International F3000Tokachi International SpeedwaySarabetsu, Hokkaido17 September8International F3000 Fuji FinalFuji SpeedwayOyama, Shizuoka15 October9Million Card Cup Race Final Round SuzukaSuzuka CircuitSuzuka, Mie19 November Race results Round 2 at Fuji Speedway was cancelled after the race was red flagged with one lap completed due to heavy rain. RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team1Suzuka CircuitGBR Andrew Gilbert-ScottJPN Toshio SuzukiJPN Naoki HattoriTeam LeMans2Fuji SpeedwayJPN Naoki HattoriRace cancelled due to weather conditions3Mine CircuitDNK Tom KristensenUSA Jeff KrosnoffDNK Tom KristensenCosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo4Suzuka CircuitJPN Takuya KurosawaJPN Toshio SuzukiJPN Toshio SuzukiHoshino Racing5Sportsland SUGOJPN Toranosuke TakagiUSA Jeff KrosnoffJPN Toranosuke TakagiNakajima Planning6Fuji SpeedwayJPN Toshio SuzukiJPN Katsutomo KaneishiGBR Andrew Gilbert-ScottStellar International7Tokachi International SpeedwayJPN Toranosuke TakagiJPN Toranosuke TakagiJPN Toranosuke TakagiNakajima Planning8Fuji SpeedwayJPN Naoki HattoriJPN Toranosuke TakagiJPN Toranosuke TakagiNakajima Planning9Suzuka CircuitJPN Masahiko KageyamaJPN Kazuyoshi HoshinoJPN Toshio SuzukiHoshino Racing Championship standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers. For the Drivers standings, the best six results were counted Position1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points964321 Driver standings RankDriverSUZFUJMINSUZSUGFUJTOKFUJSUZPoints1JPN Toshio Suzuki5C21Ret3(6)3134 (35)2JPN Toranosuke Takagi7C5Ret11211Ret293DNK Tom Kristensen4C12Ret42Ret5294JPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino11C36Ret2Ret24205ITA Mauro Martini(6)C6345Ret5316 (17)6JPN Takuya Kurosawa2CRet4Ret9Ret72157GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott8CRet1161866128JPN Naoki Hattori1CRet75Ret10RetRet119JPN Katsumi YamamotoRetC4Ret2RetRet8Ret910JPN Katsutomo KaneishiRetCRet571344Ret811JPN Shinji NakanoRetC7Ret3Ret598612JPN Masahiko Kageyama3C8RetRet6RetRetRet513JPN Masami Kageyama12CRetRetRetRet314Ret414DEU Michael KrummRetRetRetRet7Ret7015JPN Hidetoshi MitsusadaRet7RetRet9016ITA Marco ApicellaRetCRet8Ret8RetRet10017JPN Akira IidaRetCRet811Ret1111018USA Jeff Krosnoff10C912910Ret12Ret019JPN Masahiko Kondo1010Ret91312020JPN Hideki OkadaRet9Ret1410Ret021SWE Thomas Danielsson9022JPN Masatomo ShimizuC1515023JPN Motonari Higuchi160JPN Yukihiro HaneRet-JPN "Osamu"Ret-JPN Naohiro FuruyaDNS-RankDriverSUZFUJMINSUZSUGFUJTOKFUJSUZPoints 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 JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN 1 Toshio Suzuki 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - 16 R 18 R 13 R 15 R 6 7 20 R 13 7 - Hidetoshi Mitsusada Team 5Zigen Lola Cosworth - - - - - - 12 R - - 13 7 12 R 16 R 10 9 - Marco Apicella Team 5Zigen Reynard Judd 8 R 2 C 6 R 7 8 4 R 8 8 2 R 3 R 16 10 - Akira Iida Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 17 R 16 C 15 R - - 18 8 16 11 10 R 17 11 19 11 - Jeff Krosnoff Team 5Zigen Lola Judd 14 10 14 C 12 9 3 12 9 9 19 10 14 R 12 12 9 R - Masahiko Kondo Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - 19 10 19 10 20 R 19 9 19 13 21 12 - Hideki Okada Team Gullwing Lola Cosworth - - - - 18 R 17 9 17 R 14 14 - - 14 10 17 R - Thomas Danielsson Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Judd 16 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Masatomo Shimizu With Project Lola Mugen Honda - - 17 C - - - - - - 21 15 - - 21 15 - - - Motonari Higuchi Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 16 - - - Yukihiro Hane Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - 20 R - - - - - - - - - - - "Osamu" Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 R - Naohiro Furuya Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Lola Cosworth 18 NS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References Formula Nippon Category:Super Formula