1994 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

The 1994 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 16 different teams, 30 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.

Calendar

Race No Track Race Name Country Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Fastest Race Lap
1 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Round 1 Suzuka  Japan 20 March 1994 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'02:11.322 198.018 km/h Ross Cheever Andrew Gilbert Scott Masahiko Kageyama
2 Fuji Cosmo Oil International Formula Cup F3000  Japan 10 April 1994 45 4.470=201.15 km 0'58:27.680 206.444 km/h Andrew Gilbert Scott Andrew Gilbert Scott Andrew Gilbert Scott
3 Mine F3000 Mine All Star  Japan 8 May 1994 62 3.239=200.818 km 1'19:05.233 152.351 km/h Marco Apicella Mauro Martini Marco Apicella
4 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Round 2 Suzuka  Japan 22 May 1994 34 5.864=199.376 km 1'00:54.809 196.386 km/h Marco Apicella Naoki Hattori Marco Apicella
5 Sugo Sugo Inter Formula  Japan 31 July 1994 54 3.704=200.016 km 1'05:00.092 184.626 km/h Takuya Kurosawa Ross Cheever Andrew Gilbert Scott
6 Fuji Fuji Inter F3000  Japan 3 September 1994 45 4.470=201.15 km 0'59:29.384 202.875 km/h Andrew Gilbert Scott Andrew Gilbert Scott Marco Apicella
7 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Round 3 Suzuka  Japan 2 October 1994 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'02:53.557 195.801 km/h Ross Cheever Ross Cheever Marco Apicella
8 Fuji F3000 Fuji Champions  Japan 16 October 1994 44 4.470=196.68 km 0'57:34.578 204.959 km/h Marco Apicella Marco Apicella Michael Krumm
9 Fuji International F3000 Fuji Final  Japan 14 November 1994 45 4.470=201.15 km 0'58:35.902 205.961 km/h Andrew Gilbert Scott Marco Apicella Marco Apicella
10 Suzuka Million Card Cup Race Final Round Suzuka  Japan 27 November 1994 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'02:14.692 197.839 km/h Naoki Hattori Andrew Gilbert Scott Takuya Kurosawa

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 7 results count. Two drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Total Points
1 Marco Apicella  Italy Dome Dome Mugen Honda 6 3 9 9 (1) (3) 6 9 6 - 48
2 Andrew Gilbert Scott  United Kingdom Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - 9 6 - 6 9 4 2 9 - 45
3 Ross Cheever  United States Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 9 4 2 6 3 - 9 - - - 33
4 Takuya Kurosawa  Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - 4 3 9 1 3 6 (1) 6 32
5 Naoki Hattori  Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 3 - 1 4 4 4 - - 2 9 27
Mauro Martini  Italy Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - 6 3 2 2 6 - - 4 4 27
7 Mika Salo  Finland Team 5Zigen Lola Cosworth 4 2 - - - - - - - - 6
Kazuyoshi Hoshino  Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - 2 - - 3 1 6
9 Tom Kristensen  Denmark Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 5
10 Kunimitsu Takahashi  Japan Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - 4 - - 4
11 Michael Krumm  Germany Dome Dome Mugen Honda - - - - - - - 3 - - 3
Katsutomo Kaneishi  Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth 2 - - - - - - 1 - - 2
13 Masahiko Kageyama  Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - 2 - - - 2
Thomas Danielsson  Sweden Team 5Zigen Lola Judd - - - - - - - - - 2 2
15 Jeff Krosnoff  United States Giza Racing Lola Cosworth 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Toshio Suzuki  Japan Mirai Corporation Lola Cosworth - 1 - - - - - - - - 1

Complete Overview

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R=retired DIS=disqualified

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan
1 Marco Apicella  Italy Dome Dome Mugen Honda 4 2 3 4 2 1 3 1 13 6 8 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 R
2 Andrew Gilbert Scott  United Kingdom Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 1 13 1 1 6 2 5 R 5 2 1 1 4 3 2 5 5 1 1 R
3 Ross Cheever  United States Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 3 1 2 3 3 5 2 2 1 4 5 7 1 1 8 R 4 R 6 7
4 Takuya Kurosawa  Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 8 10 8 10 5 3 4 4 2 1 3 6 5 4 3 2 7 6 2 2
5 Naoki Hattori  Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 2 4 13 12 9 6 1 3 4 3 2 3 2 R 6 R 6 5 4 1
Mauro Martini  Italy Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 11 11 5 2 1 4 6 5 7 5 4 2 10 R 12 10 3 3 5 3
7 Mika Salo  Finland Team 5Zigen Lola Cosworth 5 3 6 5 8 7 10 11
Team 5Zigen Lola Judd 10 12 9 R 19 8 9 R - - 18 10
Kazuyoshi Hoshino  Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 6 R 12 7 7 R 13 R 3 R 6 5 6 15 16 R 10 4 10 6
9 Tom Kristensen  Denmark Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 13 8 16 9 15 9 9 6 11 11 13 9 8 6 7 R 11 12 8 4
10 Kunimitsu Takahashi  Japan Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda 16 12 15 R - - 15 8 - - 14 8 16 11 10 3 14 10 19 14
11 Michael Krumm  Germany Dome Dome Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 4 12 7 12 15
Katsutomo Kaneishi  Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth 10 5 14 8 4 12 7 R 7 13 11 6 9 8 11 R
Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Judd 9 7 11 R
13 Masahiko Kageyama  Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 7 16 7 R 12 11 14 R 8 9 7 R 9 5 5 R 8 11 9 8
Thomas Danielsson  Sweden Team 5Zigen Lola Judd - - 17 13 11 R 11 7 15 10 15 DIS 4 R 2 9 7 5
Team 5Zigen Lola Cosworth 15 R
15 Jeff Krosnoff  United States Giza Racing Lola Cosworth 14 6 9 11 10 R - - - - - -
Speed Star Wheel Racing Lola Mugen Honda 18 12 14 7 15 16 17 R
Toshio Suzuki  Japan Mirai Corporation Lola Cosworth 9 7 4 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Toranosuke Takagi  Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 7 13 8 - - 15 9
- Yasutaka Hinoi  Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 12 9 10 R 13 8 12 R 6 R 10 11 13 R 17 9 16 13 21 R
- Hidetoshi Mitsusada  Japan Dome Dome Mugen Honda 15 R 11 R 14 10 8 9 14 8 12 12 11 10 - - - - - -
- Naohiro Furuya  Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 9 - - - - - -
- Akihiko Nakaya  Japan Speed Star Wheel Racing Lola Mugen Honda 17 15 18 15 16 R 16 10 12 10 16 R - - - - - - - -
- Masatomo Shimizu  Japan Shimizu Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - 19 14 - - - - - - 17 R - - 18 11 21 R - -
- Masami Kageyama  Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 14 - - - - 14 11
- Hisashi Wada  Japan Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 R 16 12
- Minoru Tanaka  Japan Team 5Zigen Lola Judd 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team 5Zigen Lola Cosworth 13 13
- Richard Dean  United Kingdom Team 5Zigen Lola Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 14 - -
- Eiichi Tajima  Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 15 22 R
- Eiji Yamada  Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 17 - -
- Shinji Nakano  Japan Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 R - - - -
Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 20 R
- Akira Iida  Japan Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 R 23 R