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The 2012 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was an open wheel motor racing series held for Formula 3 cars based in Japan. It was the 34th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It commenced on 14 April at Suzuka and ended on 14 October at Fuji Speedway after 15 races held at seven race meetings.

Ryō Hirakawa of the RSS team has dominated the championship and won the title.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Japanese-registered.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Championship Class
B-Max Engineering	Dallara F312	Toyota 1AZ-FE	1	Hideki Yamauchi^[1]	All
Toda Racing	Dallara F308	Mugen-Honda MF204C	2	Rafael Suzuki^[1]	All
CFR Racing	Dallara F308	Mercedes M271.F3	3	Ryugo Shimada^[1]	1, 5
RSS	Dallara F312	Toyota 1AZ-FE	4	Ryō Hirakawa^[1]	All
HFDP Racing	Dallara F312	Mugen-Honda MF204C	8	Tomoki Nojiri^[1]	All
Petronas Team TOM'S	Dallara F312	Toyota 1AZ-FE	36	Yuichi Nakayama^[1]	All
Petronas Team TOM'S	Dallara F312	Toyota 1AZ-FE	37	Richard Bradley^[1]	All
National Class
Hanashima Racing	Dallara F305	Toyota 3S-GE	5	Taku Utagawa	7
Hanashima Racing	Dallara F306	Toyota 3S-GE	6	Hiroshi Koizumi^[1]	All
HFDP Racing	Dallara F307	Toyota 3S-GE	7	Kazuki Hiramine^[1]	All
B-Max Engineering	Dallara F306	Toyota 3S-GE	13	Motoyoshi Yoshida^[1]	All
SGC by KCMG	Dallara F308	Toyota 3S-GE	19	Matt Howson	2–6
			19	Naoya Gamou	7
			20	Gary Thompson^[1]	1
	Dallara F307		20	Gary Thompson^[1]	2–7
NDDP Racing	Dallara F306	Toyota 3S-GE	23	Daiki Sasaki^[1]	All
TOM'S Spirit	Dallara F306	Toyota 3S-GE	35	Takamoto Katsuta^[1]	All
CMS Motor Sports Project	Dallara F306	Toyota 3S-GE	77	Ryohei Sakaguchi^[1]	1
CMS Motor Sports Project	Dallara F306	Toyota 3S-GE	77	Tatsuru Noro	3–4, 6–7

All rounds were held in Japan.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	National winner
1	R1	Suzuka Circuit	14 April	Hideki Yamauchi	Richard Bradley	Ryō Hirakawa	RSS	Daiki Sasaki
1	R2	Suzuka Circuit	15 April	Ryō Hirakawa	Ryō Hirakawa	Ryō Hirakawa	RSS	Daiki Sasaki
2	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	12 May	Ryō Hirakawa	Yuichi Nakayama	Hideki Yamauchi	B-Max Engineering	Kazuki Hiramine
2	R2	Twin Ring Motegi	13 May	Ryō Hirakawa	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Petronas Team TOM'S	Kazuki Hiramine
3	R1	Fuji Speedway	14 July	Ryō Hirakawa	Ryō Hirakawa	Ryō Hirakawa	RSS	Kazuki Hiramine
3	R2	Fuji Speedway	15 July	Gary Thompson	Ryō Hirakawa	Ryō Hirakawa	RSS	Kazuki Hiramine
4	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	4 August	Ryō Hirakawa	Ryō Hirakawa	Ryō Hirakawa	RSS	Gary Thompson
4	R2	Twin Ring Motegi	5 August	Ryō Hirakawa	Ryō Hirakawa	Ryō Hirakawa	RSS	Daiki Sasaki
5	R1	Okayama International Circuit	25 August	Ryō Hirakawa	Tomoki Nojiri	Ryō Hirakawa	RSS	Daiki Sasaki
5	R2	Okayama International Circuit	26 August	Tomoki Nojiri	Tomoki Nojiri	Tomoki Nojiri	HFDP Racing	Daiki Sasaki
6	R1	Sportsland SUGO	22 September	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Petronas Team TOM'S	Daiki Sasaki
	R2		23 September	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Petronas Team TOM'S	Daiki Sasaki
	R3		23 September	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Petronas Team TOM'S	Takamoto Katsuta
7	R1	Fuji Speedway	13 October	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Petronas Team TOM'S	Daiki Sasaki
7	R2	Fuji Speedway	14 October	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Yuichi Nakayama	Petronas Team TOM'S	Daiki Sasaki

1	2	3	4	5	6	PP	FL
10	7	5	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	SUZ		MOT		FUJ		MOT		OKA		SUG			FUJ		Pts
1	Ryō Hirakawa	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	Ret	3	Ret	3	3	118
2	Yuichi Nakayama	Ret	5	4	1	2	2	4	4	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	103
3	Hideki Yamauchi	2	4	1	4	6	4	3	3	5	6	3	4	2	4	4	62
4	Richard Bradley	5	2	3	5	7	5	2	5	6	Ret	2	2	Ret	2	5	52
5	Tomoki Nojiri	3	3	5	3	8	Ret	5	2	2	1	9	5	6	8	Ret	49
6	Rafael Suzuki	6	8	7	6	3	3	6	6	4	3	4	9	3	6	2	38
7	Daiki Sasaki	4	6	8	8	5	10	8	7	7	5	5	6	9	5	6	14
8	Kazuki Hiramine	7	7	6	7	4	6	10	8	8	7	6	8	5	10	7	8
9	Takamoto Katsuta	Ret	9	9	9	10	12	9	10	10	8	8	7	4	7	13	3
10	Gary Thompson	Ret	10	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	10	7	Ret	7	9	9	1
	Matt Howson			11	11	Ret	7	11	14	11	9	10	10	8			0
	Hiroshi Koizumi	Ret	11	12	12	11	8	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	12	10	0
	Naoya Gamou														11	8	0
	Ryohei Sakaguchi	8	12														0
	Motoyoshi Yoshida	9	13	13	13	13	13	Ret	13	14	12	13	Ret	11	15	12	0
	Ryugo Shimada	10	13							13	13						0
	Tatsuru Noro					12	11	13	12			12	12	Ret	13	11	0
	Taku Utagawa														14	14	0
Pos	Driver	SUZ		MOT		FUJ		MOT		OKA		SUG			FUJ		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Pos	Driver	SUZ		MOT		FUJ		MOT		OKA		SUG			FUJ		Pts
1	Daiki Sasaki	4	6	8	8	5	10	8	7	7	5	5	6	9	9	6	146
2	Kazuki Hiramine	7	7	6	7	4	6	10	8	8	7	6	8	5	10	7	110
3	Takamoto Katsuta	Ret	9	9	9	10	12	9	10	10	8	8	7	4	7	13	62
4	Gary Thompson	Ret	10	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	10	7	Ret	7	9	9	56
5	Matt Howson			11	11	Ret	7	11	14	11	9	10	10	8			28
6	Hiroshi Koizumi	Ret	11	12	12	11	8	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	12	10	23
7	Naoya Gamou														11	8	7
8	Ryohei Sakaguchi	8	12														6
9	Tatsuru Noro					12	11	13	12			12	12	Ret	13	11	5
10	Motoyoshi Yoshida	9	13	13	13	13	13	Ret	13	14	12	13	Ret	11	15	12	3
Pos	Driver	SUZ		MOT		FUJ		MOT		OKA		SUG			FUJ		Pts

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

1	2	3	4	5	6
10	7	5	3	2	1

Pos	Engine	SUZ		MOT		FUJ		MOT		OKA		SUG			FUJ		Pts
1	TOM'S (Toyota)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	147
2	Toda Racing (Mugen-Honda)	3	3	5	3	3	3	5	2	2	1	4	5	3	5	2	71
	HWA (Mercedes)	10	13							13	13						0
Pos	Engine	SUZ		MOT		FUJ		MOT		OKA		SUG			FUJ		Pts

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "2012年アチーブメント全日本F3選手権シリーズ第1戦/第2戦" [All-Japan F3 Championship Series first round] (PDF). Japanese Formula 3 Championship (in Japanese). Japanese Formula 3 Association. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

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