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1992 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

Motor racing competition

1992 International Formula 3000 Championship 1992 British Formula Two Championship

The 1992 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 11 rounds. 21 different teams, 34 different drivers, 4 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.

Calendar

All races 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	8 March 1992	34	5.864=199.376 km	1'01:37.309	194.129 km/h	Ross Cheever	Ross Cheever	Ross Cheever
2	Fuji	Cabin International Formula Cup	12 April 1992	45	4.470=201.15 km	0'59:40.421	202.250 km/h	Paulo Carcasci	Ross Cheever	Mauro Martini
3	Mine	Nippon Shinpan Nicos Cup Rd.1 Mine All Star	10 May 1992	62	3.239=200.818 km	1'19:51.708	150.874 km/h	Eddie Irvine	Eddie Irvine	Mauro Martini
4	Suzuka	Million Card Cup Race Round 2 Suzuka	24 May 1992	26	5.864=152.464 km	0'48:32.513	188.453 km/h	Volker Weidler	Ross Cheever	Masanori Sekiya
5	Autopolis	All Japan F3000 Championship in Autopolis	19 July 1992	43	4.674=200.982 km	1'08:48.305	175.262 km/h	Marco Apicella	Eddie Irvine	Mauro Martini
6	Sugo	Nippon Shinpan Nicos Cup Rd.2 Sugo Inter Formula	2 August 1992	54	3.704=200.016 km	1'05:57.726	181.937 km/h	Volker Weidler	Ross Cheever	Takuya Kurosawa
7	Fuji	Nippon Shinpan Nicos Cup Rd.3 Fuji Champions	16 August 1992	45	4.470=201.15 km	1'00:20.632	200.004 km/h	Mauro Martini	Ross Cheever	Ross Cheever
8	Fuji	Nippon Shinpan Nicos Cup Rd.4 Fuji Inter	6 September 1992	45	4.470=201.15 km	0'59:24.637	203.146 km/h	Toshio Suzuki	Roland Ratzenberger	Mauro Martini
9	Suzuka	Million Card Cup Race Round 3 Suzuka	27 September 1992	35	5.864=205.241 km	1'04:33.949	190.727 km/h	Roland Ratzenberger	Roland Ratzenberger	Toshio Suzuki
10	Fuji	Nippon Shinpan Nicos Cup Rd.5 Fuji Final	18 October 1992	45	4.470=201.15 km	0'58:49.751	205.153 km/h	Toshio Suzuki	Eddie Irvine	Andrew Gilbert Scott
11	Suzuka	Million Card Cup Race Final Round Suzuka	15 November 1992	35	5.864=205.241 km	1'03:45.511	193.142 km/h	Naoki Hattori	Ross Cheever	Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Note: Race 4 shortened because of a crash on Lap 27 between Hitoshi Ogawa and Andrew Gilbert Scott that killed Ogawa, past the 75% distance rule.

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. One driver had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	JPN	Total points
1	Mauro Martini		Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	1	4	6	(1)	6	-	9	-	4	4	-	34
2	Toshio Suzuki		Universal Racing	Lola	Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	9	-	9	-	30
3	Ross Cheever		Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	9	-	-	6	-	4	-	6	-	1	3	29
4	Volker Weidler		Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	4	-	-	9	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	26
5	Naoki Hattori		Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft	Lola	Mugen Honda	3								-	2	9	21
Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft	Reynard	Mugen Honda		-	2	4	1	-	-	-
	Takuya Kurosawa		Cabin Racing/Heroes	Lola	Cosworth	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	6	6	21
7	Roland Ratzenberger		Stellar International	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	3	9	-	-	19
8	Eddie Irvine		Team Cerumo	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	3	9	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	17
9	Andrew Gilbert Scott		Stellar International	Lola	Mugen Honda	-				3	1	-	-	6	3	-	16
Stellar International	Reynard	Mugen Honda		-	-	3
10	Marco Apicella		Dome	Dome	Mugen Honda	-	-	1	-	9	2	-	1	-	-	-	13
11	Paulo Carcasci		Navi Connection Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	9	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
12	Kazuyoshi Hoshino		Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	10
	Thomas Danielsson		Team Take One	Lola	Cosworth	-	6	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	10
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen		Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	5
	Mika Salo		Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5
16	Hisashi Wada		Capcom Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Hitoshi Ogawa		Team Cerumo	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
18	Rickard Rydell		Team Cerumo	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Takao Wada		Nisseki Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Naohiro Furuya		Super Evolution Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Complete overview

first column of every race	10	= grid position

second column of every race	10	= race result

R25=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS=disqualified (21)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

-	Katsutomo Kaneishi		Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	21	R	20	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	R	20	R	-	-	-	-	-	-

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