1992 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

The 1992 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was the twentieth season of premier Japanese single-seater racing. It was contested over 11 rounds at four venues. 21 teams, 34 drivers, four chassis, three engines, and three tyre suppliers competed. Italian driver Mauro Martini won the series championship for Team Nova.

The season was marred by the death of 1989 All-Japan F3000 Champion Hitoshi Ogawa in a collision with Andrew Gilbert-Scott during the fourth round of the championship at Suzuka Circuit.[1] Since Ogawa's death, no other driver has been fatally injured in a Japanese top formula race.

Calendar

All races took place at venues in 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 Tyre Total points
1 Mauro Martini  Italy Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda Bridgestone 1 4 6 (1) 6 - 9 - 4 4 - 34
2 Toshio Suzuki  Japan Universal Racing Lola Cosworth Bridgestone - - - - - 6 6 9 - 9 - 30
3 Ross Cheever  United States Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda Bridgestone 9 - - 6 - 4 - 6 - 1 3 29
4 Volker Weidler  Germany Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda Bridgestone 4 - - 9 4 9 - - - - - 26
5 Naoki Hattori  Japan Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Lola Mugen Honda Bridgestone 3 - 2 9 21
Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Reynard Mugen Honda Bridgestone - 2 4 1 - - -
Takuya Kurosawa  Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth Bridgestone 2 - - - - - 3 4 - 6 6 21
7 Roland Ratzenberger  Austria Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda Bridgestone - - 4 - - 3 - 3 9 - - 19
8 Eddie Irvine  United Kingdom Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda Dunlop - 3 9 - - - - 2 3 - - 17
9 Andrew Gilbert Scott  United Kingdom Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda Bridgestone - 3 1 - - 6 3 - 16
Stellar International Reynard Mugen Honda Bridgestone - - 3
10 Marco Apicella  Italy Dome Dome Mugen Honda Dunlop - - 1 - 9 2 - 1 - - - 13
11 Paulo Carcasci  Brazil Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda Dunlop - 9 - - 2 - - - - - - 11
12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino  Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda Bridgestone 6 - - - - - 4 - - - - 10
Thomas Danielsson  Sweden Team Take One Lola Cosworth Dunlop - 6 - - - - 2 - 2 - - 10
14 Heinz-Harald Frentzen  Germany Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda Bridgestone - - - - - - - - 1 - 4 5
Mika Salo  Finland Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Reynard Mugen Honda Yokohama - - 3 - - - - - - - 2 5
16 Hisashi Wada  Japan Capcom Racing Lola Mugen Honda Dunlop - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
Hitoshi Ogawa  Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda Dunlop - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2
18 Rickard Rydell  Sweden Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda Dunlop - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Takao Wada  Japan Nisseki Racing Reynard Mugen Honda Bridgestone - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Naohiro Furuya  Japan Super Evolution Racing Lola Mugen Honda Yokohama - - - - - - - - - - 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

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine
1 Mauro Martini  Italy Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 7 6 14 3 3 2 8 6 5 2 3 NS 2 1 9 10 2 3 7 3 8 R
2 Toshio Suzuki  Japan Universal Racing Lola Cosworth 6 R 4 R 11 R 11 7 8 R 8 2 4 2 7 1 10 17 5 1 12 R
3 Ross Cheever  United States Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 1 1 1 R 2 R 1 2 10 13 1 3 1 17 25 2 14 NS 6 6 1 4
4 Volker Weidler  Germany Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 2 3 3 R 12 R 3 1 2 3 2 1 - - - - - - - - - -
5 Naoki Hattori  Japan Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Lola Mugen Honda 3 4 7 13 2 5 2 1
Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Reynard Mugen Honda 16 R 16 5 5 3 15 6 14 15 20 10 10 7
Takuya Kurosawa  Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth 4 5 4 R 3 18 3 4 2 3 9 R 3 2 3 2
Cabin Racing/Heroes Dome Cosworth 12 R 13 R 12 R
7 Roland Ratzenberger  Austria Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 29 NQ 8 13 8 3 15 R 7 R 5 4 8 R 1 4 1 1 9 R25 4 R
8 Eddie Irvine  United Kingdom Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 12 8 2 4 1 1 2 R 1 R 4 R 8 7 4 5 4 4 1 11 6 R
9 Andrew Gilbert Scott  United Kingdom Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 8 7 9 4 6 6 5 11 5 8 3 2 8 4 10 12
Stellar International Reynard Mugen Honda 13 R 17 7 7 4
10 Marco Apicella  Italy Dome Dome Mugen Honda 15 9 22 R 4 6 19 11 3 1 7 5 10 8 8 6 6 R 4 R18 5 R
11 Paulo Carcasci  Brazil Navi Connection Racing Lola Mugen Honda 17 NS
Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 7 1 15 R 16 9 18 5 13 9 11 R 11 R 15 8 13 9 17 R
12 Kazuyoshi Hoshino  Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 5 2 6 R 17 R 9 7 6 3 6 R
Team Impul Reynard Mugen Honda 5 R 27 NQ
Team Impul Lola Cosworth 8 R 14 12 9 13
Thomas Danielsson  Sweden Team Take One Lola Cosworth 16 11 10 2 9 R 21 R 21 7 15 10 9 5 3 18 5 5 15 8 16 R15
14 Heinz-Harald Frentzen  Germany Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 6 11 7 11 3
Mika Salo  Finland Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd. Reynard Mugen Honda 11 R 15 15 10 4 4 R 22 10 19 R 12 18 16 17 12 7 19 15 13 5
16 Hisashi Wada  Japan Capcom Racing Lola Mugen Honda 25 R 9 5 14 9 20 R 20 12 18 16 14 16 14 13 20 11 25 R21 23 11
Hitoshi Ogawa  Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 Rickard Rydell  Sweden Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 18 16 19 6 6 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Takao Wada  Japan Nisseki Racing Ralt Mugen Honda 28 NQ 24 14
Nisseki Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 26 10 18 12 16 8 17 13 24 6 18 16 22 NS 24 10 19 R
Naohiro Furuya  Japan Super Evolution Racing Lola Mugen Honda 23 R19 - - - - 17 8 - - 21 19 (21) NS 17 R 19 14 21 16 20 6
- Yoshihiro Tachi  Japan Navi Connection Racing Lola Mugen Honda 20 R 11 7 19 R 13 R - - - - - - 23 R 23 10 23 R23 24 R
- Kunimitsu Takahashi  Japan Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda 24 15 23 R 18 R 24 R 19 15 20 R 22 12 12 11 18 R 18 R22 21 7
- Akihiko Nakaya  Japan Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Lola Mugen Honda 9 R 26 R
Le Garage Cox Racing/Mooncraft Reynard Mugen Honda DIS - 25 11 14 R 10 8 19 R 15 9 13 R 12 R 22 8
- Masanori Sekiya  Japan Team Hagiwara Reynard Judd 13 R18 17 8 7 8 9 10 11 R 16 11 21 R 21 12 11 R 16 13 18 R
- Keiji Matsumoto  Japan Dome Dome Mugen Honda 19 13 21 R 20 R 22 R 6 R 11 R 18 9 13 R 21 9 10 14 7 NC
- Minoru Tanaka  Japan Team Take One Lola Cosworth 14 10 26 10 24 R 23 R 12 9 22 R 13 15 19 R 16 12 20 19 15 14
- Jeff Krosnoff  United States Speed Star Wheel Racing Lola Mugen Honda 10 12 6 9 5 R 14 R13 13 11 12 14 17 R DIS - - - 17 R24 14 10
- Shinji Nakano  Japan Nakajima Racing Ralt Mugen Honda 27 NQ 25 12 22 R 27 NQ
Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 23 R 24 12 25 13 22 14 25 16 22 17 25 9
- Hideo Fukuyama  Japan Team Noji International Lola Mugen Honda 22 14 18 R 23 R DIS - - - - - - - - - - - 26 20 - -
- Syunji Kasuya  Japan Team Noji International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - 26 R 25 17 23 14 24 15 24 15 - - 26 R
- Yoshimichi Fujinaga  Japan Team Hagiwara Ralt Mugen Honda - - - - 21 R 25 14 24 16 26 NQ DIS - DIS - - - - - - -
- Tom Kristensen  Denmark Navi Connection Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - 25 14 23 R 15 R - - - - - - - -
- Katsunori Iketani  Japan Cobra Racing Lola Mugen Honda 26 17 DIS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Katsutomo Kaneishi  Japan Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 21 R 20 R - - - - - - - - 16 R 20 R - - - - - -

References

  1. ^ O'Connell, R. J. (25 November 2020). "10 outstanding Japanese drivers who never reached F1". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-02-05.

Japanese Racing Records – 1992 All-Japan Formula 3000 Championship

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