The 2008 Formula Challenge Japan was a multi-event
motor racing championship for
open-wheelformula racing cars, and the third season of the
Formula Challenge Japan racing series, a young driver development series jointly supported by
Honda,
Toyota, and
Nissan. The championship featured a mix of manufacturer-affiliated drivers and independent entries, and commenced on 5 April and ended on 21 September.[1][2] All but one of the race weekends were run in support of the
Formula Nippon Championship.
Toyota junior driver
Yūji Kunimoto, whose brother
Keisuke had won the previous year's title, dominated the championship in his second year of competition. Kunimoto took eight wins and seven pole positions from the season's sixteen races, and finished all but one race on the podium to secure a 101-point lead over his nearest rival,
Nissan junior and former
Formula BMW UK driver
Kimiya Satō. Nissan stablemate
Katsumasa Chiyo won thrice to finish third in the standings, while
Takamitsu Matsui and Tsubasa Mekaru took the remaining race victories.
The 2008 Formula Challenge Japan was a multi-event
motor racing championship for
open-wheelformula racing cars, and the third season of the
Formula Challenge Japan racing series, a young driver development series jointly supported by
Honda,
Toyota, and
Nissan. The championship featured a mix of manufacturer-affiliated drivers and independent entries, and commenced on 5 April and ended on 21 September.[1][2] All but one of the race weekends were run in support of the
Formula Nippon Championship.
Toyota junior driver
Yūji Kunimoto, whose brother
Keisuke had won the previous year's title, dominated the championship in his second year of competition. Kunimoto took eight wins and seven pole positions from the season's sixteen races, and finished all but one race on the podium to secure a 101-point lead over his nearest rival,
Nissan junior and former
Formula BMW UK driver
Kimiya Satō. Nissan stablemate
Katsumasa Chiyo won thrice to finish third in the standings, while
Takamitsu Matsui and Tsubasa Mekaru took the remaining race victories.