Auckland driver Nick Cassidy has claimed the Japanese F3 Championship by winning the last two races at Sugo.
Double Toyota Racing Series champion and triple New Zealand Grand Prix winner Cassidy qualified on pole position for both races and lead from start to finish.
After starting the final of the eight rounds equal on points with Petronas Team TOM's teammate Kenta Yamashita, Cassidy ended the season a comfortable 16 points ahead.
"Super proud of our performance this weekend," said Cassidy. "Two poles, two wins and two fastest laps! The team at TOM's Racing has done an amazing job all year."
Cassidy said he had the greatest respect for Yamashita who had pushed him all the way.
Cassidy finished Saturday's 25-lap race over eight seconds in front of Lucas Ordonez with Nireri Fukuzumi third and Yamashita fourth.
With extra points for the pole positions and fastest lap, Cassidy had a handy points buffer going into yesterday's final race, where he was even more dominant.
He cleared out from the field from the outset and ran away to win by 19 seconds, again over Ordonez, with Yamashita third.
Cassidy's final event of the season for TOM's Racing is the Macau F3 Grand Prix, which attracts all the top drivers from Europe. Last year he finished third on his debut at Macau.
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