2000 Formula Nippon Championship Explained

The 2000 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 13 different teams, 21 different drivers, 2 different chassis and only 1 engine competed.

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
PIAA Nakajima Racing	0	Toranosuke Takagi	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	All
	2	Tsugio Matsuda	Reynard 99L		All
Olympic Kondo Racing Team	3	Masahiko Kondo	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	4	Takeshi Tsuchiya	G-Force GF03		9
Team 5ZIGEN	5	Naoki Hattori	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	6	Michael Krumm			All
Team LeMans	7	Hideki Noda	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	8	Yudai Igarashi			All
Team Morinaga Nova	9	Ralph Firman	G-Force GF03B	Mugen MF308	All
	10	Koji Yamanishi			All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	Yuji Tachikawa	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	12	Jaroslaw Wierczuk			All
Mooncraft	14	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
Team Impul	19	Satoshi Motoyama	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
Team Malaysia	21	Alex Yoong	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
Takagi B-1 Racing	36	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	1–8
	56	Juichi Wakisaka			All
Team LeyJun	62	Shinsuke Shibahara	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	All
	63	"Osamu"	Reynard 99L G-Force GF03		1–5, 7–10
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	68	Ryo Michigami	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	All

Calendar

All races were held in Japan.

Race No	Track	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1		26 March 2000	10+22	5.821=186.272 km	1'04:23.704^[1]	173.559 km/h			Toranosuke Takagi
2		16 April 2000	44	4.796=211.024 km	1'13:19.610	172.671 km/h			Tsugio Matsuda
3		21 May 2000	61	3.247=198.067 km	1'20:07.628	148.315 km/h			Toranosuke Takagi
4		4 June 2000	50	4.4=220.0 km	1'06:43.944	197.805 km/h			Hideki Noda
5		2 July 2000	72	2.780=200.160 km^[2]	1'22:17.358	117.805 km/h			Toranosuke Takagi
6		30 July 2000	60	3.704=222.24 km	1'15:28.393	176.677 km/h			Juichi Wakisaka
7		20 August 2000	46	4.796=220.616 km	1'14:57.795	176.579 km/h			Michael Krumm
8		3 September 2000	10+37	4.4=206.8 km	1'03:09.202^[3]	196.474 km/h			Hideki Noda
9		17 September 2000	62	3.247=201.314 km	1'20:48.792	149.466 km/h			Satoshi Motoyama
10		5 November 2000	35	5.821=203.735 km	1'05:10.434	187.561 km/h			Satoshi Motoyama

Note:

Race 1 stopped due to rain and restarted, originally scheduled over 35 laps.

Race 8 stopped due to an accident and restarted, originally scheduled over 50 laps.

1. time shown in aggregate - 0'22:11.072/157.434 km/h for part 1 and 0'42:12.632/182.033 km/h for part two
2. Web site: 2000 Suzuka Formula Nippon | Motorsport Database.
3. time shown in aggregate - 0'13:23.949/197.027 km/h for part 1 and 0'49:45.253/196.325 km/h for part two

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	6	4	3	2	1

Rank	Name	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SGO	MOT	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	Points
1	Toranosuke Takagi	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	86
2	Michael Krumm	2	2	2	Ret	3	5	2	5	Ret	4	35
3	Satoshi Motoyama	6	4	Ret	8	6	4	3	2	2	1	34
4	Tsugio Matsuda	12	3	1	Ret	5	11	4	Ret	3	3	27
5	Hideki Noda	Ret	10	3	15	2	Ret	5	6	17	5	15
6	Katsutomo Kaneishi	4	6	5	3	Ret	3	11	Ret			14
7	Juichi Wakisaka	11	5	4	2	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6	13
8	Naoki Hattori	3	7	6	5	4	Ret	7	8	8	9	10
9	Yuji Tachikawa	8	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	9	4	4	12	9
10	Ralph Firman	Ret	11	Ret	6	7	2	10	13	5	Ret	9
11	Shinsuke Shibahara	9	12	9	7	9	6	Ret	3	13	14	5
12	Shigekazu Wakisaka	5	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	13	9	Ret	8	2
13	Yudai Igarashi	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret	6	10	16	Ret	1
14	Koji Yamanishi	Ret	9	7	11	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	7	0
15	Masahiko Kondo	7	14	Ret	13	13	7	Ret	Ret	11	10	0
16	Ryo Michigami	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	8	7	9	Ret	0
17	Jaroslaw Wierczuk	13	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	11	12	11	0
18	Alex Yoong	DNS	Ret	Ret	9	11	9	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	0
19	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Ret	Ret	10	10	15	10	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	0
20	"Osamu"	10	Ret	11	14	Ret		14	14	15	13	0
21	Takeshi Tsuchiya									10		0

Teams' Championship

Rank	Name	Car	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SGO	MOT	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	Points
1	PIAA Nakajima	0	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	113
	2	12	3	1	Ret	5	11	4	Ret	3	3
2	5ZIGEN	5	3	7	6	5	4	Ret	7	8	8	9	45
	6	2	2	2	Ret	3	5	2	5	Ret	4
3	Impul	19	6	4	Ret	8	6	4	3	2	2	1	34
4	ARTA	55	4	6	5	3	Ret	3	11	Ret			27
	56	11	5	4	2	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6
5	LeMans	7	Ret	10	3	15	2	Ret	5	6	17	5	16
	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret	6	10	16	Ret
6	Team Morinaga Nova	9	Ret	11	Ret	6	7	2	10	13	5	Ret	9
	10	Ret	9	7	11	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	7
7	Cosmo Oil Cerumo	11	8	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	9	4	4	12	9
	12	13	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	11	12	11
8	LeyJun	62	9	12	9	7	9	6	Ret	3	13	14	5
	63	10	Ret	11	14	Ret		14	14	15	13
9	Mooncraft	14	5	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	13	9	Ret	8	2
10	Kondo Racing	3	7	14	Ret	13	13	7	Ret	Ret	11	10	0
	4									10
11	DoCoMo Dandelion	68	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	8	7	9	Ret	0
12	Team Malaysia	21	DNS	Ret	Ret	9	11	9	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	0
13	Takagi B-1 Racing	36	Ret	Ret	10	10	15	10	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	0

External links

• 2000 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon