1985 Japanese Formula 2 Championship
Racing series during 1985
The 1985 Japanese Formula Two Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 15 teams, 23 drivers, 5 chassis and 3 engines competed.
Teams and drivers
Team | # | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
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Heros Racing | 1 | ![]() | March 85J | Honda | All |
Hoshino Racing | 2 | ![]() | March 85J | Honda | All |
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | 3 | ![]() | March 842 | BMW | 1-3 |
![]() | March 842 | 4-8 | |||
5 | ![]() | March 85J | All | ||
6 | ![]() | March 85J | Honda | 1-3 | |
![]() | March 85J | 4-8 | |||
Takuya Racing | 7 | ![]() | March 85J | Yamaha | All |
Team LeMans | 8 | ![]() | March 85J | BMW | 1-4 |
Yamaha | 5-8 | ||||
Gear Racing | 9 | ![]() | March 842 | BMW | 1-5, 7 |
Team Nova | 10 | ![]() | March 842 | Honda | 4-8 |
11 | ![]() | March 85J | All | ||
Team Equipe | 12 | ![]() | Maurer MM81 | BMW | 7-8 |
Tomei Racing | 16 | ![]() | March 85J | BMW | All |
Takeshi Project Racing | 17 | ![]() | March 832 | BMW | All |
Maribu Motorsport | 18 | ![]() | Ralt RH6/84 | BMW | 1 |
![]() | Ralt RH6/84 | 4 | |||
![]() | Ralt RH6/84 | 5-8 | |||
Advan Sports Tomei | 24 | ![]() | March 85J | BMW | 1-2, 4-8 |
26 | ![]() | March 842 | BMW | 1-2, 4-8 | |
Advan Sports Nova | 25 | ![]() | March 85J | BMW | 1-2, 4-8 |
Shimizu Racing | 33 | ![]() | Ralt RH6/84 | BMW | 1 |
March 842 | 4-5, 7-8 | ||||
NC Speed | 34 | ![]() | March 842 | BMW | 6-8 |
Results
Date | Round | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car |
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10/03/85 | Rd.1 | Suzuka | ![]() | Team LeMans | March-BMW 85J |
21/04/85 | Rd.2 | Fuji | ![]() | Heros Racing | March-Honda 85J |
12/05/85 | Rd.3 | Mine | ![]() | Heros Racing | March-Honda 85J |
26/05/85 | Rd.4 | Suzuka | ![]() | Heros Racing | March-Honda 85J |
06/07/86 | Rd.5 | Suzuka | ![]() | Hoshino Racing | March-Honda 85J |
11/08/85 | Rd.6 | Fuji | ![]() | Team Nova | March-Honda 85J |
29/09/85 | Rd.7 | Suzuka | ![]() | Heros Racing | March-Honda 85J |
03/11/85 | Rd.8 | Suzuka | ![]() | Heros Racing | March-Honda 85J |
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Final point standings
Driver
For every race points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, 3 for eighth place, 2 for ninth place and 1 for tenth place. No additional points were awarded. The best six results count.
Place | Name | Country | Team | Chassis | Engine | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Total Points |
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1 | Satoru Nakajima | ![]() | Heros Racing | March | Honda | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 115 |
2 | Keiji Matsumoto | ![]() | Team LeMans | March | BMW | 20 | 6 | - | 12 | 67 | ||||
Team LeMans | March | Yamaha | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | ||||||||
3 | Kenny Acheson | ![]() | Team Nova | March | Honda | 10 | 12 | 6 | - | 8 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 66 |
4 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | ![]() | Hoshino Racing | March | Honda | 1 | 15 | 15 | - | 20 | - | - | - | 51 |
5 | Eje Elgh | ![]() | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 12 | 1 | - | 49 | |||||
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | Honda | 8 | 12 | - | 6 | 10 | |||||||
6 | Geoff Lees | ![]() | Takuya Racing | March | Yamaha | - | - | 12 | - | 6 | - | 12 | 12 | 42 |
7 | Akira Hagiwara | ![]() | Tomei Racing | March | BMW | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 40 |
8 | Masahiro Hasemi | ![]() | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 3 | - | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 37 |
9 | Kenji Takahashi | ![]() | Advan Sports Tomei | March | BMW | 8 | 10 | - | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 37 | |
10 | Yoshiyasu Tachi | ![]() | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | Honda | - | 4 | - | 26 | |||||
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 4 | 10 | 8 | - | - | |||||||
11 | Roberto Moreno | ![]() | Team Nova | March | Honda | 6 | - | - | 15 | - | 21 | |||
12 | Takao Wada | ![]() | Advan Sports Tomei | March | BMW | 4 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | 18 | |
13 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | ![]() | Advan Sports Nova | March | BMW | 2 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 17 | |
14 | Akio Morimoto | ![]() | Gear Racing | March | BMW | - | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | 10 | ||
15 | Hideshi Matsuda | ![]() | Takeshi Project Team | March | BMW | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
16 | Aguri Suzuki | ![]() | NC Speed | Lola | BMW | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
17 | Osamu Nakako | ![]() | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | ||||
18 | Masatomo Shimizu | ![]() | Shimizu Racing | Ralt | BMW | - | 2 | |||||||
Shimizu Racing | March | BMW | 2 | - | - | - | ||||||||
19 | Norimasa Sakamoto | ![]() | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 1 | 1 |
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Finishing results
R=retired NC=not classified DNS=did not start
Place | Name | Country | Team | Chassis | Engine | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
1 | Satoru Nakajima | ![]() | Heros Racing | March | Honda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Keiji Matsumoto | ![]() | Team LeMans | March | BMW | 1 | 6 | R | 3 | ||||
Team LeMans | March | Yamaha | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
3 | Kenny Acheson | ![]() | Team Nova | March | Honda | 4 | 3 | 6 | R | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
4 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | ![]() | Hoshino Racing | March | Honda | 10 | 2 | 2 | DNS | 1 | 11 | 14 | DNS |
5 | Eje Elgh | ![]() | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 3 | 10 | R | |||||
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | Honda | 5 | 3 | R | 6 | 4 | ||||||
6 | Geoff Lees | ![]() | Takuya Racing | March | Yamaha | R | R | 3 | 11 | 6 | R | 3 | 3 |
7 | Akira Hagiwara | ![]() | Tomei Racing | March | BMW | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | DNS | 12 | 7 | 7 |
8 | Masahiro Hasemi | ![]() | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 8 | R | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
9 | Kenji Takahashi | ![]() | Advan Sports Tomei | March | BMW | 6 | 5 | R | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |
10 | Yoshiyasu Tachi | ![]() | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | Honda | R | 7 | R | |||||
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 7 | 4 | 5 | R | 13 | ||||||
11 | Roberto Moreno | ![]() | Team Nova | March | Honda | 6 | R | R | 2 | R | |||
12 | Takao Wada | ![]() | Advan Sports Tomei | March | BMW | 7 | 8 | R | R | 4 | 10 | R | |
13 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | ![]() | Advan Sports Nova | March | BMW | 9 | 11 | 8 | R | 7 | 12 | 5 | |
14 | Akio Morimoto | ![]() | Gear Racing | March | BMW | 11 | 9 | 5 | NC | 11 | R | ||
15 | Hideshi Matsuda | ![]() | Takeshi Project Team | March | BMW | R | 12 | 8 | 12 | R | 10 | R | R |
16 | Aguri Suzuki | ![]() | NC Speed | Lola | BMW | 8 | 10 | ||||||
17 | Osamu Nakako | ![]() | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 10 | 9 | R | R | ||||
18 | Masatomo Shimizu | ![]() | Shimizu Racing | Ralt | BMW | 12 | |||||||
Shimizu Racing | March | BMW | 9 | 12 | R | 12 | |||||||
19 | Norimasa Sakamoto | ![]() | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 10 | |||||||
- | Kengo Nakamoto | ![]() | Team Equipe | Maurer | BMW | 13 | 11 | ||||||
- | Hironobu Tatsumi | ![]() | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 13 |
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