2001 Formula Nippon Championship
The 2001 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 11 different teams, 23 different drivers, 2 different chassis and only 1 engine competed.
Teams and drivers
Team | # | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
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PIAA Nakajima Racing | 1 | Tsugio Matsuda | Reynard 2KL | Mugen MF308 | All |
2 | Ralph Firman | Reynard 99L | All | ||
Olympic Kondo Racing Team | 3 | Yuji Tachikawa | Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
4 | Katsutomo Kaneishi | All | |||
Team 5ZIGEN | 5 | Naoki Hattori | Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
6 | Michael Krumm | Reynard 99L Reynard 01L | All | ||
Team LeMans | 7 | Alex Yoong | Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | 1–6 |
Koji Yamanishi | 7–10 | ||||
8 | Yudai Igarashi | All | |||
Team Morinaga Nova | 9 | Richard Lyons | G-Force GF03C | Mugen MF308 | All |
10 | André Couto | G-Force GF03C Reynard 99L | All | ||
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | 11 | Masami Kageyama | Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
12 | Seiji Ara | All | |||
Mooncraft | 14 | Ryo Michigami | Reynard 01L | Mugen MF308 | 2–10 |
excite Team Impul | 19 | Satoshi Motoyama | Reynard 01L | Mugen MF308 | All |
20 | Narain Karthikeyan | Reynard 99L | All | ||
Takagi B-1 Car Club | 36 | Tetsuji Tamanaka | Reynard 2KL Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
37 | Masahiko Kageyama | Reynard 99L | All | ||
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 55 | Juichi Wakisaka | Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
56 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | All | |||
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 68 | Hideki Noda | Reynard 2KL | Mugen MF308 | All |
69 | Jaroslaw Wierczuk | Reynard 99L | 1–4 | ||
Hidetoshi Mitsusada | 5 |
Race calendar and results
All races were held in Japan.
Race | Track | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Race Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
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1 | Suzuka Circuit | 25 March | Naoki Hattori | Juichi Wakisaka | Naoki Hattori | Team 5ZIGEN |
2 | Twin Ring Motegi | 22 April | Satoshi Motoyama | Juichi Wakisaka | Naoki Hattori | Team 5ZIGEN |
3 | Mine Circuit | 20 May | Satoshi Motoyama | Satoshi Motoyama | Satoshi Motoyama | excite Team Impul |
4 | Fuji Speedway | 3 June | Satoshi Motoyama | Naoki Hattori | Naoki Hattori | Team 5ZIGEN |
5 | Suzuka-East Circuit | 1 July | Ryo Michigami | Ralph Firman | Satoshi Motoyama | excite Team Impul |
6 | Sportsland SUGO | 29 July | Juichi Wakisaka | Juichi Wakisaka | Satoshi Motoyama | excite Team Impul |
7 | Fuji Speedway | 2 September | Juichi Wakisaka | Juichi Wakisaka | Juichi Wakisaka | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri |
8 | Mine Circuit | 23 September | Juichi Wakisaka | Ryo Michigami | Satoshi Motoyama | excite Team Impul |
9 | Twin Ring Motegi | 21 October | Ralph Firman | Juichi Wakisaka | Ralph Firman | PIAA Nakajima Racing |
10 | Suzuka Circuit | 18 November | Tsugio Matsuda | Michael Krumm | Ralph Firman | PIAA Nakajima Racing |
Note:
Race 8 originally fastest lap set by Juichi Wakisaka, but he was disqualified.
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 | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | Points |
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1 | Satoshi Motoyama | Ret | 9 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 49 |
2 | Naoki Hattori | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 33 |
3 | Yuji Tachikawa | 13 | 2 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
4 | Ralph Firman | 5 | Ret | 2 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 29 |
5 | Juichi Wakisaka | 2 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 1 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 23 |
6 | Ryo Michigami | Ret | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | 22 | |
7 | Michael Krumm | Ret | 4 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 20 |
8 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | 10 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
9 | Masami Kageyama | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
10 | Tsugio Matsuda | Ret | 3 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 9 | 8 |
11 | André Couto | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 4 | 14 | 5 |
12 | Seiji Ara | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 4 |
13 | Katsutomo Kaneishi | 7 | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 4 |
14 | Koji Yamanishi | 10 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 2 | ||||||
15 | Narain Karthikeyan | 6 | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 2 |
16 | Alex Yoong | 11 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 0 | ||||
17 | Yudai Igarashi | 9 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 0 |
18 | Tetsuji Tamanaka | 15 | Ret | 14 | 8 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 7 | 15 | Ret | 0 |
19 | Richard Lyons | 8 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | 0 |
20 | Masahiko Kageyama | 12 | Ret | Ret | 10 | DNS | 14 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
21 | Hideki Noda | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 0 |
22 | Jaroslaw Wierczuk | 14 | Ret | 13 | DNS | 0 | ||||||
23 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada | 13 | 0 |
Teams' Championship
Rank | Team | Car | SUZ | MOT | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SGO | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | Points |
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1 | 5ZIGEN | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 53 |
6 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 4 | |||
2 | excite Impul | 19 | Ret | 9 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 51 |
20 | 6 | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 6 | |||
3 | ARTA | 55 | 2 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 1 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 40 |
56 | 10 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
4 | PIAA Nakajima | 1 | Ret | 3 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 9 | 37 |
2 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 1 | 1 | |||
5 | Olympic Kondo | 3 | 13 | 2 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 34 |
4 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 13 | |||
6 | Mooncraft | 14 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | 22 | |
7 | Cosmo Oil Cerumo | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
12 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 12 | Ret | |||
8 | Team Morinaga Nova | 9 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | 5 |
10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 4 | 14 | |||
9 | LeMans | 7 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 2 |
8 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | |||
10 | Takagi B-1 Racing | 36 | 15 | Ret | 14 | 8 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 7 | 15 | Ret | 0 |
37 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 10 | DNS | 14 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
11 | DoCoMo Dandelion | 68 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 0 |
69 | 14 | Ret | 13 | DNS | 13 |
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