2002 Formula Nippon Championship
The 2002 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 11 different teams, 22 different drivers. All teams had to use Reynard chassis and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.
Teams and drivers
Team | # | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
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Xbox Team Impul | 1 | Satoshi Motoyama | Reynard 01L | Mugen MF308 | All |
2 | Michael Krumm | Reynard 99L | 1–2 | ||
Olympic Kondo Racing Team | 3 | Seiji Ara | Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
4 | Katsutomo Kaneishi | Reynard 99L Reynard 2KL | All | ||
Team 5ZIGEN | 5 | Naoki Hattori | Reynard 01L | Mugen MF308 | All |
6 | Ryo Michigami | 1–2, 5–10 | |||
Hidetoshi Mitsusada | 3–4 | ||||
Team LeMans | 7 | Masami Kageyama | Reynard 99L Reynard 01L | Mugen MF308 | 1–2 |
Dominik Schwager | 3–10 | ||||
8 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | Reynard 01L | All | ||
Soft On Demand Team Nova Forward Team Nova | 9 | Kiyoto Yamamoto | Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
10 | Haruki Kurosawa | All | |||
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | 11 | Benoît Tréluyer | Reynard 99L Reynard 01L | Mugen MF308 | 1–5 |
Yuji Tachikawa | 6–10 | ||||
Mooncraft | 14 | Yudai Igarashi | Reynard 01L | Mugen MF308 | All |
Team 22 | 22 | Daisuke Ito | Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
PIAA Nakajima Racing | 31 | Ralph Firman | Reynard 01L | Mugen MF308 | All |
32 | Tsugio Matsuda | All | |||
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 55 | Juichi Wakisaka | Reynard 99L Reynard 01L | Mugen MF308 | All |
56 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Reynard 01L | All | ||
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 68 | Jonathan Cochet | Reynard 2KL | Mugen MF308 | 1–2 |
Richard Lyons | 3–10 |
Race calendar and results
All races were held in Japan.
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Rank | Name | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | MOT | SGO | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | Points |
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1 | Ralph Firman | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 62 |
2 | Satoshi Motoyama | Ret | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 60 |
3 | Juichi Wakisaka | 5 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 33 |
4 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | 2 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 |
5 | Tsugio Matsuda | 3 | 10 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
6 | Ryo Michigami | 4 | DNS | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 17 | ||
7 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 11 |
8 | Naoki Hattori | 6 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
9 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
10 | Richard Lyons | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | ||
11 | Seiji Ara | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | NC | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
12 | Haruki Kurosawa | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 10 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 2 |
13 | Dominik Schwager | Ret | 11 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 2 | ||
14 | Benoît Tréluyer | 11 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | |||||
15 | Michael Krumm | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
16 | Yudai Igarashi | Ret | Ret | 11 | 13 | 10 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | 0 |
17 | Daisuke Ito | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
18 | Katsutomo Kaneishi | 12 | Ret | 8 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 |
19 | Jonathan Cochet | 13 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
20 | Yuji Tachikawa | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 0 | |||||
21 | Kiyoto Yamamoto | 15 | 11 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | DNS | 15 | 13 | 0 |
22 | Masami Kageyama | Ret | Ret | 0 |
Teams' Championship
Rank | Team | Car | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | MOT | SGO | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | PIAA Nakajima | 31 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 81 |
32 | 3 | 10 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||
2 | Xbox Impul | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 60 |
2 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
3 | ARTA | 55 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 44 |
56 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 7 | |||
4 | 5ZIGEN | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 34 |
6 | 4 | DNS | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
5 | LeMans | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 29 |
8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||
6 | DoCoMo Dandelion | 68 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 |
7 | Olympic Kondo | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | NC | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
4 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 9 | |||
8 | Nova | 9 | 15 | 11 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | DNS | 15 | 13 | 2 |
10 | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 10 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 12 | |||
9 | Cosmo Oil Cerumo | 11 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 1 |
10 | Mooncraft | 14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 13 | 10 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | 0 |
11 | Team 22 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
External links
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