2000 Formula Nippon season

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

Contents

Calendar

Race No Track Country Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Fastest Race Lap
1 Suzuka  Japan March 26, 2000 10+22 5.821=186.272 km 1'04:23.704[1] 173.559 km/h Toranosuke Takagi Ralph Firman, Jr. Toranosuke Takagi
2 Motegi  Japan April 16, 2000 44 4.796=211.024 km 1'13:19.610 172.671 km/h Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Tsugio Matsuda
3 Mine  Japan May 21, 2000 61 3.247=198.067 km 1'20:07.628 148.315 km/h Tsugio Matsuda Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi
4 Fuji  Japan June 4, 2000 50 4.4=220.0 km 1'06:43.944 197.805 km/h Toranosuke Takagi Michael Krumm Hideki Noda
5 Suzuka-East  Japan July 2, 2000 72 2.244=161.568 km 1'22:17.358 117.805 km/h Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi
6 Sugo  Japan July 30, 2000 60 3.704=222.24 km 1'15:28.393 176.677 km/h Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Juichi Wakisaka
7 Motegi  Japan August 20, 2000 46 4.796=220.616 km 1'14:57.795 176.579 km/h Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Michael Krumm
8 Fuji  Japan September 3, 2000 10+37 4.4=206.8 km 1'03:09.202[2] 196.474 km/h Toranosuke Takagi Satoshi Motoyama Hideki Noda
9 Mine  Japan September 17, 2000 62 3.247=201.314 km 1'20:48.792 149.466 km/h Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Satoshi Motoyama
10 Suzuka  Japan November 5, 2000 35 5.821=203.735 km 1'05:10.434 187.561 km/h Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi Motoyama

Note:

Race 1 stopped due to rain and re-started, originally scheduled over 35 laps.

Race 8 stopped due to an accident and re-started, 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. ^ 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

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. All results count.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Total Points
1 Toranosuke Takagi  Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 10 10 - 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 86
2 Michael Krumm  Germany Team 5Zigen Reynard Mugen Honda 6 6 6 - 4 2 6 2 - 3 35
3 Satoshi Motoyama  Japan Team Impul Reynard Mugen Honda 1 3 - - 1 3 4 6 6 10 34
4 Tsugio Matsuda  Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - 4 10 - 2 - 3 - 4 4 27
5 Hideki Noda  Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - 4 - 6 - 2 1 - 2 15
6 Katsutomo Kaneishi  Japan ARTA Reynard Mugen Honda 3 1 2 4 - 4 - - - - 14
7 Juichi Wakisaka  Japan ARTA Reynard Mugen Honda - 2 3 6 - - - - 1 1 13
8 Naoki Hattori  Japan Team 5Zigen Reynard Mugen Honda 4 - 1 2 3 - - - - - 10
9 Yuji Tachikawa  Japan Team Cerumo Reynard Mugen Honda - - - 3 - - - 3 3 - 9
Ralph Firman, Jr.  United Kingdom Team Nova G-Force Mugen Honda - - - 1 - 6 - - 2 - 9
11 Shinsuke Shibahara  Japan Team LeyJun Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - 1 - 4 - - 5
12 Shigekazu Wakisaka  Japan Mooncraft Reynard Mugen Honda 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
13 Yudai Igarashi  Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - 1 - - - 1

Complete Overview

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R16=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start (14)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine
1 Toranosuke Takagi  Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 4 1 1 1 1 R 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
2 Michael Krumm  Germany Team 5Zigen Reynard Mugen Honda 3 2 3 2 5 2 1 R 2 3 17 5 4 2 6 5 8 R 4 4
3 Satoshi Motoyama  Japan Team Impul Reynard Mugen Honda 5 6 2 4 8 R 7 8 8 6 12 4 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1
4 Tsugio Matsuda  Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 9 12 4 3 4 1 4 R16 3 5 5 11 8 4 8 R 5 3 3 3
5 Hideki Noda  Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 13 R 11 10 2 3 12 15 4 2 10 R 5 5 3 6 11 17 12 5
6 Katsutomo Kaneishi  Japan ARTA Reynard Mugen Honda 2 4 12 6 11 5 9 3 9 R 6 3 16 11 10 R - - - -
7 Juichi Wakisaka  Japan ARTA Reynard Mugen Honda 11 11 6 5 3 4 3 2 11 8 7 R 6 R 4 R 4 6 9 6
8 Naoki Hattori  Japan Team 5Zigen Reynard Mugen Honda 8 3 9 7 9 6 5 5 6 4 4 R 11 7 12 8 6 8 5 9
9 Yuji Tachikawa  Japan Team Cerumo Reynard Mugen Honda 10 8 7 R 20 R 6 4 10 R 3 R 3 9 5 4 3 4 7 12
Ralph Firman, Jr.  United Kingdom Team Nova G-Force Mugen Honda 1 R 5 11 7 R 13 6 14 7 8 2 15 10 15 13 12 5 16 R
11 Shinsuke Shibahara  Japan Team LeyJun Reynard Mugen Honda 14 9 17 12 16 9 14 7 5 9 14 6 10 R 7 3 16 13 6 14
12 Shigekazu Wakisaka  Japan Mooncraft Reynard Mugen Honda 17 5 14 8 19 R 10 R 12 R 15 8 13 13 17 9 18 R 13 8
13 Yudai Igarashi  Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 12 R 13 R15 13 R 11 12 15 12 13 R 7 6 11 10 13 16 8 R
- Koji Yamanishi  Japan Team Nova G-Force Mugen Honda 6 R 16 9 10 7 15 11 13 14 9 R 18 R 14 R 10 7 10 7
- Masahiko Kondo  Japan Kondo Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 16 7 15 14 15 R 18 13 17 13 18 7 14 R 18 R 15 11 17 10
- Ryo Michigami  Japan Dandelion Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 7 R 8 13 6 R 8 R 7 10 2 R 9 8 9 7 9 9 11 R
- Jarosław Wierczuk  Poland Team Cerumo Reynard Mugen Honda 18 13 20 R 14 8 16 R 16 R 16 R 17 12 16 11 17 12 15 11
- Alex Yoong  Malaysia Team Malaysia Reynard Mugen Honda (14) NS 10 R 12 R 17 9 18 11 11 9 12 R 13 12 7 R 14 R
- Tetsuji Tamanaka  Japan Takagi B-1 Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 15 R 18 R 18 10 19 10 19 15 19 10 19 R 19 R 20 14 18 R
- "Osamu"  Japan Team LeyJun Reynard Mugen Honda 19 10 19 R 17 11 20 14 20 R - -
Team LeyJun G-Force Mugen Honda 20 14 20 14 19 15 19 13
- Takeshi Tsuchiya  Japan Kondo Racing G-Force Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 10 - -
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