2002 Formula Nippon season

The 2002 Formula Nippon season 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
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
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

Calendar

All races were held in Japan.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Rank	Name	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	MOT	SGO	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	Points
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

External links

• 2002 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon