1986 Japanese Formula Two Championship

The 1986 Japanese Formula Two Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 12 teams, 19 drivers, 2 chassis and 3 engines competed.

Results

Date	Round	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car
09/03/86	Rd.1	Suzuka	Keiji Matsumoto	Cabin Racing	March-Yamaha 86J
20/04/86	Rd.2	Fuji	Geoff Lees	Takuya Racing	March-Yamaha 86J
11/05/86	Rd.3	Mine	Keiji Matsumoto	Cabin Racing	March-Yamaha 86J
25/05/86	Rd.4	Suzuka	Satoru Nakajima	Heros Racing	March-Honda 86J
06/07/86	Rd.5	Suzuka	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Hoshino Racing	March-Honda 86J
10/08/86	Rd.6	Fuji	Mike Thackwell	Team Nova	March-Honda 86J
28/09/86	Rd.7	Suzuka	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Hoshino Racing	March-Honda 86J
02/11/86	Rd.8	Suzuka	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Hoshino Racing	March-Honda 86J

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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. Five drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine									Total Points
1	Satoru Nakajima	Japan	Heros Racing	March	Honda	15	15	(10)	20	15	12	15	(10)	92
2	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Japan	Hoshino Racing	March	Honda	-	12	-	15	20	-	20	20	87
3	Geoff Lees	United Kingdom	Takuya Racing	March	Yamaha	-	20	12	12	10	10	(1)	15	79
4	Keiji Matsumoto	Japan	Cabin Racing	March	Yamaha	20	8	20	8	8	8	-	-	72
5	Mike Thackwell	New Zealand	Team Nova	March	Honda	10	(3)	6	(4)	12	20	12	8	68
6	Eje Elgh	Sweden	Speed Box Motor Sports	March	Yamaha	8	(1)	15	2	3	(1)	10	4	42
7	Ivan Capelli	Italy	Leyton House Racing	March	Yamaha	-	-	-	-	6	15	-	12	33
8	Takao Wada	Japan	Advan Sports Racing	March	Yamaha	12	10	2	6	-	2	-	-	32
9	Masahiro Hasemi	Japan	Speed Star Wheel Racing Team	March	Yamaha	4	4	8	-	4	4	4	(2)	28
10	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Japan	Team Nova	March	Honda	6	-	3	3	2	-	8	-	22
11	Yoshiyasu Tachi	Japan	Speed Star Wheel Racing Team	March	Yamaha	-	2	-	10	-	6	-	3	21
12	Kenji Takahashi	Japan	Advan Sports Racing	March	Yamaha	-	6	4	1	1	3	-	1	16
13	Masanori Sekiya	Japan	Leyton House Racing	March	Yamaha	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
	Masatomo Shimizu	Japan	Shimizu Racing	March	Yamaha	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6
	Aguri Suzuki	Japan	Takuya Racing	March	Yamaha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
16	Hideshi Matsuda	Japan	Takeshi Project Team	March	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4

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