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Wikipedia / 2000 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2000 Formula Nippon Championship was the twenty-eighth season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the fifth under the Formula Nippon name and Japan Race Promotion (JRP) management. The series was contested over ten rounds at five venues. 13 different teams, 21 different drivers, and two different chassis suppliers competed in the series.

Nakajima Racing driver Toranosuke Takagi, who returned to Formula Nippon after two seasons in Formula One, won his first series championship and set a new single-season record with eight wins. Takagi moved to the CART Championship Series the following year.

Teams and drivers

All teams used tyres supplied by Bridgestone and Mugen MF308 engines.

Team

#

Driver

Chassis

Rounds

PIAA Nakajima Racing

0

Toranosuke Takagi

Reynard 2KL

All

2

Tsugio Matsuda

Reynard 99L

All

Olympic Kondo Racing Team

3

Masahiko Kondo

Reynard 99L

All

4

Takeshi Tsuchiya

G-Force GF03

9

Team 5ZIGEN

5

Naoki Hattori

Reynard 99L

All

6

Michael Krumm

All

Team LeMans

7

Hideki Noda

Reynard 99L

All

8

Yudai Igarashi

All

Team Morinaga Nova

9

Ralph Firman Jr.

G-Force GF03B

All

10

Koji Yamanishi

All

Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo

11

Yuji Tachikawa

Reynard 99L

All

12

Jaroslaw Wierczuk

All

Mooncraft

14

Shigekazu Wakisaka

Reynard 99L

All

Team Impul

19

Satoshi Motoyama

Reynard 99L

All

Team Malaysia

21

Alex Yoong

Reynard 99L

All

Takagi B-1 Racing

36

Tetsuji Tamanaka

Reynard 99L

All

Autobacs Racing Team Aguri

55

Katsutomo Kaneishi

Reynard 99L

1–8

56

Juichi Wakisaka

All

Team LeyJun

62

Shinsuke Shibahara

Reynard 2KL

All

63

"Osamu"

Reynard 99LG-Force GF03

1–5, 7–10

DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing

68

Ryō Michigami

Reynard 2KL

All

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan.

Race

Track

Date

Pole position

Fastest Race Lap

Winning driver

Winning team

1

Suzuka Circuit

26 March

Ralph Firman Jr.

Toranosuke Takagi

Toranosuke Takagi

PIAA Nakajima Racing

2

Twin Ring Motegi

16 April

Toranosuke Takagi

Tsugio Matsuda

Toranosuke Takagi

PIAA Nakajima Racing

3

Mine Circuit

21 May

Toranosuke Takagi

Toranosuke Takagi

Tsugio Matsuda

PIAA Nakajima Racing

4

Fuji Speedway

4 June

Michael Krumm

Hideki Noda

Toranosuke Takagi

PIAA Nakajima Racing

5

2 July

Toranosuke Takagi

Toranosuke Takagi

Toranosuke Takagi

PIAA Nakajima Racing

6

Sportsland SUGO

30 July

Toranosuke Takagi

Juichi Wakisaka

Toranosuke Takagi

PIAA Nakajima Racing

7

Twin Ring Motegi

20 August

Toranosuke Takagi

Michael Krumm

Toranosuke Takagi

PIAA Nakajima Racing

8

Fuji Speedway

3 September

Satoshi Motoyama

Hideki Noda

Toranosuke Takagi

PIAA Nakajima Racing

9

Mine Circuit

17 September

Toranosuke Takagi

Satoshi Motoyama

Toranosuke Takagi

PIAA Nakajima Racing

10

Suzuka Circuit

5 November

Satoshi Motoyama

Satoshi Motoyama

Satoshi Motoyama

Team Impul

Notes:

  • Race 1 stopped due to rain and restarted, originally scheduled over 35 laps.

  • Race 8 stopped due to an accident and restarted, originally scheduled over 50 laps.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

  1. Scoring system:

Position

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

Points

10

6

4

3

2

1

Rank

Name

SUZ

MOT

MIN

FUJ

SUZ

SGO

MOT

FUJ

MIN

SUZ

Points

1

Toranosuke Takagi

1

1

Ret

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

86

2

Michael Krumm

2

2

2

Ret

3

5

2

5

Ret

4

35

3

Satoshi Motoyama

6

4

Ret

8

6

4

3

2

2

1

34

4

Tsugio Matsuda

12

3

1

Ret

5

11

4

Ret

3

3

27

5

Hideki Noda

Ret

10

3

15

2

Ret

5

6

17

5

15

6

Katsutomo Kaneishi

4

6

5

3

Ret

3

11

Ret

14

7

Juichi Wakisaka

11

5

4

2

8

Ret

Ret

Ret

6

6

13

8

Naoki Hattori

3

7

6

5

4

Ret

7

8

8

9

10

9

Ralph Firman Jr.

Ret

11

Ret

6

7

2

10

13

5

Ret

9

10

Yuji Tachikawa

8

Ret

Ret

4

Ret

Ret

9

4

4

12

9

11

Shinsuke Shibahara

9

12

9

7

9

6

Ret

3

13

14

5

12

Shigekazu Wakisaka

5

8

Ret

Ret

Ret

8

13

9

Ret

8

2

13

Yudai Igarashi

Ret

Ret

Ret

12

12

Ret

6

10

16

Ret

1

14

Koji Yamanishi

Ret

9

7

11

14

Ret

Ret

Ret

7

7

0

15

Masahiko Kondo

7

14

Ret

13

13

7

Ret

Ret

11

10

0

16

Ryō Michigami

Ret

13

Ret

Ret

10

Ret

8

7

9

Ret

0

17

Jaroslaw Wierczuk

13

Ret

8

Ret

Ret

Ret

12

11

12

11

0

18

Alex Yoong

DNS

Ret

Ret

9

11

9

Ret

12

Ret

Ret

0

19

Tetsuji Tamanaka

Ret

Ret

10

10

15

10

Ret

Ret

14

Ret

0

20

"Osamu"

10

Ret

11

14

Ret

14

14

15

13

0

21

Takeshi Tsuchiya

10

0

Teams' Championship

Rank

Name

Car

SUZ

MOT

MIN

FUJ

SUZ

SGO

MOT

FUJ

MIN

SUZ

Points

1

PIAA Nakajima

0

1

1

Ret

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

113

2

12

3

1

Ret

5

11

4

Ret

3

3

2

5ZIGEN

5

3

7

6

5

4

Ret

7

8

8

9

45

6

2

2

2

Ret

3

5

2

5

Ret

4

3

Impul

19

6

4

Ret

8

6

4

3

2

2

1

34

4

ARTA

55

4

6

5

3

Ret

3

11

Ret

27

56

11

5

4

2

8

Ret

Ret

Ret

6

6

5

LeMans

7

Ret

10

3

15

2

Ret

5

6

17

5

16

8

Ret

Ret

Ret

12

12

Ret

6

10

16

Ret

6

Team Morinaga Nova

9

Ret

11

Ret

6

7

2

10

13

5

Ret

9

10

Ret

9

7

11

14

Ret

Ret

Ret

7

7

7

Cosmo Oil Cerumo

11

8

Ret

Ret

4

Ret

Ret

9

4

4

12

9

12

13

Ret

8

Ret

Ret

Ret

12

11

12

11

8

LeyJun

62

9

12

9

7

9

6

Ret

3

13

14

5

63

10

Ret

11

14

Ret

14

14

15

13

9

Mooncraft

14

5

8

Ret

Ret

Ret

8

13

9

Ret

8

2

10

Kondo Racing

3

7

14

Ret

13

13

7

Ret

Ret

11

10

0

4

10

11

DoCoMo Dandelion

68

Ret

13

Ret

Ret

10

Ret

8

7

9

Ret

0

12

Team Malaysia

21

DNS

Ret

Ret

9

11

9

Ret

12

Ret

Ret

0

13

Takagi B-1 Racing

36

Ret

Ret

10

10

15

10

Ret

Ret

14

Ret

0

References