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Wikipedia / 2005 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2005 Formula Nippon Championship was the thirty-third season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the tenth under the Formula Nippon moniker. It was contested over nine rounds at five venues. The newly renovated Fuji Speedway returned to the calendar, replacing Sepang International Circuit. Miné Circuit, which had been a staple venue of the series since 1977, closed for spectator events after 2005. Eight teams and 17 drivers competed in the series.

This would be the final season for Mugen as the sole engine supplier to Formula Nippon, with Toyota and Honda introducing new engines for the 2006 season.

Satoshi Motoyama of Team Impul won his fourth series championship, becoming the most successful driver of the "modern era" of Japanese top formula racing.

Teams and drivers

All teams used tyres supplied by Bridgestone, Lola B03/51 chassis, and Mugen MF308 engines.

Team

#

Driver

Rounds

DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing

1

Richard Lyons

All

2

Naoki Hattori

All

Kondo Racing Team

3

Sakon Yamamoto

All

4

Jaroslav Janiš

1–3

Ronnie Quintarelli

4–9

Team 5ZIGEN

5

Tsugio Matsuda

All

Forum Engineering Team LeMans

7

Tatsuya Kataoka

All

8

Takeshi Tsuchiya

All

Team CerumoTakagi Planning with Cerumo

11

Katsuyuki Hiranaka

All

12

Toranosuke Takagi

All

mobilecast Team Impul

19

Benoît Tréluyer

All

20

Yuji Ide

All

arting Racing Team with Impul

23

Satoshi Motoyama

All

Carrozzeria Team MOHN

27

Masanobu Kato

1

28

Hideki Noda

All

PIAA Nakajima Racing

31

André Lotterer

All

32

Takashi Kogure

All

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan.

Round

Track

Date

Pole position

Fastest lap

Winner

Team

1

Twin Ring Motegi

3 April

Yuji Ide

Katsuyuki Hiranaka

Richard Lyons

DoCoMoTeam Dandelion Racing

2

Suzuka Circuit

17 April

Benoît Tréluyer

Takashi Kogure

Yuji Ide

mobilecast Team Impul

3

Sportsland SUGO

15 May

Takashi Kogure

Hideki Noda

Satoshi Motoyama

arting Team Impul

4

Fuji Speedway

5 June

Richard Lyons

Tsugio Matsuda

Benoît Tréluyer

mobilecast Team Impul

5

Suzuka Circuit

3 July

Satoshi Motoyama

Yuji Ide

Satoshi Motoyama

arting Team Impul

6

Mine Circuit

31 July

Benoît Tréluyer

Yuji Ide

Yuji Ide

mobilecast Team Impul

7

Fuji Speedway

28 August

Richard Lyons

Satoshi Motoyama

André Lotterer

Nakajima Racing

8

Twin Ring Motegi

23 October

Satoshi Motoyama

Sakon Yamamoto

Satoshi Motoyama

arting Team Impul

9

Suzuka Circuit

27 November

Tsugio Matsuda

Benoît Tréluyer

André Lotterer

PIAA Nakajima Racing

Calendar changes

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

  1. Scoring system:

Position

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

Points

10

6

4

3

2

1

Rank

Name

MOT

SUZ

SGO

FUJ

SUZ

MIN

FUJ

MOT

SUZ

Points

1

Satoshi Motoyama

4

4

1

2

1

3

13

1

2

52

2

Yuji Ide

2

1

5

7

8

1

3

4

3

39

3

Richard Lyons

1

5

2

4

3

Ret

4

13

5

30

4

André Lotterer

11

Ret

9

Ret

Ret

10

1

Ret

1

20

5

Takashi Kogure

Ret

3

3

8

2

Ret

11

9

6

15

6

Benoît Tréluyer

6

9

Ret

1

Ret

Ret

12

11

4

14

7

Tsugio Matsuda

10

2

Ret

3

6

4

9

10

8

14

8

Takeshi Tsuchiya

5

Ret

4

Ret

Ret

5

5

3

Ret

13

9

Ronnie Quintarelli

5

5

2

Ret

5

10

12

10

Sakon Yamamoto

14

Ret

Ret

Ret

4

8

Ret

2

11

9

11

Tatsuya Kataoka

7

8

8

Ret

Ret

7

2

6

7

7

12

Naoki Hattori

3

6

6

10

7

6

7

7

14

7

13

Katsuyuki Hiranaka

8

Ret

Ret

6

Ret

Ret

6

12

9

2

14

Jaroslav Janiš

12

7

7

0

15

Toranosuke Takagi

9

Ret

11

9

10

9

8

Ret

12

0

16

Hideki Noda

Ret

Ret

10

Ret

9

Ret

10

8

13

0

17

Masanobu Kato

13

0

Teams' Championship

Rank

Team

Car

MOT

SUZ

SGO

FUJ

SUZ

MIN

FUJ

MOT

SUZ

Points

1

mobilecast Impularting Impul

19

6

9

Ret

1

Ret

Ret

12

11

4

101

20

2

1

5

7

8

1

3

4

3

23

4

4

1

2

1

3

13

1

2

2

DoCoMo Dandelion

1

1

5

2

4

3

Ret

4

13

5

37

2

3

6

6

10

7

6

7

7

14

3

PIAA Nakajima

31

11

Ret

9

Ret

Ret

10

1

Ret

1

35

32

Ret

3

3

8

2

Ret

11

9

6

4

Kondo Racing Team

3

14

Ret

Ret

Ret

4

8

Ret

2

11

21

4

12

7

7

5

5

2

Ret

5

10

5

Team LeMans

7

7

8

8

Ret

Ret

7

2

6

7

20

8

5

Ret

4

Ret

Ret

5

5

3

Ret

6

5ZIGEN

5

10

2

Ret

3

6

4

9

10

8

14

7

Cerumo

11

8

Ret

Ret

6

Ret

Ret

6

12

9

2

12

9

Ret

11

9

10

9

8

Ret

12

8

Team MOHN

27

13

0

28

Ret

Ret

10

Ret

9

Ret

10

8

13

References