2000 Formula Nippon Championship

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

2000 Formula Nippon Championship
Previous: 1999 Next: 2001
Related series:
2000 International Formula 3000 Championship
2000 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

Teams and drivers
Team # Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
PIAA Nakajima Racing 0 Toranosuke Takagi Reynard 2KL Mugen MF308 All
2 Tsugio Matsuda Reynard 99L All
Olympic Kondo Racing Team 3 Masahiko Kondo Reynard 99L Mugen MF308 All
4 Takeshi Tsuchiya G-Force GF03 9
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Naoki Hattori Reynard 99L Mugen MF308 All
6 Michael Krumm All
Team LeMans 7 Hideki Noda Reynard 99L Mugen MF308 All
8 Yudai Igarashi All
Team Morinaga Nova 9 Ralph Firman G-Force GF03B Mugen MF308 All
10 Koji Yamanishi All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo 11 Yuji Tachikawa Reynard 99L Mugen MF308 All
12 Jaroslaw Wierczuk All
Mooncraft 14 Shigekazu Wakisaka Reynard 99L Mugen MF308 All
Team Impul 19 Satoshi Motoyama Reynard 99L Mugen MF308 All
Team Malaysia 21 Alex Yoong Reynard 99L Mugen MF308 All
Takagi B-1 Racing 36 Tetsuji Tamanaka Reynard 99L Mugen MF308 All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 Katsutomo Kaneishi Reynard 99L Mugen MF308 1–8
56 Juichi Wakisaka All
Team LeyJun 62 Shinsuke Shibahara Reynard 2KL Mugen MF308 All
63 Osamu Nakajima Reynard 99L
G-Force GF03		 1–5, 7–10
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 68 Ryo Michigami Reynard 2KL Mugen MF308 All

Calendar

All races were held in Japan.

Race NoTrackDateLapsDistanceTimeSpeedWinnerPole PositionFastest Race Lap
1Suzuka26 March 200010+225.821=186.272 km1'04:23.704[1]173.559 km/hToranosuke TakagiRalph Firman, Jr.Toranosuke Takagi
2Motegi16 April 2000444.796=211.024 km1'13:19.610172.671 km/hToranosuke TakagiToranosuke TakagiTsugio Matsuda
3Mine21 May 2000613.247=198.067 km1'20:07.628148.315 km/hTsugio MatsudaToranosuke TakagiToranosuke Takagi
4Fuji4 June 2000504.4=220.0 km1'06:43.944197.805 km/hToranosuke TakagiMichael KrummHideki Noda
5Suzuka-East2 July 2000722.244=161.568 km1'22:17.358117.805 km/hToranosuke TakagiToranosuke TakagiToranosuke Takagi
6Sugo30 July 2000603.704=222.24 km1'15:28.393176.677 km/hToranosuke TakagiToranosuke TakagiJuichi Wakisaka
7Motegi20 August 2000464.796=220.616 km1'14:57.795176.579 km/hToranosuke TakagiToranosuke TakagiMichael Krumm
8Fuji3 September 200010+374.4=206.8 km1'03:09.202[2]196.474 km/hToranosuke TakagiSatoshi MotoyamaHideki Noda
9Mine17 September 2000623.247=201.314 km1'20:48.792149.466 km/hToranosuke TakagiToranosuke TakagiSatoshi Motoyama
10Suzuka5 November 2000355.821=203.735 km1'05:10.434187.561 km/hSatoshi MotoyamaSatoshi MotoyamaSatoshi Motoyama

Note:

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.

  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

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
Points1064321
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 Yuji Tachikawa 8 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 9 4 4 12 9
10 Ralph Firman Ret 11 Ret 6 7 2 10 13 5 Ret 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 Ryo 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 Nakajima 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
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