2003 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2003 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 10 different teams and 21 different drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola B3/51) and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

2003 Formula Nippon Championship
Previous:	2002	Next:	2004
Related series: 2003 International Formula 3000 Championship 2003 Euro Formula 3000 Series

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
PIAA Nakajima Racing	1	Takashi Kogure	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
PIAA Nakajima Racing	2	André Lotterer	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Olympic Kondo Racing Team	3	Yuji Tachikawa	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Olympic Kondo Racing Team	4	Dominik Schwager	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Team 5ZIGEN	5	Ryo Michigami	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	6	Ryo Fukuda			1–5
	6	James Courtney			7–10
Forum Engineering ARTA Team LeMans	7	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Forum Engineering ARTA Team LeMans	8	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Planex EBBRO Nova Kacchao TCPRO Nova Team Nova Oizumi Team Nova	9	Haruki Kurosawa	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	10	Tetsuya Fujisawa			1–4
		Yudai Igarashi			5–7
		Hiroki Katoh			8–10
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	Tsugio Matsuda	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	12	Yuji Ide	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Team Impul	19	Satoshi Motoyama	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Team Impul	20	Benoît Tréluyer	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Team 22	22	Juichi Wakisaka	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Carrozzerria Team MOHN	28	Hideki Noda	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	40	Richard Lyons	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	41	Naoki Hattori	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All

Calendar

Race No	Track	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1	Suzuka	23 March 2003	46	5.807=267.122 km	1'26:01.058	186.326 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Ryo Michigami	Richard Lyons
2	Fuji	6 April 2003	61	4.4=268.4 km	1'26:54.530	185.298 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Takeshi Tsuchiya
3	Mine	27 April 2003	70	2.881=201.67 km	1'33:24.112	129.550 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Yuji Tachikawa
4	Motegi	8 June 2003	55	4.796=263.78 km	1'36:53.571	163.343 km/h	Juichi Wakisaka	Juichi Wakisaka	Satoshi Motoyama
5	Suzuka	6 July 2003	25	5.807=145.175 km	0'46:28.098	187.450 km/h	Richard Lyons	Richard Lyons	Satoshi Motoyama
6	Sugo	27 July 2003	72	3.704=266.688 km	1'32:00.930	173.898 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	André Lotterer	Satoshi Motoyama
7	Fuji	31 August 2003	61	4.4=268.4 km	1'28:29.144	181.995 km/h	Benoît Tréluyer	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama
8	Mine	21 September 2003	70	3.187=223.09 km	1'33:46.837	142.731 km/h	Benoît Tréluyer	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama
9	Motegi	19 October 2003	55	4.796=263.78 km	1'32:24.728	171.263 km/h	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Takeshi Tsuchiya
10	Suzuka	2 November 2003	46	5.807=267.122 km	1'39:04.524	161.769 km/h	Juichi Wakisaka	Satoshi Motoyama	Richard Lyons

At race 5 a sprint race of 18 laps (104.526 km) set the grid for the main race. The sprint race winner Richard Lyons started from pole in the main race. Takeshi Tsuchiya set pole position for the sprint race.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	6	4	3	2	1

Rank	Name	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	SGO	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	Satoshi Motoyama	1	1	1	9	14	1	2	13	2	3	56
2	Benoît Tréluyer	Ret	2	Ret	NC	2	4	1	1	9	Ret	35
3	Juichi Wakisaka	Ret	5	Ret	1	3	3	Ret	6	Ret	1	31
4	Toshihiro Kaneishi	3	8	5	7	Ret	8	Ret	2	1	Ret	22
5	André Lotterer	2	4	7	6	Ret	2	3	9	5	Ret	22
6	Richard Lyons	9	Ret	Ret	3	1	5	Ret	Ret	3	9	20
7	Yuji Ide	4	7	3	2	7	10	Ret	3	12	5	19
8	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Ret	NC	2	4	5	7	6	12	6	4	16
9	Ryo Michigami	Ret	3	4	5	4	NC	Ret	NC	13	6	13
10	Takashi Kogure	12	6	Ret	DNS	6	Ret	Ret	14	4	2	11
11	Tsugio Matsuda	5	9	Ret	Ret	15	6	5	5	14	Ret	7
12	James Courtney							4	7	Ret	Ret	3
13	Naoki Hattori	8	Ret	Ret	11	8	9	9	4	7	11	3
14	Hideki Noda	6	10	8	DNS	12	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	10	1
15	Ryo Fukuda	7	Ret	6	Ret	13						1
16	Dominik Schwager	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	9	11	7	8	10	8	0
17	Hiroki Katoh								Ret	11	7	0
18	Yuji Tachikawa	10	12	10	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	0
19	Yudai Igarashi					10	12	Ret				0
20	Haruki Kurosawa	Ret	Ret	9	10	11	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	0
21	Tetsuya Fujisawa	11	11	Ret	12							0

Teams' Championship

Rank	Team	Car	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	SGO	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	Impul	19	1	1	1	9	14	1	2	13	2	3	91
1	Impul	20	Ret	2	Ret	NC	2	4	1	1	9	Ret	91
2	Team LeMans	7	3	8	5	7	Ret	8	Ret	2	1	Ret	38
2	Team LeMans	8	Ret	NC	2	4	5	7	6	12	6	4	38
3	PIAA Nakajima	1	12	6	Ret	DNS	6	Ret	Ret	14	4	2	33
3	PIAA Nakajima	2	2	4	7	6	Ret	2	3	9	5	Ret	33
4	Team 22	22	Ret	5	Ret	1	3	3	Ret	6	Ret	1	31
5	Cosmo Oil Cerumo	11	5	9	Ret	Ret	15	6	5	5	14	Ret	23
5	Cosmo Oil Cerumo	12	4	7	3	2	7	10	Ret	3	12	5	23
6	DoCoMo Dandelion	40	9	Ret	Ret	3	1	5	Ret	Ret	3	9	23
6	DoCoMo Dandelion	41	8	Ret	Ret	11	8	9	9	4	7	11	23
7	5ZIGEN	5	Ret	3	4	5	4	NC	Ret	NC	13	6	17
7	5ZIGEN	6	7	Ret	6	Ret	13		4	7	Ret	Ret	17
8	Team MOHN	28	6	10	8	DNS	12	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	10	1
9	Team Nova	9	Ret	Ret	9	10	11	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	0
9	Team Nova	10	11	11	Ret	12	10	12	Ret	Ret	11	7	0
10	Kondo Racing Team	3	10	12	10	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	0
10	Kondo Racing Team	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	9	11	7	8	10	8	0

External links

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