2007 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2007 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds. 12 different teams, 22 different drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola FN06) and use either a Mugen Honda (Mugen HF386E) or Toyota (Toyota RV8J) engine.

2007 Formula Nippon Championship
Previous: 2006 Next: 2008

Teams and drivers
Team # Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
mobilecast Team Impul 1 Benoît Tréluyer Lola FN06 Toyota RV8J All
2 Tsugio Matsuda All
Carchs Kondo Racing 3 Masataka Yanagida Lola FN06 Toyota RV8J All
4 João Paulo de Oliveira All
SG team 5ZIGEN 5 Katsuyuki Hiranaka Lola FN06 Honda HF386E All
6 Hiroki Yoshimoto All
Forum Engineering Team LeMans 7 Tatsuya Kataoka Lola FN06 Toyota RV8J All
8 Toranosuke Takagi All
Team Reckless Cerumo
Team Cerumo		 11 Yuji Tachikawa Lola FN06 Toyota RV8J All
12 Kota Sasaki 1–5
Arabian Oasis Team Impul 19 Satoshi Motoyama Lola FN06 Toyota RV8J All
20 Michael Krumm All
Kanaan Racing 27 Tony Kanaan Lola FN06 Honda HF386E 9
PIAA Nakajima Racing 31 Loïc Duval Lola FN06 Honda HF386E All
32 Takashi Kogure All
Team BOSS INGING Formula Nippon 33 Ronnie Quintarelli Lola FN06 Toyota RV8J All
34 Naoki Yokomizo All
DHG TOM'S Racing 36 André Lotterer Lola FN06 Toyota RV8J All
37 Seiji Ara All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40 Björn Wirdheim Lola FN06 Honda HF386E All
41 Fabio Carbone All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 Yuji Ide Lola FN06 Honda HF386E All
56 Toshihiro Kaneishi All

Race calendar and results
2007 venues

All races were held in Japan.

Round Track Date Pole Position Fastest Race Lap Winner Team
1 Fuji 1 April Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Team Impul
2 Suzuka 15 April Tsugio Matsuda Hiroki Yoshimoto Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
3 Motegi 20 May Tsugio Matsuda Takashi Kogure Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing
4 Okayama 10 June Takashi Kogure Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli Team Boss Inging
5 Suzuka 8 July Tsugio Matsuda Tsugio Matsuda Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
6 Fuji 26 August Satoshi Motoyama Loïc Duval André Lotterer TOM'S Racing
7 SUGO 16 September Takashi Kogure Naoki Yokomizo Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing
8 Motegi 21 October Takashi Kogure Takashi Kogure Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing
9 Suzuka 18 November Takashi Kogure André Lotterer Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul

Notes:

  • Tony Kanaan participated as a special entry under the authorization of JAF with no points to be scored.
  • Okayama replaced Autopolis.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th
Points108654321
Rank Driver FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ FUJ SUG MOT SUZ Points
1 Tsugio Matsuda 2 2 3 3 4 13 5 5 4 46
2 Benoît Tréluyer 1 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 45
3 Takashi Kogure 8 3 1 5 17 Ret 1 1 DSQ 41
4 Satoshi Motoyama Ret 1 6 10 1 Ret 4 11 1 38
5 André Lotterer Ret 5 2 Ret 13 1 7 4 2 37
6 Loïc Duval 3 4 Ret 19 11 3 3 2 Ret 31
7 Ronnie Quintarelli 5 6 5 1 Ret 7 8 6 14 27
8 Joao Paulo de Oliveira DSQ 14 8 4 7 6 Ret 8 3 18
9 Björn Wirdheim 4 13 11 11 2 8 Ret 7 9 17
10 Michael Krumm 6 7 7 8 5 Ret Ret 15 Ret 12
11 Seiji Ara 11 Ret 15 7 10 4 Ret 13 5 11
12 Yuji Tachikawa 16 8 12 6 12 5 6 9 13 11
13 Yuji Ide 14 10 16 Ret 3 16 Ret Ret 10 6
14 Tatsuya Kataoka 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 10 7 5
15 Fabio Carbone 15 15 Ret 13 6 15 9 18 Ret 3
16 Toranosuke Takagi Ret 12 9 16 8 9 10 12 8 3
17 Naoki Yokomizo 10 9 13 12 19 10 13 Ret 12 0
18 Toshihiro Kaneishi 12 17 10 Ret 9 11 Ret 14 Ret 0
19 Masataka Yanagida 9 18 Ret 15 14 12 12 16 Ret 0
20 Katsuyuki Hiranaka Ret 11 17 14 18 14 11 17 11 0
21 Hiroki Yoshimoto 13 19 18 17 15 17 Ret Ret 15 0
22 Kota Sasaki 17 16 14 18 16 0
– Tony Kanaan 6 –

Teams' Championship
Rank Team Car FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ FUJ SUG MOT SUZ Points
1 mobilecast IMPUL 1 1 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 91
2 2 2 3 3 4 13 5 5 4
2 PIAA NAKAJIMA 31 3 4 Ret 19 11 3 3 2 Ret 72
32 8 3 1 5 17 Ret 1 1 DSQ
3 Arabian Oasis IMPUL 19 Ret 1 6 10 1 Ret 4 11 1 50
20 6 7 7 8 5 Ret Ret 15 Ret
4 DHG TOM'S 36 Ret 5 2 Ret 13 1 7 4 2 48
37 11 Ret 15 7 10 4 Ret 13 5
5 Boss INGING 33 5 6 5 1 Ret 7 8 6 14 27
34 10 9 13 12 19 10 13 Ret 12
6 DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40 4 13 11 11 2 8 Ret 7 8 20
41 15 15 Ret 13 5 15 9 18 Ret
7 Carchs Kondo Racing 3 9 18 Ret 15 14 12 12 16 Ret 18
4 DSQ 14 8 4 7 6 Ret 8 3
8 Forum Engineering Team LeMans 7 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 8
8 Ret 12 9 16 8 9 10 12 7
9 Team Cerumo 11 5 6 9 13 7
10 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 14 10 16 Ret 3 16 Ret Ret 10 6
56 12 17 10 Ret 9 11 Ret 14 Ret
11 Team Reckless Cerumo 11 16 8 12 5 12 4
12 17 16 14 18 16
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