2001 Formula Nippon Championship

Formula Nippon Championship 2001 Related series:2001 International Formula 3000 Championship2001 Euro Formula 3000 Championship The 2001 Formula Nippon Championship was the twenty-ninth season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the sixth under the Formula Nippon moniker. It was contested over ten rounds at five venues. 11 different teams, 23 different drivers, and two different chassis suppliers competed in the series. This would be the last season with multiple chassis suppliers after G-Force Technologies stopped supplying chassis after 2001. Satoshi Motoyama of Team Impul won his second series championship. Teams and drivers All teams used tyres supplied by Bridgestone and Mugen MF308 engines. Team # Driver Chassis RoundsPIAA Nakajima Racing1JPN Tsugio MatsudaReynard 2KLAll2IRL Ralph Firman Jr.Reynard 99LAllOlympic Kondo Racing Team3JPN Yuji TachikawaReynard 99LAll4JPN Katsutomo KaneishiAllTeam 5ZIGEN5JPN Naoki HattoriReynard 99LAll6DEU Michael KrummReynard 99LReynard 01LAll Team LeMans7MYS Alex YoongReynard 99L1–6JPN Koji Yamanishi7–108JPN Yudai IgarashiAllTeam Morinaga Nova9GBR Richard LyonsG-Force GF03CAll10PRT André CoutoG-Force GF03CReynard 99LAllCosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo11JPN Masami KageyamaReynard 99LAll12JPN Seiji AraAllMooncraft14JPN Ryō MichigamiReynard 01L2–10excite Team Impul19JPN Satoshi MotoyamaReynard 01LAll20IND Narain KarthikeyanReynard 99LAllTakagi B-1 Car Club36JPN Tetsuji TamanakaReynard 2KLReynard 99LAll37JPN Masahiko KageyamaReynard 99LAllAutobacs Racing Team Aguri55JPN Juichi WakisakaReynard 99LAll56JPN Takeshi TsuchiyaAllDoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing68JPN Hideki NodaReynard 2KLAll69POL Jaroslaw WierczukReynard 99L1–4JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada5 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 25 March JPN Naoki Hattori JPN Juichi Wakisaka JPN Naoki Hattori Team 5ZIGEN2 Twin Ring Motegi 22 April JPN Satoshi Motoyama JPN Juichi Wakisaka JPN Naoki Hattori Team 5ZIGEN3 Mine Circuit 20 May JPN Satoshi Motoyama JPN Satoshi Motoyama JPN Satoshi Motoyama excite Team Impul4 Fuji Speedway 3 June JPN Satoshi Motoyama JPN Naoki Hattori JPN Naoki Hattori Team 5ZIGEN5 Suzuka-East Circuit 1 July JPN Ryō Michigami IRL Ralph Firman Jr. JPN Satoshi Motoyama excite Team Impul6 Sportsland SUGO 29 July JPN Juichi Wakisaka JPN Juichi Wakisaka JPN Satoshi Motoyama excite Team Impul7 Fuji Speedway 2 September JPN Juichi Wakisaka JPN Juichi Wakisaka JPN Juichi Wakisaka Autobacs Racing Team Aguri8 Mine Circuit 23 September JPN Juichi Wakisaka JPN Ryō Michigami JPN Satoshi Motoyama excite Team Impul9 Twin Ring Motegi 21 October IRL Ralph Firman Jr. JPN Juichi Wakisaka IRL Ralph Firman Jr. PIAA Nakajima Racing10 Suzuka Circuit 18 November JPN Tsugio Matsuda GER Michael Krumm IRL Ralph Firman Jr. PIAA Nakajima Racing Note: Juichi Wakisaka set the fastest lap in Round 8 but was later disqualified. Championship standings Drivers' Championship Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points 10 6 4 3 2 1 Rank Name SUZ MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SGO FUJ MIN MOT SUZ Points 1 JPN Satoshi Motoyama Ret 9 1 Ret 1 1 4 1 2 Ret 49 2 JPN Naoki Hattori 1 1 5 1 8 7 12 6 Ret 10 33 3 JPN Yuji Tachikawa 13 2 11 Ret 4 4 2 3 5 2 30 4 IRL Ralph Firman Jr. 5 Ret 2 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 1 1 29 5 JPN Juichi Wakisaka 2 10 12 Ret 6 2 1 DSQ Ret Ret 23 6 JPN Ryō Michigami Ret 10 3 2 3 Ret Ret 3 3 22 7 DEU Michael Krumm Ret 4 4 2 Ret 6 3 Ret 7 4 20 8 JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya 10 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 14 2 6 5 17 9 JPN Masami Kageyama 4 5 6 5 Ret 11 6 4 8 7 12 10 JPN Tsugio Matsuda Ret 3 8 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 9 9 8 11 PRT André Couto Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 14 5 12 JPN Seiji Ara 3 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 8 Ret 12 Ret 4 13 JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi 7 6 Ret 4 Ret 9 11 Ret 11 13 4 14 JPN Koji Yamanishi 10 5 10 Ret 2 15 IND Narain Karthikeyan 6 7 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 6 2 16 MYS Alex Yoong 11 Ret 7 7 10 Ret 0 17 JPN Yudai Igarashi 9 Ret Ret 11 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 0 18 JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka 15 Ret 14 8 Ret 15 15 7 15 Ret 0 19 GBR Richard Lyons 8 8 Ret 9 11 12 Ret Ret 13 12 0 20 JPN Masahiko Kageyama 12 Ret Ret 10 DNS 14 16 Ret Ret Ret 0 21 JPN Hideki Noda Ret Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 13 Ret Ret 11 0 22 POL Jaroslaw Wierczuk 14 Ret 13 DNS 0 23 JPN Hidetoshi Mitsusada 13 0 Teams' Championship Rank Team Car SUZ MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SGO FUJ MIN MOT SUZ Points 1 5ZIGEN 5 1 1 5 1 8 7 12 6 Ret 10 53 6 Ret 4 4 2 Ret 6 3 Ret 7 4 2 excite Impul 19 Ret 9 1 Ret 1 1 4 1 2 Ret 51 20 6 7 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 6 3 ARTA 55 2 10 12 Ret 6 2 1 DSQ Ret Ret 40 56 10 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 14 2 6 5 4 PIAA Nakajima 1 Ret 3 8 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 9 9 37 2 5 Ret 2 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 1 1 5 Olympic Kondo 3 13 2 11 Ret 4 4 2 3 5 2 34 4 7 6 Ret 4 Ret 9 11 Ret 11 13 6 Mooncraft 14 Ret 10 3 2 3 Ret Ret 3 3 22 7 Cosmo Oil Cerumo 11 4 5 6 5 Ret 11 6 4 8 7 16 12 3 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 8 Ret 12 Ret 8 Team Morinaga Nova 9 8 8 Ret 9 11 12 Ret Ret 13 12 5 10 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 14 9 LeMans 7 11 Ret 7 7 10 Ret 10 5 10 Ret 2 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 10 Takagi B-1 Racing 36 15 Ret 14 8 Ret 15 15 7 15 Ret 0 37 12 Ret Ret 10 DNS 14 16 Ret Ret Ret 11 DoCoMo Dandelion 68 Ret Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 13 Ret Ret 11 0 69 14 Ret 13 DNS 13 External links 2001 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon Formula Nippon Category:Super Formula Nippon