2009 Formula Nippon Championship

2009 Formula Nippon Championship 2008 2010 right|thumb|France's Loïc Duval won the title for Nakajima Racing. The 2009 Formula Nippon Championship was the thirty-seventh season of the premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing series. The series for Formula Nippon racing cars was contested over eight rounds. Nakajima Racing's Loïc Duval claimed four victories en route to the championship, ending a six-year streak of championships by the Impul team. Teams and drivers All drivers competed in Swift 017.n chassis and Honda HR09E or Toyota RV8K engines. Team # Driver Engine Lawson Team Impul 1 JPN Tsugio Matsuda Toyota RV8K 2 FRA Benoît Tréluyer Team LeMans 7 JPN Keisuke Kunimoto Toyota RV8K 8 JPN Hiroaki Ishiura HFPD Racing 10 JPN Koudai Tsukakoshi Honda HR09E ahead Team Impul 20 JPN Kohei Hirate Toyota RV8K Nakajima Racing 31 FRA Loïc Duval Honda HR09E 32 JPN Takashi Kogure Petronas Team TOM'S 36 DEU André Lotterer Toyota RV8K 37 JPN Kazuya Oshima DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40 GBR Richard Lyons Honda HR09E 41 JPN Takuya Izawa Cerumo/Inging 48 JPN Yuji Tachikawa Toyota RV8K Race calendar and results Japan 250 2009 venues right Japan 34 50 136 32 left Suzuka Japan 36 52 140 13 right Motegi Japan 33 2 130 58 right Autopolis Japan 35 22 138 55 right Fuji Japan 38 8 140 46 right SUGO All races held in Japan. Okayama was replaced by Autopolis. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Fuji Speedway 5 April JPN Kohei Hirate DEU André Lotterer FRA Benoît Tréluyer Lawson Team Impul 2 Suzuka Circuit 17 May FRA Benoît Tréluyer FRA Loïc Duval FRA Loïc Duval Nakajima Racing 3 Twin Ring Motegi 31 May JPN Takashi Kogure JPN Koudai Tsukakoshi JPN Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing 4 Fuji Speedway 28 June FRA Loïc Duval FRA Loïc Duval FRA Loïc Duval Nakajima Racing 5 Suzuka Circuit 12 July FRA Loïc Duval JPN Takashi Kogure FRA Loïc Duval Nakajima Racing 6 Twin Ring Motegi 9 August JPN Takashi Kogure JPN Takashi Kogure DEU André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S 7 Autopolis 30 August JPN Takashi Kogure JPN Keisuke Kunimoto JPN Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing 8 Sportsland SUGO 27 September FRA Loïc Duval FRA Loïc Duval FRA Loïc Duval Nakajima Racing Championship standings Drivers' Championship Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Pole Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Pos Driver FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG Points 1 FRA Loïc Duval 4 1 Ret 1 1 2 3 1 62 2 FRA Benoît Tréluyer 1 2 2 Ret 3 3 8 9 40 3 DEU André Lotterer 10 3 5 8 7 1 2 2 39 4 JPN Takashi Kogure 8 Ret 1 7 2 6 1 10 37 5 JPN Kohei Hirate 3 4 Ret 5 5 8 4 3 32 6 JPN Hiroaki Ishiura 11 8 3 4 4 4 5 5 30 7 JPN Koudai Tsukakoshi 6 5 4 6 9 10 Ret 4 20 8 JPN Takuya Izawa 2 7 Ret Ret 8 9 6 11 14 9 JPN Kazuya Oshima 7 Ret Ret 2 10 11 9 6 13 10 GBR Richard Lyons Ret 6 7 3 13 Ret 10 13 11 11 JPN Tsugio Matsuda Ret Ret 6 Ret 12 5 7 7 11 12 JPN Yuji Tachikawa 5 Ret Ret 9 6 7 Ret 12 9 13 JPN Keisuke Kunimoto 9 9 Ret 10 11 Ret 11 8 1 Pos Driver FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Teams' Championship Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pos Team Car FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG Pts 1 Nakajima Racing 31 4 1 Ret 1 1 2 3 1 93 32 8 Ret 1 7 2 6 1 10 2 Petronas Team TOM'S 36 10 3 5 8 7 1 2 2 52 37 7 Ret Ret 2 10 11 9 6 3 Lawson Team Impul 1 Ret Ret 6 Ret 12 5 7 7 50 2 1 2 2 Ret 3 3 8 9 4 ahead Team Impul 20 3 4 Ret 5 5 8 4 3 31 5 Team LeMans 7 9 9 Ret 10 11 Ret 11 8 31 8 11 8 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 Dandelion Racing 40 Ret 6 7 3 13 Ret 10 13 25 41 2 7 Ret Ret 8 9 6 11 7 HFDP Racing 10 6 5 4 6 9 10 Ret 4 20 8 Cerumo/Inging 48 5 Ret Ret 9 6 7 Ret 12 9 External links 2009 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon Formula Nippon Category:Super Formula Nippon