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1997 Formula Nippon Championship

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1997 Formula Nippon season
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The 1997 Formula Nippon season was contested over 10 rounds. 17 different teams, 37 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 2 different engines competed. Each round saw a Special Stage after the original qualifying. The best six qualifiers had to compete in a separate session for the pole.

Calendar

Race No Track Country Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Fastest Race Lap
1 Suzuka   Japan April 27, 1997 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'03:21.391 194.368 km/h Pedro de la Rosa Toranosuke Takagi Katsutomo Kaneishi
2 Mine   Japan May 18, 1997 62 3.239=200.818 km 1'21:52.463 147.165 km/h Pedro de la Rosa Toranosuke Takagi Katsumi Yamamoto
3 Fuji   Japan June 1, 1997 45 4.470=201.15 km 0'59:08.195 204.087 km/h Takuya Kurosawa Takuya Kurosawa (ss)
Pedro de la Rosa (fq)		 Takuya Kurosawa
4 Suzuka   Japan July 6, 1997 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'03:54.672 192.681 km/h Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi (ss)
Pedro de la Rosa (fq)		 Masahiko Kageyama
5 Sugo   Japan August 3, 1997 54 3.704=200.016 km 1'09:24.918 172.886 km/h Pedro de la Rosa Pedro de la Rosa (ss)
Masahiko Kageyama (fq)		 Norberto Fontana
6 Fuji   Japan August 31, 1997 45 4.470=201.15 km 0'59:22.035 203.294 km/h Pedro de la Rosa Pedro de la Rosa Pedro de la Rosa
7 Mine   Japan September 14, 1997 62 3.239=200.818 km 1'21:57.038 147.029 km/h Norberto Fontana Toranosuke Takagi Pedro de la Rosa
8 Montegi   Japan September 28, 1997 43 4.796=206.228 km 1'09:34.297 177.855 km/h Pedro de la Rosa Pedro de la Rosa Masami Kageyama
9 Fuji   Japan October 19, 1997 45 4.470=201.15 km 1'01:29.628 196.264 km/h Katsutomo Kaneishi Katsutomo Kaneishi (ss)
Norberto Fontana (fq)		 Pedro de la Rosa
10 Suzuka   Japan November 9, 1997 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'02:07.829 198.203 km/h Pedro de la Rosa Pedro de la Rosa Masahiko Kageyama

Note:

Race 2 first finisher Norberto Fontana 1'21:51.024/147.209 km/h, but 1 minute penalty.

(ss) indicate the winner of the special stage, who started from pole - (fq) indicate the original fastest qualifier. In all other races, the fastest qualifier was also the winner of the special stage.

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. All results count.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine                     Total Points
1 Pedro de la Rosa   Spain Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 10 10 6 4 10 10 6 10 6 10 82
2 Takuya Kurosawa   Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 6 6 10 - - - - - - 6 28
3 Norberto Fontana   Argentina Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - 1 - - 6 10 4 - - 21
4 Hidetoshi Mitsusada   Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 4 - 3 3 - 4 4 - 2 - 20
5 Masami Kageyama   Japan Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - - 2 1 3 - 6 4 3 19
6 Toranosuke Takagi   Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen - - 4 10 - - 2 - - 2 18
7 Masahiko Kageyama   Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda - - 2 6 4 - - - - 4 16
8 Ralph Firman, Jr.   United Kingdom Team TMS Reynard Mugen Honda - 3 - 1 6 - - 2 - - 12
9 Katsutomo Kaneishi   Japan Super Aguri Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - 10 - 10
10 Akira Iida   Japan Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - 2 - - 4 2 1 - - 9
Satoshi Motoyama   Japan Super Aguri Reynard Mugen Honda 3 - - - - - 1 - 3 - 7
12 Marco Apicella   Italy Stellar International Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - 2 - 3 - 1 - 6
13 Toshio Suzuki   Japan Kamomo Service Mirai Reynard Mugen Honda - 2 - - 3 - - - - - 5
14 Juichi Wakisaka   Japan Dome Mugen Dome Mugen - 1 - - - - - 3 - - 4
15 Koji Yamanishi   Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
16 Esteban Tuero   Argentina Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Michael Krumm   Germany Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Tetsuya Tanaka   Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - 1 1

Complete Overview

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R9=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start S=did not start, after first start was abandoned NQ=did not qualify DIS=disqualified NT=no time set in qualifying

2(3)=started from grid position 2, after setting the second best time in special stage - (3) originallly set third best time in qualifying.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine                    
1 Pedro de la Rosa   Spain Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 3(3) 1 2(3) 1 3(1) 2 6(1) 3 1(2) 1 1(1) 1 2(2) 2 1(1) 1 17 2 1(1) 1
2 Takuya Kurosawa   Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 2(2) 2 6(6) 2 1(5) 1 26 R 3(3) R 2(5) R 4(3) R 4(5) R 5(5) R 2(3) 2
3 Norberto Fontana   Argentina Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 11 9 5(5) 8 2(2) 6 13 R 13 7 4(4) 2 7 1 5(3) 3 3(1) R 22 R
4 Hidetoshi Mitsusada   Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 5(5) 3 3(2) 7 11 4 3(3) 4 7 R 6(3) 3 10 3 17 9 16 5 - -
5 Masami Kageyama   Japan Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 4(4) 11 4(4) R9 7 11 10 5 10 6 11 4 3(5) 7 3(4) 2 7 3 7 4
6 Toranosuke Takagi   Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen 1(1) R 1(1) S 4(4) 3 1(4) 1 4(4) R 3(2) R 1(1) 5 2(2) R 2(3) R 3(2) 5
7 Masahiko Kageyama   Japan Team Impul Reynard Mugen Honda 6(6) R 14 R
Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 5(3) 5 2(6) 2 2(1) 3 5(6) R 18 15 11 R 13 12 4(4) 3
8 Ralph Firman, Jr.   United Kingdom Team TMS Reynard Mugen Honda 17 R 10 4 19 R15 8 6 5(6) 2 18 13 11 R 10 5 14 R 13 11
9 Katsutomo Kaneishi   Japan Super Aguri Reynard Mugen Honda 26 7 15 R 12 R 11 10 6(5) R 7 R18 17 8 8 R 1(2) 1 5(5) R
10 Akira Iida   Japan Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 14 6 7 3 9 R 7 7 14 R 8 5 5(6) 10 15 11 9 R 15 13
Satoshi Motoyama   Japan Super Aguri Reynard Mugen Honda 7 4 19 NS 13 R 5(5) R 12 R 12 R 9 6 13 R 11 4 - -
12 Marco Apicella   Italy Stellar International Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - 14 8 8 5 15 8 14 4 23 R 15 6 11 8
13 Toshio Suzuki   Japan Kamomo Service Mirai Reynard Mugen Honda 8 8 20 5 10 7 9 R 15 4 14 16 12 9 14 8 10 R 8 9
14 Juichi Wakisaka   Japan Dome Mugen Dome Mugen 18 12 16 6 21 R 12 R 18 R 16 7 6(4) 11 9 4 4(4) R 10 R
15 Koji Yamanishi   Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 9 5 12 R 15 8 4(2) R 17 R 13 R 13 R 6(6) 17 8 R 9 7
16 Esteban Tuero   Argentina Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 12 R 9 R 16 9 18 11 9 R 9 6 - - - - - - - -
Michael Krumm   Germany Stellar International Reynard Mugen Honda 23 R 13 13 8 R - - - - - - - -
Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 7 6 - -
Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda 12 10
Tetsuya Tanaka   Japan Ask Aska Lola Mugen Honda 24 R - - - - - -
Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 25 R 19 11 22 14 21 R 21 13 17 6
- Katsumi Yamamoto   Japan Navi Connection Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 10 10 11 R 6(6) R 20 9 11 R 10 12 8 R 12 14 6(6) 7 6(6) R
- Andrea Boldrini   Italy Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 13 19 7 - - 23 R
- Atsushi Kawamoto   Japan Asahi Kiko Sports Reynard Mugen Honda 15 R 17 10 18 R16 19 15 21 9 20 R 15 12 16 15 18 8 19 14
- Masahiko Kondo   Japan Team TMS Reynard Mugen Honda 16 15 21 S 22 12 21 14 16 8 23 14 19 R 22 13 19 11 24 R
- Eiichi Tajima   Japan Team 5Zigen Reynard Judd - - - - - - 16 13 20 R 17 9 21 R 20 R 22 R 16 12
- Yuji Tachikawa   Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 9 18 R
- Marc Goossens   Belgium Team 5Zigen Reynard Judd 13 R 8 R 17 R 17 R
Team 5Zigen Reynard Mugen Honda 19 R 21 10 16 R 18 10 12 R 14 R
- Dilantha Malagamuwa   Sri Lanka Team LeyJun Reynard Mugen Honda 20 R 23 11 23 14 22 R 23 10 - - - - - - - - - -
- Shinsuke Shibahara   Japan Team Cerumo Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 12 24 10 21 R
- Risto Virtanen   Finland Team 5Zigen Reynard Judd 19 R 18 R 20 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Andrew Gilbert Scott   United Kingdom Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - 15 12 - - 22 R - - - - 20 14 - -
- Masao Yamada   Japan Takagi B-1 Racing Lola Mugen Honda 21 R 24 12 25 R 25 R 26 DIS NT - 26 NQ 27 NQ 28 NQ 28 NQ
- Tetsuji Tamanaka   Japan Takagi B-1 Racing Lola Mugen Honda 25 13 22 R 24 13 24 16 24 R 25 R 24 R 26 R 27 NQ 27 NQ
- Sarah Kavanagh   Ireland Team Cerumo Reynard Cosworth 22 14 25 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Osamu   Japan Team LeyJun Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - 24 15 23 16 24 16 26 R 26 16
- Vincenzo Sospiri   Italy Super Nova Mirai Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 R 20 15
- Tetsufumi Toda   Japan Team LeyJun Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - 23 17 22 R 26 17 25 17 NT - - - - -
- Mauro Martini   Italy Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - 14 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Ryo Michigami   Japan Super Aguri Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 R
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