1999 Formula Nippon season

1999 Formula Nippon season
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The 1999 Formula Nippon season was contested over 10 rounds. 14 different teams, 26 different drivers, 3 different chassis and only 1 engine competed.

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1	Suzuka	Japan	April 8, 1999	34	5.864=199.376 km	1'17:24.252	154.547 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Satoshi Motoyama
2	Motegi	Japan	May 9, 1999	45	4.796=215.82 km	1'15:32.121	171.432 km/h	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Tom Coronel	Ralph Firman, Jr.
3	Mine	Japan	May 23, 1999	62	3.331=206.522 km	1'41:58.661	121.510 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Ralph Firman, Jr.
4	Fuji	Japan	June 6, 1999	48	4.470=214.56 km	1'04:01.949	201.048 km/h	Tom Coronel	Peter Dumbreck	Koji Yamanishi
5	Suzuka	Japan	July 4, 1999	35	5.864=205.241 km	1'06:08.192	186.198 km/h	Masami Kageyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Tom Coronel
6	Sugo	Japan	August 1, 1999	60	3.704=222.24 km	1'15:13.456	177.262 km/h	Tom Coronel	Tom Coronel	Satoshi Motoyama
7	Fuji	Japan	September 5, 1999	50	4.4=220.0 km	1'06:53.297	197.344 km/h	Tom Coronel	Tom Coronel	Satoshi Motoyama
8	Mine	Japan	September 19, 1999	62	3.331=206.522 km	1'21:35.418	151.872 km/h	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Tom Coronel	Hidetoshi Mitsusada
9	Motegi	Japan	October 3, 1999	45	4.796=215.82 km	1'14:29.671	173.828 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Hideki Noda
10	Suzuka-East	Japan	November 14, 1999	90	2.244=201.96 km	1'22:17.358	147.256 km/h	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Yuji Tachikawa

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	Tom Coronel	Netherlands	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	6	-	4	10	6	10	10	-	4	-	50
2	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	10	6	10	-	-	6	4	-	10	-	46
3	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	4	10	-	-	2	-	3	10	2	-	31
4	Ralph Firman, Jr.	United Kingdom	Team Nova	G-Force	Mugen Honda	-	4	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	10	21
5	Michael Krumm	Germany	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	2	-	4	-	3	-	3	-	6	19
6	Masami Kageyama	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	1	-							17
			Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda					10	-	-	-	3	3
7	Peter Dumbreck	United Kingdom	Team LeyJun	Reynard	Mugen Honda	3	1	2	6	-	-	2	2	-	-	16
	Juichi Wakisaka	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	4	-	4	16
9	Takuya Kurosawa	Japan	Team TMS	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	10
10	Ryo Michigami	Japan	Mooncraft	Lola	Mugen Honda	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	9
11	Hideki Noda	Japan	Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	6	-	-	7
12	Koji Yamanishi	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Yuji Tachikawa	Japan	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6
14	Tetsuya Tanaka	Japan	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
15	Dominik Schwager	Germany	Team TMS	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Masahiko Kageyama	Japan	Mooncraft	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Hiroki Kato	Japan	Team Nova	G-Force	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R14=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Tom Coronel	Netherlands	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	3	2	1	R	3	3	4	1	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	R	3	3	2	R
2	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	5	1	2	2	1	1	5	R	1	R	2	2	3	3	5	R	1	1	3	R
3	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	1	3	3	1	4	8	2	10	4	5	9	11	7	4	9	1	2	5	13	9
4	Ralph Firman, Jr.	United Kingdom	Team Nova	G-Force	Mugen Honda	16	R	6	3	5	2	10	9	8	R	6	6	16	10	18	9	13	8	1	1
5	Michael Krumm	Germany	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	10	5	7	R	3	3	20	11	5	4	5	9	8	4	9	R	4	2
6	Masami Kageyama	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	19	R	18	R	20	6	18	12
			Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda									2	1	13	R	12	R	7	R	7	4	8	4
7	Peter Dumbreck	United Kingdom	Team LeyJun	Reynard	Mugen Honda	10	4	9	6	6	5	1	2	3	R	7	R	4	5	13	5	12	10	17	10
	Juichi Wakisaka	Japan	ARTA	Lola	Mugen Honda	11	R	14	15	14	10	9	R	10	9
			ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda											4	5	2	2	10	3	11	11	6	3
9	Takuya Kurosawa	Japan	Team TMS	Reynard	Mugen Honda	4	R	7	R	11	12	6	5	5	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Ryo Michigami	Japan	Mooncraft	Lola	Mugen Honda	15	6	16	8	15	7	11	8	9	R	20	R	9	7	17	R	4	2	7	5
11	Hideki Noda	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	18	R	19	16	18	13	19	14
			Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda									7	6	19	R	10	R	3	2	14	9	15	11
12	Koji Yamanishi	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	2	NS	4	NS	2	4	14	4	22	8	16	9	11	8	2	R	6	R16	5	R
	Yuji Tachikawa	Japan	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	6	5	5	4	10	R	7	7	14	7	10	R	8	R	4	R	5	6	11	8
14	Tetsuya Tanaka	Japan	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	8	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	12	R	15	11	14	R	18	14	12	R18
15	Dominik Schwager	Germany	Team TMS	Reynard	Mugen Honda	12	R	11	7	9	R	8	6	13	R	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Japan	ARTA	Lola	Mugen Honda	13	9	15	R	16	R	12	11	16	R
			ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda											15	8	6	6	11	R	10	R	10	7
	Masahiko Kageyama	Japan	Mooncraft	Lola	Mugen Honda	17	R	21	12	23	R	20	13	17	R	18	13	18	R	15	6	17	12	14	13
	Hiroki Kato	Japan	Team Nova	G-Force	Mugen Honda	7	R	8	10	12	R	15	15	15	10	14	12	13	12	6	R	8	7	9	6
-	Atsushi Kawamoto	Japan	Asahi Kiko Sports	Reynard	Mugen Honda	14	8	17	R	22	11	16	18	12	13	17	R	17	13	16	7	16	R	18	16
-	Akira Iida	Japan	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	24	7	13	R	13	R	13	16	21	R	11	10	14	R14	12	R	15	13	16	12
-	Shinsuke Shibahara	Japan	Team LeyJun	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	R	20	R	19	8	21	15	19	14
-	Rubén Derfler	Argentina	Dandelion Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	20	R	20	11	17	9	17	17	18	12	22	14	19	R	20	R	19	R	21	15
-	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Japan	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	9	R	12	9	8	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Japan	Takagi B-1 Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	23	R	-	-	24	14	21	19	19	14
			Takagi B-1 Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda											23	R	21	R	21	10	20	R	20	17
-	Masahiko Kondo	Japan	Team Mirai	Lola	Mugen Honda	21	R	22	13	21	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	"Osamu"	Japan	Team LeyJun	Reynard	Mugen Honda	22	R	23	14	19	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-