2001 Formula Nippon season

2001 Formula Nippon season
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The 2001 Formula Nippon season was contested over 10 rounds. 11 different teams, 23 different drivers, 2 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	March 25, 2001	35	5.821=203.735 km	1'15:59.230	160.871 km/h	Naoki Hattori	Naoki Hattori	Juichi Wakisaka
2	Motegi	Japan	April 22, 2001	45	4.796=215.82 km	1'15:01.630	172.593 km/h	Naoki Hattori	Satoshi Motoyama	Juichi Wakisaka
3	Mine	Japan	May 20, 2001	61	3.247=198.067 km	1'19:34.746	149.336 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama
4	Fuji	Japan	June 3, 2001	50	4.4=220.0 km	1'06:34.546	198.270 km/h	Naoki Hattori	Satoshi Motoyama	Naoki Hattori
5	Suzuka-East	Japan	July 1, 2001	72	2.244=161.568 km	1'10:41.495	137.132 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Ryo Michigami	Ralph Firman, Jr.
6	Sugo	Japan	July 29, 2001	60	3.704=222.24 km	1'14:19.151	179.421 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Juichi Wakisaka	Juichi Wakisaka
7	Fuji	Japan	September 2, 2001	50	4.4=220.0 km	1'06:43.443	197.830 km/h	Juichi Wakisaka	Juichi Wakisaka	Juichi Wakisaka
8	Mine	Japan	September 23, 2001	62	3.247=201.314 km	1'20:18.196	150.415 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Juichi Wakisaka	Ryo Michigami
9	Motegi	Japan	October 21, 2001	45	4.796=215.82 km	1'14:10.308	174.584 km/h	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Juichi Wakisaka
10	Suzuka	Japan	November 18, 2001	35	5.821=203.735 km	1'04:06.917	190.658 km/h	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Tsugio Matsuda	Michael Krumm

Note:

Race 8 originally fastest lap set by Juichi Wakisaka, but he was disqualified.

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	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	10	-	10	10	3	10	6	-	49
2	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	10	10	2	10	-	-	-	1	-	-	33
3	Yuji Tachikawa	Japan	Kondo Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	6	-	-	3	3	6	4	2	6	30
4	Ralph Firman, Jr.	United Kingdom	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	2	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	10	10	29
5	Juichi Wakisaka	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	6	-	-	-	1	6	10	-	-	-	23
6	Ryo Michigami	Japan	Mooncraft	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	4	6	4	-	-	4	4	22
7	Michael Krumm	Germany	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	3	3	6	-	1	4	-	-	3	20
8	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	6	1	2	17
9	Masami Kageyama	Japan	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	3	2	1	2	-	-	1	3	-	-	12
10	Tsugio Matsuda	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	4	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	8
11	André Couto	Portugal	Team Nova	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	5
12	Seiji Ara	Japan	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Katsumoto Kaneishi	Japan	Kondo Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
14	Koji Yamanishi	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
	Narain Karthikeyan	India	Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R18=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start DIS(2)=disqualified after finishing in second place

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda	6	R	1	9	1	1	1	R	2	1	2	1	2	4	4	1	3	2	3	R
2	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	1	1	8	1	9	5	3	1	11	8	15	7	10	12	18	6	12	R18	14	10
3	Yuji Tachikawa	Japan	Kondo Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	4	13	9	2	7	11	6	R	4	4	4	4	4	2	6	3	6	5	6	2
4	Ralph Firman, Jr.	United Kingdom	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	12	5	4	R	3	2	8	6	8	R	3	R	3	7	2	R8	1	1	4	1
5	Juichi Wakisaka	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	2	2	2	10	5	12	2	R14	5	6	1	2	1	1	1	DIS(2)	2	R16	7	R
6	Ryo Michigami	Japan	Mooncraft	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	10	R	13	10	5	3	1	2	5	3	13	R	17	R	5	3	5	3
7	Michael Krumm	Germany	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	5	R	7	4	4	4	4	2	15	R	14	6	8	3	8	R	10	7	8	4
8	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	8	10	15	R11	2	3	11	R	3	3	6	R	14	14	3	2	4	6	2	5
9	Masami Kageyama	Japan	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	11	4	12	5	14	6	10	5	9	R	9	11	9	6	11	4	8	8	12	7
10	Tsugio Matsuda	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	3	R	5	3	8	8	9	R	6	5	7	5	12	R	5	R	9	9	1	9
11	André Couto	Portugal	Team Nova	G-Force	Mugen Honda	15	R	18	R	17	R	21	12
			Team Nova	Reynard	Mugen Honda									17	R	18	R	5	5	12	R	7	4	10	14
12	Seiji Ara	Japan	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	7	3	21	R	10	R	7	R	14	9	13	10	17	8	16	R	16	12	13	R
	Katsumoto Kaneishi	Japan	Kondo Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	20	7	16	6	16	R15	13	4	12	R	8	9	11	11	15	R	17	11	11	13
14	Koji Yamanishi	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	10	13	5	15	10	18	R
	Narain Karthikeyan	India	Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda	18	6	14	7	11	9	12	R	7	R	12	R13	6	9	7	R	13	R14	16	6
-	Alex Yoong	Malaysia	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	10	11	6	R	12	7	16	7	18	10	17	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Yudai Igarashi	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	14	9	11	R	21	R	17	11	13	7	10	8	16	R17	9	R	14	R17	15	8
-	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Japan	Takagi B-1 Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	19	15	20	R	20	14	19	8	21	R	20	15	19	15	19	7	20	15	20	R
-	Richard Lyons	United Kingdom	Team Nova	G-Force	Mugen Honda	17	8	13	8	15	R	15	9	19	11	16	12	18	R	14	R	18	13	9	12
-	Masahiko Kageyama	Japan	Takagi B-1 Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	16	12	19	R	18	R	18	10	20	NS	19	14	20	16	20	R	19	R	19	R
-	Hideki Noda	Japan	Dandelion Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	9	R	3	R	6	R	14	13	10	12	11	R	7	13	10	R	11	R	17	11
-	Jarosław Wierczuk	Poland	Dandelion Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	13	14	17	R	19	13	20	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Japan	Dandelion Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

External links

• 2001 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon