1999 Formula Nippon Championship

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

1999 Formula Nippon Championship
Previous:	1998	Next:	2000
Related series: 1999 International Formula 3000 Championship 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Unlimited Racing Team LeMans	1	Satoshi Motoyama	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	2	Koji Yamanishi			All
Asahi Kiko Sports	3	Atsushi Kawamoto	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
Team 5ZIGEN	5	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	1–3
		Tetsuya Tanaka			5–10
	6	Tetsuya Tanaka			1
		Michael Krumm			2–10
Shionogi Team Nova	9	Ralph Firman	G-Force GF03B	Mugen MF308	All
	10	Hiroki Katoh			All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	Yuji Tachikawa	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	12	Akira Iida			All
Speedmaster Mooncraft	14	Ryo Michigami	Lola B99/51	Mugen MF308	All
	15	Masahiko Kageyama			All
Team TMS	17	Dominik Schwager	Lola B99/51	Mugen MF308	1–6
	18	Takuya Kurosawa			1–6
Be Brides Team Impul	19	Masami Kageyama	Lola B99/51 Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	20	Hideki Noda			All
Mirai	32	Masahiko Kondo	Lola B99/51	Mugen MF308	1–3
Takagi B-1 Racing	36	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Lola B99/51 Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	1, 3–10
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Lola B99/51 Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	56	Juichi Wakisaka			All
Team LeyJun	62	Peter Dumbreck	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	63	Osamu Nakajima	Reynard 99L Lola B99/51		1–3
		Shinsuke Shibahara			6–10
PIAA Nakajima Racing	64	Tom Coronel	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	65	Hidetoshi Mitsusada			All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	68	Rubén Derfler	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All

Calendar

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

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	Tom Coronel	2	Ret	3	1	2	1	1	Ret	3	Ret	50
2	Satoshi Motoyama	1	2	1	Ret	Ret	2	3	Ret	1	Ret	46
3	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	3	1	8	10	5	11	4	1	5	9	31
4	Ralph Firman	Ret	3	2	9	Ret	6	10	9	8	1	21
5	Michael Krumm		5	Ret	3	11	4	9	4	Ret	2	19
6	Masami Kageyama	Ret	Ret	6	12	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	4	17
7	Peter Dumbreck	4	6	5	2	Ret	Ret	5	5	10	10	16
8	Juichi Wakisaka	Ret	15	10	Ret	9	5	2	3	11	3	16
9	Takuya Kurosawa	Ret	Ret	12	5	3	3					10
10	Ryo Michigami	6	8	7	8	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	5	9
11	Hideki Noda	Ret	16	13	14	6	Ret	Ret	2	9	11	7
12	Koji Yamanishi	DNS	DNS	4	4	8	9	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
13	Yuji Tachikawa	5	4	Ret	7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	6
14	Tetsuya Tanaka	Ret				4	Ret	11	Ret	14	Ret	3
15	Dominik Schwager	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	7					1
16	Katsutomo Kaneishi	9	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	8	6	Ret	Ret	7	1
17	Masahiko Kageyama	Ret	12	Ret	13	Ret	13	Ret	6	12	13	1
18	Hiroki Katoh	Ret	10	Ret	15	10	12	12	Ret	7	6	1
19	Atsushi Kawamoto	8	Ret	11	18	13	Ret	13	7	Ret	16	0
20	Akira Iida	7	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	13	12	0
21	Shinsuke Shibahara						Ret	Ret	8	15	14	0
22	Rubén Derfler	Ret	11	9	17	12	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	0
23	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Ret	9	Ret								0
24	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Ret		14	19	14	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	17	0
25	Masahiko Kondo	Ret	13	Ret								0
26	Osamu Nakajima	Ret	14	Ret								0

Teams' Championship

Rank	Name	Car	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SGO	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	PIAA Nakajima	64	2	Ret	3	1	2	1	1	Ret	3	Ret	81
		65	3	1	8	10	5	11	4	1	5	9
2	Unlimited LeMans	1	1	2	1	Ret	Ret	2	3	Ret	1	Ret	52
		2	DNS	DNS	4	4	8	9	8	Ret	Ret	Ret
3	Be Brides Impul	19	Ret	Ret	6	12	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	4	24
		20	Ret	16	13	14	6	Ret	Ret	2	9	11
4	Shionogi Nova	9	Ret	3	2	9	Ret	6	10	9	8	1	22
		10	Ret	10	Ret	15	10	12	12	Ret	7	6
5	5ZIGEN	5	Ret	9	Ret		4	Ret	11	Ret	14	Ret	21
		6	Ret	5	Ret	3	11	4	9	4	Ret	2
6	ARTA	55	9	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	8	6	Ret	Ret	7	17
		56	Ret	15	10	Ret	9	5	2	3	11	3
7	Team LeyJun	62	4	6	5	2	Ret	Ret	5	5	10	10	16
		63	Ret	14	Ret			Ret	Ret	8	15	14
8	Team TMS	17	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	7					11
		18	Ret	Ret	12	5	3	3
9	Speedmaster Mooncraft	14	6	8	7	8	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	5	10
		15	Ret	12	Ret	13	Ret	13	Ret	6	12	13
10	Cosmo Oil Cerumo	11	5	4	Ret	7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	6
		12	7	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	13	12
11	Asahi Kiko Sports	3	8	Ret	11	18	13	Ret	13	7	Ret	16	0
12	DoCoMo Dandelion	68	Ret	11	9	17	12	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	0
13	Takagi B-1 Racing	36	Ret		14	19	14	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	17	0
14	Mirai	32	Ret	13	Ret								0

External links

• 1999 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon