2000 Formula Nippon Championship
The 2000 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 13 different teams, 21 different drivers, 2 different chassis and only 1 engine competed.
| 2000 Formula Nippon Championship | |||
| Previous: | 1999 | Next: | 2001 |
| Related series: 2000 International Formula 3000 Championship 2000 Italian Formula 3000 Championship | |||
Teams and drivers
| Team | # | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIAA Nakajima Racing | 0 |  Toranosuke Takagi |
Reynard 2KL | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 2 | Tsugio Matsuda |
Reynard 99L | All | ||
| Olympic Kondo Racing Team | 3 | Masahiko Kondo |
Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 4 | Takeshi Tsuchiya |
G-Force GF03 | 9 | ||
| Team 5ZIGEN | 5 | Naoki Hattori |
Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 6 |  Michael Krumm |
All | |||
| Team LeMans | 7 | Hideki Noda |
Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 8 | Yudai Igarashi |
All | |||
| Team Morinaga Nova | 9 |  Ralph Firman |
G-Force GF03B | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 10 | Koji Yamanishi |
All | |||
| Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | 11 | Yuji Tachikawa |
Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 12 |  Jaroslaw Wierczuk |
All | |||
| Mooncraft | 14 | Shigekazu Wakisaka |
Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Team Impul | 19 | Satoshi Motoyama |
Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Team Malaysia | 21 |  Alex Yoong |
Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Takagi B-1 Racing | 36 | Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 55 | Katsutomo Kaneishi |
Reynard 99L | Mugen MF308 | 1–8 |
| 56 | Juichi Wakisaka |
All | |||
| Team LeyJun | 62 | Shinsuke Shibahara |
Reynard 2KL | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 63 | Osamu Nakajima |
Reynard 99L G-Force GF03 |
1–5, 7–10 | ||
| DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 68 | Ryo Michigami |
Reynard 2KL | Mugen MF308 | All |
Calendar
All races were held in Japan.
| Race No | Track | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Fastest Race Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuka | 26 March 2000 | 10+22 | 5.821=186.272 km | 1'04:23.704[1] | 173.559 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Ralph Firman, Jr. | Toranosuke Takagi |
| 2 | Motegi | 16 April 2000 | 44 | 4.796=211.024 km | 1'13:19.610 | 172.671 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Toranosuke Takagi | Tsugio Matsuda |
| 3 | Mine | 21 May 2000 | 61 | 3.247=198.067 km | 1'20:07.628 | 148.315 km/h | Tsugio Matsuda | Toranosuke Takagi | Toranosuke Takagi |
| 4 | Fuji | 4 June 2000 | 50 | 4.4=220.0 km | 1'06:43.944 | 197.805 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Michael Krumm | Hideki Noda |
| 5 | Suzuka-East | 2 July 2000 | 72 | 2.244=161.568 km | 1'22:17.358 | 117.805 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Toranosuke Takagi | Toranosuke Takagi |
| 6 | Sugo | 30 July 2000 | 60 | 3.704=222.24 km | 1'15:28.393 | 176.677 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Toranosuke Takagi | Juichi Wakisaka |
| 7 | Motegi | 20 August 2000 | 46 | 4.796=220.616 km | 1'14:57.795 | 176.579 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Toranosuke Takagi | Michael Krumm |
| 8 | Fuji | 3 September 2000 | 10+37 | 4.4=206.8 km | 1'03:09.202[2] | 196.474 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Satoshi Motoyama | Hideki Noda |
| 9 | Mine | 17 September 2000 | 62 | 3.247=201.314 km | 1'20:48.792 | 149.466 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Toranosuke Takagi | Satoshi Motoyama |
| 10 | Suzuka | 5 November 2000 | 35 | 5.821=203.735 km | 1'05:10.434 | 187.561 km/h | Satoshi Motoyama | Satoshi Motoyama | Satoshi Motoyama |
Note:
Race 1 stopped due to rain and restarted, originally scheduled over 35 laps.
Race 8 stopped due to an accident and restarted, originally scheduled over 50 laps.
- time shown in aggregate - 0'22:11.072/157.434 km/h for part 1 and 0'42:12.632/182.033 km/h for part two
- time shown in aggregate - 0'13:23.949/197.027 km/h for part 1 and 0'49:45.253/196.325 km/h for part two
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 | MOT | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toranosuke Takagi |
1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 86 |
| 2 | Michael Krumm |
2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Satoshi Motoyama |
6 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 |
| 4 | Tsugio Matsuda |
12 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 11 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Hideki Noda |
Ret | 10 | 3 | 15 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Katsutomo Kaneishi |
4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 11 | Ret | 14 | ||
| 7 | Juichi Wakisaka |
11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Naoki Hattori |
3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 9 | Yuji Tachikawa |
8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| 10 | Ralph Firman |
Ret | 11 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | Ret | 9 |
| 11 | Shinsuke Shibahara |
9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | Shigekazu Wakisaka |
5 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 2 |
| 13 | Yudai Igarashi |
Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 16 | Ret | 1 |
| 14 | Koji Yamanishi |
Ret | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | Masahiko Kondo |
7 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryo Michigami |
Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 0 |
| 17 | Jaroslaw Wierczuk |
13 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | Alex Yoong |
DNS | Ret | Ret | 9 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 19 | Tetsuji Tamanaka |
Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 0 |
| 20 | Osamu Nakajima |
10 | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 0 | |
| 21 | Takeshi Tsuchiya |
10 | 0 |
Teams' Championship
| Rank | Name | Car | SUZ | MOT | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SGO | MOT | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIAA Nakajima | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 113 |
| 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 11 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 5ZIGEN | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 4 | |||
| 3 | Impul | 19 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 |
| 4 | ARTA | 55 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 11 | Ret | 27 | ||
| 56 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | |||
| 5 | LeMans | 7 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 15 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 16 | Ret | |||
| 6 | Team Morinaga Nova | 9 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | Ret | 9 |
| 10 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Cosmo Oil Cerumo | 11 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| 12 | 13 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 8 | LeyJun | 62 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 |
| 63 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | Mooncraft | 14 | 5 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | Kondo Racing | 3 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | DoCoMo Dandelion | 68 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 0 |
| 12 | Team Malaysia | 21 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 9 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 13 | Takagi B-1 Racing | 36 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 0 |
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