1986 Japanese Formula Two Championship

1986 Japanese Formula Two Championship

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The 1986 Japanese Formula Two Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 12 teams, 19 drivers, 3 chassis, 3 engines, and 3 tires competed.

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Rounds
Heros Racing	1	Template:Flagicon Satoru Nakajima	March 86J	Honda	B	All
Hoshino Racing	2	Template:Flagicon Kazuyoshi Hoshino	March 86J	Honda	B	All
Speed Box Motor Sports	3	Template:Flagicon Eje Elgh	March 86J	Yamaha	D	All
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team	5	Template:Flagicon Masahiro Hasemi	March 85J March 86J	Yamaha	D	All
	6	Template:Flagicon Yoshiyasu Tachi	March 86J			All
Takuya Racing	7	Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees	March 85J March 86J	Yamaha	B	All
	11	Template:Flagicon Aguri Suzuki	March 85J			8
Team LeMans	8	Template:Flagicon Keiji Matsumoto	March 86J	Yamaha	B	All
	18	Template:Flagicon Akio Morimoto	March 86J			8
Team Nova	9	Template:Flagicon Mike Thackwell	March 85J March 86J	Honda	B	All
Takeshi Project Racing	10	Template:Flagicon Hideshi Matsuda	March 85J	BMW	Y	1-2, 4-8
Team Equipe	12	Template:Flagicon Kengo Nakamoto	Maurer MM81	BMW	D	1, 4
Leyton House Racing	16	Template:Flagicon Akira Hagiwara	March 86J	Yamaha	B	1
		Template:Flagicon Ivan Capelli				5-6, 8
		Template:Flagicon Masanori Sekiya				7
Advan Sports Racing Team JPS Advan Advan Sports Shigeyama Racing	24	Template:Flagicon Kenji Takahashi	March 86J	Yamaha	Y	All
	25	Template:Flagicon Kunimitsu Takahashi				All
	26	Template:Flagicon Takao Wada				All
Shimizu Racing	33	Template:Flagicon Masatomo Shimizu	March 85J	Yamaha	D	1-2, 4, 7-8

Results

Date	Round	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car
10/03/85	Rd.1	Suzuka	Template:Flagicon Keiji Matsumoto	Team LeMans	March-Yamaha 86J
20/04/86	Rd.2	Fuji	Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees	Takuya Racing	March-Yamaha 86J
11/05/86	Rd.3	Mine	Template:Flagicon Keiji Matsumoto	Team LeMans	March-Yamaha 86J
25/05/86	Rd.4	Suzuka	Template:Flagicon Satoru Nakajima	Heros Racing	March-Honda 86J
06/07/86	Rd.5	Suzuka	Template:Flagicon Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Hoshino Racing	March-Honda 86J
10/08/86	Rd.6	Fuji	Template:Flagicon Mike Thackwell	Team Nova	March-Honda 86J
28/09/86	Rd.7	Suzuka	Template:Flagicon Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Hoshino Racing	March-Honda 86J
02/11/86	Rd.8	Suzuka	Template:Flagicon Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Hoshino Racing	March-Honda 86J

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, 3 for eighth place, 2 for ninth place and 1 for tenth place. No additional points were awarded. The best six results count. Five drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Total Points
1	Satoru Nakajima		Heros Racing	March	Honda	15	15	(10)	20	15	12	15	(10)	92
2	Kazuyoshi Hoshino		Hoshino Racing	March	Honda	-	12	-	15	20	-	20	20	87
3	Geoff Lees		Takuya Racing	March	Yamaha	-	20	12	12	10	10	(1)	15	79
4	Keiji Matsumoto		Cabin Racing	March	Yamaha	20	8	20	8	8	8	-	-	72
5	Mike Thackwell		Team Nova	March	Honda	10	(3)	6	(4)	12	20	12	8	68
6	Eje Elgh		Speed Box Motor Sports	March	Yamaha	8	(1)	15	2	3	(1)	10	4	42
7	Ivan Capelli		Leyton House Racing	March	Yamaha	-	-	-	-	6	15	-	12	33
8	Takao Wada		Advan Sports Racing	March	Yamaha	12	10	2	6	-	2	-	-	32
9	Masahiro Hasemi		Speed Star Wheel Racing Team	March	Yamaha	4	4	8	-	4	4	4	(2)	28
10	Kunimitsu Takahashi		Team Nova	March	Honda	6	-	3	3	2	-	8	-	22
11	Yoshiyasu Tachi		Speed Star Wheel Racing Team	March	Yamaha	-	2	-	10	-	6	-	3	21
12	Kenji Takahashi		Advan Sports Racing	March	Yamaha	-	6	4	1	1	3	-	1	16
13	Masanori Sekiya		Leyton House Racing	March	Yamaha	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
	Masatomo Shimizu		Shimizu Racing	March	Yamaha	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6
	Aguri Suzuki		Takuya Racing	March	Yamaha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
16	Hideshi Matsuda		Takeshi Project Team	March	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4