2002 Formula Nippon Championship

2002 Formula Nippon Championship

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Related series:
2002 International Formula 3000 Championship
2002 Euro Formula 3000 Championship

The 2002 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 11 different teams, 22 different drivers completed in the series. All teams had to use Reynard chassis and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Xbox Team Impul	1	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
	2	Template:Flagicon Michael Krumm	Reynard 99L		1–2
Olympic Kondo Racing Team	3	Template:Flagicon Seiji Ara	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	4	Template:Flagicon Katsutomo Kaneishi	Reynard 99L Reynard 2KL		All
Team 5ZIGEN	5	Template:Flagicon Naoki Hattori	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
	6	Template:Flagicon Ryo Michigami			1–2, 5–10
		Template:Flagicon Hidetoshi Mitsusada			3–4
Team LeMans	7	Template:Flagicon Masami Kageyama	Reynard 99L Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	1–2
		Template:Flagicon Dominik Schwager			3–10
	8	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsuchiya	Reynard 01L		All
Soft On Demand Team Nova Forward Team Nova	9	Template:Flagicon Kiyoto Yamamoto	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	10	Template:Flagicon Haruki Kurosawa			All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	Template:Flagicon Benoît Tréluyer	Reynard 99L Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	1–5
		Template:Flagicon Yuji Tachikawa			6–10
Mooncraft	14	Template:Flagicon Yudai Igarashi	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
Team 22	22	Template:Flagicon Daisuke Ito	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
PIAA Nakajima Racing	31	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
	32	Template:Flagicon Tsugio Matsuda			All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Reynard 99L Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
	56	Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Kaneishi	Reynard 01L		All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	68	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Cochet	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	1–2
		Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons			3–10

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan.

Race	Track	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Suzuka Circuit	24 March	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	PIAA Nakajima Racing
2	Fuji Speedway	7 April	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Template:Flagicon Naoki Hattori	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Xbox Team Impul
3	Mine Circuit	19 May	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Xbox Team Impul
4	Suzuka-East Circuit	7 July	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsuchiya	Template:Flagicon Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	PIAA Nakajima Racing
5	Twin Ring Motegi	21 July	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Xbox Team Impul
6	Sportsland SUGO	4 August	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsuchiya	Template:Flagicon Naoki Hattori	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	PIAA Nakajima Racing
7	Fuji Speedway	1 September	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsuchiya	Template:Flagicon Ryo Michigami	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
8	Mine Circuit	22 September	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsuchiya	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Xbox Team Impul
9	Twin Ring Motegi	20 October	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	PIAA Nakajima Racing
10	Suzuka Circuit	3 November	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Template:Flagicon Ryo Michigami	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Xbox Team Impul

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	6	4	3	2	1

Rank	Name	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	MOT	SGO	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Ralph Firman	1	2	Ret	1	9	1	2	2	1	3	62
2	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Ret	1	1	5	1	Ret	3	1	3	1	60
3	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	5	3	Ret	3	3	Ret	1	8	2	4	33
4	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsuchiya	2	6	3	Ret	2	4	Ret	7	6	2	27
5	Template:Flagicon Tsugio Matsuda	3	10	2	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	4	6	19
6	Template:Flagicon Ryo Michigami	4	DNS			4	3	4	3	12	11	17
7	Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Kaneishi	Ret	Ret	4	6	5	6	5	5	Ret	7	11
8	Template:Flagicon Naoki Hattori	6	Ret	Ret	4	6	12	6	6	8	5	9
9	Template:Flagicon Hidetoshi Mitsusada			5	2							8
10	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons			7	8	11	2	7	Ret	7	Ret	6
11	Template:Flagicon Seiji Ara	8	4	9	10	Ret	Ret	NC	9	11	10	3
12	Template:Flagicon Haruki Kurosawa	9	5	Ret	Ret	12	10	12	Ret	Ret	12	2
13	Template:Flagicon Dominik Schwager			Ret	11	Ret	8	9	10	5	Ret	2
14	Template:Flagicon Benoît Tréluyer	11	Ret	6	7	7						1
15	Template:Flagicon Michael Krumm	7	7									0
16	Template:Flagicon Yudai Igarashi	Ret	Ret	11	13	10	7	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	0
17	Template:Flagicon Daisuke Ito	10	9	10	9	8	9	8	11	10	8	0
18	Template:Flagicon Katsutomo Kaneishi	12	Ret	8	12	Ret	11	10	12	14	9	0
19	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Cochet	13	8									0
20	Template:Flagicon Yuji Tachikawa						Ret	11	Ret	9	Ret	0
21	Template:Flagicon Kiyoto Yamamoto	15	11	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	DNS	15	13	0
22	Template:Flagicon Masami Kageyama	Ret	Ret									0

Teams' Championship

Rank	Team	Car	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	MOT	SGO	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	PIAA Nakajima	31	1	2	Ret	1	9	1	2	2	1	3	81
		32	3	10	2	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	4	6
2	Xbox Impul	1	Ret	1	1	5	1	Ret	3	1	3	1	60
		2	7	7
3	ARTA	55	5	3	Ret	3	3	Ret	1	8	2	4	44
		56	Ret	Ret	4	6	5	6	5	5	Ret	7
4	5ZIGEN	5	6	Ret	Ret	4	6	12	6	6	8	5	34
		6	4	DNS	5	2	4	3	4	3	12	11
5	LeMans	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	8	9	10	5	Ret	29
		8	2	6	3	Ret	2	4	Ret	7	6	2
6	DoCoMo Dandelion	68	13	8	7	8	11	2	7	Ret	7	Ret	6
7	Olympic Kondo	3	8	4	9	10	Ret	Ret	NC	9	11	10	3
		4	12	Ret	8	12	Ret	11	10	12	14	9
8	Nova	9	15	11	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	DNS	15	13	2
		10	9	5	Ret	Ret	12	10	12	Ret	Ret	12
9	Cosmo Oil Cerumo	11	11	Ret	6	7	7	Ret	11	Ret	9	Ret	1
10	Mooncraft	14	Ret	Ret	11	13	10	7	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	0
11	Team 22	22	10	9	10	9	8	9	8	11	10	8	0

External links

• 2002 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon