1997 Formula Nippon Championship
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The 1997 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 17 different teams, 37 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 2 different engines competed.
Teams and drivers
[edit]Calendar
[edit]Race No | Track | Country | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Fastest Race Lap |
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1 | Suzuka | ![]() |
27 April 1997 | 35 | 5.864=205.241 km | 1'03:21.391 | 194.368 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Toranosuke Takagi | Katsutomo Kaneishi |
2 | Mine | ![]() |
18 May 1997 | 62 | 3.239=200.818 km | 1'21:52.463 | 147.165 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Toranosuke Takagi | Katsumi Yamamoto |
3 | Fuji | ![]() |
1 June 1997 | 45 | 4.470=201.15 km | 0'59:08.195 | 204.087 km/h | Takuya Kurosawa | Takuya Kurosawa (ss) Pedro de la Rosa (fq) |
Takuya Kurosawa |
4 | Suzuka | ![]() |
6 July 1997 | 35 | 5.864=205.241 km | 1'03:54.672 | 192.681 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Toranosuke Takagi (ss) Pedro de la Rosa (fq) |
Masahiko Kageyama |
5 | Sugo | ![]() |
3 August 1997 | 54 | 3.704=200.016 km | 1'09:24.918 | 172.886 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa (ss) Masahiko Kageyama (fq) |
Norberto Fontana |
6 | Fuji | ![]() |
31 August 1997 | 45 | 4.470=201.15 km | 0'59:22.035 | 203.294 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa |
7 | Mine | ![]() |
14 September 1997 | 62 | 3.239=200.818 km | 1'21:57.038 | 147.029 km/h | Norberto Fontana | Toranosuke Takagi | Pedro de la Rosa |
8 | Motegi | ![]() |
28 September 1997 | 43 | 4.796=206.228 km | 1'09:34.297 | 177.855 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa | Masami Kageyama |
9 | Fuji | ![]() |
19 October 1997 | 45 | 4.470=201.15 km | 1'01:29.628 | 196.264 km/h | Katsutomo Kaneishi | Katsutomo Kaneishi (ss) Norberto Fontana (fq) |
Pedro de la Rosa |
10 | Suzuka | ![]() |
9 November 1997 | 35 | 5.864=205.241 km | 1'02:07.829 | 198.203 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa | Masahiko Kageyama |
Note:
Race 2 first finisher Norberto Fontana 1'21:51.024/147.209 km/h, but 1 minute penalty.
(ss) indicate the winner of the special stage, who started from pole - (fq) indicate the original fastest qualifier. In all other races, the fastest qualifier was also the winner of the special stage.
Championship standings
[edit]Drivers' Championship
[edit]- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Rank | Name | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SGO | FUJ | MIN | MOT | FUJ | SUZ | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 82 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 28 |
3 | ![]() |
9 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 21 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |
5 | ![]() |
11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
6 | ![]() |
Ret | DNS | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 18 |
7 | ![]() |
Ret | Ret | 5 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 12 | 3 | 16 |
8 | ![]() |
Ret | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 13 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 11 | 12 |
9 | ![]() |
7 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 18 | 8 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 10 |
10 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 7 |
11 | ![]() |
4 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | 7 | |
12 | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||
13 | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 16 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 5 |
14 | ![]() |
12 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 11 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 |
15 | ![]() |
5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 7 | 2 |
16 | ![]() |
Ret | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 1 | ||||
17 | ![]() |
Ret | 13 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||||
18 | ![]() |
Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 1 | |||
19 | ![]() |
10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 14 | 7 | Ret | 0 |
20 | ![]() |
13 | 7 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
21 | ![]() |
Ret | 10 | 16 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
22 | ![]() |
15 | DNS | 12 | 14 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
13 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 0 | |||
24 | ![]() |
9 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
25 | ![]() |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
26 | ![]() |
Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 0 | |||||
27 | ![]() |
12 | 10 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
28 | ![]() |
Ret | Ret | 10 | 0 | |||||||
29 | ![]() |
12 | Ret | 14 | 0 | |||||||
30 | ![]() |
Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |
31 | ![]() |
13 | Ret | 13 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
32 | ![]() |
14 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
33 | ![]() |
15 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 0 | |||||
34 | ![]() |
Ret | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
35 | ![]() |
17 | Ret | 17 | 17 | DNQ | 0 | |||||
36 | ![]() |
Ret | 0 | |||||||||
37 | ![]() |
Ret | 0 |
Teams' Championship
[edit]Rank | Name | Car | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SGO | FUJ | MIN | MOT | FUJ | SUZ | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shionogi Nova | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 89 |
10 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 13 | |||
2 | Impul | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 44 |
20 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 12 | 3 | |||
3 | LeMans | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 23 |
2 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 9 | Ret | ||||
4 | PIAA Nakajima | 64 | Ret | DNS | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 20 |
65 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 7 | |||
5 | Cerumo | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
12 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 10 | Ret | ||||||||
6 | Navi Connection | 27 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
28 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 14 | 7 | Ret | |||
7 | Funai Super Aguri | 55 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 18 | 8 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 17 |
56 | 4 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | |||
8 | Team TMS | 17 | 15 | DNS | 12 | 14 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | 12 |
18 | Ret | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 13 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 11 | |||
9 | Stellar | 34 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 6 | |||
35 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 8 | |||
10 | Mirai | 32 | Ret | 15 | 5 | ||||||||
33 | 8 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 16 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 9 | |||
11 | Dome with Mugen | 8 | 12 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 11 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 |
12 | Be Brides | 21 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 1 | |||
13 | Asahi Kiko Sports | 3 | Ret | 10 | 16 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
14 | 5ZIGEN | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
6 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 13 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | |||
15 | Team LeyJUN | 62 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 17 | DNQ | 0 | |||||
63 | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 16 | |||
16 | Takagi B-1 Racing | 36 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
37 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |