2001 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2001 Formula Nippon Championship was the twenty-ninth season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the sixth under the Formula Nippon moniker. It was contested over ten rounds at five venues. 11 different teams, 23 different drivers, and two different chassis suppliers competed in the series. This would be the last season with multiple chassis suppliers after G-Force Technologies stopped supplying chassis after 2001.

Satoshi Motoyama of Team Impul won his second series championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams used tyres supplied by Bridgestone and Mugen MF308 engines.

Team # Driver Chassis Rounds
PIAA Nakajima Racing 1 Tsugio Matsuda Reynard 2KL All
2 Ralph Firman Jr. Reynard 99L All
Olympic Kondo Racing Team 3 Yuji Tachikawa Reynard 99L All
4 Katsutomo Kaneishi All
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Naoki Hattori Reynard 99L All
6 Michael Krumm Reynard 99L
Reynard 01L 		All
Team LeMans 7 Alex Yoong Reynard 99L 1–6
Koji Yamanishi 7–10
8 Yudai Igarashi All
Team Morinaga Nova 9 Richard Lyons G-Force GF03C All
10 André Couto G-Force GF03C
Reynard 99L 		All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo 11 Masami Kageyama Reynard 99L All
12 Seiji Ara All
Mooncraft 14 Ryō Michigami Reynard 01L 2–10
excite Team Impul 19 Satoshi Motoyama Reynard 01L All
20 Narain Karthikeyan Reynard 99L All
Takagi B-1 Car Club 36 Tetsuji Tamanaka Reynard 2KL
Reynard 99L 		All
37 Masahiko Kageyama Reynard 99L All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 Juichi Wakisaka Reynard 99L All
56 Takeshi Tsuchiya All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 68 Hideki Noda Reynard 2KL All
69 Jaroslaw Wierczuk Reynard 99L 1–4
Hidetoshi Mitsusada 5

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 25 March Naoki Hattori Juichi Wakisaka Naoki Hattori Team 5ZIGEN
2 Twin Ring Motegi 22 April Satoshi Motoyama Juichi Wakisaka Naoki Hattori Team 5ZIGEN
3 Mine Circuit 20 May Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi Motoyama excite Team Impul
4 Fuji Speedway 3 June Satoshi Motoyama Naoki Hattori Naoki Hattori Team 5ZIGEN
5 Suzuka-East Circuit 1 July Ryō Michigami Ralph Firman Jr. Satoshi Motoyama excite Team Impul
6 Sportsland SUGO 29 July Juichi Wakisaka Juichi Wakisaka Satoshi Motoyama excite Team Impul
7 Fuji Speedway 2 September Juichi Wakisaka Juichi Wakisaka Juichi Wakisaka Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
8 Mine Circuit 23 September Juichi Wakisaka Ryō Michigami Satoshi Motoyama excite Team Impul
9 Twin Ring Motegi 21 October Ralph Firman Jr. Juichi Wakisaka Ralph Firman Jr. PIAA Nakajima Racing
10 Suzuka Circuit 18 November Tsugio Matsuda Michael Krumm Ralph Firman Jr. PIAA Nakajima Racing

Note:

Juichi Wakisaka set the fastest lap in Round 8 but was later disqualified.

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 Satoshi Motoyama Ret 9 1 Ret 1 1 4 1 2 Ret 49
2 Naoki Hattori 1 1 5 1 8 7 12 6 Ret 10 33
3 Yuji Tachikawa 13 2 11 Ret 4 4 2 3 5 2 30
4 Ralph Firman Jr. 5 Ret 2 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 1 1 29
5 Juichi Wakisaka 2 10 12 Ret 6 2 1 DSQ Ret Ret 23
6 Ryō Michigami Ret 10 3 2 3 Ret Ret 3 3 22
7 Michael Krumm Ret 4 4 2 Ret 6 3 Ret 7 4 20
8 Takeshi Tsuchiya 10 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 14 2 6 5 17
9 Masami Kageyama 4 5 6 5 Ret 11 6 4 8 7 12
10 Tsugio Matsuda Ret 3 8 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 9 9 8
11 André Couto Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 14 5
12 Seiji Ara 3 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 8 Ret 12 Ret 4
13 Katsutomo Kaneishi 7 6 Ret 4 Ret 9 11 Ret 11 13 4
14 Koji Yamanishi 10 5 10 Ret 2
15 Narain Karthikeyan 6 7 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 6 2
16 Alex Yoong 11 Ret 7 7 10 Ret 0
17 Yudai Igarashi 9 Ret Ret 11 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 0
18 Tetsuji Tamanaka 15 Ret 14 8 Ret 15 15 7 15 Ret 0
19 Richard Lyons 8 8 Ret 9 11 12 Ret Ret 13 12 0
20 Masahiko Kageyama 12 Ret Ret 10 DNS 14 16 Ret Ret Ret 0
21 Hideki Noda Ret Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 13 Ret Ret 11 0
22 Jaroslaw Wierczuk 14 Ret 13 DNS 0
23 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 13 0

Teams' Championship

Rank Team Car SUZ MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SGO FUJ MIN MOT SUZ Points
1 5ZIGEN 5 1 1 5 1 8 7 12 6 Ret 10 53
6 Ret 4 4 2 Ret 6 3 Ret 7 4
2 excite Impul 19 Ret 9 1 Ret 1 1 4 1 2 Ret 51
20 6 7 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 6
3 ARTA 55 2 10 12 Ret 6 2 1 DSQ Ret Ret 40
56 10 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 14 2 6 5
4 PIAA Nakajima 1 Ret 3 8 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 9 9 37
2 5 Ret 2 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 1 1
5 Olympic Kondo 3 13 2 11 Ret 4 4 2 3 5 2 34
4 7 6 Ret 4 Ret 9 11 Ret 11 13
6 Mooncraft 14 Ret 10 3 2 3 Ret Ret 3 3 22
7 Cosmo Oil Cerumo 11 4 5 6 5 Ret 11 6 4 8 7 16
12 3 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 8 Ret 12 Ret
8 Team Morinaga Nova 9 8 8 Ret 9 11 12 Ret Ret 13 12 5
10 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 14
9 LeMans 7 11 Ret 7 7 10 Ret 10 5 10 Ret 2
8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 8
10 Takagi B-1 Racing 36 15 Ret 14 8 Ret 15 15 7 15 Ret 0
37 12 Ret Ret 10 DNS 14 16 Ret Ret Ret
11 DoCoMo Dandelion 68 Ret Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 13 Ret Ret 11 0
69 14 Ret 13 DNS 13
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