2006 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2006 Formula Nippon Championship was the thirty-fourth season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the eleventh under the Formula Nippon moniker. It was contested over nine rounds at five venues, with Autopolis returning to the calendar for the first time since 1992, replacing Miné Circuit. 12 teams and 25 drivers competed in the championship.

For the first time since 1997, multiple companies supplied engines to Formula Nippon teams, with Toyota and Honda each introducing new three-litre, naturally-aspirated V8 engines derived from their previous offerings in the IndyCar Series. Lola also introduced a new spec chassis, the B06/51 (aka FN06), to replace the previous B03/51 that had served the series since 2003.

Team Impul driver Benoît Tréluyer won his first series championship.

Teams and drivers

All teams used tyres supplied by Bridgestone and Lola B06/51 chassis.

Team # Driver Engine Rounds
arting Racing Team with Impul 1 Satoshi Motoyama Toyota RV8J All
2 Kazuki Hoshino All
Kondo Racing 3 Sakon Yamamoto Toyota RV8J 1–3
Seiji Ara 4–9
4 Masataka Yanagida All
Team Reckless 5ZIGEN
Team 5ZIGEN
M&O with Team 5ZIGEN 		5 Ryō Michigami Honda HF386E All
6 Ryo Orime 1–8
João Paulo de Oliveira 9
Team LeMans 7 Tatsuya Kataoka Toyota RV8J All
8 Toranosuke Takagi All
Team Cerumo
Team Reckless Cerumo 		11 Yuji Tachikawa Toyota RV8J All
EMS Racing 17 Katsuyuki Hiranaka Honda HF386E 5–9
mobilecast Team Impul 19 Benoît Tréluyer Toyota RV8J All
20 Tsugio Matsuda All
DPR Direxiv 27 Shogo Mitsuyama Honda HF386E 1–4
PIAA Nakajima Racing 31 Loïc Duval Honda HF386E All
32 Hideki Mutoh All
Team BOSS INGING Formula Nippon 33 Ronnie Quintarelli Toyota RV8J All
34 Naoki Yokomizo All
DHG TOM'S Racing 36 André Lotterer Toyota RV8J All
37 Takeshi Tsuchiya All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40 Björn Wirdheim Honda HF386E All
41 Katsuyuki Hiranaka 1–3
Yuji Ide 4–9
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 Toshihiro Kaneishi Honda HF386E All
56 Takashi Kogure All

Race calendar and results

2006 venues
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Fuji Speedway 2 April Benoît Tréluyer Masataka Yanagida Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast IMPUL
2 Suzuka Circuit 16 April Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Loïc Duval PIAA Nakajima
3 Twin Ring Motegi 28 May Takashi Kogure Tsugio Matsuda André Lotterer DHG TOM'S
4 Suzuka Circuit 9 July Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast IMPUL
5 Autopolis 6 August Takashi Kogure Loïc Duval Tsugio Matsuda mobilecast IMPUL
6 Fuji Speedway 27 August Takashi Kogure Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast IMPUL
7 Sportsland SUGO 17 September Takashi Kogure Hideki Mutoh Loïc Duval PIAA Nakajima
8 Twin Ring Motegi 22 October Takashi Kogure Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast IMPUL
9 Suzuka Circuit 19 November Tsugio Matsuda Benoît Tréluyer André Lotterer DHG TOM'S

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Points 10 6 4 3 2 1
Rank Name FUJ SUZ MOT SUZ ATP FUJ SGO MOT SUZ Points
1 Benoît Tréluyer 1 3 2 1 7 1 2 1 Ret 51
2 Tsugio Matsuda 2 9 5 2 1 7 3 2 2 37
3 André Lotterer 8 5 1 5 8 2 Ret Ret 1 30
4 Loïc Duval 11 1 6 Ret 18 9 1 4 6 25
5 Satoshi Motoyama 3 8 3 3 Ret 3 5 Ret Ret 16
6 Björn Wirdheim 4 2 4 Ret 6 6 6 11 9 13.5
7 Tatsuya Kataoka 13 7 Ret 6 3 Ret 9 3 3 13
8 Yuji Tachikawa 12 Ret 10 4 4 5 7 5 Ret 10
9 Toshihiro Kaneishi 16 Ret Ret Ret 2 4 Ret Ret 7 9
10 Ronnie Quintarelli 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 10 4 9 12 6
11 Sakon Yamamoto 6 4 14 3.5
12 Takashi Kogure 10 17 Ret 9 19 Ret DSQ Ret 4 3
13 Takeshi Tsuchiya 9 10 Ret 7 9 Ret 8 8 5 2
14 Hideki Mutoh 19 6 8 Ret 17 16 10 10 Ret 1
15 Masataka Yanagida 7 Ret 9 13 13 12 Ret 6 13 1
16 Ryō Michigami 20 18 7 Ret 11 15 12 Ret 11 0
17 Naoki Yokomizo 14 13 Ret 11 Ret Ret 11 7 Ret 0
18 Toranosuke Takagi 22 16 11 8 16 8 Ret Ret Ret 0
19 João Paulo de Oliveira 8 0
20 Seiji Ara 10 10 18 13 Ret Ret 0
21 Yuji Ide 12 12 11 Ret Ret 10 0
22 Katsuyuki Hiranaka 17 11 Ret 15 14 Ret Ret Ret 0
23 Ryo Orime 21 15 12 Ret Ret 17 DSQ 12 0
24 Shogo Mitsuyama 15 12 13 Ret 0
25 Kazuki Hoshino 18 14 Ret Ret 14 13 Ret Ret 14 0

Note:

‡ Because of heavy rain at Fuji during the race, the event ended after two laps. Half points were awarded because of the stoppage before the 75% point.

Teams' Championship

Rank Team Car FUJ SUZ MOT SUZ ATP FUJ SGO MOT SUZ Points
1 mobilecast Impul 19 1 3 2 1 7 1 2 1 Ret 88
20 2 9 5 2 1 7 3 2 2
2 DHG TOM'S 36 8 5 1 5 8 2 Ret Ret 1 32
37 9 10 Ret 7 9 Ret 8 8 5
3 PIAA Nakajima 31 11 1 6 Ret 18 9 1 4 6 26
32 19 6 8 Ret 17 16 10 10 Ret
4 arting Impul 1 3 8 3 3 Ret 3 5 Ret Ret 16
2 18 14 Ret Ret 14 13 Ret Ret 14
5 DoCoMo Dandelion 40 4 2 4 Ret 6 6 6 11 9 13.5
41 17 11 Ret 12 12 11 Ret Ret 10
6 Team LeMans 7 13 7 Ret 6 3 Ret 9 3 3 13
8 22 16 11 8 16 8 Ret Ret Ret
7 ARTA 55 16 Ret Ret Ret 2 4 Ret Ret 7 12
56 10 17 Ret 9 19 Ret DSQ Ret 4
8 Reckless Cerumo 11 12 Ret 10 4 4 5 7 5 Ret 10
9 BOSS INGING 33 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 10 4 9 12 6
34 14 13 Ret 11 Ret Ret 11 7 Ret
10 Kondo Racing 3 6 4 14 10 10 18 13 Ret Ret 4.5
4 7 Ret 9 13 13 12 Ret 6 13
11 Team 5ZIGEN 5 20 18 7 Ret 11 15 12 Ret 11 0
6 21 15 12 Ret Ret 17 DSQ 12 8
12 DPR Direxiv 27 15 12 13 Ret 0
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