2000 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2000 Formula Nippon Championship was the twenty-eighth season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the fifth under the Formula Nippon name and Japan Race Promotion (JRP) management. The series was contested over ten rounds at five venues. 13 different teams, 21 different drivers, and two different chassis suppliers competed in the series.

Nakajima Racing driver Toranosuke Takagi, who returned to Formula Nippon after two seasons in Formula One, won his first series championship and set a new single-season record with eight wins.[1] Takagi moved to the CART Championship Series the following year.

Teams and drivers

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

Team # Driver Chassis Rounds
PIAA Nakajima Racing 0 Toranosuke Takagi Reynard 2KL All
2 Tsugio Matsuda Reynard 99L All
Olympic Kondo Racing Team 3 Masahiko Kondo Reynard 99L All
4 Takeshi Tsuchiya G-Force GF03 9
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Naoki Hattori Reynard 99L All
6 Michael Krumm All
Team LeMans 7 Hideki Noda Reynard 99L All
8 Yudai Igarashi All
Team Morinaga Nova 9 Ralph Firman Jr. G-Force GF03B All
10 Koji Yamanishi All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo 11 Yuji Tachikawa Reynard 99L All
12 Jaroslaw Wierczuk All
Mooncraft 14 Shigekazu Wakisaka Reynard 99L All
Team Impul 19 Satoshi Motoyama Reynard 99L All
Team Malaysia 21 Alex Yoong Reynard 99L All
Takagi B-1 Racing 36 Tetsuji Tamanaka Reynard 99L All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 Katsutomo Kaneishi Reynard 99L 1–8
56 Juichi Wakisaka All
Team LeyJun 62 Shinsuke Shibahara Reynard 2KL All
63 "Osamu" Reynard 99L
G-Force GF03 		1–5, 7–10
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 68 Ryō Michigami Reynard 2KL All

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 26 March Ralph Firman Jr. Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi PIAA Nakajima Racing
2 Twin Ring Motegi 16 April Toranosuke Takagi Tsugio Matsuda Toranosuke Takagi PIAA Nakajima Racing
3 Mine Circuit 21 May Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Tsugio Matsuda PIAA Nakajima Racing
4 Fuji Speedway 4 June Michael Krumm Hideki Noda Toranosuke Takagi PIAA Nakajima Racing
5 Suzuka-East Circuit 2 July Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi PIAA Nakajima Racing
6 Sportsland SUGO 30 July Toranosuke Takagi Juichi Wakisaka Toranosuke Takagi PIAA Nakajima Racing
7 Twin Ring Motegi 20 August Toranosuke Takagi Michael Krumm Toranosuke Takagi PIAA Nakajima Racing
8 Fuji Speedway 3 September Satoshi Motoyama Hideki Noda Toranosuke Takagi PIAA Nakajima Racing
9 Mine Circuit 17 September Toranosuke Takagi Satoshi Motoyama Toranosuke Takagi PIAA Nakajima Racing
10 Suzuka Circuit 5 November Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul

Notes:

  • Race 1 stopped due to rain and restarted, originally scheduled over 35 laps.
  • Race 8 stopped due to an accident and restarted, originally scheduled over 50 laps.

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 MOT FUJ MIN SUZ Points
1 Toranosuke Takagi 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 86
2 Michael Krumm 2 2 2 Ret 3 5 2 5 Ret 4 35
3 Satoshi Motoyama 6 4 Ret 8 6 4 3 2 2 1 34
4 Tsugio Matsuda 12 3 1 Ret 5 11 4 Ret 3 3 27
5 Hideki Noda Ret 10 3 15 2 Ret 5 6 17 5 15
6 Katsutomo Kaneishi 4 6 5 3 Ret 3 11 Ret 14
7 Juichi Wakisaka 11 5 4 2 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 13
8 Naoki Hattori 3 7 6 5 4 Ret 7 8 8 9 10
9 Yuji Tachikawa 8 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 9 4 4 12 9
10 Ralph Firman Jr. Ret 11 Ret 6 7 2 10 13 5 Ret 9
11 Shinsuke Shibahara 9 12 9 7 9 6 Ret 3 13 14 5
12 Shigekazu Wakisaka 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 13 9 Ret 8 2
13 Yudai Igarashi Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 6 10 16 Ret 1
14 Koji Yamanishi Ret 9 7 11 14 Ret Ret Ret 7 7 0
15 Masahiko Kondo 7 14 Ret 13 13 7 Ret Ret 11 10 0
16 Ryō Michigami Ret 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret 8 7 9 Ret 0
17 Jaroslaw Wierczuk 13 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 11 12 11 0
18 Alex Yoong DNS Ret Ret 9 11 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 0
19 Tetsuji Tamanaka Ret Ret 10 10 15 10 Ret Ret 14 Ret 0
20 "Osamu" 10 Ret 11 14 Ret 14 14 15 13 0
21 Takeshi Tsuchiya 10 0

Teams' Championship

Rank Name Car SUZ MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SGO MOT FUJ MIN SUZ Points
1 PIAA Nakajima 0 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 113
2 12 3 1 Ret 5 11 4 Ret 3 3
2 5ZIGEN 5 3 7 6 5 4 Ret 7 8 8 9 45
6 2 2 2 Ret 3 5 2 5 Ret 4
3 Impul 19 6 4 Ret 8 6 4 3 2 2 1 34
4 ARTA 55 4 6 5 3 Ret 3 11 Ret 27
56 11 5 4 2 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 6
5 LeMans 7 Ret 10 3 15 2 Ret 5 6 17 5 16
8 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 6 10 16 Ret
6 Team Morinaga Nova 9 Ret 11 Ret 6 7 2 10 13 5 Ret 9
10 Ret 9 7 11 14 Ret Ret Ret 7 7
7 Cosmo Oil Cerumo 11 8 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 9 4 4 12 9
12 13 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 11 12 11
8 LeyJun 62 9 12 9 7 9 6 Ret 3 13 14 5
63 10 Ret 11 14 Ret 14 14 15 13
9 Mooncraft 14 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 13 9 Ret 8 2
10 Kondo Racing 3 7 14 Ret 13 13 7 Ret Ret 11 10 0
4 10
11 DoCoMo Dandelion 68 Ret 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret 8 7 9 Ret 0
12 Team Malaysia 21 DNS Ret Ret 9 11 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 0
13 Takagi B-1 Racing 36 Ret Ret 10 10 15 10 Ret Ret 14 Ret 0

References

  1. ^ "Tora Takagi: The F1 reject that destroyed his opposition". Archived from the original on 2025-08-22. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
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