2007 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2007 Formula Nippon Championship was the thirty-fifth season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the twelfth under the Formula Nippon moniker. 12 different teams and 22 different drivers competed.

It was contested over nine rounds at five venues, with Okayama International Circuit hosting a Formula Nippon event for the first time, replacing Autopolis on the calendar.

Team Impul driver Tsugio Matsuda won the series championship for the first time despite failing to win a race. Takashi Kogure lost the championship after being disqualified from the final race at Suzuka Circuit.

Teams and drivers

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

Team # Driver Engine Rounds
mobilecast Team Impul 1 Benoît Tréluyer Toyota RV8J All
2 Tsugio Matsuda All
Carchs Kondo Racing 3 Masataka Yanagida Toyota RV8J All
4 João Paulo de Oliveira All
SG team 5ZIGEN 5 Katsuyuki Hiranaka Honda HF386E All
6 Hiroki Yoshimoto All
Forum Engineering Team LeMans 7 Tatsuya Kataoka Toyota RV8J All
8 Toranosuke Takagi All
Team Reckless Cerumo
Team Cerumo 		11 Yuji Tachikawa Toyota RV8J All
12 Kota Sasaki 1–5
Arabian Oasis Team Impul 19 Satoshi Motoyama Toyota RV8J All
20 Michael Krumm All
Kanaan Racing 27 Tony Kanaan Honda HF386E 9
PIAA Nakajima Racing 31 Loïc Duval Honda HF386E All
32 Takashi Kogure 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 Seiji Ara All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40 Björn Wirdheim Honda HF386E All
41 Fabio Carbone All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 Yuji Ide Honda HF386E All
56 Toshihiro Kaneishi All

Race calendar and results

2007 venues

All races were held in Japan.

Round Track Date Pole position Fastest race lap Winner Team
1 Fuji 1 April Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Benoît Tréluyer Team Impul
2 Suzuka 15 April Tsugio Matsuda Hiroki Yoshimoto Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
3 Motegi 20 May Tsugio Matsuda Takashi Kogure Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing
4 Okayama 10 June Takashi Kogure Tsugio Matsuda Ronnie Quintarelli Team Boss Inging
5 Suzuka 8 July Tsugio Matsuda Tsugio Matsuda Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
6 Fuji 26 August Satoshi Motoyama Loïc Duval André Lotterer TOM'S Racing
7 SUGO 16 September Takashi Kogure Naoki Yokomizo Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing
8 Motegi 21 October Takashi Kogure Takashi Kogure Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing
9 Suzuka 18 November Takashi Kogure André Lotterer Satoshi Motoyama

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Rank Driver FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ FUJ SUG MOT SUZ Points
1 Tsugio Matsuda 2 2 3 3 4 13 5 5 4 46
2 Benoît Tréluyer 1 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 45
3 Takashi Kogure 8 3 1 5 17 Ret 1 1 DSQ 41
4 Satoshi Motoyama Ret 1 6 10 1 Ret 4 11 1 38
5 André Lotterer Ret 5 2 Ret 13 1 7 4 2 37
6 Loïc Duval 3 4 Ret 19 11 3 3 2 Ret 31
7 Ronnie Quintarelli 5 6 5 1 Ret 7 8 6 14 27
8 Joao Paulo de Oliveira DSQ 14 8 4 7 6 Ret 8 3 18
9 Björn Wirdheim 4 13 11 11 2 8 Ret 7 9 17
10 Michael Krumm 6 7 7 8 5 Ret Ret 15 Ret 12
11 Seiji Ara 11 Ret 15 7 10 4 Ret 13 5 11
12 Yuji Tachikawa 16 8 12 6 12 5 6 9 13 11
13 Yuji Ide 14 10 16 Ret 3 16 Ret Ret 10 6
14 Tatsuya Kataoka 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 10 7 5
15 Fabio Carbone 15 15 Ret 13 6 15 9 18 Ret 3
16 Toranosuke Takagi Ret 12 9 16 8 9 10 12 8 3
17 Naoki Yokomizo 10 9 13 12 19 10 13 Ret 12 0
18 Toshihiro Kaneishi 12 17 10 Ret 9 11 Ret 14 Ret 0
19 Masataka Yanagida 9 18 Ret 15 14 12 12 16 Ret 0
20 Katsuyuki Hiranaka Ret 11 17 14 18 14 11 17 11 0
21 Hiroki Yoshimoto 13 19 18 17 15 17 Ret Ret 15 0
22 Kota Sasaki 17 16 14 18 16 0
– Tony Kanaan[a] 6 –

Teams' Championship

Rank Team Car FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ FUJ SUG MOT SUZ Points
1 mobilecast IMPUL 1 1 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 91
2 2 2 3 3 4 13 5 5 4
2 PIAA NAKAJIMA 31 3 4 Ret 19 11 3 3 2 Ret 72
32 8 3 1 5 17 Ret 1 1 DSQ
3 Arabian Oasis IMPUL 19 Ret 1 6 10 1 Ret 4 11 1 50
20 6 7 7 8 5 Ret Ret 15 Ret
4 DHG TOM'S 36 Ret 5 2 Ret 13 1 7 4 2 48
37 11 Ret 15 7 10 4 Ret 13 5
5 Boss INGING 33 5 6 5 1 Ret 7 8 6 14 27
34 10 9 13 12 19 10 13 Ret 12
6 DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40 4 13 11 11 2 8 Ret 7 8 20
41 15 15 Ret 13 5 15 9 18 Ret
7 Carchs Kondo Racing 3 9 18 Ret 15 14 12 12 16 Ret 18
4 DSQ 14 8 4 7 6 Ret 8 3
8 Forum Engineering Team LeMans 7 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 8
8 Ret 12 9 16 8 9 10 12 7
9 Team Cerumo 11 5 6 9 13 7
10 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 14 10 16 Ret 3 16 Ret Ret 10 6
56 12 17 10 Ret 9 11 Ret 14 Ret
11 Team Reckless Cerumo 11 16 8 12 5 12 4
12 17 16 14 18 16

Notes

  1. ^ Tony Kanaan was entered as a guest driver and was not eligible to score championship points.
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