1996 All Japan Championship Formula Nippon

Race schedule

Round	Schedule	Name of The Event	Circuit	Scheduled Race Distance	Entered	Praciticed	Started	Classified	Attendance
1	27 - 28 April	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round1 Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka Circuit	5.864km＊35Laps=205.240km	27	26	25	18	51,000
2	11 - 12 May	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round2 Mine Circuit	Mine Circuit	3.239km＊62Laps=200.818km	26	26	25	13	44,100
3	25 - 26 May	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round3 Fuji Speedway	Fuji Speedway	4.470km＊45Laps=201.150km	26	26	26	19	43,200
4	22 - 23 June	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round4 Tokachi Speedway	Tokachi Speedway	5.100km＊40Laps=204.000km	26	26	25	17	43,100
5	6 - 7 July	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round5 Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka Circuit	5.864km＊35Laps=205.240km	26	26	25	20	51,000
6	3 - 4 August	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round6 Sport Land Sugo	Sport Land Sugo	3.704km＊54Laps=200.016km	26	26	26	16	42,500
7	31 August - 1 September	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round7 Fuji Speedway	Fuji Speedway	4.470km＊45Laps=201.150km	26	26	26	16	40,200
8	14 - 15 September	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round8 Mine Circuit	Mine Circuit	3.239km＊62Laps=200.818km	26	26	25	15	45,100
9	28 - 29 September	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round9 Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka Circuit	5.864km＊35Laps=205.240km	26	26	26	14	43,000
10	19 - 20 October	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round10 Fuji Speedway	Fuji Speedway	4.470km＊45Laps=201.150km	26	26	26	7	38,500

Entry list

No.

Driver

Birthdate

Nationality

Team

Car

Engine

Engine Tuner

Tyre

Sponsor

Color

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1

Toshio Suzuki

1955/3/10

J

Kamome Service Racing Team with Impul

Lola T96-52

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

KAMOME SERVICE

red/black/silver

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2

Katsumi Yamamoto

1973/3/5

J

Team Anabuki Dome with Mugen

Dome F104i

Mugen MF308

Mugen

Bridgestone

ANABUKI

blue

○

○

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○

○

○

○

○

○

○

5

Marco Apicella

1965/10/7

I

Team Gozigen

Reynard95D

Judd KVII

Matsuura

Yokohama

5ZIGEN

white/blue/red

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○

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○

5

Marco Apicella

1965/10/7

I

Team Gozigen

Reynard96D

Judd KVII

Matsuura

Yokohama

5ZIGEN

white/blue/red

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○

○

○

○

6

Hidetoshi Mitsusada

1970/12/29

J

Team Gozigen

Lola T94-50

Judd KVII

Matsuura

Yokohama

5ZIGEN

white/blue/red

○

○

○

○

○

6

Hidetoshi Mitsusada

1970/12/29

J

Team Gozigen

Reynard95D

Judd KVII

Matsuura

Yokohama

5ZIGEN

white/blue/red

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○

○

○

○

7

Masami Kageyama

1967/5/2

J

Advan Pal Checkers

Lola T95-50

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Yokohama

ADVAN

black/red

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○

○

○

○

○

7

Masami Kageyama

1967/5/2

J

Advan Pal Checkers

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Yokohama

ADVAN

black/red

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○

○

○

8

Shinji Nakano

1971/4/1

J

Team Avex Dome with Mugen

Dome F104i

Mugen MF308

Mugen

Bridgestone

avex group

navy

○

8

Shinji Nakano

1971/4/1

J

Team Avex Dome with Mugen

Dome F104i

Mugen MF308

Mugen

Bridgestone

avex

navy

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

9

Pedro de la Rosa

1971/2/24

E

Shionogi Team Nova

Lola T96-51

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

POPON-S

yellow/blue

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○

○

10

Norberto Fontana

1975/1/20

RA

Shionogi Team Nova

Lola T96-51

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

POPON-S

yellow/blue

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○

○

○

○

○

○

11

Slim Beauty House Cerumo

Lola T93-50

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

SLIM BEAUTY HOUSE

white/pink/blue

▲

12

Yukihiro Hane

1962/8/26

J

Slim Beauty House Cerumo

Lola T94-50

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

SLIM BEAUTY HOUSE

white/pink/blue

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○

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○

○

○

○

○

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15

Masao Yamada

1951/5/7

J

Nihon Lead Yamada

Lola T93-50

Mugen MF308

Cox Speed

Yokohama

-

blue/green

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15

Tetsuya Tanaka

1965/12/16

J

Nihon Lead Yamada

Lola T93-50

Mugen MF308

Cox Speed

Yokohama

-

blue/green

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17

Taichirou Oonishi

1966/7/13

J

Pal Checkers

Lola T94-50

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Yokohama

TV Bros

red/black

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○

○

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19

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

1947/7/1

J

Calsonic Racing Team with Impul

Lola T96-52

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

CALSONIC

blue

○

○

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○

○

○

○

○

○

○

20

Andrew Gilbert Scott

1958/7/11

GB

Kanagawa Clinic Stellar

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

Kanagawa Clinic

blue/yellow

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

21

Michael Krumm

1970/3/19

D

Kanagawa Clinic Stellar

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

Kanagawa Clinic

blue/yellow

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○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

24

Naoki Hattori

1966/6/13

J

Team Le Mans

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

NTT DoCoMo

red/black

○

24

Naoki Hattori

1966/6/13

J

X Japan Racing Team Le Mans

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

NTT DoCoMo

red/black

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

25

Ralf Schumacher

1975/6/30

D

Team Le Mans

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

NTT DoCoMo

red/black

○

○

25

Ralf Schumacher

1975/6/30

D

X Japan Racing Team Le Mans

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

NTT DoCoMo

red/black

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○

○

○

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○

○

○

27

Masahiko Kageyama

1963/8/8

J

Navi Connection Racing

Reynard95D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

APLUS

black

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○

27

Masahiko Kageyama

1963/8/8

J

Navi Connection Racing

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

APLUS

black

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

28

Masahiko Kondou

1964/7/19

J

Navi Connection Racing

Reynard94D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

APLUS

black

○

○

○

○

○

28

Masahiko Kondou

1964/7/19

J

Navi Connection Racing

Reynard95D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

APLUS

black

○

○

○

○

28

Tom Kristensen

1967/7/7

DK

Navi Connection Racing

Reynard95D

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

APLUS

black

○

30

Eiichi Tajima

1967/12/3

J

Art Brillant Gullwing

Lola T94-50

Mugen MF308

Genesis

Bridgestone

Art brillant

white/red

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○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

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31

Hideki Okada

1958/11/28

J

Art Brillant Gullwing

Lola T95-50

Mugen MF308

Mugen

Bridgestone

Art Brillant

white/red

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

55

Katsutomo Kaneishi

1968/11/21

J

Funai Super Aguri

Reynard95D

Mugen MF308

Matsuura

Bridgestone

FUNAI

white/light blue

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○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

56

Satoshi Motoyama

1971/3/4

J

Funai Super Aguri

Reynard95D

Mugen MF308

Matsuura

Bridgestone

FUNAI

white/light blue

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○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

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64

Toranosuke Takagi

1974/2/12

J

Piaa Nakajima Racing

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Mugen

Bridgestone

PIAA

white

○

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○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

65

Takuya Kurosawa

1962/6/7

J

Piaa Nakajima Racing

Reynard96D

Mugen MF308

Mugen

Bridgestone

PIAA

white

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

○

72

Atsushi Kawamoto

1966/4/17

J

Asahikiko Sport

Lola T93-50

Cosworth DFV

Matsuura

Bridgestone

ASAHI KIKO

red/white/blue

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○

○

○

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○

○

○

○

○

73

Tetsuji Tamanaka

1962/5/13

J

Asahikiko Sport

Lola T93-50

Cosworth DFV

Matsuura

Bridgestone

ASAHI KIKO

red/white/blue

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Race summary

Winner

Pole Position

Fastest Lap

Win

PP

FL

Round

Driver

Car

Engine

Tyre

Driver

Car

Engine

Tyre

Driver

Car

Engine

Tyre

Ralf Schumacher

3

2

0

1

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Lola T96-52

Mugen

BS

Toranosuke Takagi

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Michael Krumm

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Toranosuke Takagi

2

4

1

2

Ralf Schumacher

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Michael Krumm

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Norberto Fontana

Lola T96-51

Mugen

BS

Naoki Hattori

2

1

0

3

Norberto Fontana

Lola T96-51

Mugen

BS

Ralf Schumacher

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Norberto Fontana

Lola T96-51

Mugen

BS

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

1

1

0

4

Ralf Schumacher

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Toranosuke Takagi

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Michael Krumm

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Norberto Fontana

1

0

3

5

Toranosuke Takagi

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Toranosuke Takagi

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Shinji Nakano

Dome F104i

Mugen

BS

Katsutomo Kaneishi

1

0

1

6

Toranosuke Takagi

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Toranosuke Takagi

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Toranosuke Takagi

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Michael Krumm

0

1

2

7

Naoki Hattori

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Naoki Hattori

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Norberto Fontana

Lola T96-51

Mugen

BS

Toshio Suzuki

0

1

0

8

Ralf Schumacher

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Toshio Suzuki

Lola T96-52

Mugen

BS

Katsutomo Kaneishi

Reynard95D

Mugen

BS

Shinji Nakano

0

0

3

9

Naoki Hattori

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Ralf Schumacher

Reynard96D

Mugen

BS

Shinji Nakano

Dome F104i

Mugen

BS

10

Katsutomo Kaneishi

Reynard95D

Mugen

BS

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Lola T96-52

Mugen

BS

Shinji Nakano

Dome F104i

Mugen

BS

Drivers' summary

		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Qualifying	Qualifying	Race	Race	Point Earnings	Podium
Position	Driver	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Highest position	Average	Highest position	Average	Number	Number
1	Ralf Schumacher	10	3	8	1	1	19	4	1	8	4	8	R	8	R	3	1	1	4	9	R	1	6.00	1	4.71	6	4
2	Naoki Hattori	9	8	10	R	2	2	5	3	2	3	16	8	1	1	7	3	2	1	3	R	1	5.70	1	3.63	6	6
3	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	2	1	4	R	5	3	18	4	4	5	3	2	4	R	6	R	4	2	1	R	1	5.10	1	2.83	6	4
4	Toranosuke Takagi	1	R	5	3	10	R	1	R	1	1	1	1	2	R	19	R	3	6	4	R	1	4.70	1	2.75	4	3
5	Norberto Fontana	16	14	11	2	4	1	8	R	22	8	15	R	6	2	8	R	17	11	11	R	4	11.80	1	6.33	3	3
6	Shinji Nakano	4	2	22	13	3	R	10	9	13	6	14	7	3	3	4	2	21	9	5	4	3	9.90	2	6.11	5	3
7	Katsutomo Kaneishi	13	6	17	R	8	4	11	5	12	7	6	R	14	4	5	NC	11	R	7	1	5	10.40	1	4.50	5	1
8	Pedro de la Rosa	11	5	3	7	7	6	9	6	7	R	9	11	5	6	2	3	6	5	14	2	2	7.30	2	5.67	7	2
9	Takuya Kurosawa	18	R	18	8	15	15	2	7	3	2	7	5	10	8	12	5	7	8	8	R	2	10.00	2	7.25	3	1
10	Satoshi Motoyama	15	7	9	R	14	5	19	17	10	12	4	3	7	5	9	6	12	R	2	R	2	10.10	3	7.86	4	1
11	Masami Kageyama	14	10	12	5	11	R	7	2	16	17	11	15	20	9	15	11	13	R	18	R	7	13.70	2	9.86	2	1
12	Toshio Suzuki	5	18	2	R	18	12	3	11	6	9	12	10	13	7	1	4	5	3	13	R	1	7.80	3	9.25	2	1
13	Andrew Gilbert Scott	21	R	19	R	17	7	13	14	9	R	2	4	23	R	13	7	15	R	15	5	2	14.70	4	7.40	2	0
14	Masahiko Kageyama	8	R	15	R	12	R	16	R	5	16	13	12	9	R	16	9	8	7	12	3	5	11.40	3	9.40	1	1
15	Michael Krumm	3	4	1	6	19	11	6	16	17	11	10	9	16	R	18	R	14	R	17	R	1	12.10	4	9.50	2	0
16	Marco Apicella	12	12	6	4	6	8	17	8	24	14	26	13	11	12	11	R	9	10	10	R	6	13.20	4	10.13	1	0
17	Katsumi Yamamoto	7	9	13	R	13	10	15	R	15	R	5	6	12	R	20	14	10	R	16	R	5	12.60	6	9.75	1	0
17	Masahiko Kondou	20	R	21	9	22	16	22	13	20	R	17	R	19	14			20	R	19	6	17	20.00	6	11.60	1	0
	Atsushi Kawamoto	22	R	20	11	24	R	21	15	19	19	21	16	22	13	24	R	19	R	20	7	19	21.20	7	13.50	0	0
	Tom Kristensen															10	8					10	10.00	8	8.00	0	0
	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	6	R	16	R	9	9	14	R	11	10	22	14	15	10	17	12	16	R	6	R	6	13.20	9	11.00	0	0
	Hideki Okada	17	11	7	R	16	17	12	10	14	20	18	R	18	11	21	10	24	R	21	R	7	16.80	10	13.17	0	0
	Taichirou Oonishi	23	15	24	10	21	14	23	R	21	15	24	R	24	R	23	R	23	14	24	R	21	23.00	10	13.60	0	0
	Eiichi Tajima	19	13	14	12	20	13	20	12	18	18	20	R	21	R	22	R	26	R	22	R	14	20.20	12	13.60	0	0
	Yukihiro Hane	24	16	23	R	23	NC	24	R	23	13	19	R	17	16	14	13	18	12	23	R	14	20.80	12	14.00	0	0
	Tetsuya Tanaka											23	R					22	13			22	22.50	13	13.00	0	0
	Tetsuji Tamanaka	25	17	25	R	25	R	25	R	25	R	25	R	25	R	25	15	25	R	25	NC	25	25.00	15	16.00	0	0
	Masao Yamada	26	NQ	26	NQ	26	18	26	NQ	26	NQ			26	15	26	NQ			26	R	26	26.00	15	16.50	0	0

Drivers' point standings

Position	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total		Position	Point
1	Ralf Schumacher	4	10	0	10	3	0	0	10	3	0	40		1	10
2	Naoki Hattori	0	0	6	4	4	0	10	4	10	0	38		2	6
3	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	10	0	4	3	2	6	0	0	6	0	31		3	4
4	Toranosuke Takagi	0	4	0	0	10	10	0	0	1	0	25		4	3
5	Norberto Fontana	0	6	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	22		5	2
6	Shinji Nakano	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	0	3	20		6	1
7	Katsutomo Kaneishi	1	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	10	19
8	Pedro de la Rosa	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	13
9	Takuya Kurosawa	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	10
10	Satoshi Motoyama	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	9
11	Masami Kageyama	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
12	Toshio Suzuki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	7
13	Andrew Gilbert Scott	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	5
14	Masahiko Kageyama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
15	Michael Krumm	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
16	Marco Apicella	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
17	Katsumi Yamamoto	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
17	Masahiko Kondou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	1	1

Teams' point standings

Position	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	X Japan Racing Team Le Mans	4	10	6	14	7	0	10	14	13	0	78
2	Impul	10	0	4	3	2	6	0	3	10	0	38
3	Piaa Nakajima Racing	0	4	0	0	16	12	0	2	1	0	35
3	Shionogi Team Nova	2	6	11	1	0	0	7	0	2	6	35
5	Funai Super Aguri	1	0	5	2	0	4	5	1	0	10	28
6	Dome with Mugen	6	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	0	3	21
7	Kanagawa Clinic Stellar	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	9
8	Pal Checkers	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
9	Navi Connection Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
10	Team Gozigen	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

Engine Tuners' Point Standings

Position	Engine Tuner	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Toumei Engine	10	10	6	10	4	6	10	10	10	4	80
2	Mugen	6	4	0	0	10	10	4	6	1	3	44
3	Ogawa Jidousya	3	6	10	1	0	0	6	0	2	6	34
4	Ken Matsuura Racing Service	1	3	3	2	0	4	3	1	0	10	27

Completion rate

		Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Completion Rate	Race Distance
		Length	5.864	3.239	4.470	5.100	5.864	3.704	4.470	3.239	5.864	4.470
		Laps	34	62	45	38	35	54	45	62	35	45	455
Position	Driver	Race Distance	199.376	200.818	201.150	193.800	205.240	200.016	201.150	200.818	205.240	201.150			2,008.758
1	Ralf Schumacher		34	62	40	38	35	41	0	62	35	2	349	76.7%	1,544.896
2	Naoki Hattori		34	45	45	38	35	54	45	62	35	38	431	94.7%	1,922.405
3	Kazuyoshi Hoshino		34	26	45	38	35	54	21	11	35	4	303	66.6%	1,436.415
4	Toranosuke Takagi		25	62	26	12	35	54	38	11	35	6	304	66.8%	1,367.643
5	Norberto Fontana		33	62	45	27	35	6	45	19	35	30	337	74.1%	1,562.675
6	Shinji Nakano		34	57	5	38	35	54	45	62	35	45	410	90.1%	1,813.763
7	Katsutomo Kaneishi		34	29	45	38	35	4	45	41	7	45	323	71.0%	1,484.460
8	Pedro de la Rosa		34	61	45	38	27	53	45	36	35	45	419	92.1%	1,870.689
9	Takuya Kurosawa		17	61	44	38	35	54	45	62	35	16	407	89.5%	1,771.731
10	Satoshi Motoyama		34	28	45	36	35	54	45	62	15	0	354	77.8%	1,570.002
11	Masami Kageyama		34	62	18	38	34	50	45	61	21	23	386	84.8%	1,683.713
12	Toshio Suzuki		30	29	45	37	35	53	45	62	35	9	380	83.5%	1,708.691
13	Andrew Gilbert Scott		17	21	45	36	9	54	9	62	11	44	308	67.7%	1,307.481
14	Masahiko Kageyama		6	4	8	24	34	53	0	61	35	45	270	59.3%	1,205.957
15	Michael Krumm		34	62	45	36	35	54	2	36	20	0	324	71.2%	1,433.024
16	Marco Apicella		34	62	45	38	34	53	44	36	35	2	383	84.2%	1,718.296
17	Katsumi Yamamoto		34	22	45	0	6	54	0	60	22	10	253	55.6%	1,075.032
17	Masahiko Kondou		24	61	44	37	29	0	43		23	43	304	66.8%	1,413.043
	Atsushi Kawamoto		25	61	5	37	33	50	44	45	9	43	352	77.4%	1,521.362
	Tom Kristensen									61			61	13.4%	197.579
	Hidetoshi Mitsusada		21	11	45	15	35	52	45	60	27	7	318	69.9%	1,419.379
	Hideki Okada		34	39	42	38	31	20	44	61	23	0	332	73.0%	1,492.232
	Taichirou Oonishi		33	61	45	34	34	44	10	2	32	3	298	65.5%	1,380.229
	Eiichi Tajima		33	61	45	37	33	34	1	23	1	0	268	58.9%	1,185.220
	Yukihiro Hane		33	17	39	17	34	28	41	60	35	36	340	74.7%	1,556.463
	Tetsuya Tanaka							18			33		51	11.2%	260.184
	Tetsuji Tamanaka		31	29	5	16	11	12	20	59	30	39	252	55.4%	1,119.368
	Masao Yamada				42				42			5	89	19.6%	397.830