2001 All Japan Championship Formula Nippon

Race schedule

Round	Schedule	Name of The Event	Circuit	Scheduled Race Distance	Entered	Praciticed	Started	Classified	Attendance
1	24 -25 March	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round1 Suzuka Circuit　Million Card Cup Race	Suzuka Circuit	5.859km＊35Laps=205.065km	22	20	20	15	21,000
2	21 - 22 April	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round2 Twin Ring Motegi　Million Card Cup Race	Twin Ring Motegi	4.801km＊45Laps=216.045km	21	21	20	11	20,000
3	19 -20 May	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round3 Central Park Mine Circuit	Mine Circuit	3.331km＊62Laps=206.522km	21	21	21	15	40,500
4	2 - 3 June	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round4 Fuji Speedway	Fuji Speedway	4.400km＊50Laps=220.000km	21	21	20	14	30,500
5	30 June - 1 July	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round5 Suzuka Circuit　Million Card Cup Race	Suzuka Circuit East Special	2.788km＊72Laps=200.736km	21	21	20	13	28,000
6	28 -29 July	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round6 Sport Land Sugo	Sport Land Sugo	3.704km＊60Laps=222.240km	20	20	20	15	35,600
7	1 - 2 September	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round7 Fuji Speedway	Fuji Speedway	4.400km＊50Laps=220.000km	20	20	20	17	30,150
8	22 - 23 September	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round8 Central Park Mine Circuit	Mine Circuit	3.331km＊62Laps=206.522km	20	20	20	8	28,600
9	20 -21 October	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round9 Twin Ring Motegi　Million Card Cup Race	Twin Ring Motegi	4.801km＊45Laps=216.045km	20	20	20	18	20,100
10	17 -18 November	All Japan Championship Formula Nippon Round10 Suzuka Circuit Million Card Cup2&4 Race	Suzuka Circuit	5.859km＊35Laps=205.065km	20	20	20	14	32,000

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

Tsugio Matsuda

1979/6/18

J

Piaa Nakajima Racing

Reynard2KL

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

PIAA

white

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

2

Ralph Firman

1975/5/20

GB

Piaa Nakajima Racing

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

PIAA

white

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

3

Yuuji Tachikawa

1975/7/5

J

Olympic Kondo Racing

Reynard01L

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

Olympic

red

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

4

Katsutomo Kaneishi

1968/11/21

J

Olympic Kondo Racing

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Sierra Sport

Bridgestone

Olympic

red

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

5

Naoki Hattori

1966/6/13

J

Team Gozigen

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

5ZIGEN

white/black

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

6

Michael Krumm

1970/3/19

D

Team Gozigen

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

5ZIGEN

white/black

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

6

Michael Krumm

1970/3/19

D

Team Gozigen

Reynard01L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

5ZIGEN

white/black

〇

7

Alex Yoong

1976/7/20

MAL

Team Le Mans

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

-

white

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

7

Kouji Yamanishi

1977/10/11

J

Team Le Mans

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

SUNOCO

white

〇

〇

〇

〇

8

Yuudai Igarashi

1979/9/24

J

Team Le Mans

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

Domani

white

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

9

Richard Lyons

1979/8/8

GB

Team Morinaga Nova

G Force GF03C

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

weider

white/yellow

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

10

Andre Couto

1976/12/14

P

Team Morinaga Nova

G Force GF03C

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

weider

white/yellow

〇

〇

〇

〇

10

Andre Couto

1976/12/14

P

Team Morinaga Nova

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

weider

white/yellow

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

11

Masami Kageyama

1967/5/2

J

Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

SUPER MAGNUM

navy/white

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

12

Seiji Ara

1974/5/5

J

Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

SUPER MAGNUM

navy/white

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

14

Ryou Michigami

1973/3/1

J

Mooncraft

Reynard01L

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

-

white/blue

▲

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

14

Ryou Michigami

1973/3/1

J

Mooncraft

Reynard01L

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

AUTOSPORT

white/blue

〇

15

Hiro Miyamoto

1972/4/17

J

Mooncraft

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Ogawa

Bridgestone

▲

19

Satoshi Motoyama

1971/3/4

J

Excite Team Impul

Reynard01L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

excite

black/silver

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

20

Narain Karthikeyan

1977/1/14

IND

Excite Team Impul

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

excite

black/silver

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

36

Tetsuji Tamanaka

1962/5/13

J

Takagi B1 Car Club

Reynard2KL

Mugen MF308

Sierra Sport

Bridgestone

Car Club

black/yellow

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

37

Masahiko Kageyama

1963/8/8

J

Takagi B1 Car Club

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Sierra Sport

Bridgestone

Car Club

black/yellow

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

55

Juichi Wakisaka

1972/7/29

J

Autobacs Racing Team Aguri

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

AUTOBACS

red

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

56

Takeshi Tsuchiya

1972/11/4

J

Autobacs Racing Team Aguri

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

AUTOBACS

red

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

68

Hideki Noda

1969/3/7

J

Docomo Team Dandelion Racing

Reynard2KL

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

NTT DoCoMo

red/white

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

〇

69

Jareck Wierczuk

1977/1/6

PL

Docomo Team Dandelion Racing

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

ROLBO

red/white

〇

〇

〇

〇

69

Hidetoshi Mitsusada

1970/12/29

J

Docomo Team Dandelion Racing

Reynard99L

Mugen MF308

Toumei Engine

Bridgestone

ROLBO

red/white

〇

Race summary

Winner

Pole Position

Fastest Lap

Win

PP

FL

Round

Driver

Car

Engine

Tyre

Driver

Car

Engine

Tyre

Driver

Car

Engine

Tyre

Satoshi Motoyama

4

3

1

1

Naoki Hattori

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Naoki Hattori

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Juichi Wakisaka

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Naoki Hattori

3

1

1

2

Naoki Hattori

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Satoshi Motoyama

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

Juichi Wakisaka

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Ralph Firman

2

1

1

3

Satoshi Motoyama

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

Satoshi Motoyama

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

Satoshi Motoyama

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

Juichi Wakisaka

1

3

5

4

Naoki Hattori

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Satoshi Motoyama

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

Naoki Hattori

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Ryou Michigami

0

1

1

5

Satoshi Motoyama

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

Ryou Michigami

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

Ralph Firman

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Tsugio Matsuda

0

1

0

6

Satoshi Motoyama

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

Juichi Wakisaka

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Juichi Wakisaka

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Michael Krumm

0

0

1

7

Juichi Wakisaka

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Juichi Wakisaka

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Juichi Wakisaka

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

8

Satoshi Motoyama

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

Juichi Wakisaka

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Ryou Michigami

Reynard01L

Mugen

BS

9

Ralph Firman

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Ralph Firman

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Juichi Wakisaka

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

10

Ralph Firman

Reynard99L

Mugen

BS

Tsugio Matsuda

Reynard2KL

Mugen

BS

Michael Krumm

Reynard01L

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	Satoshi Motoyama	6	R	1	9	1	1	1	R	2	1	2	1	2	4	4	1	3	2	3	R	1	2.50	1	2.71	6	5
2	Naoki Hattori	1	1	8	1	9	5	3	1	11	8	15	7	10	12	18	6	12	18	14	10	1	10.10	1	6.90	5	3
3	Yuuji Tachikawa	4	13	9	2	7	11	6	R	4	4	4	4	4	2	6	3	6	5	6	2	4	5.60	2	5.11	7	4
4	Ralph Firman	12	5	4	R	3	2	8	6	8	R	3	R	3	7	2	8	1	1	4	1	1	4.80	1	4.29	5	3
5	Juichi Wakisaka	2	2	2	10	5	12	2	14	5	6	1	2	1	1	1	DQ	2	16	7	R	1	2.80	1	7.88	4	3
6	Ryou Michigami	NA		10	R	13	10	5	3	1	2	5	3	13	R	17	R	5	3	5	3	1	8.22	2	4.00	5	5
7	Michael Krumm	5	R	7	4	4	4	4	2	15	R	14	6	8	3	8	R	10	7	8	4	4	8.30	2	4.29	6	2
8	Takeshi Tsuchiya	8	10	15	11	2	3	11	R	3	3	6	R	14	14	3	2	4	6	2	5	2	6.80	2	6.75	5	3
9	Masami Kageyama	11	4	12	5	14	6	10	5	9	R	9	11	9	6	11	4	8	8	12	7	8	10.50	4	6.22	6	0
10	Tsugio Matsuda	3	R	5	3	8	8	9	R	6	5	7	5	12	R	5	R	9	9	1	9	1	6.50	3	6.50	3	1
11	Andre Couto	15	R	18	R	17	R	21	12	17	R	18	R	5	5	12	R	7	4	10	14	5	14.00	4	8.75	2	0
12	Seiji Ara	7	3	21	R	10	R	7	R	14	9	13	10	17	8	16	R	16	12	13	R	7	13.40	3	8.40	1	1
13	Katsutomo Kaneishi	20	7	16	6	16	15	13	4	12	R	8	9	11	11	15	R	17	11	11	13	8	13.90	4	9.50	2	0
	Kouji Yamanishi													15	10	13	5	15	10	18	R	13	15.25	5	8.33	1	0
	Narain Karthikeyan	18	6	14	7	11	9	12	R	7	R	12	13	6	9	7	R	13	14	16	6	6	11.60	6	9.14	2	0
	Alex Yoong	10	11	6	R	12	7	16	7	18	10	17	R									6	13.17	7	8.75	0	0
	Yuudai Igarashi	14	9	11	R	21	R	17	11	13	7	10	8	16	17	9	R	14	17	15	8	9	14.00	7	11.00	0	0
	Tetsuji Tamanaka	19	15	20	NS	20	14	19	8	21	R	20	15	19	15	19	7	20	15	20	R	19	19.70	7	12.71	0	0
	Richard Lyons	17	8	13	8	15	R	15	9	19	11	16	12	18	R	14	R	18	13	9	12	9	15.40	8	10.43	0	0
	Masahiko Kageyama	16	12	19	R	18	R	18	10	20	NS	19	14	20	16	20	R	19	R	19	R	16	18.80	10	13.00	0	0
	Hideki Noda	9	R	3	R	6	R	14	13	10	12	11	R	7	13	10	R	11	R	17	11	3	9.80	11	12.25	0	0
	Jareck Wierczuk	13	14	17	R	19	13	20	NS													13	17.25	13	13.50	0	0
	Hidetoshi Mitsusada									16	13											16	16.00	13	13.00	0	0
	Hiro Miyamoto	NA

Drivers' point standings

Position	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total		Position	Point
1	Satoshi Motoyama	0	0	10	0	10	10	3	10	6	0	49		1	10
2	Naoki Hattori	10	10	2	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	33		2	6
3	Yuuji Tachikawa	0	6	0	0	3	3	6	4	2	6	30		3	4
4	Ralph Firman	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	10	10	29		4	3
5	Juichi Wakisaka	6	0	0	0	1	6	10	0	0	0	23		5	2
6	Ryou Michigami	-	0	0	4	6	4	0	0	4	4	22		6	1
12	Seiji Ara	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
13	Katsutomo Kaneishi	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
14	Kouji Yamanishi	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	2	0	0	2
15	Narain Karthikeyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Teams' point standings

Position	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Team Gozigen	10	13	5	16	0	1	4	1	0	3	53
2	Excite Team Impul	1	0	10	0	10	10	3	10	6	1	51
3	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	6	0	4	0	5	6	10	6	1	2	40
4	Piaa Nakajima Racing	2	4	6	1	2	2	0	0	10	10	37
5	Olympic Kondo Racing	0	7	0	3	3	3	6	4	2	6	34
6	Mooncraft	-	0	0	4	6	4	0	0	4	4	22
7	Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	7	2	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	16
8	Team Morinaga Nova	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	5
9	Team Le Mans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2

Engine tuners' point standings

Position	Engine Tuner	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Toumei Engine	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	3	89
2	Ogawa Jidousya	4	6	6	4	6	4	6	4	10	10	60
3	Sierra Sport	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

Completion rate

		Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Completion Rate	Race Distance
		Length	5.859	4.801	3.331	4.400	2.788	3.704	4.400	3.331	4.801	5.859
		Laps	35	45	61	50	72	60	50	62	45	35	515
Position	Driver	Race Distance	205.065	216.045	203.191	220.000	200.736	222.240	220.000	206.522	216.045	205.065			2,114.909
1	Satoshi Motoyama		7	45	61	11	72	60	50	62	45	3	416	80.8%	1,591.769
2	Naoki Hattori		35	45	61	50	71	60	50	62	41	35	510	99.0%	2,092.917
3	Yuuji Tachikawa		34	45	60	41	72	60	50	62	45	35	504	97.9%	2,066.119
4	Ralph Firman		35	34	61	50	50	42	50	55	45	35	457	88.7%	1,910.773
5	Juichi Wakisaka		35	45	60	47	72	60	50	0	43	23	435	84.5%	1,811.946
6	Ryou Michigami			26	61	50	72	60	6	53	45	35	408	79.2%	1,595.046
7	Michael Krumm		16	45	61	50	25	61	50	1	45	35	389	75.5%	1,673.065
8	Takeshi Tsuchiya		35	44	61	16	72	39	49	62	45	35	458	88.9%	1,878.324
9	Masami Kageyama		35	45	61	50	58	59	50	62	45	35	500	97.1%	2,072.173
10	Tsugio Matsuda		7	45	61	40	72	60	3	5	45	35	373	72.4%	1,510.190
11	Andre Couto		1	17	39	49	0	21	50	0	45	35	257	49.9%	1,151.879
12	Seiji Ara		35	0	13	34	71	59	50	27	45	20	354	68.7%	1,457.614
13	Katsutomo Kaneishi		35	45	57	50	25	59	50	0	45	35	401	77.9%	1,760.323
	Kouji Yamanishi								50	62	45	30	187	36.3%	818.337
	Narain Karthikeyan		35	45	61	33	17	58	50	18	44	35	396	76.9%	1,727.996
	Alex Yoong		34	14	61	50	71	22					252	48.9%	969.047
	Yuudai Igarashi		35	5	8	49	71	59	48	16	42	35	368	71.5%	1,559.005
	Tetsuji Tamanaka		33		59	50	57	56	49	60	44	27	435	84.5%	1,761.113
	Richard Lyons		35	45	2	49	70	59	15	26	45	35	381	74.0%	1,630.784
	Masahiko Kageyama		34	0	30	49		57	49	10	25	6	260	50.5%	1,129.953
	Hideki Noda		24	0	27	49	70	48	50	51	24	35	378	73.4%	1,529.275
	Jareck Wierczuk		34	23	60								117	22.7%	509.489
	Hidetoshi Mitsusada						70						70	13.6%	195.160