2000 Formula Nippon season
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The 2000 Formula Nippon season was contested over 10 rounds. 13 different teams, 21 different drivers, 2 different chassis and only 1 engine competed.

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1	Suzuka	Japan	March 26, 2000	10+22	5.821=186.272 km	1'04:23.704[1]	173.559 km/h	Toranosuke Takagi	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Toranosuke Takagi
2	Montegi	Japan	April 16, 2000	44	4.796=211.024 km	1'13:19.610	172.671 km/h	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Tsugio Matsuda
3	Mine	Japan	May 21, 2000	61	3.247=198.067 km	1'20:07.628	148.315 km/h	Tsugio Matsuda	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi
4	Fuji	Japan	June 4, 2000	50	4.4=220.0 km	1'06:43.944	197.805 km/h	Toranosuke Takagi	Michael Krumm	Hideki Noda
5	Suzuka-East	Japan	July 2, 2000	72	2.244=161.568 km	1'22:17.358	117.805 km/h	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi
6	Sugo	Japan	July 30, 2000	60	3.704=222.24 km	1'15:28.393	176.677 km/h	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Juichi Wakisaka
7	Montegi	Japan	August 20, 2000	46	4.796=220.616 km	1'14:57.795	176.579 km/h	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Michael Krumm
8	Fuji	Japan	September 3, 2000	10+37	4.4=206.8 km	1'03:09.202[2]	196.474 km/h	Toranosuke Takagi	Satoshi Motoyama	Hideki Noda
9	Mine	Japan	September 17, 2000	62	3.247=201.314 km	1'20:48.792	149.466 km/h	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Satoshi Motoyama
10	Suzuka	Japan	November 5, 2000	35	5.821=203.735 km	1'05:10.434	187.561 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama

Note:

Race 1 stopped due to rain and re-started, originally scheduled over 35 laps.

Race 8 stopped due to an accident and re-started, originally scheduled over 50 laps.

1. ^ time shown in aggregate - 0'22:11.072/157.434 km/h for part 1 and 0'42:12.632/182.033 km/h for part two
2. ^ time shown in aggregate - 0'13:23.949/197.027 km/h for part 1 and 0'49:45.253/196.325 km/h for part two

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. All results count.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine											Total Points
1	Toranosuke Takagi	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	86
2	Michael Krumm	Germany	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	6	6	6	-	4	2	6	2	-	3	35
3	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda	1	3	-	-	1	3	4	6	6	10	34
4	Tsugio Matsuda	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	4	10	-	2	-	3	-	4	4	27
5	Hideki Noda	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	4	-	6	-	2	1	-	2	15
6	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	3	1	2	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	14
7	Juichi Wakisaka	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	2	3	6	-	-	-	-	1	1	13
8	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	4	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	10
9	Yuji Tachikawa	Japan	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	9
	Ralph Firman, Jr.	United Kingdom	Team Nova	G-Force	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	1	-	6	-	-	2	-	9
11	Shinsuke Shibahara	Japan	Team LeyJun	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	5
12	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Japan	Mooncraft	Reynard	Mugen Honda	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
13	Yudai Igarashi	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1

Complete Overview

R16=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start (14)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Toranosuke Takagi	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	4	1	1	1	1	R	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2
2	Michael Krumm	Germany	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	3	2	3	2	5	2	1	R	2	3	17	5	4	2	6	5	8	R	4	4
3	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team Impul	Reynard	Mugen Honda	5	6	2	4	8	R	7	8	8	6	12	4	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	1
4	Tsugio Matsuda	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	9	12	4	3	4	1	4	R16	3	5	5	11	8	4	8	R	5	3	3	3
5	Hideki Noda	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	13	R	11	10	2	3	12	15	4	2	10	R	5	5	3	6	11	17	12	5
6	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	2	4	12	6	11	5	9	3	9	R	6	3	16	11	10	R	-	-	-	-
7	Juichi Wakisaka	Japan	ARTA	Reynard	Mugen Honda	11	11	6	5	3	4	3	2	11	8	7	R	6	R	4	R	4	6	9	6
8	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Mugen Honda	8	3	9	7	9	6	5	5	6	4	4	R	11	7	12	8	6	8	5	9
9	Yuji Tachikawa	Japan	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	10	8	7	R	20	R	6	4	10	R	3	R	3	9	5	4	3	4	7	12
	Ralph Firman, Jr.	United Kingdom	Team Nova	G-Force	Mugen Honda	1	R	5	11	7	R	13	6	14	7	8	2	15	10	15	13	12	5	16	R
11	Shinsuke Shibahara	Japan	Team LeyJun	Reynard	Mugen Honda	14	9	17	12	16	9	14	7	5	9	14	6	10	R	7	3	16	13	6	14
12	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Japan	Mooncraft	Reynard	Mugen Honda	17	5	14	8	19	R	10	R	12	R	15	8	13	13	17	9	18	R	13	8
13	Yudai Igarashi	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	12	R	13	R15	13	R	11	12	15	12	13	R	7	6	11	10	13	16	8	R
-	Koji Yamanishi	Japan	Team Nova	G-Force	Mugen Honda	6	R	16	9	10	7	15	11	13	14	9	R	18	R	14	R	10	7	10	7
-	Masahiko Kondo	Japan	Kondo Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	16	7	15	14	15	R	18	13	17	13	18	7	14	R	18	R	15	11	17	10
-	Ryo Michigami	Japan	Dandelion Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	7	R	8	13	6	R	8	R	7	10	2	R	9	8	9	7	9	9	11	R
-	Jarosław Wierczuk	Poland	Team Cerumo	Reynard	Mugen Honda	18	13	20	R	14	8	16	R	16	R	16	R	17	12	16	11	17	12	15	11
-	Alex Yoong	Malaysia	Team Malaysia	Reynard	Mugen Honda	(14)	NS	10	R	12	R	17	9	18	11	11	9	12	R	13	12	7	R	14	R
-	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Japan	Takagi B-1 Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	15	R	18	R	18	10	19	10	19	15	19	10	19	R	19	R	20	14	18	R
-	"Osamu"	Japan	Team LeyJun	Reynard	Mugen Honda	19	10	19	R	17	11	20	14	20	R	-	-
			Team LeyJun	G-Force	Mugen Honda													20	14	20	14	19	15	19	13
-	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Japan	Kondo Racing	G-Force	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	-	-