2005 Formula Nippon season
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The 2005 Formula Nippon season was contested over 9 rounds. 8 different teams, 17 different drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola B3/51) and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1	Montegi	Japan	April 3, 2005	62	4.796=297.352 km	1'44:25.154	170.860 km/h	Richard Lyons	Yuji Ide	Katsuyuki Hiranaka
2	Suzuka	Japan	April 17, 2005	51	5.807=296.157 km	1'35:15.713	186.532 km/h	Yuji Ide	Benoît Tréluyer	Takashi Kogure
3	Sugo	Japan	May 15, 2005	80	3.704=296.32 km	1'45:31.764	168.476 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Takashi Kogure	Hideki Noda
4	Fuji	Japan	June 5, 2005	30+32	4.563=282.906 km	1'03:40.504	137.589 km/h	Benoît Tréluyer	Richard Lyons	Tsugio Matsuda
5	Suzuka	Japan	July 3, 2005	51	5.807=296.157 km	1'58:53.052	149.468 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Yuji Ide
6	Mine	Japan	July 31, 2005	75	3.238=242.85 km	1'46:32.147	136.771 km/h	Yuji Ide	Benoît Tréluyer	Yuji Ide
7	Fuji	Japan	August 28, 2005	65	4.563=296.595 km	1'40:15.339	177.503 km/h	André Lotterer	Richard Lyons	Satoshi Motoyama
8	Montegi	Japan	October 23, 2005	62	4.796=297.352 km	1'45:51.073	168.549 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Sakon Yamamoto
9	Suzuka	Japan	November 27, 2005	51	5.807=296.157 km	1'34:23.413	188.255 km/h	André Lotterer	Tsugio Matsuda	Benoît Tréluyer

Note:

Race 4 stopped due to rain and restarted in the order of the result of part one behind the safety car. Time and speed only shown for the second part, because times did not count in aggregate. Part One: 1. Tatsuya Kataoka 0'47:40.100/172.303 km/h

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										Total Points
1	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team Impul	3	3	10	6	10	4	-	10	6	52
2	Yuji Ide	Japan	Team Impul	6	10	2	-	-	10	4	3	4	39
3	Richard Lyons	United Kingdom	Dandelion Racing	10	2	6	3	4	-	3	-	2	30
4	André Lotterer	Germany	Nakajima Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	20
5	Takashi Kogure	Japan	Nakajima Racing	-	4	4	-	6	-	-	-	1	15
6	Benoît Tréluyer	France	Team Impul	1	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	3	14
	Tsugio Matsuda	Japan	Team 5Zigen	-	6	-	4	1	3	-	-	-	14
8	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Japan	Team LeMans	2	-	3	-	-	2	2	4	-	13
9	Ronnie Quintarelli	Italy	Kondo Racing	-	-	-	2	2	6	-	2	-	12
10	Sakon Yamamoto	Japan	Kondo Racing	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	9
11	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	Team LeMans	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	7
	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Dandelion Racing	4	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	7
13	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Japan	Team Cerumo	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	2

Complete Overview

R9=retired, but classified R=retired

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team Impul	2	4	6	4	2	1	9	2	1	1	3	3	2	13	1	1	4	2
2	Yuji Ide	Japan	Team Impul	1	2	10	1	8	5	12	7	3	8	2	1	6	3	5	4	10	3
3	Richard Lyons	United Kingdom	Dandelion Racing	5	1	9	5	6	2	1	4	11	3	10	R	1	4	6	13	8	5
4	André Lotterer	Germany	Nakajima Racing	12	11	4	R	7	9	13	R	5	R	4	10	3	1	2	R	5	1
5	Takashi Kogure	Japan	Nakajima Racing	10	R	7	3	1	3	7	8	8	2	9	R	14	11	12	9	7	6
6	Benoît Tréluyer	France	Team Impul	3	6	1	R9	4	R	8	1	4	R	1	R	7	12	3	11	9	4
	Tsugio Matsuda	Japan	Team 5Zigen	6	R10	2	2	10	R	4	3	7	6	8	4	10	9	10	10	1	8
8	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Japan	Team LeMans	7	5	5	R	9	4	10	R	6	R	6	5	9	5	7	3	3	R
9	Ronnie Quintarelli	Italy	Kondo Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	12	5	5	2	4	R	11	5	13	10
10	Sakon Yamamoto	Japan	Kondo Racing	9	R14	13	R	3	R	5	R	13	4	15	8	5	R	4	2	11	11
11	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	Team LeMans	8	7	3	8	11	8	3	R	10	R	7	7	5	2	9	6	2	7
	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Dandelion Racing	4	3	11	6	13	6	11	10	9	7	13	6	13	7	15	7	6	R14
13	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Japan	Team Cerumo	11	8	8	R	12	R	2	6	2	R	12	R	11	6	13	12	12	9
-	Jaroslav Janiš	Czech Republic	Kondo Racing	15	12	15	7	14	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Toranosuke Takagi	Japan	Team Cerumo	13	9	14	R	15	11	15	9	14	10	11	9	15	8	8	R	15	12
-	Hideki Noda	Japan	Team Mohn	14	R	12	R	5	10	14	R	15	R9	14	R	12	10	14	8	14	13
-	Masanobu Kato	Japan	Team Mohn	16	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-