2008 Formula Nippon season
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The 2008 Formula Nippon season is being contested over eight rounds. All teams have to use Lola chassis (Lola FN06) and Mugen Honda (Mugen HF386E) and Toyota (Toyota RV8J) engines.

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1	Fuji	Japan	April 6, 2008	65	4.796=km	1:36'33.664		Tsugio Matsuda	Tsugio Matsuda	1'27.274 (Yuji Tachikawa)
2	Suzuka	Japan	May 11, 2008	43	5.807=km	1:25'29.495		Tsugio Matsuda	Tsugio Matsuda	1'44.948 (Yuji Tachikawa)
3	Motegi	Japan	May 25, 2008	52	3.704=km	1:25'41.514		Tsugio Matsuda	Tsugio Matsuda	1'37.205 (Tsugio Matsuda)
4	Okayama	Japan	June 8, 2008	68	3.703=km	1:32'24.751		Loïc Duval	Tsugio Matsuda	1'19.345 (Satoshi Motoyama)
5	Suzuka	Japan	July 13, 2008		5.807=km
6	Motegi	Japan	August 10, 2008		3.238=km
7	Fuji	Japan	August 31, 2008		4.796=km
8	Sugo	Japan	September 21, 2008		3.737=km

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 15 points to the winner, 12 for runner up, 10 for third place, 8 for fourth place, 6 for fifth place, 5 for sixth place, 4 for seventh, 3 for eighth, 2 for ninth place and 1 for tenth place. 1 additional point awarded for pole position. All results count.

Place	Name	Country	Team										Total Points
1	Tsugio Matsuda	Japan	Team Impul	16	16	16							48
2	André Lotterer	Germany	TOM'S Racing		10	12	12						34
3	Loïc Duval	France	Nakajima Racing	1	1	10	16						28
4	Kohei Hirate	Japan	Team Impul		12	5	10						27
5	Yuji Tachikawa	Japan	Team Cerumo	12		4	8						24
6	Takuya Izawa	Japan	ARTA		2	8	6						16
7	Benoît Tréluyer	France	Team Impul	8	4		3						15
8	Takashi Kogure	Japan	Nakajima Racing	5	6		2						13
9	Ronnie Quintarelli	Italy	Team Cerumo	6	3		4						13
10	Roberto Streit	Brazil	Team Cerumo	10									10
11	Naoki Yokomizo	Japan	Kondo Racing		5		5						10
12	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team LeMans		8								8
13	Hiroaki Ishiura	Japan	Team LeMans	4		3							7
14	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Japan	Team 5Zigen			6							6
15	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Japan	Dandelion Racing	3									3
16	Yuji Ide	Japan	ARTA	2									2
16	João Paulo de Oliveira	Brazil	Kondo Racing			2							2
18	Seiji Ara	Japan	TOM'S Racing			1	1						2