The 1997 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 17 different teams, 37 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 2 different engines competed.
| Race No | Track | Country | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Fastest Race Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzuka |  Japan | 27 April 1997 | 35 | 5.864=205.241 km | 1'03:21.391 | 194.368 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Toranosuke Takagi | Katsutomo Kaneishi |
| 2 | Mine | Japan | 18 May 1997 | 62 | 3.239=200.818 km | 1'21:52.463 | 147.165 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Toranosuke Takagi | Katsumi Yamamoto |
| 3 | Fuji | Japan | 1 June 1997 | 45 | 4.470=201.15 km | 0'59:08.195 | 204.087 km/h | Takuya Kurosawa | Takuya Kurosawa (ss) Pedro de la Rosa (fq) | Takuya Kurosawa |
| 4 | Suzuka | Japan | 6 July 1997 | 35 | 5.864=205.241 km | 1'03:54.672 | 192.681 km/h | Toranosuke Takagi | Toranosuke Takagi (ss) Pedro de la Rosa (fq) | Masahiko Kageyama |
| 5 | Sugo | Japan | 3 August 1997 | 54 | 3.704=200.016 km | 1'09:24.918 | 172.886 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa (ss) Masahiko Kageyama (fq) | Norberto Fontana |
| 6 | Fuji | Japan | 31 August 1997 | 45 | 4.470=201.15 km | 0'59:22.035 | 203.294 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa |
| 7 | Mine | Japan | 14 September 1997 | 62 | 3.239=200.818 km | 1'21:57.038 | 147.029 km/h | Norberto Fontana | Toranosuke Takagi | Pedro de la Rosa |
| 8 | Motegi | Japan | 28 September 1997 | 43 | 4.796=206.228 km | 1'09:34.297 | 177.855 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa | Masami Kageyama |
| 9 | Fuji | Japan | 19 October 1997 | 45 | 4.470=201.15 km | 1'01:29.628 | 196.264 km/h | Katsutomo Kaneishi | Katsutomo Kaneishi (ss) Norberto Fontana (fq) | Pedro de la Rosa |
| 10 | Suzuka | Japan | 9 November 1997 | 35 | 5.864=205.241 km | 1'02:07.829 | 198.203 km/h | Pedro de la Rosa | Pedro de la Rosa | Masahiko Kageyama |
Note:
Race 2 first finisher Norberto Fontana 1'21:51.024/147.209 km/h, but 1 minute penalty.
(ss) indicate the winner of the special stage, who started from pole - (fq) indicate the original fastest qualifier. In all other races, the fastest qualifier was also the winner of the special stage.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Rank | Name | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SGO | FUJ | MIN | MOT | FUJ | SUZ | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pedro de la Rosa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 82 |
| 2 | Takuya Kurosawa | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 28 |
| 3 |  Norberto Fontana | 9 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 21 |
| 4 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |
| 5 | Masami Kageyama | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Toranosuke Takagi | Ret | DNS | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Masahiko Kageyama | Ret | Ret | 5 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 |  Ralph Firman | Ret | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 13 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 11 | 12 |
| 9 | Katsutomo Kaneishi | 7 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 18 | 8 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 10 |
| 10 | Akira Iida | 6 | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 7 |
| 11 | Satoshi Motoyama | 4 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | 7 | |
| 12 |  Marco Apicella | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Toshio Suzuki | 8 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 16 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 5 |
| 14 | Juichi Wakisaka | 12 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 11 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 |
| 15 | Koji Yamanishi | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 7 | 2 |
| 16 | Esteban Tuero | Ret | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 17 |  Michael Krumm | Ret | 13 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | Tetsuya Tanaka | Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 19 | Katsumi Yamamoto | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 14 | 7 | Ret | 0 |
| 20 | Andrea Boldrini | 13 | 7 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
| 21 | Atsushi Kawamoto | Ret | 10 | 16 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| 22 | Masahiko Kondo | 15 | DNS | 12 | 14 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | 0 |
| 23 | Eiichi Tajima | 13 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Yuji Tachikawa | 9 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 |  Marc Goossens | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 26 |  Dilantha Malagamuwa | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | Shinsuke Shibahara | 12 | 10 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
| 28 |  Risto Virtanen | Ret | Ret | 10 | 0 | |||||||
| 29 |  Andrew Gilbert-Scott | 12 | Ret | 14 | 0 | |||||||
| 30 | Masao Yamada | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |
| 31 | Tetsuji Tamanaka | 13 | Ret | 13 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| 32 | Sarah Kavanagh | 14 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| 33 | "Osamu" | 15 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 34 | Vincenzo Sospiri | Ret | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
| 35 | Tetsushi Toda | 17 | Ret | 17 | 17 | DNQ | 0 | |||||
| 36 | Mauro Martini | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Ryo Michigami | Ret | 0 |
| Rank | Name | Car | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | SUZ | SGO | FUJ | MIN | MOT | FUJ | SUZ | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shionogi Nova | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 89 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 11 | Ret | 13 | |||
| 2 | Impul | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 44 |
| 20 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 12 | 3 | |||
| 3 | LeMans | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 23 |
| 2 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 9 | Ret | ||||
| 4 | PIAA Nakajima | 64 | Ret | DNS | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 20 |
| 65 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 7 | |||
| 5 | Cerumo | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 12 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 10 | Ret | ||||||||
| 6 | Navi Connection | 27 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 28 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 14 | 7 | Ret | |||
| 7 | Funai Super Aguri | 55 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 18 | 8 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 17 |
| 56 | 4 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | |||
| 8 | Team TMS | 17 | 15 | DNS | 12 | 14 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | 12 |
| 18 | Ret | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 13 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 11 | |||
| 9 | Stellar | 34 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 6 | |||
| 35 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Mirai | 32 | Ret | 15 | 5 | ||||||||
| 33 | 8 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 16 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 9 | |||
| 11 | Dome with Mugen | 8 | 12 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 11 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 |
| 12 | Be Brides | 21 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Asahi Kiko Sports | 3 | Ret | 10 | 16 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | 5ZIGEN | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 6 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 13 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | |||
| 15 | Team LeyJUN | 62 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 17 | DNQ | 0 | |||||
| 63 | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 16 | |||
| 16 | Takagi B-1 Racing | 36 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| 37 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
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