2005 Formula Nippon Championship

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

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Teams and drivers

Team#DriverChassisEngineRounds
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308All
2 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori All
Kondo Racing Team 3 Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308All
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Janiš 1–3
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli 4–9
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308All
Forum Engineering Team LeMans 7 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308All
8 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya All
Team Cerumo
Takagi Planning with Cerumo
11 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308All
12 Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi All
mobilecast Team Impul 19 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308All
20 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide All
arting Racing Team with Impul 23 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308All
Carrozzeria Team MOHN27 Flag of Japan.svg Masanobu Kato Lola B3/51 Mugen MF3081
28 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda All
PIAA Nakajima Racing 31 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308All
32 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure All

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan.

RoundTrackDatePole PositionFastest LapWinnerTeam
1 Twin Ring Motegi 3 April Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons DoCoMoTeam Dandelion Racing
2 Suzuka Circuit 17 April Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide mobilecast Team Impul
3 Sportsland SUGO 15 May Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama arting Team Impul
4 Fuji Speedway 5 June Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast Team Impul
5 Suzuka Circuit 3 July Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama arting Team Impul
6 Mine Circuit 31 July Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide mobilecast Team Impul
7 Fuji Speedway 28 August Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Nakajima Racing
8 Twin Ring Motegi 23 October Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama arting Team Impul
9 Suzuka Circuit 27 November Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer PIAA Nakajima Racing

Calendar changes

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
Points1064321
RankName MOT SUZ SGO FUJ SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ Points
1 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama 441213131252
2 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide 21578134339
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Lyons 15243Ret413530
4 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer 11Ret9RetRet101Ret120
5 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Ret3382Ret119615
6 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer 69Ret1RetRet1211414
7 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda 102Ret364910814
8 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya 5Ret4RetRet553Ret13
9 Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli 552Ret51012
10 Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto 14RetRetRet48Ret2119
11 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka 788RetRet72677
12 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori 366107677147
13 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka 8RetRet6RetRet61292
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Janiš 12770
15 Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi 9Ret1191098Ret120
16 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda RetRet10Ret9Ret108130
17 Flag of Japan.svg Masanobu Kato130

Teams' Championship

RankTeamCar MOT SUZ SGO FUJ SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ Points
1 mobilecast Impul
arting Impul
1969Ret1RetRet12114101
20215781343
234412131312
2 DoCoMo Dandelion 115243Ret413537
236610767714
3 PIAA Nakajima 3111Ret9RetRet101Ret135
32Ret3382Ret1196
4 Kondo Racing Team 314RetRetRet48Ret21121
41277552Ret510
5 Team LeMans 7788RetRet726720
85Ret4RetRet553Ret
6 5ZIGEN 5102Ret364910814
7 Cerumo 118RetRet6RetRet61292
129Ret1191098Ret12
8Team MOHN27130
28RetRet10Ret9Ret10813