2006 Formula Nippon Championship

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The 2006 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over nine rounds, with twelve teams and 25 drivers competing in the championship. The specification chassis was the Lola FN06.

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After eight seasons of a specification engine, there was a competition between engine manufacturers, as teams could choose between Toyota and Honda 3000cc Indy Racing League style specification normally aspirated engines.

Teams and drivers

Team#DriverChassisEngineRounds
arting Racing Team with Impul 1 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
2 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hoshino All
Kondo Racing 3 Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto Lola FN06 Toyota RV8J1–3
Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara 4–9
4 Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida All
Team Reckless 5ZIGEN
Team 5ZIGEN
M&O with Team 5ZIGEN
5 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami Lola FN06 Honda HF386EAll
6 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Orime 1–8
Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira 9
Team LeMans 7 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
8 Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi All
Team Cerumo
Team Reckless Cerumo
11 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
EMS Racing17 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka Lola FN06 Honda HF386E5–9
mobilecast Team Impul 19 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
20 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda All
DPR Direxiv 27 Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama Lola FN06 Honda HF386E1–4
PIAA Nakajima Racing 31 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Lola FN06 Honda HF386EAll
32 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh All
Team BOSS INGING Formula Nippon 33 Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
34 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yokomizo All
DHG TOM'S Racing 36 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
37 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim Lola FN06 Honda HF386EAll
41 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka 1–3
Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide 4–9
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kaneishi Lola FN06 Honda HF386EAll
56 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure All

Race calendar and results

RoundCircuitDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1 Fuji Speedway 2 April Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast IMPUL
2 Suzuka Circuit 16 April Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval PIAA Nakajima
3 Twin Ring Motegi 28 May Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer DHG TOM'S
4 Suzuka Circuit 9 July Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast IMPUL
5 Autopolis 6 August Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda mobilecast IMPUL
6 Fuji Speedway 27 August Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast IMPUL
7 Sportsland SUGO 17 September Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval PIAA Nakajima
8 Twin Ring Motegi 22 October Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast IMPUL
9 Suzuka Circuit 19 November Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer DHG TOM'S

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
Points1064321
RankName FUJ SUZ MOT SUZ ATP FUJ SGO MOT SUZ Points
1 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer 13217121Ret51
2 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda 29521732237
3 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer 851582RetRet130
4 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval 1116Ret18914625
5 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama 3833Ret35RetRet16
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim 424Ret66611913.5
7 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka 137Ret63Ret93313
8 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa 12Ret1044575Ret10
9 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kaneishi 16RetRetRet24RetRet79
10 Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli 5RetRetRet51049126
11 Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto 64143.5
12 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure 1017Ret919RetDSQRet43
13 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Tsuchiya 910Ret79Ret8852
14 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Mutoh 1968Ret17161010Ret1
15 Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida 7Ret9131312Ret6131
16 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Michigami 20187Ret111512Ret110
17 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yokomizo 1413Ret11RetRet117Ret0
18 Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi 2216118168RetRetRet0
19 Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira 80
20 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara 10101813RetRet0
21 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide 121211RetRet100
22 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka 1711Ret1514RetRetRet0
23 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Orime 211512RetRet17DSQ120
24 Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mitsuyama151213Ret0
25 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Hoshino 1814RetRet1413RetRet140

Note:

Because of heavy rain at Fuji during the race, the event ended after two laps. Half points were awarded because of the stoppage before the 75% point.

Teams' Championship

RankTeamCar FUJ SUZ MOT SUZ ATP FUJ SGO MOT SUZ Points
1 mobilecast Impul 1913217121Ret88
20295217322
2 DHG TOM'S 36851582RetRet132
37910Ret79Ret885
3 PIAA Nakajima 311116Ret18914626
321968Ret17161010Ret
4 arting Impul 13833Ret35RetRet16
21814RetRet1413RetRet14
5 DoCoMo Dandelion 40424Ret66611913.5
411711Ret121211RetRet10
6 Team LeMans 7137Ret63Ret93313
82216118168RetRetRet
7 ARTA 5516RetRetRet24RetRet712
561017Ret919RetDSQRet4
8Reckless Cerumo 1112Ret1044575Ret10
9 BOSS INGING 335RetRetRet51049126
341413Ret11RetRet117Ret
10 Kondo Racing 3641410101813RetRet4.5
47Ret9131312Ret613
11 Team 5ZIGEN 520187Ret111512Ret110
6211512RetRet17DSQ128
12 DPR Direxiv 27151213Ret0

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