2007 Formula Nippon Championship

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The 2007 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds. 12 different teams, 22 different drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola FN06) and use either a Mugen Honda (Mugen HF386E) or Toyota (Toyota RV8J) engine.

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Teams and drivers

Team#DriverChassisEngineRounds
mobilecast Team Impul 1 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
2 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda All
Carchs Kondo Racing 3 Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
4 Flag of Brazil.svg João Paulo de Oliveira All
SG team 5ZIGEN 5 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka Lola FN06 Honda HF386EAll
6 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto All
Forum Engineering Team LeMans 7 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
8 Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi All
Team Reckless Cerumo
Team Cerumo
11 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
12 Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki 1–5
Arabian Oasis Team Impul 19 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Lola FN06 Toyota RV8JAll
20 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm All
Kanaan Racing27 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Lola FN06 Honda HF386E9
PIAA Nakajima Racing 31 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Lola FN06 Honda HF386EAll
32 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure 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 Seiji Ara All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim Lola FN06 Honda HF386EAll
41 Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Carbone All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide Lola FN06 Honda HF386EAll
56 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kaneishi All

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan.

RoundTrackDatePole PositionFastest Race LapWinnerTeam
1 Fuji 1 April Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer Team Impul
2 Suzuka 15 April Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
3 Motegi 20 May Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing
4 Okayama 10 June Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli Team Boss Inging
5 Suzuka 8 July Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
6 Fuji 26 August Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer TOM'S Racing
7 SUGO 16 September Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yokomizo Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing
8 Motegi 21 October Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Nakajima Racing
9 Suzuka 18 November Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul

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Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th
Points108654321
RankDriverFUJSUZMOTOKASUZFUJSUGMOTSUZPoints
1 Flag of Japan.svg Tsugio Matsuda 223341355446
2 Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer 1Ret42Ret223Ret45
3 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kogure 831517Ret11DSQ41
4 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Motoyama Ret16101Ret411138
5 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Ret52Ret13174237
6 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval 34Ret1911332Ret31
7 Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Quintarelli 5651Ret7861427
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Joao Paulo de Oliveira DSQ148476Ret8318
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim 413111128Ret7917
10 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Krumm 67785RetRet15Ret12
11 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ara 11Ret157104Ret13511
12 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Tachikawa 168126125691311
13 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Ide 141016Ret316RetRet106
14 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kataoka 7RetRet9RetRetRet1075
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Carbone 1515Ret13615918Ret3
16 Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi Ret1291689101283
17 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Yokomizo 1091312191013Ret120
18 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Kaneishi 121710Ret911Ret14Ret0
19 Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Yanagida 918Ret1514121216Ret0
20 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyuki Hiranaka Ret11171418141117110
21 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto 131918171517RetRet150
22 Flag of Japan.svg Kota Sasaki 17161418160
Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan 6

Teams' Championship

RankTeamCarFUJSUZMOTOKASUZFUJSUGMOTSUZPoints
1 mobilecast IMPUL 11Ret42Ret223Ret91
22233413554
2 PIAA NAKAJIMA 3134Ret1911332Ret72
32831517Ret11DSQ
3 Arabian Oasis IMPUL 19Ret16101Ret411150
2067785RetRet15Ret
4 DHG TOM'S 36Ret52Ret13174248
3711Ret157104Ret135
5 Boss INGING 335651Ret7861427
341091312191013Ret12
6 DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40413111128Ret7820
411515Ret13515918Ret
7Carchs Kondo Racing 3918Ret1514121216Ret18
4DSQ148476Ret83
8Forum Engineering Team LeMans 77RetRet9RetRetRet1068
8Ret129168910127
9 Team Cerumo 11569137
10 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55141016Ret316RetRet106
56121710Ret911Ret14Ret
11Team Reckless Cerumo 11168125124
121716141816