2002 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2002 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 11 different teams, 22 different drivers. All teams had to use Reynard chassis and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

2002 Formula Nippon Championship
Previous:	2001	Next:	2003
Related series: 2002 International Formula 3000 Championship 2002 Euro Formula 3000 Championship

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Xbox Team Impul	1	Satoshi Motoyama	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
	2	Michael Krumm	Reynard 99L		1–2
Olympic Kondo Racing Team	3	Seiji Ara	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	4	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Reynard 99L Reynard 2KL		All
Team 5ZIGEN	5	Naoki Hattori	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
	6	Ryo Michigami			1–2, 5–10
		Hidetoshi Mitsusada			3–4
Team LeMans	7	Masami Kageyama	Reynard 99L Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	1–2
		Dominik Schwager			3–10
	8	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Reynard 01L		All
Soft On Demand Team Nova Forward Team Nova	9	Kiyoto Yamamoto	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
	10	Haruki Kurosawa			All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	Benoît Tréluyer	Reynard 99L Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	1–5
		Yuji Tachikawa			6–10
Mooncraft	14	Yudai Igarashi	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
Team 22	22	Daisuke Ito	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
PIAA Nakajima Racing	31	Ralph Firman	Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
	32	Tsugio Matsuda			All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	Juichi Wakisaka	Reynard 99L Reynard 01L	Mugen MF308	All
	56	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Reynard 01L		All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	68	Jonathan Cochet	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	1–2
		Richard Lyons			3–10

Calendar

All races were held in Japan.

Race No	Track	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1	Suzuka	24 March 2002	35	5.821=203.735 km	1'03:11.587	193.440 km/h	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Ralph Firman, Jr.
2	Fuji	7 April 2002	50	4.4=220.0 km	1'08:12.992	193.501 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Satoshi Motoyama	Naoki Hattori
3	Mine	19 May 2002	62	3.247=201.314 km	1'20:56.960	149.215 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Satoshi Motoyama
4	Suzuka-East	7 July 2002	73	2.244=163.812 km	1'11:28.336	137.518 km/h	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Takechi Tsuchiya	Hidetoshi Mitsusada
5	Motegi	21 July 2002	45	4.796=215.82 km	1'15:07.333	172.375 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Juichi Wakisaka	Satoshi Motoyama
6	Sugo	4 August 2002	60	3.704=222.24 km	1'24:26.082	157.926 km/h	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Takechi Tsuchiya	Naoki Hattori
7	Fuji	1 September 2002	50	4.4=220.0 km	1'07:13.992	196.332 km/h	Juichi Wakisaka	Takechi Tsuchiya	Ryo Michigami
8	Mine	22 September 2002	62	3.247=201.314 km	1'20:50.010	150.359 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Takechi Tsuchiya	Satoshi Motoyama
9	Motegi	20 October 2002	45	4.796=215.82 km	1'13:18.262	176.650 km/h	Ralph Firman, Jr.	Juichi Wakisaka	Juichi Wakisaka
10	Suzuka	3 November 2002	35	5.821=203.735 km	1'03:58.796	191.061 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Juichi Wakisaka	Ryo Michigami

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	6	4	3	2	1

Rank	Name	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	MOT	SGO	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	Ralph Firman	1	2	Ret	1	9	1	2	2	1	3	62
2	Satoshi Motoyama	Ret	1	1	5	1	Ret	3	1	3	1	60
3	Juichi Wakisaka	5	3	Ret	3	3	Ret	1	8	2	4	33
4	Takeshi Tsuchiya	2	6	3	Ret	2	4	Ret	7	6	2	27
5	Tsugio Matsuda	3	10	2	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	4	6	19
6	Ryo Michigami	4	DNS			4	3	4	3	12	11	17
7	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Ret	Ret	4	6	5	6	5	5	Ret	7	11
8	Naoki Hattori	6	Ret	Ret	4	6	12	6	6	8	5	9
9	Hidetoshi Mitsusada			5	2							8
10	Richard Lyons			7	8	11	2	7	Ret	7	Ret	6
11	Seiji Ara	8	4	9	10	Ret	Ret	NC	9	11	10	3
12	Haruki Kurosawa	9	5	Ret	Ret	12	10	12	Ret	Ret	12	2
13	Dominik Schwager			Ret	11	Ret	8	9	10	5	Ret	2
14	Benoît Tréluyer	11	Ret	6	7	7						1
15	Michael Krumm	7	7									0
16	Yudai Igarashi	Ret	Ret	11	13	10	7	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	0
17	Daisuke Ito	10	9	10	9	8	9	8	11	10	8	0
18	Katsutomo Kaneishi	12	Ret	8	12	Ret	11	10	12	14	9	0
19	Jonathan Cochet	13	8									0
20	Yuji Tachikawa						Ret	11	Ret	9	Ret	0
21	Kiyoto Yamamoto	15	11	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	DNS	15	13	0
22	Masami Kageyama	Ret	Ret									0

Teams' Championship

Rank	Team	Car	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	MOT	SGO	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	PIAA Nakajima	31	1	2	Ret	1	9	1	2	2	1	3	81
		32	3	10	2	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	4	6
2	Xbox Impul	1	Ret	1	1	5	1	Ret	3	1	3	1	60
		2	7	7
3	ARTA	55	5	3	Ret	3	3	Ret	1	8	2	4	44
		56	Ret	Ret	4	6	5	6	5	5	Ret	7
4	5ZIGEN	5	6	Ret	Ret	4	6	12	6	6	8	5	34
		6	4	DNS	5	2	4	3	4	3	12	11
5	LeMans	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	8	9	10	5	Ret	29
		8	2	6	3	Ret	2	4	Ret	7	6	2
6	DoCoMo Dandelion	68	13	8	7	8	11	2	7	Ret	7	Ret	6
7	Olympic Kondo	3	8	4	9	10	Ret	Ret	NC	9	11	10	3
		4	12	Ret	8	12	Ret	11	10	12	14	9
8	Nova	9	15	11	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	DNS	15	13	2
		10	9	5	Ret	Ret	12	10	12	Ret	Ret	12
9	Cosmo Oil Cerumo	11	11	Ret	6	7	7	Ret	11	Ret	9	Ret	1
10	Mooncraft	14	Ret	Ret	11	13	10	7	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	0
11	Team 22	22	10	9	10	9	8	9	8	11	10	8	0

External links

• 2002 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon