2006 Formula Nippon Championship
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 . 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 | # | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
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arting Racing Team with Impul | 1 | Satoshi Motoyama | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
2 | Kazuki Hoshino | All | |||
Kondo Racing | 3 | Sakon Yamamoto | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | 1–3 |
Seiji Ara | 4–9 | ||||
4 | Masataka Yanagida | All | |||
Team Reckless 5ZIGEN Team 5ZIGEN M&O with Team 5ZIGEN |
5 | Ryo Michigami | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
6 | Ryo Orime | 1–8 | |||
João Paulo de Oliveira | 9 | ||||
Team LeMans | 7 | Tatsuya Kataoka | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
8 | Toranosuke Takagi | All | |||
Team Cerumo Team Reckless Cerumo |
11 | Yuji Tachikawa | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
EMS Racing | 17 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | 5–9 |
mobilecast Team Impul | 19 | Benoît Tréluyer | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
20 | Tsugio Matsuda | All | |||
DPR Direxiv | 27 | Shogo Mitsuyama | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | 1–4 |
PIAA Nakajima Racing | 31 | Loïc Duval | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
32 | Hideki Mutoh | All | |||
Team BOSS INGING Formula Nippon | 33 | Ronnie Quintarelli | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
34 | Naoki Yokomizo | All | |||
DHG TOM'S Racing | 36 | André Lotterer | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
37 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | All | |||
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 40 | Björn Wirdheim | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
41 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | 1–3 | |||
Yuji Ide | 4–9 | ||||
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 55 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
56 | Takashi Kogure | All |
Race calendar and results[]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
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1 | Fuji Speedway | 2 April | Benoît Tréluyer | Masataka Yanagida | Benoît Tréluyer | mobilecast IMPUL |
2 | Suzuka Circuit | 16 April | Benoît Tréluyer | Benoît Tréluyer | Loïc Duval | PIAA Nakajima |
3 | Twin Ring Motegi | 28 May | Takashi Kogure | Tsugio Matsuda | André Lotterer | DHG TOM'S |
4 | Suzuka Circuit | 9 July | Benoît Tréluyer | Benoît Tréluyer | Benoît Tréluyer | mobilecast IMPUL |
5 | Autopolis | 6 August | Takashi Kogure | Loïc Duval | Tsugio Matsuda | mobilecast IMPUL |
6 | Fuji Speedway | 27 August | Takashi Kogure | Satoshi Motoyama | Benoît Tréluyer | mobilecast IMPUL |
7 | Sportsland SUGO | 17 September | Takashi Kogure | Hideki Mutoh | Loïc Duval | PIAA Nakajima |
8 | Twin Ring Motegi | 22 October | Takashi Kogure | Satoshi Motoyama | Benoît Tréluyer | mobilecast IMPUL |
9 | Suzuka Circuit | 19 November | Tsugio Matsuda | Benoît Tréluyer | André Lotterer | DHG TOM'S |
- Autopolis was added after Mazda acquired the Mine Circuit, closing it to competition in February as it was converted to a test track.
Championship standings[]
Drivers' Championship[]
- Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Rank | Name | FUJ‡ | SUZ | MOT | SUZ | ATP | FUJ | SGO | MOT | SUZ | Points |
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1 | Benoît Tréluyer | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 51 |
2 | Tsugio Matsuda | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 37 |
3 | André Lotterer | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 30 |
4 | Loïc Duval | 11 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
5 | Satoshi Motoyama | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 16 |
6 | Björn Wirdheim | 4 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 13.5 |
7 | Tatsuya Kataoka | 13 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
8 | Yuji Tachikawa | 12 | Ret | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 10 |
9 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 |
10 | Ronnie Quintarelli | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
11 | Sakon Yamamoto | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | ||||||
12 | Takashi Kogure | 10 | 17 | Ret | 9 | 19 | Ret | DSQ | Ret | 4 | 3 |
13 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | 9 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
14 | Hideki Mutoh | 19 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 1 |
15 | Masataka Yanagida | 7 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 1 |
16 | Ryo Michigami | 20 | 18 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 0 |
17 | Naoki Yokomizo | 14 | 13 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | Ret | 0 |
18 | Toranosuke Takagi | 22 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
19 | João Paulo de Oliveira | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
20 | Seiji Ara | 10 | 10 | 18 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||
21 | Yuji Ide | 12 | 12 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 0 | |||
22 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | 17 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
23 | Ryo Orime | 21 | 15 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 17 | DSQ | 12 | 0 | |
24 | Shogo Mitsuyama | 15 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 0 | |||||
25 | Kazuki Hoshino | 18 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 0 |
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[]
Rank | Team | Car | FUJ‡ | SUZ | MOT | SUZ | ATP | FUJ | SGO | MOT | SUZ | Points |
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1 | mobilecast Impul | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 88 |
20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
2 | DHG TOM'S | 36 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 32 |
37 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 5 | |||
3 | PIAA Nakajima | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
32 | 19 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 10 | 10 | Ret | |||
4 | arting Impul | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 16 |
2 | 18 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 14 | |||
5 | DoCoMo Dandelion | 40 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 13.5 |
41 | 17 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 10 | |||
6 | Team LeMans | 7 | 13 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
8 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
7 | ARTA | 55 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 12 |
56 | 10 | 17 | Ret | 9 | 19 | Ret | DSQ | Ret | 4 | |||
8 | Reckless Cerumo | 11 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 10 |
9 | BOSS INGING | 33 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
34 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | Ret | |||
10 | Kondo Racing | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 4.5 |
4 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 13 | |||
11 | Team 5ZIGEN | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 0 |
6 | 21 | 15 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 17 | DSQ | 12 | 8 | |||
12 | DPR Direxiv | 27 | 15 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 0 |
External links[]
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