2011 Formula Nippon Championship
Appearance
The 2011 Formula Nippon Championship was the thirty-ninth season of the premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing series. The series for Formula Nippon racing cars was contested over seven rounds.
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Driver | Engine | Rounds |
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Team Impul | 1 | João Paulo de Oliveira[1] | Toyota RV8K | All * |
2 | Kohei Hirate[1] | Toyota RV8K | All * | |
Kondō Racing | 3 | Andrea Caldarelli[2] | Toyota RV8K | All * |
Team LeMans | 7 | Kazuya Oshima[1] | Toyota RV8K | All * |
Team Kygnus Sunoco | 8 | Hiroaki Ishiura[1] | Toyota RV8K | All * |
Real Racing | 10 | Takashi Kobayashi[1] | Honda HR10E | All * |
11 | Hideki Mutoh[3] | Honda HR10E | 4, 7 | |
Team Mugen | 16 | Naoki Yamamoto[1] | Honda HR10E | All * |
SGC by KCMG | 18 | Alexandre Imperatori[1] | Toyota RV8K | All |
Tsugio Matsuda[4] | Toyota RV8K | * | ||
Nakajima Racing | 31 | Daisuke Nakajima[1] | Honda HR10E | All * |
32 | Takashi Kogure[1] | Honda HR10E | All * | |
Project μ/cerumo・INGING | 33 | Yuji Kunimoto[1] | Toyota RV8K | All * |
Petronas Team TOM'S | 36 | André Lotterer[1] | Toyota RV8K | 1, 3–7 * |
Takuto Iguchi[5] | Toyota RV8K | 2 | ||
37 | Kazuki Nakajima[1] | Toyota RV8K | All * | |
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing | 40 | Takuya Izawa[1] | Honda HR10E | All * |
41 | Koudai Tsukakoshi[1] | Honda HR10E | All * | |
Le Beausset Motorsports | 62 | Koki Saga[1] | Toyota RV8K | All * |
* Drivers who participated in the non-championship round at Fuji Speedway.
Race calendar and results
- All races will be held in Japan. A non-championship round, entitled Super GT and Formula Nippon Sprint Cup 2011, will be held at the conclusion of the season.[6] The opening round at Suzuka was rescheduled from 16–17 April to 14–15 May due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March.[7] As a result, the first Twin Ring Motegi round scheduled for that weekend was rescheduled to 6 November with the originally scheduled Suzuka race moved forward to September.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
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1 | Suzuka Circuit | 15 May | Naoki Yamamoto | Naoki Yamamoto | André Lotterer | Petronas Team TOM'S |
2 | Autopolis | 5 June | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Kohei Hirate | Kazuki Nakajima | Petronas Team TOM'S |
3 | Fuji Speedway | 17 July | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | André Lotterer | Petronas Team TOM'S |
4 | Twin Ring Motegi | 7 August | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | Team Impul |
5 | Suzuka Circuit | 4 September | Race cancelled due to Typhoon Talas | |||
6 | Sportsland SUGO | 25 September | Kazuya Oshima | Hiroaki Ishiura | André Lotterer | Petronas Team TOM'S |
7 | Twin Ring Motegi | 6 November | André Lotterer | Kazuki Nakajima | André Lotterer | Petronas Team TOM'S |
André Lotterer | André Lotterer | André Lotterer | Petronas Team TOM'S | |||
NC | Fuji Speedway | 13 November | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | Team Impul |
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
- Scoring system
Round | Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Pole |
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1–6 | Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Teams' Championship
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "2011 Media Information" (PDF). Formula Nippon. Japan Race Promotion Company, Ltd. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kondo Racing chiama Caldarelli". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "Round4 Motegi Entry List". Formula Nippon. Japan Race Promotion Company, Ltd. 2 August 2011. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ "Fuji Sprint Cup Entry List". Formula Nippon. Japan Race Promotion Company, Ltd. 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Round 2: Autopolis". Formula Nippon. Japan Race Promotion Company, Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ "2011 International Sporting Calendar" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 23 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ 第1戦 鈴鹿サーキット 開催日程変更のお知らせ. Formula Nippon (in Japanese). Japan Race Promotion Company, Ltd. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.