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{{Motorsport season
{{Motorsport season
|series = Formula Nippon
|series = Formula Nippon Championship
|year = 1998
|year = 1998
|footer = <small>Related series:</small><br>[[1998 International Formula 3000 Championship]]
}}
}}


The '''1998 [[Formula Nippon]] season''' was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 14 different teams, 29 different drivers, 3 different chassis and only 1 engine competed. Each round saw a '''Special Stage''' after the original qualifying. The best six qualifiers had to compete in a separate session for the pole.
The '''1998 Formula Nippon Championship''' was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 14 different teams, 29 different drivers, 3 different chassis and only 1 engine competed. Each round saw a '''Special Stage''' after the original qualifying. The best six qualifiers had to compete in a separate session for the pole.


==Teams and drivers==
==Calendar==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"

! Team
{| border="0" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"
! #
|-align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Driver
! Race No !! Track !! Country !! Date !! Laps !! Distance !! Time !! Speed !! Winner !! Pole Position !! Fastest Race Lap
! Chassis
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Engine
| 1 ||align="left" width="90"| [[Suzuka Circuit|Suzuka]] ||align="left" width="80"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| April 19, 1998 || 35 || 5.864=205.241&nbsp;km || 1'04:11.637 || 191.832&nbsp;km/h ||align="left"| [[Masahiko Kageyama]] ||align="left"| [[Ralph Firman|Ralph Firman, Jr.]] (ss)<br>[[Juichi Wakisaka]] (fq) ||align="left"| [[Tom Coronel]]
! Rounds
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Shionogi]] Team Nova
|1
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masami Kageyama]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T97/51
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ralph Firman]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T96/51
|All
|-
|Asahi Kiko Sports
|3
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Atsushi Kawamoto]]
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 96D
|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[5ZIGEN|Team 5ZIGEN]]
|5
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marc Goossens]]
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 97D
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|6
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shigekazu Wakisaka]]
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 96D
|All
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Lemoned Plant|LEMONed]] Racing [[Team LeMans]]
|7
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Norberto Fontana]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 97D
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|8
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
|All
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Cosmo Oil Company|Cosmo Oil]] Racing Team [[Cerumo]]
|11
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Noda]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T98/51
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|12
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akira Iida]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T96/52
|3–10
|-
|Jaccs Mooncraft M.S.P
|14
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ryo Michigami]]
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 96D
|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|rowspan="3"|Team TMS
|17
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiko Kondo]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 97D
|rowspan="3"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|rowspan=2|18
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsuyoshi Takahashi]]
|1–2
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuji Tachikawa]]
|3–10
|-
|rowspan="2"|Maziora [[Impul|Team Impul]]
|19
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takuya Kurosawa]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T98/51
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|20
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiko Kageyama]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T96/52
|All
|-
|rowspan="2"|Be Brides Racing
|21
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tetsuya Tanaka (racing driver)|Tetsuya Tanaka]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T95/50
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|22
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akira Ishikawa]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T96/52
|All
|-
|rowspan="2"|Kyoetsu Stellar<br>Stellar International
|rowspan=2|35
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokiyasu Soda]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 96D
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|LKA}} [[Dilantha Malagamuwa]]
|7–9
|-
|rowspan="2"|Takagi B-1 Racing
|36
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tetsuji Tamanaka]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T96/51
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|37
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masao Yamada]]{{ref|a}}
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T95/50<br>[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T94/50
|2–5
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Autobacs Racing Team Aguri]]
|55
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsutomo Kaneishi]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T98/51
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|56
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Juichi Wakisaka]]
|[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T97/51
|All
|-
|rowspan="3"|Team LeyJun
|62
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinsuke Shibahara]]
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 95D<br>[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 96D
|rowspan="3"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|All
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|63
| 2 ||align="left"| [[Mine Circuit|Mine]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| May 17, 1998 || 62 || 3.239=200.818&nbsp;km || 1'20:35.683 || 149.502&nbsp;km/h ||align="left"| [[Satoshi Motoyama]] ||align="left"| [[Juichi Wakisaka]] ||align="left"| [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Osamu Nakajima|"Osamu"]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|rowspan="2"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 95D<br>[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 97D
| 3 ||align="left"| [[Fuji Speedway|Fuji]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| May 31, 1998 || 45 || 4.470=201.15&nbsp;km || 1'00:28.148 || 199.589&nbsp;km/h ||align="left"| [[Satoshi Motoyama]] ||align="left"| [[Satoshi Motoyama]] (ss)<br>[[Norberto Fontana]] (fq) ||align="left"| [[Katsumoto Kaneishi]]
|1, 4–10
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Taichiro Oonishi]]
| 4 ||align="left"| [[Twin Ring Motegi|Motegi]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| June 14, 1998 || 43 || 4.796=206.228&nbsp;km || 1'20:19.652 || 154.040&nbsp;km/h ||align="left"| [[Juichi Wakisaka]] ||align="left"| [[Norberto Fontana]] (ss)<br>[[Hideki Noda]] (fq) ||align="left"| [[Hideki Noda]]
|2–3
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 5 ||align="left"| [[Suzuka Circuit|Suzuka]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| July 5, 1998 || 35 || 5.864=205.241&nbsp;km || 1'04:46.239 || 190.124&nbsp;km/h ||align="left"| [[Masahiko Kageyama]] ||align="left"| [[Masahiko Kageyama]] ||align="left"| [[Juichi Wakisaka]]
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[PIAA]] [[Nakajima Racing]]
| 6 ||align="left"| [[Sportsland SUGO|Sugo]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| August 2, 1998 || 54 || 3.704=200.016&nbsp;km || 1'34:08.018 || 127.489&nbsp;km/h ||align="left"| [[Masami Kageyama]] ||align="left"| [[Masami Kageyama]] (ss)<br>[[Masahiko Kageyama]] (fq) ||align="left"| [[Masami Kageyama]]
|rowspan=2|64
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koji Yamanishi]]
| ||align="left"| [[Fuji Speedway|Fuji]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| August 30, 1998 ||colspan=4 align="left"|cancelled due to bad weather conditions || || ||
|rowspan="3"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 97D
|rowspan="3"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|1–4, 6–10
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsugio Matsuda]]
| 7 ||align="left"| [[Mine Circuit|Mine]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| September 20, 1998 || 62 || 3.239=200.818&nbsp;km || 1'21:54.617 || 147.101&nbsp;km/h ||align="left"| [[Satoshi Motoyama]] ||align="left"| [[Hideki Noda]] ||align="left"| [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
|5
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 8 ||align="left"| [[Fuji Speedway|Fuji]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| October 18, 1998 || 45 || 4.470=201.15&nbsp;km || 1'46:45.819 || 113.044&nbsp;km/h ||align="left"| [[Norberto Fontana]] ||align="left"| [[Masami Kageyama]] ||align="left"| [[Hideki Noda]]
|-
|-
|65
| 9 ||align="left"| [[Suzuka Circuit|Suzuka]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| November 29, 1998 || 35 || 5.864=205.241&nbsp;km || 1'03:42.152 || 193.312&nbsp;km/h ||align="left"| [[Masami Kageyama]] ||align="left"| [[Satoshi Motoyama]] ||align="left"| [[Masami Kageyama]]
|{{flagicon|NLD}} [[Tom Coronel]]
|All
|}
|}


{{note|a}}Masao Yamada died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage on 12 July 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1998-07-13|title=FN_NEWS:訃報:山田政夫選手急逝|url=https://www.fmotor.jp/fn_news訃報山田政夫選手急逝|access-date=2020-12-08|website=モータースポーツフォーラム|language=ja}}</ref>
Note:


== Race calendar and results ==
Race 8 no special stage held due to bad weather conditions
All races were held in Japan.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
(ss) indicate the winner of the special stage, who started from pole - (fq) indicate the original fastest qualifier. In all other races, the fastest qualifier was also the winner of the special stage.
!Race

!Track
==Final point standings==
!Date
===Driver===
!Pole Position

!Fastest Race Lap
For every race points were awarded: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. All results count.
!Winning Driver

!Winning Team
{| border="0" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"
|-align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Place !! Name !! Country !! Team !! Chassis !! Engine !! {{flagicon|JPN}} !! {{flagicon|JPN}} !! {{flagicon|JPN}} !! {{flagicon|JPN}} !! {{flagicon|JPN}} !! {{flagicon|JPN}} !! {{flagicon|JPN}} !! {{flagicon|JPN}} !! {{flagicon|JPN}} !! Total Points
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 1 ||align="left"| [[Satoshi Motoyama]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team LeMans]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || 10 || 10 || 6 || - || 3 || 10 || 6 || - || 45
|-
|-
!1
| 2 ||align="left"| [[Masami Kageyama]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Nova]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || 6 || - || - || 4 || 4 || 10 || 1 || 3 || 10 || 38
| width="90" align="left" |[[Suzuka Circuit]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align="left" |19 April
| 3 ||align="left"| [[Juichi Wakisaka]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Autobacs Racing Team Aguri|ARTA]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || 6 || - || 10 || 3 || - || - || - || 6 || 25
| align="left" |{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ralph Firman]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|NLD}} [[Tom Coronel]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiko Kageyama]]
|Maziora [[Impul|Team Impul]]
|-
|-
!2
| 4 ||align="left"| [[Norberto Fontana]] ||align="left"| {{ARG}} ||align="left"| [[Team LeMans]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || 4 || - || 1 || - || - || - || 6 || 10 || - || 21
| align="left" |[[Mine Circuit]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align="left" |17 May
| 5 ||align="left"| [[Masahiko Kageyama]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Impul]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || 10 || - || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || 1 || 21
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Juichi Wakisaka]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
|[[Lemoned Plant|LEMONed]] Racing [[Team LeMans]]
|-
|-
!3
| 6 ||align="left"| [[Marc Goossens]] ||align="left"| {{BEL}} ||align="left"| [[Team 5Zigen]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || 1 || 3 || - || - || 6 || - || 4 || - || 3 || 17
| align="left" |[[Fuji Speedway]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align="left" |31 May
| 7 ||align="left"| [[Katsumoto Kaneishi]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Autobacs Racing Team Aguri|ARTA]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || 3 || 2 || 6 || - || - || - || 2 || - || - || 13
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsutomo Kaneishi]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
|[[Lemoned Plant|LEMONed]] Racing [[Team LeMans]]
|-
|-
!4
| ||align="left"| [[Ralph Firman|Ralph Firman, Jr.]] ||align="left"| {{GBR}} ||align="left"| [[Team Nova]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || - || - || - || - || 6 || 3 || 4 || - || 13
| align="left" |[[Twin Ring Motegi]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align="left" |14 June
| 9 ||align="left"| [[Ryo Michigami]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Mooncraft]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || 4 || 3 || - || - || - || - || - || 4 || 11
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Norberto Fontana]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Noda]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Juichi Wakisaka]]
|[[Autobacs Racing Team Aguri]]
|-
|-
!5
| 10 ||align="left"| [[Hideki Noda]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Cerumo]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || 2 || - || 2 || 1 || - || 4 || - || - || - || 9
| align="left" |[[Suzuka Circuit]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align="left" |5 July
| 11 ||align="left"| [[Tom Coronel]] ||align="left"| {{NED}} ||align="left"| [[Nakajima Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || 1 || - || 3 || 2 || 2 || - || - || - || 8
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiko Kageyama]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Juichi Wakisaka]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiko Kageyama]]
|Maziora [[Impul|Team Impul]]
|-
|-
!6
| 12 ||align="left"| [[Takuya Kurosawa]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Impul]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || - || 4 || - || - || - || - || - || 2 || 6
| align="left" |[[Sportsland SUGO]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align="left" |2 August
| 13 ||align="left"| [[Yuji Tachikawa]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team TMS]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || - || - || 2 || - || - || - || - || - || 2
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masami Kageyama]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masami Kageyama]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masami Kageyama]]
|[[Shionogi]] Team Nova
|-
|-
!7
| ||align="left"| [[Akira Iida]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Cerumo]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 2 || - || 2
| align="left" |[[Fuji Speedway]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align="left" |30 August
| 15 ||align="left"| [[Tsugio Matsuda]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Nakajima Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || - || - || - || 1 || - || - || - || - || 1
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takuya Kurosawa]]
| colspan="3" align="center" |Race cancelled
|-
|-
!8
| ||align="left"| [[Koji Yamanishi]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Nakajima Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || - || - || - || - || 1 || - || - || - || 1
| align="left" |[[Mine Circuit]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align="left" |20 September
| ||align="left"| [[Tetsuya Tanaka]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Be Brides Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 1 || - || 1
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Noda]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
|[[Lemoned Plant|LEMONed]] Racing [[Team LeMans]]
|-
!9
| align="left" |[[Fuji Speedway]]
| align="left" |18 October
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masami Kageyama]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Noda]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Norberto Fontana]]
|[[Lemoned Plant|LEMONed]] Racing [[Team LeMans]]
|-
!10
| align="left" |[[Suzuka Circuit]]
| align="left" |29 November
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masami Kageyama]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masami Kageyama]]
|[[Shionogi]] Team Nova
|}
|}
Race 7 was not held due to bad weather conditions


==Championship standings==
==Complete Overview==


===Drivers' Championship===
{| border="0" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"
;Scoring system:
|first column of every race ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||= grid position
{| class="wikitable"
|}
! Position || 1st || 2nd || 3rd || 4th || 5th || 6th
{| border="0" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"
|-
|second column of every race ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 10 ||= race result
! Points || 10 || 6 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1
|-
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"
'''R8'''=retired, but classified '''R'''=retired '''NQ'''=did not qualify
! Rank
! Name
! [[Suzuka Circuit|SUZ]]
! [[Mine Circuit|MIN]]
! [[Fuji Speedway|FUJ]]
! [[Twin Ring Motegi|MOT]]
! [[Suzuka Circuit|SUZ]]
! [[Sportsland SUGO|SGO]]
! [[Fuji Speedway|FUJ]]
! [[Mine Circuit|MIN]]
! [[Fuji Speedway|FUJ]]
! [[Suzuka Circuit|SUZ]]
! Points
|-
! 1
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoshi Motoyama]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''1''
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''1''
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''Ret'''
! 45
|-
! 2
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masami Kageyama]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''1'''''
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''4'''
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''1''
! 38
|-
! 3
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Juichi Wakisaka]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ''4''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
! 25
|-
! 4
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Norberto Fontana]]
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''Ret'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
! 21
|-
! 5
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiko Kageyama]]
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
! 21
|-
! 6
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marc Goossens]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
! 17
|-
! 7
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsutomo Kaneishi]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''2''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
! 13
|-
! 8
|align="left"| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ralph Firman]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''12'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
! 13
|-
! 9
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ryo Michigami]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
! 11
|-
! 10
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Noda]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ''6''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''Ret'''
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ''9''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
! 9
|-
! 11
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Tom Coronel]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ''8''
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
! 8
|-
! 12
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takuya Kurosawa]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| '''C'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
! 6
|-
! 13
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuji Tachikawa]]
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
! 2
|-
! 14
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akira Iida]]
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
! 2
|-
! 15
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsugio Matsuda]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|
|
|
|
|
! 1
|-
! 16
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koji Yamanishi]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
! 1
|-
! 17
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tetsuya Tanaka (racing driver)|Tetsuya Tanaka]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 16
! 1
|-
! 18
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiko Kondo]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
! 0
|-
! 19
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shigekazu Wakisaka]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
! 0
|-
! 20
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akira Ishikawa]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15
! 0
|-
! 21
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tetsuji Tamanaka]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 17
! 0
|-
! 22
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Osamu Nakajima|"Osamu"]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 18
! 0
|-
! 23
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Atsushi Kawamoto]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
! 0
|-
! 24
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinsuke Shibahara]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
! 0
|-
! 25
|align="left"| {{flagicon|LKA}} [[Dilantha Malagamuwa]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|
! 0
|-
! 26
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Taichiro Oonishi
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
! 0
|-
! 27
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tsuyoshi Takahashi
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
! 0
|-
! 28
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masao Yamada]]
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|
|
|
|
|
! 0
|-
! 29
|align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokiyasu Soda
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
! 0

|}


===Teams' Championship===
'''3(5)'''=started from grid position '''3''', after setting the third best time in the special stage - '''(5)''' originally set the fifth best time in qualifying.


{| border="0" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"
! Rank
|-align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Name
| '''Place''' || '''Name''' || '''Country''' || '''Team''' || '''Chassis''' || '''Engine''' ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|{{flagicon|JPN}} ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|{{flagicon|JPN}} ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|{{flagicon|JPN}} ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|{{flagicon|JPN}} ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|{{flagicon|JPN}} ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|{{flagicon|JPN}} ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|{{flagicon|JPN}} ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|{{flagicon|JPN}} ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|{{flagicon|JPN}}
! Car
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! [[Suzuka Circuit|SUZ]]
| 1 ||align="left"| [[Satoshi Motoyama]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team LeMans]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 3(5) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 3(4) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 1 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 1(3) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 1 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 2 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 3(4) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 3(2) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 1 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 5 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 2 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 1(1) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R
! [[Mine Circuit|MIN]]
! [[Fuji Speedway|FUJ]]
! [[Twin Ring Motegi|MOT]]
! [[Suzuka Circuit|SUZ]]
! [[Sportsland SUGO|SGO]]
! [[Fuji Speedway|FUJ]]
! [[Mine Circuit|MIN]]
! [[Fuji Speedway|FUJ]]
! [[Suzuka Circuit|SUZ]]
! Points
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| 1
| 2 ||align="left"| [[Masami Kageyama]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Nova]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 6(2) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 2 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 4(3) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 17 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 3 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 3 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 1(3) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 1 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 3(4) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 6 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 1 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 4 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 1
|rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Lemoned Plant|LEMONed]] [[Team LeMans|LeMans]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 7
| 3 ||align="left"| [[Juichi Wakisaka]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Autobacs Racing Team Aguri|ARTA]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 5(1) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 1(1) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 2 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 4(6) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 1 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 5(3) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 4 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 4(2) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 2
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
!rowspan="2"| 66
|-
|-
| 8
| 4 ||align="left"| [[Norberto Fontana]] ||align="left"| {{ARG}} ||align="left"| [[Team LeMans]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 2(4) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 3 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 2(2) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 4(1) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 6 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 1(2) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R8 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 5(4) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 2 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 1 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 5(6) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
| 5 ||align="left"| [[Masahiko Kageyama]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Impul]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 4(3) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 1 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 5(4) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 16 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| (1)1 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 1 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 2(1) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 22 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 6
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| 2
| 6 ||align="left"| [[Marc Goossens]] ||align="left"| {{BEL}} ||align="left"| [[Team 5Zigen]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 6 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 4 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 3(4) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 4(6) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 2 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 6(5) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 18 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 3 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 6(5) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 4
|rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Shionogi]] Nova
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 1
| 7 ||align="left"| [[Katsumoto Kaneishi]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Autobacs Racing Team Aguri|ARTA]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 4 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 5 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 2(2) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 2 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 4(2) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 5 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
!rowspan="2"| 51
|-
|-
| 2
|rowspan=2| ||rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Ralph Firman|Ralph Firman, Jr.]] ||rowspan=2 align="left"| {{GBR}} ||align="left"| [[Team Nova]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 1(6) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 5(5) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 2 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 2(5) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 4 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 4 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 3 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| 3
|align="left"| [[Team Nova]] ||align="left"| [[Panoz|G-Force]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 16 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 19 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R14 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 21 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"|
|rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Autobacs Racing Team Aguri|ARTA]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 55
| 9 ||align="left"| [[Ryo Michigami]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Mooncraft]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 6(6) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 3 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 4 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 3(4) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 3
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
!rowspan="2"| 38
|-
|-
| 56
| 10 ||align="left"| [[Hideki Noda]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Cerumo]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 5 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 5 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 6(1) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 6 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 2(2) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 4(6) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 3 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 1(1) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
| 11 ||align="left"| [[Tom Coronel]] ||align="left"| {{NED}} ||align="left"| [[Nakajima Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 16 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 6 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 6(6) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 2(5) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 4 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 6(5) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 5 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 5 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 6(6) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 3 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 14
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| 4
| 12 ||align="left"| [[Takuya Kurosawa]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Impul]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 19 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 3(5) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 3 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 16 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 2 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 2(3) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 5
|rowspan=2 align="left"| Maziora [[Impul]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 19
| 13 ||align="left"| [[Yuji Tachikawa]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team TMS]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 23 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 5 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 5(3) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 17 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
!rowspan="2"| 27
|-
|-
| 20
| ||align="left"| [[Akira Iida]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team Cerumo]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 17 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 21 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 18 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 5 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 12
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
| 15 ||align="left"| [[Tsugio Matsuda]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Nakajima Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 6 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| -
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| 5
| ||align="left"| [[Koji Yamanishi]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Nakajima Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 18 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 5(3) ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 16 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 6 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 6 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 11
|rowspan=2 align="left"| [[5ZIGEN]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 5
| ||align="left"| [[Tetsuya Tanaka]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Be Brides Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 17 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 22 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 6 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 16
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
!rowspan="2"| 14
|-
|-
| 6
| - ||align="left"| [[Masahiko Kondo]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[TMS Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 17 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 20 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 17 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 16 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 20 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 19 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
| - ||align="left"| [[Shigekazu Wakisaka]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team 5Zigen]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 7 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 18 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R12 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 20 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 18 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|-
|-
! 6
| - ||align="left"| [[Akira Ishikawa]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Be Brides Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 22 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 21 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 24 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 21 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 20 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 20 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 17 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 23 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 22 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 15
|align="left"| Jaccs Mooncraft
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 14
| - ||align="left"| [[Tetsuji Tamanaka]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Takagi B-1 Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 20 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 18 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 20 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 22 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 22 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 22 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 23 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 8 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 16 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 21 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 17
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
! 14
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| 7
| - ||align="left"| [[Osamu Nakajima|"Osamu"]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team LeyJun]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 23 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 23 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 23 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 23 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 19 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 21 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 23 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 18
|rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Cosmo Oil Company|Cosmo Oil]] [[Cerumo]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 11
| - ||align="left"| [[Atsushi Kawamoto]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Asahi Kiko Sports]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 9 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 18 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 18 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 19 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 19 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 17 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 20 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 13
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
!rowspan="2"| 11
|-
|-
| 12
| - ||align="left"| [[Shinsuke Shibahara]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team LeyJun]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 16 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 11 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 17 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 19 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 20 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 18 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 21 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 10 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 19 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R11 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 16 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R
|
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|
| - ||align="left"| [[Dilantha Malagamuwa]] ||align="left"| {{SRI}} ||align="left"| [[Stellar International]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 24 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 24 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| -
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| 8
| - ||align="left"| [[Taichiro Oonishi]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Team LeyJun]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 22 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 21 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 13 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| -
|rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Nakajima Racing|PIAA Nakajima]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 64
| - ||align="left"| [[Tsuyoshi Takahashi]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[TMS Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 19 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 14 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 12 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| -
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
!rowspan="2"| 10
|-
|-
| 65
| - ||align="left"| [[Masao Yamada]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Takagi B-1 Racing]] ||align="left"| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 23 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 22 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| 15 ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 24 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 24 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| NQ ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| -
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
| - ||align="left"| [[Tokiyasu Souda]] ||align="left"| {{JPN}} ||align="left"| [[Stellar International]] ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| 21 ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| R ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFBBBF"| - ||bgcolor="#DFDDDF"| -
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
|-
!rowspan="2"| 9
|rowspan=2 align="left"| Team TMS
| 17
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
!rowspan="2"| 2
|-
| 18
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|-
!rowspan="2"| 10
|rowspan=2 align="left"| Be Brides
| 21
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 16
!rowspan="2"| 1
|-
| 22
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15
|-
! 11
|align="left"| Asahi Kiko Sports
| 3
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
! 0
|-
!rowspan="2"| 12
|rowspan=2 align="left"| Takagi B-1 Racing
| 36
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 17
!rowspan="2"| 0
|-
| 37
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan="2"| 13
|rowspan=2 align="left"| Team LeyJun
| 62
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
!rowspan="2"| 0
|-
| 63
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 18
|-
! 14
|align="left"| Kyoetsu Stellar<br>Stellar International
| 35
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| C
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|
! 0

|}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.f-nippon.co.jp/fn/en/race/archive/index_1998.shtml 1998 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230407084251/https://superformula.net/fn/en/race/archive/index_1998.shtml 1998 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon]


{{Japanese Formula 3000/Formula Nippon years}}
{{Japanese Formula 3000/Formula Nippon years}}


[[Category:1998 in Japanese motorsport|Formula 3000]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Formula Nippon Season}}
[[Category:1998 in motorsport|Formula 3000]]
[[Category:Super Formula]]
[[Category:Formula Nippon]]
[[Category:1998 in formula racing|Nippon]]

[[de:Formel-Nippon-Saison 1998]]
[[fr:Championnat de Formula Nippon 1998]]
[[it:Formula Nippon 1998]]
[[ja:1998年のフォーミュラ・ニッポン]]
[[sl:Formula Nippon sezona 1998]]
[[sv:Formel Nippon 1998]]

Latest revision as of 02:49, 29 October 2024

The 1998 Formula Nippon Championship was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 14 different teams, 29 different drivers, 3 different chassis and only 1 engine competed. Each round saw a Special Stage after the original qualifying. The best six qualifiers had to compete in a separate session for the pole.

Teams and drivers

[edit]
Team # Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Shionogi Team Nova 1 Japan Masami Kageyama Lola T97/51 Mugen MF308 All
2 Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman Lola T96/51 All
Asahi Kiko Sports 3 Japan Atsushi Kawamoto Reynard 96D Mugen MF308 All
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Belgium Marc Goossens Reynard 97D Mugen MF308 All
6 Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka Reynard 96D All
LEMONed Racing Team LeMans 7 Argentina Norberto Fontana Reynard 97D Mugen MF308 All
8 Japan Satoshi Motoyama All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo 11 Japan Hideki Noda Lola T98/51 Mugen MF308 All
12 Japan Akira Iida Lola T96/52 3–10
Jaccs Mooncraft M.S.P 14 Japan Ryo Michigami Reynard 96D Mugen MF308 All
Team TMS 17 Japan Masahiko Kondo Reynard 97D Mugen MF308 All
18 Japan Tsuyoshi Takahashi 1–2
Japan Yuji Tachikawa 3–10
Maziora Team Impul 19 Japan Takuya Kurosawa Lola T98/51 Mugen MF308 All
20 Japan Masahiko Kageyama Lola T96/52 All
Be Brides Racing 21 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka Lola T95/50 Mugen MF308 All
22 Japan Akira Ishikawa Lola T96/52 All
Kyoetsu Stellar
Stellar International 		35 Japan Tokiyasu Soda Reynard 96D Mugen MF308 1
Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa 7–9
Takagi B-1 Racing 36 Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka Lola T96/51 Mugen MF308 All
37 Japan Masao Yamada[1] Lola T95/50
Lola T94/50 		2–5
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 55 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi Lola T98/51 Mugen MF308 All
56 Japan Juichi Wakisaka Lola T97/51 All
Team LeyJun 62 Japan Shinsuke Shibahara Reynard 95D
Reynard 96D 		Mugen MF308 All
63 Japan "Osamu" Reynard 95D
Reynard 97D 		1, 4–10
Japan Taichiro Oonishi 2–3
PIAA Nakajima Racing 64 Japan Koji Yamanishi Reynard 97D Mugen MF308 1–4, 6–10
Japan Tsugio Matsuda 5
65 Netherlands Tom Coronel All

^ Masao Yamada died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage on 12 July 1998.[1]

Race calendar and results

[edit]

All races were held in Japan.

Race Track Date Pole Position Fastest Race Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Suzuka Circuit 19 April Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman Netherlands Tom Coronel Japan Masahiko Kageyama Maziora Team Impul
2 Mine Circuit 17 May Japan Juichi Wakisaka Japan Satoshi Motoyama Japan Satoshi Motoyama LEMONed Racing Team LeMans
3 Fuji Speedway 31 May Japan Satoshi Motoyama Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi Japan Satoshi Motoyama LEMONed Racing Team LeMans
4 Twin Ring Motegi 14 June Argentina Norberto Fontana Japan Hideki Noda Japan Juichi Wakisaka Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
5 Suzuka Circuit 5 July Japan Masahiko Kageyama Japan Juichi Wakisaka Japan Masahiko Kageyama Maziora Team Impul
6 Sportsland SUGO 2 August Japan Masami Kageyama Japan Masami Kageyama Japan Masami Kageyama Shionogi Team Nova
7 Fuji Speedway 30 August Japan Takuya Kurosawa Race cancelled
8 Mine Circuit 20 September Japan Hideki Noda Japan Satoshi Motoyama Japan Satoshi Motoyama LEMONed Racing Team LeMans
9 Fuji Speedway 18 October Japan Masami Kageyama Japan Hideki Noda Argentina Norberto Fontana LEMONed Racing Team LeMans
10 Suzuka Circuit 29 November Japan Satoshi Motoyama Japan Masami Kageyama Japan Masami Kageyama Shionogi Team Nova

Race 7 was not held due to bad weather conditions

Championship standings

[edit]

Drivers' Championship

[edit]
Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Points 10 6 4 3 2 1
Rank Name SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ SGO FUJ MIN FUJ SUZ Points
1 Japan Satoshi Motoyama Ret 1 1 2 Ret 4 C 1 2 Ret 45
2 Japan Masami Kageyama 2 10 Ret 3 3 1 C 6 4 1 38
3 Japan Juichi Wakisaka Ret 2 Ret 1 4 Ret C Ret Ret 2 25
4 Argentina Norberto Fontana 3 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret C 2 1 8 21
5 Japan Masahiko Kageyama 1 Ret Ret 8 1 Ret C Ret Ret 6 21
6 Belgium Marc Goossens 6 4 Ret Ret 2 Ret C 3 Ret 4 17
7 Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi 4 5 2 Ret Ret 7 C 5 10 Ret 13
8 Republic of Ireland Ralph Firman 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 C 4 3 7 13
9 Japan Ryo Michigami 7 3 4 9 Ret Ret C Ret Ret 3 11
10 Japan Hideki Noda 5 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 C Ret 9 Ret 9
11 Netherlands Tom Coronel 8 6 Ret 4 5 5 C Ret Ret 14 8
12 Japan Takuya Kurosawa Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret C Ret Ret 5 6
13 Japan Yuji Tachikawa 9 5 Ret Ret C Ret Ret 9 2
14 Japan Akira Iida 8 Ret Ret 9 C Ret 5 12 2
15 Japan Tsugio Matsuda 6 1
16 Japan Koji Yamanishi Ret 7 Ret Ret 6 C Ret Ret 11 1
17 Japan Tetsuya Tanaka Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 C Ret 6 16 1
18 Japan Masahiko Kondo 9 8 11 10 7 8 C 7 7 Ret 0
19 Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka 10 Ret 10 7 Ret Ret C Ret Ret 10 0
20 Japan Akira Ishikawa Ret Ret Ret 11 9 10 C Ret 8 15 0
21 Japan Tetsuji Tamanaka Ret 11 14 13 Ret Ret C 8 Ret 17 0
22 Japan "Osamu" 13 Ret Ret 13 C 9 Ret 18 0
23 Japan Atsushi Kawamoto Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret C Ret Ret 13 0
24 Japan Shinsuke Shibahara 11 Ret 12 12 Ret Ret C 10 Ret Ret 0
25 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa C Ret 12 0
26 Japan Taichiro Oonishi Ret 13 0
27 Japan Tsuyoshi Takahashi 14 Ret 0
28 Japan Masao Yamada Ret 15 Ret DNQ 0
29 Japan Tokiyasu Soda Ret 0

Teams' Championship

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Rank Name Car SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ SGO FUJ MIN FUJ SUZ Points
1 LEMONed LeMans 7 3 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret C 2 1 8 66
8 Ret 1 1 2 Ret 4 C 1 2 Ret
2 Shionogi Nova 1 2 10 Ret 3 3 1 C 6 4 1 51
2 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 C 4 3 7
3 ARTA 55 4 5 2 Ret Ret 7 C 5 10 Ret 38
56 Ret 2 Ret 1 4 Ret C Ret Ret 2
4 Maziora Impul 19 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret C Ret Ret 5 27
20 1 Ret Ret 8 1 Ret C Ret Ret 6
5 5ZIGEN 5 6 4 Ret Ret 2 Ret C 3 Ret 4 14
6 10 Ret 10 7 Ret Ret C Ret Ret 10
6 Jaccs Mooncraft 14 7 3 4 9 Ret Ret C Ret Ret 3 14
7 Cosmo Oil Cerumo 11 5 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 C Ret 9 Ret 11
12 8 Ret Ret 9 C Ret 5 12
8 PIAA Nakajima 64 Ret 7 Ret Ret 6 6 C Ret Ret 11 10
65 8 6 Ret 4 5 5 C Ret Ret 14
9 Team TMS 17 9 8 11 10 7 8 C 7 7 Ret 2
18 14 Ret 9 5 Ret Ret C Ret Ret 9
10 Be Brides 21 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 C Ret 6 16 1
22 Ret Ret Ret 11 9 10 C Ret 8 15
11 Asahi Kiko Sports 3 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret C Ret Ret 13 0
12 Takagi B-1 Racing 36 Ret 11 14 13 Ret Ret C 8 Ret 17 0
37 Ret 15 Ret DNQ
13 Team LeyJun 62 11 Ret 12 12 Ret Ret C 10 Ret Ret 0
63 13 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 C 9 Ret 18
14 Kyoetsu Stellar
Stellar International 		35 Ret C Ret 12 0

References

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  1. ^ "FN_NEWS:訃報:山田政夫選手急逝". モータースポーツフォーラム (in Japanese). 1998-07-13. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
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