2011_Formula_Nippon_Championship Knowpia

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 edit

Team	No.	Driver	Engine	Rounds
Team Impul	1	João Paulo de Oliveira^[1]	Toyota RV8K	All *
Team Impul	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 *
Real Racing	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
SGC by KCMG	18	Tsugio Matsuda^[4]	Toyota RV8K	*
Nakajima Racing	31	Daisuke Nakajima^[1]	Honda HR10E	All *
Nakajima Racing	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 *
	36	Takuto Iguchi^[5]	Toyota RV8K	2
	37	Kazuki Nakajima^[1]	Toyota RV8K	All *
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	40	Takuya Izawa^[1]	Honda HR10E	All *
Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	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 edit

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2011 venues

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
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
7	Twin Ring Motegi	6 November	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 edit

Drivers' Championship edit

Scoring system

Round	Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Pole
1–6	Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1
7	Points	8	4	3	2.5	2	1.5	1	0.5	1

Pos	Driver	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MOT		FUJ	Points
1	André Lotterer	1		1	2	C	1	1	1	5	56
2	Kazuki Nakajima	3	1	3	3	C	3	2	2	3	42
3	João Paulo de Oliveira	6	4	4	1	C	DSQ	9	3	1	28
4	Koudai Tsukakoshi	7	3	5	4	C	4	3	8	7	26.5
5	Kazuya Oshima	5	2	12	8	C	6	Ret	5	4	19
6	Hiroaki Ishiura	8	10	6	7	C	2	6	6	2	17
7	Takashi Kogure	2	Ret	7	Ret	C	7	5	4	12	16.5
8	Kohei Hirate	9	8	2	5	C	8	7	Ret	10	15
9	Takuya Izawa	4	6	10	6	C	DSQ	Ret	10	6	11
10	Yuji Kunimoto	13	11	15	12	C	5	4	Ret	Ret	6.5
11	Naoki Yamamoto	Ret	5	9	14	C	11	12	NC	8	5
12	Alexandre Imperatori	10	7	Ret	11	C	12	8	12		2.5
13	Daisuke Nakajima	11	Ret	8	9	C	10	11	7	Ret	2
14	Takashi Kobayashi	Ret	9	11	15	C	Ret	10	11	11	0
15	Hideki Mutoh				10			Ret	9		0
16	Andrea Caldarelli	Ret	Ret	13	13	C	9	Ret	Ret	9	0
17	Koki Saga	12	Ret	14	16	C	13	13	Ret	13	0
18	Takuto Iguchi		12								0
	Tsugio Matsuda									14	0
Pos	Driver	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MOT		FUJ	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship edit

Pos	Team	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MOT		Points
1	Petronas Team TOM'S	1	1	1	2	C	1	1	1	96
1	Petronas Team TOM'S	3	12	3	3	C	3	2	2	96
2	Team Impul	6	4	2	1	C	8	7	3	41
2	Team Impul	9	8	4	5	C	DSQ	9	Ret	41
3	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	4	3	5	4	C	4	3	8	36.5
3	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	7	6	10	6	C	DSQ	Ret	10	36.5
4	Team LeMans Team Kygnus Sunoco	5	2	6	7	C	2	Ret	5	32
4	Team LeMans Team Kygnus Sunoco	8	10	12	8	C	6			32
5	Nakajima Racing	2	Ret	7	9	C	7	5	4	18.5
5	Nakajima Racing	11	Ret	8	Ret	C	10	11	7	18.5
6	Project μ/cerumo・INGING	13	11	15	12	C	5	4	Ret	6.5
7	Team Mugen	Ret	5	9	14	C	11	12	NC	4
8	Team Kygnus Sunoco							6	6	3
9	SGC by KCMG	10	7	Ret	11	C	12	8	12	2.5
10	HP Real Racing	Ret	9	11	10	C	Ret	10	9	0
10	HP Real Racing				15			Ret	11	0
11	Kondō Racing	Ret	Ret	13	13	C	9	Ret	Ret	0
12	Le Beausset Motorsports	12	Ret	14	16	C	13	13	Ret	0
Pos	Team	SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MOT		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References edit

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^ "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.