2003 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2003 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 10 different teams and 21 different drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola B03/51) and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

Teams and drivers

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Team # Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
PIAA Nakajima Racing 1   Takashi Kogure Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
2   André Lotterer All
Olympic Kondo Racing Team 3   Yuji Tachikawa Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
4   Dominik Schwager All
Team 5ZIGEN 5   Ryo Michigami Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
6   Ryo Fukuda 1–5
  James Courtney 7–10
Forum Engineering ARTA Team LeMans 7   Toshihiro Kaneishi Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
8   Takeshi Tsuchiya All
Planex EBBRO Nova
Kacchao TCPRO Nova
Team Nova
Oizumi Team Nova
9   Haruki Kurosawa Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
10   Tetsuya Fujisawa 1–4
  Yudai Igarashi 5–7
  Hiroki Katoh 8–10
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo 11   Tsugio Matsuda Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
12   Yuji Ide All
Team Impul 19   Satoshi Motoyama Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
20   Benoît Tréluyer All
Team 22 22   Juichi Wakisaka Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
Carrozzerria Team MOHN 28   Hideki Noda Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40   Richard Lyons Lola B03/51 Mugen MF308 All
41   Naoki Hattori All

Race calendar and results

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All races were held in Japan

Race Track Date Pole Position Fastest Race Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Suzuka Circuit 23 March   Ryo Michigami   Richard Lyons   Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
2 Fuji Speedway 6 April   Satoshi Motoyama   Takeshi Tsuchiya   Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
3 Mine Circuit 27 April   Satoshi Motoyama   Yuji Tachikawa   Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
4 Twin Ring Motegi 8 June   Juichi Wakisaka   Satoshi Motoyama   Juichi Wakisaka Team 22
5 Suzuka Circuit 6 July   Richard Lyons   Satoshi Motoyama   Richard Lyons DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing
6 Sportsland SUGO 27 July   André Lotterer   Satoshi Motoyama   Satoshi Motoyama Team Impul
7 Fuji Speedway 31 August   Satoshi Motoyama   Satoshi Motoyama   Benoît Tréluyer Team Impul
8 Mine Circuit 21 September   Satoshi Motoyama   Satoshi Motoyama   Benoît Tréluyer Team Impul
9 Twin Ring Motegi 19 October   Toshihiro Kaneishi   Takeshi Tsuchiya   Toshihiro Kaneishi Forum Engineering ARTA Team LeMans
10 Suzuka Circuit 2 November   Satoshi Motoyama   Richard Lyons   Juichi Wakisaka Team 22
  • At race 5 a sprint race of 18 laps (104.526 km) set the grid for the main race. The sprint race winner Richard Lyons started from pole in the main race. Takeshi Tsuchiya set pole position for the sprint race.

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Points 10 6 4 3 2 1
Rank Name SUZ FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SGO FUJ MIN MOT SUZ Points
1   Satoshi Motoyama 1 1 1 9 14 1 2 13 2 3 56
2   Benoît Tréluyer Ret 2 Ret NC 2 4 1 1 9 Ret 35
3   Juichi Wakisaka Ret 5 Ret 1 3 3 Ret 6 Ret 1 31
4   Toshihiro Kaneishi 3 8 5 7 Ret 8 Ret 2 1 Ret 22
5   André Lotterer 2 4 7 6 Ret 2 3 9 5 Ret 22
6   Richard Lyons 9 Ret Ret 3 1 5 Ret Ret 3 9 20
7   Yuji Ide 4 7 3 2 7 10 Ret 3 12 5 19
8   Takeshi Tsuchiya Ret NC 2 4 5 7 6 12 6 4 16
9   Ryo Michigami Ret 3 4 5 4 NC Ret NC 13 6 13
10   Takashi Kogure 12 6 Ret DNS 6 Ret Ret 14 4 2 11
11   Tsugio Matsuda 5 9 Ret Ret 15 6 5 5 14 Ret 7
12   James Courtney 4 7 Ret Ret 3
13   Naoki Hattori 8 Ret Ret 11 8 9 9 4 7 11 3
14   Hideki Noda 6 10 8 DNS 12 Ret Ret 10 Ret 10 1
15   Ryo Fukuda 7 Ret 6 Ret 13 1
16   Dominik Schwager Ret Ret Ret 8 9 11 7 8 10 8 0
17   Hiroki Katoh Ret 11 7 0
18   Yuji Tachikawa 10 12 10 Ret Ret NC Ret Ret 8 Ret 0
19   Haruki Kurosawa Ret Ret 9 10 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 0
20   Yudai Igarashi 10 12 Ret 0
21   Tetsuya Fujisawa 11 11 Ret 12 0

Teams' Championship

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Rank Team Car SUZ FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SGO FUJ MIN MOT SUZ Points
1 Impul 19 1 1 1 9 14 1 2 13 2 3 91
20 Ret 2 Ret NC 2 4 1 1 9 Ret
2 Team LeMans 7 3 8 5 7 Ret 8 Ret 2 1 Ret 38
8 Ret NC 2 4 5 7 6 12 6 4
3 PIAA Nakajima 1 12 6 Ret DNS 6 Ret Ret 14 4 2 33
2 2 4 7 6 Ret 2 3 9 5 Ret
4 Team 22 22 Ret 5 Ret 1 3 3 Ret 6 Ret 1 31
5 Cosmo Oil Cerumo 11 5 9 Ret Ret 15 6 5 5 14 Ret 23
12 4 7 3 2 7 10 Ret 3 12 5
6 DoCoMo Dandelion 40 9 Ret Ret 3 1 5 Ret Ret 3 9 23
41 8 Ret Ret 11 8 9 9 4 7 11
7 5ZIGEN 5 Ret 3 4 5 4 NC Ret NC 13 6 17
6 7 Ret 6 Ret 13 4 7 Ret Ret
8 Team MOHN 28 6 10 8 DNS 12 Ret Ret 10 Ret 10 1
9 Team Nova 9 Ret Ret 9 10 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 0
10 11 11 Ret 12 10 12 Ret Ret 11 7
10 Kondo Racing Team 3 10 12 10 Ret Ret NC Ret Ret 8 Ret 0
4 Ret Ret Ret 8 9 11 7 8 10 8
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