User:SpikesIvory/sandbox/2022 Nippon Formula Championship

The 2022 Nippon Formula Championship Championship is the forty-second season of a fictional premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing as a competitor to Super Formula, and the twenty-eighth under the moniker of Nippon Formula Championship. It started in March 2022 and is due to be contested over twelve rounds. Gakuto Ishimori is the defending series champion.

Teams and drivers edit

Entrant	Engine	Race drivers
Entrant	Engine	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Bando Gom Racing	Honda	17 34	Hideo Sakura Fabio Lazzari	1–4 1–4
Boomerang Sports NFC Racing	Mitsubishi	27 99	Bryan Carter Akira Ichinose	1–4 1–4
Daiichi NFC Racing	Mitsubishi	7 67	Ricky MacMillan Sato Shibuya	1–4 1–4
Hikaru Sports Kyocera	Honda	4 86	Kousei Yamamiya Gakuto Ishimori	1–4 1–4
Maple Racing	Toyota	2 3	Takuma Hyouga Taki Nakano	1–4 1–4
Ralliart NFC Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi	8 40	Yuji Osaka Martin Kühne	1–4 1–4
Team Mugen	Honda	11 25	Ichika Naganomiya Kazuki Seto	1–4 1–4
Itakara Racing Inc.	Toyota	6 35	Hiro Suzuki Shinji Echizen	1–4 1–4
Uniqlo Ogura Team	Mitsubishi	5 18	Seita Takahashi Kenta Watari	1–4 1–4
Pertamina Motorsports Garuda	Toyota	55 76	Kiyoshi Miyamizu Bima Hartono	1–4 1–4
Team TRD	Toyota	15 27	Ren Furui Kazuma Ueno	1–4 1–4
Walnutia Racing Team	Honda	10 77	Seiji Nishimiya Kurumi Egawa	1–4 1–4

Race Calendar edit

Schedule of events
Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Race date
1	Oyama Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	20 March
2	Shizuoka Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	27 March
3	Okayama Grand Prix	Okayama International Circuit	17 April
4	Tochigi Grand Prix	Twin Ring Motegi	14 May
5	Hokkaido Grand Prix	Tokachi International Speedway	5 June
6	Murata Grand Prix	Sportsland SUGO	24 July
7	Miyagi Grand Prix	Sportsland SUGO	31 July
8	Kyoto Grand Prix	Kyoto Circuit	20 August
9	Hita Grand Prix	Autopolis	4 September
10	Oita Grand Prix	Autopolis	11 September
11	Suzuka Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course	16 October
12	Mie Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course	23 October

Results and standings edit

Grands Prix edit

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Oyama Grand Prix	Martin Kühne	Martin Kühne	Gakuto Ishimori	Hikaru Sports
2	Shizuoka Grand Prix	Takuma Hyouga	Kousei Yamamiya	Kousei Yamamiya	Hikaru Sports
3	Okayama Grand Prix	Martin Kühne	Kazuma Ueno	Martin Kühne	Ralliart
4	Tochigi Grand Prix	Martin Kühne	Yuji Osaka	Kousei Yamamiya	Hikaru Sports
5	Hokkaido Grand Prix	Kousei Yamamiya	Kazuma Ueno	Kazuma Ueno	Team TRD
6	Murata Grand Prix	Gakuto Ishimori	Gakuto Ishimori	Martin Kühne	Ralliart
7	Miyagi Grand Prix	Martin Kühne	Martin Kühne	Gakuto Ishimori	Hikaru Sports
8	Kyoto Grand Prix	Takuma Hyouga	Ichika Naganomiya	Takuma Hyouga	Maple Racing
9	Hita Grand Prix	Gakuto Ishimori	Kousei Yamamiya	Hideo Sakura	Bando Gom Racing
10	Oita Grand Prix	Gakuto Ishimori	Martin Kühne	Martin Kühne	Ralliart
11	Suzuka Grand Prix	Yuji Osaka	Kousei Yamamiya	Kousei Yamamiya	Hikaru Sports
12	Mie Grand Prix	Martin Kühne	Gakuto Ishimori	Takuma Hyouga	Maple Racing

Championship standings edit

Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
Points	20	17	14	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1

Qualifying points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd
Points	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos.	Driver	OYA	SHI	OKA	TOC	HOK	MUR	MIY	KYO	HIT	OIT	SUZ	MIE	Points
1	Kousei Yamamiya	2³	1^{2 F}	4	1	3^{1 P}	Ret	3²	7	3^{2 F}	3	1^{3 F}	2	178
2	Martin Kühne	3^{1 P F}	6	1^{1 P}	Ret^{1 P}	6²	1³	2^{1 P F}	8³	2³	1^{2 F}	2²	4^{1 P}	177
3	Gakuto Ishimori	1²	3³	6	6	2	2^{1 P F}	1³	9²	4^{1 P}	2^{1 P}	3	5^{3 F}	169
4	Takuma Hyouga	4	2^{1 P}	Ret	9	4³	4²	4	1^{1 P}	5	7	5	1	128
5	Hideo Sakura	5	5	5²	5	5	11	7	Ret	1	8	4	22	79
6	Kazuma Ueno	8	7	7^F	3³	1^F	Ret	6	4	10	4	Ret	6	77
7	Yuji Osaka	9	8	2	7^F	8	6	9	5	7	5	6¹	8	70
8	Taki Nakano	11	15	3	Ret	9	8	5	2	6	13	7	3	67
9	Kurumi Egawa	6	4	8	2	7	7	Ret	18					44
10	Ichika Naganomiya	12	Ret	17	10²	10	5	8	3					29
11	Bima Hartono	10	10	11	18	Ret	3	14	12					16
12	Ricky MacMillan	7	11	9	4	14	22	Ret	Ret					16
13	Kiyoshi Miyamizu	18	20	21	14	Ret	19	15	6					6
14	Akira Ichinose	19	9	13	8	17	14	11	15					5
15	Sato Shibuya	16	12	15	13	Ret	9	17	Ret					2
16	Kazuki Seto	13	14	10	19	12	10	Ret	13					2
17	Kenta Watari	15	16	14	11	13	21	10	16					1
18	Fabio Lazzari	Ret	18	12	Ret	21	15	12	10					1
–	Bryan Carter	Ret	17	16	12	15	13	13	Ret					0
–	Ren Furui	14	13	22	15	20	17	18	18					0
–	Shinji Echizen	Ret	19	20	16	19	18	Ret	Ret					0
–	Seiji Nishimiya	17	Ret	18	17	11	12	16	14					0
–	Seita Takahashi	Ret	21	19	Ret	18	16	20	11					0
–	Hiro Suzuki	20	22	Ret	Ret	16	20	19	Ret					0