2005 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2005 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds. 8 teams, 17 drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola B3/51 chassis and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

2005 Formula Nippon Championship
Previous: 2004 Next: 2006

Teams and drivers
Team # Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 1 Richard Lyons Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
2 Naoki Hattori All
Kondo Racing Team 3 Sakon Yamamoto Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
4 Jaroslav Janiš 1–3
Ronnie Quintarelli 4–9
Team 5ZIGEN 5 Tsugio Matsuda Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
Forum Engineering Team LeMans 7 Tatsuya Kataoka Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
8 Takeshi Tsuchiya All
Team Cerumo
Takagi Planning with Cerumo		 11 Katsuyuki Hiranaka Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
12 Toranosuke Takagi All
mobilecast Team Impul 19 Benoît Tréluyer Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
20 Yuji Ide All
arting Racing Team with Impul 23 Satoshi Motoyama Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
Carrozzerria Team MOHN 27 Masanobu Kato Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 1
28 Hideki Noda All
PIAA Nakajima Racing 31 André Lotterer Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
32 Takashi Kogure All

Calendar
2005 venues

All races were held in Japan.

Round Track Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Team
1 Motegi 3 April Yuji Ide Katsuyuki Hiranaka Richard Lyons DoCoMoTeam Dandelion Racing
2 Suzuka 17 April Benoît Tréluyer Takashi Kogure Yuji Ide mobilecast Team Impul
3 Sugo 15 May Takashi Kogure Hideki Noda Satoshi Motoyama arting Team Impul
4 Fuji 5 June Richard Lyons Tsugio Matsuda Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast Team Impul
5 Suzuka 3 July Satoshi Motoyama Yuji Ide Satoshi Motoyama arting Team Impul
6 Mine 31 July Benoît Tréluyer Yuji Ide Yuji Ide mobilecast Team Impul
7 Fuji 28 August Richard Lyons Satoshi Motoyama André Lotterer Nakajima Racing
8 Motegi 23 October Satoshi Motoyama Sakon Yamamoto Satoshi Motoyama arting Team Impul
9 Suzuka 27 November Tsugio Matsuda Benoît Tréluyer André Lotterer PIAA Nakajima Racing

Calendar changes

  • The race in Sepang was discontinued.
  • Fuji returned with two races.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
Points1064321
Rank Name MOT SUZ SGO FUJ SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ Points
1 Satoshi Motoyama 4 4 1 2 1 3 13 1 2 52
2 Yuji Ide 2 1 5 7 8 1 3 4 3 39
3 Richard Lyons 1 5 2 4 3 Ret 4 13 5 30
4 André Lotterer 11 Ret 9 Ret Ret 10 1 Ret 1 20
5 Takashi Kogure Ret 3 3 8 2 Ret 11 9 6 15
6 Benoît Tréluyer 6 9 Ret 1 Ret Ret 12 11 4 14
7 Tsugio Matsuda 10 2 Ret 3 6 4 9 10 8 14
8 Takeshi Tsuchiya 5 Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 5 3 Ret 13
9 Ronnie Quintarelli 5 5 2 Ret 5 10 12
10 Sakon Yamamoto 14 Ret Ret Ret 4 8 Ret 2 11 9
11 Tatsuya Kataoka 7 8 8 Ret Ret 7 2 6 7 7
12 Naoki Hattori 3 6 6 10 7 6 7 7 14 7
13 Katsuyuki Hiranaka 8 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 12 9 2
14 Jaroslav Janiš 12 7 7 0
15 Toranosuke Takagi 9 Ret 11 9 10 9 8 Ret 12 0
16 Hideki Noda Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret 10 8 13 0
17 Masanobu Kato 13 0

Teams' Championship
Rank Team Car MOT SUZ SGO FUJ SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ Points
1 mobilecast Impul
arting Impul		 19 6 9 Ret 1 Ret Ret 12 11 4 101
20 2 1 5 7 8 1 3 4 3
23 4 4 1 2 1 3 13 1 2
2 DoCoMo Dandelion 1 1 5 2 4 3 Ret 4 13 5 37
2 3 6 6 10 7 6 7 7 14
3 PIAA Nakajima 31 11 Ret 9 Ret Ret 10 1 Ret 1 35
32 Ret 3 3 8 2 Ret 11 9 6
4 Kondo Racing Team 3 14 Ret Ret Ret 4 8 Ret 2 11 21
4 12 7 7 5 5 2 Ret 5 10
5 Team LeMans 7 7 8 8 Ret Ret 7 2 6 7 20
8 5 Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 5 3 Ret
6 5ZIGEN 5 10 2 Ret 3 6 4 9 10 8 14
7 Cerumo 11 8 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 12 9 2
12 9 Ret 11 9 10 9 8 Ret 12
8 Team MOHN 27 13 0
28 Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret 10 8 13
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