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2000 Formula Nippon Championship

2000 International Formula 3000 Championship 2000 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

The 2000 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 13 different teams, 21 different drivers, 2 different chassis and only 1 engine competed in the series.

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
PIAA Nakajima Racing	0	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	All
2	JPN Tsugio Matsuda	Reynard 99L	All
Olympic Kondo Racing Team	3	JPN Masahiko Kondo	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
4	JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya	G-Force GF03	9
Team 5ZIGEN	5	JPN Naoki Hattori	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
6	DEU Michael Krumm	All
Team LeMans	7	JPN Hideki Noda	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
8	JPN Yudai Igarashi	All
Team Morinaga Nova	9	IRL Ralph Firman Jr.	G-Force GF03B	Mugen MF308	All
10	JPN Koji Yamanishi	All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	JPN Yuji Tachikawa	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
12	POL Jaroslaw Wierczuk	All
Mooncraft	14	JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
Team Impul	19	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
Team Malaysia	21	MYS Alex Yoong	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
Takagi B-1 Racing	36	JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308	1–8
56	JPN Juichi Wakisaka	All
Team LeyJun	62	JPN Shinsuke Shibahara	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	All
63	JPN "Osamu"	Reynard 99L
G-Force GF03	1–5, 7–10
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	68	JPN Ryō Michigami	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308	All

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan.

Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest Race Lap	Winning driver
Suzuka Circuit	26 March	IRL Ralph Firman Jr.	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Nakajima Racing
Twin Ring Motegi	16 April	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	JPN Tsugio Matsuda	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Nakajima Racing
Mine Circuit	21 May	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	JPN Tsugio Matsuda	PIAA Nakajima Racing
Fuji Speedway	4 June	DEU Michael Krumm	JPN Hideki Noda	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Nakajima Racing
Suzuka-East Circuit	2 July	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Nakajima Racing
Sportsland SUGO	30 July	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	JPN Juichi Wakisaka	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Nakajima Racing
Twin Ring Motegi	20 August	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	DEU Michael Krumm	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Nakajima Racing
Fuji Speedway	3 September	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	JPN Hideki Noda	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Nakajima Racing
Mine Circuit	17 September	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	JPN Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Nakajima Racing
Suzuka Circuit	5 November	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	Team Impul

Note:

Race 1 stopped due to rain and restarted, originally scheduled over 35 laps.
Race 8 stopped due to an accident and restarted, originally scheduled over 50 laps.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

;Scoring system:

Position		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th	Points		10		6		4		3		2		1

Rank	Name	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SGO	MOT	FUJ	MIN
JPN Toranosuke Takagi	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
DEU Michael Krumm	2	2	2	Ret	3	5	2	5	Ret	4
JPN Satoshi Motoyama	6	4	Ret	8	6	4	3	2	2	1
JPN Tsugio Matsuda	12	3	1	Ret	5	11	4	Ret	3	3
JPN Hideki Noda	Ret	10	3	15	2	Ret	5	6	17	5
JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi	4	6	5	3	Ret	3	11	Ret
JPN Juichi Wakisaka	11	5	4	2	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6
JPN Naoki Hattori	3	7	6	5	4	Ret	7	8	8	9
JPN Yuji Tachikawa	8	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	9	4	4	12
IRL Ralph Firman Jr.	Ret	11	Ret	6	7	2	10	13	5	Ret
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara	9	12	9	7	9	6	Ret	3	13	14
JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka	5	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	13	9	Ret	8
JPN Yudai Igarashi	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret	6	10	16	Ret
JPN Koji Yamanishi	Ret	9	7	11	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	7
JPN Masahiko Kondo	7	14	Ret	13	13	7	Ret	Ret	11	10
JPN Ryō Michigami	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	8	7	9	Ret
POL Jaroslaw Wierczuk	13	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	11	12	11
MYS Alex Yoong	DNS	Ret	Ret	9	11	9	Ret	12	Ret	Ret
JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka	Ret	Ret	10	10	15	10	Ret	Ret	14	Ret
JPN "Osamu"	10	Ret	11	14	Ret		14	14	15	13
JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya									10

Teams' Championship

Rank	Name	Car	SUZ	MOT	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SGO	MOT	FUJ	MIN
PIAA Nakajima	0	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
2	12	3	1	Ret	5	11	4	Ret	3	3
5ZIGEN	5	3	7	6	5	4	Ret	7	8	8	9
6	2	2	2	Ret	3	5	2	5	Ret	4
Impul	19	6	4	Ret	8	6	4	3	2	2	1
ARTA	55	4	6	5	3	Ret	3	11	Ret
56	11	5	4	2	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6
LeMans	7	Ret	10	3	15	2	Ret	5	6	17	5
8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret	6	10	16	Ret
Team Morinaga Nova	9	Ret	11	Ret	6	7	2	10	13	5	Ret
10	Ret	9	7	11	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	7
Cosmo Oil Cerumo	11	8	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	9	4	4	12
12	13	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	11	12	11
LeyJun	62	9	12	9	7	9	6	Ret	3	13	14
63	10	Ret	11	14	Ret		14	14	15	13
Mooncraft	14	5	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	13	9	Ret	8
Kondo Racing	3	7	14	Ret	13	13	7	Ret	Ret	11	10
4									10
DoCoMo Dandelion	68	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	8	7	9	Ret
Team Malaysia	21	DNS	Ret	Ret	9	11	9	Ret	12	Ret	Ret
Takagi B-1 Racing	36	Ret	Ret	10	10	15	10	Ret	Ret	14	Ret

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