The 2000 Formula Nippon Championship was the twenty-eighth season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the fifth under the Formula Nippon name and Japan Race Promotion (JRP) management. The series was contested over ten rounds at five venues. 13 different teams, 21 different drivers, and two different chassis suppliers competed in the series.

Nakajima Racing driver Toranosuke Takagi, who returned to Formula Nippon after two seasons in Formula One, won his first series championship and set a new single-season record with eight wins. Takagi moved to the CART Championship Series the following year.

Teams and drivers All teams used tyres supplied by Bridgestone and Mugen MF308 engines. Team # Driver Chassis Rounds PIAA Nakajima Racing0 Toranosuke TakagiReynard 2KLAll2 Tsugio MatsudaReynard 99LAllOlympic Kondo Racing Team3 Masahiko KondoReynard 99LAll4 Takeshi TsuchiyaG-Force GF039Team 5ZIGEN5 Naoki HattoriReynard 99LAll6 Michael KrummAll Team LeMans7 Hideki NodaReynard 99LAll8 Yudai IgarashiAllTeam Morinaga Nova9 Ralph Firman Jr.G-Force GF03BAll10 Koji YamanishiAllCosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo11 Yuji TachikawaReynard 99LAll12 Jaroslaw WierczukAllMooncraft14 Shigekazu WakisakaReynard 99LAllTeam Impul19 Satoshi MotoyamaReynard 99LAllTeam Malaysia21 Alex YoongReynard 99LAllTakagi B-1 Racing36 Tetsuji TamanakaReynard 99LAllAutobacs Racing Team Aguri55 Katsutomo KaneishiReynard 99L1–856 Juichi WakisakaAllTeam LeyJun62 Shinsuke ShibaharaReynard 2KLAll63 "Osamu"Reynard 99LG-Force GF031–5, 7–10DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing68 Ryō MichigamiReynard 2KLAll

Race calendar and results All races were held in Japan. RaceTrackDatePole positionFastest Race LapWinning driverWinning team1Suzuka Circuit26 March Ralph Firman Jr. Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke TakagiPIAA Nakajima Racing2Twin Ring Motegi16 April Toranosuke Takagi Tsugio Matsuda Toranosuke TakagiPIAA Nakajima Racing3Mine Circuit21 May Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Tsugio MatsudaPIAA Nakajima Racing4Fuji Speedway4 June Michael Krumm Hideki Noda Toranosuke TakagiPIAA Nakajima Racing52 July Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke Takagi Toranosuke TakagiPIAA Nakajima Racing6Sportsland SUGO30 July Toranosuke Takagi Juichi Wakisaka Toranosuke TakagiPIAA Nakajima Racing7Twin Ring Motegi20 August Toranosuke Takagi Michael Krumm Toranosuke TakagiPIAA Nakajima Racing8Fuji Speedway3 September Satoshi Motoyama Hideki Noda Toranosuke TakagiPIAA Nakajima Racing9Mine Circuit17 September Toranosuke Takagi Satoshi Motoyama Toranosuke TakagiPIAA Nakajima Racing10Suzuka Circuit5 November Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi Motoyama Satoshi MotoyamaTeam Impul Notes:

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 SUZ Points 1 Toranosuke Takagi 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 86 2 Michael Krumm 2 2 2 Ret 3 5 2 5 Ret 4 35 3 Satoshi Motoyama 6 4 Ret 8 6 4 3 2 2 1 34 4 Tsugio Matsuda 12 3 1 Ret 5 11 4 Ret 3 3 27 5 Hideki Noda Ret 10 3 15 2 Ret 5 6 17 5 15 6 Katsutomo Kaneishi 4 6 5 3 Ret 3 11 Ret 14 7 Juichi Wakisaka 11 5 4 2 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 13 8 Naoki Hattori 3 7 6 5 4 Ret 7 8 8 9 10 9 Ralph Firman Jr. Ret 11 Ret 6 7 2 10 13 5 Ret 9 10 Yuji Tachikawa 8 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 9 4 4 12 9 11 Shinsuke Shibahara 9 12 9 7 9 6 Ret 3 13 14 5 12 Shigekazu Wakisaka 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 13 9 Ret 8 2 13 Yudai Igarashi Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 6 10 16 Ret 1 14 Koji Yamanishi Ret 9 7 11 14 Ret Ret Ret 7 7 0 15 Masahiko Kondo 7 14 Ret 13 13 7 Ret Ret 11 10 0 16 Ryō Michigami Ret 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret 8 7 9 Ret 0 17 Jaroslaw Wierczuk 13 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 11 12 11 0 18 Alex Yoong DNS Ret Ret 9 11 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 0 19 Tetsuji Tamanaka Ret Ret 10 10 15 10 Ret Ret 14 Ret 0 20 "Osamu" 10 Ret 11 14 Ret 14 14 15 13 0 21 Takeshi Tsuchiya 10 0

Teams' Championship

Rank Name Car SUZ MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SGO MOT FUJ MIN SUZ Points 1 PIAA Nakajima 0 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 113 2 12 3 1 Ret 5 11 4 Ret 3 3 2 5ZIGEN 5 3 7 6 5 4 Ret 7 8 8 9 45 6 2 2 2 Ret 3 5 2 5 Ret 4 3 Impul 19 6 4 Ret 8 6 4 3 2 2 1 34 4 ARTA 55 4 6 5 3 Ret 3 11 Ret 27 56 11 5 4 2 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 5 LeMans 7 Ret 10 3 15 2 Ret 5 6 17 5 16 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 6 10 16 Ret 6 Team Morinaga Nova 9 Ret 11 Ret 6 7 2 10 13 5 Ret 9 10 Ret 9 7 11 14 Ret Ret Ret 7 7 7 Cosmo Oil Cerumo 11 8 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 9 4 4 12 9 12 13 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 11 12 11 8 LeyJun 62 9 12 9 7 9 6 Ret 3 13 14 5 63 10 Ret 11 14 Ret 14 14 15 13 9 Mooncraft 14 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 13 9 Ret 8 2 10 Kondo Racing 3 7 14 Ret 13 13 7 Ret Ret 11 10 0 4 10 11 DoCoMo Dandelion 68 Ret 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret 8 7 9 Ret 0 12 Team Malaysia 21 DNS Ret Ret 9 11 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 0 13 Takagi B-1 Racing 36 Ret Ret 10 10 15 10 Ret Ret 14 Ret 0

References

External links 2000 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon