1986 Japanese Formula Two Championship

The 1986 Japanese Formula Two Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 12 teams, 19 drivers, 3 chassis, 3 engines, and 3 tires competed.

Teams and drivers Team#DriverChassisEngineTyreRoundsHeros Racing1 Satoru NakajimaMarch 86JHondaAllHoshino Racing2 Kazuyoshi HoshinoMarch 86JHondaAllSpeed Box Motor Sports3 Eje ElghMarch 86JYamahaAllSpeed Star Wheel Racing Team5 Masahiro HasemiMarch 85JMarch 86JYamahaAll6 Yoshiyasu TachiMarch 86JAllTakuya Racing7 Geoff LeesMarch 85JMarch 86JYamahaAll11 Aguri SuzukiMarch 85J8Team LeMans8 Keiji Matsumoto March 86JYamahaAll18 Akio MorimotoMarch 86J8Team Nova9 Mike ThackwellMarch 85JMarch 86JHondaAllTakeshi Project Racing10 Hideshi MatsudaMarch 85JBMW1-2, 4-8Team Equipe12 Kengo NakamotoMaurer MM81BMW1, 4Leyton House Racing16 Akira HagiwaraMarch 86JYamaha1 Ivan Capelli5-6, 8 Masanori Sekiya7Advan Sports RacingTeam JPS AdvanAdvan Sports Shigeyama Racing24 Kenji TakahashiMarch 86JYamahaAll25 Kunimitsu TakahashiAll26 Takao WadaAllShimizu Racing33 Masatomo ShimizuMarch 85JYamaha1-2, 4, 7-8

Akira Hagiwara was killed in a testing accident at Sportsland SUGO on 7 April, two weeks before the second round of the season.

Results

Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 09/03/1986 Rd.1 Suzuka Keiji Matsumoto Team LeMans March-Yamaha 86J 20/04/1986 Rd.2 Fuji Geoff Lees Takuya Racing March-Yamaha 86J 11/05/1986 Rd.3 Mine Keiji Matsumoto Team LeMans March-Yamaha 86J 25/05/1986 Rd.4 Suzuka Satoru Nakajima Heros Racing March-Honda 86J 06/07/1986 Rd.5 Suzuka Kazuyoshi Hoshino Hoshino Racing March-Honda 86J 10/08/1986 Rd.6 Fuji Mike Thackwell Team Nova March-Honda 86J 28/09/1986 Rd.7 Suzuka Kazuyoshi Hoshino Hoshino Racing March-Honda 86J 02/11/1986 Rd.8 Suzuka Kazuyoshi Hoshino Hoshino Racing March-Honda 86J

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Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, 3 for eighth place, 2 for ninth place and 1 for tenth place. No additional points were awarded. The best six results count. Five drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Total points 1 Satoru Nakajima Heros Racing March Honda 15 15 (10) 20 15 12 15 (10) 92 2 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Hoshino Racing March Honda - 12 - 15 20 - 20 20 87 3 Geoff Lees Takuya Racing March Yamaha - 20 12 12 10 10 (1) 15 79 4 Keiji Matsumoto Cabin Racing March Yamaha 20 8 20 8 8 8 - - 72 5 Mike Thackwell Team Nova March Honda 10 (3) 6 (4) 12 20 12 8 68 6 Eje Elgh Speed Box Motor Sports March Yamaha 8 (1) 15 2 3 (1) 10 4 42 7 Ivan Capelli Leyton House Racing March Yamaha - - - - 6 15 - 12 33 8 Takao Wada Advan Sports Racing March Yamaha 12 10 2 6 - 2 - - 32 9 Masahiro Hasemi Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March Yamaha 4 4 8 - 4 4 4 (2) 28 10 Kunimitsu Takahashi Team Nova March Honda 6 - 3 3 2 - 8 - 22 11 Yoshiyasu Tachi Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March Yamaha - 2 - 10 - 6 - 3 21 12 Kenji Takahashi Advan Sports Racing March Yamaha - 6 4 1 1 3 - 1 16 13 Masanori Sekiya Leyton House Racing March Yamaha - - - - - - 6 - 6 Masatomo Shimizu Shimizu Racing March Yamaha 3 - - - - - 3 - 6 Aguri Suzuki Takuya Racing March Yamaha - - - - - - - 6 6 16 Hideshi Matsuda Takeshi Project Team March BMW 2 - - - - - 2 - 4

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