Formula Nippon
19 April Suzuka
1: Masahiko Kageyama Lola Mugen T96-52 1:04:11.64, 119.21mph
2: Masami Kageyama Lola Mugen T97-51 1:04:33.89
3: Norberto Fontana Reynard Mugen 97D 1:04:41.09
4: Katsutomo Kaneishi Lola Mugen T98-51 1:04:42.43
5: Hideki Noda Lola Mugen T98-51 1:04:43.13
6: Marc Goossens Reynard Mugen 97D 1:05:01.72
7: Ryo Michigami Reynard Mugen 96D 1:05:03.29
8: Tom Coronel Reynard Mugen 97D 1:05:16.33
9: Masahiko Kondo Reynard Mugen 97D 1:05:39.56
10: Shigekazu Wakisaka Reynard Mugen 96D 1:05:51.60
Fastest Lap Pole Position
Driver: Driver:
Time: Time:
17 May Mine
1: Satoshi Motoyama Reynard Mugen 97D 1:20:35.68, 92.87mph
2: Juichi Wakisaka Lola Mugen T97-51 1:20:38.03, 62 laps
3: Ryo Michigami Reynard Mugen 96D 1:20:39.45
4: Marc Goossens Reynard Mugen 97D 1:20:41.53
5: Katsutomo Kaneishi Lola Mugen T98-51 1:20:41.88
6: Tom Coronel Reynard Mugen 97D 1:20:57.74
7: Koji Yamanishi Reynard Mugen 97D 1:21:24.27
8: Masahiko Kondo Reynard Mugen 97D 1:21:50.81
9: Atsushi Kawamoto Reynard Mugen 96D 61 laps
10: Masami Kageyama Lola Mugen T97-51 61
Fastest Lap Pole Position
Driver: Driver:
Time: Time:
31 May Fuji
1: Satoshi Motoyama Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:00:28.15,
2: Katsutomo Kaneishi Lola-Mugen T98/51 1:00:28.98, 45 laps
3: Takuya Kurosawa Lola-Mugen T98/51 1:00:31.19
4: Ryo Michigami Reynard-Mugen 96D 1:00:40.68
5: Hideki Noda Lola-Mugen T98/51 1:00:56.32
6: Norberto Fontana Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:01:00.05
7: Tetsuya Tanaka Lola-Mugen T95/50 1:01:00.12
8: Akira Iida Lola-Mugen T96/52 1:01:00.45
9: Yuji Tachikawa Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:01:22.16
10: Shigekazu Wakisaka Reynard-Mugen 96D 1:01:58.30
Fastest Lap Pole Position
Driver: Driver: Satoshi Motoyama
Time: Time:
14 June Motegi
1: Juichi Wakisaka Lola Mugen T97-51 1:20:19.65, 43 laps
2: Satoshi Motoyama Reynard Mugen 97D 1:20:30.63
3: Masami Kageyama Lola Mugen T97-51 1:20:31.31
4: Tom Coronel Reynard Mugen 97D 1:20:34.79
5: Yuji Tachikawa Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:21:26.57
6: Hideki Noda Lola Mugen T98-51 1:21:27.10
7: Shigekazu Wakisaka Reynard Mugen 96D 1:21:37.11
8: Masahiko Kageyama Lola Mugen T96-52 1:21:39.95
9: Ryo Michigami Reynard Mugen 96D 1:21:40.36
10: Masahiko Kondo Reynard Mugen 97D 42 laps
Fastest Lap Pole Position
Driver: Hideki Noda Driver: Norberto Fontana
Time: 1:49.34 Time:
5 July Suzuka
1: Masahiko Kageyama Lola Mugen T96-52 1:04:46.24,
2: Marc Goossens Reynard Mugen 97D 1:05:00.19, 35 laps
3: Masami Kageyama Lola Mugen T97-51 1:05:02.44
4: Juichi Wakisaka Lola Mugen T97-51 1:05:03.82
5: Tom Coronel Reynard Mugen 97D 1:05:22.71
6: Tsugio Matsuda 1:05:48.90
7: Masahiko Kondo Reynard Mugen 97D 1:05:51.31
8: Norberto Fontana Reynard Mugen 97D 34 laps
9: Akira Ishikawa 34 laps
no other finishers
Fastest Lap Pole Position
Driver: Juichi Wakisaka Driver: Masahiko Kageyama
Time: 1:48.83, 120.54mph Time:
2 August Sugo
1: Masami Kageyama Lola Mugen T97/51 1:34:08.02, 79.85mph
2: Ralph Firman Lola-Mugen T96/51 1:34:35.71, 54 laps
3: Hideki Noda Lola Mugen T98/51 1:34:54.76
4: Satoshi Motoyama Reynard Mugen 97D 1:35:03.64
5: Tom Coronel Reynard Mugen 97D 1:35:26.23
6: Koji Yamanishi Reynard Mugen 97D 1:35:26.98
7: Katsutomo Kaneishi Lola Mugen T98-51 53 laps
8: Masahiko Kondo Reynard Mugen 97D 53 laps
9: Akira Iida Lola-Mugen T96/52 53 laps
10: Akira Ishikawa 51 laps
Fastest Lap Pole Position
Driver: Masami Kageyama Driver: Masami Kageyama
Time: 1:28.842, 94.01mph Time:
20 September Mine
1: Satoshi Motoyama Reynard Mugen 97D 1:21:54.62, 91.38mph
2: Norberto Fontana Reynard Mugen 97D 1:21:54.94, 62 laps
3: Marc Goossens Reynard Mugen 97D 1:22:04.58
4: Ralph Firman Lola-Mugen T96/51 1:22:05.72
5: Katsutomo Kaneishi Lola Mugen T98/51 1:23:01.85
6: Masami Kageyama Lola Mugen T97/51 61 laps
7: Masahiko Kondo Reynard Mugen 97D 61
8: Tetsuji Tamanaka Lola-Mugen T96/51 59
9: Osamu Nakajima Reynard-Mugen 97D 58
10: Shinsuke Shibahara Reynard-Mugen 96D 55
Fastest Lap Pole Position
Driver: Driver: Hideki Noda
Time: Time:
18 October Fuji
1: Norberto Fontana Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:46:45.82, 70.23mph
2: Satoshi Motoyama Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:46:52.70, 45 laps
3: Ralph Firman Lola-Mugen T96/51 1:46:56.30
4: Masami Kageyama Lola-Mugen T97/51 1:47:14.56
5: Akira Iida Lola-Mugen T96/52 1:47:16.08
6: Tetsuya Tanaka Lola-Mugen T95/50 1:47:25.11
7: Masahiko Kondo Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:47:55.00
8: Akira Ishikawa 1:48:04.95
9: Hideki Noda Lola-Mugen T98/51 44 laps
10: Katsutomo Kaneishi Lola-Mugen T98/51 43 laps
Fastest Lap Pole Position
Driver: Driver: Masami Kageyama
Time: Time:
28 November Suzuka
1: Masami Kageyama Lola-Mugen T97/51 1:03:42.152
2: Juichi Wakisaka Lola-Mugen T97/51 1:03:52.094
3: Ryo Michigami Reynard-Mugen 96D 1:03:54.125
4: Marc Goossens Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:04:18.974
5: Takuya Kurosawa Lola-Mugen T98/51 1:04:20.862
6: Masahiko Kageyama Lola-Mugen T96/52 1:04:22.373
7: Ralph Firman Lola-Mugen T96/51 1:04:24.520
8: Norberto Fontana Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:04:34.509
9: Yuji Tachikawa Reynard-Mugen 97D 1:04:42.162
10: Shigeyazu Wakisaka Reynard-Mugen 96D 1:04:53.864
Fastest Lap Pole Position
Driver: Masami Kageyama Driver: Satoshi Motoyama
Time: 1:47.579 Time:
Formula Nippon - Championship Result
1: Satoshi Motoyama 45 pts
2: Masami Kageyama 38
3: Juichi Wakisaka 25
4: Norberto Fontana 21
=: Masahiko Kageyama 21
6: Marc Goossens 17
7: Ralph Firman 13
=: Katsutomo Kaneishi 13
9: Ryo Michigami 11
10: Hideki Noda 9
11: Tom Coronel 8