# 2007 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2007 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds. 12 different teams, 22 different drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola FN06) and use either a Mugen Honda (Mugen HF386E) or Toyota (Toyota RV8J) engine.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | # | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| mobilecast Team Impul | 1 | Benoît Tréluyer | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| mobilecast Team Impul | 2 | Tsugio Matsuda | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| Carchs Kondo Racing | 3 | Masataka Yanagida | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| Carchs Kondo Racing | 4 | João Paulo de Oliveira | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| SG team 5ZIGEN | 5 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
| SG team 5ZIGEN | 6 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
| Forum Engineering Team LeMans | 7 | Tatsuya Kataoka | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| Forum Engineering Team LeMans | 8 | Toranosuke Takagi | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| Team Reckless Cerumo Team Cerumo | 11 | Yuji Tachikawa | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| Team Reckless Cerumo Team Cerumo | 12 | Kota Sasaki | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | 1–5 |
| Arabian Oasis Team Impul | 19 | Satoshi Motoyama | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| Arabian Oasis Team Impul | 20 | Michael Krumm | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| Kanaan Racing | 27 | Tony Kanaan | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | 9 |
| PIAA Nakajima Racing | 31 | Loïc Duval | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
| PIAA Nakajima Racing | 32 | Takashi Kogure | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
| Team BOSS INGING Formula Nippon | 33 | Ronnie Quintarelli | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| Team BOSS INGING Formula Nippon | 34 | Naoki Yokomizo | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| DHG TOM'S Racing | 36 | André Lotterer | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| DHG TOM'S Racing | 37 | Seiji Ara | Lola FN06 | Toyota RV8J | All |
| DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 40 | Björn Wirdheim | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
| DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 41 | Fabio Carbone | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 55 | Yuji Ide | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |
| Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 56 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Lola FN06 | Honda HF386E | All |

## Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan.
| Round | Track | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Race Lap | Winner | Team |
| 1 | Fuji | 1 April | Benoît Tréluyer | Benoît Tréluyer | Benoît Tréluyer | Team Impul |
| 2 | Suzuka | 15 April | Tsugio Matsuda | Hiroki Yoshimoto | Satoshi Motoyama | Team Impul |
| 3 | Motegi | 20 May | Tsugio Matsuda | Takashi Kogure | Takashi Kogure | Nakajima Racing |
| 4 | Okayama | 10 June | Takashi Kogure | Tsugio Matsuda | Ronnie Quintarelli | Team Boss Inging |
| 5 | Suzuka | 8 July | Tsugio Matsuda | Tsugio Matsuda | Satoshi Motoyama | Team Impul |
| 6 | Fuji | 26 August | Satoshi Motoyama | Loïc Duval | André Lotterer | TOM'S Racing |
| 7 | SUGO | 16 September | Takashi Kogure | Naoki Yokomizo | Takashi Kogure | Nakajima Racing |
| 8 | Motegi | 21 October | Takashi Kogure | Takashi Kogure | Takashi Kogure | Nakajima Racing |
| 9 | Suzuka | 18 November | Takashi Kogure | André Lotterer | Satoshi Motoyama | Team Impul |
Notes:
* Tony Kanaan participated as a special entry under the authorization of JAF with no points to be scored.
* Okayama replaced Autopolis.

## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship
#### Scoring system

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Rank | Driver | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | OKA | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | MOT | SUZ | Points |
| 1 | Tsugio Matsuda | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 46 |
| 2 | Benoît Tréluyer | 1 | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 45 |
| 3 | Takashi Kogure | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | Ret | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 41 |
| 4 | Satoshi Motoyama | Ret | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 1 | 38 |
| 5 | André Lotterer | Ret | 5 | 2 | Ret | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | Loïc Duval | 3 | 4 | Ret | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 31 |
| 7 | Ronnie Quintarelli | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 8 | Joao Paulo de Oliveira | DSQ | 14 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Björn Wirdheim | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | Michael Krumm | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 12 |
| 11 | Seiji Ara | 11 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 10 | 4 | Ret | 13 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | Yuji Tachikawa | 16 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| 13 | Yuji Ide | 14 | 10 | 16 | Ret | 3 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 6 |
| 14 | Tatsuya Kataoka | 7 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| 15 | Fabio Carbone | 15 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 18 | Ret | 3 |
| 16 | Toranosuke Takagi | Ret | 12 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 17 | Naoki Yokomizo | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | 12 | 17 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 0 |
| 19 | Masataka Yanagida | 9 | 18 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 16 | Ret | 0 |
| 20 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | Ret | 11 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | 13 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | Kota Sasaki | 17 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| – | Tony Kanaan | | | | | | | | | 6 | – |

### Teams' Championship

| Rank | Team | Car | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | OKA | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | MOT | SUZ | Points |
| 1 | mobilecast IMPUL | 1 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 91 |
| 1 | mobilecast IMPUL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 91 |
| 2 | PIAA NAKAJIMA | 31 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 72 |
| 2 | PIAA NAKAJIMA | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | Ret | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 72 |
| 3 | Arabian Oasis IMPUL | 19 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 1 | 50 |
| 3 | Arabian Oasis IMPUL | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 50 |
| 4 | DHG TOM'S | 36 | Ret | 5 | 2 | Ret | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 48 |
| 4 | DHG TOM'S | 37 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 7 | 10 | 4 | Ret | 13 | 5 | 48 |
| 5 | Boss INGING | 33 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Boss INGING | 34 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 40 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 41 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 18 | Ret | 20 |
| 7 | Carchs Kondo Racing | 3 | 9 | 18 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 16 | Ret | 18 |
| 7 | Carchs Kondo Racing | 4 | DSQ | 14 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Forum Engineering Team LeMans | 7 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Forum Engineering Team LeMans | 8 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Team Cerumo | 11 | | | | | | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 55 | 14 | 10 | 16 | Ret | 3 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 6 |
| 10 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | 56 | 12 | 17 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 6 |
| 11 | Team Reckless Cerumo | 11 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 12 | | | | | 4 |
| 11 | Team Reckless Cerumo | 12 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 16 | | | | | 4 |