The 2011 Formula Nippon Championship was the thirty-ninth season of the premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing series. The series for Formula Nippon racing cars was contested over seven rounds.

Teams and drivers Team Driver Engine Rounds Team Impul 1 João Paulo de Oliveira Toyota RV8K All * 2 Kohei Hirate Toyota RV8K All * Kondō Racing 3 Andrea Caldarelli Toyota RV8K All * Team LeMans 7 Kazuya Oshima Toyota RV8K All * Team Kygnus Sunoco 8 Hiroaki Ishiura Toyota RV8K All * Real Racing 10 Takashi Kobayashi Honda HR10E All * 11 Hideki Mutoh Honda HR10E 4, 7 Team Mugen 16 Naoki Yamamoto Honda HR10E All * SGC by KCMG 18 Alexandre Imperatori Toyota RV8K All Tsugio Matsuda Toyota RV8K * Nakajima Racing 31 Daisuke Nakajima Honda HR10E All * 32 Takashi Kogure Honda HR10E All * Project μ/cerumo・INGING 33 Yuji Kunimoto Toyota RV8K All * Petronas Team TOM'S 36 André Lotterer Toyota RV8K 1, 3–7 * Takuto Iguchi Toyota RV8K 2 37 Kazuki Nakajima Toyota RV8K All * Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 40 Takuya Izawa Honda HR10E All * 41 Koudai Tsukakoshi Honda HR10E All * Le Beausset Motorsports 62 Koki Saga Toyota RV8K All *

* Drivers who participated in the non-championship round at Fuji Speedway.

Race calendar and results

All races will be held in Japan. A non-championship round, entitled Super GT and Formula Nippon Sprint Cup 2011, will be held at the conclusion of the season. The opening round at Suzuka was rescheduled from 16–17 April to 14–15 May due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March. As a result, the first Twin Ring Motegi round scheduled for that weekend was rescheduled to 6 November with the originally scheduled Suzuka race moved forward to September.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Suzuka Circuit 15 May Naoki Yamamoto Naoki Yamamoto André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S 2 Autopolis 5 June Koudai Tsukakoshi Kohei Hirate Kazuki Nakajima Petronas Team TOM'S 3 Fuji Speedway 17 July João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S 4 Twin Ring Motegi 7 August João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira Team Impul 5 Suzuka Circuit 4 September Race cancelled due to Typhoon Talas 6 Sportsland SUGO 25 September Kazuya Oshima Hiroaki Ishiura André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S 7 Twin Ring Motegi 6 November André Lotterer Kazuki Nakajima André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S André Lotterer André Lotterer André Lotterer Petronas Team TOM'S NC Fuji Speedway 13 November João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira Team Impul

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship Scoring system Round Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Pole 1–6 Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 7 8 4 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 1

Pos Driver SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUZ SUG MOT FUJ Points 1 André Lotterer 1 1 2 C 1 1 1 5 56 2 Kazuki Nakajima 3 1 3 3 C 3 2 2 3 42 3 João Paulo de Oliveira 6 4 4 1 C DSQ 9 3 1 28 4 Koudai Tsukakoshi 7 3 5 4 C 4 3 8 7 26.5 5 Kazuya Oshima 5 2 12 8 C 6 Ret 5 4 19 6 Hiroaki Ishiura 8 10 6 7 C 2 6 6 2 17 7 Takashi Kogure 2 Ret 7 Ret C 7 5 4 12 16.5 8 Kohei Hirate 9 8 2 5 C 8 7 Ret 10 15 9 Takuya Izawa 4 6 10 6 C DSQ Ret 10 6 11 10 Yuji Kunimoto 13 11 15 12 C 5 4 Ret Ret 6.5 11 Naoki Yamamoto Ret 5 9 14 C 11 12 NC 8 5 12 Alexandre Imperatori 10 7 Ret 11 C 12 8 12 2.5 13 Daisuke Nakajima 11 Ret 8 9 C 10 11 7 Ret 2 14 Takashi Kobayashi Ret 9 11 15 C Ret 10 11 11 0 15 Hideki Mutoh 10 Ret 9 0 16 Andrea Caldarelli Ret Ret 13 13 C 9 Ret Ret 9 0 17 Koki Saga 12 Ret 14 16 C 13 13 Ret 13 0 18 Takuto Iguchi 12 0 Tsugio Matsuda 14 0 Pos Driver SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUZ SUG MOT FUJ PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship Pos Team SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUZ SUG MOT Points 1 Petronas Team TOM'S 1 1 1 2 C 1 1 1 96 3 12 3 3 C 3 2 2 2 Team Impul 6 4 2 1 C 8 7 3 41 9 8 4 5 C DSQ 9 Ret 3 Docomo Team Dandelion Racing 4 3 5 4 C 4 3 8 36.5 7 6 10 6 C DSQ Ret 10 4 Team LeMansTeam Kygnus Sunoco 5 2 6 7 C 2 Ret 5 32 8 10 12 8 C 6 5 Nakajima Racing 2 Ret 7 9 C 7 5 4 18.5 11 Ret 8 Ret C 10 11 7 6 Project μ/cerumo・INGING 13 11 15 12 C 5 4 Ret 6.5 7 Team Mugen Ret 5 9 14 C 11 12 NC 4 8 Team Kygnus Sunoco 6 6 3 9 SGC by KCMG 10 7 Ret 11 C 12 8 12 2.5 10 HP Real Racing Ret 9 11 10 C Ret 10 9 0 15 Ret 11 11 Kondō Racing Ret Ret 13 13 C 9 Ret Ret 0 12 Le Beausset Motorsports 12 Ret 14 16 C 13 13 Ret 0 Pos Team SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUZ SUG MOT Points

References

External links 2011 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon