Formula Nippon season 2012

The 2012 Formula Nippon season was the 26th Formula Nippon season . It comprised a total of seven racing weekends. The season started on April 15th and ended on November 4th in Suzuka .

Teams and drivers

All teams drove with the Swift FN09 chassis from Swift Engineering and tires from Bridgestone .

team	No.	driver	engine	run
Japan Petronas Team TOM'S	01	Germany André Lotterer	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan Petronas Team TOM'S	02	Japan Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan Kondō Racing	03	Japan Hironobu Yasuda	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan Team LeMans	07th	Japan Kazuya shima	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan Team Kygnus Sunoco	08th	France Loïc Duval	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan HP Real Racing	10	Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi	Honda	1-8, p
Japan HP Real Racing	11	Japan Yuhki Nakayama	Honda	4, 5
Japan Team Mugen	15th	Japan Takuma Satō	Honda	6-8, pp
Japan Team Mugen	16	Japan Naoki Yamamoto	Honda	1-8, p
Japan SGC by KCMG	18th	Japan Ryō Orime	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan Team impulse	19th	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan Team impulse	20th	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan Nakajima Racing	31	Japan Daisuke Nakajima	Honda	1-8, p
Japan Nakajima Racing	32	Japan Takashi Kogure	Honda	1-8, p
Japan Project μ / cerumo ・ INGING	38	Japan Kōhei Hirate	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan Project μ / cerumo ・ INGING	39	Japan Yūji Kunimoto	Toyota	1-8, p
Japan Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	40	Japan Takuya Izawa	Honda	1-8, p
Japan Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	41	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi	Honda	1-8, p
Japan Tochigi Le Beausset Motorsports	62	Japan Kōki saga	Toyota	1-8, p

S: Participation in the Fuji Sprint Cup 2012

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the 2011 Formula Nippon season and who did not start for the same team in the 2012 season as in 2011.

Drivers who have changed their team:

Kōhei Hirate : Team Impul → Project μ / cerumo ・ INGING
Tsugio Matsuda : SGC by KCMG → Team Impul

Drivers who got into or returned to the Formula Nippon:

Loïc Duval : Super GT ( Weider Honda Racing ) → Team Kygnus Sunoco
Toshihiro Kaneishi : Super GT ( Keihin Real Racing ) → HP Real Racing
Yuhki Nakayama : Super GT ( Nakajima Racing ) → HP Real Racing
Ryō Orime : Super GT ( Team SG CHANGI ) → SGC by KCMG
Takuma Satō : IndyCar Series ( KV Racing Technology ) → Team Mugen
Hironobu Yasuda : Japanese Formula 3 Championship ( ThreeBond Racing ) → Kondō Racing

Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a racing cockpit 2012:

Racing calendar

The 2012 season consisted of eight races. In addition, a non-championship run, the Fuji Sprint Cup 2012 , took place in Fuji after the season .

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	April 15th	Japan Suzuka	Japan Kazuki Nakajima	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
2.	May 13th	Japan Motegi	Germany André Lotterer	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira	Japan Kazuki Nakajima
3.	May 27th	Japan Kamitsue	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi	Japan Takuya Izawa	France Loïc Duval
4th	15th of July	Japan Fuji	Germany André Lotterer	Japan Kazuki Nakajima	Japan Kazuya shima
5.	05th of August	Japan Motegi	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira	Germany André Lotterer	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi
6th	September 23rd	Japan Sugo	Japan Takuya Izawa	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi	France Loïc Duval
7th	0November 4th	Japan Suzuka	Japan Takuya Izawa	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi
8th.	0November 4th	Japan Suzuka	Japan Kazuki Nakajima	France Loïc Duval	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi
- *	November 18	Japan Fuji	Japan Takuya Izawa	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira	France Loïc Duval

* The Fuji Sprint Cup on November 18th did not count towards the championship.

Ratings

Point system

The points were awarded according to the following scheme:

run	position	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	PP
1-6	Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1	1
7, 8	Points	8th	4th	3	2.5	2	1.5	1	0.5	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	SU1 Japan	MO1 Japan	AUT Japan	FU1 Japan	MO2 Japan	SUG Japan	SU2 Japan	SU3 Japan	FU2 Japan	Points
01	Japan K. Nakajima	1	3	5	2	4th	5	12	1	7th	46.0
02	Japan K. Tsukakoshi	2	5	1	9	3	2	3	3	DNF	43.0
03	Japan T. Izawa	6th	4th	2	13	5	1	1	6th	1	41.5
04th	Germany A. Lotterer	5	1	DNF	1	2	10	5	8th	DSQ	35.5
05	Brazil J. de Oliveira	3	2	DNF	6th	1	6th	4th	DNF	2	34.5
06th	France L. Duval	9	11	3	4th	6th	3	7th	2	3	25.0
07th	Japan K. Ōshima	4th	8th	6th	3	DNF	4th	8th	7th	10	21.5
08th	Japan T. Matsuda	8th	6th	4th	5	7th	DNF	2	DNF	5	20.0
09	Japan K. Hirate	10	NC	7th	7th	8th	8th	9	5	6th	8.0
10	Japan T. Kogure	15th	DNF	10	10	13	NC	6th	4th	11	4.0
11	Japan N. Yamamoto	7th	7th	9	12	DNF	14th	15th	DNF	8th	4.0
12	Japan T. Kaneishi	12	13	12	NC	11	7th	14th	14th	12	2.0
13	Japan Y. Kunimoto	14th	9	8th	8th	10	13	11	12	4th	2.0
14th	Japan H. Yasuda	11	12	13	16	9	11	13	9	16	0.0
15th	Japan T. Satō						9	17th	10	13	0.0
16	Japan D. Nakajima	16	10	11	11	12	12	10	11	9	0.0
17th	Japan K. saga	13	14th	DNF	14th	DNF	15 *	16	13	14th	0.0
18th	Japan Y. Nakayama				15th	14th					0.0
19th	Japan R. Orime	17th	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	18th	15th	15th	0.0
Item	driver	SU1 Japan	MO1 Japan	AUT Japan	FU1 Japan	MO2 Japan	SUG Japan	SU2 Japan	SU3 Japan	FU2 Japan	Points

colour	meaning
gold	winner
silver	2nd place
bronze	3rd place
green	Placement in the points
blue	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	Race not finished (DNF)
violet	not classified (NC)
red	not qualified (DNQ)
black	disqualified (DSQ)
White	not at the start (DNS)
	withdrawn (WD)
	Race canceled (C)
Blank	not participated
	injured or sick (INJ)
	excluded (EX)
other formats and characters	P / bold	Pole position
	italic	Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers)
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

↑ “2012 International Sporting Calendar” (fia.com on March 2, 2012; PDF; 82 kB)

[1] “2012 International Sporting Calendar” (fia.com on March 2, 2012; PDF; 82 kB)