Formula Nippon season 2009

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The 2009 Formula Nippon season was the 23rd Formula Nippon season . It comprised a total of eight races. The season began on April 5, 2009 at Fuji Speedway and ended on September 27, 2009 in Sugo . The drivers' championship title was won by Loïc Duval , whose Nakajima Racing team won the teams’s championship title.

Starting field

All teams drove with chassis from Swift Engineering .

team No. driver engine Race weekend
JapanJapan Lawson team impulse 1 JapanJapan Tsugio Matsuda Toyota 1-8
2 FranceFrance Benoît Tréluyer 1-8
JapanJapan Team LeMans 7th JapanJapan Keisuke Kunimoto Toyota 1-8
8th JapanJapan Hiroaki Ishiura 1-8
JapanJapan HFDP Racing 10 JapanJapan Kodai Tsukakoshi Honda 1-8
JapanJapan Team impulse 20th JapanJapan Kōhei Hirate Toyota 1-8
JapanJapan Nakajima Racing 31 FranceFrance Loïc Duval Honda 1-8
32 JapanJapan Takashi Kogure 1-8
JapanJapan Petronas Team TOM'S 36 GermanyGermany André Lotterer Toyota 1-8
37 JapanJapan Kazuya shima 1-8
JapanJapan Dandelion Racing 40 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Lyons Honda 1-8
41 JapanJapan Takuya Izawa 1-8
JapanJapan Cerumo / inging 48 JapanJapan Yūji Tachikawa Toyota 1-8

Racing calendar

No. date Racetrack winner Second Third
1. April 5th JapanJapan Fuji FranceFrance Benoît Tréluyer JapanJapan Takuya Izawa JapanJapan Kōhei Hirate
2. 17th of May JapanJapan Suzuka FranceFrance Loïc Duval FranceFrance Benoît Tréluyer GermanyGermany André Lotterer
3. 31. May JapanJapan Motegi JapanJapan Takashi Kogure FranceFrance Benoît Tréluyer JapanJapan Hiroaki Ishiura
4th June 28th JapanJapan Fuji FranceFrance Loïc Duval JapanJapan Kazuya shima United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Lyons
5. July 12 JapanJapan Suzuka FranceFrance Loïc Duval JapanJapan Takashi Kogure FranceFrance Benoît Tréluyer
6th August 9 JapanJapan Motegi GermanyGermany André Lotterer FranceFrance Loïc Duval FranceFrance Benoît Tréluyer
7th August 30th JapanJapan Kamitsue JapanJapan Takashi Kogure GermanyGermany André Lotterer FranceFrance Loïc Duval
8th. September 27th JapanJapan Sugo FranceFrance Loïc Duval GermanyGermany André Lotterer JapanJapan Kōhei Hirate

Rating

The points system of Formula Nippon in 2009 was the same as that of Formula 1 : 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. In addition, one point was awarded for pole position in Formula Nippon .

Driver ranking

Item driver Points
1. FranceFrance Loïc Duval 62
2. FranceFrance Benoît Tréluyer 40
3. GermanyGermany André Lotterer 39
4th JapanJapan Takashi Kogure 37
5. JapanJapan Kōhei Hirate 32
6th JapanJapan Hiroaki Ishiura 30th
7th JapanJapan Kodai Tsukakoshi 20th
Item driver Points
8th. JapanJapan Takuya Izawa 14th
9. JapanJapan Kazuya shima 13
10. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Lyons 11
11. JapanJapan Tsugio Matsuda 11
12. JapanJapan Yūji Tachikawa 9
13. JapanJapan Keisuke Kunimoto 1

Team evaluation

Item team Points
1. JapanJapan Nakajima Racing 93
2. JapanJapan Petronas Team TOM'S 52
3. JapanJapan Lawson team impulse 50
4th JapanJapan Team impulse 31
5. JapanJapan Team LeMans 31
6th JapanJapan Dandelion Racing 25th
7th JapanJapan HFDP Racing 20th
8th. JapanJapan Cerumo / inging 9