Formula Nippon season 2011

The 2011 Formula Nippon season was the 25th Formula Nippon season . It comprised a total of seven racing weekends. The season started on May 15th and ended on November 6th in Suzuka .

Starting field

All teams drove with chassis from Swift Engineering .

team	No.	driver	engine	run
Japan Team impulse	01	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira	Toyota	1-7, p
Japan Team impulse	02	Japan Kōhei Hirate	Toyota	1-7, p
Japan Kondō Racing	03	Italy Andrea Caldarelli	Toyota	1-7, p
Japan Team LeMans	07th	Japan Kazuya shima	Toyota	1-7, p
Japan Team Kygnus Sunoco	08th	Japan Hiroaki Ishiura	Toyota	1-7, p
Japan HP Real Racing	10	Japan Takashi Kobayashi	Honda	1-7, p
Japan HP Real Racing	11	Japan Hideki Mutoh	Honda	4, 7
Japan Team Mugen	16	Japan Naoki Yamamoto	Honda	1-7, p
Japan SGC by KCMG	18th	Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori	Toyota	1-7
Japan SGC by KCMG	18th	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	Toyota	S.
Japan Nakajima Racing	31	Japan Daisuke Nakajima	Honda	1-7, p
Japan Nakajima Racing	32	Japan Takashi Kogure	Honda	1-7, p
Japan Project μ / cerumo ・ INGING	33	Japan Yūji Kunimoto	Toyota	1-7, p
Japan Petronas Team TOM'S	36	Germany André Lotterer	Toyota	1, 3-7, p
	36	Japan Takuto Iguchi		2
	37	Japan Kazuki Nakajima		1-7, p
Japan Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	40	Japan Takuya Izawa	Honda	1-7, p
Japan Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	41	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi	Honda	1-7, p
Japan Le Beausset Motorsports	62	Japan Kōki saga	Toyota	1-7, p

S: Participation in the Fuji Sprint Cup 2011

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the 2010 Formula Nippon season and who did not start for the same team in the 2011 season as in 2010.

Drivers who have changed their team:

Takuto Iguchi : Deliziefollie / Cerumo-Inging → Petronas Team TOM’S
Hiroaki Ishiura : Team LeMans → Team Kygnus Sunoco
Kazuya Ōshima : Petronas Team TOM'S → Team LeMans
Kōdai Tsukakoshi : HFDP Racing → Docomo Team Dandelion Racing
Naoki Yamamoto : Nakajima Racing → Team Mugen

Drivers who got into or returned to the Formula Nippon:

Andrea Caldarelli : Italian Formula 3 Championship ( Prema Junior ) → Kondō Racing
Alexandre Imperatori : Japanese Formula 3 Championship ( Toda Racing ) → SGC by KCMG
Takashi Kobayashi : Japanese Formula 3 Championship (HFDP Racing) → Real Racing
Yūji Kunimoto : Japanese Formula 3 Championship (Petronas Team TOM'S) → Project μ / cerumo ・ INGING
Hideki Mutoh : IndyCar Series ( Newman / Haas Racing ) → Real Racing
Daisuke Nakajima : British Formula 3 Championship ( Raikkonen Robertson Racing ) → Nakajima Racing
Kazuki Nakajima : Time out → Petronas Team TOM’S
Kōki Saga : Japanese Formula 3 Championship ( Denso Team Le Beausset ) → Le Beausset Motorsports

Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a 2011 racing cockpit:

Racing calendar

The 2011 season consisted of seven races. In addition, a non-championship run, the Fuji Sprint Cup 2011, took place in Fuji after the season. The first race of the season in Suzuka was originally planned for April 17th. Because of the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011 and the resulting consequences, the race was postponed to May 15. The race in Motegi planned for this weekend was rescheduled for another date. Later in the season, another race, the second in Suzuka, was canceled due to a severe tropical storm .

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	May 15	Japan Suzuka	Germany André Lotterer	Japan Takashi Kogure	Japan Kazuki Nakajima
2.	June 5th	Japan Kamitsue	Japan Kazuki Nakajima	Japan Kazuya shima	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi
3.	17th July	Japan Fuji	Germany André Lotterer	Japan Kōhei Hirate	Japan Kazuki Nakajima
4th	August 7th	Japan Motegi	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira	Germany André Lotterer	Japan Kazuki Nakajima
5.	September 4th	Japan Suzuka	called off
6th	25th of September	Japan Sugo	Germany André Lotterer	Japan Hiroaki Ishiura	Japan Kazuki Nakajima
7A.	November 6th	Japan Motegi	Germany André Lotterer	Japan Kazuki Nakajima	Japan Kodai Tsukakoshi
7B.	November 6th	Japan Motegi	Germany André Lotterer	Japan Kazuki Nakajima	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
- *	November 13th	Japan Fuji	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira	Japan Hiroaki Ishiura	Japan Kazuki Nakajima

* The Fuji Sprint Cup on November 13th does 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
7th	Points	8th	4th	3	2.5	2	1.5	1	0.5	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	SU1 Japan	AUT Japan	FU1 Japan	MO1 Japan	SU2 Japan	SUG Japan	MO2 Japan		FU2 Japan	Points
01	Germany A. Lotterer	1		1	2	C.	1	1	1	5	56.0
02	Japan K. Nakajima	3	1	3	3	C.	3	2	2	3	42.0
03	Brazil J. de Oliveira	6th	4th	4th	1	C.	DNF	9	3	1	28.0
04th	Japan K. Tsukakoshi	7th	3	5	4th	C.	4th	3	8th	7th	26.5
05	Japan K. Ōshima	5	2	12	8th	C.	6th	DNF	5	4th	19.0
06th	Japan H. Ishiura	8th	10	6th	7th	C.	2	6th	6th	2	17.0
07th	Japan T. Kogure	2	DNF	7th	DNF	C.	7th	5	4th	12	16.5
08th	Japan K. Hirate	9	8th	2	5	C.	8th	7th	DNF	10	15.0
09	Japan T. Izawa	4th	6th	10	6th	C.	DNF	DNF	10	6th	11.0
10	Japan Y. Kunimoto	13	11	15th	12	C.	5	4th	DNF	DNF	6.5
11	Japan N. Yamamoto	DNF	5	9	14th	C.	11	12	DNF	8th	5.0
12	Switzerland A. Imperatori	10	7th	DNF	11	C.	12	8th	12 *		2.5
13	Japan D. Nakajima	11	DNF	8th	9	C.	10	11	7th	DNF	2.0
14th	Japan T. Kobayashi	DNF	9	11	15th	C.	DNF	10	11	11	0.0
15th	Japan H. Mutoh				10			DNF	9		0.0
16	Italy A. Caldarelli	DNF	DNF	13	13	C.	9	DNF	DNF	9	0.0
17th	Japan K. saga	12	DNF	14th	16	C.	13	13	DNF	13	0.0
18th	Japan T. Iguchi		12								0.0
-	Japan T. Matsuda									14th	0.0
Item	driver	SU1 Japan	AUT Japan	FU1 Japan	MO1 Japan	SU2 Japan	SUG Japan	MO2 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

Bold - pole position
Italic - fastest race lap
* - not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered

Individual evidence

^ "Kondo Racing chiama Caldarelli" ( Memento from October 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on May 9, 2011)
↑ “Round 4 - Entry List” ( Memento from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (f-nippon.co.jp; accessed August 5, 2011)
↑ “Round5 Suzuka has been canceled” due to the bad condition caused by Typhoon No.12 ( Memento from July 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (f-nippon.co.jp)

[1] "Kondo Racing chiama Caldarelli" ( Memento from October 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on May 9, 2011)

[2] “Round 4 - Entry List” ( Memento from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (f-nippon.co.jp; accessed August 5, 2011)

[3] “Round5 Suzuka has been canceled” due to the bad condition caused by Typhoon No.12 ( Memento from July 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (f-nippon.co.jp)