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1998 Formula Nippon Championship

1998 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 1998 Formula Nippon Championship was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 14 different teams, 29 different drivers, 3 different chassis and only 1 engine competed in the series. Each round saw a Special Stage after the original qualifying. The best six qualifiers had to compete in a separate session for the pole.

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Shionogi Team Nova	1	JPN Masami Kageyama	Lola T97/51	Mugen MF308	All
2	IRL Ralph Firman Jr.	Lola T96/51	All
Asahi Kiko Sports	3	JPN Atsushi Kawamoto	Reynard 96D	Mugen MF308	All
Team 5ZIGEN	5	BEL Marc Goossens	Reynard 97D	Mugen MF308	All
6	JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka	Reynard 96D	All
LEMONed Racing Team LeMans	7	ARG Norberto Fontana	Reynard 97D	Mugen MF308	All
8	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	JPN Hideki Noda	Lola T98/51	Mugen MF308	All
12	JPN Akira Iida	Lola T96/52	3–10
Jaccs Mooncraft M.S.P	14	JPN Ryō Michigami	Reynard 96D	Mugen MF308	All
Team TMS	17	JPN Masahiko Kondō	Reynard 97D	Mugen MF308	All
18	JPN Tsuyoshi Takahashi	1–2
JPN Yuji Tachikawa	3–10
Maziora Team Impul	19	JPN Takuya Kurosawa	Lola T98/51	Mugen MF308	All
20	JPN Masahiko Kageyama	Lola T96/52	All
Be Brides Racing	21	JPN Tetsuya Tanaka	Lola T95/50	Mugen MF308	All
22	JPN Akira Ishikawa	Lola T96/52	All
Kyoetsu Stellar
Stellar International	35	JPN Tokiyasu Soda	Reynard 96D	Mugen MF308	1
LKA Dilantha Malagamuwa	7–9
Takagi B-1 Racing	36	JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka	Lola T96/51	Mugen MF308	All
37	JPN Masao Yamada	Lola T95/50
Lola T94/50	2–5
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi	Lola T98/51	Mugen MF308	All
56	JPN Juichi Wakisaka	Lola T97/51	All
Team LeyJun	62	JPN Shinsuke Shibahara	Reynard 95D
Reynard 96D	Mugen MF308	All
63	JPN "Osamu"	Reynard 95D
Reynard 97D	1, 4–10
JPN Taichiro Oonishi	2–3
PIAA Nakajima Racing	64	JPN Koji Yamanishi	Reynard 97D	Mugen MF308	1–4, 6–10
JPN Tsugio Matsuda	5
65	NLD Tom Coronel	All

Masao Yamada died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage on 12 July 1998.

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan.

Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest Race Lap	Winning driver
Suzuka Circuit	19 April	IRL Ralph Firman Jr.	NLD Tom Coronel	JPN Masahiko Kageyama	Maziora Team Impul
Mine Circuit	17 May	JPN Juichi Wakisaka	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	LEMONed Racing Team LeMans
Fuji Speedway	31 May	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	LEMONed Racing Team LeMans
Twin Ring Motegi	14 June	ARG Norberto Fontana	JPN Hideki Noda	JPN Juichi Wakisaka	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
Suzuka Circuit	5 July	JPN Masahiko Kageyama	JPN Juichi Wakisaka	JPN Masahiko Kageyama	Maziora Team Impul
Sportsland SUGO	2 August	JPN Masami Kageyama	JPN Masami Kageyama	JPN Masami Kageyama	Shionogi Team Nova
Fuji Speedway	30 August	JPN Takuya Kurosawa	Race cancelled
Mine Circuit	20 September	JPN Hideki Noda	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	LEMONed Racing Team LeMans
Fuji Speedway	18 October	JPN Masami Kageyama	JPN Hideki Noda	ARG Norberto Fontana	LEMONed Racing Team LeMans
Suzuka Circuit	29 November	JPN Satoshi Motoyama	JPN Masami Kageyama	JPN Masami Kageyama	Shionogi Team Nova

Race 7 was not held due to bad weather conditions

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

;Scoring system:

Position		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th	Points		10		6		4		3		2		1

Rank	Name	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SGO	FUJ	MIN	FUJ
JPN Satoshi Motoyama	Ret	1	1	2	Ret	4	C	1	2	Ret
JPN Masami Kageyama	2	10	Ret	3	3	1	C	6	4	1
JPN Juichi Wakisaka	Ret	2	Ret	1	4	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	2
ARG Norberto Fontana	3	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	C	2	1	8
JPN Masahiko Kageyama	1	Ret	Ret	8	1	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	6
BEL Marc Goossens	6	4	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	C	3	Ret	4
JPN Katsutomo Kaneishi	4	5	2	Ret	Ret	7	C	5	10	Ret
IRL Ralph Firman Jr.	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	C	4	3	7
JPN Ryō Michigami	7	3	4	9	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	3
JPN Hideki Noda	5	Ret	5	6	Ret	3	C	Ret	9	Ret
NLD Tom Coronel	8	6	Ret	4	5	5	C	Ret	Ret	14
JPN Takuya Kurosawa	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	5
JPN Yuji Tachikawa			9	5	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	9
JPN Akira Iida			8	Ret	Ret	9	C	Ret	5	12
JPN Tsugio Matsuda					6
JPN Koji Yamanishi	Ret	7	Ret	Ret		6	C	Ret	Ret	11
JPN Tetsuya Tanaka	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	11	C	Ret	6	16
JPN Masahiko Kondō	9	8	11	10	7	8	C	7	7	Ret
JPN Shigekazu Wakisaka	10	Ret	10	7	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	10
JPN Akira Ishikawa	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	9	10	C	Ret	8	15
JPN Tetsuji Tamanaka	Ret	11	14	13	Ret	Ret	C	8	Ret	17
JPN "Osamu"	13			Ret	Ret	13	C	9	Ret	18
JPN Atsushi Kawamoto	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	13
JPN Shinsuke Shibahara	11	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	C	10	Ret	Ret
LKA Dilantha Malagamuwa							C	Ret	12
JPN Taichiro Oonishi		Ret	13
JPN Tsuyoshi Takahashi	14	Ret
JPN Masao Yamada		Ret	15	Ret	DNQ
JPN Tokiyasu Soda	Ret

Teams' Championship

Rank	Name	Car	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SGO	FUJ	MIN	FUJ
LEMONed LeMans	7	3	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	C	2	1	8
8	Ret	1	1	2	Ret	4	C	1	2	Ret
Shionogi Nova	1	2	10	Ret	3	3	1	C	6	4	1
2	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	C	4	3	7
ARTA	55	4	5	2	Ret	Ret	7	C	5	10	Ret
56	Ret	2	Ret	1	4	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	2
Maziora Impul	19	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	5
20	1	Ret	Ret	8	1	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	6
5ZIGEN	5	6	4	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	C	3	Ret	4
6	10	Ret	10	7	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	10
Jaccs Mooncraft	14	7	3	4	9	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	3
Cosmo Oil Cerumo	11	5	Ret	5	6	Ret	3	C	Ret	9	Ret
12			8	Ret	Ret	9	C	Ret	5	12
PIAA Nakajima	64	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	6	6	C	Ret	Ret	11
65	8	6	Ret	4	5	5	C	Ret	Ret	14
Team TMS	17	9	8	11	10	7	8	C	7	7	Ret
18	14	Ret	9	5	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	9
Be Brides	21	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	11	C	Ret	6	16
22	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	9	10	C	Ret	8	15
Asahi Kiko Sports	3	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	C	Ret	Ret	13
Takagi B-1 Racing	36	Ret	11	14	13	Ret	Ret	C	8	Ret	17
37		Ret	15	Ret	DNQ
Team LeyJun	62	11	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	C	10	Ret	Ret
63	13	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	13	C	9	Ret	18
Kyoetsu Stellar
Stellar International	35	Ret						C	Ret	12

References

(1998-07-13). "FN_NEWS:訃報:山田政夫選手急逝".

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