2009 Formula Nippon Championship - Page 3

**gomick** · 30 Aug 2009, 00:35 (Ref:2530770)

Autopolis Superpole Qualifying - Guess Richard Lyons made a mess of his lap...

1. Takashi Kogure 1:32.556
2. Takuya Izawa 1:32.814
3. Koudai Tsukakoshi 1:32.867
4. Andre Lotterer 1:33.202
5. Keisuke Kunimoto 1:33.675
6. Tsugio Matsuda 1:33.953
7. Richard Lyons 1:45.689

ptclaus98 · 30 Aug 2009, 06:29 (Ref:2530847)

Should this really be in the Junior formulae category?

META4 · 30 Aug 2009, 09:01 (Ref:2530899)

Race Result at Autopolis

1- Kogure - Nakajima Racing
2- Lotterer Tom'S
3- Duval - Nakajima Racing
4- Hirate - Team Impul
5- Ishiura Team LeMans
6- Izawa Team Dandelion
7- Matsuda Team Impul
8- Treluyer Team Impul
9- Oshima Tom'S
10- Lyons Team Dandelion
11- Kunimoto Team LeMans

Not Classified

Tsukakoshi HFDP
Tashikawa IngIng/Cerumo

**gomick** · 30 Aug 2009, 21:40 (Ref:2531506)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ptclaus98

Should this really be in the Junior formulae category?

What do you mean?

Points after 7 of 8...

Loic Duval - 51
Benoit Treluyer - 40
Takashi Kogure - 37
Andre Lotterer - 31
Kohei Hirate - 26
Hiroaki Ishiura - 26

ptclaus98 · 30 Aug 2009, 22:01 (Ref:2531524)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gomick

What do you mean?

Points after 7 of 8...

Loic Duval - 51
Benoit Treluyer - 40
Takashi Kogure - 37
Andre Lotterer - 31
Kohei Hirate - 26
Hiroaki Ishiura - 26

It's a professional series.

EDIT: Disregard. I'm an idiot.

META4 · 30 Aug 2009, 22:47 (Ref:2531547)

Loic DUVAL is the 2009 Formula Nippon then....

nutria · 31 Aug 2009, 15:59 (Ref:2531915)

Hi,
I've seen some FN lately and I think it's a good car.
Does anyone know, where to buy a FN car and what's the average price of the cars?

ptclaus98 · 31 Aug 2009, 20:41 (Ref:2532101)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nutria

Hi,
I've seen some FN lately and I think it's a good car.
Does anyone know, where to buy a FN car and what's the average price of the cars?

Do you have ~2 million USD?

Japanese Samurai · 9 Sep 2009, 13:04 (Ref:2537051)

The engine test of FN was done in Suzuka on 8th and 9th in September.
An electric power steering was tested there.
The use of the power steering is scheduled to be admitted in 2010.
The test driver was Satoshi Motoyama, Yuji Ide, Daisuke Ito, and Takuto Iguchi.
http://www1.as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=4&no=22130
http://www1.as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=4&no=22131

Japanese Samurai · 11 Sep 2009, 12:11 (Ref:2538455)

JRP prohibited the use of "third element" from 8th round.
It is said that the reason why Nakajima racing progresses is "third element" that controls the pitching of the damper.
Reserver tank connected with two dampers seems to have controlled the pitching.
Two or more team are using this third element now.

Japanese Samurai · 17 Sep 2009, 10:05 (Ref:2542695)

AUTOSPORT reported the third element problem of FN.
The outline is as follows.

Nakajima Racing used the third element of dumper from 1st round.
It was a mechanism that reserver tank tied to a right and left damper prevents the pitching.
Team Dandelion used the same as Nakajima type third element from 4th round.
The number of team of Toyota including Team Le mans used mechanical type's bump stopper from 6th round.
JRP prohibited the team the use of mechanical type's third element(of dumper) on August 14.
On the other hand, the participant protested when it was necessary to prohibit the third element of the Nakajima type.
JRP was announced on August 19 that even 7th round would admit the use of both third elements.
JRP prohibited the use of all third elements on September 2.

**gomick** · 27 Sep 2009, 00:25 (Ref:2548924)

Sugo Qualifying...

1. Loic Duval - 1'06.540
2. Takashi Kogure - 1'06.635
3. Koudai Tsukakoshi - 1'07.003
4. Hiroaki Ishiura - 1'07.074
5. Tsugio Matsuda - 1'07.087
6. Kazuya Oshima - 1'07.196

META4 · 27 Sep 2009, 08:27 (Ref:2549029)

SUGO race Result

1- Duval PIAA Nakajima
2- Lotterer Tom'S
3- Hirate Impul
4- Tsukakoshi HFDP
5- Ishiura LeMans
6- Oshima Tom'S
7- Matsuda Impul
8- Kunimoto LeMans
9- Treluyer Impul
10- Kogure PIAA Nakajima
11- Izawa Dandelion
12- Tashikawa IngIng/Cerumo
13- Lyons Dandelion

**gomick** · 27 Sep 2009, 22:50 (Ref:2549428)

Loic Duval got 4 race wins in his championship winning season...

Final Points...

Loic Duval - 62
Benoit Treluyer - 40
Andre Lotterer - 39
Takashi Kogure - 37
Kohei Hirate - 32
Hiroaki Ishiura - 30
Koudai Tsukakoshi - 20

jab · 27 Sep 2009, 23:25 (Ref:2549441)

He's joining some interesting names on the Roll of Honour:

1973 Motoharu Kurosawa
1974 Noritake Takahara
1975 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
1976 Noritake Takahara
1977 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
1978 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
1979 Keiji Matsumoto
1980 Masahiro Hasemi
1981 Satoru Nakajima
1982 Satoru Nakajima
1983 Geoff Lees
1984 Satoru Nakajima
1985 Satoru Nakajima
1986 Satoru Nakajima
1987 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
1988 Aguri Suzuki
1989 Hitoshi Ogawa
1990 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
1991 Ukyo Katayama
1992 Mauro Martini
1993 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
1994 Marco Apicella
1995 Toshio Suzuki
1996 Ralf Schumacher
1997 Pedro de la Rosa
1998 Satoshi Motoyama
1999 Tom Coronel
2000 Toranosuke Takagi
2001 Satoshi Motoyama
2002 Ralph Firman
2003 Satoshi Motoyama
2004 Richard Lyons
2005 Satoshi Motoyama
2006 Benoit Treluyer
2007 Tsugio Matsuda
2008 Tsugio Matsuda
2009 Loic Duval

Doing A1 again this season (if it survives)?

ptclaus98 · 29 Sep 2009, 21:23 (Ref:2550824)

What's up with the French invasion?

jab · 30 Sep 2009, 00:11 (Ref:2550908)

Treluyer has been racing in Japan since 2000. Graduated to FNippon in 2002 after winning Japanese F3. Duval went over in 2006 straight into FNippon, having finished 6th in F3 the same year Lewis. Andre Lotterer (who sounds French but is German) moved over in 2003

Also there's the Irish contingent of Lyons and Firman, who's only doing Super GT these days

There's always been a nice mix of nationalities doing FNippon. It used to be alternative series of choice back in the 90s - Frentzen, Irvine, Ratzenberger, Fontana, Weidler, Salo, Ross Cheever, Pirro, Lammers, Thackwell, Johansson, Acheson, Kristensen, Krosnoff and Geoff Lees all had a go in the 80s and 90s, as well as Ralf Schu, DLR, Mauro Martini and Apicella who won it. Even Michael had a brief go in between his WSC outings, and picked up a podium - news to me as well

ptclaus98 · 30 Sep 2009, 15:06 (Ref:2551285)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jab

Treluyer has been racing in Japan since 2000. Graduated to FNippon in 2002 after winning Japanese F3. Duval went over in 2006 straight into FNippon, having finished 6th in F3 the same year Lewis. Andre Lotterer (who sounds French but is German) moved over in 2003

Also there's the Irish contingent of Lyons and Firman, who's only doing Super GT these days

There's always been a nice mix of nationalities doing FNippon. It used to be alternative series of choice back in the 90s - Frentzen, Irvine, Ratzenberger, Fontana, Weidler, Salo, Ross Cheever, Pirro, Lammers, Thackwell, Johansson, Acheson, Kristensen, Krosnoff and Geoff Lees all had a go in the 80s and 90s, as well as Ralf Schu, DLR, Mauro Martini and Apicella who won it. Even Michael had a brief go in between his WSC outings, and picked up a podium - news to me as well

As in Jeff Krosnoff? Was that as a result of the Le Mans Supra drive or did that help him get it?

META4 · 30 Sep 2009, 15:21 (Ref:2551302)

Not sure if it has been mentionned already on this forum but Benoit Treluyer decided to not enter formula Nippon anymore.

He will focus on Japanese Super GT and Sports car in Europe and America

jab · 30 Sep 2009, 16:55 (Ref:2551375)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ptclaus98

As in Jeff Krosnoff? Was that as a result of the Le Mans Supra drive or did that help him get it?

Yeah, Jeff. He had quite close ties to Toyota - I'm pretty sure he was in FNippon with them before Le Mans. I think he drove with a Toyota engine in CART as well

lugashsac · 1 Oct 2009, 01:30 (Ref:2551614)

They are really very cool, very wonderful
Great work .. really informative .. and thanks a lot for sharing ..
Glad it works as expected for you
looking good

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Japanese Samurai · 29 Oct 2009, 14:20 (Ref:2572026)

The steering of FN09 is very heavy.
So, the use of the power steering is scheduled to be admitted in FN at the next season.
It is an electric power steering made by KYB(Kayaba). It costs three million yen.
However, two or more team oppose this for the reasons of too costly.

Japanese Samurai · 24 Nov 2009, 14:14 (Ref:2588426)

It is three drivers (Naoki Yamamoto, Yuhki Nakayama, and Henkie Waldschmidt) that participate in the rookie test on November 30.

META4 · 30 Nov 2009, 19:06 (Ref:2591865)

F-Nippon Rookie "Audition" at Fuji Speedway,Monday 30Th of November

1- Yamamoto Naoki (Honda) 1'24'666
2- Henki Waldschmidt (Toyota) 1'24'952
3- Nakayama Yuki (Honda) 1'25'073
4- Ito Daisuke (Test Car) 1'25'361

Japanese Samurai · 28 Jan 2010, 13:20 (Ref:2620999)

"Internationalized" S-GT and "isolated" FN

Audi announced the works team joining of Treluyer and Lotterer.
The foreigner driver that had come to Japan up to now was participating in both S-GT and FN.
However, it was shown Treluyer and Lotterer were to participate in S-GT at intervals when the race activity was done in Europe.
This showed that the top driver in Europe was able to participate in S-GT.
This is good for S-GT.
However, the foreigner driver of S-GT might not participate in FN by this.
The existence value of FN is exactly asked now.

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