2007 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2007 Formula Nippon Championship was the thirty-fifth season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the twelfth under the Formula Nippon moniker. 12 different teams and 22 different drivers competed.

It was contested over nine rounds at five venues, with Okayama International Circuit hosting a Formula Nippon event for the first time, replacing Autopolis on the calendar.

Team Impul driver Tsugio Matsuda won the series championship for the first time despite failing to win a race. Takashi Kogure lost the championship after being disqualified from the final race at Suzuka Circuit.

Teams and drivers

All teams used tyres supplied by Bridgestone and Lola B06/51 chassis.

Team	#	Driver	Engine	Rounds
mobilecast Team Impul	1	France Benoît Tréluyer	Toyota RV8J	All
2	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	All
Carchs Kondo Racing	3	Japan Masataka Yanagida	Toyota RV8J	All
4	Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira	All
SG team 5ZIGEN	5	Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Honda HF386E	All
6	Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto	All
Forum Engineering Team LeMans	7	Japan Tatsuya Kataoka	Toyota RV8J	All
8	Japan Toranosuke Takagi	All
Team Reckless Cerumo Team Cerumo	11	Japan Yuji Tachikawa	Toyota RV8J	All
12	Japan Kota Sasaki	1–5
Arabian Oasis Team Impul	19	Japan Satoshi Motoyama	Toyota RV8J	All
20	Germany Michael Krumm	All
Kanaan Racing	27	Brazil Tony Kanaan	Honda HF386E	9
PIAA Nakajima Racing	31	France Loïc Duval	Honda HF386E	All
32	Japan Takashi Kogure	All
Team BOSS INGING Formula Nippon	33	Italy Ronnie Quintarelli	Toyota RV8J	All
34	Japan Naoki Yokomizo	All
DHG TOM'S Racing	36	Germany André Lotterer	Toyota RV8J	All
37	Japan Seiji Ara	All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	40	Sweden Björn Wirdheim	Honda HF386E	All
41	Brazil Fabio Carbone	All
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	Japan Yuji Ide	Honda HF386E	All
56	Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi	All

Race calendar and results

All races were held in Japan.

Round	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest race lap	Winner	Team
1	Fuji	1 April	France Benoît Tréluyer	France Benoît Tréluyer	France Benoît Tréluyer	Team Impul
2	Suzuka	15 April	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto	Japan Satoshi Motoyama	Team Impul
3	Motegi	20 May	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	Japan Takashi Kogure	Japan Takashi Kogure	Nakajima Racing
4	Okayama	10 June	Japan Takashi Kogure	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	Italy Ronnie Quintarelli	Team Boss Inging
5	Suzuka	8 July	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	Japan Satoshi Motoyama	Team Impul
6	Fuji	26 August	Japan Satoshi Motoyama	France Loïc Duval	Germany André Lotterer	TOM'S Racing
7	SUGO	16 September	Japan Takashi Kogure	Japan Naoki Yokomizo	Japan Takashi Kogure	Nakajima Racing
8	Motegi	21 October	Japan Takashi Kogure	Japan Takashi Kogure	Japan Takashi Kogure	Nakajima Racing
9	Suzuka	18 November	Japan Takashi Kogure	Germany André Lotterer	Japan Satoshi Motoyama

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Rank	Driver	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SUG	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	Japan Tsugio Matsuda	2	2	3	3	4	13	5	5	4	46
2	France Benoît Tréluyer	1	Ret	4	2	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	45
3	Japan Takashi Kogure	8	3	1	5	17	Ret	1	1	DSQ	41
4	Japan Satoshi Motoyama	Ret	1	6	10	1	Ret	4	11	1	38
5	Germany André Lotterer	Ret	5	2	Ret	13	1	7	4	2	37
6	France Loïc Duval	3	4	Ret	19	11	3	3	2	Ret	31
7	Italy Ronnie Quintarelli	5	6	5	1	Ret	7	8	6	14	27
8	Brazil Joao Paulo de Oliveira	DSQ	14	8	4	7	6	Ret	8	3	18
9	Sweden Björn Wirdheim	4	13	11	11	2	8	Ret	7	9	17
10	Germany Michael Krumm	6	7	7	8	5	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	12
11	Japan Seiji Ara	11	Ret	15	7	10	4	Ret	13	5	11
12	Japan Yuji Tachikawa	16	8	12	6	12	5	6	9	13	11
13	Japan Yuji Ide	14	10	16	Ret	3	16	Ret	Ret	10	6
14	Japan Tatsuya Kataoka	7	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	5
15	Brazil Fabio Carbone	15	15	Ret	13	6	15	9	18	Ret	3
16	Japan Toranosuke Takagi	Ret	12	9	16	8	9	10	12	8	3
17	Japan Naoki Yokomizo	10	9	13	12	19	10	13	Ret	12	0
18	Japan Toshihiro Kaneishi	12	17	10	Ret	9	11	Ret	14	Ret	0
19	Japan Masataka Yanagida	9	18	Ret	15	14	12	12	16	Ret	0
20	Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Ret	11	17	14	18	14	11	17	11	0
21	Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto	13	19	18	17	15	17	Ret	Ret	15	0
22	Japan Kota Sasaki	17	16	14	18	16					0
–	Brazil Tony Kanaan									6	–

Teams' Championship

Rank	Team	Car	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	OKA	SUZ	FUJ	SUG	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	mobilecast IMPUL	1	1	Ret	4	2	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	91
2	2	2	3	3	4	13	5	5	4
2	PIAA NAKAJIMA	31	3	4	Ret	19	11	3	3	2	Ret	72
32	8	3	1	5	17	Ret	1	1	DSQ
3	Arabian Oasis IMPUL	19	Ret	1	6	10	1	Ret	4	11	1	50
20	6	7	7	8	5	Ret	Ret	15	Ret
4	DHG TOM'S	36	Ret	5	2	Ret	13	1	7	4	2	48
37	11	Ret	15	7	10	4	Ret	13	5
5	Boss INGING	33	5	6	5	1	Ret	7	8	6	14	27
34	10	9	13	12	19	10	13	Ret	12
6	DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	40	4	13	11	11	2	8	Ret	7	8	20
41	15	15	Ret	13	5	15	9	18	Ret
7	Carchs Kondo Racing	3	9	18	Ret	15	14	12	12	16	Ret	18
4	DSQ	14	8	4	7	6	Ret	8	3
8	Forum Engineering Team LeMans	7	7	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	6	8
8	Ret	12	9	16	8	9	10	12	7
9	Team Cerumo	11						5	6	9	13	7
10	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	14	10	16	Ret	3	16	Ret	Ret	10	6
56	12	17	10	Ret	9	11	Ret	14	Ret
11	Team Reckless Cerumo	11	16	8	12	5	12					4
12	17	16	14	18	16