1996 Formula Nippon season

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The 1996 Formula Nippon season was contested over 10 rounds. 15 different teams, 28 different drivers, 3 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Suzuka	April 28	Toranosuke Takagi	Michael Krumm	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Calsonic Impul
2	Mine	May 12	Michael Krumm	Norberto Fontana	Ralf Schumacher	Le Mans
3	Fuji	May 26	Ralf Schumacher	Norberto Fontana	Norberto Fontana	Shionogi Nova
4	Tokachi	June 23	Toranosuke Takagi	Michael Krumm	Ralf Schumacher	X-Japan Le Mans
5	Suzuka	July 7	Toranosuke Takagi	Shinji Nakano	Toranosuke Takagi	Piaa Nakajima
6	Sugo	August 4	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Toranosuke Takagi	Piaa Nakajima
7	Fuji	September 1	Naoki Hattori	Norberto Fontana	Naoki Hattori	X-Japan Le Mans
8	Mine	September 15	Toshio Suzuki	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Ralf Schumacher	X-Japan Le Mans
9	Suzuka	September 29	Ralf Schumacher	Shinji Nakano	Naoki Hattori	X-Japan Le Mans
10	Fuji	October 20	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Shinji Nakano	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Funai Super Aguri

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. No driver had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine											Total Points
1	Ralf Schumacher	Germany	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	4	10	-	10	3	-	-	10	3	-	40
2	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	6	4	4	-	10	4	10	-	38
3	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	10	-	4	3	2	6	-	-	6	-	31
4	Toranosuke Takagi	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	4	-	-	10	10	-	-	1	-	25
5	Norberto Fontana	Argentina	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	6	10	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	22
6	Shinji Nakano	Japan	Dome Mugen	Dome	Mugen	6	-	-	-	1	-	4	6	-	3	20
7	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Japan	Super Aguri	Reynard	Mugen Honda	1	-	3	2	-	-	3	-	-	10	19
8	Pedro de la Rosa	Spain	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	2	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	2	6	13
9	Takuya Kurosawa	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	2	-	-	10
10	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Super Aguri	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	2	-	-	4	2	1	-	-	9
11	Masami Kageyama	Japan	Advan Sport Pal	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
12	Toshio Suzuki	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	7
13	Andrew Gilbert Scott	United Kingdom	Stellar International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	5
14	Michael Krumm	Germany	Stellar International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Masahiko Kageyama	Japan	Navi Connection Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
16	Marco Apicella	Italy	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Judd	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
17	Katsumi Yamamoto	Japan	Dome Mugen	Dome	Mugen	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Masahiko Kondo	Japan	Navi Connection Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Complete Overview

R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Ralf Schumacher	Germany	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	10	3	8	1	1	19	4	1	8	4	8	R	8	R	3	1	1	4	9	R
2	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	9	8	10	R	2	2	5	3	2	3	16	8	1	1	7	3	2	1	3	R
3	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	2	1	4	R	5	3	18	4	4	5	3	2	4	R	6	R	4	2	1	R
4	Toranosuke Takagi	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	1	R	5	3	10	R	1	R	1	1	1	1	2	R	19	R	3	6	4	R
5	Norberto Fontana	Argentina	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	16	14	11	2	4	1	8	R	22	8	15	R	6	2	8	R	17	11	11	R
6	Shinji Nakano	Japan	Dome Mugen	Dome	Mugen	4	2	22	13	3	R	10	9	13	6	14	7	3	3	4	2	21	9	5	4
7	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Japan	Super Aguri	Reynard	Mugen Honda	13	6	17	R	8	4	11	5	12	7	6	R	14	4	5	R	11	R	7	1
8	Pedro de la Rosa	Spain	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	11	5	3	7	7	6	9	6	7	R	9	11	5	6	2	R	6	5	14	2
9	Takuya Kurosawa	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	18	R	18	8	15	15	2	7	3	2	7	5	10	8	12	5	7	8	8	R
10	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Super Aguri	Reynard	Mugen Honda	15	7	9	R	14	5	19	17	10	12	4	3	7	5	9	6	12	R	2	NS
11	Masami Kageyama	Japan	Advan Sport Pal	Lola	Mugen Honda	14	10	12	5	11	R	7	2	16	17	11	15	20	9	15	11	13	R	18	R
12	Toshio Suzuki	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	5	18	2	R	18	12	3	11	6	9	12	10	13	7	1	4	5	3	13	R
13	Andrew Gilbert Scott	United Kingdom	Stellar International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	21	R	19	R	17	7	13	14	9	R	2	4	23	R	13	7	15	R	15	5
14	Michael Krumm	Germany	Stellar International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	3	4	1	6	19	11	6	16	17	11	10	9	16	R	18	R	14	R	17	R
	Masahiko Kageyama	Japan	Navi Connection Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	8	R	15	R	12	R	16	R	5	16	13	12	9	R	16	9	8	7	12	3
16	Marco Apicella	Italy	Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Judd	12	12	6	4	6	8	17	8	24	14	26	13	11	12	11	R	9	10	10	R
17	Karsumi Yamamoto	Japan	Dome Mugen	Dome	Mugen	7	9	13	R	13	10	15	R	15	R	5	6	12	R	20	14	10	R	16	R
	Masahiko Kondo	Japan	Navi Connection Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	20	R	21	9	22	16	22	13	20	R	17	R	19	14	-	-	20	R	19	6
-	Atsushi Kawamoto	Japan	Asahi Kiko Sports	Lola	Cosworth	22	R	20	11	24	R	21	15	19	19	21	16	22	13	24	R	19	R	20	7
-	Tom Kristensen	Denmark	Navi Connection Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	-
-	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Japan	Team 5Zigen	Lola	Judd	6	R	16	R	9	9	14	R	11	10
			Team 5Zigen	Reynard	Judd											22	14	15	10	17	12	16	R	6	R
-	Hideki Okada	Japan	Team Gullwing	Lola	Mugen Honda	17	11	7	R	16	17	12	10	14	20	18	R	18	11	21	10	24	R	21	NS
-	Taichiro Oonishi	Japan	Advan Sport Pal	Lola	Mugen Honda	23	15	24	10	21	14	23	R	21	15	24	R	24	R	23	R	23	14	24	R
-	Eiichi Tajima	Japan	Team Gullwing	Lola	Mugen Honda	19	13	14	12	20	13	20	12	18	18	20	R	21	R	22	R	26	R	22	NS
-	Yukihiro Hane	Japan	Team Cerumo	Lola	Mugen Honda	24	16	23	R	23	R	24	R	23	13	19	R	17	16	14	13	18	12	23	R
-	Tetsuya Tanaka	Japan	Nihon Lead Yamada	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	R	-	-	-	-	22	13	-	-
-	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Japan	Asahi Kiko Sports	Lola	Cosworth	25	17	25	R	25	R	25	R	25	R	25	R	25	R	25	15	25	R	25	NC
-	Masao Yamada	Japan	Nihon Lead Yamada	Lola	Mugen Honda	26	NQ	26	NQ	26	18	26	NQ	26	NQ	-	-	26	15	26	NQ	-	-	26	R