2017-18 Formula Nippon season

2017-18 Formula Nippon season
Season
Races	18
Start date	18-19 November 2017
Start Event	Rounds of Fuji
End date	17-18 February 2018
End Event	Rounds of Suzuka
Awards
Driver's Champion	Barii Mori
Team's Champion	Super Hanamura Intensity Team.
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2016-17	2019

The 2017-18 Super Auto Nippon Drivers Winter Championship, was the 2nd season of AutoReject Nippon. The series continued it's off-season format, however each round would now be a double-header. 2016-17 champions Aimée Gauthier and Noritake Terada Racing returned to defend their crown, but despite scoring the same amount of race wins as Barii Mori, the ex-ARWS driver won the championship by 20 points for Super Hanamura Intensity Team.

Teams & Drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Noritake Terada Racing [?]	Dome	Toyota	Template:Bridgestone	1	Aimée Gauthier	All
				2	Naoki Shinjo	All
Mitsuri Motor Engineering [?]	Dome	Honda		3	John Bovy	1-6
					Shinobu Katayama	7-9
				4	Kyoko Katayama	All
Kurosawa Engineering [?]	Dome	Toyota		7	Benoît Voeckler	1-5
					Tuomas Suomanen	6-9
				8	Kenshin Takahashi	All
FXS Racing [?]	Swift	Toyota	Template:Bridgestone	9	Ichiro Yoshida	All
				10	Adélaïde Voeckler	All
/ Bandai "Red Comet" Racing [?]	Swift	Toyota		15	Kastazumo Nakaya	All
				16	Alexi Schnass	1-4
					Malik Zidan	5-9
Narita Engineering [?]	Swift	Honda		17	James Morgan	1-5
					Template:GBR Thomas Wren	6-9
				18	Osamu Takahasi	All
Tassie Racing [?]	Swift	Honda	Template:Bridgestone	21	Laura Wener	1-5
					Josh Carlisle	6-9
				22	Tetsuya Takagi	All
Revolution Trueba [?]	Swift	Honda		23	Hagane Shizuka	All
				24	Dan Greenlaw	1-5
					Template:FRA Benoît Voeckler	6-9
Super Dragon FEAR [?]	Swift	Toyota		26	Takuma Taki	All
				27	John Bean	All
Union Saver Developments [?]	Swift	Toyota		29	Hayato Kazami	All
				30	Milos Kaletic	1-7
					Template:USA John D. Sullivan	8-9
Lotto Racing Japan [?]	Swift	Toyota		42	Daisuke Yanagawa	All
				43	Sølvy Ødegård	All
CWG Data Collection [?]	Swift	Honda		56	Nathan McKane	All
				57	Tomo Kazama	All
Pretty Cure Luxray Engineering [?]	Swift	Honda		69	Kazuki Fushida	All
				70	Roger Ibe	All
Super Hanamura Intensity Team [?]	Swift	Honda		98	Ryu Takanori	All
				99	Barii Mori	All

Calendar

Round	Track	Race	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Fuji	1	18 November	Kenshin Takahashi	Template:GBR Nathan McKane	Kenshin Takahashi	Kurosawa Engineering
		2	19 November	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Hagane Shizuka	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Noritake Terada Racing
2	Sugo	1	25 November	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Noritake Terada Racing
		2	26 November	Naoki Shinjo	Barii Mori	Barii Mori	Super Hanamura Intensity Team
3	Motegi (Road)	1	December 2	Naoki Shinjo	Barii Mori	Barii Mori	Super Hanamura Intensity Team
		2	December 3	Naoki Shinjo	Tomo Kazama	Tomo Kazama	Template:GBR CWG Data Collection
4	Motegi (Oval)	1	December 16	Kastazumo Nakaya	Barii Mori	Barii Mori	Super Hanamura Intensity Team
		2	December 17	Hayato Kazami	Naoki Shinjo	Kazuki Fushida	Pretty Cure Luxray Engineering
5	Yeongam	1	December 23	Naoki Shinjo	Naoki Shinjo	Template:GBR Nathan McKane	Template:GBR CWG Data Collection
		2	December 24	Tomo Kazama	Tomo Kazama	Tomo Kazama	Template:GBR CWG Data Collection
6	Okayama	1	December 30	Tomo Kazama	Hagane Shizuka	Tomo Kazama	Template:GBR CWG Data Collection
		2	December 31	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Template:GBR Nathan McKane	Template:GBR Nathan McKane	Template:GBR CWG Data Collection
7	Sentul	1	January 20	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Hagane Shizuka	Hagane Shizuka	Revolution Trueba
		2	January 21	Naoki Shinjo	Barii Mori	Barii Mori	Super Hanamura Intensity Team
8	Autopolis	1	February 3	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Barii Mori	Hagane Shizuka	Revolution Trueba
		2	February 4	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Noritake Terada Racing
9	Suzuka	1	February 17	Naoki Shinjo	Hagane Shizuka	Naoki Shinjo	Noritake Terada Racing
		2	February 18	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Naoki Shinjo	Template:FRA Aimeé Gauthier	Noritake Terada Racing

Standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	PP	FL
Points	50	40	30	25	20	15	10	5	20	10

Driver Championship

Pos	Driver	FUJ		SUG		MOT		MOT		YEO		OKY		SEN		AUT		SUZ		Points
		1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
1	Barii Mori	4	7	3	1	1	Ret	1	4	Ret	5	10	3	5	1	2	5	Ret	4	495
2	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Ret	1	1	3	3	14	10	Ret	Ret	4	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	3	1	475
3	Tomo Kazama	3	4	4	5	2	1	3	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	4	Ret	5	Ret	5	3	475
4	Template:GBR Nathan McKane	7	2	6	2	7	2	5	Ret	1	2	2	1	3	8	3	7	7	7	470
5	Naoki Shinjo	8	3	2	6	8	5	15	Ret	7	6	5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	1	Ret	365
6	Hagane Shizuka	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	15	4	16	7	Ret	7	3	Ret	1	5	1	Ret	2	11	275
7	Kenshin Takahashi	1	Ret	5	8	5	3	11	11	2	3	22	Ret	Ret	7	8	Ret	6	6	260
8	Roger Ibe	6	19	8	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	2	Ret	2	4	3	4	8	210
9	Kastazumo Nakaya	12	10	11†	7	Ret	9	Ret	5	3	Ret	7	Ret	6	4	7	4	12	5	185
10	Shinobu Katayama													2	Ret	6	2	Ret	2	135
11	Hayato Kazami	10	16	7	14	12	12	14	2	4	15	13	7	8	19	Ret	13	9	13	110
12	Template:USA Dan Greenlaw	2	12	Ret	18	6	6	Ret	6	Ret	9									85
13	Kyoko Katayama	22	5	Ret	19	Ret	8	Ret	DNQ	9†	12	4	4	7	12	Ret	11	18	Ret	85
14	Takuma Taki	13	6	Ret	4	4	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	8	15	15	12	Ret	9	21	Ret	10	70
15	Template:GBR John Bean	11	8	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	10	9	8	13	6	12	Ret	14	9	65
16	Ryu Takanori	18	17	Ret	Ret	13	15	4	3	10†	11	Ret	Ret	14	10	Ret	16	8	17	60
17	Template:FRA Adelaide Voeckler	17	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	6	Ret	5	Ret	19	5	20	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	55
18	Daisuke Yanagawa	5	11	Ret	Ret	9	13	Ret	10	6	14	8	6	9	Ret	13	9	DNQ	Ret	55
19	Kazuki Fushida	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	9	1	DNQ	DNQ	18	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	50
20	Ichiro Yoshida	9	9	10	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†	Ret	11	17	11	3	11	6	11	16	45
21	Osamu Takahashi	14	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	8†	Ret	17	11	Ret	13	19	10	10	Ret	15
22	Sølvy Ødegård	19	21	Ret	10	Ret	18	8	8	Ret	18	Ret	12	19	14	15	22	17	15	10
23	Tuomas Suomanen											16	13	16	9	10	17	Ret	12	0
24	Template:GBR Thomas Wren											Ret	9	21	11	16	18	Ret	14	0
25	Tetsuya Takagi	21	20	Ret	9	Ret	17	DNQ	Ret	Ret	17	14	Ret	15	18	17	20	15	18	0
26	Template:FRA Benoît Voeckler	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	16	12	Ret	Ret	13	DNQ	Ret	17	15	14	15	16	DNQ	0
27	Template:GBR James Morgan	16	14	Ret	17	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	16									0
28	Template:GBR Josh Carlisle											20	16	10	16	Ret	14	19	19	0
29	John Bovy	14	23	12†	11	11	11	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	12	Ret							0
30	Malik Zidan									Ret	DNQ	21	14	18	17	18	19	13	Ret	0
31	Alexi Schnass	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	15	DNQ	DNQ	13	Ret											0
32	Template:GBR Laura Wener	20	22	Ret	13	Ret	19	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret									0
33	Milos Kaletic	Ret	24	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	17	Ret	DNQ	19	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ					0
34	Template:USA John D. Sullivan															DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0

Teams Championship

Pos	Driver	#	FUJ		SUG		MOT		MOT		YEO		OKY		SEN		AUT		SUZ		Points
1	Template:GBR CWG Data Collection	56	7	2	6	2	7	2	5	Ret	1	2	2	1	3	8	3	7	7	7	945
		57	3	4	4	5	2	1	3	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	4	Ret	5	Ret	5	3
2	Noritake Terada Racing	1	Ret	1	1	3	3	14	10	Ret	Ret	4	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	3	1	840
		2	8	3	2	6	8	5	15	Ret	7	6	5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	1	Ret
3	Super Hanamura Intensity Team	98	18	17	Ret	Ret	13	15	4	3	10†	11	Ret	Ret	14	10	Ret	16	8	17	555
		99	4	7	3	1	1	Ret	1	4	Ret	5	10	3	5	1	2	5	Ret	4
4	Revolution Trueba	23	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	15	4	16	7	Ret	7	3	Ret	1	5	1	Ret	2	11	360
		24	2	12	Ret	18	6	6	Ret	6	Ret	9	DNQ	Ret	17	15	14	15	16	DNQ
5	Pretty Cure Luxray Engineering	69	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	9	1	DNQ	DNQ	18	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	260
		70	6	19	8	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	2	Ret	2	4	3	4	8
6	Kurosawa Engineering	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	16	12	Ret	Ret	13	16	13	16	9	10	17	Ret	12	260
		8	1	Ret	5	8	5	3	11	11	2	3	22	Ret	Ret	7	8	Ret	6	6
7	Mitsuri Motor Engineering	3	14	23	12†	11	11	11	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	2	Ret	6	2	Ret	2	220
		4	22	5	Ret	19	Ret	8	Ret	DNQ	9†	12	4	4	7	12	Ret	11	18	Ret
8	/ Bandai Red Comet Racing	15	12	10	11†	7	Ret	9	Ret	5	3	Ret	7	Ret	6	4	7	4	12	5	185
		16	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	15	DNQ	DNQ	13	Ret	Ret	DNQ	21	14	18	17	18	19	13	Ret
9	Super Dragon FEAR	26	13	6	Ret	4	4	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	8	15	15	12	Ret	9	21	Ret	10	135
		27	11	8	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	10	9	8	13	6	12	Ret	14	9
10	Template:AUT Union Saver Developments	29	10	16	7	14	12	12	14	2	4	15	13	7	8	19	Ret	13	9	13	110
		30	Ret	24	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ	17	Ret	DNQ	19	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret
11	FSX Racing	9	9	9	10	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†	Ret	11	17	11	3	11	6	11	16	100
		10	17	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	6	Ret	5	Ret	19	5	20	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret
12	Lotto Racing Japan	42	5	11	Ret	Ret	9	13	Ret	10	6	14	8	6	9	Ret	13	9	DNQ	Ret	65
		43	19	21	Ret	10	Ret	18	8	8	Ret	18	Ret	12	19	14	15	22	17	15
13	Narita Engineering	17	16	14	Ret	17	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	9	21	11	16	18	Ret	14	15
		18	14	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	8†	Ret	17	11	Ret	13	19	10	10	Ret
14	Template:AUS Tassie Racing	21	20	22	Ret	13	Ret	19	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	16	10	16	Ret	14	19	19	0
		22	21	20	Ret	9	Ret	17	DNQ	Ret	Ret	17	14	Ret	15	18	17	20	15	18