2000 Motegi 500 KM

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Involvement of Formula Asia

2000 became the start of a new chapter when Formula Asia began expressing interest in their involvement at the 2000 Motegi 500KM. Following discussions with Formula Nippon since early 1999, Formula Asia entered Hunnisett Racing with FA 1998 champ Ben Walsh partnering alongside Alex Yoong (upon invitations), whom the lattar would later race for Team LeMans in the 2000 Formula Nippon Season. Dandelion Racing also agreed to field in FA 1996 Champ Narain Karthikeyan as the team's sole driver for the race with full funding provided by Formula Asia. This thus began a long term relationship with Formula Nippon. Formula Asia was also responible for providing partial funding of Hunnisett Racing's entries. Hunnisett orignally intended to field in 1999 Formula Asia Champion Nattapong Horthongkum alongside Alex Yoong but was ruled out on financial grounds.

Entry List

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine
PIAA Nakajima Racing	0	Toranosuke Takagi	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308
	2	Tsugio Matsuda	Reynard 99L
Olympic Kondo Racing Team	3	Masahiko Kondo	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
Team 5ZIGEN	4	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
	5	Naoki Hattori
	6	Michael Krumm
Team LeMans	7	Hideki Noda	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
	8	Yudai Igarashi
Team Morinaga Nova	9	Ralph Firman	G-Force GF03B	Mugen MF308
	10	Koji Yamanishi
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	Yuji Tachikawa	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
	12	Jaroslaw Wierczuk
Mooncraft	14	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
	15	Ryo Michigami	Lola B99/51
Dome with Mugen Dome	16 17	Osamu Nakako Marco Apicella	Reynard 99L Lola B99/51	Mugen MF308
Team TMS	18	Akihiko Nakaya	Lola B99/51	Mugen MF308
Team Impul	19	Satoshi Motoyama	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
	20	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Lola B99/51
Hunnisett Racing	21	Template:MAS Alex Yoong	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
	22	Template:AUS Ben Walsh
Stellar International	34	Dilantha Malagamuwa	Lola T98/51	Mugen MF308
Takagi B-1 Racing	36	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
	37	Hiroki Katoh	Lola B99/51
Skill Speed	45	Daisuke Itō	Lola B99/51	Mugen MF308
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	55	Katsutomo Kaneishi	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
	56	Juichi Wakisaka
	57	Aguri Suzuki	Lola B99/51
Team LeyJun	62	Shinsuke Shibahara	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308
	63	Osamu Nakajima	Reynard 99L
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	68	Narain Karthikeyan	Reynard 2KL	Mugen MF308
Kunimitsu Heros Racing	98	Masahiko Kageyama	Reynard 99L	Mugen MF308
	99	Akira Iida	Reynard 99L

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time
1	19	Satoshi Motoyama	Impul	25.379
2	57	Aguri Suzuki	ARTA	25.416
3	0	Toranosuke Takagi	Nakajima	25.422
4	20	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Impul	25.431
5	17	Marco Apicella	Dome	25.509
6	55	Katsutomo Kaneishi	ARTA	25.592
7	2	Tsugio Matsuda	Nakajima	25.593
8	8	Yudai Igarashi	Team LeMans	25.605
9	11	Yuji Tachikawa	Cerumo	25.667
10	14	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Mooncraft	25.810
11	15	Ryo Michigami	Mooncraft	25.580
12	16	Osamu Nakako	Dome	25.586
13	4	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	5ZIGEN	25.644
14	7	Hideki Noda	Team LeMans	25.653
15	56	Juichi Wakisaka	ARTA	25.676
16	5	Naoki Hattori	5ZIGEN	25.685
17	12	Jaroslaw Wierczuk	Cerumo	25.778
18	63	Osamu Nakajima	LeyJun	25.837
19	36	Tetsuji Tamanaka	Takagi B-1	25.853
20	6	Michael Krumm	5ZIGEN	25.854
21	9	Ralph Firman	Nova	25.878
22	18	Akihiko Nakaya	Team TMS	25.894
23	34	Dilantha Malagamuwa	Stellar	25.833
24	22	Template:AUS Ben Walsh	Hunnisett Racing	25.836
25	37	Hiroki Katoh	B-1 Racing	25.837
26	68	Narain Karthikeyan	Dandelion	25.855
27	21	Template:MAS Alex Yoong	Hunnisett Racing	25.903
28	10	Koji Yamanishi	Nova	25.915
29	3	Masahiko Kondo	Kondo	25.937
30	98	Masahiko Kageyama	Kunimitsu Heros	25.971
31	62	Shinsuke Shibahara	LeyJun	25.977
32	99	Akira Iida	Kunimitsu Heros	26.059
33	45	Daisuke Itō	Skill Speed	26.167

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	56	Juichi Wakisaka	ARTA	200	27.163	15
2	57	Aguri Suzuki	ARTA	200	+1.151	2
3	2	Tsugio Matsuda	Nakajima	200	+1.550	7
4	7	Hideki Noda	Team LeMans	200	+2.063	14
5	5	Naoki Hattori	5ZIGEN	200	+3.534	16
6	16	Osamu Nakako	Dome-Mugen	200	+3.745	12
7	4	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	5ZIGEN	200	+5.101	13
8	0	Toranosuke Takagi	Nakajima	200	+5.419	3
9	19	Satoshi Motoyama	Impul	200	+6.500	1
10	17	Marco Apicella	Dome	200	+7.146	5
11	15	Ryo Michigami	Mooncraft	199	+1 Lap	11
12	12	Jaroslaw Wierczuk	Cerumo	199	+1 Lap	17
13	55	Katsutomo Kaneishi	ARTA	199	+1 Lap	6
14	36	Tetsuji Tamanaka	B-1 Racing	199	+1 Lap	19
15	6	Michael Krumm	5ZIGEN	199	+1 Lap	20
16	18	Akihiko Nakaya	Team TMS	198	+2 Laps	22
17	37	Hiroki Katoh	B-1 Racing	198	+2 Laps	25
18	22	Template:AUS Ben Walsh	Hunnisett Racing	197	+3 Laps	24
19	10	Koji Yamanishi	Nova	197	+3 Laps	28
20	68	Narain Karthikeyan	Dandelion	195	+5 Laps	26
Ret	14	Shigekazu Wakisaka	Mooncraft	194	Collision	10
Ret	99	Akira Iida	Kunimitsu Heros	194	Collision	32
Ret	34	Dilantha Malagamuwa	Stellar	185	Driver Error	23
Ret	62	Shinsuke Shibahara	LeyJun	185	Front Wing	31
Ret	3	Masahiko Kondo	Kondo	165	Steering	29
Ret	21	Template:MAS Alex Yoong	Hunnisett Racing	154	Collision	27
Ret	8	Yudai Igarashi	Team LeMans	141	Driver Error	8
Ret	20	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Impul	118	Steering	4
Ret	63	Osamu Nakajima	LeyJun	93	Collision	18
Ret	45	Daisuke Itō	Skill Speed	86	Collision	33
Ret	9	Ralph Firman	Nova	50	Driver Error	21
Ret	11	Yuji Tachikawa	Cerumo	41	Hydraulics	9
Ret	98	Masahiko Kageyama	Kunimitsu Heros	5	Collision	30

Race Records

Laps Led:

Satoshi Motoyama: 132

Juichi Wakisaka: 22

Toranosuke Takagi: 18

Aguri Suzuki: 17

Tsugio Matsuda: 7

Marco Apicella: 4

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