2016-17 Formula Nippon season

The 2016-2017 Formula Reject Nippon Championship season season, commonly abbreviated to FRENCH, was the inaugural season of the Formula Rejects Nippon Championship.

Teams & Drivers

Hover over each Team Name to see it's owner.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No.	Drivers	Rounds
/Yaname Nippon One Racing	Swift	Nissan	Template:Bridgestone	3	Pierre St. Laurent	1-5
					Ricardo Llosa 2	6-8
				4	Josh Carlisle	All
Katayama Racing	Swift	Nissan	Template:Bridgestone	5	Kyoko Katayama	All
				6	Kenji Katayama	All
/ FESUMO	Swift	Honda		7	Thomas Yorke	All
				8	Tonu Pykalisto	All
Hunter Autosport	Swift	Nissan		9	James Morgan	All
				10	Chelsie Knight	All
/ DMR-Kansai	Mazda	Honda		11	Sandy Grey	All
				12	Daisuke Yanagawa	All
Tassie Racing	Madza	Honda	Template:Bridgestone	13	Connor O'Heagan	All
				14	Joel Melrose	All
Noritake Terada Racing	Dome	Nissan		15	Aimée Gauthier	All
				16	Diego Pereira	All
Okayama Racing 1	Mazda	Toyota		17	Roberto Dinella	None
				18	Nobihiro Okada	None
Cosmo Yanagawa Racing	Swift	Nissan		19	Takuma Taki	All
				20	Mineiro	All
Blokkmonsta Motorsport	Swift	Toyota		21	Gregor Pascal	All
				22	Malik Zildan	All
Luxray Engineering	Mazda	Toyota	Template:Bridgestone	27	Kastazumo Nakaya	All
				28	Roger Ibe	All
Union Saver Developments	Mazda	Toyota		29	Naoki Shinjo	All
				30	Hayato Kazami	All
Gazprom Restov Racing	Dome	Nissan	Template:Bridgestone	31	Alexander Obolensky	All
				32	Waisale Serevi	All
Takagi Racing Enterprises	Swift	Honda	Template:Bridgestone	33	Ryu Takanori	All
				34	Niko Eskola	All
CWG Data Collection	Dome	Honda		35	Alberto Cara	All
				36	Stan Frankham	All
Rob Lomas Racing	Swift	Honda	Template:Bridgestone	37	Niklas Svanberg	All
				38	Shane Skeelenberg	All

Notes

• 1 - Okayama Racing did not arrive at Autopolis for the first round of the championship and all attempts to contact the team were not responded. They were barred from entering any event until a reason for them not showing up at Autopolis is known.

• 2 - Pierre St. Laurent suffered an injury at Motegi (Oval), and will be out for six months. His replacement is GT-Rejects World Championship Driver Co-Champion Ricardo Llosa.

Races

Round	Date	Track	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	ROTR	DOTR
1	November 20	Autopolis	Diego Pereira	Alberto Cara	Malik Zildan	Blokkmonsta Motorsport	Alberto Cara	Kastazumo Nakaya
2	November 27	Okayama	Aimée Gauthier	Alberto Cara	Aimée Gauthier	Noritake Terada Racing	Hayato Kazami	Aimée Gauthier
3	December 4	Suzuka	Stan Frankham	Roger Ibe	Roger Ibe	Luxray Engineering	USD Mechanics	Roger Ibe
4	December 11	Yeongam	Diego Pereira	Kastazumo Nakaya	Naoki Shinjo	Union Saver Developments	Nakaya Gearbox	Naoki Shinjo
5	December 18	Motegi (Oval)	Takuma Taki	Alberto Cara	Connor O'Heagan	Tassie Racing	Joel Melrose	Shane Skeelenberg
6	December 24	Sugo	Aimée Gauthier	Alberto Cara	Alberto Cara	CWG Data Collection	Kastazumo Nakaya	Sandy Grey
7	January 1	Motegi (Road)	Aimée Gauthier	Alberto Cara	Naoki Shinjo	Union Saver Developments	Josh Carlisle	USD Drivers
8	January 8	Fuji	Aimée Gauthier	Alberto Cara	Alberto Cara	CWG Data Collection	Toyota	Alberto Cara

Standings

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

Drivers Championship

Rank	Driver	AUO	OKY	SUZ	YEO	MOT	SUG	MOT	FUJ	Points
1	Aimée Gauthier	3	1	5	Ret	Ret	20†	4	2	245
2	Diego Pereira	4	Ret	3	4	Ret	3	7	5	180
3	Naoki Shinjo	14	7	7	1	2	19	1	Ret	160
4	Alberto Cara	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	10†	1	Ret	1	160
5	Connor O'Heagan	12	Ret	2	Ret	1	7	5	Ret	120
6	Roger Ibe	10	8	1	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	3	95
7	Hayato Kazami	7	Ret	8	Ret	DNQ	2	2	Ret	95
8	Alexander Obolensky	13	Ret	4	2	7	8	6	Ret	95
9	Malik Zidan	1	17†	14	3	Ret	9	9	8	85
10	Sandy Grey	2	11	6	Ret	DNPQ	5	13	DNPQ	75
11	Takuma Taki	Ret	9	10	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	70
12	Gregor Pascal	Ret	6	17†	Ret	Ret	4	18†	4	65
13	Kastazumo Nakaya	5	5	Ret	12†	DNQ	18	Ret	6	65
14	James Morgan	15	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	4	Ret	3	12	55
15	Waisale Serevi	6	3	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	19†	45
16	Daisuke Yanagawa	17	2	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	40
17	Joel Melrose	20	4	DNQ	7	Ret	12	11	15	35
18	Shane Skeelenberg	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	3	DNQ	DNQ	10	30
19	Stan Frankham	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	16†	7	30
20	Kyoko Katayama	DNPQ	12	15	Ret	5	DNPQ	12	Ret	20
21	Josh Carlisle	18	13	Ret	6	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	15
22	Tonu Pykalisto	8	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	17	17†	11	10
23	Chelsie Knight	21	DNPQ	DNPQ	9	8	Ret	15	14	5
24	Nikklas Svanberg	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	8	DNQ	5
25	Ryu Takanori	16	16	9	DNPQ	9	Ret	DNPQ	9	0
26	Kenji Katayama	DNPQ	10	13	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	10	17	0
27	Pierre St. Laurent	22†	14	16	10†	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	0
28	Mineiro	23†	Ret	Ret	11†	Ret	11	Ret	12	0
29	Niko Eskola	11	15	12	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	0
30	Thomas Yorke	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	DNQ	18†	0
31	Ricardo Llosa						Ret	14	16	0

Rank	Constructor	#	AUO	OKY	SUZ	YEO	MOT	SUG	MOT	FUJ	Points
1	Noritake Terada Racing	15	3	1	5	Ret	Ret	20†	4	2	425
		16	4	Ret	3	4	Ret	3	7	5
2	Union Saver Developments	29	14	7	7	1	2	19	1	Ret	255
		30	7	Ret	8	Ret	DNQ	2	2	Ret
3	CWG Data Collection	35	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	10†	1	Ret	1	190
		36	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	16†	7
4	Luxray Engineering	27	5	5	Ret	12†	DNQ	18	Ret	6	160
		28	10	8	1	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	3
5	Tassie Racing	13	12	Ret	2	Ret	1	7	5	Ret	155
		14	20	4	DNQ	7	Ret	12	11	15
6	Blokkmonsta Motorsport	21	Ret	6	17†	Ret	Ret	4	18†	4	145
		22	1	17†	14	3	Ret	9	9	8
7	Gazprom Restov Racing	31	13	Ret	4	2	7	8	6	Ret	140
		32	6	3	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	19†
8	/ DMR-Kansai	11	2	11	6	Ret	DNPQ	5	13	DNPQ	115
		12	17	2	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	DNPQ
9	Cosmo Yanagawa Racing	19	Ret	9	10	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	70
		20	23†	Ret	Ret	11†	Ret	11	Ret	12
10	Hunter Autosport	9	15	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	4	Ret	3	12	60
		10	21	DNPQ	DNPQ	9	8	Ret	15	14
11	Rob Lomas Racing	37	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	8	DNQ	35
		38	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	3	DNQ	DNQ	10
12	Katayama Racing	5	DNPQ	12	15	Ret	5	DNPQ	12	Ret	20
		6	DNPQ	10	13	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	10	17
13	/ Yaname Nippon One Racing	3	22†	14	16	10†	Ret	Ret	14	16	15
		4	18	13	Ret	6	Ret	14	Ret	Ret
14	/ FESUMO	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	DNQ	18†	10
		8	8	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	17	17†	11
15	Takagi Racing Enterprises	33	16	16	9	DNPQ	9	Ret	DNPQ	9	0
		34	11	15	12	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ