1997 Formula Nippon Championship

Teams and drivers

Calendar

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Rank	Name	SUZ	MIN	FUJ	SUZ	SGO	FUJ	MIN	MOT	FUJ	SUZ	Points
1	Pedro de la Rosa	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	1	82
2	Takuya Kurosawa	2	2	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	28
3	Norberto Fontana	9	8	6	Ret	7	2	1	3	Ret	Ret	21
4	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	3	7	4	4	Ret	3	3	9	5		20
5	Masami Kageyama	11	9	11	5	6	4	7	2	3	4	19
6	Toranosuke Takagi	Ret	DNS	3	1	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	5	18
7	Masahiko Kageyama	Ret	Ret	5	2	3	Ret	15	Ret	12	3	16
8	Ralph Firman	Ret	4	15	6	2	13	Ret	5	Ret	11	12
9	Katsutomo Kaneishi	7	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	18	8	Ret	1	Ret	10
10	Akira Iida	6	3	Ret	7	Ret	5	10	11	Ret	13	7
11	Satoshi Motoyama	4	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	4		7
12	Marco Apicella				8	5	8	4	Ret	6	8	6
13	Toshio Suzuki	8	5	7	Ret	4	16	9	8	Ret	9	5
14	Juichi Wakisaka	12	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	4	Ret	Ret	4
15	Koji Yamanishi	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	7	2
16	Esteban Tuero	Ret	Ret	9	11	Ret	6					1
17	Michael Krumm	Ret	13	Ret					6		10	1
18	Tetsuya Tanaka	Ret				Ret	11	14	Ret	13	6	1
19	Katsumi Yamamoto	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	12	Ret	14	7	Ret	0
20	Andrea Boldrini							13	7		Ret	0
21	Atsushi Kawamoto	Ret	10	16	15	9	Ret	12	15	8	14	0
22	Masahiko Kondo	15	DNS	12	14	8	14	Ret	13	11	Ret	0
23	Eiichi Tajima				13	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	0
24	Yuji Tachikawa									9	Ret	0
25	Marc Goossens	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	0
26	Dilantha Malagamuwa	Ret	11	14	Ret	10						0
27	Shinsuke Shibahara								12	10	Ret	0
28	Risto Virtanen	Ret	Ret	10								0
29	Andrew Gilbert-Scott				12		Ret			14		0
30	Masao Yamada	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	DSQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
31	Tetsuji Tamanaka	13	Ret	13	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	0
32	Sarah Kavanagh	14	Ret									0
33	Osamu Nakajima						15	16	16	Ret	16	0
34	Vincenzo Sospiri									Ret	15	0
35	Tetsushi Toda				17	Ret	17	17	DNQ			0
36	Mauro Martini			Ret								0
37	Ryo Michigami										Ret	0

Teams' Championship