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Formula Nippon 1997 standings
Championship points standings for the Formula Nippon 1997
| Position | Driver | Team | Car | Engine | Tyres | Points | 1. | 
| Pedro de la Rosa | Shionogi Team Nova | Lola T97-51 (Mugen Honda) | 82 |
2. | 
| Takuya Kurosawa | Team Impul | 28 |
3. | 
| Norberto Fontana | Team Le Mans | 21 |
4. |
| Hidetoshi Mitsusada | Cosmo Team Cerumo | 20 |
5. |
| Masami Kageyama | Navi Connection Racing Team | 19 |
6. |
| Toranosuke Takagi | Piaa Nakajima Racing | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 18 |
7. |
| Masahiko Kageyama | Team Impul | 16 |
8. | 
| Ralph Firman jr. | Team TMS | 12 |
9. |
| Katsutomo Kaneishi | Funai Super Aguri | 10 |
10. |
| Akira Iida | Shionogi Team Nova | 7 |
10. |
| Satoshi Motoyama | Funai Super Aguri | 7 |
12. | 
| Marco Apicella | Autotech Stellar | 6 |
13. |
| Toshio Suzuki | Kamome Service With Mirai | 5 |
14. |
| Juichi Wakisaka | Team Anabuki Dome Dome With Mugen | 4 |
15. |
| Koji Yamanishi | Piaa Nakajima Racing | 2 |
16. | 
| Michael Krumm | Autotech Stellar, Team Le Mans, Cosmo Team Cerumo | 1 |
16. |
| Esteban Tuero | Team Le Mans | Reynard (Honda) | 1 |
| Andrea Boldrini | STP Stellar | 0 |
| Andrew Gilbert-Scott | Autotech Stellar | 0 |
| Marc Goossens | Team 5Zigen | Reynard 96D (Zytek) | 0 |
| 
| Sarah Kavanagh | Cosmo Team Cerumo | 0 |
| Atsushi Kawamoto | Asahi Kiko Sports | 0 |
| Masahiko Kondo | Team TMS | 0 |
| Dilantha Malagamuwa | Sri Lanka With Team Reyjun | 0 |
| Mauro Martini | Autotech Stellar | 0 |
| Ryo Michigami | Funai Super Aguri | 0 |
| Osamu Nakajima | Team LeyJun | 0 |
| Shinsuke Shibahara | Team Cerumo | 0 |
| Vincenzo Sospiri | Super Nova With Mirai | 0 |
| Yuji Tachikawa | Team Le Mans | 0 |
| Eiichi Tajima | Team 5Zigen | 0 |
| Tetsuji Tamanaka | Takagi B-1 Racing Team | 0 |
| Tetsuya Tanaka | Be Brides ARP Aska | 0 |
| Tetsufumi Toda | Sri Lanka Wirh Team Reyjun | 0 |
| Risto Virtanen | Team 5Zigen | 0 |
| Masao Yamada | Takagi B-1 Racing Team | 0 |
| Katsumi Yamamoto | Navi Connection Racing Team | 0 |
|---|
| Driver | Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Most race wins |
| Pedro de la Rosa | 6 |
| Most pole positions |
| Pedro de la Rosa | 4 |
|
| Toranosuke Takagi | 4 | |
| Most podium positions |
| Pedro de la Rosa | 10 |
| Most podium positions without a win |
| Hidetoshi Mitsusada | 3 |
|
| Masahiko Kageyama | 3 | |
| Most fastest race laps |
| Pedro de la Rosa | 3 |
Nationality of participating drivers
| % | Country | Drivers | Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62.2% | Japan |
| Takuya Kurosawa, Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Masami Kageyama, Toranosuke Takagi, Masahiko Kageyama, Katsutomo Kaneishi, Akira Iida, Satoshi Motoyama, Toshio Suzuki, Juichi Wakisaka, Koji Yamanishi, Tetsuya Tanaka, Katsumi Yamamoto, Atsushi Kawamoto, Masahiko Kondo, Eiichi Tajima, Yuji Tachikawa, Shinsuke Shibahara, Tetsuji Tamanaka, Masao Yamada, Osamu Nakajima, Tetsufumi Toda, Ryo Michigami | 23 |
| 10.8% | Italy |
| Marco Apicella, Vincenzo Sospiri, Mauro Martini, Andrea Boldrini | 4 |
| 5.4% | Ireland |
| Ralph Firman jr., Sarah Kavanagh | 2 |
| 5.4% | Argentina |
| Norberto Fontana, Esteban Tuero | 2 |
| 2.7% | Great Britain |
| Andrew Gilbert-Scott | 1 |
| 2.7% | Finland |
| Risto Virtanen | 1 |
| 2.7% | Sri Lanka |
| Dilantha Malagamuwa | 1 |
| 2.7% | Spain |
| Pedro de la Rosa | 1 |
| 2.7% | Belgium |
| Marc Goossens | 1 |
| 2.7% | Germany |
| Michael Krumm | 1 |
Individual driver statistics for the 1997 Formula Nippon
| # | Date | Circuit | Winner | Second | Third | Pole | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997-04-27 | Suzuka | de la Rosa | Kurosawa | Mitsusada | Takagi | Kaneishi |
| 2 | 1997-05-18 | Mine | de la Rosa | Kurosawa | Iida | Yamamoto | |
| 3 | 1997-06-01 | Fuji | Kurosawa | de la Rosa | Takagi | Kurosawa | Kurosawa |
| 4 | 1997-07-06 | Suzuka | Takagi | Kageyama | de la Rosa | Takagi | Kageyama |
| 5 | 1997-08-03 | Sugo | de la Rosa | Firman jr. | Kageyama | de la Rosa | Fontana |
| 6 | 1997-08-31 | Fuji | de la Rosa | Fontana | Mitsusada | de la Rosa | de la Rosa |
| 7 | 1997-09-14 | Mine | Fontana | de la Rosa | Mitsusada | Takagi | de la Rosa |
| 8 | 1997-09-28 | Motegi | de la Rosa | Kageyama | Fontana | de la Rosa | Kageyama |
| 9 | 1997-10-19 | Fuji | Kaneishi | de la Rosa | Kaneishi | de la Rosa | |
| 10 | 1997-11-09 | Suzuka | de la Rosa | Kurosawa | Kageyama | de la Rosa | Kageyama |
