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Formula Nippon 1998 standings
Championship points standings for the Formula Nippon 1998
| Position | Driver | Team | Car | Engine | Tyres | Points | 1. | 
| Satoshi Motoyama | Lemoned Racing Team Le Mans | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 45 |
2. |
| Masami Kageyama | Shionogi Team Nova | Lola T96/51 (Mugen) | 38 |
3. |
| Juichi Wakisaka | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Lola T97/51 (Mugen) | 25 |
4. | 
| Norberto Fontana | Lemoned Racing Team Le Mans | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 21 |
4. |
| Masahiko Kageyama | Maziora Team Impul | Lola T98/51 (Mugen) | 21 |
6. | 
| Marc Goossens | Team 5Zigen | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 17 |
7. | 
| Ralph Firman jr. | Shionogi Team Nova | Lola T96/51 (Mugen) | 13 |
7. |
| Katsutomo Kaneishi | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Lola T98/51 (Mugen) | 13 |
9. |
| Ryo Michigami | Jaccs Mooncraft M.S.P. | Reynard 96D (Mugen) | 11 |
10. |
| Hideki Noda | Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | Lola T98/51 (Mugen) | 9 |
11. | 
| Tom Coronel | Piaa Nakajima Racing | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 8 |
12. |
| Takuya Kurosawa | Maziora Team Impul | Lola T98/51 (Mugen) | 6 |
13. |
| Akira Iida | Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | Lola T96/52 (Mugen) | 2 |
13. |
| Yuji Tachikawa | Team TMS | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 2 |
15. |
| Tsugio Matsuda | Piaa Nakajima Racing | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 1 |
15. |
| Tetsuya Tanaka | Be Brides Racing | Lola T95/50 (Mugen) | 1 |
15. |
| Koji Yamanishi | Piaa Nakajima Racing | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 1 |
| Akira Ishikawa | Be Brides Racing | Lola T96/52 (Mugen) | 0 |
| Atsushi Kawamoto | Asahi Kiko Sports | Reynard 96D (Mugen) | 0 |
| Masahiko Kondo | Team TMS | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 0 |
| Dilantha Malagamuwa | Stellar International | Reynard 96D (Mugen) | 0 |
| Osamu Nakajima | Team LeyJun | Reynard 95D (Mugen) Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 0 |
| Taichirou Oonishi | Team LeyJun | Reynard 95D (Mugen) | 0 |
| Shinsuke Shibahara | Team LeyJun | Reynard 95D (Mugen) Reynard 96D (Mugen) | 0 |
| Tokiyasu Souda | Kyoetsu Stellar | Reynard 96D (Mugen) | 0 |
| Tsuyoshi Takahashi | Team TMS | Reynard 97D (Mugen) | 0 |
| Tetsuji Tamanaka | Takagi B-1 Racing Team | Lola T96/51 (Mugen) | 0 |
| Shigekazu Wakisaka | Team 5Zigen | Reynard 96D (Mugen) | 0 |
| Masao Yamada | Takagi B-1 Racing Team | Lola T95/50 (Mugen) Lola T94/50 (Mugen) | 0 |
|---|
| Driver | Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Most race wins |
| Satoshi Motoyama | 3 |
| Most pole positions |
| Satoshi Motoyama | 2 |
| Most podium positions |
| Satoshi Motoyama | 5 |
|
| Masami Kageyama | 5 | |
| Most podium positions without a win |
| Marc Goossens | 2 |
|
| Ralph Firman jr. | 2 | |
|
| Ryo Michigami | 2 | |
| Most fastest race laps |
| Satoshi Motoyama | 2 |
|
| Masahiko Kageyama | 2 | |
|
| Hideki Noda | 2 |
Nationality of participating drivers
| % | Country | Drivers | Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82.8% | Japan |
| Satoshi Motoyama, Juichi Wakisaka, Masahiko Kageyama, Katsutomo Kaneishi, Ryo Michigami, Hideki Noda, Takuya Kurosawa, Akira Iida, Yuji Tachikawa, Tetsuya Tanaka, Koji Yamanishi, Tsugio Matsuda, Masahiko Kondo, Shigekazu Wakisaka, Akira Ishikawa, Tetsuji Tamanaka, Osamu Nakajima, Atsushi Kawamoto, Shinsuke Shibahara, Taichirou Oonishi, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Masao Yamada, Tokiyasu Souda, Masami Kageyama | 24 |
| 3.4% | Argentina |
| Norberto Fontana | 1 |
| 3.4% | Sri Lanka |
| Dilantha Malagamuwa | 1 |
| 3.4% | Netherlands |
| Tom Coronel | 1 |
| 3.4% | Ireland |
| Ralph Firman jr. | 1 |
| 3.4% | Belgium |
| Marc Goossens | 1 |
Individual driver statistics for the 1998 Formula Nippon
| Driver | Age | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | Fastest laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronel, Tom |
| 26 y/o | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Firman jr., Ralph |
| 23 y/o | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Fontana, Norberto |
| 23 y/o | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Goossens, Marc |
| 28 y/o | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Iida, Akira |
| 28 y/o | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishikawa, Akira |
| 33 y/o | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kageyama, Masahiko |
| 34 y/o | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kageyama, Masami |
| 31 y/o | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Kaneishi, Katsutomo |
| 29 y/o | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kawamoto, Atsushi |
| 32 y/o | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kondo, Masahiko |
| 33 y/o | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurosawa, Takuya |
| 36 y/o | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Malagamuwa, Dilantha |
| 35 y/o | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matsuda, Tsugio |
| 19 y/o | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigami, Ryo |
| 25 y/o | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Motoyama, Satoshi |
| 27 y/o | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Nakajima, Osamu |
| 40 y/o | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noda, Hideki |
| 29 y/o | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oonishi, Taichirou |
| 31 y/o | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shibahara, Shinsuke |
| 31 y/o | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Souda, Tokiyasu |
| n/a | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tachikawa, Yuji |
| 22 y/o | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takahashi, Tsuyoshi |
| 25 y/o | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamanaka, Tetsuji |
| 36 y/o | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanaka, Tetsuya |
| 32 y/o | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wakisaka, Juichi |
| 25 y/o | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Wakisaka, Shigekazu |
| 23 y/o | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamada, Masao |
| 47 y/o | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamanishi, Koji |
| 20 y/o | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Date | Circuit | Winner | Second | Third | Pole | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998-04-19 | Suzuka | Kageyama | Kageyama | Fontana | Firman jr. | Coronel |
| 2 | 1998-05-17 | Mine | Motoyama | Wakisaka | Michigami | Wakisaka | Motoyama |
| 3 | 1998-05-31 | Fuji | Motoyama | Kaneishi | Kurosawa | Motoyama | Kaneishi |
| 4 | 1998-06-14 | Motegi | Wakisaka | Motoyama | Kageyama | Fontana | Noda |
| 5 | 1998-07-05 | Suzuka | Kageyama | Goossens | Kageyama | Kageyama | Wakisaka |
| 6 | 1998-08-02 | Sugo | Kageyama | Firman jr. | Noda | Kageyama | Kageyama |
| 7 | 1998-08-30 | Fuji | |||||
| 8 | 1998-09-20 | Mine | Motoyama | Fontana | Goossens | Noda | Motoyama |
| 9 | 1998-10-18 | Fuji | Fontana | Motoyama | Firman jr. | Kageyama | Noda |
| 10 | 1998-11-29 | Suzuka | Kageyama | Wakisaka | Michigami | Motoyama | Kageyama |
