Formula Nippon 2012 - Page 2

Juntos · 1 Apr 2012, 03:21 (Ref:3051529)

Or looking for a sponsor to rename the series? They say Rome wasn't built in a day. And yet what a difference a day makes.

Flyin Ryan · 3 Apr 2012, 03:13 (Ref:3052653)

anywhere to catch full races of this on the web?

tbz · 3 Apr 2012, 06:14 (Ref:3052686)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyin Ryan

anywhere to catch full races of this on the web?

yes, there're some sources to catch of this on the web. here and here

tbz · 12 Apr 2012, 08:42 (Ref:3057678)

Entry List

Review 2011 Suzuka

Weather Forecast

Broadcast

Television Broadcast:
4/14/2012 at 14:00 pm JST on J-Sports
4/15/2012 at 14:30 pm JST on J-Sports

Qualifying:
4/14/2012 at 14:00 pm JST on J-Sports

Live Race streaming:
4/15/2012 at 14:30 pm JST (6:45 am CET) Multifeed
"maybe on ustream as well"

Track: Suzuka Circuit 5,807 km
Laps: 43 - 249,7km

tbz · 13 Apr 2012, 17:21 (Ref:3058498)

Suzuka Top5, first practice session of the season.

1. Tsukagoshi DOCOMO FN09/HONDA 1'38"944
2. Lotterer PETRONAS TOM'S FN09/TOYOTA 1'39"296
3. De Oliveira TEAM IMPUL FN09/TOYOTA 1'39"486
4. Duval KYGNUS SUNOCO FN09/TOYOTA 1'39"671
5. Nakajima PETRONAS TOM'S FN09/TOYOTA 1'39"698

tbz · 14 Apr 2012, 06:33 (Ref:3058764)

Suzuka - Qualifying Top5 Result

1 Izawa DOCOMO DANDELION FN09/HONDA
2 Tsukagoshi DOCOMO DANDELION FN09/HONDA
3 Nakajima PETRONAS TOM'S FN09/TOYOTA
4 Oshima Team LeMans FN09/TOYOTA
5 Matsuda TEAM IMPUL FN09/TOYOTA

kurski · 15 Apr 2012, 10:09 (Ref:3059377)

Former f1 driver Kazuki Nakajima win season open Formula Nippon race Suzuka, second Koudai Tsukakoshi, thirt Joao Paulo Lima de Oliveira and fourth Kazuya Oshima.

tbz · 15 Apr 2012, 10:11 (Ref:3059378)

Race will be streamed as-live in next minutes.

http://bit.ly/ILwdmA

have fun and enjoy

thanks for spoiling @kurski

tbz · 15 Apr 2012, 14:35 (Ref:3059565)

Recap of the Opening Race. (english)

**gomick** · 16 Apr 2012, 08:47 (Ref:3060069)

Good vid, good looking cars too - i like it

**gomick** · 18 Apr 2012, 07:28 (Ref:3061292)

Standings after round 1...

tbz · 11 May 2012, 12:39 (Ref:3072663)

GET RE READY for Round2 - Twin Ring Motegi

Race
Sunday 13th May at 14:00pm (JST) // 7:00am (CET)

TV Schedule: J-Sports 2 = 14.00pm - 17:00pm LIVE

p.s. unoffical stream on vipbox.tv (live)

BackmarkerUK · 11 May 2012, 13:20 (Ref:3072669)

I've not been following FNippon too closely, might any of these drivers make it to Europe/F1 eventually? Not including ex-F1 drivers.

HaydenFan · 12 May 2012, 02:10 (Ref:3072891)

Quote:

Originally Posted by BackmarkerUK

I've not been following FNippon too closely, might any of these drivers make it to Europe/F1 eventually? Not including ex-F1 drivers.

Not to sounds blunt, but no. It's like the IndyCar series. One you enter, odds are that is where your open wheel career will stay. No longer do we see it like the early 90's where it was actually a better place to spring board an F1 career from than International F3000 and CART.

tbz · 12 May 2012, 12:57 (Ref:3073020)

Qualy Result - Motegi

ptclaus98 · 12 May 2012, 14:56 (Ref:3073077)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaydenFan

Not to sounds blunt, but no. It's like the IndyCar series. One you enter, odds are that is where your open wheel career will stay. No longer do we see it like the early 90's where it was actually a better place to spring board an F1 career from than International F3000 and CART.

It's not like it's a bad place to end up, though. With some luck you could end up with a pretty good sportscar drive on top of everything.

**chunterer** · 12 May 2012, 18:57 (Ref:3073154)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaydenFan

Not to sounds blunt, but no. It's like the IndyCar series. One you enter, odds are that is where your open wheel career will stay. No longer do we see it like the early 90's where it was actually a better place to spring board an F1 career from than International F3000 and CART.

A handful of decent drivers came from Nippon to F1, but that was mainly because they weren't able to either do 3000, or progress straight from 3000 in the first place. Nippon allowed those guys to show that they were good enough without the budget required in Europe but in reality 1991-96 was a kind of purple patch for the Japanese series, the same with CART in its halycon days of 1996-2000.

In both case Nippon and CART had great depth of talent and Indycar is only just remotely returning to that depth of quality over 10 years later. I'm not sure Nippion ever will and as a result it isn't as attractive I guess?

MagVanisher · 13 May 2012, 12:49 (Ref:3073630)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunterer

I'm not sure Nippion ever will and as a result it isn't as attractive I guess?

If they want Formula Nippon to have the same level as the current IndyCar, why not ask Swift to make an update on their Formula car like letting the teams make aero parts with a limited budget, as well as pushing hybrid tech on this series.

**gomick** · 14 May 2012, 07:12 (Ref:3074145)

FNippon will always be below IndyCar & so it should be... Saying that, IndyCar aint a springboard to F1, but FNippon could produce the next Japanese driver!

Andre Lotterer won round 2 at Motegi, his 17th FNippon win i believe...

Standings after round 2...

ivanalesi · 14 May 2012, 08:58 (Ref:3074208)

I think that Japan is a good career path for a driver in the current tire dominated world of F1, because you get to test a lot of tires and work with the tire manufacturers and this must make a big impact on your development as a driver. It's not like here to have 2 sets for the day... and that's it. You could see how Ben & Andre were fast from the word go in the Audis, especially in Le Mans with all the different conditions and compounds.

ptclaus98 · 14 May 2012, 19:03 (Ref:3074516)

Why should FNippon be below IndyCar, and how is it so? The cars are faster, the technology is greater.

**gomick** · 16 May 2012, 11:19 (Ref:3075227)

Would you rather be IndyCar Champion or FNippon Champion?

ptclaus98 · 16 May 2012, 11:28 (Ref:3075235)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gomick

Would you rather be IndyCar Champion or FNippon Champion?

I would rather be Indy 500 champion than both, but of the two I'd rather be a Formula Nippon champion as it would mean that I most likely have a top drive in Super GT or would have a top drive in Super GT, plus I'd be making quite a bit more money as the Japanese are willing to throw more money into this type of racing than Americans. Duval, Lotterer, and Treluyer also have pretty sweet rides in sportscars, although that's down to them being French more than anything. The career possibilities are many many many more in Japan than they are in America. You can't get to F1 from either, but with Japan and it's manufacturers, I could do more in a career.

**gomick** · 17 May 2012, 09:39 (Ref:3075617)

True, but IndyCar can get you into NASCAR

ivanalesi · 17 May 2012, 21:41 (Ref:3075902)

Where you can play 5 days a week with model aircrafts while taking fast food!

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