(July 6, 1997)
Race Report
Toranosuke, Pole to Win!
Suzuka Circuit (July 6) -RIJ- Toranosuke Takagi won the All Japan Formula Nippon Championship Round-4 at Suzuka Sunday. He started from Pole Position and took lead from start to finish.
Masahiko Kageyama, started from second grid, took a lead after start, but Takagi took lead again at second corner. Kageyama chased Takagi, but he was attacked by Spanish point leader Pedro de la Rossa and gave up to chase Takagi. Pedro de la Rossa started from sixth grid and rised to fifth on first lap. Then he passed young Japanese drivers Masami Kageyama on Lap 2 and Hidetoshi Mitsusada on Lap 10, but Masahiko Kageyama, elder brother of Masami Kageyama, kept second until final checkered flag.
Suzuka Circuit -RIJ- Here are the Results of All Japan Formula Nippon Round-4 at Suzuka Circuit: ( km)
P No. Driver------------- Car-----------------Lap-Time/Behind-km/h--
1 64 Toranosuke Takagi (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 35 1:03'54.672 192.68
2 20 Masahiko Kageyama (J) Lola T95/Mugen 35 - 3.707
3 9 Pedro de la Rosa (E) Lola T97/Mugen 35 - 5.597
4 11 Hidetoshi Mitsusada(J) Lola T96/Mugen 35 - 21.547
5 27 Masami Kageyama (J) Reynard 96D/Mugen 35 - 23.930
6 18 Ralf Firman (GB) Reynard 97D/Mugen 35 - 45.877
7 10 Akira Iida (J) Lola R97/Mugen 35 - 47.278
8 35 Marco Apicella (I) Reynard 96D/Mugen 35 - 1'10.476
9 28 Katsumi Yamamoto (J) Reynard 95D/Mugen 35 - 1'11.206
10 55 Katsutomo Kaneishi (J) Reynard 96D/Mugen 35 - 1'23.779
11 2 Esteban Tuero (RA) Reynard 97D/Mugen 35 - 1'34.087
12 34 Andrew Gil.-Scott (GB) Lola T96/Mugen 35 - 1'48.056
13 6 Eiichi Tajima (J) Reynard 96D/Judd 34 - 1 Lap
14 17 Masahiko Kondo (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 34 - 1 Lap
15 3 Atsushi Kawamoto (J) Reynard 96D/Mugen 33 - 2 Laps
16 36 Tetsuji Tamanaka (J) Lola T95/Mugen 33 - 2 Laps
17 62 Tetsuji Toda (J) Reynard 94D/Mugen 33 - 2 Laps
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33 Toshio Suzuki (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 17 - 18 Laps
19 Takuya Kurosawa (J) Lola T96/Mugen 14 - 21 Laps
1 Norberto Fontana (RA) Reynard 97D/Mugen 11 - 24 Laps
65 Koji Yamanishi (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 10 - 25 Laps
5 Marc Goossens (B) Reynard 96D/Judd 9 - 26 Laps
37 Masao Yamada (J) Lola T94/Mugen 9 - 26 Laps
63 Dilantha Malagamuwa(SRI)Reynard96D/Mugen 2 - 33 Laps
56 Satoshi Motoyama (J) Reynard 97D/Mugen 2 - 33 Laps
8 Juichi Wakisaka (J) Dome F104R/Mugen 1 - 34 Laps
Fastest Lap: #20 Masahiko Kageyama, 1'48.347 (194.84Km/h) On Lap 25/35.
Weather: Fine, Course: Dry.
POINT STANDING:
Round
P. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
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1 Pedro de la Rosa (E) 10 10 6 4 30
2 Takuya Kurosawa (J) 6 6 10 0 22
3 Toranosuke Takagi (J) 0 -- 4 10 14
4 Hidetoshi Mitsusada(J) 4 0 3 3 10
5 Masahiko Kageyama (J) 0 0 2 6 8
6 Akira Iida (J) 1 4 0 0 5
7 Ralf Firman (GB) 0 3 0 1 4
8 Satoshi Motoyama (J) 3 -- 0 0 3
9 Masami Kageyama (J) 0 0 0 2 2
9 Toshio Suzuki (J) 0 2 0 0 2
9 Koji Yamanishi (J) 2 0 0 0 2
12 Norberto Fontana (RA) 0 0 1 0 1
12 Juichi Wakisaka (J) 0 1 0 0 1
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