Hattori won and closed to his team mate in Championship!

1996 All Japan Championship, Formula Nippon, Round-9,
Race Results

Suzuka, Japan -RIJ-  Here are the Results for Sunday's All Japan Championship, Formula Nippon Round-9 at Suzuka Circuit:

  RACE RESULTS:
  September 29, 1996.                 Weather: Cloudy,  Course: Dry

 Po--No-Driver-----------------Car-------Engine-Lap-Time--------km/h,Behi.
  1  24 Naoki Hattori      (J) Reynard 96D Mugen 35 1:02'50.115 195.98Km
  2  19 Kazuyoshi Hoshino  (J) Lola T96/52 Mugen 35 1:02'51.629    1.514
  3   1 Toshio Suzuki      (J) Lola T96/94 Mugen 35 1:02'58.956    8.841
  4  25 Ralf Schumacher    (D) Reynard 96D Mugen 35 1:03'01.273   11.158
  5   9 Pedoro De La Rosa  (E) Lola T96/51 Mugen 35 1:03'04.750   14.635
  6  64 Toranosuke Takagi  (J) Reynard 96D Mugen 35 1:03'33.786   43.671
  7  27 Masahiko Kageyama  (J) Reynard 95D Mugen 35 1:03'35.360   45.245
  8  65 Takuya Kurosawa    (J) Reynard 96D Mugen 35 1:03'44.567   54.452
  9   8 Shinji Nakano      (J) Dome F104i  Mugen 35 1:03'44.937   54.822
 10   5 Marco Apicella     (I) Reynard 95D Judd  35 1:03'49.977   59.862
 11  10 Norberto Fontana  (RA) Lola T96/51 Mugen 35 1:03'50.313 1'00.198
 12  12 Yukihiro Hane      (J) Lola T94/50 Mugen 35 1:04'33.966 1'43.851
 13  15 Tetsuya Tanaka     (J) Lola T93    Mugen 33 1:03'03.545   2 Laps
 14  17 Taichiro Onishi    (J) Lola T94/50 Mugen 32 1:04'08.331   3 Laps
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     73 Tesuji Tamanaka    (J) Lola T93    DFV   30 1:00'28.700   5 Laps
      6 Hidetoshi Mitsusada(J) Lola T94/50 Judd  27   51'13.396   8 Laps
     31 Hideki Okada       (J) Lola T95    Mugen 23   42'53.922  12 Laps
     28 Masahjiko Kondo    (J) Reynard 95D Mugen 23   42'55.304  12 Laps
      2 Katsumi Yamamoto   (J) Dome104i    Mugen 22   40'24.838  13 Laps
      7 Masami Kageyama    (J) Lola T95/50 Mugen 21   42'45.076  14 Laps
     21 Michael Krumm      (D) Reynard 95D Mugen 20   36'45.407  15 Laps
     56 Satoshi Motoyama   (J) Reynard 95D Mugen 15   27'41.236  20 Laps
     20 Andrew G.Scott    (GB) Reynard 96D Mugen 11   25'25.099  24 Laps
     72 Atsushi Kawamoto   (J) Lola T93    DFV    9   17'22.879  26 Laps
     55 Katsutomo Kaneiishi(J) Reynard 95D Mugen  7   59'08.871  28 Laps
     30 Eiichi Tajima      (J) Lola T94    Mugen  1    2'23.449  34 Laps
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  Fastest Lap: #8, Shinji Nakano, 1'45.825 (199.48 km/h) On Lap 35/35.
  Penalty: #6, Penalty Pit Stop (10 sec.)
           #55, Fined 50,000 Yen beucause of Pit Speed Limit violation.

   Data: Suzuka Circuit via NIFTY-Serve Auto Racing Forum.
          RIJ-Mitsuru Sugaya/Tokyo,

  

Championship Standing: (10-6-4-3-2-1)
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  1, Ralf Schumacher,      40 (4-10-0-10-3-0-0-10-3)
  2, Naoki Hattori,        38 (0-0-6-4-4-0-10-4-10)
  3, Kazuyoshi Hoshino,    31 (10-0-4-3-2-6-0-0-6)
  4, Toranosuke Takagi,    25 (0-4-0-0-10-10-0-0-1)
  5, Norberto Fontana,     22 (0-6-10-0-0-6-0-0)
  6, Shinji Nakano,        17 (6-0-0-0-1-0-4-6-0)
  7, Takuya Kurosawa,      10 (0-0-0-0-6-2-0-2-0)
  8, Satoshi Motoyama,      9 (0-0-2-0-0-4-2-1-0)
  9, Katsutomo Kaneishi,    9 (1-0-3-2-0-0-3-0-0)
 10, Masami Kageyama,       8 (0-2-0-6-0-0-0-0-0)
 11, Toshio Suzuki,         7 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-4)
 12, Pedro De La Rosa,      7 (2-0-1-1-0-0-1-0-2)
 13, Michael Krumm,         4 (3-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
 14, Marco Apicella,        3 (0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
 14, Andrew G.Scott,        3 (0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0)
 16, Katsumi Yamamoto,      1 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)

   Data: Nakajima Planning via NIFTY-Serve Auto Racing Forum.
          RIJ-Mitsuru Sugaya/Tokyo,