1985 Japanese Formula 2 Championship

The 1985 Japanese Formula Two Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 15 teams, 23 drivers, 5 chassis and 3 engines competed.

Teams and drivers

Team # Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Heros Racing 1 Satoru Nakajima March 85J Honda All
Hoshino Racing 2 Kazuyoshi Hoshino March 85J Honda All
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team 3 Eje Elgh March 842 BMW 1-3
Yoshiyasu Tachi March 842 4-8
5 Masahiro Hasemi March 85J All
6 Yoshiyasu Tachi March 85J Honda 1-3
Eje Elgh March 85J 4-8
Takuya Racing 7 Geoff Lees March 85J Yamaha All
Team LeMans 8 Keiji Matsumoto March 85J BMW 1-4
Yamaha 5-8
Gear Racing 9 Akio Morimoto March 842 BMW 1-5, 7
Team Nova 10 Roberto Moreno March 842 Honda 4-8
11 Kenny Acheson March 85J All
Team Equipe 12 Kengo Nakamoto Maurer MM81 BMW 7-8
Tomei Racing 16 Akira Hagiwara March 85J BMW All
Takeshi Project Racing 17 Hideshi Matsuda March 832 BMW All
Maribu Motorsport 18 Hironobu Tatsumi Ralt RH6/84 BMW 1
Norimasa Sakamoto Ralt RH6/84 4
Osamu Nakako Ralt RH6/84 5-8
Advan Sports Tomei 24 Kenji Takahashi March 85J BMW 1-2, 4-8
26 Takao Wada March 842 BMW 1-2, 4-8
Advan Sports Nova 25 Kunimitsu Takahashi March 85J BMW 1-2, 4-8
Shimizu Racing 33 Masatomo Shimizu Ralt RH6/84 BMW 1
March 842 4-5, 7-8
NC Speed 34 Aguri Suzuki March 842 BMW 6-8

Results

Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car
10/03/85 Rd.1 Suzuka Keiji Matsumoto Team LeMans March-BMW 85J
21/04/85 Rd.2 Fuji Satoru Nakajima Heros Racing March-Honda 85J
12/05/85 Rd.3 Mine Satoru Nakajima Heros Racing March-Honda 85J
26/05/85 Rd.4 Suzuka Satoru Nakajima Heros Racing March-Honda 85J
06/07/86 Rd.5 Suzuka Kazuyoshi Hoshino Hoshino Racing March-Honda 85J
11/08/85 Rd.6 Fuji Kenny Acheson Team Nova March-Honda 85J
29/09/85 Rd.7 Suzuka Satoru Nakajima Heros Racing March-Honda 85J
03/11/85 Rd.8 Suzuka Satoru Nakajima Heros Racing March-Honda 85J

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Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, 3 for eighth place, 2 for ninth place and 1 for tenth place. No additional points were awarded. The best six results count.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Total Points
1 Satoru Nakajima  Japan Heros Racing March Honda 15 20 20 20 15 15 20 20 115
2 Keiji Matsumoto  Japan Team LeMans March BMW 20 6 - 12 67
Team LeMans March Yamaha 2 6 8 15
3 Kenny Acheson  United Kingdom Team Nova March Honda 10 12 6 - 8 20 10 3 66
4 Kazuyoshi Hoshino  Japan Hoshino Racing March Honda 1 15 15 - 20 - - - 51
5 Eje Elgh  Sweden Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March BMW 12 1 - 49
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March Honda 8 12 - 6 10
6 Geoff Lees  United Kingdom Takuya Racing March Yamaha - - 12 - 6 - 12 12 42
7 Akira Hagiwara  Japan Tomei Racing March BMW 8 10 4 10 - - 4 4 40
8 Masahiro Hasemi  Japan Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March BMW 3 - 10 15 4 3 - 2 37
9 Kenji Takahashi  Japan Advan Sports Tomei March BMW 8 10 - 3 12 2 6 37
10 Yoshiyasu Tachi  Japan Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March Honda - 4 - 26
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March BMW 4 10 8 - -
11 Roberto Moreno  Brazil Team Nova March Honda 6 - - 15 - 21
12 Takao Wada  Japan Advan Sports Tomei March BMW 4 3 - - 10 1 - 18
13 Kunimitsu Takahashi  Japan Advan Sports Nova March BMW 2 - 3 - 4 - 8 17
14 Akio Morimoto  Japan Gear Racing March BMW - 2 8 - - - 10
15 Hideshi Matsuda  Japan Takeshi Project Team March BMW - - 3 - - 1 - - 4
16 Aguri Suzuki  Japan NC Speed Lola BMW 3 1 4
17 Osamu Nakako  Japan Maribu Motorsport Ralt BMW 1 2 - - 3
18 Masatomo Shimizu  Japan Shimizu Racing Ralt BMW - 2
Shimizu Racing March BMW 2 - - -
19 Norimasa Sakamoto  Japan Maribu Motorsport Ralt BMW 1 1

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Finishing results

R=retired NC=not classified DNS=did not start

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine
1 Satoru Nakajima  Japan Heros Racing March Honda 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
2 Keiji Matsumoto  Japan Team LeMans March BMW 1 6 R 3
Team LeMans March Yamaha 9 5 6 2
3 Kenny Acheson  United Kingdom Team Nova March Honda 4 3 6 R 3 2 12 3
4 Kazuyoshi Hoshino  Japan Hoshino Racing March Honda 10 2 2 DNS 1 11 14 DNS
5 Eje Elgh  Sweden Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March BMW 3 10 R
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March Honda 5 3 R 6 4
6 Geoff Lees  United Kingdom Takuya Racing March Yamaha R R 3 11 6 R 3 3
7 Akira Hagiwara  Japan Tomei Racing March BMW 5 4 7 4 DNS 12 7 7
8 Masahiro Hasemi  Japan Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March BMW 8 R 4 2 7 8 11 9
9 Kenji Takahashi  Japan Advan Sports Tomei March BMW 6 5 R 8 3 9 6
10 Yoshiyasu Tachi  Japan Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March Honda R 7 R
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team March BMW 7 4 5 R 13
11 Roberto Moreno  Brazil Team Nova March Honda 6 R R 2 R
12 Takao Wada  Japan Advan Sports Tomei March BMW 7 8 R R 4 10 R
13 Kunimitsu Takahashi  Japan Advan Sports Nova March BMW 9 11 8 R 7 12 5
14 Akio Morimoto  Japan Gear Racing March BMW 11 9 5 NC 11 R
15 Hideshi Matsuda  Japan Takeshi Project Team March BMW R 12 8 12 R 10 R R
16 Aguri Suzuki  Japan NC Speed Lola BMW 8 10
17 Osamu Nakako  Japan Maribu Motorsport Ralt BMW 10 9 R R
18 Masatomo Shimizu  Japan Shimizu Racing Ralt BMW 12
Shimizu Racing March BMW 9 12 R 12
19 Norimasa Sakamoto  Japan Maribu Motorsport Ralt BMW 10
- Kengo Nakamoto  Japan Team Equipe Maurer BMW 13 11
- Hironobu Tatsumi  Japan Maribu Motorsport Ralt BMW 13

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References

  1. ^ https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1985_All-Japan_Formula_2_Championship_Central
  2. ^ https://www.driverdb.com/championships/formula-2-japan/1985
  3. ^ https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1985-all-japan-f2-championship/
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