The 1985 Japanese Formula Two Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 15 teams, 23 drivers, 5 chassis and 3 engines competed.
Team | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds | ||
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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 |
Date | Round | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car |
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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 |
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 | |||||||||
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1 | Satoru Nakajima | Heros Racing | March | Honda | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 115 | ||
2 | Keiji Matsumoto | Team LeMans | March | BMW | 20 | 6 | - | 12 | 67 | ||||||
Team LeMans | March | Yamaha | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||||||||
3 | Kenny Acheson | Team Nova | March | Honda | 10 | 12 | 6 | - | 8 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 66 | ||
4 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Hoshino Racing | March | Honda | 1 | 15 | 15 | - | 20 | - | - | - | 51 | ||
5 | Eje Elgh | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 12 | 1 | - | 49 | |||||||
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | Honda | 8 | 12 | - | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
6 | Geoff Lees | Takuya Racing | March | Yamaha | - | - | 12 | - | 6 | - | 12 | 12 | 42 | ||
7 | Akira Hagiwara | Tomei Racing | March | BMW | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 40 | ||
8 | Masahiro Hasemi | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 3 | - | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 37 | ||
9 | Kenji Takahashi | Advan Sports Tomei | March | BMW | 8 | 10 | - | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 37 | |||
10 | Yoshiyasu Tachi | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | Honda | - | 4 | - | 26 | |||||||
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 4 | 10 | 8 | - | - | ||||||||
11 | Roberto Moreno | Team Nova | March | Honda | 6 | - | - | 15 | - | 21 | |||||
12 | Takao Wada | Advan Sports Tomei | March | BMW | 4 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | 18 | |||
13 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Advan Sports Nova | March | BMW | 2 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 17 | |||
14 | Akio Morimoto | Gear Racing | March | BMW | - | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | 10 | ||||
15 | Hideshi Matsuda | Takeshi Project Team | March | BMW | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
16 | Aguri Suzuki | NC Speed | Lola | BMW | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
17 | Osamu Nakako | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | ||||||
18 | Masatomo Shimizu | Shimizu Racing | Ralt | BMW | - | 2 | |||||||||
Shimizu Racing | March | BMW | 2 | - | - | - | |||||||||
19 | Norimasa Sakamoto | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 1 | 1 |
R=retired NC=not classified DNS=did not start
Place | Name | Country | Team | Chassis | Engine | |||||||||
1 | Satoru Nakajima | Heros Racing | March | Honda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
2 | Keiji Matsumoto | Team LeMans | March | BMW | 1 | 6 | R | 3 | ||||||
Team LeMans | March | Yamaha | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
3 | Kenny Acheson | Team Nova | March | Honda | 4 | 3 | 6 | R | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | ||
4 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Hoshino Racing | March | Honda | 10 | 2 | 2 | DNS | 1 | 11 | 14 | DNS | ||
5 | Eje Elgh | 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 | Takuya Racing | March | Yamaha | R | R | 3 | 11 | 6 | R | 3 | 3 | ||
7 | Akira Hagiwara | Tomei Racing | March | BMW | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | DNS | 12 | 7 | 7 | ||
8 | Masahiro Hasemi | Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | March | BMW | 8 | R | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | ||
9 | Kenji Takahashi | Advan Sports Tomei | March | BMW | 6 | 5 | R | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |||
10 | Yoshiyasu Tachi | 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 | Team Nova | March | Honda | 6 | R | R | 2 | R | |||||
12 | Takao Wada | Advan Sports Tomei | March | BMW | 7 | 8 | R | R | 4 | 10 | R | |||
13 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Advan Sports Nova | March | BMW | 9 | 11 | 8 | R | 7 | 12 | 5 | |||
14 | Akio Morimoto | Gear Racing | March | BMW | 11 | 9 | 5 | NC | 11 | R | ||||
15 | Hideshi Matsuda | Takeshi Project Team | March | BMW | R | 12 | 8 | 12 | R | 10 | R | R | ||
16 | Aguri Suzuki | NC Speed | Lola | BMW | 8 | 10 | ||||||||
17 | Osamu Nakako | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 10 | 9 | R | R | ||||||
18 | Masatomo Shimizu | Shimizu Racing | Ralt | BMW | 12 | |||||||||
Shimizu Racing | March | BMW | 9 | 12 | R | 12 | ||||||||
19 | Norimasa Sakamoto | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 10 | |||||||||
- | Kengo Nakamoto | Team Equipe | Maurer | BMW | 13 | 11 | ||||||||
- | Hironobu Tatsumi | Maribu Motorsport | Ralt | BMW | 13 |