Press Release 98 Update Oct. 2nd., 1997 Pedro, 6th overall in the Champion World Driver ranking Pedro de la Rosa, 1997 Formula Nippon Champion, ranks 6th overall in the CHAMPION Drivers Ranking after his fifth win of the season at Motegi ...
Press Release 98 Update Oct. 2nd., 1997
Pedro, 6th overall in the Champion World Driver ranking
Pedro de la Rosa, 1997 Formula Nippon Champion, ranks 6th overall in the CHAMPION Drivers Ranking after his fifth win of the season at Motegi last Sunday.
The CHAMPION (Spark-plug) World Drivers Ranking computes all drivers participating in 25 of the most important circuit championships all over the World, from F-1 and CART to F-3 championships and from NASCAR to most of National Super Touring Car championships.
Pedro has strong chances of improving his actual position because he still has two races of F. Nippon left while CART and BSTCC have finished already.
The 1997 Formula Nippon Champion has also won one race and has finished 2nd and 3rd once in the Japanese GT Championship -the popular International series in which several former F-1 drivers can be found-. Unfortunately for Pedro, this series is not considered for the Ranking.
CHAMPION Drivers Ranking - Standings as by Sep. 29th.
1 - Michael Schumacher F-1 899 points 15 races accounted 2 - Alex Zanardi CART 887 17 races 3- Jacques Villeneuve F-1 874 15 races 4- Jeff Gordon NASCAR 808 25+ 5- Gil de Ferran CART 751 17 races 6- Pedro de la Rosa JF-3000 748 8 races 7- Alain Menu BSTCC 691 24 races
15- Jean Alesi 19- Ricardo Zonta 20- Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Information about CHAMPION World Drivers Ranking system and full standings can be found on http://www.champion-ranking.com
FORMULA NIPPON - Round 8 - MOTEGI (28.09.97)
Pedro won his fifth F. Nippon race of the season at Honda's new hi-tech facility, Motegi. Starting from pole, Pedro was unchallenged most of the race. Briton Ralph Firman finished 5th.
FINAL RESULTS
1 - Pedro M. de la Rosa Lola - Mugen 1h. 09.34.297 at 178.05 km/h 2 - Masami Kageyama Reynard - Mugen 1h. 09.37.588 3 - Norberto Fontana Reynard - Mugen 1h. 09.47.753 4 - Jyuichi Wakisaka Dome - Honda 1h.10.01.055 5 - Ralph Firman Reynard - Mugen 1h.10.24.002 6 - Michael Krumm Reynard - Mugen 1h.10.26.127
Championship standings after 8 races (out of 10): 1 - Pedro M. de la Rosa, 66 points. 2 - Takuya Kurosawa, 22. 3 - Norberto Fontana, 21. 4 - Hidetoshi Mitsusada, 18. 5 - Toranosuke Takagi, 16. 6 - Masahiko Kageyama, Ralph Firman & Masami Kageyama,12..... 16 qualifiyed.
