Results of Formula Nippon Round 4  June 23, 1996
Tokachi International Speedway (5.100km)
Weather Conditions: Cool, Overcast

Pos No Driver             Car              Tire Laps  Time 
                                   Qual.
  1 25 Ralf Schumacher    Reynard96D Mugen BS   38  1:09'32.702   4/1'40.923
  2  7 Masami Kageyama    LolaT95/50 Mugen YH   38       -3.548   7/1'40.496
  3 24 Naoki Hattori      Reynard96D Mugen BS   38       -8.447   5/1'40.925
  4 19 Kazuyoshi Hoshino  LolaT96/95 Mugen BS   38       -9.059  18/1'42.752
  5 55 Katsutomo Kaneishi Reynard95D Mugen BS   38       -9.548  11/1'41.035
  6  9 Pedro de la Rosa   LolaT96/51 Mugen BS   38       -9.789   9/1'40.828
  7 65 Takuya Kurosawa    Reynard96D Mugen BS   38      -10.751   2/1'40.227
  8  5 Marco Apicella     Reynard95D Judd  YH   38      -18.868  17/1'42.189
  9  8 Shinji Nakano      Dome F104i Mugen BS   38      -20.205  10/1'41.035
 10 31 Hideki Okada       LolaT95/50 Mugen BS   38      -24.298  12/1'41.197
 11  1 Toshio Suzuki      LolaT96/94 Mugen BS   37       -1 lap   3/1'40.710
 12 30 Eiichi Tajima      LolaT94    Mugen BS   37       -1 lap  20/1'41.407
 13 28 Masahiko Kondo     Reynard94D Mugen BS   37       -1 lap  22/1'43.985
 14 21 Michael Krumm      Reynard95D Mugen BS   36      -2 laps   6/1'41.553
 15 56 Satoshi Motoyama   Reynard95D Mugen BS   36      -2 laps  19/1'43.219
 16 20 Andrew Gilbert-Scott Reynard96D Mugen BS 36      -2 laps  13/1'41.407

DNF
    17 Taichiro Onishi    LolaT94/50 Mugen YH   34      -4 laps  23/1'45.479
    72 Atsushi Kawamoto   LolaT93    Ford  BS   34      -4 laps  21/1'43.978
    10 Norberto Fontana   LolaT96/51 Mugen BS   27     -11 laps   8/1'40.730
    27 Masahiko Kageyama  Reynard96D Mugen BS   24     -14 laps  16/1'42.132
    12 Yukihiro Hane      LolaT94/50 Mugen BS   18     -20 laps  24/1'46.732
    73 Tetsuji Tamanaka   LolaT93    Ford  BS   16     -22 laps  25/1'50.110
     6 Hidetoshi Mitsusada LolaT94/50 Judd YH   15     -23 laps  14/1'41.579
    64 Toranosuke Takagi  Reynard96D Mugen BS   12     -26 laps   1/1'39.625 R
     2 Katsumi Yamamoto   Dome F104i Mugen BS    0     -38 laps  15/1'41.764

Fastest Lap: 21 Michael Krumm  1'41.100 (181.602km/h)
Championship Standings:  Schumacher 24, Hoshino 17, Fontana 16, Hattori 10, 
Masami K. 8, etc.
Next Round:  July 7, Suzuka


Many of the 43,000 race fans gathered at the flat Tokachi track on the
northern island of Hokkaido expected either pole sitter Toranosuke
Takagi or fellow front row starter Takuya Kurosawa to win for the first
time this season, but it was Ralf Schumacher who got the last laugh.

Early race leader Takagi's engine let go on lap 13.  Kurosawa was penalized
for a jump start and fell behind.

To make Schumacher Jr.'s life tougher Norberto Fontana chased the German
hard but he, too, retired on lap 28 when he crashed heavily at the
entrance of the final chicane.

A huge grin on Schumacher's face on the podium. Can anybody stop the guy
in Suzuka? That's the big question.