2004 British Formula Three season

2004 British Formula Three season
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The 2004 British Formula Three season was the 54th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on April 3, and ended on October 1 after twenty-four races.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2004 British Formula Three Championship. The Scholarship class is for older Formula Three cars. Teams in the Invitation class are not series regulars, and do not compete for championship points.

Team No Driver Class Chassis Engine Carlin Motorsport 1 Clivio Piccione C Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 2 Álvaro Parente C Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 21 Danilo Dirani C Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 22 Alexandre Negrão C Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda Hitech Racing 3 Andrew Thompson C Dallara F304 Renault 4 Marko Asmer C Dallara F304 Renault 23 Lucas di Grassi C Dallara F304 Renault 24 James Walker C Dallara F304 Renault Menu F3 Motorsport 5 Will Davison C Dallara F304 Opel Ivor McCullough 6 Fairuz Fauzy C Dallara F304 Opel Rob Austin Fortec Motorsport 7 James Rossiter C Dallara F304 Opel 8 Ronayne O'Mahony C Dallara F304 Opel Marcus Marshall Alan Docking Racing 10 Will Power C Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 59 Adam Khan S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda Promatecme 11 Danny Watts C Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen-Honda 51 Vasilije Calasan S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda P1 Racing 18 Adam Carroll C Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda 19 Ernesto Viso C Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda Fairuz Fauzy T-Sport 32 Karun Chandhok C Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda Barton Mawer 69 Ryan Lewis S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda Piquet Sports 33 Nelson Angelo Piquet C Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda Performance Racing Europe 42 Stephen Jelley S Dallara F301 Opel 43 Barton Mawer S Dallara F301 Opel Ronayne O'Mahony Reon Motorsport 45 James Winslow S Dallara F301 Renault Planet Racing 46 Lars Sexton S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda Opel Signature 71 Nicolas Lapierre I Dallara F304 Opel 72 Gregory Franchi I Dallara F304 Opel Mango Racing 78 Ajith Kumar S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda

Icon Class C Championship S Scholarship I Invitation

Calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Donington Park	April 3	Adam Carroll	Adam Carroll	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
2		April 4	Álvaro Parente	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Clivio Piccione	Carlin Motorsport
3	Silverstone	April 17	James Rossiter	Nelson Angelo Piquet	James Rossiter	Fortec Motorsport
4		April 18	Round cancelled
5	Croft	May 1	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Carlin Motorsport
6		May 2	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Carlin Motorsport
7	Knockhill	May 15	Ernesto Viso	James Rossiter	Ernesto Viso	P1 Racing
8		May 16	James Rossiter	Nelson Angelo Piquet	James Rossiter	Fortec Motorsport
4	Snetterton	June 5	Danilo Dirani	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
9		June 6	Lucas di Grassi	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
10			James Rossiter	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
11	Castle Combe	June 19	Danny Watts	James Rossiter	Danny Watts	Promatecme
12		June 20	Adam Carroll	Marko Asmer	Álvaro Parente	Carlin Motorsport
13	Donington Park	June 26	Adam Carroll	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
14		June 27	Álvaro Parente	Danilo Dirani	Clivio Piccione	Carlin Motorsport
15	Oulton Park	July 17	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
16		July 18	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
17	Silverstone	August 14	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
18		August 15	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Adam Carroll	Marcus Marshall	Fortec Motorsport
19	Thruxton	August 29	James Rossiter	Rob Austin	Lucas di Grassi	Hitech Racing
20		August 30	Lucas di Grassi	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Lucas di Grassi	Hitech Racing
21	Spa-Francorchamps	September 11	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Adam Carroll	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
22		September 12	Adam Carroll	James Rossiter	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
23	Brands Hatch	October 2	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Rob Austin	James Rossiter	Fortec Motorsport
24		October 3	Clivio Piccione	Marko Asmer	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports

Notes:

1.^ – The second race at the first Silverstone meeting was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. It was run at the Snetterton meeting.

Standings

Championship Class

Pos Driver DON SIL CRO KNO SNE CAS DON OUL SIL THR SPA BRH Pts 1 Nelson Angelo Piquet 2 2 3 C 5 Ret 10 3 1 1 4 7 Ret 6 3 1 1 1 4 Ret 2 6 4 2 1 282 2 Adam Carroll 1 Ret 4 C Ret Ret 4 Ret 2 2 1 3 2 1 7 4 8 5 18 3 7 1 1 9 4 233 3 James Rossiter 3 8 1 C 2 Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 2 8 5 3 6 5 3 2 7 2 4 18 13 1 2 228 4 Clivio Piccione 12 1 6 C 9 4 5 Ret 8 9 11 2 4 2 1 8 Ret 10 Ret 4 6 2 2 11 18 161 5 Danilo Dirani 4 Ret Ret C 1 1 7 9 4 4 14 Ret Ret 5 9 11 5 12 3 8 12 3 3 4 Ret 146 6 Danny Watts Ret DNS 5 C 7 9 5 6 5 1 3 Ret 8 6 9 3 8 6 8 4 5 3 6 139 7 Álvaro Parente 8 10 8 C Ret 10 8 8 6 Ret 8 5 1 7 2 3 4 9 2 7 5 10 8 8 5 137 8 Lucas di Grassi 10 9 Ret C 6 3 15 4 3 Ret 7 9 8 Ret Ret Ret 2 11 11 1 1 7 6 Ret 3 130 9 Will Power Ret 4 2 C 15 Ret 2 2 10 3 3 6 13 Ret 10 12 Ret 4 6 10 18 8 9 Ret 9 111 10 Marko Asmer 9 7 9 C 4 6 12 11 Ret Ret 16 12 7 Ret 4 14 6 6 10 5 9 5 7 5 8 87 11 Ernesto Viso 5 5 7 C Ret Ret 1 6 12 5 9 4 Ret 66 12 Fairuz Fauzy 7 Ret 11 C 11 8 11 13 7 7 6 13 6 Ret 12 2 7 8 13 11 11 DNS 21 Ret 11 49 13 Will Davison 14 3 10 C 3 2 Ret 7 13 8 10 48 14 Karun Chandhok 11 11 14 C 8 5 6 5 14 Ret Ret Ret 9 4 Ret Ret DNS 13 Ret 37 15 Andrew Thompson 6 6 12 C 10 7 9 10 9 15 15 10 Ret Ret Ret 7 10 14 12 9 10 14 14 10 7 36 16 Rob Austin 7 5 14 3 6 12 32 17 Marcus Marshall 16 13 13 11 12 11 14 13 11 9 12 Ret 1 Ret 14 24 18 James Walker 13 14 13 C 12 11 Ret 12 11 10 13 14 12 12 5 10 Ret 15 14 15 13 13 11 7 10 20 19 Alexandre Negrão 11 12 1 20 Barton Mawer 12 15 0 21 Ivor McCullough 14 13 0 22 Ronayne O'Mahony 17 Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Gregory Franchi 9 Ret 0 Nicolas Lapierre DNS 10 0 Pos Driver DON SIL CRO KNO SNE CAS DON OUL SIL THR SPA BRH Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

Scholarship Class

Pos Driver DON SIL CRO KNO SNE CAS DON OUL SIL THR SPA BRH Pts 1 Ryan Lewis 15 12 15 C 13 15 Ret 14 15 12 17 15 10 8 15 13 13 18 Ret 12 16 15 16 12 14 423 2 Stephen Jelley 20 13 16 C 14 14 Ret Ret Ret 13 19 17 11 9 13 Ret 11 Ret 17 13 15 DNS 19 13 15 266 3 Vasilije Calasan 19 Ret 19 C 18 16 17 Ret Ret 17 20 16 Ret 11 Ret 16 14 16 9 17 DNS 17 18 16 17 212 4 Barton Mawer 16 Ret 17 C 17 12 14 15 17 14 18 134 5 Ronayne O'Mahony 10 14 15 Ret Ret 16 16 17 16 17 Ret 16 121 6 Adam Khan 18 Ret 18 C 19 17 16 Ret 16 16 DNS 78 7 Ajith Kumar 21 15 Ret C Ret 18 18 16 18 18 21 70 8 Lars Sexton Ret C 17 19 15 19 43 9 James Winslow Ret 15 15 Pos Driver DON SIL CRO KNO SNE CAS DON OUL SIL THR SPA BRH Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

External links

• The official website of the British Formula Three Championship