2004 British Formula 3 International Series

The 2004 British Formula Three season was the 54th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 3 April, and ended on 1 October 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	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver	Rounds
Championship Class
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	1	Clivio Piccione	All
			2	Álvaro Parente	All
			21	Danilo Dirani	All
			22	Alexandre Negrão	11
Hitech Racing	Dallara F304	Renault	3	Andrew Thompson	All
			4	Marko Asmer	All
			23	Lucas di Grassi	All
			24	James Walker	All
Menu F3 Motorsport	Dallara F304	Opel	5	Will Davison	1-5
			5	Ivor McCullough	12
			6	Rob Austin	9-10, 12
			6	Fairuz Fauzy	1-4
			39	Fairuz Fauzy	5-7
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F304	Opel	7	James Rossiter	All
			8	Ronayne O'Mahony	1
			8	Marcus Marshall	3-10
Alan Docking Racing	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	10	Will Power	All
Promatecme	Lola-Dome F106/4	Mugen-Honda	11	Danny Watts	1-3, 5-12
P1 Racing	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	18	Adam Carroll	All
			19	Ernesto Viso	1-6
			19	Fairuz Fauzy	8-12
T-Sport	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	32	Karun Chandhok	1-9
T-Sport	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	32	Barton Mawer	11
Piquet Sports	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	33	Nelson Angelo Piquet	All
Scholarship Class
Performance Racing Europe	Dallara F301	Opel	42	Stephen Jelley	All
			43	Barton Mawer	1-5
			43	Ronayne O'Mahony	7-12
Reon Motorsport	Dallara F301	Renault	45	James Winslow	9
Planet Racing	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	46	Lars Sexton	2, 9, 12
Promatecme	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	51	Vasilije Calasan	All
Alan Docking Racing	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	59	Adam Khan	1-5
T-Sport	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	69	Ryan Lewis	All
Mango Racing	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	78	Ajith Kumar	1-5
Invitation Entries
Opel Signature	Dallara F304	Opel	71	Nicolas Lapierre	11
Opel Signature	Dallara F304	Opel	72	Gregory Franchi	11

Calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Donington Park	3 April	Adam Carroll	Adam Carroll	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
2	Donington Park	4 April	Álvaro Parente	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Clivio Piccione	Carlin Motorsport
3	Silverstone	17 April	James Rossiter	Nelson Angelo Piquet	James Rossiter	Fortec Motorsport
4	Silverstone	18 April	Round cancelled¹
5	Croft	1 May	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Carlin Motorsport
6	Croft	2 May	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Carlin Motorsport
7	Knockhill	15 May	Ernesto Viso	James Rossiter	Ernesto Viso	P1 Racing
8	Knockhill	16 May	James Rossiter	Nelson Angelo Piquet	James Rossiter	Fortec Motorsport
4¹	Snetterton	5 June	Danilo Dirani	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
9		6 June	Lucas di Grassi	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
10		6 June	James Rossiter	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
11	Castle Combe	19 June	Danny Watts	James Rossiter	Danny Watts	Promatecme
12	Castle Combe	20 June	Adam Carroll	Marko Asmer	Álvaro Parente	Carlin Motorsport
13	Donington Park	26 June	Adam Carroll	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
14	Donington Park	27 June	Álvaro Parente	Danilo Dirani	Clivio Piccione	Carlin Motorsport
15	Oulton Park	17 July	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
16	Oulton Park	18 July	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
17	Silverstone	14 August	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Piquet Sports
18	Silverstone	15 August	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Adam Carroll	Marcus Marshall	Fortec Motorsport
19	Thruxton	29 August	James Rossiter	Rob Austin	Lucas di Grassi	Hitech Racing
20	Thruxton	30 August	Lucas di Grassi	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Lucas di Grassi	Hitech Racing
21	Spa-Francorchamps	11 September	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Adam Carroll	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
22	Spa-Francorchamps	12 September	Adam Carroll	James Rossiter	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
23	Brands Hatch	2 October	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Rob Austin	James Rossiter	Fortec Motorsport
24	Brands Hatch	3 October	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.^[1] 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	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	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	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

^ Gledhill, Mark (18 April 2004). "Rain cancels second race at Silverstone". motorsport.com. GMM. Retrieved 13 November 2010.

External links

The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship

[1] Gledhill, Mark (18 April 2004). "Rain cancels second race at Silverstone". motorsport.com. GMM. Retrieved 13 November 2010.

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