2004 Formula 3 Euro Series

The 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the second championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in either one or two sessions – and two 30-minute qualifying sessions. This was followed by a c.110 km race on Saturday and a c.80 km race on Sunday. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win.

Teams and drivers

2004 Entry List^[1]
Team	No.	Driver	Status	Chassis^{[N 1]}	Engine	Rounds
Prema Powerteam	1	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		F304/009	Opel	1–5
	1	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		F303/025		6–10
	2	Franck Perera		F304/010		All
	26	Roberto Streit	R	F304/011		All
	41	Kohei Hirate	R	F304/009		8, 10
ASL-Mücke Motorsport / ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	3	Bruno Spengler		F302/012	Mercedes	All
ASL-Mücke Motorsport / ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	4	Robert Kubica		F302/032	Mercedes	All
ASM Formule 3	5	Alexandre Prémat		F303/015	Mercedes	All
	6	Jamie Green		F303/016		All
	27	Eric Salignon		F303/014		1–8
	27	Adrian Sutil	R	F303/014		10
Opel Team KMS	7	Alexandros Margaritis		F303/021	Opel	1–6
	7	Ruben Carrapatoso		F303/009	Opel	7–10
	8	Robert Kath	R	F303/009	Opel	1–6
Opel Team Signature-Plus	9	Giedo van der Garde	R	F302/018	Opel	All
Opel Team Signature-Plus	10	Nicolas Lapierre		F304/004	Opel	All
Team Rosberg	11	Nico Rosberg		F303/006	Opel	All
Team Rosberg	12	Andreas Zuber		F303/005 F303/206	Opel	All
Team Ghinzani	14	Philipp Baron		F302/042	Mugen	All
	15	Derek Hayes		F302/003		9
	31	Marco Bonanomi	R	F302/052		All
Maximilian Götz	18	Maximilian Götz	R	F303/001	TOM's	1–9
Ross Zwolsman	19	Ross Zwolsman	R	F302/088	TOM's	1
Swiss Racing Team	20	Fernando Rees		F302/061	Opel	1
	20	Peter Elkmann		F302/061	Opel	5–10
	21	Dennis Furchheim	R	F302/011	Opel	1–2
	21	Alejandro Núñez		F302/011	Opel	6–10
HBR Motorsport	22	Daniel la Rosa		F304/012	Opel	All
HBR Motorsport	23	Hannes Neuhauser	R	F303/022	Opel	All
Team Kolles	24	Adrian Sutil	R	F303/012	Mercedes	1–9
	24	Maximilian Götz	R	F303/012		10
	25	Tom Kimber-Smith	R	F302/076		All
Opel Team Signature	29	Loïc Duval	R	F302/043	Opel	All
Opel Team Signature	30	Gregory Franchi	R	F302/067	Opel	1–8, 10
Manor Motorsport	34	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	R	F302/090	Mercedes	All
Manor Motorsport	35	Lewis Hamilton	R	F302/049	Mercedes	All
Coloni Motorsport	37	Christian Montanari	R	F106/03/008	Mugen	1–2
Coloni Motorsport	38	Toni Vilander	R	F106/03/009	Mugen	1–2
AB Racing Performance	40	Alexandros Margaritis		F303/021	Opel	7–10

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie

Driver changes

Changed Teams

Jamie Green: Kolles → ASM Formule 3
Robert Kubica: Prema Powerteam → Mücke Motorsport
Alexandros Margaritis: MB Racing Performance → AB Racing Performance
Daniel la Rosa: MB Racing Performance → HBR Motorsport
Bruno Spengler: ASM F3 → Mücke Motorsport
Charles Zwolsman Jr.: Kolles → Manor Motorsport

Entering Formula 3 Euro Series

Marco Bonanomi: Italian Formula Three Championship (Coloni F3) → Team Ghinzani
Ruben Carrapatoso: Formula Renault 2000 Italia (Alan Racing) → Opel Team KMS
Loïc Duval: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 (Graff Racing) → OPEL Team Signature
Peter Elkmann: International Superkart Series – Division 1 → Swiss Racing Team
Gregory Franchi: Italian Formula Three Championship (Lucidi Motors) → Opel Team Signature
Dennis Furchheim: Formula Renault 2000 Germany (Franken Racing) & Spanish Formula Three Championship (Racing Engineering) → Swiss Racing Team
Giedo van der Garde: Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (van Amersfoort Racing) → Opel Team Signature-Plus
Maximilian Götz: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V) → TME
Lewis Hamilton: Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport
Derek Hayes: NASCAR Busch Series (Moy Racing) → Team Ghinzani
Kohei Hirate: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam
Robert Kath: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Sachsen e.V.) → Opel Team KMS
Tom Kimber-Smith: Formula Ford Great Britain (Panasonic Batteries Racing Team) → Team Kolles
Christian Montanari: Italian Formula Three Championship (Coloni F3) → Coloni Motorsport
Hannes Neuhauser: German Formula Three Championship (Achleitner Motorsport) → HBR Motorsport
Alejandro Núñez: Spanish Formula Three Championship (E.V. Racing & Azteca Motorsport) → Swiss Racing Team
Franck Perera: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam
Fernando Rees: Formula Three Sudamericana (Cesario F3) → Swiss Racing Team
Eric Salignon: British Formula 3 Championship (Hitech Racing) → ASM Formule 3
Roberto Streit: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam
Adrian Sutil: Formula BMW ADAC (HBR Motorsport) → Team Kolles
Toni Vilander: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (RP Motorsport) → Coloni Motorsport
Ross Zwolsman: Formula Renault 2000 Germany & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Ma-Con) → TME

Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series

Simon Abadie: LD Autosport → World Series Light (Epsilon by Graff)
Nicolas Armindo: Saulnier Racing → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz)
Bernhard Auinger: Superfund TME → Superfund Euro Formula 3000 (Euronova Racing)
Ryan Briscoe: Prema Powerteam → Formula One (Panasonic Toyota Racing test driver)
César Campaniço: Signature Plus → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (Cram Competition)
Fabio Carbone: Signature Plus → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Three Bond Racing)
Adam Carroll: Opel Team KMS → British Formula 3 Championship (P1 Racing)
Robert Doornbos: Team Ghinzani → International Formula 3000 (Arden International)
Maro Engel: Opel Team KMS → German Formula Three Championship (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport)
Timo Glock: Opel Team KMS → Formula One (Jordan Ford)
Lucas di Grassi: Prema Powerteam → British Formula 3 Championship (Hitech Racing)
Jan Heylen: Kolles → German Formula Three Championship (JB Motorsport) & International Formula 3000 (Team Astromega)
Christian Klien: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → Formula One (Jaguar Racing)
Marcel Lasée: Swiss Racing Team → SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany (???)
Dong-Wook Lee: Drumel Motorsport → Retirement
Richard Lietz: HBR Motorsport → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (tolimit Motorsport)
James Manderson: Swiss Racing Team → Aussie Racing Cars Super Series
Álvaro Parente: Team Ghinzani → British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport)
Olivier Pla: ASM F3 → World Series by Nissan (RC Motorsport & Carlin Motorsport)
Harold Primat: Equipe Serge Saulnier → World Series Light (Saulnier Racing)
Stefano Proetto: Swiss Racing Team → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (EuroInternational)
Gilles Tinguely: Swiss Racing Team → Retirement
Claudio Torre: HBR Motorsport → Retirement
Hendrick Vieth: Opel Team KMS → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz)
Markus Winkelhock: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → German Formula Three Championship (Persson Motorsport)
Sakon Yamamoto: Superfund TME → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (TOM's)

Midseason changes

ASM driver Eric Salignon missed the last two rounds at Brno and Hockenheim, but was not immediately replaced. Adrian Sutil left Team Kolles to take over Salignon's #27 car at Hockenheim, and his Kolles seat was taken by Maximilian Götz.
At Team KMS, Alexandros Margaritis was replaced by Brazilian Ruben Carrapataso from the Nürburgring onwards. Margaritis returned to the series with a new entry from the German F3 Cup (and former Eurseries) team, AB Racing Performance.
At Swiss Racing Team, Dennis Furchheim was replaced by Alejandro Núñez, after missing rounds 3 and 5 and failing to qualify at Pau (round 4). His team-mate, Fernando Rees, missed rounds 3 and 4 and the #20 car was later driven by Peter Elkmann.
Part-time appearances included Britain's Derek Hayes in a third Team Ghinzani entry at Brno
TME's Ross Zwolsman failed to make any further appearances after the first round
The Coloni Motorsport drivers returned to the Italian Formula Three Championship after the first two rounds
Japan's Kohei Hirate made his Euro Series debut in a fourth Prema Powerteam entry at Zandvoort and Hockenheim.

Calendar

The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at eight rounds, with additional rounds at the Pau Grand Prix and the French Grand Prix.

Round		Circuit/Location	Country	Date
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Germany	17 April
1	R2	Hockenheimring	Germany	18 April
2	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	Portugal	1 May
2	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	Portugal	2 May
3	R1	Adria International Raceway	Italy	15 May
3	R2	Adria International Raceway	Italy	16 May
4	R1	Pau Circuit	France	30 May
4	R2	Pau Circuit	France	31 May
5	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	Germany	26 June
5	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	Germany	27 June
6	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	France	3 July
6	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	France	4 July
7	R1	Nürburgring	Germany	31 July
7	R2	Nürburgring	Germany	1 August
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Netherlands	4 September
8	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Netherlands	5 September
9	R1	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	Czech Republic	18 September
9	R2	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	Czech Republic	19 September
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Germany	2 October
10	R2	Hockenheimring	Germany	3 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Alexandre Prémat	Alexandre Prémat	Nico Rosberg	Team Rosberg	Franck Perera
1	R2	Hockenheimring	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Nico Rosberg	Team Rosberg	Giedo van der Garde
2	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	Alexandre Prémat	Jamie Green	Alexandre Prémat	ASM Formule 3	Loïc Duval
2	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	Nicolas Lapierre	Eric Salignon	Eric Salignon	ASM Formule 3	Roberto Streit
3	R1	Adria International Raceway	Adrian Sutil	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	ASM Formule 3	Giedo van der Garde
3	R2	Adria International Raceway	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	Eric Salignon	ASM Formule 3	Franck Perera
4	R1	Pau Circuit	Eric Salignon	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	ASM Formule 3	Franck Perera
4	R2	Pau Circuit	Alexandre Prémat	Nicolas Lapierre	Nicolas Lapierre	Opel Team Signature-Plus	Roberto Streit
5	R1	Norisring	Lewis Hamilton	Alexandre Prémat	Lewis Hamilton	Manor Motorsport	Loïc Duval
5	R2	Norisring	Jamie Green	Lewis Hamilton	Alexandre Prémat	ASM Formule 3	Roberto Streit
6	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	ASM Formule 3	Loïc Duval
6	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Nico Rosberg	Lewis Hamilton	Alexandre Prémat	ASM Formule 3	Giedo van der Garde
7	R1	Nürburgring	Jamie Green	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg	Team Rosberg	Giedo van der Garde
7	R2	Nürburgring	Nico Rosberg	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	ASM Formule 3	Franck Perera
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Eric Salignon	Eric Salignon	Eric Salignon	ASM Formule 3	Giedo van der Garde
8	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Eric Salignon	Eric Salignon	Jamie Green	ASM Formule 3	Giedo van der Garde
9	R1	Brno	Alexandre Prémat	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	ASM Formule 3	Franck Perera
9	R2	Brno	Alexandre Prémat	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	ASM Formule 3	Giedo van der Garde
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Nicolas Lapierre	Alexandre Prémat	Nicolas Lapierre	Opel Team Signature-Plus	Franck Perera
10	R2	Hockenheimring	Adrian Sutil	Nicolas Lapierre	Nicolas Lapierre	Opel Team Signature-Plus	Roberto Streit

Season standings

Drivers Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP
Race 1 & 2	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos	Driver	HOC1		EST		ADR		PAU		NOR		MAG		NÜR		ZAN		BRN		HOC2		Pts
1	Jamie Green	4	2	2	2	1	8	1	3	6	2	1	9	2	1	DSQ	1	1	1	10	2	139
2	Alexandre Prémat	2	3	1	8	8	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	18†	1	Ret	1	6	5	5	3	2	2	18†	4	88
3	Nicolas Lapierre	8	Ret	3	3	14	4	2	1	15	5	8	4	8	6	2	4	9	Ret	1	1	85
4	Nico Rosberg	1	1	Ret	4	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	17	6	2	1	3	Ret	DNS	4	11	8	8	70
5	Lewis Hamilton	11	6	Ret	9	Ret	5	4	7	1	3	Ret	21	3	4	3	6	7	4	2	6	68
6	Eric Salignon	5	5	Ret	1	22	1	Ret¹	4	7	9	2	Ret	11	Ret	1	2					64
7	Robert Kubica	6	7	9	23	17	Ret	3	2	19†	4	9	5	5	2	8	5	10	8	4	7	53
8	Franck Perera	3	19	8	7	DSQ	2	5	6	3	19†	10	8	10	8	6	9	3	6	5	11	48
9	Giedo van der Garde	9	4	16	6	3	6	12	Ret	Ret	12	18	7	7	12	4	8	5	3	12	22†	37
10	Roberto Streit	12	15	20	5	21†	11	8	5	5	7	7	10	13	15	22†	12	6	7	17	3	28
11	Bruno Spengler	7	Ret	10	10	7	20	6	Ret	8	6	5	3	9	7	13	11	11	5	21†	9	27
12	Loïc Duval	16	14	5	20	19	14	7	Ret	2	8	3	Ret	14	23	Ret	Ret	8	13	11	18	22
13	Alexandros Margaritis	13	8	6	15	6	9	DSQ	DSQ	16	20†	4	Ret	23	13	11	10	Ret	16	7	5	18
14	Daniel la Rosa	25†	9	11	11	18	3	DNS	DNS	10	Ret	15	15	4	Ret	7	7	Ret	15	Ret	12	15
15	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	14	13	19	14	2	16	9	8	9	22†	Ret	22	24†	14	10	13	13	12	14	17	9
16	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	Ret	10	15	12	13	17	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	6	12	10	17	20	14	10	3	13	9
17	Adrian Sutil	Ret	22	Ret	13	4	7	11	Ret	Ret	11	13	11	15	11	15	15	15	17	20†	Ret	9
18	Dennis Furchheim	18	23†	4	Ret																	5
19	Maximilian Götz	10	11	17	Ret	10	13	14	9	11	10	16	13	16	22	9	16	19	24	6	15	3
20	Tom Kimber-Smith	21	Ret	7	21	9	Ret	13	10	DSQ	21	Ret	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	14	Ret	18	23	22†	Ret	2
21	Andreas Zuber	19	Ret	21	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	19	16	23†	Ret	12	9	Ret	10	0
22	Philipp Baron	26†	Ret	22	22	12	19	15	13	12	13	19	14	22	Ret	21	19	16	18	9	Ret	0
23	Hannes Neuhauser	23	21	13	18	15	18	Ret	14	13	16	14	16	17	9	Ret	14	Ret	14	DSQ	20	0
24	Robert Kath	17	20	18	24	11	10	16	12	Ret	18	11	12									0
25	Marco Bonanomi	Ret	24	14	17	DSQ	12	Ret	11	14	Ret	Ret	17	18	17	12	17	Ret	19	16	Ret	0
26	Toni Vilander	15	12	Ret	16																	0
27	Christian Montanari	20	16	12	Ret																	0
28	Kohei Hirate															16	Ret			13	14	0
29	Gregory Franchi	22	17	23	19	16	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	17	20	21	18	Ret	21			Ret	DNS	0
30	Peter Elkmann									17	15	Ret	19	Ret	20	18	Ret	17	20	15	16	0
31	Alejandro Núñez											21†	18	20	21	20	18	Ret	22	19†	19	0
32	Ross Zwolsman	24	18																			0
33	Ruben Carrapatoso													Ret	19	19	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	21	0
34	Derek Hayes																	20	21			0
	Fernando Rees	Ret	Ret																			0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		EST		ADR		PAU		NOR		MAG		NÜR		ZAN		BRN		HOC2		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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

¹ Note: Eric Salignon's pole position for race 1 at Pau was initially withdrawn due to a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change after an accident in race 1. Salignon's team successfully claimed force majeure and the pole was reinstated, but the bonus point was not awarded.^[2]

Rookie Cup

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Pos	Driver	HOC1		EST		ADR		PAU		NOR		MAG		NÜR		ZAN		BRN		HOC2		Pts
1	Franck Perera	3	19	8	7	DSQ	2	5	6	3	19	10	8	10	8	6	9	3	6	5	11	147
2	Giedo van der Garde	9	4	16	6	3	6	12	Ret	Ret	12	18	7	7	12	4	8	5	3	12	22	130
3	Roberto Streit	12	15	20	5	21	11	8	5	5	7	7	10	13	15	22	12	6	7	17	3	116
4	Loïc Duval	16	14	5	20	19	14	7	Ret	2	8	3	Ret	14	23	Ret	Ret	8	13	11	18	91
5	Maximilian Götz	10	11	17	Ret	10	13	14	9	11	10	16	13	16	22	9	16	19	24	6	15	82
6	Adrian Sutil	Ret	22	Ret	13	4	7	11	Ret	Ret	11	13	11	15	11	15	15	15	17	20	Ret	72
7	Tom Kimber-Smith	21	Ret	7	21	9	Ret	13	10	DSQ	21	Ret	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	14	Ret	18	23	22	Ret	36
8	Robert Kath	17	20	18	24	11	10	16	12	Ret	18	11	12									36
9	Peter Elkmann									17	15	Ret	19	Ret	20	18	Ret	17	20	15	16	28
10	Kohei Hirate															16	Ret			13	14	13
Pos	Driver	HOC1		EST		ADR		PAU		NOR		MAG		NÜR		ZAN		BRN		HOC2		Pts

Nations Cup

	Nation	Points
1	France	256
2	Great Britain	211
3	Germany	107
4	Poland	61
5	Netherlands	50
6	Canada	31
7	Brazil	29
8	Greece	21
9	Japan	13
10	Austria	1

Notes

^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis (except Coloni Motorsport drivers, who used Lola-Dome chassis); model listed.

References

^ "2004 Entry List" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
^ Thomas, S-M. and Waite, L. "Pau round 8 race report" Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine motorsport.com, 2004-05-31. Retrieved 2007-10-06.

External links

[2] All drivers competed in Dallara chassis (except Coloni Motorsport drivers, who used Lola-Dome chassis); model listed.

[1] "2004 Entry List" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 2009-10-13.

[3] Thomas, S-M. and Waite, L. "Pau round 8 race report" Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine motorsport.com, 2004-05-31. Retrieved 2007-10-06.

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