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 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 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	3 April	Adam Carroll	Adam Carroll	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
2		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		18 April	Round cancelled
5	Croft	1 May	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Carlin Motorsport
6		2 May	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Danilo Dirani	Carlin Motorsport
7	Knockhill	15 May	Ernesto Viso	James Rossiter	Ernesto Viso	P1 Racing
8		16 May	James Rossiter	Nelson Angelo Piquet	James Rossiter	Fortec Motorsport
4	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			James Rossiter	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Adam Carroll	P1 Racing
11	Castle Combe	19 June	Danny Watts	James Rossiter	Danny Watts	Promatecme
12		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		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		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		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		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		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		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. 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 Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 (DNP) 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 Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 (DNP) Excluded (EX)

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship