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2004 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 2004 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-eight season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also twentieth and final season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2004 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship, which was contested over ten rounds from 24 April to 11 September 2004.[1] Two titles were awarded, a Championship for Drivers and a Championship for Teams.[2] This was the final FIA Formula 3000 International Championship before it was replaced by the GP2 Series in 2005.

Drivers and teams

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The following drivers and teams contested the 2004 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.

Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom  Arden International 1 Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi All
2 Monaco  Robert Doornbos[a] All
Italy  CMS Performance 3 Argentina  José María López All
4 Austria  Mathias Lauda All
Italy  Durango Corse 5 France  Yannick Schroeder 1–8
Italy  Matteo Meneghello 9
Italy  Michele Rugolo 10
6 Brazil  Rodrigo Ribeiro 1–4
Venezuela  Ernesto Viso 5–10
Italy  Coloni Motorsport 7 Belgium  Jeffrey van Hooydonk 1–4
Austria  Patrick Friesacher 5–10
8 Turkey  Can Artam 1–5, 7
Israel  Chanoch Nissany 8–10
United Kingdom  Super Nova Racing 9 Austria  Patrick Friesacher 1–4
Belgium  Jeffrey van Hooydonk 5–10
10 South Africa  Alan van der Merwe 1–7
Turkey  Can Artam 8–10
Belgium  Team Astromega 11 Belgium  Nico Verdonck 1–9
Italy  Raffaele Giammaria 10
12 Belgium  Jan Heylen 1–4
Netherlands  Olivier Tielemans 6–10
Spain  BCN F3000 14 Italy  Enrico Toccacelo All
15 Argentina  Esteban Guerrieri All
Germany  Ma-Con Engineering 16 Germany  Tony Schmidt All
17 Czech Republic  Tomáš Enge All
Italy  AEZ Racing 18 Italy  Raffaele Giammaria 1–8
Italy  Matteo Grassotto 9–10
19 Italy  Ferdinando Monfardini All
Sources:[3][4]

All entries used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.[5]

Calendar

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Round [1] Circuit Date Distance Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 Italy  Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 24 April 31 laps / 152.686 km Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Argentina  José María López Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi United Kingdom  Arden International Report
2 Spain  Circuit de Catalunya 8 May 33 laps / 152.565 km Italy  Enrico Toccacelo Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi United Kingdom  Arden International Report
3 Monaco  Circuit de Monaco 22 May 45 laps / 150.3 km Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Czech Republic  Tomáš Enge Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi United Kingdom  Arden International Report
4 Germany  Nürburgring 29 May 30 laps / 154.423 km Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Argentina  José María López Italy  Enrico Toccacelo Spain  BCN Competicion Report
5 France  Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 3 July 35 laps / 154.201 km Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi United Kingdom  Arden International Report
6 United Kingdom  Silverstone Circuit 10 July 30 laps / 154.125 km Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Czech Republic  Tomáš Enge Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi United Kingdom  Arden International Report
7 Germany  Hockenheimring 24 July 33 laps / 150.942 km Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy  Enrico Toccacelo Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi United Kingdom  Arden International Report
8 Hungary  Hungaroring 14 August 35 laps / 153.440 km Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Czech Republic  Tomáš Enge Austria  Patrick Friesacher Italy  Coloni Motorsport Report
9 Belgium  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 28 August 22 laps / 153.296 km Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Monaco  Robert Doornbos Monaco  Robert Doornbos United Kingdom  Arden International Report
10 Italy  Autodromo Nazionale Monza 11 September 26 laps / 150.353 km Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi United Kingdom  Arden International Report
Source:[6]

Drivers' Championship

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Pos[2] Driver[2] IMO
Italy 
CAT
Spain 
MON
Monaco 
NÜR
Germany 
MAG
France 
SIL
United Kingdom 
HOC
Germany 
HUN
Hungary 
SPA
Belgium 
MNZ
Italy 
Points[2]
1 Italy  Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 2 2 1 86
2 Italy  Enrico Toccacelo 2 2 2 1 12 2 2 3 12 Ret 56
3 Monaco  Robert Doornbos 3 14 6 2 5 10 4 7 1 3 44
4 Czech Republic  Tomáš Enge 5 Ret 14 7 2 3 Ret 4 4 2 38
5 Austria  Patrick Friesacher 9 4 5 Ret 3 5 DNS 1 5 Ret 33
6 Argentina  José María López Ret 6 3 5 Ret 4 6 8 3 Ret 28
7 Argentina  Esteban Guerrieri Ret 5 Ret 4 6 15 3 5 7 5 28
8 Italy  Raffaele Giammaria 4 3 4 6 Ret 6 Ret 10 4 27
9 France  Yannick Schroeder 7 Ret 10 3 4 14 Ret Ret 13
10 Germany  Tony Schmidt 10 11 14 7 7 5 11 6 Ret 11
11 Belgium  Jeffrey van Hooydonk 6 Ret 7 8 13 Ret 9 9 9 7 8
12 Venezuela  Ernesto Viso 8 11 7 6 10 8 7
13 Austria  Mathias Lauda 12 7 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 6 5
14 South Africa  Alan van der Merwe 8 12 9 Ret 9 8 Ret 2
15 Belgium  Nico Verdonck 15 9 12 12 11 12 8 12 11 1
16 Belgium  Jan Heylen 11 11 8 9 1
17 Brazil  Rodrigo Ribeiro 13 8 Ret 16 1
18 Italy  Matteo Grassotto 8 Ret 1
19 Turkey  Can Artam Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 14 13 9 0
20 Italy  Ferdinando Monfardini 14 13 13 15 10 9 Ret 13 16 14 0
21 Netherlands  Olivier Tielemans Ret 12 15 Ret 11 0
22 Israel  Chanoch Nissany Ret Ret 12 0
23 Italy  Matteo Meneghello 15 0
Italy  Michele Rugolo Ret 0
Pos Driver IMO
Italy 
CAT
Spain 
MON
Monaco 
NÜR
Germany 
MAG
France 
SIL
United Kingdom 
HOC
Germany 
HUN
Hungary 
SPA
Belgium 
MNZ
Italy 
Points
Sources:[7][8][9]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold — Pole
Italics — Fastest lap

  • Points towards the 2004 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Drivers were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight places at each round.[2] The Sporting Regulations provided that if two or more drivers had the same number of points (including 0 points), their positions in the Championship was fixed according to the quality of their places. Under this system one first place was better than any number of second places, one second place was better than any number of third places, and so on.[2]
  • All drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.[5]

Teams' Championship

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Position [2] Team [2] IMO Italy  CAT Spain  MON Monaco  NUR Germany  MAG France  SIL United Kingdom  HOC Germany  HUN Hungary  SPA Belgium  MNZ Italy  Points [2]
1 Arden International Ltd 16 10 13 8 14 10 15 10 18 16 130
2 BCN Competicion 8 12 8 15 3 8 14 10 2 4 84
3 Ma-Con Engineering 4 0 0 2 10 8 4 5 8 8 49
4 CMS Performance 0 5 6 4 0 5 3 1 6 3 33
5 Coloni Motorsport 3 0 2 1 6 4 0 10 4 0 30
6 AEZ I.E. Engineering 5 6 5 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 23
7 Durango 2 1 0 6 6 0 2 3 0 1 21
8 Super Nova Racing Ltd 1 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 13
9 Team Astromega 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7
  • Points towards the 2004 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Teams were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight places at each round.[2] The Sporting Regulations provided that if two or more teams had the same number of points (including 0 points), their positions in the Championship was fixed according to the quality of their places. Under this system one first place was better than any number of second places, one second place was better than any number of third places, and so on.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Doornbos is a Dutch driver who competed under a Monaco racing licence.

References

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  1. ^ a b 2004 Formula 3000 International Championship race results Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 26 May 2010
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 2004 Formula 3000 International Championship classifications Archived April 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.fia.com on 26 May 2010
  3. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – 2004: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ "F3000 International Championship Entry List 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b Liuzzi is 2004 Champion Archived 2011-07-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.motorsm.com on 26 May 2010
  6. ^ "F3000 International Championship Results 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ^ "F3000 International Championship Standings 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – Season 2004: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ "2004 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

Further reading

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  • Automobile Year, 2004/05, pages 230–234 + 254
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