2004 World Series by Nissan

The 2004 World Series by Nissan was contested over 9 race weekends/18 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Dallara chassis (Dallara SN01) and Nissan engines (Nissan VQ). 11 different teams and 31 different drivers competed.^[1] Heikki Kovalainen claimed the title for Pons Racing, finishing tenth in first race at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.^[2]

2004 Driver Lineup

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Gabord Reyco	1	Ralph Firman	1-2
		Takaya Tsubobayashi	5-7
		Hiroki Yoshimoto	8-9
	2	Juan Cruz Álvarez	All
Epsilon Euskadi	3	Ander Vilariño	1-4
		Julien Vidot	5-6
		Félix Porteiro	7-9
	4	Jean-Christophe Ravier	All
Carlin Motorsport	5	Tiago Monteiro	All
	6	Michael Keohane	2
	6	Olivier Pla	3-9
GD Racing	7	Enrique Bernoldi	All
	8	Pablo Donoso	1-7
		Giacomo Ricci	8
		Damien Pasini	9
Saulnier Racing	9	Sergio Hernández	5-9
Saulnier Racing	10	Tristan Gommendy	All
Tata RC Motorsport	11	Narain Karthikeyan	All
	12	Oliver Pla	1-2
		Tomáš Kostka	3-7
		Karun Chandhok	8-9
Vergani Formula	14	Giacomo Ricci	5-7
	14	Miloš Pavlović	8-9
	15	Rodrigo Sperafico	1-2
	15	Giovanni Tedeschi	5-9
Witmeur KTR	16	Didier André	1-8
Witmeur KTR	17	Bruce Jouanny	1-3
Paul Belmondo Racing	18	Boris Derichebourg	1
Paul Belmondo Racing	19	Ryo Fukuda	1-2
Porfesa Competicion	20	Félix Porteiro	1-6
	21	Roldán Rodríguez	1-5
	21	Santiago Porteiro	8
Pons Racing	22	Heikki Kovalainen	All
Pons Racing	23	Adrián Vallés	All
Sources:^[1]^[3]

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Circuito del Jarama	28 March	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	GD Racing	Report
1	R2	Circuito del Jarama	28 March	Enrique Bernoldi	Bruce Jouanny	Enrique Bernoldi	GD Racing	Report
2	R1	Circuit Zolder	25 April	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport	Report
2	R2	Circuit Zolder	25 April	Heikki Kovalainen	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport	Report
3	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	23 May	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Narain Karthikeyan	Tata RC Motorsport	Report
3	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	23 May	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing	Report
4	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	20 June	Heikki Kovalainen	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Epsilon Euskadi	Report
4	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	20 June	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing	Report
5	R1	Lausitzring	8 August	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing	Report
5	R2	Lausitzring	8 August	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing	Report
6	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	19 September	Tiago Monteiro	Heikki Kovalainen	Olivier Pla	Carlin Motorsport	Report
6	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	19 September	Tiago Monteiro	Heikki Kovalainen	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport	Report
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	3 October	Félix Porteiro	Adrián Vallés	Félix Porteiro	Epsilon Euskadi	Report
7	R2	Circuit de Catalunya	3 October	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing	Report
8	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	17 October	Narain Karthikeyan	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Narain Karthikeyan	Tata RC Motorsport	Report
8	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	17 October	Tiago Monteiro	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport	Report
9	R1	Circuito de Jerez	7 November	Heikki Kovalainen	Enrique Bernoldi	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing	Report
9	R2	Circuito de Jerez	7 November	Heikki Kovalainen	Enrique Bernoldi	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport	Report
Sources:^[4]^[5]

Every second race saw a mandatory pit stop.

Driver standings

For every race the points were awarded: 15 points to the winner, 12 for runner-up, 10 for third place, 8 for fourth place, 6 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 14 race results count, but all additional points count.^[6]

Pos	Driver	JAR 1	JAR 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	JER 1	JER 2	Points
1	Heikki Kovalainen	7	4	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	13	3	2	1	10	5	1	14	186
2	Tiago Monteiro	2	6	1	1	8	5	13	7	4	5	2	1	10	7	3	1	2	1	154
3	Enrique Bernoldi	1	1	2	10	3	Ret	6	4	2	3	Ret	7	3	Ret	7	6	7	Ret	121
4	Jean-Christophe Ravier	8	11	9	5	4	8	1	2	5	2	11	2	8	Ret	2	4	4	5	120
5	Tristan Gommendy	12	5	Ret	3	5	2	7	3	3	8	4	5	4	3	9	10	6	8	101
6	Narain Karthikeyan	5	Ret	3	4	1	4	11	Ret	10	6	Ret	Ret	5	4	1	2	5	11	100
7	Juan Cruz Álvarez	3	2	17	6	6	7	12	Ret	Ret	7	8	4	7	5	Ret	8	10	2	77
8	Félix Porteiro	13	12	6	9	Ret	Ret	3	6	6	4	10	3	1	6	8	3	9	6	76
9	Olivier Pla	9	Ret	7	7	10	10	4	5	8	17	1	9	9	Ret	4	Ret	3	15	66
10	Adrián Vallés	15	10	15	8	7	9	14	Ret	7	11	3	10	Ret	2	6	9	Ret	3	56
11	Bruce Jouanny	4	7	5	Ret	11	6													25
12	Ander Vilariño	Ret	9	10	12	9	3	5	8											24
13	Sergio Hernández									12	10	5	6	6	10	12	Ret	DNS	7	22
14	Didier André	10	8	13	11	12	12	8	9	Ret	Ret	9	8	12	8	11	7			21
15	Ryo Fukuda	6	3	8	Ret															18
16	Karun Chandhok															Ret	13	8	4	11
17	Julien Vidot									9	13	6	12							7
18	Santiago Porteiro															5	Ret			6
19	Pablo Donoso	Ret	Ret	14	13	13	11	10	12	Ret	9	Ret	14	11	9					5
20	Giacomo Ricci									11	12	7	11	Ret	12	13	11			4
21	Roldán Rodríguez	Ret	Ret	16	15	14	13	9	11	13	DNS									2
22	Miloš Pavlović															Ret	Ret	11	9	2
23	Tomáš Kostka					15	14	Ret	10	Ret	15	12	15	Ret	Ret					1
24	Hiroki Yoshimoto															Ret	12	Ret	10	1
25	Rodrigo Sperafico	11	13	11	14															0
26	Giovanni Tedeschi									15	16	Ret	Ret	13	11	14	Ret	12	13	0
27	Michael Keohane			12	Ret															0
28	Damien Pasini																	Ret	12	0
29	Takaya Tsubobayashi									14	14	Ret	16	14	Ret					0
30	Ralph Firman	14	Ret	DNS	DNS															0
NC	Boris Derichebourg	Ret	DNS																	0
Pos	Driver	JAR 1	JAR 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	JER 1	JER 2	Points
Sources:^[3]^[7]

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)

Team Standings

	Team	Points
1	Pons Racing	245
2	Carlin Motorsport	218
3	Epsilon Euskadi	193
4	GD Racing	126
5	Saulnier Racing	126
6	RC Motorsport	122
7	Gabord Reyco	78
8	Witmeur KTR	46
9	Porfesa Competicion	44
10	Paul Belmondo Racing	18
11	Vergani Formula	6
Source:^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Formula Nissan V6 World Series - 2003: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ "Kovalainen is the champion!". nissan-dakar.com. World Series by Nissan. 2004-10-17. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
^ ^a ^b "Formula Nissan V6 World Series - Season 2004: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ "2004 World Series by Nissan". Speedfreaks. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ "Formula Nissan V6 World Series - 2004: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Formula Nissan V6 World Series - 2004: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ "2004 World Series by Nissan". Motor Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

External links

2004 World Series by Renault season info on Speedsport-Magazine.com

[2004Entrylist-1] "Formula Nissan V6 World Series - 2003: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[2] "Kovalainen is the champion!". nissan-dakar.com. World Series by Nissan. 2004-10-17. Retrieved 2010-04-08.

[2004Results-3] "Formula Nissan V6 World Series - Season 2004: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[4] "2004 World Series by Nissan". Speedfreaks. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[5] "Formula Nissan V6 World Series - 2004: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[2004Points-6] "Formula Nissan V6 World Series - 2004: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[7] "2004 World Series by Nissan". Motor Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

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