2004 International Formula 3000 Championship

2004 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship
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The 2004 International Formula 3000 season was the 20th season of FIA Formula 3000 motor racing. It featured the 2004 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship, which was contested over ten rounds from 24 April to September 11, 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

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 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 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 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge All
17 Germany Tony Schmidt All
Italy AEZ Racing 18 Italy Raffaele Giammaria 1-8
Italy Matteo Grassotto 9-10
19 Italy Ferdinando Monfardini All

All entries used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.[3]

Calendar

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

Drivers' Championship

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 Netherlands 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
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.[3]

Teams' Championship

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]

Complete Overview

first column of every race10= grid position
second column of every race10= race result

R14=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NT=no time set in qualifying

PlaceNameTeam IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
MON
Monaco
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
1Italy Vitantonio LiuzziArden International112111111111111121211
2Italy Enrico ToccaceloBCN Competicion221222218122222237129R
3Netherlands Robert DoornbosArden International634R1456824591074672133
4Czech Republic Tomáš EngeMa-Con Engineering556R8143772434R443462
5Austria Patrick FriesacherSuperNova Racing89946510R
Coloni Motorsport33553NS311055R
6Argentina José María LópezCMS Performance/Coloni Motorsport4R7633455R3413658434R
Argentina Esteban GuerrieriBCN Competicion10R1159R746671563855775
8Italy Raffaele GiammariaAEZ I.E. Engineering/Durango74103746614R14669R910--
Team Astromega24
9France Yannick SchroederDurango Formula973R1410932417145R10R----
10Germany Tony SchmidtMa-Con Engineering1110NT-171112149787851111868R10
11Belgium Jeffrey van HooydonkColoni Motorsport368R4758
SuperNova Racing131311R159159139137
12Venezuela Ernesto VisoDurango Formula--------1081411107761210158
13Austria Mathias LaudaCMS Performance/Coloni Motorsport151212713R151011R131312R13R15914146
14South Africa Alan van der MerweSuperNova Racing12851210913R15910811R11------
15Brazil Rodrigo RibeiroDurango Formula141316812R1616------------
Belgium Jan HeylenTeam Astromega13111311118119------------
Belgium Nico VerdonckTeam Astromega1615149161214121611151216812121411--
Italy Matteo GrassottoAEZ I.E. Engineering/Durango----------------6810R
-Turkey Can ArtamColoni Motorsport17R171018R171317R--1710
SuperNova Racing16141513169
-Italy Ferdinando MonfardiniAEZ I.E. Engineering/Durango1814151315131815121012914R1413111611R
-Netherlands Olivier TielemansAEZ I.E. Engineering/Durango----------16R1812181618R1711
-Israel Chanoch NissanyColoni Motorsport--------------17R16R1812
-Italy Matteo MeneghelloDurango----------------1715--
-Italy Michele RugoloDurango------------------12R

References

  1. 1 2 2004 Formula 3000 International Championship race results Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 26 May 2010
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2004 Formula 3000 International Championship classifications Archived April 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved from www.fia.com on 26 May 2010
  3. 1 2 Liuzzi is 2004 Champion Archived 2011-07-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved from www.motorsm.com on 26 May 2010

Further reading

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