2004 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2004 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds. 8 teams and 17 drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola B3/51) and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN	1	Satoshi Motoyama	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	2	Toshihiro Kaneishi			All
Yellow Hat Kondo Racing Team	3	Ryo Michigami	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	4	Yuji Tachikawa			1–3
Team LeMans	7	Juichi Wakisaka	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	8	Takeshi Tsuchiya			All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	Tsugio Matsuda	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	12	Masami Kageyama			6–9
mobilecast Team Impul	19	Benoît Tréluyer	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	20	Yuji Ide			All
LeMans Spirit	25	Tatsuya Kataoka	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Carrozzerria Team MOHN	27	Koji Yamanishi	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	4–5, 8
	28	Hideki Noda			All
PIAA Nakajima Racing	31	André Lotterer	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	32	Takashi Kogure			All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	40	Richard Lyons	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	41	Naoki Hattori			All

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1	Suzuka	Japan	28 March 2004	46	5.807=267.122 km	1'26:01.861	186.293 km/h	Takashi Kogure	Yuji Ide	Richard Lyons
2	Sugo	Japan	2 May 2004	36	3.704=133.344 km	0'44:36.401	179.360 km/h	Richard Lyons	Richard Lyons	Takashi Kogure
3	Motegi	Japan	6 June 2004	55	4.796=263.78 km	1'40:56.233	156.799 km/h	André Lotterer	Richard Lyons	Richard Lyons
4	Suzuka	Japan	4 July 2004	25	5.807=145.175 km	0'52:15.090	166.703 km/h	Richard Lyons	Richard Lyons	Naoki Hattori
5	Sugo	Japan	1 August 2004	72	3.737=266.688 km	1'33:18.487	171.489 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Richard Lyons	Juichi Wakisaka
6	Mine	Japan	29 August 2004	70	3.238=226.66 km	1'33:06.044	146.074 km/h	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Juichi Wakisaka
7	Sepang	Malaysia	19 August 2004	27	5.536=149.472 km	1'00:07.978	149.179 km/h	André Lotterer	André Lotterer	Richard Lyons
8	Motegi	Japan	24 October 2004	55	4.796=263.78 km	1'32:35.978	170.916 km/h	Yuji Ide	Juichi Wakisaka	André Lotterer
9	Suzuka	Japan	7 November 2004	46	5.807=267.122 km	1'25:15.434	187.988 km/h	Benoît Tréluyer	Richard Lyons	Yuji Ide

• At race 4 a sprint race of 18 laps (104.526 km) set the grid for the main race. The sprint race winner Richard Lyons started from pole in the main race.
• At race 7 a sprint race of 20 laps (110.72 km) set grid for the main race. The sprint race winner André Lotterer started from pole in the main race. Naoki Hattori set pole position for the sprint race.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	6	4	3	2	1

Rank	Name	SUZ	SGO	MOT	SUZ	SGO	MIN	MYS	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	Richard Lyons	8	1	8	1	4	8	9	2	3	33
2	André Lotterer	2	4	1	8	Ret	Ret	1	3	7	33
3	Yuji Ide	12	2	2	3	7	7	10	1	2	32
4	Benoît Tréluyer	Ret	6	4	2	10	1	7	Ret	1	30
5	Juichi Wakisaka	13	3	Ret	5	3	2	3	Ret	4	23
6	Satoshi Motoyama	5	12	5	4	1	6	Ret	5	6	21
7	Takashi Kogure	1	9	9	7	2	Ret	6	9	8	17
8	Tatsuya Kataoka	10	11	3	13	Ret	4	5	4	12	12
9	Naoki Hattori	7	7	Ret	10	6	10	2	Ret	10	7
10	Ryo Michigami	3	5	6	Ret	Ret	11	8	10	13	7
11	Tsugio Matsuda	4	NC	12	9	DSQ	12	4	6	Ret	7
12	Toshihiro Kaneishi	6	13	10	Ret	12	3	Ret	Ret	11	5
13	Takeshi Tsuchiya	11	10	7	11	8	5	Ret	Ret	5	4
14	Yuji Tachikawa	Ret	NC	Ret	6	5	9	Ret	7	9	3
15	Hideki Noda	9	8	11	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	11	14	0
16	Koji Yamanishi				12	9			8		0
17	Masami Kageyama						Ret	11	Ret	15	0

Teams' Championship

Rank	Team	Car	SUZ	SGO	MOT	SUZ	SGO	MIN	MYS	MOT	SUZ	Points
1	mobilecast Impul	19	Ret	6	4	2	10	1	7	Ret	1	62
		20	12	2	2	3	7	7	10	1	2
2	PIAA Nakajima	31	2	4	1	8	Ret	Ret	1	3	7	50
		32	1	9	9	7	2	Ret	6	9	8
3	DoCoMo Dandelion	40	8	1	8	1	4	8	9	2	3	40
		41	7	7	Ret	10	6	10	2	Ret	10
4	LeMans LeMans Sprit	7	13	3	Ret	5	3	2	3	Ret	4	37
		8	11	10	7	11	8	5	Ret	Ret	5
		25	10	11	3	13	Ret	4	5	4	12
5	ADiRECT 5ZIGEN	1	5	12	5	4	1	6	Ret	5	6	26
		2	6	13	10	Ret	12	3	Ret	Ret	11
6	Yellow Hat Kondo	3	3	5	6	Ret	Ret	11	8	10	13	10
		4	Ret	NC	Ret	6	5	9	Ret	7	9
7	Cosmo Oil Cerumo	11	4	NC	12	9	DSQ	12	4	6	Ret	7
		12						Ret	11	Ret	15
8	Team MOHN	27				12	9			8		0
		28	9	8	11	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	11	14

External links

• 2004 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon