2004 Formula Three Euroseries season

The 2004 Formula Three Euroseries season was the second championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in either one or two sessions – and two 30-minute qualifying sessions. This was followed by a c.110km race on Saturday and a c.80km race on Sunday. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win.

Event Schedule

Circuits
Round	Circuit	Country	Date
1	Hockenheim		16-18 April
2	Estoril		30 April-2 May
3	Adria		14-16 May
4	Pau		29-31 May
5	Norisring		25-27 June
6	Magny-Cours		2-4 July
7	Nürburgring		30 July-1 August
8	Zandvoort		3-5 September
9	Brno		17-19 September
10	Hockenheim		1-3 October

2004 Entry list

Key: ^R = Series rookie. * = Entered for selected events only.

#	Driver	Nationality	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Katsuyuki Hiranaka		Prema Powerteam	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel
2	Franck Perera		Prema Powerteam	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel
3	Bruno Spengler		Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F302	HWA-Mercedes
4	Robert Kubica		Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F302	HWA-Mercedes
5	Alexandre Prémat		ASM Formule 3	Dallara F303	HWA-Mercedes
6	Jamie Green		ASM Formule 3	Dallara F303	HWA-Mercedes
7	Alexandros Margaritis		Team KMS	Dallara F303	Spiess-Opel
8	Robert KathR		Team KMS	Dallara F303	Spiess-Opel
9	Giedo van der GardeR		Signature	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel
10	Nicolas Lapierre		Signature	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel
11	Nico Rosberg		Team Rosberg	Dallara F303	Spiess-Opel
12	Andreas Zuber		Team Rosberg	Dallara F303	Spiess-Opel
14	Philipp Baron		Team Ghinzani	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda
15	Derek HayesR *		Team Ghinzani	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda
18	Maximilian GötzR		TME	Dallara F303	TOM's Toyota
19	Ross ZwolsmanR		TME	Dallara F302	TOM's Toyota
20	Fernando ReesR		Swiss Racing Team	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel
21	Dennis FurchheimR		Swiss Racing Team	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel
22	Daniel la Rosa		HBR Motorsport	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel
23	Hannes NeuhauserR		HBR Motorsport	Dallara F303	Spiess-Opel
24	Adrian SutilR		Team Kolles	Dallara F303	HWA-Mercedes
25	Tom Kimber-SmithR		Team Kolles	Dallara F302	HWA-Mercedes
26	Roberto StreitR		Prema Powerteam	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel
27	Eric SalignonR		ASM Formule 3	Dallara F303	HWA-Mercedes
29	Loïc DuvalR		Signature	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel
30	Gregory FranchiR		Signature	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel
31	Marco BonanomiR		Team Ghinzani	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda
34	Charles Zwolsman		Manor Motorsport	Dallara F302	HWA-Mercedes
35	Lewis HamiltonR		Manor Motorsport	Dallara F302	HWA-Mercedes
37	Christian MontanariR		Coloni F3	Lola-Dome F106	Mugen-Honda
38	Toni VilanderR		Coloni F3	Lola-Dome F106	Mugen-Honda
41	Kohei HirateR *		Prema Powerteam	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel

Additional participations

ASM driver Eric Salignon missed the last two rounds at Brno and Hockenheim, but was not immediately replaced. Adrian Sutil left Team Kolles to take over Salignon's #27 car at Hockenheim, and his Kolles seat was taken by Maximilian Götz. At Team KMS, Alexandros Margaritis was replaced by Brazilian Ruben Carrapataso from the Nürburgring onwards. Margaritis returned to the series with a new entry from the German F3 Cup (and former Eurseries) team, AB Racing Performance. At Swiss Racing Team, Dennis Furchheim was replaced by Alejandro Núñez, after missing rounds 3 and 5 and failing to qualify at Pau (round 4). His team-mate, Fernando Rees, missed rounds 3 and 4 and the #20 car was later driven by Peter Elkmann.

Part-time appearances included Britain's Derek Hayes in a third Team Ghinzani entry at Brno; TME's Ross Zwolsman failed to make any further appearances after the first round; the Coloni Lola drivers returned to the Italian F3 Championship after the first two rounds; and Japan's Kohei Hirate made his Euroseries debut in a fourth Prema Powerteam entry at Zandvoort and Hockenheim.

2004 championship results

Key: Results in bold indicate Pole Position    

1st place

2nd place

3rd place

Points finish

No score

Did not start

2004 Drivers' Championship
	Driver	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Round 6		Round 7		Round 8		Round 9		Round 10		Points
1	Jamie Green	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	8th	1st	3rd	6th	2nd	1st	-	2nd	1st	-	1st	1st	1st	-	2nd	139
2	Alexandre Prémat	2nd	3rd	1st	8th	8th	-	-	-	-	1st	-	1st	6th	5th	5th	3rd	2nd	2nd	-	4th	88
3	Nicolas Lapierre	8th	-	3rd	3rd	-	4th	2nd	1st	-	5th	8th	4th	8th	6th	2nd	4th	-	-	1st	1st	85
4	Nico Rosberg	1st	1st	-	4th	5th	-	-	-	4th	-	6th	2nd	1st	3rd	-	-	4th	-	8th	8th	70
5	Lewis Hamilton	-	6th	-	-	-	5th	4th	7th	1st	3rd	-	-	3rd	4th	3rd	6th	7th	4th	2nd	6th	68
6	Eric Salignon	5th	5th	-	1st	-	1st	-	4th1	7th	-	2nd	-	-	-	1st	2nd					64
7	Robert Kubica	6th	7th	-	-	-	-	3rd	2nd	-	4th	-	5th	5th	2nd	8th	5th	-	8th	4th	7th	53
8	Franck Perera	3rd	-	8th	7th	-	2nd	5th	6th	3rd	-	-	8th	-	8th	6th	-	3rd	6th	5th	-	48
9	Giedo van der Garde	-	4th	-	6th	3rd	6th	-	-	-	-	-	7th	7th	-	4th	8th	5th	3rd	-	-	37
10	Roberto Streit	-	-	-	5th	-	-	8th	5th	5th	7th	7th	-	-	-	-	-	6th	7th	-	3rd	28
11	Bruno Spengler	7th	-	-	-	7th	-	6th	-	8th	6th	5th	3rd	-	7th	-	-	-	5th	-	-	27
12	Loïc Duval	-	-	5th	-	-	-	7th	-	2nd	8th	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	22
13	Alex Margaritis	-	8th	6th	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	5th	18
14	Daniel La Rosa	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	7th	7th	-	-	-	-	15
15	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	-	-	-	-	2nd	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
16	Charles Zwolsman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	-	9
17	Adrian Sutil	-	-	-	-	4th	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
18	Dennis Furchheim	-	-	4th	-																	5
19	Maximilian Götz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	3
20	Tom Kimber-Smith	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

¹ Note: Eric Salignon's pole position for race 2 at Pau was initially withdrawn due to a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change after an accident in race 1. Salignon's team successfully claimed force majeure and the pole was reinstated, but the bonus point was not awarded.

Teams' Championship
	Team		Points
1		ASM Formule 3	290
2		Signature	144
3		Prema Powerteam	85
4		Mücke Motorsport	80
5		Manor Motorsport	77
6		Team Rosberg	70
7		HBR Motorsport	15
8		Team Kolles	13
9		Team KMS	12
10		AB Racing Performance	6
11		Swiss Racing Team	5

See also

• Formula Three
• Formula racing

References

• Forix.autosport.com
• Speedsport Magazine
• Formel3guide.com (German language)
• F1Prospects.com