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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[edit]

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

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

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

Calendar[edit]

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

Drivers' Championship[edit]

Pos[2] Driver[2] IMO CAT MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ Points[2] 1 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 2 2 1 86 2 Enrico Toccacelo 2 2 2 1 12 2 2 3 12 Ret 56 3 Robert Doornbos 3 14 6 2 5 10 4 7 1 3 44 4 Tomáš Enge 5 Ret 14 7 2 3 Ret 4 4 2 38 5 Patrick Friesacher 9 4 5 Ret 3 5 DNS 1 5 Ret 33 6 José María López Ret 6 3 5 Ret 4 6 8 3 Ret 28 7 Esteban Guerrieri Ret 5 Ret 4 6 15 3 5 7 5 28 8 Raffaele Giammaria 4 3 4 6 Ret 6 Ret 10 4 27 9 Yannick Schroeder 7 Ret 10 3 4 14 Ret Ret 13 10 Tony Schmidt 10 11 14 7 7 5 11 6 Ret 11 11 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 6 Ret 7 8 13 Ret 9 9 9 7 8 12 Ernesto Viso 8 11 7 6 10 8 7 13 Mathias Lauda 12 7 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 6 5 14 Alan van der Merwe 8 12 9 Ret 9 8 Ret 2 15 Nico Verdonck 15 9 12 12 11 12 8 12 11 1 16 Jan Heylen 11 11 8 9 1 17 Rodrigo Ribeiro 13 8 Ret 16 1 18 Matteo Grassotto 8 Ret 1 19 Can Artam Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 14 13 9 0 20 Ferdinando Monfardini 14 13 13 15 10 9 Ret 13 16 14 0 21 Olivier Tielemans Ret 12 15 Ret 11 0 22 Chanoch Nissany Ret Ret 12 0 23 Matteo Meneghello 15 0 – Michele Rugolo Ret 0 Pos Driver IMO CAT MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ 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[edit]

Position [2]	Team [2]	IMO	CAT	MON	NUR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ	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[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

External links[edit]

• 2004 F3000 International Championship entry list at www.speedsport-magazine.com
• Images from March 2004 Silverstone F3000 testing at www.motorsport.com