2004 International Formula 3000 season

2004 FIA International Formula 3000 season
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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
Arden International	1	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
Arden International	2	Robert Doornbos	All
CMS Performance	3	José María López	All
CMS Performance	4	Mathias Lauda	All
Durango Corse	5	Yannick Schroeder	1-8
		Matteo Meneghello	9
		Michele Rugolo	10
	6	Rodrigo Ribeiro	1-4
	6	Ernesto Viso	5-10
Coloni Motorsport	7	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	1-4
	7	Patrick Friesacher	5-10
	8	Can Artam	1-5, 7
	8	Chanoch Nissany	8-10
Super Nova Racing	9	Patrick Friesacher	1-4
	9	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	5-10
	10	Alan van der Merwe	1-7
	10	Can Artam	8-10
Team Astromega	11	Nico Verdonck	1-9
	11	Raffaele Giammaria	10
	12	Jan Heylen	1-4
	12	Olivier Tielemans	6-10
BCN F3000	14	Enrico Toccacelo	All
BCN F3000	15	Esteban Guerrieri	All
Ma-Con Engineering	16	Tomáš Enge	All
Ma-Con Engineering	17	Tony Schmidt	All
AEZ Racing	18	Raffaele Giammaria	1-8
	18	Matteo Grassotto	9-10
	19	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	Imola	24 April	31 laps / 152.686 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	José María López	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Arden International
2	Catalunya	8 May	33 laps / 152.565 km	Enrico Toccacelo	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Arden International
3	Monaco	22 May	45 laps / 150.3 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Tomáš Enge	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Arden International
4	Nürburgring	29 May	30 laps / 154.423 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	José María López	Enrico Toccacelo	BCN Competicion
5	Magny-Cours	3 July	35 laps / 154.201 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Arden International
6	Silverstone	10 July	30 laps / 154.125 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Tomáš Enge	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Arden International
7	Hockenheim	24 July	33 laps / 150.942 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Enrico Toccacelo	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Arden International
8	Budapest	14 August	35 laps / 153.440 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Tomáš Enge	Patrick Friesacher	Coloni Motorsport
9	Spa-Francorchamps	28 August	22 laps / 153.296 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Robert Doornbos	Robert Doornbos	Arden International
10	Monza	11 September	26 laps / 150.353 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Arden International

Drivers' Championship

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Blank	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	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]

Complete Overview

first column of every race

= grid position

second column of every race

= race result

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

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italy	Arden International	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	11	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
2	Enrico Toccacelo	Italy	BCN Competicion	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	8	12	2	2	2	2	2	3	7	12	9	R
3	Robert Doornbos	Netherlands	Arden International	6	3	4	R14	5	6	8	2	4	5	9	10	7	4	6	7	2	1	3	3
4	Tomáš Enge	Czech Republic	Ma-Con Engineering	5	5	6	R	8	14	3	7	7	2	4	3	4	R	4	4	3	4	6	2
5	Patrick Friesacher	Austria	SuperNova Racing	8	9	9	4	6	5	10	R
5	Patrick Friesacher	Austria	Coloni Motorsport									3	3	5	5	3	NS	3	1	10	5	5	R
6	José María López	Argentina	CMS Performance/Coloni Motorsport	4	R	7	6	3	3	4	5	5	R	3	4	13	6	5	8	4	3	4	R
	Esteban Guerrieri	Argentina	BCN Competicion	10	R	11	5	9	R	7	4	6	6	7	15	6	3	8	5	5	7	7	5
8	Raffaele Giammaria	Italy	AEZ I.E. Engineering/Durango	7	4	10	3	7	4	6	6	14	R14	6	6	9	R	9	10	-	-
8	Raffaele Giammaria	Italy	Team Astromega																			2	4
9	Yannick Schroeder	France	Durango Formula	9	7	3	R	14	10	9	3	2	4	17	14	5	R	10	R	-	-	-	-
10	Tony Schmidt	Germany	Ma-Con Engineering	11	10	NT	-	17	11	12	14	9	7	8	7	8	5	11	1	8	6	8	R10
11	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Belgium	Coloni Motorsport	3	6	8	R	4	7	5	8
11	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Belgium	SuperNova Racing									13	13	11	R	15	9	15	9	13	9	13	7
12	Ernesto Viso	Venezuela	Durango Formula	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	14	11	10	7	7	6	12	10	15	8
13	Mathias Lauda	Austria	CMS Performance/Coloni Motorsport	15	12	12	7	13	R	15	10	11	R	13	13	12	R	13	R15	9	14	14	6
14	Alan van der Merwe	South Africa	SuperNova Racing	12	8	5	12	10	9	13	R	15	9	10	8	11	R11	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Rodrigo Ribeiro	Brazil	Durango Formula	14	13	16	8	12	R	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Jan Heylen	Belgium	Team Astromega	13	11	13	11	11	8	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Nico Verdonck	Belgium	Team Astromega	16	15	14	9	16	12	14	12	16	11	15	12	16	8	12	12	14	11	-	-
	Matteo Grassotto	Italy	AEZ I.E. Engineering/Durango	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	10	R
-	Can Artam	Turkey	Coloni Motorsport	17	R	17	10	18	R	17	13	17	R	-	-	17	10
-	Can Artam	Turkey	SuperNova Racing															16	14	15	13	16	9
-	Ferdinando Monfardini	Italy	AEZ I.E. Engineering/Durango	18	14	15	13	15	13	18	15	12	10	12	9	14	R	14	13	11	16	11	R
-	Olivier Tielemans	Netherlands	AEZ I.E. Engineering/Durango	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	R	18	12	18	16	18	R	17	11
-	Chanoch Nissany	Israel	Coloni Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	R	16	R	18	12
-	Matteo Meneghello	Italy	Durango	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	-	-
-	Michele Rugolo	Italy	Durango	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	R

References

1 2 2004 Formula 3000 International Championship race results Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 26 May 2010
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2004 Formula 3000 International Championship classifications Retrieved from www.fia.com on 26 May 2010
1 2 Liuzzi is 2004 Champion Retrieved from www.motorsm.com on 26 May 2010

External links

FIA International Formula 3000

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