2004 World Series by Nissan

2004 World Series by Nissan season
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The 2004 World Series by Nissan was contested over 9 race weekends/18 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Dallara chassis (Dallara SN01) and Nissan engines (Nissan VQ). 11 different teams and 31 different drivers competed. Heikki Kovalainen claimed the title for Pons Racing, finishing tenth in first race at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.^[1]

2004 Driver Lineup

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Gabord Reyco	1	Ralph Firman	1-2
		Takaya Tsubobayashi	5-7
		Hiroki Yoshimoto	8-9
	2	Juan Cruz Álvarez	All
Epsilon Euskadi	3	Ander Vilariño	1-4
		Julien Vidot	5-6
		Félix Porteiro	7-9
	4	Jean-Christophe Ravier	All
Carlin Motorsport	5	Tiago Monteiro	All
	6	Michael Keohane	2
		Olivier Pla	3-9
GD Racing	7	Enrique Bernoldi	All
	8	Pablo Donoso	1-7
		Giacomo Ricci	8
		Damien Pasini	9
Saulnier Racing	9	Sergio Hernández	5-9
	10	Tristan Gommendy	All
Tata RC Motorsport	11	Narain Karthikeyan	All
	12	Oliver Pla	1-2
		Tomáš Kostka	3-7
		Karun Chandhok	8-9
Vergani Formula	14	Giacomo Ricci	5-7
		Miloš Pavlović	8-9
	15	Rodrigo Sperafico	1-2
		Giovanni Tedeschi	5-9
Witmeur KTR	16	Didier André	1-8
	17	Bruce Jouanny	1-3
Paul Belmondo Racing	18	Boris Derichebourg	1
	19	Ryo Fukuda	1-2
Porfesa Competicion	20	Félix Porteiro	1-6
	21	Roldán Rodríguez	1-5
		Santiago Porteiro	8
Pons Racing	22	Heikki Kovalainen	All
	23	Adrián Vallés	All

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuito del Jarama	28 March	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	GD Racing
	R2			Enrique Bernoldi	Bruce Jouanny	Enrique Bernoldi	GD Racing
2	R1	Circuit Zolder	25 April	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport
	R2			Heikki Kovalainen	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport
3	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	23 May	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Narain Karthikeyan	Tata RC Motorsport
	R2			Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing
4	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	20 June	Heikki Kovalainen	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Epsilon by Graff
	R2			Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing
5	R1	Lausitzring	8 August	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing
	R2			Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing
6	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	19 September	Tiago Monteiro	Heikki Kovalainen	Olivier Pla	Carlin Motorsport
	R2			Tiago Monteiro	Heikki Kovalainen	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya	3 October	Félix Porteiro	Adrián Vallés	Félix Porteiro	Epsilon by Graff
	R2			Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing
8	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	17 October	Narain Karthikeyan	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Narain Karthikeyan	Tata RC Motorsport
	R2			Tiago Monteiro	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport
9	R1	Circuito de Jerez	7 November	Heikki Kovalainen	Enrique Bernoldi	Heikki Kovalainen	Pons Racing
	R2			Heikki Kovalainen	Enrique Bernoldi	Tiago Monteiro	Carlin Motorsport

Every second race saw a mandatory pit stop.

Driver standings

For every race the points were awarded: 15 points to the winner, 12 for runner-up, 10 for third place, 8 for fourth place, 6 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 14 race results count, but all additional points count.

Pos Driver JAR 1 JAR 2 ZOL 1 ZOL 2 MAG 1 MAG 2 VAL 1 VAL 2 LAU 1 LAU 2 EST 1 EST 2 CAT 1 CAT 2 VAL 1 VAL 2 JER 1 JER 2 Drop Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen 7 4 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 13 3 2 1 10 5 1 14 5 186 2 Tiago Monteiro 2 6 1 1 8 5 13 7 4 5 2 1 10 7 3 1 2 1 8 154 3 Enrique Bernoldi 1 1 2 10 3 Ret 6 4 2 3 Ret 7 3 Ret 7 6 7 Ret 121 4 Jean-Christophe Ravier 8 11 9 5 4 8 1 2 5 2 11 2 8 Ret 2 4 4 5 2 120 5 Tristan Gommendy 12 5 Ret 3 5 2 7 3 3 8 4 5 4 3 9 10 6 8 3 101 6 Narain Karthikeyan 5 Ret 3 4 1 4 11 Ret 10 6 Ret Ret 5 4 1 2 5 11 100 7 Juan Cruz Álvarez 3 2 17 6 6 7 12 Ret Ret 7 8 4 7 5 Ret 8 10 2 77 8 Félix Porteiro 13 12 6 9 Ret Ret 3 6 6 4 10 3 1 6 8 3 9 6 76 9 Olivier Pla 9 Ret 7 7 10 10 4 5 8 17 1 9 9 Ret 4 Ret 3 15 66 10 Adrián Vallés 15 10 15 8 7 9 14 Ret 7 11 3 10 Ret 2 6 9 Ret 3 56 11 Bruce Jouanny 4 7 5 Ret 11 6 25 12 Ander Vilariño Ret 9 10 12 9 3 5 8 24 13 Sergio Hernández 12 10 5 6 6 10 12 Ret DNS 7 22 14 Didier André 10 8 13 11 12 12 8 9 Ret Ret 9 8 12 8 11 7 21 15 Ryo Fukuda 6 3 8 Ret 18 16 Karun Chandhok Ret 13 8 4 11 17 Julien Vidot 9 13 6 12 7 18 Santiago Porteiro 5 Ret 6 19 Pablo Donoso Ret Ret 14 13 13 11 10 12 Ret 9 Ret 14 11 9 5 20 Giacomo Ricci 11 12 7 11 Ret 12 13 11 4 21 Roldán Rodríguez Ret Ret 16 15 14 13 9 11 13 DNS 2 22 Miloš Pavlović Ret Ret 11 9 2 23 Tomáš Kostka 15 14 Ret 10 Ret 15 12 15 Ret Ret 1 24 Hiroki Yoshimoto Ret 12 Ret 10 1 25 Rodrigo Sperafico 11 13 11 14 0 26 Giovanni Tedeschi 15 16 Ret Ret 13 11 14 Ret 12 13 0 27 Michael Keohane 12 Ret 0 28 Damien Pasini Ret 12 0 29 Takaya Tsubobayashi 14 14 Ret 16 14 Ret 0 30 Ralph Firman 14 Ret DNS DNS 0 NC Boris Derichebourg Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver JAR 1 JAR 2 ZOL 1 ZOL 2 MAG 1 MAG 2 VAL 1 VAL 2 LAU 1 LAU 2 EST 1 EST 2 CAT 1 CAT 2 VAL 1 VAL 2 JER 1 JER 2 Drop Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Team Standings

	Team	Points
1	Pons Racing	245
2	Carlin Motorsport	218
3	Epsilon Euskadi	193
4	GD Racing	126
5	Saulnier Racing	126
6	RC Motorsport	122
7	Gabord Reyco	78
8	Witmeur KTR	46
9	Porfesa Competicion	44
10	Paul Belmondo Racing	18
11	Vergani Formula	6

References

1. "Kovalainen is the champion!". nissan-dakar.com (World Series by Nissan). 2004-10-17. Retrieved 2010-04-08.

External links

• 2004 World Series by Renault season info on Speedsport-Magazine.com