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The 2004 FIA GT Championship season was the 8th season of the FIA GT Championship. It was a series contested by Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT and N-GT. It began on 28 March 2004 and ended 14 November 2004 after 11 races.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  LG Super Racing Weekend Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 28 March |
| 2 |  LG Super Racing Weekend Valencia | Circuit de Valencia | 18 April |
| 3 |  LG Super Racing Weekend Magny-Cours | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 2 May |
| 4 |  LG Super Racing Weekend Hockenheim | Hockenheimring | 16 May |
| 5 |  LG Super Racing Weekend Brno | Autodrom Brno Masaryk | 30 May |
| 6 |  LG Super Racing Weekend Donington | Donington Park | 27 June |
| 7 |  Proximus Spa 24 Hours | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 31 July 1 August |
| 8 | LG Super Racing Weekend Imola | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 5 September |
| 9 | LG Super Racing Weekend Oschersleben | Motopark Oschersleben | 19 September |
| 10 |  LG Super Racing Weekend Dubai | Dubai Autodrome | 8 October |
| 11 |  LG Super Racing Weekend Zhuhai | Zhuhai International Circuit | 14 November |
Overall winners in bold.
The GT Drivers Championship was won jointly by Luca Cappellari and Fabrizio Gollin who shared a Ferrari 550 Maranello entered by BMS Scuderia Italia.
The N-GT Drivers Championship was won jointly by Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr who shared a Porsche 996 GT3 RSR entered by Freisinger Motorsport.
| Pos. | Driver | Team | MON | VAL | MAG | HOC | BRN | DON | SPA | IMO | OSC | DUB | ZHU | Total points | ||
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| 6H | 12H | 24H | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Sascha Maassen | Freisinger Motorsport | NC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 93.5 |
| 1 | Lucas Luhr | Freisinger Motorsport | NC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 93.5 |
| 2 |  Stéphane Ortelli | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 90 |
| 2 | Emmanuel Collard | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 90 |
| 3 | Christian Pescatori | GPC Giesse Squadra Corse | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 58 |
| 4 |  Aleksey Vasilyev | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 48 |
| 5 | Gerold Ried | Proton Competition | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 44 |
| 5 | Christian Ried | Proton Competition | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Fabrizio de Simone | GPC Giesse Squadra Corse | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 36 | ||||
| 7 | Nikolai Fomenko | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | Ret | 26 | ||||
| Cirtek Motorsport | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Jörg Bergmeister | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | |||||||||
| 9 | Jan Vonka | Vonka Racing | 6 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | |||||
| 10 | Romain Dumas | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Timo Bernhard | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Marc Lieb | Freisinger Motorsport | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17.5 | ||||||||||
| GruppeM Europe | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Jaime Melo | GPC Giesse Squadra Corse | 3 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Tim Sugden | GruppeM Europe | 3 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 13.5 | ||||||||
| 15 |  Miroslav Konôpka | Vonka Racing | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||
| 16 | Bruno Barbaro | AB Motorsport | 4 | NC | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
| 16 | Antonio De Castro | AB Motorsport | 4 | NC | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
| 16 | Renato Premoli | AB Motorsport | 4 | NC | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
| 17 | Mike Jordan | JWR | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 18 |  Maciej Marcinkiewicz | Proton Competition | DNS | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||
| 19 | Tim Mullen | GruppeM Europe | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 11.5 | |||||||||
| 19 | Jonny Cocker | GruppeM Europe | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 11.5 | |||||||||
| 20 | Vincent Vosse | GPC Giesse Squadra Corse | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 21 |  Horst Felbermayr | JVG Racing | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Proton Competition | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | Ret | |||||||||||
| 21 | Horst Felbermayr Jr. | JVG Racing | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Proton Competition | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | Ret | |||||||||||
| 22 | Godfrey Jones | JWR | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 22 | David Jones | JWR | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Jens Petersen | JP Racing | Ret | DNS | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||
| 23 | Jan-Dirk Lueders | JP Racing | Ret | DNS | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||
| 24 | Luca Drudi | Seikel Motorsport | 7 | 5 | Ret | 7 | ||||||||||
| GPC Giesse Squadra Corse | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | Mauro Casadei | Vonka Racing | 5 | Ret | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Oliver Mathai | JP Racing | Ret | 7 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Warren Hughes | GruppeM Europe | 3 | 4 | Ret | 5.5 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Andrew Kirkaldy | Scuderia Ecosse | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Nathan Kinch | Scuderia Ecosse | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Alessandro Piccolo | MIK Corse | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Giovanni Berton | MIK Corse | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 27 |  Matthew Marsh | GPC Giesse Squadra Corse | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Charles Kwan | GPC Giesse Squadra Corse | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 28 |  Liz Halliday | Autorlando Sport | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Luigi Moccia | Autorlando Sport | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Morendo Soli | Autorlando Sport | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Franco Groppi | Autorlando Sport | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Marco Lambertini | GPC Giesse Squadra Corse | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | David Warnock | JWR | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Kersten Jodexnis | JP Racing | DNS | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 31 | Alex Caffi | Seikel Motorsport | 7 | 5 | Ret | 3 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Gabrio Rosa | Seikel Motorsport | 7 | 5 | Ret | 3 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Robin Liddell | Seikel Motorsport | 7 | 5 | Ret | 3 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Adam Jones | Cirtek Motorsport | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
| 33 | Vic Rice | Cirtek Motorsport | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 33 | John Grant | Cirtek Motorsport | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Rudolf Machánek | Machánek Racing | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Jaroslav Hoznik | Machánek Racing | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Marco Panzavuota | Vonka Racing | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Massimiliano Degiovanni | Vonka Racing | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | MON | VAL | MAG | HOC | BRN | DON | 6H | 12H | 24H | IMO | OSC | DUB | ZHU | Total points |
| SPA | ||||||||||||||||
Points were awarded separately in both GT and N-GT to the top 8 class finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1. At the Spa 24 Hours only, half points were also granted to the leading eight cars at the 12-hour mark. Both cars scored points towards the championship.
Due to the Maserati MC12 not being homologated, AF Corse was not eligible to score points from Round 8 through Round 10. Championship points were redistributed to other GT competitors, ignoring the placing of the AF Corse cars. At Round 11 the homologation was approved and AF Corse was then allowed to score points.
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| Pos. | Team | MON | VAL | MAG | HOC | BRN | DON | SPA | IMO | OSC | DUB | ZHU | Total points | ||
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| 6H | 12H | 24H | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Yukos Freisinger Motorsport | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 138 |
| Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | Ret | |||
| 2 | Freisinger Motorsport | NC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 93.5 |
| 3 | GPC Giesse Squadra Corse | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67 |
| 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Proton Competition | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 45 |
| 8 | Ret | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | GruppeM Europe | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 19.5 | |||||||
| 6 | Vonka Racing | 6 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | |||||
| 7 | AB Motorsport | 4 | NC | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
| 8 | JWR | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 9 | JP Racing | Ret | DNS | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||
| 10 | Scuderia Ecosse | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | MIK Corse | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Autorlando Sport | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Seikel Motorsport | 7 | 5 | Ret | 3 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Cirtek Motorsport | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
| DNS | DNS | DNS | |||||||||||||
| 14 | JVG Racing | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Machánek Racing | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ret | |||||||||||||||
| - | Graham Nash Motorsport | 9 | 9 | Ret | 10 | DNS | 0 | ||||||||
| - | Darro Motor Racing | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| - | RJN Motorsport | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| - | Scuderia Veregra | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||
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