The 2004 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds, with 8 teams and 17 drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola B3/51) and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.
Team | # | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
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ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN | 1 | Satoshi Motoyama | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
2 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | All | |||
Yellow Hat Kondo Racing Team | 3 | Ryo Michigami | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
4 | Yuji Tachikawa | 1–3 | |||
Team LeMans | 7 | Juichi Wakisaka | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
8 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | All | |||
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | 11 | Tsugio Matsuda | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
12 | Masami Kageyama | 6–9 | |||
mobilecast Team Impul | 19 | Benoît Tréluyer | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
20 | Yuji Ide | All | |||
LeMans Spirit | 25 | Tatsuya Kataoka | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
Carrozzerria Team MOHN | 27 | Koji Yamanishi | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | 4–5, 8 |
28 | Hideki Noda | All | |||
PIAA Nakajima Racing | 31 | André Lotterer | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
32 | Takashi Kogure | All | |||
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 40 | Richard Lyons | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
41 | Naoki Hattori | All |
Race | Track | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Race Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
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1 | Suzuka Circuit | 28 March | Yuji Ide | Richard Lyons | Takashi Kogure | PIAA Nakajima Racing |
2 | Sportsland SUGO | 2 May | Richard Lyons | Takashi Kogure | Richard Lyons | DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing |
3 | Twin Ring Motegi | 6 June | Richard Lyons | Richard Lyons | André Lotterer | PIAA Nakajima Racing |
4 | Suzuka Circuit | 4 July | Richard Lyons | Naoki Hattori | Richard Lyons | DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing |
5 | Sportsland SUGO | 1 August | Richard Lyons | Juichi Wakisaka | Satoshi Motoyama | ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN |
6 | Mine Circuit | 29 August | Benoît Tréluyer | Juichi Wakisaka | Benoît Tréluyer | mobilecast Team Impul |
7 | Sepang International Circuit | 19 September | André Lotterer | Richard Lyons | André Lotterer | PIAA Nakajima Racing |
8 | Twin Ring Motegi | 24 October | Juichi Wakisaka | André Lotterer | Yuji Ide | mobilecast Team Impul |
9 | Suzuka Circuit | 7 November | Richard Lyons | Yuji Ide | Benoît Tréluyer | mobilecast Team Impul |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Rank | Name | SUZ | SGO | MOT | SUZ | SGO | MIN | MYS | MOT | SUZ | Points |
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1 | Richard Lyons | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
2 | André Lotterer | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | 7 | 33 |
3 | Yuji Ide | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
4 | Benoît Tréluyer | Ret | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 1 | 30 |
5 | Juichi Wakisaka | 13 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 23 |
6 | Satoshi Motoyama | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 21 |
7 | Takashi Kogure | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
8 | Tatsuya Kataoka | 10 | 11 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
9 | Naoki Hattori | 7 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 10 | 7 |
10 | Ryo Michigami | 3 | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
11 | Tsugio Matsuda | 4 | NC | 12 | 9 | DSQ | 12 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 |
12 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | 6 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 |
13 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 4 |
14 | Yuji Tachikawa | Ret | NC | Ret | 6 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 3 |
15 | Hideki Noda | 9 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 | 0 |
16 | Koji Yamanishi | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
17 | Masami Kageyama | Ret | 11 | Ret | 15 | 0 |
Rank | Team | Car | SUZ | SGO | MOT | SUZ | SGO | MIN | MYS | MOT | SUZ | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | mobilecast Impul | 19 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 1 | 62 |
20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |||
2 | PIAA Nakajima | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | 7 | 50 |
32 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 8 | |||
3 | DoCoMo Dandelion | 40 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 40 |
41 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 10 | |||
4 | LeMans LeMans Spirit | 7 | 13 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 37 |
8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | |||
25 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |||
5 | ADiRECT 5ZIGEN | 1 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 26 |
2 | 6 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | |||
6 | Yellow Hat Kondo | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
4 | Ret | NC | Ret | 6 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | |||
7 | Cosmo Oil Cerumo | 11 | 4 | NC | 12 | 9 | DSQ | 12 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 |
12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 15 | ||||||||
8 | Team MOHN | 27 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 |
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