2004 International Formula 3000 Championship

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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

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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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
Sources:^[3]^[4]

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

Calendar

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

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
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 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

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

↑ Doornbos is a Dutch driver who competed under an Monaco racing licence.

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References

1 2 2004 Formula 3000 International Championship race results Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived April 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.fia.com on 26 May 2010
↑ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – 2004: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
↑ "F3000 International Championship Entry List 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
1 2 Liuzzi is 2004 Champion Archived 2011-07-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.motorsm.com on 26 May 2010
↑ "F3000 International Championship Results 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
↑ "F3000 International Championship Standings 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
↑ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – Season 2004: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
↑ "2004 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport . Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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[3] Doornbos is a Dutch driver who competed under an Monaco racing licence.

[teamdan-1] 1 2 2004 Formula 3000 International Championship race results Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 26 May 2010

[FIA-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2004 Formula 3000 International Championship classifications Archived April 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.fia.com on 26 May 2010

[4] "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – 2004: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[5] "F3000 International Championship Entry List 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[motorsm-6] 1 2 Liuzzi is 2004 Champion Archived 2011-07-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.motorsm.com on 26 May 2010

[7] "F3000 International Championship Results 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[8] "F3000 International Championship Standings 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[9] "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – Season 2004: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[10] "2004 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport . Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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