2004 Formula Nippon Championship

2004 Formula Nippon Championship

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Related series:
2004 International Formula 3000 Championship
2004 Euro Formula 3000 Series

The 2004 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds, with 8 teams and 17 drivers competed in the series. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola B3/51) and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN	1	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	2	Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Kaneishi			All
Yellow Hat Kondo Racing Team	3	Template:Flagicon Ryo Michigami	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	4	Template:Flagicon Yuji Tachikawa			1–3
Team LeMans	7	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	8	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsuchiya			All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	11	Template:Flagicon Tsugio Matsuda	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	12	Template:Flagicon Masami Kageyama			6–9
mobilecast Team Impul	19	Template:Flagicon Benoît Tréluyer	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	20	Template:Flagicon Yuji Ide			All
LeMans Spirit	25	Template:Flagicon Tatsuya Kataoka	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
Carrozzerria Team MOHN	27	Template:Flagicon Koji Yamanishi	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	4–5, 8
	28	Template:Flagicon Hideki Noda			All
PIAA Nakajima Racing	31	Template:Flagicon André Lotterer	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	32	Template:Flagicon Takashi Kogure			All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing	40	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	Lola B3/51	Mugen MF308	All
	41	Template:Flagicon Naoki Hattori			All

Race calendar and results

Race	Track	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Template:Flagicon Suzuka Circuit	28 March	Template:Flagicon Yuji Ide	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	Template:Flagicon Takashi Kogure	PIAA Nakajima Racing
2	Template:Flagicon Sportsland SUGO	2 May	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	Template:Flagicon Takashi Kogure	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing
3	Template:Flagicon Twin Ring Motegi	6 June	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	Template:Flagicon André Lotterer	PIAA Nakajima Racing
4	Template:Flagicon Suzuka Circuit	4 July	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	Template:Flagicon Naoki Hattori	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing
5	Template:Flagicon Sportsland SUGO	1 August	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN
6	Template:Flagicon Mine Circuit	29 August	Template:Flagicon Benoît Tréluyer	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Template:Flagicon Benoît Tréluyer	mobilecast Team Impul
7	Template:Flagicon Sepang International Circuit	19 September	Template:Flagicon André Lotterer	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	Template:Flagicon André Lotterer	PIAA Nakajima Racing
8	Template:Flagicon Twin Ring Motegi	24 October	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	Template:Flagicon André Lotterer	Template:Flagicon Yuji Ide	mobilecast Team Impul
9	Template:Flagicon Suzuka Circuit	7 November	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	Template:Flagicon Yuji Ide	Template:Flagicon Benoît Tréluyer	mobilecast Team Impul

• At race 4, a sprint race of 18 laps (104.526 km) set the grid for the main race. The sprint race winner Richard Lyons started from pole in the main race.
• At race 7, a sprint race of 20 laps (110.72 km) set grid for the main race. The sprint race winner André Lotterer started from pole in the main race. Naoki Hattori set pole position for the sprint race.

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	6	4	3	2	1

Rank	Name	SUZ Template:Flagicon	SGO Template:Flagicon	MOT Template:Flagicon	SUZ Template:Flagicon	SGO Template:Flagicon	MIN Template:Flagicon	MYS Template:Flagicon	MOT Template:Flagicon	SUZ Template:Flagicon	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons	8	1	8	1	4	8	9	2	3	33
2	Template:Flagicon André Lotterer	2	4	1	8	Ret	Ret	1	3	7	33
3	Template:Flagicon Yuji Ide	12	2	2	3	7	7	10	1	2	32
4	Template:Flagicon Benoît Tréluyer	Ret	6	4	2	10	1	7	Ret	1	30
5	Template:Flagicon Juichi Wakisaka	13	3	Ret	5	3	2	3	Ret	4	23
6	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Motoyama	5	12	5	4	1	6	Ret	5	6	21
7	Template:Flagicon Takashi Kogure	1	9	9	7	2	Ret	6	9	8	17
8	Template:Flagicon Tatsuya Kataoka	10	11	3	13	Ret	4	5	4	12	12
9	Template:Flagicon Naoki Hattori	7	7	Ret	10	6	10	2	Ret	10	7
10	Template:Flagicon Ryo Michigami	3	5	6	Ret	Ret	11	8	10	13	7
11	Template:Flagicon Tsugio Matsuda	4	NC	12	9	DSQ	12	4	6	Ret	7
12	Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Kaneishi	6	13	10	Ret	12	3	Ret	Ret	11	5
13	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Tsuchiya	11	10	7	11	8	5	Ret	Ret	5	4
14	Template:Flagicon Yuji Tachikawa	Ret	NC	Ret	6	5	9	Ret	7	9	3
15	Template:Flagicon Hideki Noda	9	8	11	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	11	14	0
16	Template:Flagicon Koji Yamanishi				12	9			8		0
17	Template:Flagicon Masami Kageyama						Ret	11	Ret	15	0

Teams' Championship

Rank	Team	Car	SUZ Template:Flagicon	SGO Template:Flagicon	MOT Template:Flagicon	SUZ Template:Flagicon	SGO Template:Flagicon	MIN Template:Flagicon	MYS Template:Flagicon	MOT Template:Flagicon	SUZ Template:Flagicon	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

External links

• 2004 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon