2004 Formula BMW Asia season

The 2004 Formula BMW Asia season was won by Marchy Lee of Hong Kong, driving for Team Meritus. Lee finished the season on 250 points, followed by BMW Junior driver, 24-year-old You Kyong-Ouk and Rookie Cup winner Mehdi Bennani), both on 124 points. Lee received an extra prize in recognition of his extraordinary achievements – a three-day test with the Team Rosberg Formula 3 outfit.[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds
Minardi Team Asia 2 Dado Pena All
3 Tyson Sy All
4 Robert Boughey R All
5 Moreno Soeprapto G 1–4, 6
27 Mark Goddard 5
Team E-Rain 6 Han Han R All
7 Lee Kookhyun G 7
12 Gaby Dela Merced R 3–4
33 Ao Chi Hong G 6
61 You Kyongouk All
62 Karshana Dissanayake G 1
68 Michael Ting G 5
86 6
Belgravia Motorsport 21 Salman Al Khalifa All
22 Mohammed Al Baharna All
23 Hamad Al Fardan R All
24 Mehdi Bennani R 1
88 Hanss Lin Po Heng All
Team Meritus 8 Chin Tzer Jinn G 2
11 Nik Iruwan Nik Izani R All
24 Mehdi Bennani R 2–7
38 Marchy Lee All
15 Tobia Kipper G 6
52 Mark Patterson G 6
77 Kuo Chia-Ming G 2
Team T.E.C Pilipinas 12 Gaby Dela Merced R 1–2
Autosport with Arto 19 Maekkasit Weraporasu R 1–3
20 Tohru Jitsukawa 1–2
San Miguel MP Turbo 33 Mike Potenciano G 3
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Rookie
1 R1 Bahrain International Circuit 3 April Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani
R2 4 April Moreno Soeprapto Maekkasit Weraporasu Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani
2 R1 Sepang International Circuit 19 June Hanss Lin Po Heng no data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Hamad Al Fardan
R2 Marchy Lee no data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani
3 R1 Bira Circuit 10 July Marchy Lee no data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani
R2 11 July Hanss Lin Po Heng no data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani
4 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit 15 August Marchy Lee Mehdi Bennani Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani
R2 16 August Marchy Lee Hanss Lin Po Heng Hanss Lin Po Heng Belgravia Motorsport Mehdi Bennani
5 R1 Autopolis 4 September Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani
R2 5 September Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani
6 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 25 September Marchy Lee Tyson Sy Marchy Lee Team Meritus Hamad Al Fardan
R2 26 September Marchy Lee Mehdi Bennani Moreno Soeprapto Minardi Team Asia Nik Iruwan Nik Izani
7 R1 Taebaek Racing Park 16 October Marchy Lee Hamad Al Fardan Marchy Lee Team Meritus Hamad Al Fardan
R2 17 October Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani

Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BHR
 SEP
 BIR
 BEI
 AUT
 SIC
 TAE
 Pts
1 Marchy Lee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 250
2 You Kyongouk 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 10 7 6 10 3 7 Ret 124
3 Mehdi Bennani 5 5 Ret 2 3 3 5 2 5 3 Ret 4 12 3 124
4 Hanss Lin Po Heng 3 6 Ret 14 4 2 2 1 3 Ret 9 Ret 3 2 120
5 Tyson Sy Ret 2 3 4 6 11 9 Ret 2 2 3 12 4 5 108
6 Salman Al Khalifa 9 9 7 9 5 5 4 3 6 10 Ret 5 5 6 84
7 Dado Pena 6 4 5 5 8 16 10 5 4 12 5 6 6 Ret 83
8 Hamad Al Fardan Ret 13 6 6 Ret 8 6 Ret Ret 4 2 7 2 4 80
9 Nik Iruwan Nik Izani 11 14 12 11 12 14 7 6 8 11 Ret 2 10 7 42
10 Robert Boughey 10 7 11 10 9 10 12 8 12 5 6 DSQ 9 8 39
11 Han Han 7 10 9 Ret 14 9 13 9 10 7 7 10 11 9 32
12 Mohammed Al Baharna 12 11 10 8 Ret 7 8 Ret 9 8 8 8 8 10 32
13 Maekkasit Weraporasu 8 8 14 13 10 12 9
14 Tohru Jitsukawa 14 12 8 Ret 4
15 Gaby Dela Merced 13 16 16 15 13 15 14 11 1
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
– Moreno Soeprapto 4 Ret 4 7 7 6 11 7 4 1 –
– Mike Potenciano 11 13 –
– Michael Ting 11 9 Ret 14 –
– Mark Patterson 11 9 –
– Ao Chi Hong 13 11 –
– Chin Tzer Jinn 13 12 –
– Tobia Kipper 12 13 –
– Lee Kookhyun 13 Ret –
– Karshana Dissanayake Ret 15 –
– Kuo Chia-Ming 15 Ret –
– Mark Goddard Ret Ret –
Pos Driver BHR
 SEP
 BIR
 BEI
 AUT
 SIC
 TAE
 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

Pos Driver BHR
 SEP
 BIR
 BEI
 AUT
 SIC
 TAE
 Pts
1 Mehdi Bennani 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 5 1 223
2 Robert Boughey 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 2 DSQ 2 4 168
3 Hamad Al Fardan Ret 5 1 2 Ret 2 2 Ret Ret 2 1 3 1 2 155
4 Nik Iruwan Nik Izani 5 6 4 4 4 6 3 2 2 5 Ret 1 3 3 144
5 Han Han 2 4 2 Ret 6 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 138
6 Maekkasit Weraporasu 3 3 5 5 3 5 60
7 Gaby Dela Merced 6 7 6 6 5 7 6 5 48

References

  1. ^ Formula BMW Asia – Round 14 – Taebaek – Race BMW Group Press Archive. 17 October 2004. Retrieved On 28 June 2012.
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