2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 25th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 28 March at Suzuka and ended on 24 October at Motegi.[1] Italian driver Ronnie Quintarelli took the championship title, winning eight from 20 races.[2]

Teams and drivers

  • All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tyres.[3]
Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
TOM'S 1 Richard Antinucci Dallara F304 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–9
Katsuyuki Hiranaka 10
7 Sakon Yamamoto Dallara F304 All
8 Kazuki Nakajima Dallara F304 All
36 Taku Bamba Dallara F304 All
Toda Racing 2 Hideki Mutoh Lola-Dome F106/03 Toda-Honda MF204C All
Inging 3 Naoki Yokomizo Dallara F303 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE All
4 Ronnie Quintarelli Dallara F302/3 All
M-TEC 10 João Paulo de Oliveira Lola-Dome F106/03 Mugen-Honda MF204B All
11 Danny Watts Lola-Dome F106/03 10
ThreeBond Racing 12 Fabio Carbone Dallara F304 Tomei Nissan SR20VE All
14 Masataka Yanagida Dallara F303 All
DTM 19 Hiroyoshi Shibata Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
Now Motor Sports 32 Wataru Kobayakawa Lola-Dome F106/03 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
33 Daisuke Ikeda Lola-Dome F106/03 All
Zap Speed 50 Motohiko Isozaki Dallara F304 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
Exceed Motorsports 87 Kei Idaka Dallara F302 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 10

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 27 March Kazuki Nakajima Sakon Yamamoto Kazuki Nakajima TOM'S
R2 28 March Kazuki Nakajima João Paulo de Oliveira Kazuki Nakajima TOM'S
2 R1 Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma 10 April João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira Richard Antinucci TOM'S
R2 11 April Ronnie Quintarelli Fabio Carbone Ronnie Quintarelli Inging
3 R1 Okayama International Circuit 8 May João Paulo de Oliveira Richard Antinucci João Paulo de Oliveira M-TEC
R2 9 May João Paulo de Oliveira Ronnie Quintarelli Ronnie Quintarelli Inging
4 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 5 June João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira Fabio Carbone ThreeBond Racing
R2 6 June João Paulo de Oliveira Sakon Yamamoto Ronnie Quintarelli Inging
5 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 3 July Ronnie Quintarelli João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira M-TEC
R2 4 July João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira Ronnie Quintarelli Inging
6 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 31 July Naoki Yokomizo Ronnie Quintarelli Ronnie Quintarelli Inging
R2 1 August Naoki Yokomizo João Paulo de Oliveira Ronnie Quintarelli Inging
7 R1 Mine Circuit, Mine 28 August João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira M-TEC
R2 29 August Naoki Yokomizo Fabio Carbone Naoki Yokomizo Inging
8 R1 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku 11 September Hiroyoshi Shibata João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira M-TEC
R2 12 September Daisuke Ikeda João Paulo de Oliveira João Paulo de Oliveira M-TEC
9 R1 Mine Circuit, Mine 2 October Ronnie Quintarelli João Paulo de Oliveira Ronnie Quintarelli Inging
R2 3 October Ronnie Quintarelli Fabio Carbone Ronnie Quintarelli Inging
10 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 23 October João Paulo de Oliveira Sakon Yamamoto João Paulo de Oliveira M-TEC
R2 24 October Sakon Yamamoto Sakon Yamamoto Sakon Yamamoto TOM'S
Notes

Standings

  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver SUZ TSU OKA MOT SUZ SUG MIN SEN MIN MOT Pts
1 Ronnie Quintarelli 9 6 13 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 3 6 2 13 1 1 Ret 3 251
2 João Paulo de Oliveira 6 Ret 2 5 1 2 13 Ret 1 5 3 2 1 3 1 1 Ret DNS 1 Ret 211
3 Naoki Yokomizo 4 5 6 4 Ret 9 4 2 2 Ret 2 3 2 1 10 4 Ret 6 5 2 177
4 Richard Antinucci 7 2 1 2 6 4 3 3 5 Ret 10 7 4 2 3 2 9 11 161
5 Kazuki Nakajima 1 1 7 9 3 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 9 11 5 5 4 3 9 4 138
6 Taku Bamba 2 3 3 3 9 10 7 4 Ret 6 7 Ret 6 7 4 6 5 4 4 7 133
7 Sakon Yamamoto 3 10 5 6 Ret 5 8 5 Ret 4 8 Ret 7 4 Ret 8 3 5 2 1 131
8 Fabio Carbone 5 4 9 8 8 Ret 1 6 7 Ret 5 4 5 8 8 9 2 2 7 8 123
9 Hideki Mutoh 8 7 8 10 Ret DSQ 5 7 3 2 9 6 8 5 9 7 Ret Ret Ret 5 83
10 Masataka Yanagida 12 8 12 12 5 11 14 9 9 3 6 5 10 NC 7 Ret 7 7 8 10 58
11 Daisuke Ikeda 10 12 4 7 Ret 3 9 8 10 DNS 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 3 10 NC 14 11 48
12 Wataru Kobayakawa 11 11 11 11 4 7 10 10 8 Ret 13 8 12 Ret 6 10 6 8 11 12 38
13 Hiroyoshi Shibata 13 9 10 13 Ret 8 11 11 Ret 7 12 9 13 12 Ret 11 Ret 9 10 13 15
14 Katsuyuki Hiranaka 3 9 14
15 Danny Watts 6 6 12
16 Motohiko Isozaki 14 13 14 14 7 12 12 12 11 Ret 14 10 14 10 11 12 8 10 12 14 10
17 Kei Idaka 13 15 0
Pos Driver SUZ TSU OKA MOT SUZ SUG MIN SEN MIN MOT 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

References

  1. ^ "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2004". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Formula 3 Japan 2004". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2004". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
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