2004 Formula 3 Euro Series

Motor racing championship March 2026 Formula 3 Euro Series 2004 Drivers' Champion: Jamie Green Teams' Champion: ASM Formule 3 Nations Cup Champion: FRA France Rookie Cup Champion: Franck Perera The 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the second championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in either one or two sessions – and two 30-minute qualifying sessions. This was followed by a c.110 km race on Saturday and a c.80 km race on Sunday. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win. Teams and drivers 2004 Entry Listhttp://www.formel3guide.com/images/starter/2004-starter-es.pdf PDF 2004 Entry List formel3guide.com 2009-10-13 Team No. Car number Driver Status ChassisAll drivers competed in Dallara chassis (except Coloni Motorsport drivers, who used Lola-Dome chassis); model listed. "N" Engine Rounds ITA Prema Powerteam 1 JPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka F304/009 Opel 1–5 F303/025 6–10 2 FRA Franck Perera F304/010 All 26 BRA Roberto Streit Rookie F304/011 All 41 JPN Kohei Hirate Rookie F304/009 8, 10DEU ASL-Mücke Motorsport / ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 3 CAN Bruno Spengler F302/012 Mercedes All 4 POL Robert Kubica F302/032 All FRA ASM Formule 3 5 FRA Alexandre Prémat F303/015 Mercedes All 6 GBR Jamie Green F303/016 All 27 FRA Éric Salignon F303/014 1–8 DEU Adrian SutilRookie 10 CHE Opel Team KMS 7 GRC Alexandros Margaritis F303/021 Opel 1–6 BRA Ruben Carrapatoso F303/009 7–10 8 DEU Robert Kath Rookie Opel 1–6 FRA Opel Team Signature-Plus 9 NLD Giedo van der Garde Rookie F302/018 Opel All 10 FRA Nicolas Lapierre F304/004 All DEU Team Rosberg 11 DEU Nico Rosberg F303/006 Opel All 12 AUT Andreas Zuber F303/005F303/206 All ITA Team Ghinzani 14 AUT Philipp Baron F302/042 Mugen All 15 GBR Derek Hayes F302/003 9 31 ITA Marco Bonanomi Rookie F302/052 All DEU Maximilian Götz 18 DEU Maximilian Götz Rookie F303/001 TOM's 1–9 NLD Ross Zwolsman 19 NLD Ross Zwolsman Rookie F302/088 1 CHE Swiss Racing Team 20 BRA Fernando Rees F302/061 Opel 1 DEU Peter Elkmann 5–10 21 DEU Dennis Furchheim Rookie F302/011 Opel 1–2 ESP Alejandro Núñez 6–10 AUT HBR Motorsport 22 DEU Daniel la Rosa F304/012 Opel All 23 AUT Hannes Neuhauser Rookie F303/022 All DEU Team Kolles 24 DEU Adrian SutilRookie F303/012 Mercedes 1–9 DEU Maximilian GötzRookie 10 25 GBR Tom Kimber-Smith Rookie F302/076 All FRA Opel Team Signature 29 FRA Loïc Duval Rookie F302/043 Opel All 30 BEL Gregory Franchi Rookie F302/067 1–8, 10 GBR Manor Motorsport 34 NLD Charles Zwolsman Jr.Rookie F302/090 Mercedes All 35 GBR Lewis Hamilton Rookie F302/049 All ITA Coloni Motorsport 37 SMR 1862 Christian Montanari Rookie F106/03/008 Mugen 1–2 38 FIN Toni Vilander Rookie F106/03/009 1–2 DEU AB Racing Performance 40 GRC Alexandros Margaritis F303/021 Opel 7–10 Icon Legend Rookie Rookie Driver changes Changed Teams Jamie Green: Kolles → ASM Formule 3 Robert Kubica: Prema Powerteam → Mücke Motorsport Alexandros Margaritis: MB Racing Performance → AB Racing Performance Daniel la Rosa: MB Racing Performance → HBR Motorsport Bruno Spengler: ASM F3 → Mücke Motorsport Charles Zwolsman Jr.: Kolles → Manor Motorsport Entering Formula 3 Euro Series Marco Bonanomi: Italian Formula Three Championship (Coloni F3) → Team Ghinzani Ruben Carrapatoso: Formula Renault 2000 Italia (Alan Racing) → Opel Team KMS Loïc Duval: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 (Graff Racing) → OPEL Team Signature Peter Elkmann: International Superkart Series – Division 1 → Swiss Racing Team Gregory Franchi: Italian Formula Three Championship (Lucidi Motors) → Opel Team Signature Dennis Furchheim: Formula Renault 2000 Germany (Franken Racing) & Spanish Formula Three Championship (Racing Engineering) → Swiss Racing Team Giedo van der Garde: Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (van Amersfoort Racing) → Opel Team Signature-Plus Maximilian Götz: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V) → TME Lewis Hamilton: Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport Derek Hayes: NASCAR Busch Series (Moy Racing) → Team Ghinzani Kohei Hirate: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam Robert Kath: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Sachsen e.V.) → Opel Team KMS Tom Kimber-Smith: Formula Ford Great Britain (Panasonic Batteries Racing Team) → Team Kolles Christian Montanari: Italian Formula Three Championship (Coloni F3) → Coloni Motorsport Hannes Neuhauser: German Formula Three Championship (Achleitner Motorsport) → HBR Motorsport Alejandro Núñez: Spanish Formula Three Championship (E.V. Racing & Azteca Motorsport) → Swiss Racing Team Franck Perera: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam Fernando Rees: Formula Three Sudamericana (Cesario F3) → Swiss Racing Team Éric Salignon: British Formula 3 Championship (Hitech Racing) → ASM Formule 3 Roberto Streit: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam Adrian Sutil: Formula BMW ADAC (HBR Motorsport) → Team Kolles Toni Vilander: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (RP Motorsport) → Coloni Motorsport Ross Zwolsman: Formula Renault 2000 Germany & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Ma-Con) → TME Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series Simon Abadie: LD Autosport → World Series Light (Epsilon by Graff) Nicolas Armindo: Saulnier Racing → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) Bernhard Auinger: Superfund TME → Superfund Euro Formula 3000 (Euronova Racing) Ryan Briscoe: Prema Powerteam → Formula One (Panasonic Toyota Racing test driver) César Campaniço: Signature Plus → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (Cram Competition) Fabio Carbone: Signature Plus → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Three Bond Racing) Adam Carroll: Opel Team KMS → British Formula 3 Championship (P1 Racing) Robert Doornbos: Team Ghinzani → International Formula 3000 (Arden International) Maro Engel: Opel Team KMS → German Formula Three Championship (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) Timo Glock: Opel Team KMS → Formula One (Jordan Ford) Lucas di Grassi: Prema Powerteam → British Formula 3 Championship (Hitech Racing) Jan Heylen: Kolles → German Formula Three Championship (JB Motorsport) & International Formula 3000 (Team Astromega) Christian Klien: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → Formula One (Jaguar Racing) Marcel Lasée: Swiss Racing Team → SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany (???) Dong-Wook Lee: Drumel Motorsport → Retirement Richard Lietz: HBR Motorsport → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (tolimit Motorsport) James Manderson: Swiss Racing Team → Aussie Racing Cars Super Series Álvaro Parente: Team Ghinzani → British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport) Olivier Pla: ASM F3 → World Series by Nissan (RC Motorsport & Carlin Motorsport) Harold Primat: Equipe Serge Saulnier → World Series Light (Saulnier Racing) Stefano Proetto: Swiss Racing Team → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (EuroInternational) Gilles Tinguely: Swiss Racing Team → Retirement Claudio Torre: HBR Motorsport → Retirement Hendrick Vieth: Opel Team KMS → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) Markus Winkelhock: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → German Formula Three Championship (Persson Motorsport) Sakon Yamamoto: Superfund TME → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (TOM's) Midseason changes ASM driver Éric Salignon missed the last two rounds at Brno and Hockenheim, but was not immediately replaced. Adrian Sutil left Team Kolles to take over Salignon's #27 car at Hockenheim, and his Kolles seat was taken by Maximilian Götz. At Team KMS, Alexandros Margaritis was replaced by Brazilian Ruben Carrapataso from the Nürburgring onwards. Margaritis returned to the series with a new entry from the German F3 Cup (and former Eurseries) team, AB Racing Performance. At Swiss Racing Team, Dennis Furchheim was replaced by Alejandro Núñez, after missing rounds 3 and 5 and failing to qualify at Pau (round 4). His team-mate, Fernando Rees, missed rounds 3 and 4 and the #20 car was later driven by Peter Elkmann. Part-time appearances included Britain's Derek Hayes in a third Team Ghinzani entry at Brno TME's Ross Zwolsman failed to make any further appearances after the first round The Coloni Motorsport drivers returned to the Italian Formula Three Championship after the first two rounds Japan's Kohei Hirate made his Euro Series debut in a fourth Prema Powerteam entry at Zandvoort and Hockenheim. Calendar The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at eight rounds, with additional rounds at the Pau Grand Prix and the 2004 French. Round Circuit/Location Country Date 1 R1 Hockenheimring 17 April R2 18 April 2 R1 Autódromo do Estoril 1 May R2 2 May 3 R1 Adria International Raceway 15 May R2 16 May 4 R1 Pau Circuit 30 May R2 31 May 5 R1 Norisring, Nuremberg 26 June R2 27 June 6 R1Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 3 July R2 4 July 7 R1 Nürburgring 31 July R2 1 August 8 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 4 September R2 5 September 9 R1 Masaryk Circuit, Brno 18 September R2 19 September 10 R1 Hockenheimring 2 October R2 3 October Results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning rookie 1 R1 DEU Hockenheimring FRA Alexandre Prémat FRA Alexandre Prémat DEU Nico Rosberg DEU Team Rosberg FRA Franck Perera R2 GBR Jamie Green GBR Jamie Green DEU Nico Rosberg DEU Team Rosberg NLD Giedo van der Garde 2 R1 PRT Autódromo do Estoril FRA Alexandre Prémat GBR Jamie Green FRA Alexandre Prémat FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Loïc Duval R2 FRA Nicolas Lapierre FRA Éric Salignon FRA Éric Salignon FRA ASM Formule 3 BRA Roberto Streit 3 R1 ITA Adria International Raceway DEU Adrian Sutil GBR Jamie Green GBR Jamie Green FRA ASM Formule 3 NLD Giedo van der Garde R2 GBR Jamie Green CAN Bruno Spengler FRA Éric Salignon FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Franck Perera 4 R1 FRA Pau Circuit FRA Éric Salignon GBR Jamie Green GBR Jamie Green FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Franck Perera R2 FRA Alexandre Prémat FRA Nicolas Lapierre FRA Nicolas Lapierre FRA Opel Team Signature-Plus BRA Roberto Streit 5 R1 DEU Norisring GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA Alexandre Prémat GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Manor Motorsport FRA Loïc Duval R2 GBR Jamie Green GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA Alexandre Prémat FRA ASM Formule 3 BRA Roberto Streit 6 R1 FRA Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours GBR Jamie Green GBR Jamie Green GBR Jamie Green FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Loïc Duval R2 DEU Nico Rosberg GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA Alexandre Prémat FRA ASM Formule 3 NLD Giedo van der Garde 7 R1 DEU Nürburgring GBR Jamie Green DEU Nico Rosberg DEU Nico Rosberg DEU Team Rosberg NLD Giedo van der Garde R2 DEU Nico Rosberg GBR Jamie Green GBR Jamie Green FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Franck Perera 8 R1 NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort FRA Éric Salignon FRA Éric Salignon FRA Éric Salignon FRA ASM Formule 3 NLD Giedo van der Garde R2 FRA Éric Salignon FRA Éric Salignon GBR Jamie Green FRA ASM Formule 3 NLD Giedo van der Garde 9 R1 CZE Brno FRA Alexandre Prémat GBR Jamie Green GBR Jamie Green FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Franck Perera R2 FRA Alexandre Prémat GBR Jamie Green GBR Jamie Green FRA ASM Formule 3 NLD Giedo van der Garde 10 R1 DEU Hockenheimring FRA Nicolas Lapierre FRA Alexandre Prémat FRA Nicolas Lapierre FRA Opel Team Signature-Plus FRA Franck Perera R2 DEU Adrian Sutil FRA Nicolas Lapierre FRA Nicolas Lapierre FRA Opel Team Signature-Plus BRA Roberto Streit Season standings Drivers Standings Points are awarded as follows: 12345678PPRace 1 & 21086543211 Pos Driver HOC1DEU ESTPRT ADRITA PAUFRA NORDEU MAGFRA NÜRDEU ZANNLD BRNCZE HOC2DEU Pts 1 GBR Jamie Green 4 2 2 2 1 8 1 3 6 2 1 9 2 1 DSQ 1 1 1 10 2 139 2 FRA Alexandre Prémat 2 3 1 8 8 Ret DSQ DSQ 18† 1 Ret 1 6 5 5 3 2 2 18† 4 88 3 FRA Nicolas Lapierre 8 Ret 3 3 14 4 2 1 15 5 8 4 8 6 2 4 9 Ret 1 1 85 4 DEU Nico Rosberg 1 1 Ret 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 4 17 6 2 1 3 Ret DNS 4 11 8 8 70 5 GBR Lewis Hamilton 11 6 Ret 9 Ret 5 4 7 1 3 Ret 21 3 4 3 6 7 4 2 6 68 6 FRA Éric Salignon 5 5 Ret 1 22 1 Ret1 4 7 9 2 Ret 11 Ret 1 2 64 7 POL Robert Kubica 6 7 9 23 17 Ret 3 2 19† 4 9 5 5 2 8 5 10 8 4 7 53 8 FRA Franck Perera 3 19 8 7 DSQ 2 5 6 3 19† 10 8 10 8 6 9 3 6 5 11 48 9 NLD Giedo van der Garde 9 4 16 6 3 6 12 Ret Ret 12 18 7 7 12 4 8 5 3 12 22† 37 10 BRA Roberto Streit 12 15 20 5 21† 11 8 5 5 7 7 10 13 15 22† 12 6 7 17 3 28 11 CAN Bruno Spengler 7 Ret 10 10 7 20 6 Ret 8 6 5 3 9 7 13 11 11 5 21† 9 27 12 FRA Loïc Duval 16 14 5 20 19 14 7 Ret 2 8 3 Ret 14 23 Ret Ret 8 13 11 18 22 13 GRC Alexandros Margaritis 13 8 6 15 6 9 DSQ DSQ 16 20† 4 Ret 23 13 11 10 Ret 16 7 5 18 14 DEU Daniel la Rosa 25† 9 11 11 18 3 DNS DNS 10 Ret 15 15 4 Ret 7 7 Ret 15 Ret 12 15 15 JPN Katsuyuki Hiranaka 14 13 19 14 2 16 9 8 9 22† Ret 22 24† 14 10 13 13 12 14 17 9 16 NLD Charles Zwolsman Jr. Ret 10 15 12 13 17 10 Ret Ret Ret 12 6 12 10 17 20 14 10 3 13 9 17 DEU Adrian Sutil Ret 22 Ret 13 4 7 11 Ret Ret 11 13 11 15 11 15 15 15 17 20† Ret 9 18 DEU Dennis Furchheim 18 23† 4 Ret 5 19 DEU Maximilian Götz 10 11 17 Ret 10 13 14 9 11 10 16 13 16 22 9 16 19 24 6 15 3 20 GBR Tom Kimber-Smith 21 Ret 7 21 9 Ret 13 10 DSQ 21 Ret Ret DSQ DSQ 14 Ret 18 23 22† Ret 2 21 AUT Andreas Zuber 19 Ret 21 Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 19 16 23† Ret 12 9 Ret 10 0 22 AUT Philipp Baron 26† Ret 22 22 12 19 15 13 12 13 19 14 22 Ret 21 19 16 18 9 Ret 0 23 AUT Hannes Neuhauser 23 21 13 18 15 18 Ret 14 13 16 14 16 17 9 Ret 14 Ret 14 DSQ 20 0 24 DEU Robert Kath 17 20 18 24 11 10 16 12 Ret 18 11 12 0 25 ITA Marco Bonanomi Ret 24 14 17 DSQ 12 Ret 11 14 Ret Ret 17 18 17 12 17 Ret 19 16 Ret 0 26 FIN Toni Vilander 15 12 Ret 16 0 27 SMR 1862 Christian Montanari 20 16 12 Ret 0 28 JPN Kohei Hirate 16 Ret 13 14 0 29 BEL Gregory Franchi 22 17 23 19 16 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 17 20 21 18 Ret 21 Ret DNS 0 30 DEU Peter Elkmann 17 15 Ret 19 Ret 20 18 Ret 17 20 15 16 0 31 ESP Alejandro Núñez 21† 18 20 21 20 18 Ret 22 19† 19 0 32 NLD Ross Zwolsman 24 18 0 33 BRA Ruben Carrapatoso Ret 19 19 Ret 21 Ret Ret 21 0 34 GBR Derek Hayes 20 21 0 BRA Fernando Rees Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver HOC1DEU ESTPRT ADRITA PAUFRA NORDEU MAGFRA NÜRDEU ZANNLD BRNCZE HOC2DEU PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. 1 Note: Éric Salignon's pole position for race 1 at Pau was initially withdrawn due to a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change after an accident in race 1. Salignon's team successfully claimed force majeure and the pole was reinstated, but the bonus point was not awarded.Thomas, S-M. and Waite, L. "Pau round 8 race report" https://web.archive.org/web/20120905021515/http://www.motorsport.com/eurof3/news/pau-round-8-race-report/ 2012-09-05 motorsport.com, 2004-05-31. Retrieved 2007-10-06. Rookie Cup Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship. Pos Driver HOC1DEU ESTPRT ADRITA PAUFRA NORDEU MAGFRA NÜRDEU ZANNLD BRNCZE HOC2DEU Pts 1 FRA Franck Perera 3 19 8 7 DSQ 2 5 6 3 19 10 8 10 8 6 9 3 6 5 11 147 2 NLD Giedo van der Garde 9 4 16 6 3 6 12 Ret Ret 12 18 7 7 12 4 8 5 3 12 22 130 3 BRA Roberto Streit 12 15 20 5 21 11 8 5 5 7 7 10 13 15 22 12 6 7 17 3 116 4 FRA Loïc Duval 16 14 5 20 19 14 7 Ret 2 8 3 Ret 14 23 Ret Ret 8 13 11 18 91 5 DEU Maximilian Götz 10 11 17 Ret 10 13 14 9 11 10 16 13 16 22 9 16 19 24 6 15 82 6 DEU Adrian Sutil Ret 22 Ret 13 4 7 11 Ret Ret 11 13 11 15 11 15 15 15 17 20 Ret 72 7 GBR Tom Kimber-Smith 21 Ret 7 21 9 Ret 13 10 DSQ 21 Ret Ret DSQ DSQ 14 Ret 18 23 22 Ret 36 8 DEU Robert Kath 17 20 18 24 11 10 16 12 Ret 18 11 12 36 9 DEU Peter Elkmann 17 15 Ret 19 Ret 20 18 Ret 17 20 15 16 28 10 JPN Kohei Hirate 16 Ret 13 14 13 Pos Driver HOC1DEU ESTPRT ADRITA PAUFRA NORDEU MAGFRA NÜRDEU ZANNLD BRNCZE HOC2DEU Pts Nations Cup Nation Points 1 256 2 GBR 211 3 107 4 61 5 50 6 31 7 29 8 21 9 13 10 1 See also 2004 Masters of Formula 3 Notes N References External links Forix.autosport.com Speedsport Magazine Formel3guide.com (German language) F1Prospects.com Category:Formula 3 Euro Series seasons Formula 3 Euro Series Euro Series Formula 3 Euro Series