2004 European Touring Car Championship

Motorsport contest August 2026 2004 European Touring Car Championship 2003 2005 (ETC Cup)2005 (WTCC) thumb|2004 champion Andy Priaulx thumb|Second in the championship, Dirk Müller thumb|Third in the championship, Gabriele Tarquini The 2004 FIA European Touring Car Championship season was the last European Touring Car Championship season. For 2005, the European Championship would become the World Touring Car Championship, and a one-off European Touring Car Cup would be held. The season began at Monza on 28 March, and finished at Dubai after twenty races over ten meetings. The Drivers' Championship title was won by Andy Priaulx for BMW Team Great Britain,Pilnick Brent Andy Priaulx: How meditation led to three World Touring Car titles https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/33256996 2 August 2026 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 2015-06-26 who tied on points with BMW Team Deutschland's Dirk Müller, although Priaulx earned the title due to his greater number of victories during the season. AutoDelta's Gabriele Tarquini was third. BMW won the Manufacturers Championship ahead of Alfa Romeo and SEAT. Tom Coronel won the Michelin Independents Trophy, while AutoDelta won the Michelin Teams Trophy. Teams and drivers TeamCarNo.DriversClassRounds ITA AutoDelta Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo 156 1 ITA Gabriele Tarquini All 2 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi All 3 BRA Augusto Farfus All 6 GBR James Thompson 6–7, 9–10 ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 4 ITA Alessandro Zanardi All 5 ESP Antonio García All GBR BMW Team UKBEL BMW Team Belgium-Luxembourg 11 GBR Andy Priaulx All 12 BEL Kurt Mollekens 3–7 DEU BMW Team Deutschland 42 DEU Jörg Müller All 43 DEU Dirk Müller All ITA SEAT Sport Italia SEAT Toledo Cupra 7 ITA Gianni Morbidelli 1 ESP SEAT Sport 8 SWE Rickard Rydell All 9 ESP Jordi Gené All 10 DEU Frank Diefenbacher All ITA JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 14 ITA Alessandro BalzanI All HKG GR Asia Honda Civic Type-R 16 GBR Simon HarrisonI All 17 FIN Toni Rasmus RuokonenI 1–7, 10 DEU RS-Line Rotpunkt Sport Ford Focus ST170 18 DEU Sebastian GrunertI 1–5, 7–8, 10 19 DEU Roland AschI 1, 3–4 28 DEU Thomas KlenkeI 2, 9 NLD Carly Motors BMW 320i 20 NLD Tom CoronelI 1–9 21 NLD Paulien ZwartI 1–2, 7 22 NLD Klaas ZwartI 3, 5–6 26 NLD Duncan HuismanI 9 DNK Peugeot Sport Engineering Peugeot 307 Gti 23 DNK Jan Magnussen 2–7, 10 24 DNK Jason Watt 6 29 ITA Sandro SardelliI 7–10 ITA Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 25 ITA Stefano D'AsteI 1–8 SWE Crawford Racing BMW 320i 27 SWE Carl RosenbladI All ITA Oregon Team Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 44 ITA Salvatore TavanoI All 45 AUT Michele BartyanI All 46 ITA Luca RangoniI All DEU Schubert Motors BMW 320i 51 DEU Claudia Hürtgen* 7, 9 52 DEU Thomas Winkelhock* 7, 9 DEU Ford Ravenol Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus ST170 55 DEU Thomas Klenke* ? 56 DEU Patrick Bernhardt* 7, 9 57 DEU Michael Funke* 7, 9 DEU Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i 60 DEU Franz Engstler* 7, 9 DEU Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 65 DEU Marc Hennerici* 7, 9 66 ITA Diego Romanini* 7, 9 DEU Kissling Motorsport Opel Astra Coupé 73 DEU Stefan Kissling* 7 74 DEU Rainer Bastuck* 7 Icon Class I Independents' Championship * Guest drivers ineligible for points Calendar Round Country Track Date 1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 28 March R2 2 R3 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 18 April R4 3 R5 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 2 May R6 4 R7 Hockenheimring 16 May R8 5 R9 Masaryk Circuit, Brno 30 May R10 6 R11 Donington Park 27 June R12 7 R13 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 31 July R14 8 R15 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 5 September R16 9 R17 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 19 September R18 10 R19 Dubai Autodrome 8 October R20 Results and standings Races Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent 1 ITA Monza ITA Gabriele Tarquini DEU Dirk Müller ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA AutoDelta Squadra Corse NLD Tom Coronel 2 BRA Augusto Farfus DEU Jörg Müller DEU BMW Team Deutschland NLD Tom Coronel 3 ESP Valencia BRA Augusto Farfus ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA AutoDelta Squadra Corse ITA Salvatore Tavano 4 BRA Augusto Farfus ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi ITA AutoDelta Squadra Corse ITA Salvatore Tavano 5 FRA Magny-Cours DEU Jörg Müller ESP Jordi Gené DEU Dirk Müller DEU BMW Team Deutschland AUT Michele Bartyan 6 GBR Andy Priaulx GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK NLD Tom Coronel 7 DEU Hockenheim ESP Jordi Gené GBR Andy Priaulx GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK ITA Luca Rangoni 8 GBR Andy Priaulx DEU Jörg Müller DEU BMW Team Deutschland ITA Luca Rangoni 9 CZE Brno SWE Rickard Rydell GBR Andy Priaulx GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK NLD Tom Coronel 10 DEU Dirk Müller DEU Dirk Müller DEU BMW Team Deutschland NLD Tom Coronel 11 GBR Donington Park GBR James Thompson GBR Andy Priaulx GBR James Thompson ITA AutoDelta Squadra Corse ITA Salvatore Tavano 12 DEU Dirk Müller GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK NLD Tom Coronel 13 BEL Spa-Francorchamps DEU Jörg Müller DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Dirk Müller DEU BMW Team Deutschland ITA Salvatore Tavano 14 NLD Tom Coronel DEU Jörg Müller DEU BMW Team Deutschland NLD Tom Coronel 15 ITA Imola ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA AutoDelta Squadra Corse ITA Salvatore Tavano 16 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA AutoDelta Squadra Corse ITA Alessandro Balzan 17 DEU Oschersleben BRA Augusto Farfus GBR Andy Priaulx GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK NLD Tom Coronel 18 DEU Frank Diefenbacher SWE Rickard Rydell ESP SEAT Sport NLD Tom Coronel 19 ARE Dubai GBR Andy Priaulx BRA Augusto Farfus ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA AutoDelta Squadra Corse ITA Luca Rangoni 20 ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA AutoDelta Squadra Corse ITA Salvatore Tavano Championship standings Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 108654321 Drivers' Championship Pos Driver MONITA VALESP MAGFRA HOCDEU BRNCZE DONGBR SPABEL IMOITA OSCDEU DUBARE  Pts  1 GBR Andy Priaulx 5 2 4 6 8 1 1 Ret 1 2 6 1 4 5 5 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 111 2 DEU Dirk Müller 3 3 5 4 1 6 2 3 4 1 9 4 1 2 8 3 3 2 17† 5 111 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 1 Ret 1 2 5 2 Ret 6 9 Ret 3 2 5 4 1 1 Ret DNS 1 1 106 4 DEU Jörg Müller 4 1 6 5 2 4 4 1 7 4 2 Ret 2 1 7 Ret 4 Ret 6 12 93 5 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi 2 Ret 2 1 6 5 Ret DNS 5 5 4 16 Ret DNS 2 2 17 8 Ret 16† 63 6 BRA Augusto Farfus 19 16 3 3 3 3 Ret DNS 12 Ret 5 Ret 8 22 3 11 2 3 4 15 54 7 ESP Antonio García 12 6 7 15 4 Ret 6 2 3 6 10 5 6 3 9 Ret 9 Ret 9 DNS 43 8 ESP Jordi Gené 9 7 Ret 11 7 Ret 3 4 22† Ret 7 Ret 3 13 4 4 6 6 Ret DNS 39 9 GBR James Thompson 1 3 9 8 5 5 3 3 37 10 SWE Rickard Rydell 10 10 Ret Ret Ret DNS 8 5 2 12 22 9 Ret 11 11 5 7 1 15 DNS 29 11 DEU Frank Diefenbacher 7 5 Ret DNS Ret Ret 5 Ret 8 3 21 Ret 7 DNS 17 8 25 Ret 5 4 29 12 NLD Tom Coronel 6 4 10 9 Ret 8 11 8 6 7 13 8 14 6 12 12 8 4 25 13 BEL Kurt Mollekens 11 7 Ret 10 11 8 8 6 18 7 9 14 ITA Salvatore Tavano Ret DNS 8 7 15 17 9 11 14 16 11 10 10 12 6 Ret 11 20 Ret 7 8 15 ITA Alessandro Zanardi 8 9 9 10 20 16 12 9 21† 17 12 7 Ret 16 13 Ret Ret 14 7 6 8 16 ITA Luca Rangoni NC 17 19† 8 18 Ret 7 7 10 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 Ret 9 24† 9 8 10 6 17 ITA Alessandro Balzan 14 12 12 13 14 10 13 Ret 13 10 15 11 11 10 10 6 Ret DNS Ret DNS 3 18 AUT Michele Bartyan 20† 11 Ret DNS 9 12 14 16 20 13 18 12 20 17 14 7 18 18 16† 8 3 19 SWE Carl Rosenblad Ret DNS 17 19 12 11 17 13 18 9 17 14 12 9 20 10 12 7 18 9 2 20 ITA Stefano D'Aste 13 8 14 12 10 9 16† DNS 16 14 16 Ret Ret DNS 15 Ret 1 - NLD Duncan Huisman 10 10 0 - GBR Simon Harrison 15 Ret 15 16 Ret DNS Ret 14 19 11 24† 15 Ret DNS 19 15† 21 16† 10 11 0 - DNK Jan Magnussen 11 Ret 19† 18† 10 12 15 Ret 19 Ret 17 18 12 DNS 0 - ITA Sandro Sardelli 23 Ret 18 14† Ret 15 11 DNS 0 - ITA Gianni Morbidelli 11 Ret 0 - DEU Sebastian Grunert 18 18† Ret DNS NC 14 Ret DNS 17 Ret 22 Ret 16 13 14 13 0 - FIN Toni Rasmus Ruokonen 17 13 16 18 16 15 15 15 Ret DNS 23 17 24 27† 13 14 0 - DEU Roland Asch 21 14 13 13 Ret DNS 0 - DEU Thomas Klenke 13 14 20 Ret 0 - DNK Jason Watt 20 13 0 - NLD Paulien Zwart 16 15 18 17 Ret DNS 0 - NLD Klaas Zwart 17 Ret 23 15 Ret Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for points DEU Claudia Hürtgen 16 19 15 11 DEU Marc Hennerici 29 21 19 12 DEU Michael Funke 19 20 14 13 DEU Franz Engstler 21 Ret 13 19 DEU Thomas Winkelhock 15 15 16 17 ITA Diego Romanini 27 24 22 Ret DEU Patrick Bernhardt 26 25 23† DNS DEU Stefan Kissling 25 23 DEU Rainer Bastuck 28 26 Pos Driver MONITA VALESP MAGFRA HOCDEU BRNCZE DONGBR SPABEL IMOITA OSCDEU DUBARE  Pts Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap † Retired but classified Independents' Trophy Pos Driver MONITA VALESP MAGFRA HOCDEU BRNCZE DONGBR SPABEL IMOITA OSCDEU DUBARE  Pts  1 NLD Tom Coronel 6 4 10 9 Ret 8 11 8 6 7 13 8 14 6 12 12 8 4 140 2 ITA Salvatore Tavano Ret DNS 8 7 15 17 9 11 14 16 11 10 10 12 6 Ret 11 20 Ret 7 106 3 ITA Alessandro Balzan 14 12 12 13 14 10 13 Ret 13 10 15 11 11 10 10 6 Ret DNS Ret DNS 91 4 ITA Luca Rangoni NC 17 19† 8 18 Ret 7 7 10 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 Ret 9 24† 9 8 10 82 5 AUT Michele Bartyan 20† 11 Ret DNS 9 12 14 16 20 13 18 12 20 17 14 7 18 18 16† 8 76 6 SWE Carl Rosenblad Ret DNS 17 19 12 11 17 13 18 9 17 14 12 9 20 10 12 7 18 9 76 7 ITA Stefano D'Aste 13 8 14 12 10 9 16† DNS 16 14 16 Ret Ret DNS 15 Ret 58 8 GBR Simon Harrison 15 Ret 15 16 Ret DNS Ret 14 19 11 24† 15 Ret DNS 19 15† 21 16† 10 11 45 9 FIN Toni Rasmus Ruokonen 17 13 16 18 16 15 15 15 Ret DNS 23 17 24 27† 13 14 29 10 DEU Sebastian Grunert 18 18† Ret DNS NC 14 Ret DNS 17 Ret 22 Ret 16 13 14 13 22 11 ITA Sandro Sardelli 23 Ret 18 14† Ret 15 11 DNS 16 12 DEU Roland Asch 21 14 13 13 Ret DNS 11 13 DEU Thomas Klenke 13 14 20 Ret 8 14 NLD Paulien Zwart 16 15 18 17 Ret DNS 7 15 NLD Klaas Zwart 17 Ret 23 15 Ret Ret 3 Pos Driver MONITA VALESP MAGFRA HOCDEU BRNCZE DONGBR SPABEL IMOITA OSCDEU DUBARE  Pts Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers. 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