The 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season was the fourteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Monza on 27 March and finished at Oschersleben on 18 September, after seventeen races.[1]
American driver Scott Speed scored eight victories at Hockenheimring, Brno, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Imola and Oschersleben during the season. He took the championship with a round to spare at the wheel of his Motopark Academy-run car, giving team based at Oschersleben their first Eurocup championship after double win on fellow circuit.[2][3] Second place was not resolved until the final round, as Graff Racing's Simon Pagenaud and Jenzer Motorsport's Colin Fleming battled over the placing. Despite that Fleming was ahead of Pagenaud in both races of final round and scored more points, the French driver became runner-up.
JD Motorsport's Reinhard Kofler took fourth place with one victory at Valencia and took three further podium finishes to confirm fourth. Fleming's team-mate Pascal Kochem won race at Imola and completed the top-five.[4] Cram Competition's Pastor Maldonado won both races in opening round at Monza on his way to eighth place. Other races were won by French drivers Patrick Pilet and Yann Clairay who completed the top-ten. Guest Formula Renault 2000 UK driver Mike Conway claimed win at Donington Park.[5]
Teams and drivers
2004 Entry List[6] | |||
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Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
Cram Competition | 1 | Marcello Thomaz | 1-3 |
2 | Salvador Durán | 1-5, 7-9 | |
3 | Pastor Maldonado | 1-5, 7-9 | |
27 | Davide Valsecchi | 1-4, 7-8 | |
Motopark Academy | 4 | Marc Walz | 1-5 |
Mike den Tandt | 7 | ||
Dominik Weigl | 6, 9 | ||
14 | 5 | ||
Junior Strous | 1-5, 7-9 | ||
5 | Frank Kechele | 1 | |
Matías Milla | 9 | ||
41 | Scott Speed | All | |
Graff Racing | 6 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 1-3, 7 |
9 | Julien Canal | All | |
22 | Johan Charpilienne | 1-3 | |
23 | Patrick Pilet | 1, 3, 6-7, 9 | |
28 | Simon Pagenaud | All | |
AR Motorsport | 7 | Paul Meijer | All |
8 | Yelmer Buurman | 1-4, 6-9 | |
20 | Xavier Maassen | 2, 4, 6-7, 9 | |
Jenzer Motorsport | 10 | Pascal Kochem | All |
11 | Michael Ammermüller | All | |
12 | Colin Fleming | All | |
Koiranen Motorsport | 15 | Mika Leirilaakso | All |
63 | Miikka Honkanen | 9 | |
Tech 1 Racing | 16 | Franck Mailleux | 1-3, 9 |
17 | Ludovic Badey | 1-3, 7 | |
Lukoil Racing Team | 18 | Yuri Baiborodov | All |
19 | Mikhail Aleshin | All | |
Team AKA | 21 | James Jakes | 1-4, 6-7, 9 |
40 | Andrew Kirkaldy | 7 | |
59 | Juan Manuel Polar | 9 | |
JD Motorsport | 24 | Dominique Claessens | All |
25 | Reinhard Kofler | All | |
26 | Patrick Rocha | 1-7 | |
SG Formula | 29 | Guillaume Moreau | 1-3, 6-7 |
36 | Romain Grosjean | 1-3, 7, 9 | |
37 | Yann Clairay | 1-3, 7, 9 | |
54 | Pierre Ragues | 7, 9 | |
Euronova Racing | 30 | Luca Frigerio | 1 |
Gary Cester | 4, 7 | ||
31 | Luca Filippi | 1, 4, 7-9 | |
32 | Vitaly Petrov | 1, 4 | |
Uboldi Corse | 33 | Luigi Ferrara | 4, 8 |
34 | Giacomo Vargiu | 2, 4 | |
35 | Riccardo Cinti | 1-4 | |
45 | Massimo Torre | 4 | |
Green Racing | 38 | Ulric Amado de Carvalho | 3, 7 |
39 | Malo Olivier | 3 | |
Cedric Valdevit | 7 | ||
Kern Motorsport | 42 | Bruno Rudolf Fechner | 4, 9 |
60 | Kenny Weiss | 9 | |
Conrad Racing | 43 | Thomas Conrad | 4 |
Böhm Motorsport | 44 | Marco Dürr | 4 |
Fortec Motorsport | 46 | Mike Conway | 6 |
47 | Stuart Hall | 6 | |
52 | Charles Hollings | 6 | |
Manor Motorsport | 48 | Patrick Hogan | 6-7 |
49 | Josh Weber | 6-7 | |
50 | Paul di Resta | 6-7 | |
CD Sport | 53 | Jean-Francis Gagneraud | 7 |
BVM Racing | 55 | Luca Persiani | 8 |
56 | Frederico Muggia | 8 | |
57 | Andrea Ceccato | 8 | |
Bicar Racing | 58 | Cristian Corsini | 8 |
SL Formula Racing | 61 | Pekka Saarinen | 9 |
62 | Dima Raikhlin | 9 |
Calendar
All races were part of LG Super Racing Weekends, that also included FIA GT Championship and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.
Championship standings
Drivers
Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP |
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Points | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
- Races : 2 races of 25 minutes by rounds.
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Teams
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | Motopark Academy | 498 |
2 | Jenzer Motorsport | 490 |
3 | Graff Racing | 392 |
4 | SG Formula | 262 |
5 | JD Motorsport | 258 |
6 | AR Motorsport | 204 |
7 | Cram Competition | 164 |
8 | SL Formula Racing | 44 |
9 | Lukoil Racing Team | 32 |
10 | Uboldi Corse | 16 |
11 | Koiranen Motorsport | 14 |
12 | Euronova Racing | 12 |
13 | Team AKA | 10 |
14 | Kern Motorsport | 8 |
BVM Racing | 0 | |
CD Sport | 0 | |
Tech 1 Racing | 0 | |
Green Team | 0 | |
Conrad Racing | 0 | |
Böhm Motorsport | 0 |
References
- ↑ "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2004". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Imola race two summary, champion crowned". motorsport.com. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Oschersleben race two summary". motorsport.com. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Imola race one summary". motorsport.com. 5 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Donington race two notes". 27 June 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2004". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2012.