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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

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  • 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 Banba 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

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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

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  • 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 Banba 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 finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

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  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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