2004 Formula Nippon Championship

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The 2004 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds, with 8 teams and 17 drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola B3/51) and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

Teams and drivers

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Team # Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN 1   Satoshi Motoyama Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
2   Toshihiro Kaneishi All
Yellow Hat Kondo Racing Team 3   Ryo Michigami Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
4   Yuji Tachikawa 1–3
Team LeMans 7   Juichi Wakisaka Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
8   Takeshi Tsuchiya All
Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo 11   Tsugio Matsuda Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
12   Masami Kageyama 6–9
mobilecast Team Impul 19   Benoît Tréluyer Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
20   Yuji Ide All
LeMans Spirit 25   Tatsuya Kataoka Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
Carrozzerria Team MOHN 27   Koji Yamanishi Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 4–5, 8
28   Hideki Noda All
PIAA Nakajima Racing 31   André Lotterer Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
32   Takashi Kogure All
DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 40   Richard Lyons Lola B3/51 Mugen MF308 All
41   Naoki Hattori All

Race calendar and results

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Race Track Date Pole Position Fastest Race Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1   Suzuka Circuit 28 March   Yuji Ide   Richard Lyons   Takashi Kogure PIAA Nakajima Racing
2   Sportsland SUGO 2 May   Richard Lyons   Takashi Kogure   Richard Lyons DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing
3   Twin Ring Motegi 6 June   Richard Lyons   Richard Lyons   André Lotterer PIAA Nakajima Racing
4   Suzuka Circuit 4 July   Richard Lyons   Naoki Hattori   Richard Lyons DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing
5   Sportsland SUGO 1 August   Richard Lyons   Juichi Wakisaka   Satoshi Motoyama ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN
6   Mine Circuit 29 August   Benoît Tréluyer   Juichi Wakisaka   Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast Team Impul
7   Sepang International Circuit 19 September   André Lotterer   Richard Lyons   André Lotterer PIAA Nakajima Racing
8   Twin Ring Motegi 24 October   Juichi Wakisaka   André Lotterer   Yuji Ide mobilecast Team Impul
9   Suzuka Circuit 7 November   Richard Lyons   Yuji Ide   Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast Team Impul
  • At race 4 a sprint race of 18 laps (104.526 km) set the grid for the main race. The sprint race winner Richard Lyons started from pole in the main race.
  • At race 7 a sprint race of 20 laps (110.72 km) set grid for the main race. The sprint race winner André Lotterer started from pole in the main race. Naoki Hattori set pole position for the sprint race.

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Points 10 6 4 3 2 1
Rank Name SUZ
 
SGO
 
MOT
 
SUZ
 
SGO
 
MIN
 
MYS
 
MOT
 
SUZ
 
Points
1   Richard Lyons 8 1 8 1 4 8 9 2 3 33
2   André Lotterer 2 4 1 8 Ret Ret 1 3 7 33
3   Yuji Ide 12 2 2 3 7 7 10 1 2 32
4   Benoît Tréluyer Ret 6 4 2 10 1 7 Ret 1 30
5   Juichi Wakisaka 13 3 Ret 5 3 2 3 Ret 4 23
6   Satoshi Motoyama 5 12 5 4 1 6 Ret 5 6 21
7   Takashi Kogure 1 9 9 7 2 Ret 6 9 8 17
8   Tatsuya Kataoka 10 11 3 13 Ret 4 5 4 12 12
9   Naoki Hattori 7 7 Ret 10 6 10 2 Ret 10 7
10   Ryo Michigami 3 5 6 Ret Ret 11 8 10 13 7
11   Tsugio Matsuda 4 NC 12 9 DSQ 12 4 6 Ret 7
12   Toshihiro Kaneishi 6 13 10 Ret 12 3 Ret Ret 11 5
13   Takeshi Tsuchiya 11 10 7 11 8 5 Ret Ret 5 4
14   Yuji Tachikawa Ret NC Ret 6 5 9 Ret 7 9 3
15   Hideki Noda 9 8 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret 11 14 0
16   Koji Yamanishi 12 9 8 0
17   Masami Kageyama Ret 11 Ret 15 0

Teams' Championship

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Rank Team Car SUZ
 
SGO
 
MOT
 
SUZ
 
SGO
 
MIN
 
MYS
 
MOT
 
SUZ
 
Points
1 mobilecast Impul 19 Ret 6 4 2 10 1 7 Ret 1 62
20 12 2 2 3 7 7 10 1 2
2 PIAA Nakajima 31 2 4 1 8 Ret Ret 1 3 7 50
32 1 9 9 7 2 Ret 6 9 8
3 DoCoMo Dandelion 40 8 1 8 1 4 8 9 2 3 40
41 7 7 Ret 10 6 10 2 Ret 10
4 LeMans
LeMans Spirit
7 13 3 Ret 5 3 2 3 Ret 4 37
8 11 10 7 11 8 5 Ret Ret 5
25 10 11 3 13 Ret 4 5 4 12
5 ADiRECT 5ZIGEN 1 5 12 5 4 1 6 Ret 5 6 26
2 6 13 10 Ret 12 3 Ret Ret 11
6 Yellow Hat Kondo 3 3 5 6 Ret Ret 11 8 10 13 10
4 Ret NC Ret 6 5 9 Ret 7 9
7 Cosmo Oil Cerumo 11 4 NC 12 9 DSQ 12 4 6 Ret 7
12 Ret 11 Ret 15
8 Team MOHN 27 12 9 8 0
28 9 8 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret 11 14
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