2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup

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

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2004 Entry List[6]
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

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All races were part of LG Super Racing Weekends, that also included FIA GT Championship and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 27 March   Scott Speed   Pastor Maldonado   Pastor Maldonado   Cram Competition
R2   Scott Speed   Scott Speed   Pastor Maldonado   Cram Competition
2 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 17 April   Guillaume Moreau   Scott Speed   Simon Pagenaud   Graff Racing
R2   Simon Pagenaud   Scott Speed   Reinhard Kofler   JD Motorsport
3 R1   Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 May   Yann Clairay   Simon Pagenaud   Yann Clairay   SG Formula
R2   Simon Pagenaud   Simon Pagenaud   Simon Pagenaud   Graff Racing
4 R1   Hockenheimring 15 May   Scott Speed   Pascal Kochem   Scott Speed   Motopark Academy
R2   Colin Fleming   Colin Fleming   Scott Speed   Motopark Academy
5 R1   Masaryk Circuit, Brno 29 May   Scott Speed   Pascal Kochem   Scott Speed   Motopark Academy
R2   Scott Speed   Scott Speed   Scott Speed   Motopark Academy
6 R1   Donington Park 26 June   Scott Speed   Patrick Pilet   Patrick Pilet   Graff Racing
R2   Colin Fleming   Guillaume Moreau   Mike Conway   Fortec Motorsport
7   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 31 July   Scott Speed   Scott Speed   Scott Speed   Motopark Academy
8 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 4 September   Pascal Kochem   Pascal Kochem   Pascal Kochem   Jenzer Motorsport
R2   Pascal Kochem   Scott Speed   Scott Speed   Motopark Academy
9 R1   Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 18 September   Scott Speed   Pascal Kochem   Scott Speed   Motopark Academy
R2   Scott Speed   Scott Speed   Scott Speed   Motopark Academy

Championship standings

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Drivers

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Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP
Points 30 24 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 2
  • Races : 2 races of 25 minutes by rounds.
Pos Driver MNZ
 
VAL
 
MAG
 
HOC
 
BRN
 
DON
 
SPA
 
IMO
 
OSC
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1   Scott Speed 2 12 7 DSQ 7 3 1 1 1 1 4 7 1 2 1 1 1 370
2   Simon Pagenaud 10 4 1 Ret 4 1 3 2 5 2 5 9 7 6 Ret 6 4 246
3   Colin Fleming 24 5 8 8 2 Ret 6 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 3 2 3 5 222
4   Reinhard Kofler 21 3 6 1 11 5 Ret 4 3 6 10 5 5 5 3 8 9 202
5   Pascal Kochem 4 14 5 4 8 10 2 3 2 5 Ret Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 7 198
6   Paul Meijer 5 Ret 16 9 10 2 18 5 6 4 Ret 8 6 4 6 2 2 174
7   Guillaume Moreau 22 2 3 3 3 8 2 2 10 148
8   Pastor Maldonado 1 1 2 7 Ret 7 15 Ret 7 7 Ret 8 Ret Ret 8 132
9   Patrick Pilet 13 8 5 4 1 4 24 7 10 102
10   Yann Clairay 8 21 9 2 1 17 Ret 4 Ret 82
11   Michael Ammermüller 17 6 15 Ret 15 6 9 Ret 8 8 9 12 8 7 9 12 Ret 64
12   Marc Walz 3 Ret 13 6 9 11 5 7 11 DNS 54
13   Dominique Claessens 16 9 24 12 Ret 22 8 6 10 9 DSQ Ret 4 13 12 Ret 13 42
14   Romain Grosjean 7 Ret 10 13 6 24 25 5 22 32
15   Jérôme d'Ambrosio 25 Ret 4 5 13 14 15 28
16   Mikhail Aleshin 9 Ret 20 17 20 25 12 22 9 10 DSQ 6 14 12 Ret 11 15 28
17   Junior Strous 20 16 14 15 Ret 13 4 10 DSQ 13 9 Ret 11 19 11 26
18   Salvador Durán 6 18 22 18 Ret 19 16 13 14 12 13 9 8 Ret 16 20
19   Luigi Ferrara 19 12 11 4 16
20   Luca Filippi 12 Ret 23 14 18 15 5 Ret 12 14
21   Mika Leirilaakso Ret 13 25 22 Ret 15 14 9 15 13 12 18 17 16 7 14 Ret 14
22   Patrick Rocha 32 Ret 18 15 18 9 Ret 8 12 15 13 11 Ret 14
23   James Jakes 18 15 27 19 Ret 12 11 16 8 21 11 13 14 10
24   Julien Canal Ret 10 12 10 24 16 26 11 13 11 Ret 19 27 14 10 10 Ret 10
25   Marcello Thomaz 14 7 17 16 16 Ret 8
26   Bruno Rudolf Fechner 7 Ret 26 Ret 8
27   Yuri Baibodorov 23 22 Ret 21 Ret Ret 17 Ret 16 14 15 10 16 18 17 25 21 6
28   Yelmer Buurman 26 19 23 14 19 Ret 13 19 11 20 12 Ret 14 21 18 4
29   Davide Valsecchi 11 Ret Ret Ret 17 26 21 18 19 10 13 2
30   Xavier Maassen 19 11 10 Ret Ret 17 22 24 19 2
31   Vitaly Petrov 15 11 25 23 0
32   Franck Mailleux 31 Ret 11 24 21 20 Ret Ret 0
33   Malo Olivier 12 DNS 0
34   Johan Charpilienne 30 Ret 21 Ret 14 Ret 0
35   Dominik Weigl 17 16 17 22 15 Ret 0
36   Cristian Corsini 17 15 0
37   Thomas Conrad 20 15 0
38   Luca Persiani DNS 16 0
39   Pierre Ragues Ret 18 17 0
40   Ludovic Badey 27 17 Ret 23 22 21 26 0
41   Marco Dürr 22 17 0
42   Andrea Ceccato 20 18 0
43   Ulric Amado de Carvalho Ret 18 Ret 0
44   Frederico Muggia 19 19 0
45   Frank Kechele 19 Ret 0
46   Riccardo Cinti 29 20 26 20 23 23 Ret DNS 0
47   Gary Cester 24 20 23 0
48   Kenny Weiss 20 Ret 0
49   Jean-Francis Gagneraud 20 0
50   Massimo Torre Ret 21 0
51   Cédric Valdevit 21 0
52   Juan Manuel Polar 22 Ret 0
53   Miikka Honkanen 23 Ret 0
54   Giacomo Vargiu Ret Ret Ret 24 0
55   Luca Frigerio 28 Ret 0
  Andrew Kirkaldy Ret 0
  Mike den Tandt Ret 0
The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing
  Mike Conway 7 1 -
  Paul di Resta 6 3 Ret -
  Pekka Saarinen 9 3 -
  Matías Milla 17 6 -
  Stuart Hall 14 14 -
  Charles Hollings Ret 15 -
  Dima Raikhlin 16 20 -
  Patrick Hogan 16 23 Ret -
  Josh Weber Ret 16 Ret -
Pos Driver MNZ
 
VAL
 
MAG
 
HOC
 
BRN
 
DON
 
SPA
 
IMO
 
OSC
 
Points
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)

Teams

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Pos Team Points
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

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  1. ^ "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2004". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ^ "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Imola race two summary, champion crowned". motorsport.com. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. ^ "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Oschersleben race two summary". motorsport.com. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  4. ^ "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Imola race one summary". motorsport.com. 5 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. ^ "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Donington race two notes". 27 June 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2004". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2012.