The 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the second championship year of Europe's premier

Formula Three Formula Three, also called Formula 3, abbreviated as F3, is a third-tier class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One dr ...

series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in either one or two sessions – and two 30-minute qualifying sessions. This was followed by a c.110 km race on Saturday and a c.80 km race on Sunday. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win.

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

; Changed Teams * Jamie Green: Kolles →

ASM Formule 3 ASM may refer to: Codes * American Samoa, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code * Asmara International Airport, IATA airport code * Assamese language, ISO 639 language code ''asm'' Organizations *Aare Seeland mobil, a Swiss bus and train operator * Alb ...

Robert Kubica Robert Józef Kubica (; born 7 December 1984) is a Polish racing and rally driver. He was the first and, , the only Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and 2009 he drove for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test d ...

Prema Powerteam Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainl ...

→

Mücke Motorsport Mücke Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Germany, which is also known as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg. History Single-seaters Mücke Motorsport was formed by Peter Mücke in 1998 to run his son Stefan Mücke in the German Formula BMW AD ...

Alexandros Margaritis Alexandros "Alex" Margaritis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Μαργαρίτης; born 20 September 1984) is a Greek-German racing driver who is best known for competing in the German-based Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters touring car championship. Prior ...

: MB Racing Performance → AB Racing Performance * Daniel la Rosa: MB Racing Performance → HBR Motorsport *

Bruno Spengler Bruno Spengler (born August 23, 1983) is an Alsatian-born Canadian racing driver, currently racing for the BMW factory/works team. Nicknamed 'The Secret Canadian', he won the 2012 DTM Drivers' Championship. Career Early career Spengler was b ...

: ASM F3 → Mücke Motorsport * Charles Zwolsman Jr.: Kolles →

Manor Motorsport Manor Motorsport Ltd, currently trading as Manor Endurance Racing Ltd is a British motor racing company that was formed in 1990 by former single-seater champion John Booth (motor racing), John Booth. Manor has participated as a team in many mot ...

; Entering Formula 3 Euro Series *

Marco Bonanomi Marco Bonanomi (born 12 March 1985 in Lecco) is an Italian professional racing driver. Career Formula Renault Bonanomi began his car racing career in 2001 by competing in a few rounds of the Formula Renault Eurocup and Italian Formula Renau ...

Italian Formula Three Championship The Italian Formula Three Championship was the Formula Three racing competition in Italy. History Formula Three has traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone for F1 hopefuls - it is typically the first point in a driver's care ...

( Coloni F3) →

Team Ghinzani Team Ghinzani is a motor racing team based in Italy, involved in many areas of motorsport. The team was founded in 1992 by Piercarlo Ghinzani, who raced in Formula One between and . History Team Ghinzani have raced in Italian, German and Fo ...

* Ruben Carrapatoso: Formula Renault 2000 Italia (Alan Racing) → Opel Team KMS *

Loïc Duval Loïc Duval (; born 12 June 1982) is a French professional racing driver racing for Audi Sport as a factory driver in DTM and driving for Dragon Racing in Formula E. He won the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans with Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen dri ...

: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 (Graff Racing) → OPEL Team Signature * Peter Elkmann: International Superkart Series – Division 1 → Swiss Racing Team * Gregory Franchi: Italian Formula Three Championship (Lucidi Motors) → Opel Team Signature * Dennis Furchheim: Formula Renault 2000 Germany (Franken Racing) & Spanish Formula Three Championship (

Racing Engineering Racing Engineering is a Spanish racing team founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The team's headquarters are located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Jerez, where all car prepa ...

) → Swiss Racing Team *

Giedo van der Garde Giedo Gijsbertus Gerrit van der Garde (born 25 April 1985 in Rhenen, Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver, currently competing in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship for TDS Racing. From 2018 to 2021 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Ch ...

: Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (

van Amersfoort Racing Van Amersfoort Racing is an auto racing team based in the Netherlands. In 2022 the team competes in the Formula 2 Championship, the Formula 3 Championship, the Formula Regional European Championship, Euroformula Open Championship, Italian F4 Cham ...

) → Opel Team Signature-Plus *

Maximilian Götz Maximilian Götz (born 4 February 1986) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as International Formula Master and the Formula 3 Euro Series. He won the 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season, taking six victories. He also won the 2021 D ...

Formula BMW Formula BMW was a junior racing formula for single seater cars. It was positioned at the bottom of the motorsport career ladder alongside the longer established Formula Ford category. Like Formula Ford, it was intended to function as the young ...

ADAC ADAC, officially the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (), is Europe's largest motoring association. ADAC is the largest club (Verein) in Germany with around 21 million members. It would be more aptly described today as an individual m ...

( ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V) → TME *

Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Mic ...

: Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport * Derek Hayes:

NASCAR Busch Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to ...

(Moy Racing) → Team Ghinzani *

Kohei Hirate is a Japanese race car driver. Hirate has won the Super GT series twice. Career Hirate began karting in 1999 when he was 13. After winning the All Japan Junior Kart Championship, coming third and fifth in the All Japan Kart Championship and com ...

: Formula Renault 2000 Italia &

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(Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam *

Robert Kath The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...

(ADAC Sachsen e.V.) → Opel Team KMS * Tom Kimber-Smith: Formula Ford Great Britain (Panasonic Batteries Racing Team) → Team Kolles *

Christian Montanari Christian Montanari (born 21 June 1981) is a former racing car driver from San Marino. Results summary Career summary Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a pi ...

: Italian Formula Three Championship (Coloni F3) → Coloni Motorsport * Hannes Neuhauser:

German Formula Three Championship The German Formula Three Championship was the national Formula Three championship of Germany, and the former West Germany, from 1950 to 2002, then as Formel 3 until 2014. In 2003, the series had merged with the French Formula Three Championship t ...

(Achleitner Motorsport) → HBR Motorsport * Alejandro Núñez: Spanish Formula Three Championship (E.V. Racing & Azteca Motorsport) → Swiss Racing Team *

Franck Perera Franck Perera (born 21 March 1984 in Montpellier, France) is a race car driver who has competed in a number of international open-wheel racing championships. Career In 2006, Perera drove in the GP2 Series for the DAMS team, after four years of ...

: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam * Fernando Rees:

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(Cesario F3) → Swiss Racing Team * Eric Salignon:

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(

Hitech Racing Hitech Grand Prix (formerly known as Hitech Racing) is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. The team started racing in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2003. The team also competed in the So ...

) → ASM Formule 3 *

Roberto Streit Roberto Streit (born 17 November 1983, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian racing driver. Career Formula Renault Streit debuted in 2001 in Formula Chevrolet Brazil. His first season was a very successful one, with Streit dominating the championsh ...

: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam *

Adrian Sutil Adrian Sutil (; born 11 January 1983) is a German-Uruguayan racing driver who raced in Formula One for seven seasons: from 2007– 2011, then 2013–2014. He drove for the Spyker F1 Team, Force India F1 Team and the Sauber F1 Team. He was also ...

(HBR Motorsport) → Team Kolles *

Toni Vilander Toni Markus Vilander (born 25 July 1980) is a Finnish professional racing driver who currently drives for the Risi Competizione Ferrari team in various categories of sports car racing. After a single-seater career which reached the level of t ...

: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (RP Motorsport) → Coloni Motorsport *

Ross Zwolsman Ross or ROSS may refer to: People * Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan * Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland Places * RoSS, the Republic of Sout ...

: Formula Renault 2000 Germany & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Ma-Con) → TME ; Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series *

Simon Abadie Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. They currently compete in the World Series by Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy. Tech 1 also operate the Panis Racing LMP2 entry to the European Le Mans Series and the Ultimate LMP2 Pr ...

: LD Autosport → World Series Light ( Epsilon by Graff) * Nicolas Armindo: Saulnier Racing → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) *

Bernhard Auinger Bernhard Auinger (21 February 1982 in Salzburg, Austria) is a race car driver. In 2003 he drove two races of the Formula 3000 season for Red Bull, having previously competed in Italian Formula Three (2002) and German Formula Three The German For ...

: Superfund TME →

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Euro Formula 3000 Auto GP, sometimes referred to as the Auto GP World Series and formerly known as both Euro Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000, was a European formula racing series. The series' roots can be traced back to 1999 and the Italian Formula 3000 serie ...

(Euronova Racing) *

Ryan Briscoe Ryan Briscoe (born 24 September 1981) is an Australian-American professional racing driver from Sydney who has predominantly raced open-wheel and sports cars in Europe and America. In IndyCar he collected 8 wins and 28 podiums, finishing thi ...

: Prema Powerteam →

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(

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Toyota Racing test driver) *

César Campaniço César Campaniço (born 31 March 1980) is a Portuguese racing driver. He was born in Lisbon, and is best known for his appearances in the Portuguese Touring Car Championship. Career Racing record Career summary † – As Campani� ...

: Signature Plus → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup ( Cram Competition) *

Fabio Carbone Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

: Signature Plus →

All-Japan Formula Three Championship was a national motor racing championship that takes place in Japan. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses small single seater Formula Three chassis. As a result of Formula 3 naming regulations by the FIA, on 13 August 2019, series p ...

(Three Bond Racing) * Adam Carroll: Opel Team KMS →

( P1 Racing) *

Robert Doornbos Robert Michael Doornbos (; born 23 September 1981) is a Dutch former racing driver who also competed with a Monégasque licence. He has been test and third driver for the Jordan and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, as well as driving for Mina ...

: Team Ghinzani →

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(

Arden International Arden International is a multiple formula racing team created and run by Christian Horner and Garry Horner. It currently runs teams in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and F4 British Championship, and formerly ran in the FIA Formula 2 Championship ...

) *

Maro Engel Maro René Engel (born 27 August 1985) is a German professional racing driver based in Monaco. He is a long-time Mercedes-AMG factory driver, FIA GT World Cup Champion, Nürburgring 24 hour winner, DTM race winner, Suzuka 10h winner, Macau GT ...

: Opel Team KMS →

(SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) *

Timo Glock Timo Glock (born 18 March 1982) is a German professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He raced in Formula One for the Jordan, Toyota, Virgin Racing and Marussia F1 teams. He finished 10th in the Drivers' Championship in bo ...

: Opel Team KMS → Formula One ( Jordan Ford) *

Lucas di Grassi Lucas Tucci di Grassi (born 11 August 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula E World Championship for Mahindra Racing. He became the FIA Formula E Champion in 2016–2017, achieved three overall podi ...

: Prema Powerteam →

(

) * Jan Heylen: Kolles →

(JB Motorsport) &

(

Team Astromega Team Astromega was a racing team from Belgium, headquartered in Heist-op-den-Berg and created in 1995 by Mikke Van Hool. The team competed in A1 Grand Prix and Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium. History Team Astromega was created in 1995 by Belgian I ...

) * Christian Klien: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → Formula One (

Jaguar Racing Jaguar Racing is the name given to Jaguar Land Rover's racing interests. It currently competes in Formula E under the name Jaguar TCS Racing as a result of the partnership with Tata Consultancy Services. It was previously a Formula One construc ...

) *

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: Swiss Racing Team → SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany (???) * Dong-Wook Lee: Drumel Motorsport → Retirement *

Richard Lietz Richard Lietz (born 17 December 1983 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs) is an Austrian professional racing driver and a Porsche Factory driver. He has competed in such series as American Le Mans Series, Formula 3 Euro Series and the Rolex Sports Car Ser ...

: HBR Motorsport → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (tolimit Motorsport) * James Manderson: Swiss Racing Team → Aussie Racing Cars Super Series *

Álvaro Parente Álvaro Parente (born 4 October 1984) is a Portuguese professional racing driver. Career Early career After winning the Karting European Junior Championship in 1998, Porto-born Parente made his debut in auto racing in 2001 at the age of 16, ...

: Team Ghinzani →

(

Carlin Motorsport Carlin, formerly Carlin Motorsport, is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It currently competes in five championships: FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, F4 British Championship, BRDC British Formula 3 ...

) *

Olivier Pla Olivier Pla (born 22 October 1981) is a French racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Glickenhaus Racing. His younger brother Jim is also a racing driver Career French Formula Campus and Formula Three Bor ...

: ASM F3 → World Series by Nissan (

RC Motorsport RC Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territ ...

& Carlin Motorsport) *

Harold Primat Harold Primat (born 12 June 1975) is a French-born Swiss racing driver who previously competed in the Blancpain Endurance Series and other long-distance events such as the Bathurst 12 Hour and Nurburgring 24 Hours. Early career The nephew of m ...

: Equipe Serge Saulnier → World Series Light (Saulnier Racing) *

Stefano Proetto Stefano Proetto (born 8 March 1985 in Gräfelfing, Bavaria, Germany) is an Italian racing driver. He has competed in series such as the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Formula 3 Euro Series and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup. He won the race at German ...

: Swiss Racing Team → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (

EuroInternational EuroInternational is a racing organization (which includes Italian division EuroInternational Srl and American division EuroInternational Inc.) owned by Antonio Ferrari, grandnephew of Enzo Ferrari, formerly known as Euromotorsport. History Origi ...

) *

Gilles Tinguely The Gilles are the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium. They go out on Shrove Tuesday from 4 am until late hours and dance to traditional songs. Other cities, such as La Louvière and Nivelles, have a trad ...

: Swiss Racing Team → Retirement *

Claudio Torre Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most important me ...

: HBR Motorsport → Retirement *

Hendrick Vieth Hendrick may refer to: People * Hendrick (given name), alternative spelling of the Dutch given name Hendrik * Hendrick (surname) * King Hendrick (disambiguation), one of two Mohawk leaders who have often been conflated: ** Hendrick Tejonihokarawa ( ...

: Opel Team KMS → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) *

Markus Winkelhock Markus Winkelhock (born 13 June 1980) is a German professional racing driver. He is the son of Manfred Winkelhock and nephew of Joachim Winkelhock, both of whom were Formula One drivers in the 1980s. During his brief Formula One career he led the ...

: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → German Formula Three Championship (

Persson Motorsport Persson Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Germany. Managed by Ingmar Persson, they have competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (formerly Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft) since their formation in 1993 until 2012, running privatee ...

) *

Sakon Yamamoto is a Japanese racing driver turned politician. He competed in 21 Formula One Grands Prix during the , 2007 and 2010 seasons. Before Formula One Yamamoto was born in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. He began his racing career in 1994 at the Suzuka ...

: Superfund TME →

(

TOM's is a factory supported racing team and tuner of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The name stands for Tachi Oiwa Motor Sport. Their head office is located in Tokyo, Japan. They are currently heavily involved with Super GT, Super Formula and Super Fo ...

)

Midseason changes

ASM ASM may refer to: Codes * American Samoa, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code * Asmara International Airport, IATA airport code * Assamese language, ISO 639 language code ''asm'' Organizations * Aare Seeland mobil, a Swiss bus and train operator * Al ...

driver Eric Salignon missed the last two rounds at Brno and

Hockenheim Hockenheim () is a town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 20 km south of Mannheim and 10 km west of Walldorf. It is located in the Upper Rhine valley on the tourist theme routes "Baden Asparagus Route" () and Bertha Benz ...

, but was not immediately replaced.

left Team Kolles to take over Salignon's #27 car at Hockenheim, and his Kolles seat was taken by

. * At Team KMS,

was replaced by Brazilian Ruben Carrapataso from the Nürburgring onwards. Margaritis returned to the series with a new entry from the German F3 Cup (and former Eurseries) team, AB Racing Performance. * At Swiss Racing Team, Dennis Furchheim was replaced by Alejandro Núñez, after missing rounds 3 and 5 and failing to qualify at Pau (round 4). His team-mate, Fernando Rees, missed rounds 3 and 4 and the #20 car was later driven by Peter Elkmann. * Part-time appearances included Britain's Derek Hayes in a third

entry at Brno * TME's

failed to make any further appearances after the first round * The

Coloni Motorsport Coloni Motorsport, also known as Scuderia Coloni, was an auto racing team from Italy. Formed by Enzo Coloni in 1983, the team participated in Formula Three between 1983 and 1986, before racing in Formula One as Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems bet ...

drivers returned to the

after the first two rounds * Japan's

made his Euro Series debut in a fourth

entry at

Zandvoort Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterda ...

and Hockenheim.

Calendar

* The series supported the

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB- FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The s ...

at eight rounds, with additional rounds at the

Pau Grand Prix The Pau Grand Prix (french: Grand Prix de Pau) is a motor race held in Pau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of southwestern France. The French Grand Prix was held at Pau in 1930, leading to the annual Pau Grand Prix being inaugurat ...

and the .

Results

Season standings

Drivers' standings

*Points are awarded as follows: † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. ¹ Note: Eric Salignon's pole position for race 1 at Pau was initially withdrawn due to a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change after an accident in race 1. Salignon's team successfully claimed force majeure and the pole was reinstated, but the bonus point was ''not'' awarded.Thomas, S-M. and Waite, L
"Pau round 8 race report"
''motorsport.com, 2004-05-31. Retrieved 2007-10-06.

Rookie Cup

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Nations Cup

Notes

References

External links

Forix.autosport.comSpeedsport MagazineFormel3guide.com
(German language)

{{FIA European F3 seasons Formula 3 Euro Series seasons

Formula 3 Euro Series The Formula 3 Euro Series was a European-based junior single seater formula for Formula Three chassis that was launched (in its current form) in 2003 as a merger of the French Formula Three Championship and German Formula Three Championship. The ...

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