The 2004 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 40th

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 ...

season. It began on 4 April at

Adria Adria is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po River, Po. The remains of the Etruria, Etruscan city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below ...

and ended on 24 October at Misano after fourteen races.

Matteo Cressoni Matteo Cressoni (born 28 October 1984 in Mantua) is an Italian racing driver. He has competed in such series as the FIA GT Championship, Euroseries 3000, Superstars Series, International GT Open The International GT Open is a grand tourer-sty ...

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won the opening race at Adria, race at

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and had another six podiums and ultimately clinched the title.

Coloni Motorsport Coloni Motorsport, also known as Scuderia Coloni, was an auto racing team from Italy. Founded by former racing driver Enzo Coloni in 1983, the team participated in Formula Three between 1983 and 1986, before racing in Formula One as Enzo Coloni ...

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 the ...

had six wins and the same number of points as Cressoni, but he was ineligible to contest for the title. Third place went to

Lucidi Motors Lucidi Motors is an auto racing team based in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into th ...

driver Alex Frassineti, who took one victory, and he finished ahead of

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winner

Michele Rugolo Michele Rugolo (born 31 August 1982 in Montebelluna) is an Italian racing driver. Career Formula Renault After competing in karting championships from 1992 to 1999, Rugolo competed in the Formula Renault 2000 Italy from 2000 to 2002, and then sw ...

, who competed with

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 Formula Three C ...

Teams and drivers

All teams were Italian-registered and all cars competed on

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tyres.

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Standings

*Points are awarded as follows: ;Notes

References

External links

Official website
{{Italian F3 Seasons Italian Formula Three Championship seasons

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Italian Formula 3 Championship