2004 Formula Nippon Championship

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

2004 Formula Nippon Championship
Previous: 2003 Next: 2005
Related series:
2004 International Formula 3000 Championship
2004 Euro Formula 3000 Series

Teams and drivers
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

Calendar
Race Track Date Pole Position Fastest Race Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Suzuka 28 March 2004 Yuji Ide Richard Lyons Takashi Kogure PIAA Nakajima Racing
2 Sugo 2 May 2004 Richard Lyons Takashi Kogure Richard Lyons DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing
3 Motegi 6 June 2004 Richard Lyons Richard Lyons André Lotterer PIAA Nakajima Racing
4 Suzuka 4 July 2004 Richard Lyons Naoki Hattori Richard Lyons DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing
5 Sugo 1 August 2004 Richard Lyons Juichi Wakisaka Satoshi Motoyama ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN
6 Mine 29 August 2004 Benoît Tréluyer Juichi Wakisaka Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast Team Impul
7 Sepang 19 August 2004 André Lotterer Richard Lyons André Lotterer PIAA Nakajima Racing
8 Motegi 24 October 2004 Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer Yuji Ide mobilecast Team Impul
9 Suzuka 7 November 2004 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

Drivers' Championship
Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
Points1064321
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
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 Sprit		 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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