2004 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship explained

The 2004 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 16th British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 11 April and ended on 26 September at Donington, after twenty rounds held in England and Scotland, with all except round five supporting the British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver name	Rounds
Manor Motorsport	1	Cheng Congfu	1–8
	1	Sam Edwards	10
	2	Patrick Hogan	All
	3	Paul di Resta	All
	4	Josh Weber	All
Hill Speed Racing	5	Stefan Söderberg	2–3
Paston Racing	6	Daniel Welch	1–2
	19	Rodolfo González	1–3, 5
	30	Nick Jones	9–10
	31	Craig Dolby	All
Welch Motorsport	6	Daniel Welch	8–10
Team AKA	7	James Jakes	All
Team AKA	36	Juan Manuel Polar	9–10
Comtec Racing with Duckhams	8	Westley Barber	All
Comtec Racing with Duckhams	9	Susie Stoddart	All
Team JVA	10	Sean Edwards	All
	15	Pippa Mann	All
	32	John Byrne	1–5
	32	Joey Foster	9
Falcon Motorsport	12	Nik Goodfellow	1–5
	12	Jamie Gruber	7–10
	14	Carlos Mastretta Aguilera	All
Fortec Motorsport	11	Charlie Hollings	1–4, 6–10
	16	Ben Freudenberg	All
	17	Stuart Hall	All
	26	Mike Conway	1–9
	26	Yelmer Buurman	10
J A Motorsport	20	James Gornall	1–6
Mark Burdett Motorsport	21	Alexander Storckenfeldt	1–6, 8–10
	22	Matt Russell	1–7, 10
	23	Juan Manuel Polar	1–4
	23	Rodolfo González	6–10
Team Firstair	24	Sean McIntosh	All
	47	James Murphy	1–5
	47	Patrick Rocha	6–10
Team JLR	18	Stefan Söderberg	10
	27	Stephen Simpson	All
	28	Jason Tahinci	All
	29	Dan Clarke	8–10
Motaworld Racing	34	Joey Foster	1–8
	34	Katherine Legge	9–10
	35	Oliver Jarvis	All
	37	David Epton	1–5
	37	Gustavo Sondermann	6–10
Eurotek Motorsport	43	Ruben Carrapatoso	1–4
Vitulli Racing	88	Michael Vitulli	1–3, 6–10

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	10 April	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
1	R2	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	11 April	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
2	R3	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	24 April	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	nowrap	Comtec Racing with Duckhams
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	25 April	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Westley Barber	Comtec Racing with Duckhams
3	R5	Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire	9 May	Paul di Resta	nowrap	Alexander Storckenfeldt	nowrap	Alexander Storckenfeldt	Mark Burdett Motorsport
3	R6	Mike Conway	9 May	Westley Barber	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	22 May	Westley Barber	Sean McIntosh	Sean McIntosh	Team Firstair
4	R8	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	23 May	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Westley Barber	Comtec Racing with Duckhams
5	R9	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	30 May	Westley Barber	Mike Conway	Westley Barber	Comtec Racing with Duckhams
5	R10	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	30 May	Westley Barber	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
6	R11	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	25 July	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
6	R12	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	25 July	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
7	R13	Knockhill Circuit, Fife	8 August	nowrap	Gustavo Sondermann	Mike Conway	Paul di Resta	Manor Motorsport
7	R14	Knockhill Circuit, Fife	8 August	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Comtec Racing with Duckhams
8	R15	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	22 August	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Manor Motorsport
8	R16	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	22 August	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Manor Motorsport
9	R17	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	5 September	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
9	R18	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	5 September	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
10	R19	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	26 September	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Westley Barber	Comtec Racing with Duckhams
10	R20	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	Paul di Resta	James Jakes	Paul di Resta	Manor Motorsport

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded on a 32-28-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. A driver's 15 best results counted towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	THR		BRH		SIL		OUL		THR		CRO		KNO		BRH		SNE		DON		Pts
Pos	Driver	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	10	Pts	width=25	11	width=25	12	width=25	13	width=25	14	width=25	15	width=25	16	width=25	17	width=25	18	width=25	19	width=25	20
1	Mike Conway	1	1	4	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	3	2	1	1
2	Westley Barber	2	9	1	1	4	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	3	3	4	1	4	3	3	4	1	9
3	Paul di Resta	3	Ret	7	4	2	Ret	9	5	4	Ret	2	6	1	3	1	1	4	3	5	1	415
4		6	4	6	7	1	Ret	12	9	3	4	10	5			16	9	Ret	5	4	5	286
5	Susie Stoddart	8	12	2	3	11	10	4	6	5	2	6	9	14	11	7	8	10	13	6	Ret
6	Sean McIntosh	15	16	19	12	7	6	1	Ret	10	16	8	14	11	9	2	5	5	17	2	3
7	Stuart Hall	14	6	15	9	10	4	3	7	9	7	9	Ret	8	8	18	11	2	Ret	7	2
8	Oliver Jarvis	9	DNS	5	18	8	7	DNS	4	6	8	5	7	6	7	DNS	6	6	15	10	10	253
9	Charlie Hollings	11	13	3	10	12	Ret	Ret	3			4	2	16	5	8	7	11	6	DSQ	6	239
10	Stephen Simpson	12	8	10	Ret	6	2	5	10	7	3	7	NC	5	6	5	13	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	237
11	Joey Foster	5	3	8	6	16	5	6	Ret	8	5	Ret	13	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	13	Ret			170
12	Patrick Hogan	18	Ret	22	8	5	3	Ret	Ret	24	13	23	Ret	7	12	11	14	17	2	12	11	163
13	James Jakes	16	11	25	25	Ret	17	DNS	21	12	6	24	4	13	13	10	4	16	7	8	12	163
14	Gustavo Sondermann											22	12	3	2	6	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	4	113
15	John Byrne	7	2	11	11	9	8	16	19	15	15											109
16	Ben Freudenberg	22	15	18	19	Ret	18	7	11	22	9	12	Ret	17	10	DNS	16	14	18	Ret	15	97
17		24	23	20	24	18	21	10	15	23	14	11	10	10	15	Ret	17	7	Ret	17	Ret	90
18	Craig Dolby	21	21	26	23	19	16	15	16	17	Ret	14	15	19	17	15	20	12	Ret	3	16	87
19	Josh Weber	10	22	28	15	13	Ret	8	Ret	14	10	13	Ret	21	22	17	19	19	22	16	14	85
20	Ruben Carrapatoso	4	5	14	5	Ret	9	DNS	DNS													81
21	Rodolfo González	19	Ret	16	DNS	25	15			20	19	16	16	12	14	DNS	10	9	14	Ret	DNS	72
22	Cheng Congfu	Ret	Ret	17	16	20	19	Ret	8	11	11	21	22	18	21	13	12					66
23	Patrick Rocha											Ret	8	9	23	12	Ret	8	8	Ret	DNS	63
24	Sean Edwards	DNS	19	DNS	22	14	11	11	Ret	16	Ret	18	17	20	18	Ret	18	26	19	11	Ret	60
25	Juan Manuel Polar	25	14	13	13	NC	12	Ret	12									23	Ret	DNS	8	55
26	David Epton	13	18	9	14	Ret	13	13	13	26	Ret											54
27	Jason Tahinci	Ret	26	23	21	22	20	DNS	Ret	18	12	17	18	15	16	14	Ret	15	12	Ret	Ret	53
28	James Gornall	Ret	10	24	DNS	17	24	14	14	19	20	15	11									48
29	Dan Clarke															9	15	Ret	9	18	13	41
30	Stefan Söderberg			21	Ret	15	14													9	7	41
31	James Murphy	Ret	7	12	20	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	13	Ret											34
32	Michael Vitulli	20	27	DNS	17	21	Ret					20	19	22	19	20	Ret	21	16	14	Ret	23
33	Daniel Welch	17	20	DNS	DNS											19	Ret	20	11	20	17	23
34	Pippa Mann	Ret	25	DNS	DNS	Ret	22	DNS	17	25	17	19	20	23	20	21	21	22	Ret	19	Ret	14
35	Nik Goodfellow	26	17	DNS	Ret	23	23	DNS	18	21	18											10
36	Katherine Legge																	Ret	Ret	15	18	9
37	Yelmer Buurman																			13	22	8
38	Sam Edwards																			Ret	19	2
39	Matt Russell	23	24	27	DNS	24	Ret	DNS	20	DNS	DNS	25	21	Ret	24					Ret	20	2
40	Nick Jones																	24	20	Ret	DNS	1
–	Jamie Gruber													24	Ret	22	Ret	25	21	DNS	21	0
Pos	Driver	THR		BRH		SIL		OUL		THR		CRO		KNO		BRH		SNE		DON		valign=middle	Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Winter Series

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver name	Rounds
Fortec Motorsport	1	Yelmer Buurman	All
	2	Peter Rees	All
	3	Ben Freudenburg	All
	17	Stuart Hall	All
Team AKA	4	Juan Manuel Polar	All
Team AKA	7	James Jakes	All
Manor Motorsport	5	Patrick Hogan	All
	6	Bas Lammers	All
	11	Oliver Jarvis	All
Team JLR	8	Dan Clarke	All
	9	Stephen Simpson	All
	31	Craig Dolby	All
Team Nasamax	14	Dean Stirling	All
Scorpio Motorsport	22	Will Bratt	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport	21	Simon Pearson	1
	23	Rodolfo González	All
	24	Chris Dent	All
Embassy Racing	77	Jody Firth	All
Vitulli Racing	88	Michael Vitulli	1-3, 6-10

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Pembrey, Wales	6 November	Stephen Simpson	Stuart Hall	Stephen Simpson	Team JLR
1	R2	Pembrey, Wales	6 November	Stuart Hall	Yelmer Buurman	Oliver Jarvis	Manor Motorsport
2	R1	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	13 November	Stuart Hall	Stuart Hall	Stephen Simpson	Team JLR
	R2			Stuart Hall	Stuart Hall	Stuart Hall	Fortec Motorsport

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	PEM		CRO		Pts
1	Stuart Hall	2	2	3	1	119
2	Stephen Simpson	1	4	1	2	114
3	Oliver Jarvis	3	1	5	4	99
4	Patrick Hogan	7	6	2	3	87
5	Yelmer Buurman	4	3	4	Ret	71
6	James Jakes	9	5	8	6	64
7	Juan Manuel Polar	6	Ret	6	5	56
8	Bas Lammers	10	8	11	7	51
9	Ben Freudenburg	13	10	9	8	45
10	Rodolfo González	Ret	7	7	12	41
11	Will Bratt	11	12	12	9	40
12	Dan Clarke	5	Ret	10	Ret	31
13	Craig Dolby	8	11	14	Ret	31
14	Jody Firth	12	Ret	13	11	27
15	Simon Pearson	15	9			18
16	Peter Rees	14	NC	Ret	10	18
17	Chris Dent	17	13	Ret	Ret	12
18	Dean Stirling	16	14	Ret	Ret	12
Pos	Driver	PEM		CRO		Pts

External links

The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship