2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Explained

The 2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 25th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 28 March at Suzuka and ended on 24 October at Motegi.^[1] Italian driver Ronnie Quintarelli took the championship title, winning eight from 20 races.^[2]

Teams and drivers

• All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tyres.^[3]

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
TOM'S	1	Richard Antinucci	Dallara F304	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	1–9
		Katsuyuki Hiranaka			10
	7	Sakon Yamamoto	Dallara F304		All
	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Dallara F304		All
	36	Taku Banba	Dallara F304		All
Toda Racing	2	Hideki Mutoh		Toda-Honda MF204C	All
Inging	3	Naoki Yokomizo	Dallara F303	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	All
	4	Ronnie Quintarelli	Dallara F302/3		All
M-TEC	10	João Paulo de Oliveira	Lola-Dome F106/03	Mugen-Honda MF204B	All
	11	Danny Watts	Lola-Dome F106/03		10
ThreeBond Racing	12	Fabio Carbone	Dallara F304	Tomei Nissan SR20VE	All
	14	Masataka Yanagida	Dallara F303		All
DTM	19	Hiroyoshi Shibata	Dallara F302	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Now Motor Sports	32	Wataru Kobayakawa	Lola-Dome F106/03	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
	33	Daisuke Ikeda	Lola-Dome F106/03		All
Zap Speed	50	Motohiko Isozaki	Dallara F304	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	All
Exceed Motorsports	87	Kei Idaka	Dallara F302	Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE	10

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	27 March	Kazuki Nakajima	Sakon Yamamoto	Kazuki Nakajima	TOM'S
	R2		28 March	Kazuki Nakajima	João Paulo de Oliveira	Kazuki Nakajima	TOM'S
2	R1	Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma	10 April	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	Richard Antinucci	TOM'S
	R2		11 April	Ronnie Quintarelli	Fabio Carbone	Ronnie Quintarelli	Inging
3	R1	Okayama International Circuit	8 May	João Paulo de Oliveira	Richard Antinucci	João Paulo de Oliveira	M-TEC
	R2		9 May	João Paulo de Oliveira	Ronnie Quintarelli	Ronnie Quintarelli	Inging
4	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	5 June	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	Fabio Carbone	ThreeBond Racing
	R2		6 June	João Paulo de Oliveira	Sakon Yamamoto	Ronnie Quintarelli	Inging
5	R1	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	3 July	Ronnie Quintarelli	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	M-TEC
	R2		4 July	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	Ronnie Quintarelli	Inging
6	R1	Sportsland SUGO, Murata	31 July	Naoki Yokomizo	Ronnie Quintarelli	Ronnie Quintarelli	Inging
	R2		1 August	Naoki Yokomizo	João Paulo de Oliveira	Ronnie Quintarelli	Inging
7	R1	Mine Circuit, Mine	28 August	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	M-TEC
	R2		29 August	Naoki Yokomizo	Fabio Carbone	Naoki Yokomizo	Inging
8	R1	Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku	11 September	Hiroyoshi Shibata	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	M-TEC
	R2		12 September	Daisuke Ikeda	João Paulo de Oliveira	João Paulo de Oliveira	M-TEC
9	R1	Mine Circuit, Mine	2 October	Ronnie Quintarelli	João Paulo de Oliveira	Ronnie Quintarelli	Inging
	R2		3 October	Ronnie Quintarelli	Fabio Carbone	Ronnie Quintarelli	Inging
10	R1	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	23 October	João Paulo de Oliveira	Sakon Yamamoto	João Paulo de Oliveira	M-TEC
	R2		24 October	Sakon Yamamoto	Sakon Yamamoto	Sakon Yamamoto	TOM'S

Notes

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver SUZ TSU OKA MOT SUZ SUG MIN SEN MIN MOT Pts 1 Ronnie Quintarelli 9 6 13 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 3 6 2 13 1 1 Ret 3 2 align=left nowrap João Paulo de Oliveira 6 Ret 2 5 1 2 13 Ret 1 5 3 2 1 3 1 1 Ret DNS 1 Ret 211 3 Naoki Yokomizo 4 5 6 4 Ret 9 4 2 2 Ret 2 3 2 1 10 4 Ret 6 5 2 4 Richard Antinucci 7 2 1 2 6 4 3 3 5 Ret 10 7 4 2 3 2 9 11 161 5 Kazuki Nakajima 1 1 7 9 3 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 9 11 5 5 4 3 9 4 138 6 Taku Banba 2 3 3 3 9 10 7 4 Ret 6 7 Ret 6 7 4 6 5 4 4 7 7 Sakon Yamamoto 3 10 5 6 Ret 5 8 5 Ret 4 8 Ret 7 4 Ret 8 3 5 2 1 131 8 Fabio Carbone 5 4 9 8 8 Ret 1 6 7 Ret 5 4 5 8 8 9 2 2 7 8 9 Hideki Mutoh 8 7 8 10 Ret DSQ 5 7 3 2 9 6 8 5 9 7 Ret Ret Ret 5 83 10 Masataka Yanagida 12 8 12 12 5 11 14 9 9 3 6 5 10 NC 7 Ret 7 7 8 10 58 11 Daisuke Ikeda 10 12 4 7 Ret 3 9 8 10 DNS 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 3 10 NC 14 11 48 12 Wataru Kobayakawa 11 11 11 11 4 7 10 10 8 Ret 13 8 12 Ret 6 10 6 8 11 12 38 13 Hiroyoshi Shibata 13 9 10 13 Ret 8 11 11 Ret 7 12 9 13 12 Ret 11 Ret 9 10 13 15 14 Katsuyuki Hiranaka 3 9 14 15 Danny Watts 6 6 12 16 Motohiko Isozaki 14 13 14 14 7 12 12 12 11 Ret 14 10 14 10 11 12 8 10 12 14 10 17 Kei Idaka 13 15 0 Pos Driver SUZ TSU OKA MOT SUZ SUG MIN SEN MIN MOT Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2004. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 3 February 2013.
2. Web site: Formula 3 Japan 2004. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 3 February 2013.
3. Web site: Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2004. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 3 February 2013.