2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup

2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
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The 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season was the fourteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Monza on 27 March and finished at Oschersleben on 18 September, after seventeen races.^[1]

American driver Scott Speed scored eight victories at Hockenheimring, Brno, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Imola and Oschersleben during the season. He took the championship with a round to spare at the wheel of his Motopark Academy-run car, giving team based at Oschersleben their first Eurocup championship after double win on fellow circuit.^[2][3] Second place was not resolved until the final round, as Graff Racing's Simon Pagenaud and Jenzer Motorsport's Colin Fleming battled over the placing. Despite that Fleming was ahead of Pagenaud in both races of final round and scored more points, the French driver became runner-up.

JD Motorsport's Reinhard Kofler took fourth place with one victory at Valencia and took three further podium finishes to confirm fourth. Fleming's team-mate Pascal Kochem won race at Imola and completed the top-five.^[4] Cram Competition's Pastor Maldonado won both races in opening round at Monza on his way to eighth place. Other races were won by French drivers Patrick Pilet and Yann Clairay who completed the top-ten. Guest Formula Renault 2000 UK driver Mike Conway claimed win at Donington Park.^[5]

Teams and drivers

2004 Entry List[6]
Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Cram Competition	1	Marcello Thomaz	1-3
	2	Salvador Durán	1-5, 7-9
	3	Pastor Maldonado	1-5, 7-9
	27	Davide Valsecchi	1-4, 7-8
Motopark Academy	4	Marc Walz	1-5
		Mike den Tandt	7
		Dominik Weigl	6, 9
	14		5
		Junior Strous	1-5, 7-9
	5	Frank Kechele	1
		Matías Milla	9
	41	Scott Speed	All
Graff Racing	6	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1-3, 7
	9	Julien Canal	All
	22	Johan Charpilienne	1-3
	23	Patrick Pilet	1, 3, 6-7, 9
	28	Simon Pagenaud	All
AR Motorsport	7	Paul Meijer	All
	8	Yelmer Buurman	1-4, 6-9
	20	Xavier Maassen	2, 4, 6-7, 9
Jenzer Motorsport	10	Pascal Kochem	All
	11	Michael Ammermüller	All
	12	Colin Fleming	All
Koiranen Motorsport	15	Mika Leirilaakso	All
	63	Miikka Honkanen	9
Tech 1 Racing	16	Franck Mailleux	1-3, 9
	17	Ludovic Badey	1-3, 7
Lukoil Racing Team	18	Yuri Baiborodov	All
	19	Mikhail Aleshin	All
Team AKA	21	James Jakes	1-4, 6-7, 9
	40	Andrew Kirkaldy	7
	59	Juan Manuel Polar	9
JD Motorsport	24	Dominique Claessens	All
	25	Reinhard Kofler	All
	26	Patrick Rocha	1-7
SG Formula	29	Guillaume Moreau	1-3, 6-7
	36	Romain Grosjean	1-3, 7, 9
	37	Yann Clairay	1-3, 7, 9
	54	Pierre Ragues	7, 9
Euronova Racing	30	Luca Frigerio	1
		Gary Cester	4, 7
	31	Luca Filippi	1, 4, 7-9
	32	Vitaly Petrov	1, 4
Uboldi Corse	33	Luigi Ferrara	4, 8
	34	Giacomo Vargiu	2, 4
	35	Riccardo Cinti	1-4
	45	Massimo Torre	4
Green Racing	38	Ulric Amado de Carvalho	3, 7
	39	Malo Olivier	3
		Cedric Valdevit	7
Kern Motorsport	42	Bruno Rudolf Fechner	4, 9
	60	Kenny Weiss	9
Conrad Racing	43	Thomas Conrad	4
Böhm Motorsport	44	Marco Dürr	4
Fortec Motorsport	46	Mike Conway	6
	47	Stuart Hall	6
	52	Charles Hollings	6
Manor Motorsport	48	Patrick Hogan	6-7
	49	Josh Weber	6-7
	50	Paul di Resta	6-7
CD Sport	53	Jean-Francis Gagneraud	7
BVM Racing	55	Luca Persiani	8
	56	Frederico Muggia	8
	57	Andrea Ceccato	8
Bicar Racing	58	Cristian Corsini	8
SL Formula Racing	61	Pekka Saarinen	9
	62	Dima Raikhlin	9

Calendar

All races were part of LG Super Racing Weekends, that also included FIA GT Championship and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	27 March	Scott Speed	Pastor Maldonado	Pastor Maldonado	Cram Competition
	R2			Scott Speed	Scott Speed	Pastor Maldonado	Cram Competition
2	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	17 April	Guillaume Moreau	Scott Speed	Simon Pagenaud	Graff Racing
	R2			Simon Pagenaud	Scott Speed	Reinhard Kofler	JD Motorsport
3	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1 May	Yann Clairay	Simon Pagenaud	Yann Clairay	SG Formula
	R2			Simon Pagenaud	Simon Pagenaud	Simon Pagenaud	Graff Racing
4	R1	Hockenheimring	15 May	Scott Speed	Pascal Kochem	Scott Speed	Motopark Academy
	R2			Colin Fleming	Colin Fleming	Scott Speed	Motopark Academy
5	R1	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	29 May	Scott Speed	Pascal Kochem	Scott Speed	Motopark Academy
	R2			Scott Speed	Scott Speed	Scott Speed	Motopark Academy
6	R1	Donington Park	26 June	Scott Speed	Patrick Pilet	Patrick Pilet	Graff Racing
	R2			Colin Fleming	Guillaume Moreau	Mike Conway	Fortec Motorsport
7		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	31 July	Scott Speed	Scott Speed	Scott Speed	Motopark Academy
8	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	4 September	Pascal Kochem	Pascal Kochem	Pascal Kochem	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2			Pascal Kochem	Scott Speed	Scott Speed	Motopark Academy
9	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	18 September	Scott Speed	Pascal Kochem	Scott Speed	Motopark Academy
	R2			Scott Speed	Scott Speed	Scott Speed	Motopark Academy

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP
Points	30	24	20	16	12	10	8	6	4	2	2

• Races : 2 races of 25 minutes by rounds.

Pos Driver MON VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC Points 1 Scott Speed 2 12 7 DSQ 7 3 1 1 1 1 4 7 1 2 1 1 1 370 2 Simon Pagenaud 10 4 1 Ret 4 1 3 2 5 2 5 9 7 6 Ret 6 4 246 3 Colin Fleming 24 5 8 8 2 Ret 6 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 3 2 3 5 222 4 Reinhard Kofler 21 3 6 1 11 5 Ret 4 3 6 10 5 5 5 3 8 9 202 5 Pascal Kochem 4 14 5 4 8 10 2 3 2 5 Ret Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 7 198 6 Paul Meijer 5 Ret 16 9 10 2 18 5 6 4 Ret 8 6 4 6 2 2 174 7 Guillaume Moreau 22 2 3 3 3 8 2 2 10 148 8 Pastor Maldonado 1 1 2 7 Ret 7 15 Ret 7 7 Ret 8 Ret Ret 8 132 9 Patrick Pilet 13 8 5 4 1 4 24 7 10 102 10 Yann Clairay 8 21 9 2 1 17 Ret 4 Ret 82 11 Michael Ammermüller 17 6 15 Ret 15 6 9 Ret 8 8 9 12 8 7 9 12 Ret 64 12 Marc Walz 3 Ret 13 6 9 11 5 7 11 DNS 54 13 Dominique Claessens 16 9 24 12 Ret 22 8 6 10 9 DSQ Ret 4 13 12 Ret 13 42 14 Romain Grosjean 7 Ret 10 13 6 24 25 5 22 32 15 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 25 Ret 4 5 13 14 15 28 16 Mikhail Aleshin 9 Ret 20 17 20 25 12 22 9 10 DSQ 6 14 12 Ret 11 15 28 17 Junior Strous 20 16 14 15 Ret 13 4 10 DSQ 13 9 Ret 11 19 11 26 18 Salvador Durán 6 18 22 18 Ret 19 16 13 14 12 13 9 8 Ret 16 20 19 Luigi Ferrara 19 12 11 4 16 20 Luca Filippi 12 Ret 23 14 18 15 5 Ret 12 14 21 Mika Leirilaakso Ret 13 25 22 Ret 15 14 9 15 13 12 18 17 16 7 14 Ret 14 22 Patrick Rocha 32 Ret 18 15 18 9 Ret 8 12 15 13 11 Ret 14 23 James Jakes 18 15 27 19 Ret 12 11 16 8 21 11 13 14 10 24 Julien Canal Ret 10 12 10 24 16 26 11 13 11 Ret 19 27 14 10 10 Ret 10 25 Marcello Thomaz 14 7 17 16 16 Ret 8 26 Bruno Rudolf Fechner 7 Ret 26 Ret 8 27 Yuri Baibodorov 23 22 Ret 21 Ret Ret 17 Ret 16 14 15 10 16 18 17 25 21 6 28 Yelmer Buurman 26 19 23 14 19 Ret 13 19 11 20 12 Ret 14 21 18 4 29 Davide Valsecchi 11 Ret Ret Ret 17 26 21 18 19 10 13 2 30 Xavier Maassen 19 11 10 Ret Ret 17 22 24 19 2 31 Vitaly Petrov 15 11 25 23 0 32 Franck Mailleux 31 Ret 11 24 21 20 Ret Ret 0 33 Malo Olivier 12 DNS 0 34 Johan Charpelienne 30 Ret 21 Ret 14 Ret 0 35 Dominik Weigl 17 16 17 22 15 Ret 0 36 Cristian Corsini 17 15 0 37 Thomas Conrad 20 15 0 38 Luca Persiani DNS 16 0 39 Pierre Ragues Ret 18 17 0 40 Ludovic Badet 27 17 Ret 23 22 21 26 0 41 Marco Dürr 22 17 0 42 Andrea Ceccato 20 18 0 43 Ulric Amado de Carvalho Ret 18 Ret 0 44 Frederico Muggia 19 19 0 45 Frank Kechele 19 Ret 0 46 Riccardo Cinti 29 20 26 20 23 23 Ret DNS 0 47 Gary Cester 24 20 23 0 48 Kenny Weiss 20 Ret 0 49 Jean-Francis Gagneraud 20 0 50 Massimo Torre Ret 21 0 51 Cédric Valdevit 21 0 52 Juan Manuel Polar 22 Ret 0 53 Miikka Honkanen 23 Ret 0 54 Giacomo Vargui Ret Ret Ret 24 0 55 Luca Frigerio 28 Ret 0 Andrew Kirkaldy Ret 0 Mike den Tandt Ret 0 The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing Mike Conway 7 1 - Paul di Resta 6 3 Ret - Pekka Saarinen 9 3 - Matías Milla 17 6 - Stuart Hall 14 14 - Charles Hollings Ret 15 - Dima Raikhlin 16 20 - Patrick Hogan 16 23 Ret - Josh Weber Ret 16 Ret - Pos Driver MON VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	Motopark Academy	498
2	Jenzer Motorsport	490
3	Graff Racing	392
4	SG Formula	262
5	JD Motorsport	258
6	AR Motorsport	204
7	Cram Competition	164
8	SL Formula Racing	44
9	Lukoil Racing Team	32
10	Uboldi Corse	16
11	Koiranen Motorsport	14
12	Euronova Racing	12
13	Team AKA	10
14	Kern Motorsport	8
	BVM Racing	0
	CD Sport	0
	Tech 1 Racing	0
	Green Team	0
	Conrad Racing	0
	Böhm Motorsport	0

References

1. "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2004". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
2. "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Imola race two summary, champion crowned". motorsport.com. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
3. "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Oschersleben race two summary". motorsport.com. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
4. "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Imola race one summary". motorsport.com. 5 September 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
5. "FRENAULT: EU 2000: Donington race two notes". 27 June 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
6. "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2004". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2012.