2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

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. Italian driver Ronnie Quintarelli took the championship title, winning eight from 20 races.

Teams and drivers All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tyres.

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 Bamba 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: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 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 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 Bamba 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 PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

References

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