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 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 36 Juan Manuel Polar 9–10 Comtec Racing with Duckhams 8 Westley Barber All 9 Susie Stoddart All Team JVA 10 Sean Edwards All 15 Pippa Mann All 32 John Byrne 1–5 Joey Foster 9 Falcon Motorsport 12 Nik Goodfellow 1–5 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 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 Rodolfo González 6–10 Team Firstair 24 Sean McIntosh All 47 James Murphy 1–5 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 Katherine Legge 9–10 35 Oliver Jarvis All 37 David Epton 1–5 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 R2 11 April Mike Conway Mike Conway Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport 2 R3 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 24 April Westley Barber Westley Barber Westley Barber Comtec Racing with Duckhams R4 25 April Mike Conway Mike Conway Westley Barber Comtec Racing with Duckhams 3 R5 Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 9 May Paul di Resta Alexander Storckenfeldt Alexander Storckenfeldt Mark Burdett Motorsport R6 Mike Conway Westley Barber Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport 4 R7 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 22 May Westley Barber Sean McIntosh Sean McIntosh Team Firstair R8 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 R10 Westley Barber Mike Conway Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport 6 R11 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 25 July Mike Conway Mike Conway Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport R12 Mike Conway Mike Conway Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport 7 R13 Knockhill Circuit, Fife 8 August Gustavo Sondermann Mike Conway Paul di Resta Manor Motorsport R14 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 R16 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 R18 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 R20 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 Pts1234567891011121314151617181920 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 PtsBold – 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 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 R2 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
References
External links The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship