The 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the second championship year of Europe's premier

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series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in either one or two sessions – and two 30-minute qualifying sessions. This was followed by a c.110 km race on Saturday and a c.80 km race on Sunday. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win.

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

; Changed Teams * Jamie Green: Kolles →

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: Prema Powerteam →

Mücke Motorsport Mücke Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Germany, which is also known as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg. History Single-seaters Mücke Motorsport was formed by Peter Mücke in 1998 to run his son Stefan Mücke in the German Formula BMW ADAC ...

* Alexandros Margaritis: MB Racing Performance → AB Racing Performance * Daniel la Rosa: MB Racing Performance → HBR Motorsport * Bruno Spengler: ASM F3 → Mücke Motorsport *

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: Kolles →

Manor Motorsport Manor Motorsport Ltd, currently trading as Manor Endurance Racing Ltd is a British motor racing company that was formed in 1990 by former single-seater champion John Booth. Manor has participated as a team in many motorsport disciplines since ...

; Entering Formula 3 Euro Series * Marco Bonanomi:

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( Coloni F3) →

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Ruben Carrapatoso Ruben Carrapatoso (born 29 July 1981 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian race driver, that competed in various series, including the Stock Car Brasil and in one season of the Formula 3 Euro Series The Formula 3 Euro Series was a European-based junior s ...

: Formula Renault 2000 Italia (Alan Racing) → Opel Team KMS * Loïc Duval: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 (Graff Racing) → OPEL Team Signature * Peter Elkmann: International Superkart Series – Division 1 → Swiss Racing Team *

Gregory Franchi Gregory "Greg" Franchi (born 6 April 1982, in Flémalle) is a Belgian racing driver. Career Karting Franchi began his karting career in 2000, with the 36th place in European Championship Formula A. Formula Ford Franchi make debut in his formul ...

: Italian Formula Three Championship (Lucidi Motors) → Opel Team Signature * Dennis Furchheim: Formula Renault 2000 Germany (Franken Racing) &

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Racing Engineering Racing Engineering is a Spanish racing team founded in 1999 by Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The team's headquarters are located in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, near Jerez, where all car prep ...

) → Swiss Racing Team *

Giedo van der Garde Giedo Gijsbertus Gerrit van der Garde (born 25 April 1985 in Rhenen, Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver, currently competing in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship for TDS Racing. From 2018 to 2021 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Ch ...

: Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands & Formula Renault 2000 Masters ( van Amersfoort Racing) → Opel Team Signature-Plus *

Maximilian Götz Maximilian Götz (born 4 February 1986) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as International Formula Master and the Formula 3 Euro Series. He won the 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season, taking six victories. He also won the 202 ...

: Formula BMW

ADAC ADAC, officially the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (), is Europe's largest motoring association. ADAC is the largest club (Verein) in Germany with around 21 million members. It would be more aptly described today as an individual mo ...

( ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V) → TME *

Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Mic ...

: Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport * Derek Hayes:

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(Moy Racing) → Team Ghinzani * Kohei Hirate: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam * Robert Kath: Formula BMW

(ADAC Sachsen e.V.) → Opel Team KMS *

Tom Kimber-Smith Tom Kimber-Smith (born 1 November 1984 in Ascot, Berkshire) is a British race car driver. He is currently driving the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class with Robert Alon. He has enj ...

: Formula Ford Great Britain (Panasonic Batteries Racing Team) → Team Kolles * Christian Montanari: Italian Formula Three Championship (Coloni F3) → Coloni Motorsport * Hannes Neuhauser: German Formula Three Championship (Achleitner Motorsport) → HBR Motorsport * Alejandro Núñez: Spanish Formula Three Championship (E.V. Racing & Azteca Motorsport) → Swiss Racing Team *

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: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam *

Fernando Rees Fernando Rees (born January 4, 1985) is a retired Brazilian racecar driver. He started his career racing with go-karts back in 1993 at age 8. Fernando made his international single-seaters' debut in 2001, his endurance racing debut in 2007, ...

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(Cesario F3) → Swiss Racing Team *

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Hitech Racing Hitech Grand Prix (formerly known as Hitech Racing) is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. The team started racing in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2003. The team also competed in the So ...

) → ASM Formule 3 * Roberto Streit: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam * Adrian Sutil: Formula BMW

(HBR Motorsport) → Team Kolles *

Toni Vilander Toni Markus Vilander (born 25 July 1980) is a Finnish professional racing driver who currently drives for the Risi Competizione Ferrari team in various categories of sports car racing. After a single-seater career which reached the level of the ...

: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (RP Motorsport) → Coloni Motorsport * Ross Zwolsman: Formula Renault 2000 Germany & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Ma-Con) → TME ; Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series * Simon Abadie: LD Autosport → World Series Light ( Epsilon by Graff) * Nicolas Armindo: Saulnier Racing →

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(Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) * Bernhard Auinger: Superfund TME → Superfund Euro Formula 3000 (Euronova Racing) *

Ryan Briscoe Ryan Briscoe (born 24 September 1981) is an Australian-American professional racing driver from Sydney who has predominantly raced open-wheel and sports cars in Europe and America. In IndyCar he collected 8 wins and 28 podiums, finishing third ...

: Prema Powerteam →

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Toyota Racing test driver) * César Campaniço: Signature Plus →

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( Cram Competition) * Fabio Carbone: Signature Plus →

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(Three Bond Racing) * Adam Carroll: Opel Team KMS →

( P1 Racing) * Robert Doornbos: Team Ghinzani →

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Arden International Arden International is a multiple formula racing team created and run by Christian Horner and Garry Horner. It currently runs teams in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and F4 British Championship, and formerly ran in the FIA Formula 2 Championship ...

) * Maro Engel: Opel Team KMS → German Formula Three Championship (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) * Timo Glock: Opel Team KMS → Formula One ( Jordan Ford) * Lucas di Grassi: Prema Powerteam →

(

) * Jan Heylen: Kolles → German Formula Three Championship (JB Motorsport) &

( Team Astromega) *

Christian Klien Christian Klien (born 7 February 1983) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One. Klien currently competes full-time in the GT World Challenge Europe for JP Motorsport. Racing career Bor ...

: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → Formula One ( Jaguar Racing) * Marcel Lasée: Swiss Racing Team → SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany (???) * Dong-Wook Lee: Drumel Motorsport → Retirement *

Richard Lietz Richard Lietz (born 17 December 1983 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs) is an Austrian professional racing driver and a Porsche Factory driver. He has competed in such series as American Le Mans Series, Formula 3 Euro Series and the Rolex Sports Car Seri ...

: HBR Motorsport → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (tolimit Motorsport) * James Manderson: Swiss Racing Team → Aussie Racing Cars Super Series *

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: Team Ghinzani →

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Carlin Motorsport Carlin, formerly Carlin Motorsport, is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It currently competes in five championships: FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, F4 British Championship, BRDC British Formula 3 and ...

) *

Olivier Pla Olivier Pla (born 22 October 1981) is a French racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Glickenhaus Racing. His younger brother Jim is also a racing driver Career French Formula Campus and Formula Three Bor ...

: ASM F3 →

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( RC Motorsport & Carlin Motorsport) *

Harold Primat Harold Primat (born 12 June 1975) is a French-born Swiss racing driver who previously competed in the Blancpain Endurance Series and other long-distance events such as the Bathurst 12 Hour and Nurburgring 24 Hours. Early career The nephew of ...

: Equipe Serge Saulnier → World Series Light (Saulnier Racing) * Stefano Proetto: Swiss Racing Team → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (

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) * Gilles Tinguely: Swiss Racing Team → Retirement * Claudio Torre: HBR Motorsport → Retirement * Hendrick Vieth: Opel Team KMS → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) *

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: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → German Formula Three Championship (

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) *

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: Superfund TME →

(

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)

Midseason changes

* ASM driver

missed the last two rounds at Brno and Hockenheim, but was not immediately replaced. Adrian Sutil left Team Kolles to take over Salignon's #27 car at Hockenheim, and his Kolles seat was taken by

. * At Team KMS, Alexandros Margaritis was replaced by Brazilian Ruben Carrapataso from the Nürburgring onwards. Margaritis returned to the series with a new entry from the German F3 Cup (and former Eurseries) team, AB Racing Performance. * At Swiss Racing Team, Dennis Furchheim was replaced by Alejandro Núñez, after missing rounds 3 and 5 and failing to qualify at Pau (round 4). His team-mate,

, missed rounds 3 and 4 and the #20 car was later driven by Peter Elkmann. * Part-time appearances included Britain's Derek Hayes in a third

entry at Brno * TME's Ross Zwolsman failed to make any further appearances after the first round * The

Coloni Motorsport Coloni Motorsport, also known as Scuderia Coloni, was an auto racing team from Italy. Formed by Enzo Coloni in 1983, the team participated in Formula Three between 1983 and 1986, before racing in Formula One as Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems bet ...

drivers returned to the

after the first two rounds * Japan's Kohei Hirate made his Euro Series debut in a fourth Prema Powerteam entry at Zandvoort and Hockenheim.

Calendar

* The series supported the

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB- FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The s ...

at eight rounds, with additional rounds at the

Pau Grand Prix The Pau Grand Prix (french: Grand Prix de Pau) is a motor race held in Pau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of southwestern France. The French Grand Prix was held at Pau in 1930, leading to the annual Pau Grand Prix being inaugurat ...

and the .

Results

Season standings

Drivers' standings

*Points are awarded as follows: † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. ¹ Note: Eric Salignon's pole position for race 1 at Pau was initially withdrawn due to a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change after an accident in race 1. Salignon's team successfully claimed force majeure and the pole was reinstated, but the bonus point was ''not'' awarded.Thomas, S-M. and Waite, L
"Pau round 8 race report"
''motorsport.com, 2004-05-31. Retrieved 2007-10-06.

Rookie Cup

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Nations Cup

Notes

References

External links

Forix.autosport.comSpeedsport MagazineFormel3guide.com
(German language)

{{FIA European F3 seasons Formula 3 Euro Series seasons

Formula 3 Euro Series The Formula 3 Euro Series was a European-based junior single seater formula for Formula Three chassis that was launched (in its current form) in 2003 as a merger of the French Formula Three Championship and German Formula Three Championship. The ...

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