The 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the second championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three 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 2004 Entry List Team Driver Status Chassis Engine Rounds Prema Powerteam 1 Katsuyuki Hiranaka F304/009 Opel 1–5 F303/025 6–10 2 Franck Perera F304/010 All 26 Roberto Streit F304/011 All 41 Kohei Hirate F304/009 8, 10 ASL-Mücke Motorsport / ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 3 Bruno Spengler F302/012 Mercedes All 4 Robert Kubica F302/032 All ASM Formule 3 5 Alexandre Prémat F303/015 Mercedes All 6 Jamie Green F303/016 All 27 Éric Salignon F303/014 1–8 Adrian Sutil 10 Opel Team KMS 7 Alexandros Margaritis F303/021 Opel 1–6 Ruben Carrapatoso F303/009 7–10 8 Robert Kath Opel 1–6 Opel Team Signature-Plus 9 Giedo van der Garde F302/018 Opel All 10 Nicolas Lapierre F304/004 All Team Rosberg 11 Nico Rosberg F303/006 Opel All 12 Andreas Zuber F303/005F303/206 All Team Ghinzani 14 Philipp Baron F302/042 Mugen All 15 Derek Hayes F302/003 9 31 Marco Bonanomi F302/052 All Maximilian Götz 18 Maximilian Götz F303/001 TOM's 1–9 Ross Zwolsman 19 Ross Zwolsman F302/088 1 Swiss Racing Team 20 Fernando Rees F302/061 Opel 1 Peter Elkmann 5–10 21 Dennis Furchheim F302/011 Opel 1–2 Alejandro Núñez 6–10 HBR Motorsport 22 Daniel la Rosa F304/012 Opel All 23 Hannes Neuhauser F303/022 All Team Kolles 24 Adrian Sutil F303/012 Mercedes 1–9 Maximilian Götz 10 25 Tom Kimber-Smith F302/076 All Opel Team Signature 29 Loïc Duval F302/043 Opel All 30 Gregory Franchi F302/067 1–8, 10 Manor Motorsport 34 Charles Zwolsman Jr. F302/090 Mercedes All 35 Lewis Hamilton F302/049 All Coloni Motorsport 37 Christian Montanari F106/03/008 Mugen 1–2 38 Toni Vilander F106/03/009 1–2 AB Racing Performance 40 Alexandros Margaritis F303/021 Opel 7–10 Icon Legend Rookie
Driver changes Changed Teams Jamie Green: Kolles → ASM Formule 3 Robert Kubica: Prema Powerteam → Mücke Motorsport Alexandros Margaritis: MB Racing Performance → AB Racing Performance Daniel la Rosa: MB Racing Performance → HBR Motorsport Bruno Spengler: ASM F3 → Mücke Motorsport Charles Zwolsman Jr.: Kolles → Manor Motorsport
Entering Formula 3 Euro Series Marco Bonanomi: Italian Formula Three Championship (Coloni F3) → Team Ghinzani Ruben Carrapatoso: 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: Italian Formula Three Championship (Lucidi Motors) → Opel Team Signature Dennis Furchheim: Formula Renault 2000 Germany (Franken Racing) & Spanish Formula Three Championship (Racing Engineering) → Swiss Racing Team Giedo van der Garde: Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (van Amersfoort Racing) → Opel Team Signature-Plus Maximilian Götz: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V) → TME Lewis Hamilton: Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport Derek Hayes: NASCAR Busch Series (Moy Racing) → Team Ghinzani Kohei Hirate: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam Robert Kath: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Sachsen e.V.) → Opel Team KMS Tom Kimber-Smith: 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 Franck Perera: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam Fernando Rees: Formula Three Sudamericana (Cesario F3) → Swiss Racing Team Éric Salignon: British Formula 3 Championship (Hitech Racing) → ASM Formule 3 Roberto Streit: Formula Renault 2000 Italia & Formula Renault 2000 Masters (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam Adrian Sutil: Formula BMW ADAC (HBR Motorsport) → Team Kolles Toni Vilander: 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 → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) Bernhard Auinger: Superfund TME → Superfund Euro Formula 3000 (Euronova Racing) Ryan Briscoe: Prema Powerteam → Formula One (Panasonic Toyota Racing test driver) César Campaniço: Signature Plus → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (Cram Competition) Fabio Carbone: Signature Plus → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Three Bond Racing) Adam Carroll: Opel Team KMS → British Formula 3 Championship (P1 Racing) Robert Doornbos: Team Ghinzani → International Formula 3000 (Arden International) 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 → British Formula 3 Championship (Hitech Racing) Jan Heylen: Kolles → German Formula Three Championship (JB Motorsport) & International Formula 3000 (Team Astromega) Christian Klien: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → Formula One (Jaguar Racing) Marcel Lasée: Swiss Racing Team → SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany (???) Dong-Wook Lee: Drumel Motorsport → Retirement Richard Lietz: HBR Motorsport → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (tolimit Motorsport) James Manderson: Swiss Racing Team → Aussie Racing Cars Super Series Álvaro Parente: Team Ghinzani → British Formula 3 Championship (Carlin Motorsport) Olivier Pla: ASM F3 → World Series by Nissan (RC Motorsport & Carlin Motorsport) Harold Primat: Equipe Serge Saulnier → World Series Light (Saulnier Racing) Stefano Proetto: Swiss Racing Team → Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (EuroInternational) Gilles Tinguely: Swiss Racing Team → Retirement Claudio Torre: HBR Motorsport → Retirement Hendrick Vieth: Opel Team KMS → Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (Land Motorsport-PZ Koblenz) Markus Winkelhock: ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg → German Formula Three Championship (Persson Motorsport) Sakon Yamamoto: Superfund TME → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (TOM's)
Midseason changes ASM driver Éric Salignon 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 Maximilian Götz. 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, Fernando Rees, 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 Team Ghinzani entry at Brno TME's Ross Zwolsman failed to make any further appearances after the first round The Coloni Motorsport drivers returned to the Italian Formula Three Championship 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 at eight rounds, with additional rounds at the Pau Grand Prix and the . Round Circuit/Location Country Date 1 R1 Hockenheimring 17 April R2 18 April 2 R1 Autódromo do Estoril 1 May R2 2 May 3 R1 Adria International Raceway 15 May R2 16 May 4 R1 Pau Circuit 30 May R2 31 May 5 R1 Norisring, Nuremberg 26 June R2 27 June 6 R1Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 3 July R2 4 July 7 R1 Nürburgring 31 July R2 1 August 8 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 4 September R2 5 September 9 R1 Masaryk Circuit, Brno 18 September R2 19 September 10 R1 Hockenheimring 2 October R2 3 October
Results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning rookie 1 R1 Hockenheimring Alexandre Prémat Alexandre Prémat Nico Rosberg Team Rosberg Franck Perera R2 Jamie Green Jamie Green Nico Rosberg Team Rosberg Giedo van der Garde 2 R1 Autódromo do Estoril Alexandre Prémat Jamie Green Alexandre Prémat ASM Formule 3 Loïc Duval R2 Nicolas Lapierre Éric Salignon Éric Salignon ASM Formule 3 Roberto Streit 3 R1 Adria International Raceway Adrian Sutil Jamie Green Jamie Green ASM Formule 3 Giedo van der Garde R2 Jamie Green Bruno Spengler Éric Salignon ASM Formule 3 Franck Perera 4 R1 Pau Circuit Éric Salignon Jamie Green Jamie Green ASM Formule 3 Franck Perera R2 Alexandre Prémat Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Lapierre Opel Team Signature-Plus Roberto Streit 5 R1 Norisring Lewis Hamilton Alexandre Prémat Lewis Hamilton Manor Motorsport Loïc Duval R2 Jamie Green Lewis Hamilton Alexandre Prémat ASM Formule 3 Roberto Streit 6 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Jamie Green Jamie Green Jamie Green ASM Formule 3 Loïc Duval R2 Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Alexandre Prémat ASM Formule 3 Giedo van der Garde 7 R1 Nürburgring Jamie Green Nico Rosberg Nico Rosberg Team Rosberg Giedo van der Garde R2 Nico Rosberg Jamie Green Jamie Green ASM Formule 3 Franck Perera 8 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort Éric Salignon Éric Salignon Éric Salignon ASM Formule 3 Giedo van der Garde R2 Éric Salignon Éric Salignon Jamie Green ASM Formule 3 Giedo van der Garde 9 R1 Brno Alexandre Prémat Jamie Green Jamie Green ASM Formule 3 Franck Perera R2 Alexandre Prémat Jamie Green Jamie Green ASM Formule 3 Giedo van der Garde 10 R1 Hockenheimring Nicolas Lapierre Alexandre Prémat Nicolas Lapierre Opel Team Signature-Plus Franck Perera R2 Adrian Sutil Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Lapierre Opel Team Signature-Plus Roberto Streit
Season standings
Drivers Standings Points are awarded as follows: 12345678PPRace 1 & 21086543211