The 2004 World Series by Nissan was contested over 9 race weekends/18 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Dallara chassis (Dallara SN01) and Nissan engines (Nissan VQ). 11 different teams and 31 different drivers competed. Heikki Kovalainen claimed the title for Pons Racing, clinching it at the first race at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
2004 Driver Lineup TeamDriverRounds Gabord Reyco 1 Ralph Firman1-2 Takaya Tsubobayashi5-7 Hiroki Yoshimoto8-9 2 Juan Cruz ÁlvarezAll Epsilon Euskadi 3 Ander Vilariño1-4 Julien Vidot5-6 Félix Porteiro7-9 4 Jean-Christophe RavierAll Carlin Motorsport 5 Tiago MonteiroAll 6 Michael Keohane2 Olivier Pla3-9 GD Racing 7 Enrique BernoldiAll 8 Pablo Donoso1-7 Giacomo Ricci8 Damien Pasini9 Saulnier Racing 9 Sergio Hernández5-9 10 Tristan GommendyAll Tata RC Motorsport 11 Narain KarthikeyanAll 12 Olivier Pla1-2 Tomáš Kostka3-7 Karun Chandhok8-9 Vergani Formula 14 Giacomo Ricci5-7 Miloš Pavlović8-9 15 Rodrigo Sperafico1-2 Giovanni Tedeschi5-9 Witmeur KTR 16 Didier André1-8 17 Bruce Jouanny1-3 Paul Belmondo Racing 18 Boris Derichebourg1 19 Ryo Fukuda1-2 Porfesa Competicion 20 Félix Porteiro1-6 21 Roldán Rodríguez1-5 Santiago Porteiro8 Pons Racing 22 Heikki KovalainenAll 23 Adrián VallésAllSources:
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report 1 R1 Circuito del Jarama 28 March Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi GD RacingReport R2 Enrique Bernoldi Bruce Jouanny Enrique Bernoldi GD Racing 2 R1 Circuit Zolder 25 April Tiago Monteiro Tiago Monteiro Tiago Monteiro Carlin MotorsportReport R2 Heikki Kovalainen Tiago Monteiro Tiago Monteiro Carlin Motorsport 3 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 23 May Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Narain Karthikeyan Tata RC MotorsportReport R2 Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Pons Racing 4 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo 20 June Heikki Kovalainen Jean-Christophe Ravier Jean-Christophe Ravier Epsilon EuskadiReport R2 Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Pons Racing 5 R1 Lausitzring 8 August Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Pons RacingReport R2 Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Pons Racing 6 R1 Autódromo do Estoril 19 September Tiago Monteiro Heikki Kovalainen Olivier Pla Carlin MotorsportReport R2 Tiago Monteiro Heikki Kovalainen Tiago Monteiro Carlin Motorsport 7 R1 Circuit de Catalunya 3 October Félix Porteiro Adrián Vallés Félix Porteiro Epsilon EuskadiReport R2 Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Pons Racing 8 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo 17 October Narain Karthikeyan Jean-Christophe Ravier Narain Karthikeyan Tata RC MotorsportReport R2 Tiago Monteiro Jean-Christophe Ravier Tiago Monteiro Carlin Motorsport 9 R1 Circuito de Jerez 7 November Heikki Kovalainen Enrique Bernoldi Heikki Kovalainen Pons RacingReport R2 Heikki Kovalainen Enrique Bernoldi Tiago Monteiro Carlin MotorsportSources: Every second race saw a mandatory pit stop.
Driver standings For every race the points were awarded: 15 points to the winner, 12 for runner-up, 10 for third place, 8 for fourth place, 6 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 14 race results count, but all additional points count. Pos DriverJAR1 JAR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 MAG1 MAG2 VAL1 VAL2 LAU1LAU2EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen442212111133215114 2 Tiago Monteiro2611513745213121 3 Enrique Bernoldi112103Ret6423Ret73Ret767Ret 121 4 81154812521128Ret2445 5 Tristan Gommendy125Ret3527338454368 6 Narain Karthikeyan5Ret341411Ret106RetRet54125111007 Juan Cruz Álvarez321766712RetRet78475Ret8102778 Félix Porteiro131269RetRet36641013168396769 Olivier Pla9Ret77101045817199Ret4Ret3156610 Adrián Vallés15101587914Ret711310Ret269Ret35611 Bruce Jouanny475Ret1162512 Ander VilariñoRet9101293582413 Sergio Hernández12105661012RetDNS72214 Didier André1081311121289RetRet981281172115 Ryo Fukuda638Ret1816 Karun ChandhokRet13841117 Julien Vidot913612718 Santiago Porteiro5Ret619 Pablo DonosoRetRet141313111012Ret9Ret14119520 Giacomo Ricci1112711Ret121311421 Roldán RodríguezRetRet1615141391113DNS222 Miloš PavlovićRetRet119223 Tomáš Kostka1514Ret10Ret151215RetRet124 Hiroki YoshimotoRet12Ret10125 Rodrigo Sperafico11131114026 Giovanni Tedeschi1516RetRet131114Ret1213027 Michael Keohane12Ret028 Damien PasiniRet12029 Takaya Tsubobayashi1414Ret1614Ret030 Ralph Firman14RetDNSDNS0NC Boris DerichebourgRetDNS 0 Pos DriverJAR1 JAR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 MAG1 MAG2 VAL1 VAL2 LAU1LAU2EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 PointsSources:
Team Standings Team Points 1 Pons Racing 245 2 Carlin Motorsport 218 3 Epsilon Euskadi 193 4 GD Racing 126 5 Saulnier Racing 126 6 RC Motorsport 122 7 Gabord Reyco 78 8 Witmeur KTR 46 9 Porfesa Competicion 44 10 Paul Belmondo Racing 18 11 Vergani Formula 6Source:
References
External links 2004 World Series by Renault season info on Speedsport-Magazine.com