The 2004 Formula BMW Asia season was won by Marchy Lee of Hong Kong, driving for Team Meritus. Lee finished the season on 250 points, followed by BMW Junior driver, 24-year-old You Kyong-Ouk and Rookie Cup winner Mehdi Bennani), both on 124 points. Lee received an extra prize in recognition of his extraordinary achievements – a three-day test with the Team Rosberg Formula 3 outfit.Formula BMW Asia – Round 14 – Taebaek – Race BMW Group Press Archive. 17 October 2004. Retrieved On 28 June 2012.
Teams and drivers All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Team No Driver Class Rounds Minardi Team Asia 2 Dado Pena All 3 Tyson Sy All 4 Robert Boughey All 5 Moreno Soeprapto 1–4, 6 27 Mark Goddard 5 Team E-Rain 6 Han Han All 7 Lee Kookhyun 7 12 Gaby Dela Merced 3–4 33 Ao Chi Hong 6 61 You Kyongouk All 62 Karshana Dissanayake 1 68 Michael Ting 5 86 6 Belgravia Motorsport 21 Salman Al Khalifa All 22 Mohammed Al Baharna All 23 Hamad Al Fardan All 24 Mehdi Bennani 1 88 Hanss Lin Po Heng All Team Meritus 8 Chin Tzer Jinn 2 11 Nik Iruwan Nik Izani All 24 Mehdi Bennani 2–7 38 Marchy Lee All 15 Tobia Kipper 6 52 Mark Patterson 6 77 Kuo Chia-Ming 2 Team T.E.C Pilipinas 12 Gaby Dela Merced 1–2 Autosport with Arto 19 Maekkasit Weraporasu 1–3 20 Tohru Jitsukawa 1–2 San Miguel MP Turbo 33 Mike Potenciano 3 Icon Class Rookie Cup Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Races Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning rookie 1 R1 Bahrain International Circuit 3 April Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani R2 4 April Moreno Soeprapto Maekkasit Weraporasu Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani 2 R1 Sepang International Circuit 19 June Hanss Lin Po Heng no data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Hamad Al Fardan R2 Marchy Lee no data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani 3 R1 Bira Circuit 10 July Marchy Lee no data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani R2 11 July Hanss Lin Po Heng no data Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani 4 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit 15 August Marchy Lee Mehdi Bennani Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani R2 16 August Marchy Lee Hanss Lin Po Heng Hanss Lin Po Heng Belgravia Motorsport Mehdi Bennani 5 R1 Autopolis 4 September Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani R2 5 September Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani 6 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 25 September Marchy Lee Tyson Sy Marchy Lee Team Meritus Hamad Al Fardan R2 26 September Marchy Lee Mehdi Bennani Moreno Soeprapto Minardi Team Asia Nik Iruwan Nik Izani 7 R1 Taebaek Racing Park 16 October Marchy Lee Hamad Al Fardan Marchy Lee Team Meritus Hamad Al Fardan R2 17 October Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Marchy Lee Team Meritus Mehdi Bennani
Standings Points were awarded as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Drivers' Championship Pos Driver BHR SEP BIR BEI AUT SIC TAE Pts 1 Marchy Lee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 250 2 You Kyongouk 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 10 7 6 10 3 7 Ret 124 3 Mehdi Bennani 5 5 Ret 2 3 3 5 2 5 3 Ret 4 12 3 124 4 Hanss Lin Po Heng 3 6 Ret 14 4 2 2 1 3 Ret 9 Ret 3 2 120 5 Tyson Sy Ret 2 3 4 6 11 9 Ret 2 2 3 12 4 5 108 6 Salman Al Khalifa 9 9 7 9 5 5 4 3 6 10 Ret 5 5 6 84 7 Dado Pena 6 4 5 5 8 16 10 5 4 12 5 6 6 Ret 83 8 Hamad Al Fardan Ret 13 6 6 Ret 8 6 Ret Ret 4 2 7 2 4 80 9 Nik Iruwan Nik Izani 11 14 12 11 12 14 7 6 8 11 Ret 2 10 7 42 10 Robert Boughey 10 7 11 10 9 10 12 8 12 5 6 DSQ 9 8 39 11 Han Han 7 10 9 Ret 14 9 13 9 10 7 7 10 11 9 32 12 Mohammed Al Baharna 12 11 10 8 Ret 7 8 Ret 9 8 8 8 8 10 32 13 Maekkasit Weraporasu 8 8 14 13 10 12 9 14 Tohru Jitsukawa 14 12 8 Ret 4 15 Gaby Dela Merced 13 16 16 15 13 15 14 11 1 Guest drivers ineligible to score points – Moreno Soeprapto 4 Ret 4 7 7 6 11 7 4 1 – – Mike Potenciano 11 13 – – Michael Ting 11 9 Ret 14 – – Mark Patterson 11 9 – – Ao Chi Hong 13 11 – – Chin Tzer Jinn 13 12 – – Tobia Kipper 12 13 – – Lee Kookhyun 13 Ret – – Karshana Dissanayake Ret 15 – – Kuo Chia-Ming 15 Ret – – Mark Goddard Ret Ret – Pos Driver BHR SEP BIR BEI AUT SIC TAE Pts Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Rookie Cup Pos Driver BHR SEP BIR BEI AUT SIC TAE Pts 1 Mehdi Bennani 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 5 1 223 2 Robert Boughey 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 2 DSQ 2 4 168 3 Hamad Al Fardan Ret 5 1 2 Ret 2 2 Ret Ret 2 1 3 1 2 155 4 Nik Iruwan Nik Izani 5 6 4 4 4 6 3 2 2 5 Ret 1 3 3 144 5 Han Han 2 4 2 Ret 6 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 138 6 Maekkasit Weraporasu 3 3 5 5 3 5 60 7 Gaby Dela Merced 6 7 6 6 5 7 6 5 48
References
External links BMW Group's press releases for Formula BMW Asia BMW-Motorsport.com