The 2004 Formula BMW UK season was the inaugural season of the British Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The series supported every BTCC round apart from round nine at Rockingham which supported the Days of Thunder championship. Tim Bridgman won the championship with his small family fun team after scoring in every round. Ayrton Senna's nephew Bruno Senna also took part in the championship towards the end of the season.
Teams and drivers All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Guest drivers in italics. All teams were British-registered. Team No Driver Class RoundsPrivateer 1 Tim Bridgman AllSoper Sport 2 Phil Glew All 7 Jordan Wise All 10 Marcos Vilhena 1–5 38 Dean Smith 5–10Panther Motorsport 3 Simon Walker-Hansell All 4 Ross Curnow All 15 Jack Goldstraw AllTeam Virgin Mobile Barwell 5 Sam Edwards 1–4 6 Matt Harris All 16 Ollie Smith All 56 Steve Roberts 8–10Fortec Motorsport 8 Stian Sørlie All 9 James Sutton AllCarlin Motorsport 11 Sam Bird All 12 Christian Bakkerud All 20 Bruno Senna 8–10Carlin M/sport - Team Portugal 21 Duarte Félix da Costa 1–2, 4–10 22 João Urbano AllMotaworld - Quantexe Racing 29 Josh Fisher All 30 Ry Leon AllSWR Omegaland/Pioneer 34 Oliver Turvey 1–4, 6–10 38 Dean Smith 1–4 40 Peter Dempsey 6–10 41 Craig Fleming 2–6 42 Matt Howson 7–10 Icon Class Rookie Cup
Results and standings Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Thruxton 11 April Stian Sørlie Stian Sørlie Simon Walker-Hansell Panther Motorsport 2 Stian Sørlie Stian Sørlie Tim Bridgman Privateer 3 Brands Hatch (Indy) 25 April Phil Glew Tim Bridgman Phil Glew Soper Sport 4 Phil Glew Phil Glew Phil Glew Soper Sport 5 Silverstone (International) 9 May João Urbano Tim Bridgman Tim Bridgman Privateer 6 Tim Bridgman Stian Sørlie Josh Fisher Motaworld - Quantexe Racing 7 Oulton Park (Island) 23 May Josh Fisher James Sutton James Sutton Fortec Motorsport 8 Stian Sørlie Phil Glew João Urbano Carlin M/sport - Team Portugal 9 Mondello Park 13 June Josh Fisher Josh Fisher Josh Fisher Motaworld - Quantexe Racing 10 James Sutton Josh Fisher Simon Walker-Hansell Carlin Motorsport 11 Croft 24 July Josh Fisher James Sutton Josh Fisher Motaworld - Quantexe Racing 12 25 July Josh Fisher João Urbano Josh Fisher Motaworld - Quantexe Racing 13 Knockhill 8 August Ross Curnow João Urbano Ross Curnow Panther Motorsport 14 Matt Howson João Urbano Stian Sørlie Fortec Motorsport 15 Brands Hatch (Indy) 22 August João Urbano João Urbano João Urbano Carlin M/sport - Team Portugal 16 James Sutton James Sutton James Sutton Fortec Motorsport 17 Rockingham(International Super Sports Car Long) 5 September João Urbano João Urbano João Urbano Carlin M/sport - Team Portugal 18 James Sutton Tim Bridgman Oliver Turvey Team SWR Pioneer 19 Donington Park(National) 26 September Matt Howson Matt Howson Matt Howson Team SWR Pioneer 20 Matt Howson João Urbano Tim Bridgman Privateer –Race was stopped due to a big accident involving Jordan Wise and Duarte Félix da Costa. Half points were awarded.
Drivers Championship
Pos Driver THR BRH SIL OUL MON CRO KNO BRH ROC DON Pts 1 Tim Bridgman 5 1 2 2 1 5 8 6 2 3 4 3 8 9 3 5 3 2 2 1 230 2 Phil Glew 6 3 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 5 2 4 Ret 8 4 3 4 4 4 9 210.5 3 Josh Fisher 4 18 4 6 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 4 1 1 7 5 8 4 6 5 7 5 178 4 João Urbano 3 4 3 3 Ret 4 Ret 1 6 7 6 7 16 2 1 2 1 Ret 15 2 173.5 5 James Sutton 14 Ret 17 5 3 18 1 7 13 2 5 2 10 6 2 1 2 12 Ret 12 136 6 Stian Sørlie 2 Ret Ret 4 Ret 6 10 3 5 8 3 5 2 1 7 8 Ret 7 3 4 133 7 Oliver Turvey 9 10 7 12 7 11 9 4 9 6 5 7 5 6 7 1 17 7 83 8 Ross Curnow 10 12 11 16 15 7 6 Ret 4 6 7 11 1 3 15 10 Ret Ret 12 3 70 9 1 5 9 11 6 Ret Ret DNS 12 1 16 9 Ret Ret 12 15 9 8 Ret Ret 63 10 Ollie Smith 11 8 5 8 2 Ret Ret 8 8 Ret 11 8 4 DSQ DNS 14 11 6 5 11 62 11 Christian Bakkerud Ret 2 8 7 9 3 5 Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 15 16 14 12 Ret 3 Ret Ret 61 12 Matt Howson 3 4 20 7 5 Ret 1 Ret 49 13 Duarte Félix da Costa 7 7 6 Ret 7 12 7 Ret 10 10 9 Ret 13 Ret 8 15 9 Ret 31 14 Sam Bird 17 17 19 10 12 12 4 5 10 16 14 14 11 12 9 13 Ret 16 11 15 22 15 Dean Smith DNS 15 14 17 5 17 Ret 13 15 14 20 16 12 14 11 17 12 10 8 6 18 16 Jack Goldstraw 16 16 18 18 14 15 11 Ret 17 9 18 Ret 6 10 18 18 10 13 14 8 12.5 17 Sam Edwards 8 6 12 13 Ret 9 13 Ret 11 18 Matt Harris Ret 9 10 15 Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret 12 13 12 13 15 16 20 Ret 9 10 10 10 19 Craig Fleming 16 9 8 8 12 Ret 11 15 15 Ret 8 20 Jordan Wise 13 11 Ret 14 11 16 15 11 14 13 19 13 Ret Ret 6 11 Ret 18 Ret Ret 6 = Bruno Senna Ret 16 13 Ret 6 16 6 22 Peter Dempsey 12 Ret 17 11 10 9 Ret 11 Ret DNS 3 23 Marcos Vilhena 12 13 13 Ret 13 13 14 10 Ret 10 2 24 Ry Leon 15 14 15 Ret 10 14 16 14 16 11 17 15 14 13 17 19 Ret 17 13 14 1 Steve Roberts 19 21 14 14 16 13 0 Pos Driver THR BRH SIL OUL MON CRO KNO BRH ROC DON Pts
Sources tsl-timing.com https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/formula-bmw-uk/2004/ driverdb.com