The 2004 Barcelona F3000 round was a motor racing event held on 8 May 2004 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spanish. It was the second round of the 2004 International Formula 3000 Championship, and was held in support of the 2004 Spanish Grand Prix.

Race report Enrico Toccacelo claimed his first pole position in qualifying, having set his lap early in the session before rain started to fall, with Vitantonio Liuzzi joining him on the front row.

Liuzzi, who had saved a set of new tyres for the race, made the better start and overtook Toccaleco before turn one. Liuzzi's teammate Robert Doornbos struggled with the handling of his car, however, and fell down the order, ultimately retiring three laps before the end of the race. On lap eighteen, Yannick Schroeder collided with Tomáš Enge, with both drivers retiring from the race.

A four-way battle for third place ensued after the mandatory pitstops. Jeffrey van Hooydonk led the group, with the faster Alan van der Merwe behind him, followed by Raffaele Giammaria and Patrick Friesacher. Giammaria passed van der Merwe for fourth, but lost the position a few laps later. Van der Merwe then made a move on van Hooydonk for third, but the two collided, leaving van Hooydonk stranded in the gravel. Van der Merwe had to change his front wing and therefore fell out of the points positions too, giving third place to Giammaria.

Liuzzi took his second consecutive win, giving him a lead of four points in the championship, with Toccacelo and Giammaria joining him on the podium.

Classification Qualifying DriverTeamTimeGap114 Enrico ToccaceloBCN Competicion1:32.300121 Vitantonio LiuzziArden International1:32.590 +0.290235 Yannick SchroederDurango1:32.664 +0.364342 Robert DoornbosArden International1:32.667 +0.3674510 Alan van der MerweSuper Nova Racing1:32.794 +0.4945617 Tomáš EngeMa-Con Engineering1:32.922 +0.622673 José María LópezCMS Performance1:32.959 +0.659789 Jeffrey van HooydonkSuper Nova Racing1:33.003 +0.703897 Patrick FriesacherColoni Motorsport1:33.082 +0.78291018 Raffaele GiammariaAEZ Racing1:33.161 +0.861101115 Esteban GuerrieriBCN Competicion1:33.351 +1.05111124 Mathias LaudaCMS Performance1:33.448 +1.148121312 Jan HeylenTeam Astromega1:33.466 +1.166131411 Nico VerdonckTeam Astromega1:34.346 +2.046141519 Ferdinando MonfardiniAEZ Racing1:34.572 +2.27215166 Rodrigo RibeiroDurango1:34.633 +2.33316178 Can ArtamColoni Motorsport1:35.077 +2.777171816 Tony SchmidtMa-Con Engineering18Source:

Race PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints11 Vitantonio LiuzziArden International3353:22.107210214 Enrico ToccaceloBCN Competicion33 +11.66418318 Raffaele GiammariaAEZ Racing33 +49.01410649 Patrick FriesacherSuper Nova Racing33 +52.59595515 Esteban GuerrieriBCN Competicion33 +52.97711463 José María LópezCMS Performance33 +56.0497374 Mathias LaudaCMS Performance33 +1:05.29512286 Rodrigo RibeiroDurango33 +1:17.517161911 Nico VerdonckTeam Astromega33 +1.18.17414108 Can ArtamColoni Motorsport33 +1:26.812171112 Jan HeylenTeam Astromega33 +1:30.546131210 Alan van der MerweSuper Nova Racing32 +1 lap51319 Ferdinando MonfardiniAEZ Racing32 +1 lap15142 Robert DoornbosArden International30 +3 laps4Ret7 Jeffrey van HooydonkColoni Motorsport28Retired8Ret17 Tomáš EngeMa-Con Engineering18Retired6Ret5 Yannick SchroederDurango18Retired3DNQ16 Tony SchmidtMa-Con Engineering0107% rule18Source:

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Vitantonio Liuzzi 20 2 Enrico Toccacelo 16 1 3 Raffaele Gianmaria 11 1 4 Robert Doornbos 6 4 5 Patrick Friesacher 5

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Arden International 26 2 BCN Competicion 20 3 AEZ Racing 11 3 4 Super Nova Racing 6 5 CMS Performance 5

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also 2004 Spanish Grand Prix

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