2004 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Explained

The 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Italia season was the fifth season of the Formula Renault 2000 Italia championship. It was won by Pastor Maldonado driving for Cram Competition.

Drivers and Teams

2004 Entry List^[1]
Team		Driver name	Rounds
nowrap rowspan=3	Prema Powerteam	1	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	All
2	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	All
84	nowrap	Ben Clucas	All
nowrap rowspan=5	Cram Competition	3	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	All
16	nowrap	Salvador Durán	All
24	nowrap	Davide Valsecchi	1-7, 9
46	nowrap	Pietro Ricci	5
81	nowrap	Marcello Thomaz	1
nowrap rowspan=5	RP Motorsport	5	nowrap	Marco Frezza	1-7
27	nowrap	Marcello Puglisi	All
29	nowrap	Paolo Maria Nocera	1-6
31	nowrap	Andrea Sonvico	All
77	nowrap	Jean-Philippe Guignet	7-8
nowrap rowspan=2	Alan Racing Team	6	nowrap	Andrea Cortinovis	7-9
7	nowrap	Mauro Massironi	All
nowrap rowspan=2	IT Loox Racing Car	8	nowrap	Giorgio Sernagiotto	All
9	nowrap	Bradley Ellis	All
nowrap rowspan=3	Jenzer Motorsport	10	nowrap	David Oberle	9
20	nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	9
30	nowrap	Dominique Claessens	9
nowrap rowspan=2	Lemar Motors	11	nowrap	Marco Mocci	All
21	nowrap	Giandomenico Sposito	2-7, 9
nowrap rowspan=3	BVM Racing	12	nowrap	Luca Persiani	All
41	nowrap	Andrea Ceccato	All
71	nowrap	Tengyi Jiang	1-3, 5-6, 8-9
nowrap rowspan=5	CEK Team	14	nowrap	Juan Manuel Passera	1-7
15	nowrap	Efisio Marchese	1-5, 7
48	nowrap	Nicola Gianniberti	8-9
51	nowrap	Federico Rafetti	7
54	nowrap	Marino Spinozzi	9
nowrap	Viola Formula Racing	15	nowrap	Efisio Marchese	9
nowrap rowspan=3	Durango	18	nowrap	Riccardo Azzoli	All
19	nowrap	Rossana Ammirati	1-2
53	nowrap	Niccolò Valentini	9
nowrap rowspan=2	Bem Racing	22	nowrap	Tobias Rauch	All
47	nowrap	Thomas Plank	6-9
nowrap rowspan=2	Bicar Racing	23	nowrap	Cristian Corsini	All
49	nowrap	Fabio Mena	7-9
nowrap rowspan=4	Euronova Jr Team	25	nowrap	Luca Filippi	All
28	nowrap	Gary Cester	All
32	nowrap	Vitaly Petrov	1-3
96	nowrap	Filippo Ponti	9
nowrap	A.S. Discovery Racing	26	nowrap	Riccardo Mari	1-7
nowrap rowspan=4	Uboldi Corse	33	nowrap	Luigi Ferrara	All
34	nowrap	Giacomo Vargiu	1-7, 9
35	nowrap	Riccardo Cinti	1-5
36	nowrap	Massimo Torre	All
nowrap	M&C Motorsport	38	nowrap	Stefano Turchetto	1-7, 9
nowrap rowspan=2	Birel Formula	39	nowrap	Manuele Gatto	2, 4-7, 9
45	nowrap	Giuseppe Luca Di Cienzo	2
nowrap rowspan=3	Benvissuto Racing	42	nowrap	Andrea Marra	1-3
43	nowrap	Davide Giampapa	3
44	nowrap	Angelo De Carlo	2
nowrap	Toby Racing	52	nowrap	Luca Frigerio	7, 9
nowrap	W.R.C. Srl	74	nowrap	Davide Rigon	4

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	nowrap rowspan=2	March 14	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap	Prema Powerteam
1	R2	nowrap		nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Cram Competition
2	R1	nowrap	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	nowrap	April 4	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap	Prema Powerteam
3	R1	nowrap	Autodromo dell'Umbria	nowrap	May 9	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap
4	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	nowrap	June 5	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Cram Competition
4	R2	nowrap	June 6	nowrap		nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Cram Competition
5	R1	nowrap rowspan=3	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	June 26	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Luca Filippi	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap
	R2	nowrap rowspan=2	June 27	nowrap rowspan=2		nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap
	R3	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap
6	R1	nowrap rowspan=3	Misano World Circuit	nowrap	July 24	nowrap	Kohei Hirate	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Prema Powerteam
	R2	nowrap rowspan=2	July 25	nowrap rowspan=2		nowrap	Ben Clucas	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Prema Powerteam
	R3	nowrap	Luca Persiani	nowrap	Luigi Ferrara	nowrap	Uboldi Corse
7	R1	nowrap	Adria International Raceway	nowrap	September 26	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Cram Competition
8	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Hockenheimring	nowrap	October 9	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Cram Competition
8	R2	nowrap	October 10	nowrap		nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Cram Competition
9	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap rowspan=2	October 17	nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Cram Competition
9	R2	nowrap		nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	nowrap	Cram Competition

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Drivers

Pos	Driver	VLL		VAR	MAG	SPA		MNZ			MIS			ADR	HOC		MNZ		Points
Pos	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	Points	width=25	10	width=25	11	width=25	12	width=25	13	width=25	14	width=25	15	width=25	16	width=25	17
1	align=left nowrap	Pastor Maldonado	2	1	2	4	1	1	Ret	6	3	10	3	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	362
2	align=left nowrap	Kohei Hirate	1	23	1	1	5	2	1	1	1	Ret	DNS	DNS	3	2	2	Ret	13	266
3	align=left nowrap	Luca Filippi	4	2	3	6	2	4	3	26	Ret	9	5	2	7	8	4	3	2	234
4	align=left nowrap	Luigi Ferrara	5	12	22	2	4	5	5	4	5	3	2	1	5	6	22	29	4	184
5	align=left nowrap	Ben Clucas	10	Ret	4	11	3	3	4	3	4	6	24	9	11	5	3	7	6	160
6	align=left nowrap	Luca Persiani	9	4	5	DNQ	Ret	13	2	2	2	2	4	15	2	21	5	9	17	148
7	align=left nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	Ret	10	7	3	6	9	18	10	6	1	1	13	8	4	24	4	12	134
8	align=left nowrap	Salvador Durán	6	3	19	14	Ret	6	6	5	Ret	8	6	3	6	3	20	Ret	9	115
9	align=left nowrap	Andrea Sonvico	7	5	17	16	8	7	21	7	Ret	11	Ret	22	4	15	7	6	5	94
10	align=left nowrap	Mauro Massironi	8	27	Ret	Ret	7	8	Ret	20	9	4	Ret	12	10	9	8	23	15	44
11	align=left nowrap	Marco Mocci	11	21	9	Ret	12	11	8	8	7	5	14	5	16	14	Ret	15	Ret	36
12	align=left nowrap	Riccardo Azzoli	15	9	12	5	13	Ret	7	16	8	7	Ret	10	15	17	9	13	Ret	36
13	align=left nowrap	Marcello Puglisi	21	Ret	23	7	9	10	19	27	Ret	23	Ret	21	Ret	7	6	12	Ret	34
14	align=left nowrap	Davide Valsecchi	30	22	6	Ret	27	12	23	9	11	13	10	Ret	13			8	8	31
15	align=left nowrap	Tobias Rauch	28	6	11	DNQ	Ret	Ret	9	11	Ret	15	9	4	19	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	30
16	align=left nowrap	Gary Cester	23	18	18	10	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	22	12	6	9	Ret	11	17	7	26
17	align=left nowrap	Marcello Thomaz	3	20																20
18	align=left nowrap	Cristian Corsini	17	13	14	15	25	25	Ret	19	21	21	7	7	22	10	10	11	27	20
19	align=left nowrap	Giorgio Sernagiotto	18	14	13	Ret	16	Ret	17	13	10	16	8	8	Ret	11	Ret	31	16	11
20	align=left nowrap	Paolo Maria Nocera	13	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	22	15	16	28	17	Ret						8
21	align=left nowrap	Massimo Torre	14	8	DNQ	Ret	26	23	Ret	Ret	12	19	16	19	Ret	Ret	16	21	Ret	6
22	align=left nowrap	Manuele Gatto			8		19	21	20	25	28	20	22	Ret	12			22	14	6
23	align=left nowrap	Giandomenico Sposito			DNQ	8	21	19	Ret	21	18	29	19	Ret	Ret			Ret	22	6
24	align=left nowrap	Filippo Ponti																10	23	6
25	align=left nowrap	Efisio Marchese	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	24	24	10	14	25				DNQ			14	11	5
26	align=left nowrap	Andrea Ceccato	22	28	DNQ	9	14	18	12	Ret	13	12	21	11	20	12	19	24	24	4
27	align=left nowrap	Giacomo Vargiu	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	24	22	14	23	Ret	Ret			Ret	18	2
28	align=left nowrap	Vitaly Petrov	29	25	10	Ret														2
29	align=left nowrap	Riccardo Mari	16	11	DNQ	Ret	18	15	14	12	27	17	15	14	14					0
30	align=left nowrap	Marco Frezza	19	16	20	12	23	17	15	28	15	Ret	11	17	23					0
31	align=left nowrap	Davide Rigon					11	14												0
32	align=left nowrap	Riccardo Cinti	24	17	DNQ	DNQ	17	26	11	Ret	23									0
33	align=left nowrap	Tengyi Jiang	25	Ret	15	13			16	22	20	24	20	Ret		16	12	20	20	0
34	align=left nowrap	Bradley Ellis	27	26	DNQ	DNQ	22	22	13	17	14	25	Ret	18	21	13	17	25	26	0
35	align=left nowrap	Juan Manuel Passera	26	15	21	Ret	Ret	27	Ret	18	19	18	13	Ret	17					0
36	align=left nowrap	Nicola Gianniberti														18	13	30	Ret	0
37	align=left nowrap	Andrea Cortinovis													Ret	19	14	16	Ret	0
38	align=left nowrap	Stefano Turchetto	20	19	DNQ	Ret	15	20	Ret	23	24	26	18	16	18			18	21	0
39	align=left nowrap	Jean-Philippe Guignet													24	22	15			0
40	align=left nowrap	Giuseppe Luca Di Cienzo			16															0
41	align=left nowrap	Luca Frigerio													25			Ret	19	0
42	align=left nowrap	Fabio Mena													Ret	20	21	Ret	Ret	0
43	align=left nowrap	Thomas Plank										27	25	20	DNQ	Ret	23	27	28	0
44	align=left nowrap	Rossana Ammirati	Ret	24	DNQ	DNQ														0
45	align=left nowrap	Niccolò Valentini																28	25	0
46	align=left nowrap	Pietro Ricci							Ret	Ret	26									0
47	align=left nowrap	Marino Spinozzi																26	Ret	0
	align=left nowrap	Andrea Marra	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	align=left nowrap	Angelo De Carlo			DNQ
	align=left nowrap	Davide Giampapa				DNQ
	align=left nowrap	Federico Rafetti													DNQ
Guest drivers ineligible for points.
	align=left nowrap	Michael Ammermüller																2	3
	align=left nowrap	Dominique Claessens																5	Ret
	align=left nowrap	David Oberle																19	10

External links

http://forix.autosport.com/cp.php?l=0&d=44&r=442004&c=0

Notes and References

Web site: 2004 season. Autosport. 22 March 2024.