2004 Spa-Francorchamps F3000 round explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 9 of 10 in the 2004 International Formula 3000 Championship
Country:	Belgium
Grand Prix:	Spa-Francorchamps
Gp Suffix:	F3000 round
Fulldate:	28 August 2004
Year:	2004
Location:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Km:	6.976
Course Mi:	4.335
Distance Laps:	22
Distance Km:	153.296
Distance Mi:	95.260
Pole Country:	ITA
Pole Driver:	Vitantonio Liuzzi
Pole Team:	Arden International
Pole Time:	2:06.896
Fast Country:	MON
Fast Driver:	Robert Doornbos
Fast Team:	Arden International
Fast Time:	2:29.524
Fast Lap:	21
First Country:	MON
First Driver:	Robert Doornbos
First Team:	Arden International
Second Country:	ITA
Second Driver:	Vitantonio Liuzzi
Second Team:	Arden International
Third Country:	ARG
Third Driver:	José María López
Third Team:	CMS Performance

The 2004 Spa-Francorchamps F3000 round was a motor racing event held on 28 August 2004 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the ninth round of the 2004 International Formula 3000 Championship, and was held in support of the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	1	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Arden International	2:06.896		1
2	2	Robert Doornbos	Arden International	2:06.969	+0.073	2
3	17	Tomáš Enge	Ma-Con Engineering	2:07.470	+0.574	3
4	3	José María López	CMS Performance	2:07.718	+0.822	4
5	15	Esteban Guerrieri	BCN Competicion	2:07.824	+0.928	5
6	18	Matteo Grassotto	AEZ Racing	2:08.010	+1.114	6
7	14	Enrico Toccacelo	BCN Competicion	2:08.052	+1.156	7
8	16	Tony Schmidt	Ma-Con Engineering	2:08.656	+1.760	8
9	4	Mathias Lauda	CMS Performance	2:08.666	+1.770	9
10	7	Patrick Friesacher	Coloni Motorsport	2:08.844	+1.948	10
11	19	Ferdinando Monfardini	AEZ Racing	2:09.127	+2.231	11
12	6	Ernesto Viso	Durango	2:09.238	+2.342	12
13	9	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Super Nova Racing	2:09.562	+2.666	13
14	11	Nico Verdonck	Team Astromega	2:09.834	+2.938	14
15	10	Can Artam	Super Nova Racing	2:10.179	+3.283	15
16	8	Chanoch Nissany	Coloni Motorsport	2:14.866	+7.970	16
17	5	Matteo Meneghello	Durango	2:15.166	+8.270	17
18	12	Olivier Tielemans	Team Astromega	No time		18
Lähde:^[1]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Robert Doornbos	Arden International	22	58:14.019	2	10
2	1	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Arden International	22	+27.877	1	8
3	3	José María López	CMS Performance	22	+29.319	4	6
4	17	Tomáš Enge	Ma-Con Engineering	22	+38.368	3	5
5	7	Patrick Friesacher	Coloni Motorsport	22	+38.494	10	4
6	16	Tony Schmidt	Ma-Con Engineering	22	+56.876	8	3
7	15	Esteban Guerrieri	BCN Competicion	22	+58.621	5	2
8	18	Matteo Grassotto	AEZ Racing	22	+1:06.870	6	1
9	9	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Super Nova Racing	22	+1:09.762	13
10	6	Ernesto Viso	Durango	22	+1:37.353	12
11	11	Nico Verdonck	Team Astromega	22	+1:38.531	14
12	14	Enrico Toccacelo	BCN Competicion	22	+1:44.291	7
13	10	Can Artam	Super Nova Racing	22	+1:55.136	15
14	4	Mathias Lauda	CMS Performance	22	+1:59.448	9
15	5	Matteo Meneghello	Durango	22	+2:17.143	17
16	19	Ferdinando Monfardini	AEZ Racing	21	+1 lap	11
Ret	8	Chanoch Nissany	Coloni Motorsport	7	Retired	16
Ret	12	Olivier Tielemans	Team Astromega	6	Retired	18
Lähde:^[2]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Vitantonio Liuzzi	76
	2	Enrico Toccacelo	56
1	3	Robert Doornbos	38
1	4	Patrick Friesacher	33
	5	Tomáš Enge	30

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Arden International	114
	2	BCN Competicion	80
	3	Ma-Con Engineering	41
	4	Coloni Motorsport	30
	5	CMS Performance	30

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

See also

• 2004 Belgian Grand Prix

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2004 Spa-Francorchamps F3000 Qualifying Results. 24 November 2023. Motorsportstats.com.
2. Web site: 2004 Spa-Francorchamps F3000 Race Results. 24 November 2023. Motorsportstats.com. 24 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231124043431/https://motorsportstats.com/results/f3000-international-championship/2004/spa-francorchamps/classification/race. live.