2004 Spanish Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2004 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the fourth Spanish Formula Three season. It began on 25 April at Albacete and ended on 14 November at Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló after fourteen races.^[1] Borja García was crowned series champion.^[2]

Teams and drivers

• All teams were Spanish-registered. All cars were powered by Toyota engines, Dallara F300 chassis and Dunlop tyres.^[3]

Team		Driver	Rounds
Racing Engineering	1	Borja García	All
	2	Steven Kane	All
	3	Maria de Villota	1–5, 7
		Emilio de Villota Jr.	6
GTA Motor Competición	4	Jorge Garrido	5, 7
	5	Manuel Giao	All
	6	Alejandro Núñez	1–3
		Marco Barba	5
		Andy Soucek	7
ECA Racing	7	Juan Cáceres	1–2
		nowrap	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	4–7
	8	Roc Mas	All
	9	Fernando Navarrete	1
		Manuel Sáez Merino Jr.	All
EV Racing	10	Javier Villa	1–4
	11	Christian Cano	1
	12	Andy Soucek	1–6
		Ronayne O'Mahony	7
BCN F3 Team	14	Matias Milla	All
– Elide Racing	15	Javier Villa	5–7
Adrián Campos Motorsport	16	Giacommo Piccini	1–3
		Roldán Rodríguez	4–7
	17	Sergio Hernández	All
	18	Álvaro Barba	All
	19	Daniel Martín	1–6
		Marco Barba	7
CLM Motorsport† Meycom Sport	20	Víctor Jaouen	1
		Alejandro Núñez	4–7
	21	Héctor Suárez	1–3, 5
		Celso Míguez	7
IGI Tec-Auto	22	Ferdinand Kool	All
	23	Ricardo Risatti	All
	27	Juan Cáceres	5–7

† From the second round, CLM Motorsport retired and were purchased by Meycom Sport.

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	25 April	Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Racing Engineering
	R2			Manuel Gião	Manuel Gião	Borja García	Racing Engineering
2	R1	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	23 May	Steven Kane	Steven Kane	Steven Kane	Racing Engineering
	R2			Manuel Gião	Manuel Gião	Manuel Gião	GTA Motor Competición
3	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	6 June	Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Racing Engineering
	R2	Daniel Martín		Steven Kane	Manuel Gião	nowrap	GTA Motor Competición
4	R1	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	27 June	Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Racing Engineering
	R2			Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Racing Engineering
5	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	14 September	Borja García	Manuel Gião	Manuel Gião	GTA Motor Competición
	R2		Manuel Gião	Borja García	Borja García	Racing Engineering
6	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	10 October	Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Racing Engineering
	R2			Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Racing Engineering
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	14 November	Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Racing Engineering
	R2			nowrap	Andy Soucek^[4]	nowrap	Andy Soucek	nowrap	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	ECA Racing

Notes

Standings

Drivers' standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Pos Driver ALB JAR JER EST VAL JER CAT Pts 1 Borja García 1 1 13 6 1 2 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 4 149 2 Manuel Gião 5 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 5 5 2 8 131 3 Steven Kane 2 DNS 1 2 7 3 3 3 3 8 3 4 5 6 100 4 Andy Soucek 6 Ret 2 3 9 6 4 4 5 7 2 Ret 8 2 74 5 Ricardo Risatti 4 3 12 4 4 4 8 12 4 10† 10 Ret 7 7 50 6 Sergio Hernández 19 5 4 DNS 6 11 5 Ret 8 5 7 3 Ret Ret 41 7 Daniel Martín 11 4 14† 5 Ret 7 Ret 10 2 3 15 9 35 8 Álvaro Barba 3 Ret Ret Ret 3 5 NC Ret 10 6 Ret 6 16 15† 31 9 Javier Villa 13 7 6 Ret 11 10 7 14 7 Ret 6 Ret 4 9 29 10 Alejandro Núñez 16 Ret 8 11 5 8 10 5 14 Ret 13 13 6 5 27 11 Roldán Rodríguez 11 9 6 4 9 11 11 11 16 12 María de Villota 8 9 5 8 Ret Ret 13† 7 12 Ret Ret Ret 13 13 Ferdinand Kool 10 DNS 9 7 Ret Ret 12† 11 11 Ret 8 8 9 Ret 12 14 Juan Cáceres 12 Ret 10 9 Ret Ret 6 13 Ret Ret 11 7 10 Ret 10 15 Matías Milla 14 Ret 11 12 8 Ret 14† 6 13 Ret 12 Ret DNS DNS 6 16 Victor Jaouen 18 6 4 17 Roc Mas 17 10 Ret 10 Ret 12 9 8 DNS 9 14† 12 Ret Ret 4 18 Fernando Navarrete 7 Ret 3 19 Giacommo Piccini 15 Ret 7 13 Ret DNS 3 20 Christian Cano Ret 8 2 21 Hector Suárez 9 11 Ret 14 10 9 15 Ret 2 Guest driver ineligible for points align=left nowrap José Manuel Pérez-Aicart 4 2 3 1 0 Celso Míguez 15† 3 0 Manuel Sáez Merino Jr. 14 10 0 Emilio de Villota Jr. Ret 10 0 Jorge Garrido 16 Ret 12 13 0 Ronayne O'Mahony 13 12 0 Marco Barba DSQ NC Ret 14 0 Pos Driver ALB JAR JER EST VAL JER CAT Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Racing Engineering	179
2	GTA Motor Competición	108
3	Adrián Campos Motorsport	64
4	EV Racing	33
5	IGI TEC-Auto	29
6	Meycom Sport	12
7	- Elide Racing	9
8	ECA Racing	0
9	BCN F3 Team	0
10	CLM Motorsport	0

Trofeo Ibérico de Fórmula 3

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Borja García	63
2	Manuel Gião	50
3	Andy Soucek	37
4	Sergio Hernández	31
5	Daniel Martín	27
6	Roldán Rodríguez	26
7	Javier Villa	19
8	Roc Mas	16
9	Alejandro Núñez	15
10	Álvaro Barba	12

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Race Calendar: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2004. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 27 January 2013.
2. Web site: Campeonato de España de Fórmula 3 2004. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 27 January 2013.
3. Web site: Entrylist: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2004. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 27 January 2013.
4. Pole position recorded by Celso Míguez and he started from first grid position, but he was ineligible to score the pole position point.