The 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season was the fourteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Monza on 27 March and finished at Oschersleben on 18 September, after seventeen races.
American driver Scott Speed scored eight victories at Hockenheimring, Brno, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Imola and Oschersleben during the season. He took the championship with a round to spare at the wheel of his Motopark Academy-run car, giving team based at Oschersleben their first Eurocup championship after double win on fellow circuit. Second place was not resolved until the final round, as Graff Racing's Simon Pagenaud and Jenzer Motorsport's Colin Fleming battled over the placing. Despite that Fleming was ahead of Pagenaud in both races of final round and scored more points, the French driver became runner-up.
JD Motorsport's Reinhard Kofler took fourth place with one victory at Valencia and took three further podium finishes to confirm fourth. Fleming's team-mate Pascal Kochem won race at Imola and completed the top-five. Cram Competition's Pastor Maldonado won both races in opening round at Monza on his way to eighth place. Other races were won by French drivers Patrick Pilet and Yann Clairay who completed the top-ten. Guest Formula Renault 2000 UK driver Mike Conway claimed win at Donington Park.
Teams and drivers 2004 Entry List Team Driver name Rounds Cram Competition 1 Marcello Thomaz 1-3 2 Salvador Durán 1-5, 7-9 3 Pastor Maldonado 1-5, 7-9 27 Davide Valsecchi 1-4, 7-8 Motopark Academy 4 Marc Walz 1-5 Mike den Tandt 7 Dominik Weigl 6, 9 14 5 Junior Strous 1-5, 7-9 5 Frank Kechele 1 Matías Milla 9 41 Scott Speed All Graff Racing 6 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 1-3, 7 9 Julien Canal All 22 Johan Charpilienne 1-3 23 Patrick Pilet 1, 3, 6-7, 9 28 Simon Pagenaud All AR Motorsport 7 Paul Meijer All 8 Yelmer Buurman 1-4, 6-9 20 Xavier Maassen 2, 4, 6-7, 9 Jenzer Motorsport 10 Pascal Kochem All 11 Michael Ammermüller All 12 Colin Fleming All Koiranen Motorsport 15 Mika Leirilaakso All 63 Miikka Honkanen 9 Tech 1 Racing 16 Franck Mailleux 1-3, 9 17 Ludovic Badey 1-3, 7 Lukoil Racing Team 18 Yuri Baiborodov All 19 Mikhail Aleshin All Team AKA 21 James Jakes 1-4, 6-7, 9 40 Andrew Kirkaldy 7 59 Juan Manuel Polar 9 JD Motorsport 24 Dominique Claessens All 25 Reinhard Kofler All 26 Patrick Rocha 1-7 SG Formula 29 Guillaume Moreau 1-3, 6-7 36 Romain Grosjean 1-3, 7, 9 37 Yann Clairay 1-3, 7, 9 54 Pierre Ragues 7, 9 Euronova Racing 30 Luca Frigerio 1 Gary Cester 4, 7 31 Luca Filippi 1, 4, 7-9 32 Vitaly Petrov 1, 4 Uboldi Corse 33 Luigi Ferrara 4, 8 34 Giacomo Vargiu 2, 4 35 Riccardo Cinti 1-4 45 Massimo Torre 4 Green Racing 38 Ulric Amado de Carvalho 3, 7 39 Malo Olivier 3 Cedric Valdevit 7 Kern Motorsport 42 Bruno Rudolf Fechner 4, 9 60 Kenny Weiss 9 Conrad Racing 43 Thomas Conrad 4 Böhm Motorsport 44 Marco Dürr 4 Fortec Motorsport 46 Mike Conway 6 47 Stuart Hall 6 52 Charles Hollings 6 Manor Motorsport 48 Patrick Hogan 6-7 49 Josh Weber 6-7 50 Paul di Resta 6-7 CD Sport 53 Jean-Francis Gagneraud 7 BVM Racing 55 Luca Persiani 8 56 Frederico Muggia 8 57 Andrea Ceccato 8 Bicar Racing 58 Cristian Corsini 8 SL Formula Racing 61 Pekka Saarinen 9 62 Dima Raikhlin 9
Calendar All races were part of LG Super Racing Weekends, that also included FIA GT Championship and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 27 March Scott Speed Pastor Maldonado Pastor Maldonado Cram Competition R2 Scott Speed Scott Speed Pastor Maldonado Cram Competition 2 R1 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 17 April Guillaume Moreau Scott Speed Simon Pagenaud Graff Racing R2 Simon Pagenaud Scott Speed Reinhard Kofler JD Motorsport 3 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 May Yann Clairay Simon Pagenaud Yann Clairay SG Formula R2 Simon Pagenaud Simon Pagenaud Simon Pagenaud Graff Racing 4 R1 Hockenheimring 15 May Scott Speed Pascal Kochem Scott Speed Motopark Academy R2 Colin Fleming Colin Fleming Scott Speed Motopark Academy 5 R1 Masaryk Circuit, Brno 29 May Scott Speed Pascal Kochem Scott Speed Motopark Academy R2 Scott Speed Scott Speed Scott Speed Motopark Academy 6 R1 Donington Park 26 June Scott Speed Patrick Pilet Patrick Pilet Graff Racing R2 Colin Fleming Guillaume Moreau Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport 7 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 31 July Scott Speed Scott Speed Scott Speed Motopark Academy 8 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 4 September Pascal Kochem Pascal Kochem Pascal Kochem Jenzer Motorsport R2 Pascal Kochem Scott Speed Scott Speed Motopark Academy 9 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 18 September Scott Speed Pascal Kochem Scott Speed Motopark Academy R2 Scott Speed Scott Speed Scott Speed Motopark Academy
Championship standings
Drivers Points are awarded to the drivers as follows: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP Points 30 24 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 2 Races : 2 races of 25 minutes by rounds.
Pos Driver MNZ VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC Points12345678910111213141516171 Scott Speed2127DSQ73111147121113702 Simon Pagenaud1041Ret4132525976Ret642463 Colin Fleming245882Ret6Ret433Ret232352224 Reinhard Kofler21361115Ret436105553892025 Pascal Kochem414548102325RetRet31RetRet71986 Paul Meijer5Ret16910218564Ret8646221747 Guillaume Moreau222333822101488 Pastor Maldonado1127Ret715Ret77Ret8RetRet81329 Patrick Pilet13854142471010210 Yann Clairay82192117Ret4Ret8211 Michael Ammermüller17615Ret1569Ret8891287912Ret6412 Marc Walz3Ret1369115711DNS5413 Dominique Claessens1692412Ret2286109DSQRet41312Ret134214 Romain Grosjean7Ret1013624255223215 Jérôme d'Ambrosio25Ret451314152816 Mikhail Aleshin9Ret201720251222910DSQ61412Ret11152817 Junior Strous20161415Ret13410DSQ139Ret1119112618 Salvador Durán6182218Ret19161314121398Ret162019 Luigi Ferrara19121141620 Luca Filippi12Ret231418155Ret121421 Mika LeirilaaksoRet132522Ret15149151312181716714Ret1422 Patrick Rocha32Ret1815189Ret812151311Ret1423 James Jakes18152719Ret1211168211113141024 Julien CanalRet101210241626111311Ret1927141010Ret1025 Marcello Thomaz147171616Ret826 Bruno Rudolf Fechner7Ret26Ret827 Yuri Baibodorov2322Ret21RetRet17Ret161415101618172521628 Yelmer Buurman2619231419Ret1319112012Ret142118429 Davide Valsecchi11RetRetRet17262118191013230 Xavier Maassen191110RetRet172224192 31 Vitaly Petrov151125230 32 Franck Mailleux31Ret11242120RetRet0 33 Malo Olivier12DNS0 34 Johan Charpilienne30Ret21Ret14Ret0 35 Dominik Weigl1716172215Ret0 36 Cristian Corsini17150 37 Thomas Conrad20150 38 Luca PersianiDNS160 39 Pierre RaguesRet18170 40 Ludovic Badey2717Ret232221260 41 Marco Dürr22170 42 Andrea Ceccato20180 43 Ulric Amado de CarvalhoRet18Ret0 44 Frederico Muggia19190 45 Frank Kechele19Ret0 46 Riccardo Cinti292026202323RetDNS0 47 Gary Cester2420230 48 Kenny Weiss20Ret0 49 Jean-Francis Gagneraud200 50 Massimo TorreRet210 51 Cédric Valdevit210 52 Juan Manuel Polar22Ret0 53 Miikka Honkanen23Ret0 54 Giacomo VargiuRetRetRet240 55 Luca Frigerio28Ret0 Andrew KirkaldyRet0 Mike den TandtRet0The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing Mike Conway71 - Paul di Resta63Ret - Pekka Saarinen93 - Matías Milla176 - Stuart Hall1414 - Charles HollingsRet15 - Dima Raikhlin1620 - Patrick Hogan1623Ret - Josh WeberRet16Ret -PosDriver MNZ VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSCPoints
Teams PosTeamPoints1 Motopark Academy4982 Jenzer Motorsport4903 Graff Racing3924 SG Formula2625 JD Motorsport2586 AR Motorsport2047 Cram Competition1648 SL Formula Racing449 Lukoil Racing Team3210 Uboldi Corse1611 Koiranen Motorsport1412 Euronova Racing1213 Team AKA1014 Kern Motorsport8 BVM Racing0 CD Sport0 Tech 1 Racing0 Green Team0 Conrad Racing0 Böhm Motorsport0
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