2004 Formula BMW Asia season

The 2004 Formula BMW Asia season was won by Marchy Lee of Hong Kong, driving for Team Meritus. Lee finished the season on 250 points, followed by BMW Junior driver, 24-year-old You Kyong-Ouk and Rookie Cup winner Mehdi Bennani), both on 124 points. Lee received an extra prize in recognition of his extraordinary achievements – a three-day test with the Team Rosberg Formula 3 outfit.[1]

Champion Marchy Lee on a qualifying lap.
Hanss Lin finished 4th overall for Belgravia Motorsport.

Teams and drivers

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All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds
  Minardi Team Asia 2   Dado Pena All
3   Tyson Sy All
4   Robert Boughey R All
5   Moreno Soeprapto G 1–4, 6
27   Mark Goddard 5
  Team E-Rain 6   Han Han R All
7   Lee Kookhyun G 7
12   Gaby Dela Merced R 3–4
33   Ao Chi Hong G 6
61   You Kyongouk All
62   Karshana Dissanayake G 1
68   Michael Ting G 5
86 6
  Belgravia Motorsport 21   Salman Al Khalifa All
22   Mohammed Al Baharna All
23   Hamad Al Fardan R All
24   Mehdi Bennani R 1
88   Hanss Lin Po Heng All
  Team Meritus 8   Chin Tzer Jinn G 2
11   Nik Iruwan Nik Izani R All
24   Mehdi Bennani R 2–7
38   Marchy Lee All
15   Tobia Kipper G 6
52   Mark Patterson G 6
77   Kuo Chia-Ming G 2
  Team T.E.C Pilipinas 12   Gaby Dela Merced R 1–2
  Autosport with Arto 19   Maekkasit Weraporasu R 1–3
20   Tohru Jitsukawa 1–2
  San Miguel MP Turbo 33   Mike Potenciano G 3
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Rookie
1 R1   Bahrain International Circuit 3 April   Marchy Lee   Marchy Lee   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Mehdi Bennani
R2 4 April   Moreno Soeprapto   Maekkasit Weraporasu   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Mehdi Bennani
2 R1   Sepang International Circuit 19 June   Hanss Lin Po Heng no data   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Hamad Al Fardan
R2   Marchy Lee no data   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Mehdi Bennani
3 R1   Bira Circuit 10 July   Marchy Lee no data   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Mehdi Bennani
R2 11 July   Hanss Lin Po Heng no data   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Mehdi Bennani
4 R1   Goldenport Park Circuit 15 August   Marchy Lee   Mehdi Bennani   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Mehdi Bennani
R2 16 August   Marchy Lee   Hanss Lin Po Heng   Hanss Lin Po Heng   Belgravia Motorsport   Mehdi Bennani
5 R1   Autopolis 4 September   Marchy Lee   Marchy Lee   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Mehdi Bennani
R2 5 September   Marchy Lee   Marchy Lee   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Mehdi Bennani
6 R1   Shanghai International Circuit 25 September   Marchy Lee   Tyson Sy   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Hamad Al Fardan
R2 26 September   Marchy Lee   Mehdi Bennani   Moreno Soeprapto   Minardi Team Asia   Nik Iruwan Nik Izani
7 R1   Taebaek Racing Park 16 October   Marchy Lee   Hamad Al Fardan   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Hamad Al Fardan
R2 17 October   Marchy Lee   Marchy Lee   Marchy Lee   Team Meritus   Mehdi Bennani

Standings

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Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver BHR
 
SEP
 
BIR
 
BEI
 
AUT
 
SIC
 
TAE
 
Pts
1   Marchy Lee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 250
2   You Kyongouk 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 10 7 6 10 3 7 Ret 124
3   Mehdi Bennani 5 5 Ret 2 3 3 5 2 5 3 Ret 4 12 3 124
4   Hanss Lin Po Heng 3 6 Ret 14 4 2 2 1 3 Ret 9 Ret 3 2 120
5   Tyson Sy Ret 2 3 4 6 11 9 Ret 2 2 3 12 4 5 108
6   Salman Al Khalifa 9 9 7 9 5 5 4 3 6 10 Ret 5 5 6 84
7   Dado Pena 6 4 5 5 8 16 10 5 4 12 5 6 6 Ret 83
8   Hamad Al Fardan Ret 13 6 6 Ret 8 6 Ret Ret 4 2 7 2 4 80
9   Nik Iruwan Nik Izani 11 14 12 11 12 14 7 6 8 11 Ret 2 10 7 42
10   Robert Boughey 10 7 11 10 9 10 12 8 12 5 6 DSQ 9 8 39
11   Han Han 7 10 9 Ret 14 9 13 9 10 7 7 10 11 9 32
12   Mohammed Al Baharna 12 11 10 8 Ret 7 8 Ret 9 8 8 8 8 10 32
13   Maekkasit Weraporasu 8 8 14 13 10 12 9
14   Tohru Jitsukawa 14 12 8 Ret 4
15   Gaby Dela Merced 13 16 16 15 13 15 14 11 1
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Moreno Soeprapto 4 Ret 4 7 7 6 11 7 4 1
  Mike Potenciano 11 13
  Michael Ting 11 9 Ret 14
  Mark Patterson 11 9
  Ao Chi Hong 13 11
  Chin Tzer Jinn 13 12
  Tobia Kipper 12 13
  Lee Kookhyun 13 Ret
  Karshana Dissanayake Ret 15
  Kuo Chia-Ming 15 Ret
  Mark Goddard Ret Ret
Pos Driver BHR
 
SEP
 
BIR
 
BEI
 
AUT
 
SIC
 
TAE
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

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Pos Driver BHR
 
SEP
 
BIR
 
BEI
 
AUT
 
SIC
 
TAE
 
Pts
1   Mehdi Bennani 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 5 1 223
2   Robert Boughey 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 2 DSQ 2 4 168
3   Hamad Al Fardan Ret 5 1 2 Ret 2 2 Ret Ret 2 1 3 1 2 155
4   Nik Iruwan Nik Izani 5 6 4 4 4 6 3 2 2 5 Ret 1 3 3 144
5   Han Han 2 4 2 Ret 6 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 138
6   Maekkasit Weraporasu 3 3 5 5 3 5 60
7   Gaby Dela Merced 6 7 6 6 5 7 6 5 48

References

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  1. ^ Formula BMW Asia – Round 14 – Taebaek – Race BMW Group Press Archive. 17 October 2004. Retrieved On 28 June 2012.
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