2004 British Formula Ford Championship

The 2004 British Formula Ford Championship is the 29th edition of the British Formula Ford Championship. The first race started on 4 April at Donington Park and the last race on 3 October at Brands Hatch after 10 rounds and 20 races. The series switched from supporting the British Touring Car Championship to supporting the British GT and British Formula Three Championship. After 2004 the series continued to support the two series until the end of 2012.

Drivers and teams edit

Team No Driver Chassis Rounds
  Team JLR 1   Dan Clarke Van Diemen RF04 All
2   Charlie Kimball Van Diemen RF04 All
3   Joe D'Agostino Van Diemen RF03 All
4   Alexis Sabet Van Diemen RF04 All
  Kevin Mills Racing 5   Robert Sunderland Van Diemen RF03 All
6   Stuart Gough Van Diemen RF03 All
18   Neil Doran Van Diemen RF03 1–8, 10
  Ray Sport 7   Matt Howson Ray GRS04 All
  Nexa Racing 9   Sebastian Hohenthal Van Diemen RF03 All
10   Sukhjit Sandher Van Diemen RF03 All
11   Valle Mäkelä Van Diemen RF03 All
12   Yuya Sakamoto Van Diemen RF03 All
22   Richard Keen ? 7
  ? 13   Andrew Bentley ? 2
  ? 15   Sarah Playfair Mygale SJ01 3
48 10
Van Diemen RF?? 9
  Kart Start 16   Ryan Cannon Van Diemen RF03 2-10
  Camsport 21   Armani Jamrozinski Van Diemen ? 1-6
  ? 27   Basil Shaaban MDR RF03 5
  Jamun Racing 33   Charlie Donnelly Mygale SJ04 1–8, 10
88   Julian Yap Mygale SJ03 1–2, 4–8, 10
  Myerscough College 39   James Gleave Mygale SJ2000 All
83   David Wandless Van Diemen RF03 1-6
  Marque Cars 40   Rei Yamaguchi Ray GRSZ 1–3, 5, 7
  ? 43   Juho Annala Van Diemen RF03 10
  ? 85   Cristiano Morgado Mygale SJ2001 10

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
9 R1   Donington Park (Grand Prix) 4 April   Charlie Kimball   Charlie Donnelly   Charlie Donnelly   Jamun Racing
R2   Charlie Kimball   Valle Mäkelä   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing
2 R3   Croft Circuit 2 May   Valle Mäkelä   Valle Mäkelä   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing
R4   Valle Mäkelä   Valle Mäkelä   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing
5 R5   Knockhill Racing Circuit 16 May   Charlie Donnelly   Dan Clarke   Charlie Donnelly   Jamun Racing
R6   Dan Clarke   Dan Clarke   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing
4 R7   Snetterton Circuit 6 June   Valle Mäkelä   Joe D'Agostino   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing
R8   Valle Mäkelä   Sebastian Hohenthal   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing
5 R9   Castle Combe Circuit 20 June   Valle Mäkelä   Charlie Kimball   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing
R10   Valle Mäkelä   Charlie Kimball   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing
6 R11   Oulton Park (International) 17 July   Dan Clarke   Valle Mäkelä   Charlie Kimball   Team JLR
R12 18 July   Valle Mäkelä   Sebastian Hohenthal   Charlie Kimball   Team JLR
7 R13   Silverstone Circuit (GP) 15 August   Valle Mäkelä   Joe D'Agostino   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing
R14   Valle Mäkelä   Sebastian Hohenthal   Joe D'Agostino   Team JLR
8 R15   Thruxton Circuit 30 August   Valle Mäkelä   Dan Clarke   Yuya Sakamoto   Nexa Racing
R16   Valle Mäkelä   Charlie Donnelly   Charlie Donnelly   Jamun Racing
9 R17   Spa-Francorchamps 12 September   Dan Clarke   Valle Mäkelä   Sukhjit Sandher   Nexa Racing
R18   Charlie Kimball   Charlie Kimball   Dan Clarke   Team JLR
10 R19   Brands Hatch (Grand Prix) 3 October   Sukhjit Sandher   Sebastian Hohenthal   Charlie Donnelly   Jamun Racing
R20   Sukhjit Sandher   Dan Clarke   Valle Mäkelä   Nexa Racing

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos. Driver DON
 
CRO
 
KNO
 
SNE
 
CAS
 
OUL
 
SIL
 
THR
 
SPA
 
BRH
 
Pts
1   Valle Mäkelä 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 1 DNS 3 DSQ 5 3 2 1 506
2   Dan Clarke 3 3 2 2 3 Ret Ret 4 2 4 2 Ret 6 14 2 3 2 1 6 3 410
3   Sebastian Hohenthal 2 Ret Ret 6 5 5 6 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 6 4 4 4 4 2 409
4   Charlie Kimball Ret 6 3 3 13 4 2 3 10 2 1 1 5 2 4 7 Ret 2 Ret 4 383
5   Joe D'Agostino 5 5 8 10 6 3 4 Ret Ret 12 9 5 2 1 8 2 3 5 10 13 334
6   Yuya Sakamoto 15 Ret Ret 7 4 6 14 5 3 11 Ret 7 3 6 1 5 DNS 7 3 5 282
7   Charlie Donnelly 1 Ret 4 4 1 Ret 13 Ret DNS 5 7 8 7 4 7 1 1 Ret 275
8   Neil Doran 10 Ret 7 9 8 7 12 6 5 6 4 10 Ret 8 11 6 9 7 236
9   Sukhjit Sandher 6 4 5 5 Ret 2 3 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 5 9 9 1 Ret Ret Ret 232
10   Ryan Cannon 11 15 9 9 8 11 6 13 12 Ret 10 11 10 8 7 6 7 8 197
11   Julian Yap 8 2 9 Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 8 6 9 9 5 10 Ret 9 185
12   James Gleave Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 11 9 12 8 9 13 DNS 13 12 13 11 8 9 13 14 146
13   Stuart Gough 10 12 7 8 5 7 11 Ret 5 3 135
14   David Wandless 7 12 6 11 11 Ret 11 8 7 7 10 9 132
15   Robert Sunderland 13 9 14 17 Ret DSQ 10 Ret Ret Ret 11 DNS 12 10 12 12 6 10 8 10 126
16   Armani Jamrozinski 12 7 13 16 14 14 Ret DNS 9 10 Ret Ret 54
16   Alexis Sabet 14 11 15 14 Ret 12 Ret 13 12 Ret 14 Ret 11 13 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret 49
18   Rei Yamaguchi 11 8 12 13 10 13 Ret DNS Ret Ret 48
19   Matt Howson 9 Ret Ret 8 26
guest drivers ineligible for points
  Juho Annala 5 6 0
  Richard Keen 8 7 0
  Sarah Playfair Ret 10 9 8 12 12 0
  Cristiano Morgado 11 11 0
  Andrew Bentley Ret Ret 0
  Basil Shaaban Ret DNS 0
Pos. Driver DON
 
CRO
 
KNO
 
SNE
 
CAS
 
OUL
 
SIL
 
THR
 
SPA
 
BRH
 
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)

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