2004 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship

The 2004 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 16th British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 11 April and ended on 26 September at Donington, after twenty rounds held in England and Scotland, with all except round five supporting the British Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Driver name Rounds
Manor Motorsport 1   Cheng Congfu 1–8
  Sam Edwards 10
2   Patrick Hogan All
3   Paul di Resta All
4   Josh Weber All
Hill Speed Racing 5   Stefan Söderberg 2–3
Paston Racing 6   Daniel Welch 1–2
19   Rodolfo González 1–3, 5
30   Nick Jones 9–10
31   Craig Dolby All
Welch Motorsport 6   Daniel Welch 8–10
Team AKA 7   James Jakes All
36   Juan Manuel Polar 9–10
Comtec Racing with Duckhams 8   Westley Barber All
9   Susie Stoddart All
Team JVA 10   Sean Edwards All
15   Pippa Mann All
32   John Byrne 1–5
  Joey Foster 9
Falcon Motorsport 12   Nik Goodfellow 1–5
  Jamie Gruber 7–10
14   Carlos Mastretta Aguilera All
Fortec Motorsport 11   Charles Hollings 1–4, 6–10
16   Ben Freudenberg All
17   Stuart Hall All
26   Mike Conway 1–9
  Yelmer Buurman 10
J A Motorsport 20   James Gornall 1–6
Mark Burdett Motorsport 21   Alexander Storkenfeldt 1–6, 8–10
22   Matt Russell 1–7, 10
23   Juan Manuel Polar 1–4
  Rodolfo González 6–10
Team Firstair 24   Sean McIntosh All
47   James Murphy 1–5
  Patrick Rocha 6–10
Team JLR 18   Stefan Söderberg 10
27   Stephen Simpson All
28   Jason Tahinci All
29   Dan Clarke 8–10
Motaworld Racing 34   Joey Foster 1–8
  Katherine Legge 9–10
35   Oliver Jarvis All
37   David Epton 1–5
  Gustavo Sondermann 6–10
Eurotek Motorsport 43   Ruben Carrapatoso 1–4
Vitulli Racing 88   Michael Vitulli 1–3, 6–10

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 10 April   Mike Conway   Mike Conway   Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport
R2 11 April   Mike Conway   Mike Conway   Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport
2 R3 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 24 April   Westley Barber   Westley Barber   Westley Barber Comtec Racing with Duckhams
R4 25 April   Mike Conway   Mike Conway   Westley Barber Comtec Racing with Duckhams
3 R5 Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 9 May   Paul di Resta   Alexander Storkenfeldt   Alexander Storkenfeldt Mark Burdett Motorsport
R6   Mike Conway   Westley Barber   Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport
4 R7 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 22 May   Westley Barber   Sean McIntosh   Sean McIntosh Team Firstair
R8 23 May   Mike Conway   Mike Conway   Westley Barber Comtec Racing with Duckhams
5 R9 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 30 May   Westley Barber   Mike Conway   Westley Barber Comtec Racing with Duckhams
R10   Westley Barber   Mike Conway   Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport
6 R11 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 25 July   Mike Conway   Mike Conway   Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport
R12   Mike Conway   Mike Conway   Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport
7 R13 Knockhill Circuit, Fife 8 August   Gustavo Sondermann   Mike Conway   Paul di Resta Manor Motorsport
R14   Westley Barber   Westley Barber   Westley Barber Comtec Racing with Duckhams
8 R15 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 22 August   Paul di Resta   Paul di Resta   Paul di Resta Manor Motorsport
R16   Paul di Resta   Paul di Resta   Paul di Resta Manor Motorsport
9 R17 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 5 September   Mike Conway   Mike Conway   Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport
R18   Mike Conway   Mike Conway   Mike Conway Fortec Motorsport
10 R19 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 26 September   Westley Barber   Westley Barber   Westley Barber Comtec Racing with Duckhams
R20   Paul di Resta   James Jakes   Paul di Resta Manor Motorsport

Drivers' Championship edit

  • Points were awarded on a 32-28-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. A driver's 15 best results counted towards the championship.
Pos Driver THR BRH SIL OUL THR CRO KNO BRH SNE DON Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1   Mike Conway 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 1 1 518
2   Westley Barber 2 9 1 1 4 Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 3 3 4 1 4 3 3 4 1 9 426
3   Paul di Resta 3 Ret 7 4 2 Ret 9 5 4 Ret 2 6 1 3 1 1 4 3 5 1 415
4   Alexander Storkenfeldt 6 4 6 7 1 Ret 12 9 3 4 10 5 16 9 Ret 5 4 5 286
5   Susie Stoddart 8 12 2 3 11 10 4 6 5 2 6 9 14 11 7 8 10 13 6 Ret 284
6   Sean McIntosh 15 16 19 12 7 6 1 Ret 10 16 8 14 11 9 2 5 5 17 2 3 268
7   Stuart Hall 14 6 15 9 10 4 3 7 9 7 9 Ret 8 8 18 11 2 Ret 7 2 267
8   Oliver Jarvis 9 DNS 5 18 8 7 DNS 4 6 8 5 7 6 7 DNS 6 6 15 10 10 253
9   Charles Hollings 11 13 3 10 12 Ret Ret 3 4 2 16 5 8 7 11 6 DSQ 6 239
10   Stephen Simpson 12 8 10 Ret 6 2 5 10 7 3 7 NC 5 6 5 13 18 Ret Ret Ret 237
11   Joey Foster 5 3 8 6 16 5 6 Ret 8 5 Ret 13 DNS DNS DNS DNS 13 Ret 170
12   Patrick Hogan 18 Ret 22 8 5 3 Ret Ret 24 13 23 Ret 7 12 11 14 17 2 12 11 163
13   James Jakes 16 11 25 25 Ret 17 DNS 21 12 6 24 4 13 13 10 4 16 7 8 12 163
14   Gustavo Sondermann 22 12 3 2 6 Ret Ret 10 Ret 4 113
15   John Byrne 7 2 11 11 9 8 16 19 15 15 109
16   Ben Freudenberg 22 15 18 19 Ret 18 7 11 22 9 12 Ret 17 10 DNS 16 14 18 Ret 15 97
17   Carlos Mastretta Aguilera 24 23 20 24 18 21 10 15 23 14 11 10 10 15 Ret 17 7 Ret 17 Ret 90
18   Craig Dolby 21 21 26 23 19 16 15 16 17 Ret 14 15 19 17 15 20 12 Ret 3 16 87
19   Josh Weber 10 22 28 15 13 Ret 8 Ret 14 10 13 Ret 21 22 17 19 19 22 16 14 85
20   Ruben Carrapatoso 4 5 14 5 Ret 9 DNS DNS 81
21   Rodolfo González 19 Ret 16 DNS 25 15 20 19 16 16 12 14 DNS 10 9 14 Ret DNS 72
22   Cheng Congfu Ret Ret 17 16 20 19 Ret 8 11 11 21 22 18 21 13 12 66
23   Patrick Rocha Ret 8 9 23 12 Ret 8 8 Ret DNS 63
24   Sean Edwards DNS 19 DNS 22 14 11 11 Ret 16 Ret 18 17 20 18 Ret 18 26 19 11 Ret 60
25   Juan Manuel Polar 25 14 13 13 NC 12 Ret 12 23 Ret DNS 8 55
26   David Epton 13 18 9 14 Ret 13 13 13 26 Ret 54
27   Jason Tahinci Ret 26 23 21 22 20 DNS Ret 18 12 17 18 15 16 14 Ret 15 12 Ret Ret 53
28   James Gornall Ret 10 24 DNS 17 24 14 14 19 20 15 11 48
29   Dan Clarke 9 15 Ret 9 18 13 41
30   Stefan Söderberg 21 Ret 15 14 9 7 41
31   James Murphy Ret 7 12 20 Ret Ret DNS DNS 13 Ret 34
32   Michael Vitulli 20 27 DNS 17 21 Ret 20 19 22 19 20 Ret 21 16 14 Ret 23
33   Daniel Welch 17 20 DNS DNS 19 Ret 20 11 20 17 23
34   Pippa Mann Ret 25 DNS DNS Ret 22 DNS 17 25 17 19 20 23 20 21 21 22 Ret 19 Ret 14
35   Nik Goodfellow 26 17 DNS Ret 23 23 DNS 18 21 18 10
36   Katherine Legge Ret Ret 15 18 9
37   Yelmer Buurman 13 22 8
38   Sam Edwards Ret 19 2
39   Matt Russell 23 24 27 DNS 24 Ret DNS 20 DNS DNS 25 21 Ret 24 Ret 20 2
40   Nick Jones 24 20 Ret DNS 1
  Jamie Gruber 24 Ret 22 Ret 25 21 DNS 21 0
Pos Driver THR BRH SIL OUL THR CRO KNO BRH SNE DON 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

Winter Series edit

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Driver name Rounds
Fortec Motorsport 1   Yelmer Buurman All
2   Peter Rees All
3   Ben Freudenburg All
17   Stuart Hall All
Team AKA 4   Juan Manuel Polar All
7   James Jakes All
Manor Motorsport 5   Patrick Hogan All
6   Bas Lammers All
11   Oliver Jarvis All
Team JLR 8   Dan Clarke All
9   Stephen Simpson All
31   Craig Dolby All
Team Nasamax 14   Dean Stirling All
Scorpio Motorsport 22   Will Bratt All
Mark Burdett Motorsport 21   Simon Pearson 1
23   Rodolfo González All
24   Chris Dent All
Embassy Racing 77   Jody Firth All
Vitulli Racing 88   Michael Vitulli 1-3, 6-10

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Pembrey, Wales 6 November   Stephen Simpson   Stuart Hall   Stephen Simpson Team JLR
R2   Stuart Hall   Yelmer Buurman   Oliver Jarvis Manor Motorsport
2 R1 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 13 November   Stuart Hall   Stuart Hall   Stephen Simpson Team JLR
R2   Stuart Hall   Stuart Hall   Stuart Hall Fortec Motorsport

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos Driver PEM CRO Pts
1   Stuart Hall 2 2 3 1 119
2   Stephen Simpson 1 4 1 2 114
3   Oliver Jarvis 3 1 5 4 99
4   Patrick Hogan 7 6 2 3 87
5   Yelmer Buurman 4 3 4 Ret 71
6   James Jakes 9 5 8 6 64
7   Juan Manuel Polar 6 Ret 6 5 56
8   Bas Lammers 10 8 11 7 51
9   Ben Freudenburg 13 10 9 8 45
10   Rodolfo González Ret 7 7 12 41
11   Will Bratt 11 12 12 9 40
12   Dan Clarke 5 Ret 10 Ret 31
13   Craig Dolby 8 11 14 Ret 31
14   Jody Firth 12 Ret 13 11 27
15   Simon Pearson 15 9 18
16   Peter Rees 14 NC Ret 10 18
17   Chris Dent 17 13 Ret Ret 12
18   Dean Stirling 16 14 Ret Ret 12
Pos Driver PEM CRO Pts

References edit

External links edit