2004 British Formula Ford season

2004 British Formula Ford
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The 2004 British Formula Ford season is the 29th season 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

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

Race calendar and results

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver DON
United Kingdom
CRO
United Kingdom
KNO
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
CAS
United Kingdom
OUL
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
THR
United Kingdom
SPA
Belgium
BRH
United Kingdom
Pts
1 Finland Valle Mäkelä 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 1 DNS 3 DSQ 5 3 2 1 506
2 United Kingdom Dan Clarke 3 3 2 2 3 Ret Ret 4 2 4 2 Ret 6 14 2 3 2 1 6 3 410
3 Sweden Sebastian Hohenthal 2 Ret Ret 6 5 5 6 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 6 4 4 4 4 2 409
4 United States Charlie Kimball Ret 6 3 3 13 4 2 3 10 2 1 1 5 2 4 7 Ret 2 Ret 4 383
5 United States 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 Japan Yuya Sakamoto 15 Ret Ret 7 4 6 14 5 3 11 Ret 7 3 6 1 5 DNS 7 3 5 282
7 Republic of Ireland Charlie Donnelly 1 Ret 4 4 1 Ret 13 Ret DNS 5 7 8 7 4 7 1 1 Ret 275
8 United Kingdom Neil Doran 10 Ret 7 9 8 7 12 6 5 6 4 10 Ret 8 11 6 9 7 236
9 India Sukhjit Sandher 6 4 5 5 Ret 2 3 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 5 9 9 1 Ret Ret Ret 232
10 United Kingdom Ryan Cannon 11 15 9 9 8 11 6 13 12 Ret 10 11 10 8 7 6 7 8 197
11 United Kingdom Julian Yap 8 2 9 Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 8 6 9 9 5 10 Ret 9 185
12 United Kingdom James Gleave Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 11 9 12 8 9 13 DNS 13 12 13 11 8 9 13 14 146
13 United Kingdom Stuart Gough 10 12 7 8 5 7 11 Ret 5 3 135
14 United Kingdom David Wandless 7 12 6 11 11 Ret 11 8 7 7 10 9 132
15 United Kingdom Robert Sunderland 13 9 14 17 Ret DSQ 10 Ret Ret Ret 11 DNS 12 10 12 12 6 10 8 10 126
16 South Africa Armani Jamrozinski 12 7 13 16 14 14 Ret DNS 9 10 Ret Ret 54
16 Colombia Alexis Sabet 14 11 15 14 Ret 12 Ret 13 12 Ret 14 Ret 11 13 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret 49
18 Japan Rei Yamaguchi 11 8 12 13 10 13 Ret DNS Ret Ret 48
19 United Kingdom Matt Howson 9 Ret Ret 8 26
guest drivers ineligible for points
Finland Juho Annala 5 6 0
United Kingdom Richard Keen 8 7 0
United Kingdom Sarah Playfair Ret 10 9 8 12 12 0
South Africa Cristiano Morgado 11 11 0
United Kingdom Andrew Bentley Ret Ret 0
Lebanon Basil Shaaban Ret DNS 0
Pos. Driver DON
United Kingdom
CRO
United Kingdom
KNO
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
CAS
United Kingdom
OUL
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
THR
United Kingdom
SPA
Belgium
BRH
United Kingdom
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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 participate
Excluded (EX)

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