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
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		Mygale SJ01	10
	48		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
Jamun Racing	88	Julian Yap	Mygale SJ03	1-2, 4-8, 10
Myerscough College	39	James Gleave	Mygale SJ2000	All
Myerscough College	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

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

Drivers' Championship

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	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)