# 2004 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 2004 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-eight season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also twentieth and final season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2004 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship, which was contested over ten rounds from 24 April to 11 September 2004. Two titles were awarded, a Championship for Drivers and a Championship for Teams. This was the final FIA Formula 3000 International Championship before it was replaced by the GP2 Series in 2005.

## Drivers and teams

The following drivers and teams contested the 2004 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Arden International | 1 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | All |
| Arden International | 2 | Robert Doornbos | All |
| CMS Performance | 3 | José María López | All |
| CMS Performance | 4 | Mathias Lauda | All |
| Durango Corse | 5 | Yannick Schroeder | 1–8 |
| Durango Corse | 5 | Matteo Meneghello | 9 |
| Durango Corse | 5 | Michele Rugolo | 10 |
| Durango Corse | 6 | Rodrigo Ribeiro | 1–4 |
| Durango Corse | 6 | Ernesto Viso | 5–10 |
| Coloni Motorsport | 7 | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | 1–4 |
| Coloni Motorsport | 7 | Patrick Friesacher | 5–10 |
| Coloni Motorsport | 8 | Can Artam | 1–5, 7 |
| Coloni Motorsport | 8 | Chanoch Nissany | 8–10 |
| Super Nova Racing | 9 | Patrick Friesacher | 1–4 |
| Super Nova Racing | 9 | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | 5–10 |
| Super Nova Racing | 10 | Alan van der Merwe | 1–7 |
| Super Nova Racing | 10 | Can Artam | 8–10 |
| Team Astromega | 11 | Nico Verdonck | 1–9 |
| Team Astromega | 11 | Raffaele Giammaria | 10 |
| Team Astromega | 12 | Jan Heylen | 1–4 |
| Team Astromega | 12 | Olivier Tielemans | 6–10 |
| BCN F3000 | 14 | Enrico Toccacelo | All |
| BCN F3000 | 15 | Esteban Guerrieri | All |
| Ma-Con Engineering | 16 | Tony Schmidt | All |
| Ma-Con Engineering | 17 | Tomáš Enge | All |
| AEZ Racing | 18 | Raffaele Giammaria | 1–8 |
| AEZ Racing | 18 | Matteo Grassotto | 9–10 |
| AEZ Racing | 19 | Ferdinando Monfardini | All |
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All entries used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Distance | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Report |
| 1 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 24 April | 31 laps / 152.686 km | Vitantonio Liuzzi | José María López | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Arden International | Report |
| 2 | Circuit de Catalunya | 8 May | 33 laps / 152.565 km | Enrico Toccacelo | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Arden International | Report |
| 3 | Circuit de Monaco | 22 May | 45 laps / 150.3 km | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Tomáš Enge | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Arden International | Report |
| 4 | Nürburgring | 29 May | 30 laps / 154.423 km | Vitantonio Liuzzi | José María López | Enrico Toccacelo | BCN Competicion | Report |
| 5 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 3 July | 35 laps / 154.201 km | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Arden International | Report |
| 6 | Silverstone Circuit | 10 July | 30 laps / 154.125 km | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Tomáš Enge | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Arden International | Report |
| 7 | Hockenheimring | 24 July | 33 laps / 150.942 km | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Enrico Toccacelo | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Arden International | Report |
| 8 | Hungaroring | 14 August | 35 laps / 153.440 km | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Tomáš Enge | Patrick Friesacher | Coloni Motorsport | Report |
| 9 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 28 August | 22 laps / 153.296 km | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Robert Doornbos | Robert Doornbos | Arden International | Report |
| 10 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 11 September | 26 laps / 150.353 km | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Arden International | Report |
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## Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | IMO | CAT | MON | NÜR | MAG | SIL | HOC | HUN | SPA | MNZ | Points |
| 1 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 86 |
| 2 | Enrico Toccacelo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | Ret | 56 |
| 3 | Robert Doornbos | 3 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 44 |
| 4 | Tomáš Enge | 5 | Ret | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 2 | 38 |
| 5 | Patrick Friesacher | 9 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 5 | DNS | 1 | 5 | Ret | 33 |
| 6 | José María López | Ret | 6 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 28 |
| 7 | Esteban Guerrieri | Ret | 5 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Raffaele Giammaria | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 10 | | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Yannick Schroeder | 7 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 4 | 14 | Ret | Ret | | | 13 |
| 10 | Tony Schmidt | 10 | | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 | Ret | 11 |
| 11 | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | 6 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| 12 | Ernesto Viso | | | | | 8 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| 13 | Mathias Lauda | 12 | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 6 | 5 |
| 14 | Alan van der Merwe | 8 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 8 | Ret | | | | 2 |
| 15 | Nico Verdonck | 15 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 | | 1 |
| 16 | Jan Heylen | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 17 | Rodrigo Ribeiro | 13 | 8 | Ret | 16 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 18 | Matteo Grassotto | | | | | | | | | 8 | Ret | 1 |
| 19 | Can Artam | Ret | 10 | Ret | 13 | Ret | | 10 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | Ferdinando Monfardini | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 16 | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Olivier Tielemans | | | | | | Ret | 12 | 15 | Ret | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | Chanoch Nissany | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 12 | 0 |
| 23 | Matteo Meneghello | | | | | | | | | 15 | | 0 |
| – | Michele Rugolo | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | IMO | CAT | MON | NÜR | MAG | SIL | HOC | HUN | SPA | MNZ | Points |
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| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
* Points towards the 2004 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Drivers were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight places at each round. The Sporting Regulations provided that if two or more drivers had the same number of points (including 0 points), their positions in the Championship was fixed according to the quality of their places. Under this system one first place was better than any number of second places, one second place was better than any number of third places, and so on.
* All drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.

## Teams' Championship

| Position | Team | IMO | CAT | MON | NUR | MAG | SIL | HOC | HUN | SPA | MNZ | Points |
| 1 | Arden International Ltd | 16 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 130 |
| 2 | BCN Competicion | 8 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 84 |
| 3 | Ma-Con Engineering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 49 |
| 4 | CMS Performance | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Coloni Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | AEZ I.E. Engineering | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Durango | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Super Nova Racing Ltd | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Team Astromega | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
* Points towards the 2004 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Teams were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight places at each round. The Sporting Regulations provided that if two or more teams had the same number of points (including 0 points), their positions in the Championship was fixed according to the quality of their places. Under this system one first place was better than any number of second places, one second place was better than any number of third places, and so on.