# 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Italia

The 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Italia season was the fifth season of the Formula Renault 2000 Italia championship. It was won by Pastor Maldonado driving for Cram Competition.

## Drivers and Teams

2004 Entry List :
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| Prema Powerteam | 1 | Kohei Hirate | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 2 | Kamui Kobayashi | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 84 | Ben Clucas | All |
| Cram Competition | 3 | Pastor Maldonado | All |
| Cram Competition | 16 | Salvador Durán | All |
| Cram Competition | 24 | Davide Valsecchi | 1-7, 9 |
| Cram Competition | 46 | Pietro Ricci | 5 |
| Cram Competition | 81 | Marcello Thomaz | 1 |
| RP Motorsport | 5 | Marco Frezza | 1-7 |
| RP Motorsport | 27 | Marcello Puglisi | All |
| RP Motorsport | 29 | Paolo Maria Nocera | 1-6 |
| RP Motorsport | 31 | Andrea Sonvico | All |
| RP Motorsport | 77 | Jean-Philippe Guignet | 7-8 |
| Alan Racing Team | 6 | Andrea Cortinovis | 7-9 |
| Alan Racing Team | 7 | Mauro Massironi | All |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 8 | Giorgio Sernagiotto | All |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 9 | Bradley Ellis | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 10 | David Oberle | 9 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 20 | Michael Ammermüller | 9 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 30 | Dominique Claessens | 9 |
| Lemar Motors | 11 | Marco Mocci | All |
| Lemar Motors | 21 | Giandomenico Sposito | 2-7, 9 |
| BVM Racing | 12 | Luca Persiani | All |
| BVM Racing | 41 | Andrea Ceccato | All |
| BVM Racing | 71 | Tengyi Jiang | 1-3, 5-6, 8-9 |
| CEK Team | 14 | Juan Manuel Passera | 1-7 |
| CEK Team | 15 | Efisio Marchese | 1-5, 7 |
| CEK Team | 48 | Nicola Gianniberti | 8-9 |
| CEK Team | 51 | Federico Rafetti | 7 |
| CEK Team | 54 | Marino Spinozzi | 9 |
| Viola Formula Racing | 15 | Efisio Marchese | 9 |
| Durango | 18 | Riccardo Azzoli | All |
| Durango | 19 | Rossana Ammirati | 1-2 |
| Durango | 53 | Niccolò Valentini | 9 |
| Bem Racing | 22 | Tobias Rauch | All |
| Bem Racing | 47 | Thomas Plank | 6-9 |
| Bicar Racing | 23 | Cristian Corsini | All |
| Bicar Racing | 49 | Fabio Mena | 7-9 |
| Euronova Jr Team | 25 | Luca Filippi | All |
| Euronova Jr Team | 28 | Gary Cester | All |
| Euronova Jr Team | 32 | Vitaly Petrov | 1-3 |
| Euronova Jr Team | 96 | Filippo Ponti | 9 |
| A.S. Discovery Racing | 26 | Riccardo Mari | 1-7 |
| Uboldi Corse | 33 | Luigi Ferrara | All |
| Uboldi Corse | 34 | Giacomo Vargiu | 1-7, 9 |
| Uboldi Corse | 35 | Riccardo Cinti | 1-5 |
| Uboldi Corse | 36 | Massimo Torre | All |
| M&C Motorsport | 38 | Stefano Turchetto | 1-7, 9 |
| Birel Formula | 39 | Manuele Gatto | 2, 4-7, 9 |
| Birel Formula | 45 | Giuseppe Luca Di Cienzo | 2 |
| Benvissuto Racing | 42 | Andrea Marra | 1-3 |
| Benvissuto Racing | 43 | Davide Giampapa | 3 |
| Benvissuto Racing | 44 | Angelo De Carlo | 2 |
| Toby Racing | 52 | Luca Frigerio | 7, 9 |
| W.R.C. Srl | 74 | Davide Rigon | 4 |

## Calendar

| Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | March 14 | Kohei Hirate | Kohei Hirate | Kohei Hirate | Prema Powerteam |
| 1 | R2 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | March 14 | | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Cram Competition |
| 2 | R1 | Autodromo Riccardo Paletti | April 4 | Kohei Hirate | Pastor Maldonado | Kohei Hirate | Prema Powerteam |
| 3 | R1 | Autodromo dell'Umbria | May 9 | Kohei Hirate | Kohei Hirate | Kohei Hirate | Prema Powerteam |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | June 5 | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Cram Competition |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | June 6 | | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Cram Competition |
| 5 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | June 26 | Pastor Maldonado | Luca Filippi | Kohei Hirate | Prema Powerteam |
| 5 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | June 27 | | Pastor Maldonado | Kohei Hirate | Prema Powerteam |
| 5 | R3 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | June 27 | | Pastor Maldonado | Kohei Hirate | Prema Powerteam |
| 6 | R1 | Misano World Circuit | July 24 | Kohei Hirate | Kamui Kobayashi | Kamui Kobayashi | Prema Powerteam |
| 6 | R2 | Misano World Circuit | July 25 | | Ben Clucas | Kamui Kobayashi | Prema Powerteam |
| 6 | R3 | Misano World Circuit | July 25 | | Luca Persiani | Luigi Ferrara | Uboldi Corse |
| 7 | R1 | Adria International Raceway | September 26 | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Cram Competition |
| 8 | R1 | Hockenheimring | October 9 | Kamui Kobayashi | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Cram Competition |
| 8 | R2 | Hockenheimring | October 10 | | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Cram Competition |
| 9 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | October 17 | Michael Ammermüller | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Cram Competition |
| 9 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | October 17 | | Pastor Maldonado | Pastor Maldonado | Cram Competition |

## Championship standings

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
| Points | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Drivers

| Pos | Driver | VLL | VLL | VAR | MAG | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | MIS | MIS | MIS | ADR | HOC | HOC | MNZ | MNZ | Points |
| Pos | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points |
| 1 | Pastor Maldonado | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 362 |
| 2 | Kohei Hirate | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 13 | 266 |
| 3 | Luca Filippi | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 26 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 234 |
| 4 | Luigi Ferrara | 5 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 184 |
| 5 | Ben Clucas | 10 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 160 |
| 6 | Luca Persiani | 9 | 4 | 5 | DNQ | Ret | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 148 |
| 7 | Kamui Kobayashi | Ret | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 134 |
| 8 | Salvador Durán | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | Ret | 9 | 115 |
| 9 | Andrea Sonvico | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 7 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 22 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 94 |
| 10 | Mauro Massironi | 8 | 27 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | Ret | 20 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 15 | 44 |
| 11 | Marco Mocci | 11 | 21 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 14 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 36 |
| 12 | Riccardo Azzoli | 15 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 13 | Ret | 7 | 16 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 36 |
| 13 | Marcello Puglisi | 21 | Ret | 23 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 27 | Ret | 23 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 34 |
| 14 | Davide Valsecchi | 30 | 22 | 6 | Ret | 27 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 13 | | | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| 15 | Tobias Rauch | 28 | 6 | 11 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 9 | 4 | 19 | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 30 |
| 16 | Gary Cester | 23 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 20 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 7 | 26 |
| 17 | Marcello Thomaz | 3 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 18 | Cristian Corsini | 17 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 25 | Ret | 19 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 20 |
| 19 | Giorgio Sernagiotto | 18 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 17 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 31 | 16 | 11 |
| 20 | Paolo Maria Nocera | 13 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 17 | Ret | | | | | | 8 |
| 21 | Massimo Torre | 14 | 8 | DNQ | Ret | 26 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 19 | 16 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 21 | Ret | 6 |
| 22 | Manuele Gatto | | | 8 | | 19 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 22 | Ret | 12 | | | 22 | 14 | 6 |
| 23 | Giandomenico Sposito | | | DNQ | 8 | 21 | 19 | Ret | 21 | 18 | 29 | 19 | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | 22 | 6 |
| 24 | Filippo Ponti | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 23 | 6 |
| 25 | Efisio Marchese | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 24 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 25 | | | | DNQ | | | 14 | 11 | 5 |
| 26 | Andrea Ceccato | 22 | 28 | DNQ | 9 | 14 | 18 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 4 |
| 27 | Giacomo Vargiu | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 24 | 22 | 14 | 23 | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | 18 | 2 |
| 28 | Vitaly Petrov | 29 | 25 | 10 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 29 | Riccardo Mari | 16 | 11 | DNQ | Ret | 18 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Marco Frezza | 19 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 15 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 23 | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Davide Rigon | | | | | 11 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 32 | Riccardo Cinti | 24 | 17 | DNQ | DNQ | 17 | 26 | 11 | Ret | 23 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Tengyi Jiang | 25 | Ret | 15 | 13 | | | 16 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 20 | Ret | | 16 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 34 | Bradley Ellis | 27 | 26 | DNQ | DNQ | 22 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 25 | Ret | 18 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| 35 | Juan Manuel Passera | 26 | 15 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 27 | Ret | 18 | 19 | 18 | 13 | Ret | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| 36 | Nicola Gianniberti | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 13 | 30 | Ret | 0 |
| 37 | Andrea Cortinovis | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 19 | 14 | 16 | Ret | 0 |
| 38 | Stefano Turchetto | 20 | 19 | DNQ | Ret | 15 | 20 | Ret | 23 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 18 | | | 18 | 21 | 0 |
| 39 | Jean-Philippe Guignet | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | 22 | 15 | | | 0 |
| 40 | Giuseppe Luca Di Cienzo | | | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Luca Frigerio | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | | | Ret | 19 | 0 |
| 42 | Fabio Mena | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 20 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 43 | Thomas Plank | | | | | | | | | | 27 | 25 | 20 | DNQ | Ret | 23 | 27 | 28 | 0 |
| 44 | Rossana Ammirati | Ret | 24 | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 45 | Niccolò Valentini | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | 25 | 0 |
| 46 | Pietro Ricci | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 26 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Marino Spinozzi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | Ret | 0 |
| | Andrea Marra | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Angelo De Carlo | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Davide Giampapa | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Federico Rafetti | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | |
| Guest drivers ineligible for points. ||||||||||||||||||||
| | Michael Ammermüller | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 | |
| | Dominique Claessens | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Ret | |
| | David Oberle | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 10 | |