# 2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship

The 2004 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 25th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 28 March at Suzuka and ended on 24 October at Motegi. Italian driver Ronnie Quintarelli took the championship title, winning eight from 20 races.

## Teams and drivers

* All teams were Japanese-registered. All cars were powered by Bridgestone tyres.
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| TOM'S | 1 | Richard Antinucci | Dallara F304 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | 1–9 |
| TOM'S | 1 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | Dallara F304 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | 10 |
| TOM'S | 7 | Sakon Yamamoto | Dallara F304 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| TOM'S | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Dallara F304 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| TOM'S | 36 | Taku Bamba | Dallara F304 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| Toda Racing | 2 | Hideki Mutoh | Lola-Dome F106/03 | Toda-Honda MF204C | All |
| Inging | 3 | Naoki Yokomizo | Dallara F303 | Torii-Toyota 3S-GE | All |
| Inging | 4 | Ronnie Quintarelli | Dallara F302/3 | Torii-Toyota 3S-GE | All |
| M-TEC | 10 | João Paulo de Oliveira | Lola-Dome F106/03 | Mugen-Honda MF204B | All |
| M-TEC | 11 | Danny Watts | Lola-Dome F106/03 | Mugen-Honda MF204B | 10 |
| ThreeBond Racing | 12 | Fabio Carbone | Dallara F304 | Tomei Nissan SR20VE | All |
| ThreeBond Racing | 14 | Masataka Yanagida | Dallara F303 | Tomei Nissan SR20VE | All |
| DTM | 19 | Hiroyoshi Shibata | Dallara F302 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| Now Motor Sports | 32 | Wataru Kobayakawa | Lola-Dome F106/03 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| Now Motor Sports | 33 | Daisuke Ikeda | Lola-Dome F106/03 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| Zap Speed | 50 | Motohiko Isozaki | Dallara F304 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | All |
| Exceed Motorsports | 87 | Kei Idaka | Dallara F302 | Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE | 10 |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 27 March | Kazuki Nakajima | Sakon Yamamoto | Kazuki Nakajima | TOM'S |
| 1 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 28 March | Kazuki Nakajima | João Paulo de Oliveira | Kazuki Nakajima | TOM'S |
| 2 | R1 | Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma | 10 April | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | Richard Antinucci | TOM'S |
| 2 | R2 | Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma | 11 April | Ronnie Quintarelli | Fabio Carbone | Ronnie Quintarelli | Inging |
| 3 | R1 | Okayama International Circuit | 8 May | João Paulo de Oliveira | Richard Antinucci | João Paulo de Oliveira | M-TEC |
| 3 | R2 | Okayama International Circuit | 9 May | João Paulo de Oliveira | Ronnie Quintarelli | Ronnie Quintarelli | Inging |
| 4 | R1 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 5 June | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | Fabio Carbone | ThreeBond Racing |
| 4 | R2 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 6 June | João Paulo de Oliveira | Sakon Yamamoto | Ronnie Quintarelli | Inging |
| 5 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 3 July | Ronnie Quintarelli | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | M-TEC |
| 5 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka | 4 July | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | Ronnie Quintarelli | Inging |
| 6 | R1 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 31 July | Naoki Yokomizo | Ronnie Quintarelli | Ronnie Quintarelli | Inging |
| 6 | R2 | Sportsland SUGO, Murata | 1 August | Naoki Yokomizo | João Paulo de Oliveira | Ronnie Quintarelli | Inging |
| 7 | R1 | Mine Circuit, Mine | 28 August | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | M-TEC |
| 7 | R2 | Mine Circuit, Mine | 29 August | Naoki Yokomizo | Fabio Carbone | Naoki Yokomizo | Inging |
| 8 | R1 | Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku | 11 September | Hiroyoshi Shibata | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | M-TEC |
| 8 | R2 | Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku | 12 September | Daisuke Ikeda | João Paulo de Oliveira | João Paulo de Oliveira | M-TEC |
| 9 | R1 | Mine Circuit, Mine | 2 October | Ronnie Quintarelli | João Paulo de Oliveira | Ronnie Quintarelli | Inging |
| 9 | R2 | Mine Circuit, Mine | 3 October | Ronnie Quintarelli | Fabio Carbone | Ronnie Quintarelli | Inging |
| 10 | R1 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 23 October | João Paulo de Oliveira | Sakon Yamamoto | João Paulo de Oliveira | M-TEC |
| 10 | R2 | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | 24 October | Sakon Yamamoto | Sakon Yamamoto | Sakon Yamamoto | TOM'S |

### Notes
## Standings

* Points are awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | SUZ | SUZ | TSU | TSU | OKA | OKA | MOT | MOT | SUZ | SUZ | SUG | SUG | MIN | MIN | SEN | SEN | MIN | MIN | MOT | MOT | Pts |
| 1 | Ronnie Quintarelli | 9 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 251 |
| 2 | João Paulo de Oliveira | 6 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 1 | Ret | 211 |
| 3 | Naoki Yokomizo | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 2 | 177 |
| 4 | Richard Antinucci | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | | 161 |
| 5 | Kazuki Nakajima | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 138 |
| 6 | Taku Bamba | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 133 |
| 7 | Sakon Yamamoto | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 131 |
| 8 | Fabio Carbone | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 1 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 123 |
| 9 | Hideki Mutoh | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Ret | DSQ | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 83 |
| 10 | Masataka Yanagida | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | NC | 7 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 58 |
| 11 | Daisuke Ikeda | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | DNS | 11 | Ret | 11 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 10 | NC | 14 | 11 | 48 |
| 12 | Wataru Kobayakawa | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 38 |
| 13 | Hiroyoshi Shibata | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 |
| 14 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 15 | Danny Watts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 16 | Motohiko Isozaki | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| 17 | Kei Idaka | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | SUZ | SUZ | TSU | TSU | OKA | OKA | MOT | MOT | SUZ | SUZ | SUG | SUG | MIN | MIN | SEN | SEN | MIN | MIN | MOT | MOT | Pts |
| 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) |