# 2004 Formula Nippon Championship

The 2004 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds, with 8 teams and 17 drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola B3/51) and Mugen Honda (Mugen MF308) engines.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | # | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN | 1 | Satoshi Motoyama | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN | 2 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Yellow Hat Kondo Racing Team | 3 | Ryo Michigami | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Yellow Hat Kondo Racing Team | 4 | Yuji Tachikawa | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | 1–3 |
| Team LeMans | 7 | Juichi Wakisaka | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Team LeMans | 8 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | 11 | Tsugio Matsuda | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | 12 | Masami Kageyama | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | 6–9 |
| mobilecast Team Impul | 19 | Benoît Tréluyer | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| mobilecast Team Impul | 20 | Yuji Ide | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| LeMans Spirit | 25 | Tatsuya Kataoka | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| Carrozzerria Team MOHN | 27 | Koji Yamanishi | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | 4–5, 8 |
| Carrozzerria Team MOHN | 28 | Hideki Noda | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| PIAA Nakajima Racing | 31 | André Lotterer | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| PIAA Nakajima Racing | 32 | Takashi Kogure | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 40 | Richard Lyons | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 41 | Naoki Hattori | Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |

## Race calendar and results

| Race | Track | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Race Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | Suzuka Circuit | 28 March | Yuji Ide | Richard Lyons | Takashi Kogure | PIAA Nakajima Racing |
| 2 | Sportsland SUGO | 2 May | Richard Lyons | Takashi Kogure | Richard Lyons | DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing |
| 3 | Twin Ring Motegi | 6 June | Richard Lyons | Richard Lyons | André Lotterer | PIAA Nakajima Racing |
| 4 | Suzuka Circuit | 4 July | Richard Lyons | Naoki Hattori | Richard Lyons | DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing |
| 5 | Sportsland SUGO | 1 August | Richard Lyons | Juichi Wakisaka | Satoshi Motoyama | ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN |
| 6 | Mine Circuit | 29 August | Benoît Tréluyer | Juichi Wakisaka | Benoît Tréluyer | mobilecast Team Impul |
| 7 | Sepang International Circuit | 19 September | André Lotterer | Richard Lyons | André Lotterer | PIAA Nakajima Racing |
| 8 | Twin Ring Motegi | 24 October | Juichi Wakisaka | André Lotterer | Yuji Ide | mobilecast Team Impul |
| 9 | Suzuka Circuit | 7 November | Richard Lyons | Yuji Ide | Benoît Tréluyer | mobilecast Team Impul |
* At race 4 a sprint race of 18 laps (104.526 km) set the grid for the main race. The sprint race winner Richard Lyons started from pole in the main race.
* At race 7 a sprint race of 20 laps (110.72 km) set grid for the main race. The sprint race winner André Lotterer started from pole in the main race. Naoki Hattori set pole position for the sprint race.

## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship
#### Scoring system

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Points | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Rank | Name | SUZ | SGO | MOT | SUZ | SGO | MIN | MYS | MOT | SUZ | Points |
| 1 | Richard Lyons | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| 2 | André Lotterer | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | 7 | 33 |
| 3 | Yuji Ide | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| 4 | Benoît Tréluyer | Ret | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 1 | 30 |
| 5 | Juichi Wakisaka | 13 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Satoshi Motoyama | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Takashi Kogure | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | Tatsuya Kataoka | 10 | 11 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Naoki Hattori | 7 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | Ryo Michigami | 3 | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| 11 | Tsugio Matsuda | 4 | NC | 12 | 9 | DSQ | 12 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 |
| 12 | Toshihiro Kaneishi | 6 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 |
| 13 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 4 |
| 14 | Yuji Tachikawa | Ret | NC | Ret | 6 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| 15 | Hideki Noda | 9 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Koji Yamanishi | | | | 12 | 9 | | | 8 | | 0 |
| 17 | Masami Kageyama | | | | | | Ret | 11 | Ret | 15 | 0 |

### Teams' Championship

| Rank | Team | Car | SUZ | SGO | MOT | SUZ | SGO | MIN | MYS | MOT | SUZ | Points |
| 1 | mobilecast Impul | 19 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 1 | 62 |
| 1 | mobilecast Impul | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 62 |
| 2 | PIAA Nakajima | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | 7 | 50 |
| 2 | PIAA Nakajima | 32 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 8 | 50 |
| 3 | DoCoMo Dandelion | 40 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 40 |
| 3 | DoCoMo Dandelion | 41 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 10 | 40 |
| 4 | LeMans LeMans Spirit | 7 | 13 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | LeMans LeMans Spirit | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 37 |
| 4 | LeMans LeMans Spirit | 25 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | ADiRECT 5ZIGEN | 1 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | ADiRECT 5ZIGEN | 2 | 6 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 26 |
| 6 | Yellow Hat Kondo | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| 6 | Yellow Hat Kondo | 4 | Ret | NC | Ret | 6 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | Cosmo Oil Cerumo | 11 | 4 | NC | 12 | 9 | DSQ | 12 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 |
| 7 | Cosmo Oil Cerumo | 12 | | | | | | Ret | 11 | Ret | 15 | 7 |
| 8 | Team MOHN | 27 | | | | 12 | 9 | | | 8 | | 0 |
| 8 | Team MOHN | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 | 0 |