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

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Race Lap
1	Suzuka	Japan	March 28, 2004	46	5.807=267.122 km	1'26:01.861	186.293 km/h	Takashi Kogure	Yuji Ide	Richard Lyons
2	Sugo	Japan	May 2, 2004	36	3.704=133.344 km	0'44:36.401	179.360 km/h	Richard Lyons	Richard Lyons	Takashi Kogure
3	Montegi	Japan	June 6, 2004	55	4.796=263.78 km	1'40:56.233	156.799 km/h	André Lotterer	Richard Lyons	Richard Lyons
4	Suzuka	Japan	July 4, 2004	25	5.807=145.175 km	0'52:15.090	166.703 km/h	Richard Lyons	Richard Lyons	Naoki Hattori
5	Sugo	Japan	August 1, 2004	72	3.737=266.688 km	1'33:18.487	171.489 km/h	Satoshi Motoyama	Richard Lyons	Juichi Wakisaka
6	Mine	Japan	August 29, 2004	70	3.238=226.66 km	1'33:06.044	146.074 km/h	Benoît Tréluyer	Benoît Tréluyer	Juichi Wakisaka
7	Sepang	Malaysia	August 19, 2004	27	5.536=149.472 km	1'00:07.978	149.179 km/h	André Lotterer	André Lotterer	Richard Lyons
8	Montegi	Japan	October 24, 2004	55	4.796=263.78 km	1'32:35.978	170.916 km/h	Yuji Ide	Juichi Wakisaka	André Lotterer
9	Suzuka	Japan	November 7, 2004	46	5.807=267.122 km	1'25:15.434	187.988 km/h	Benoît Tréluyer	Richard Lyons	Yuji Ide

Note:

Race 4 a sprint race sets grid for the main race. 18 laps/104.526 km 0'33:00.186/190.029 km/h winner Richard Lyons to start from pole.

Race 7 a sprint race sets grid for the main race. 20 laps/110.72 km 0'38:01.564/174.701 km/h winner André Lotterer to start from pole. Originally fastest qualifier Naoki Hattori.

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. All results count.

Place	Name	Country	Team										Total Points
1	Richard Lyons	United Kingdom	Dandelion Racing	-	10	-	10	3	-	-	6	4	33
2	André Lotterer	Germany	Nakajima Racing	6	3	10	-	-	-	10	4	-	33
3	Yuji Ide	Japan	Team Impul	-	6	6	4	-	-	-	10	6	32
4	Benoît Tréluyer	France	Team Impul	-	1	3	6	-	10	-	-	10	30
5	Juichi Wakisaka	Japan	Team LeMans	-	4	-	2	4	6	4	-	3	23
6	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team 5Zigen	2	-	2	3	10	1	-	2	1	21
7	Takashi Kogure	Japan	Nakajima Racing	10	-	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	17
8	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	Team LeMans	-	-	4	-	-	3	2	3	-	12
9	Ryo Michigami	Japan	Kondo Racing	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Dandelion Racing	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	-	-	7
	Tsugio Matsuda	Japan	Team Cerumo	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	7
12	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Japan	Team 5Zigen	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5
13	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Japan	Team LeMans	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	4
14	Yuji Tachikawa	Japan	Kondo Racing	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	3

Note:

Richard Lyons became champion due to more pole positions.

Complete Overview

R12=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start (6)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

16(2)=started from grid position 16, after finishing the sprint race in sixteenth position - (2) originally set second best time in qualifying.

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Richard Lyons	United Kingdom	Dandelion Racing	9	8	1	1	1	8	1(1)	1	1	4	2	8	16(2)	9	2	2	1	3
2	André Lotterer	Germany	Nakajima Racing	13	2	2	4	3	1	10(11)	8	6	R	9	R	1(5)	1	4	3	8	7
3	Yuji Ide	Japan	Team Impul	1	R12	4	2	5	2	2(3)	3	8	7	7	7	4(3)	R10	3	1	9	2
4	Benoît Tréluyer	France	Team Impul	2	R	13	6	10	4	6(2)	2	5	10	1	1	14(7)	7	5	R	2	1
5	Juichi Wakisaka	Japan	Team LeMans	6	R13	6	3	2	R	9(8)	5	9	3	5	2	3(4)	3	1	R	6	4
6	Satoshi Motoyama	Japan	Team 5Zigen	10	5	5	R12	4	5	3(7)	4	2	1	3	6	8(6)	R	8	5	4	6
7	Takashi Kogure	Japan	Nakajima Racing	3	1	10	9	7	9	11(12)	7	4	2	6	R	7(8)	6	10	9	3	8
8	Tatsuya Kataoka	Japan	Team LeMans	12	10	11	11	11	3	12(14)	13	13	R	15	4	10(16)	5	16	4	11	12
9	Ryo Michigami	Japan	Kondo Racing	8	3	8	5	9	6	4(5)	R	10	R	14	11	13(15)	8	13	10	13	13
	Naoki Hattori	Japan	Dandelion Racing	7	7	12	7	6	R	7(6)	10	3	6	8	10	2(1)	2	9	R	5	10
	Tsugio Matsuda	Japan	Team Cerumo	5	4	7	NC	12	R12	8(10)	9	(6)	NS	13	R12	6(10)	4	11	6	16	R
12	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Japan	Team 5Zigen	14	6	14	R13	14	10	5(9)	R	12	12	10	3	9(11)	R	7	R	10	11
13	Takeshi Tsuchiya	Japan	Team LeMans	4	R11	9	10	13	7	16(4)	11	11	8	4	5	5(9)	R	6	R	7	5
14	Yuji Tachikawa	Japan	Kondo Racing	11	R	3	NC	8	R	14(13)	6	7	5	11	9	11(13)	R	12	7	12	9
-	Hideki Noda	Japan	Team Mohn	15	9	15	8	15	11	15(15)	R	14	11	12	R	15(12)	R	15	R11	14	14
-	Koji Yamanishi	Japan	Team Mohn	-	-	-	-	-	-	13(16)	12	15	9	-	-	-	-	17	8	-	-
-	Masami Kageyama	Japan	Team Cerumo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	R	12(14)	11	14	R	15	15