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2004 BRITISH F3

• the son of former world F1 champion Nelson Piquet won 2004 British Formula 3 championship. He becomes the youngest ever champion and finished the season with 6 race wins including the season finale. Adam Carroll finished runner-up.
• PIQUET JR.: "... I'm so happy to finish (the championship) with a win ... It was the best way to finish the season ... I worked very hard to win the championship. I am sure that this victory will be very important for my ambition, which is to be in Formula One"

2004 BRITISH FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP

• 2004 British F3 champion: Nelson A Piquet Jr. ; 2nd: Adam Carroll; 3rd: James Rossiter
• 2004 Scholarship winner: Ryan Lewis

2004 RACE RESULTS:

• *** Bahrain F3 SuperPrix, Dec 10, 2004
  won by Lewis Hamilton
• *** Macau F3 GP, Nov 21, 2004
  won by Alexandre Premat
• Rounds 23/24 Brands Hatch, Oct 3
  won by James Rossiter (R1); Nelson A Piquet (R2)
• Rounds 21/22 Spa-Francorchamps, September 12
  won by Adam Carroll (R1); Adam Carroll (R2)
• Rounds 19 & 20 Thruxston, Aug 30
  won by Lucas Di Grassi (R1); Lucas Di Grassi (R2)
• Rounds 17 & 18 Silverstone, Aug 15
  won by Marcus Marshall (R1); Nelson A Piquet (R2)
• *** Zandvoort Masters F3: 8th Aug , 2004
  won by Alexandre Premat
• Rounds 15 & 16 Oulton Park, July 18
  won by Nelson A Piquet (R1); Nelson A Piquet (R2)
• Rounds 13 & 14 Donington Park, June 27
  won by Adam Carroll (R1); Clivio Piccione (R2)
• Rounds 11 & 12 Castle Combe, June 20
  won by Danny Watts (R1); Alvaro Parente (R2)
• Rounds 9 & 10 Snetterton, June 6
  won by Nelson A Piquet (R1); Adam Carroll (R2)
• Rounds 7 & 8 Knockhill, May 16, Scotland
  won by Ernesto Viso (R1); James Rossiter (R2)
• Round 5 & 6 Croft May 2, 2004
  both races won by Danilo Dirani
• Rounds 3 & 4 Silverstone, April 18
  won by James Rossiter (R1) ; Race 2 cancelled
  Pole R3: 1 James Rossiter 2 Danilo Dirani 3 Nelson Piquet Jr
  Pole R4: 1 Danilo Dirani 2 Will Power 3 Nelson Piquet Jr
• Round 1 & 2 Donington Park April 4, 2004
  won by Adam Carroll (R1) ; Clivio Piccione (R2)

2004 CARS:

• Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda
• Dallara F304 Opel Spiess
• Dallara F304 Renault Sodemo
• Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
• Dallara F301 Opel Spiess
• Lola-Dome F106-4 Mugen-Honda

2004 CALENDAR: 24 races

• April 4 : Rounds 1/2 Donington Park
• April 18 : Rounds 3/4 Silverstone
• May 2 : Rounds 5/6 Croft
• May 16 : Rounds 7/8 Knockhill , Scotland
• May 31 : Rounds 9/10 Snetterton
• June 20 : Rounds 11/12 Castle Combe
• June 27 : Rounds 13/14 Donington Park
• July 19 : Rounds 15/16 Oulton Park
• August 15 : Rounds 17/18 Silverstone
• August 30 : Rounds 19/20 Thruxton
• September 12 : Rounds 21/22 Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
• October 3 : Rounds 23/24 Brands Hatch

2004 DRIVER / TEAM CHANGES:

• Ernesto Viso joins Carlin Motorsport
• 19 year old Venezuelan won the 2003 Scholarship class.
• Clivio Piccione (age 19) joins Carlin Motorsport
• Trevor Carlin: "......I'm very happy that Clivio has joined the Carlin Motorsport team ...He's a great driver and we've seen that Clivio can win races and we believe we'll enjoy future successes together."
• Alex Lloyd joins Alan Docking Racing
• 19 year old 2003 McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year
• He finished runner-up in 2003 Formula Renault Championship
• Alan Docking: "....I'm thrilled to have Alex on board, if he can carry over his form from last year then I believe we can achieve great things this season. He impressed our engineers when he tested the car at the end of last year and it has been a goal of mine to get him back in one of my cars for the 2004 campaign .."
• Lucas DiGrassi joins HiTech Racing
• He is part of Renault Driver Development programme.
• Will Davison joins Menu Motorsports
• 21 year old Australian won a round last year in his debut season. In 2001 he won the Australian Formula Ford Championship.
• Mike Baker (MENU): "... it is important to have drivers in their second year of F3 and that is what I wanted. Will is a winner, he has proved that .."
• Fairuz Fauzy joins Menu Motorsports
• 21 year old Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy will drive alongside Will Davidson for the team owned by Alain Menu.
• Mike Baker (MENU):"... we are really happy to sign Fairuz, I think he will surprise a few people. Above all we are looking to have a settled year with Fairuz and look to do some winning"

FIM international F3 specification

2 CLASS: Championship Class; Scholarship Class

• Championship Class Prize:
  1st £500; 2nd £250; 3rd £200; 4th £150; 5th £125; 6th £100
• Points System:
  1st 20 points; 2nd 15 points; 3rd 12 points; 4th 10 points; 5th 8 points; 6th 6 points; 7th 4 points; 8th 3 points; 9th 2 points; 10th 1 point
  1 bonus point for fastest lap

LAST SEASON: 2003

• Alan van der Merwe won 2003 CHAMPIONSHIP with 9 wins.
• Ernesto Viso won the SCHOLARSHIP CLASS
• 2003 FINAL STANDING:
  1 VD MERWE 308
  2 GREEN 237
  3 PIQUET JR 231
  4 ANTINUCCI 125.5
  5 WATTS 125
  6 BREMER 121

• 2003 MACAU GP
• 2003 KOREA GP

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