2004 Formula BMW ADAC season

2004 Formula BMW ADAC

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The 2004 Formula BMW ADAC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.2 litre Formula BMW single seat race cars. The 2004 season was the seventh Formula BMW ADAC season organized by BMW Motorsport and ADAC. The season began at Hockenheimring on 17 April and finished at the same place on 3 October, after twenty races.

Sebastian Vettel dominated the championship winning 18 of the 20 races, on his way to championship title.

Driver lineup

Team No. Driver Class Rounds ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 2 Federico Montoya All 3 Dominik Jackson All 4 Fabio Onidi R All 11 Sebastian Vettel All Eifelland Racing 5 Átila Abreu All 6 Christopher Wasserman All Team Rosberg 7 Chris van der Drift R All 8 Jan Charouz All 9 Marcel Jeleniowski R All KUG/DEWALT RACING 10 René Rast 1 12 Sten Pentus 1–9 13 Michael Vorba All 14 Andreas Ciecior 1–8 35 Ross Curnow 10 Team Lauderbach Motorsport 10 René Rast 5–10 22 Michael Niemas 1–4 23 André Pablo Sander R All HBR Motorsport GmbH 15 Mario Josten All 16 Dominic Tiroch 1–9 36 Jonathan Summerton 10 Josef Kaufmann Racing 17 Adrian Zaugg R All 18 Benjamin Leuchter R All Lars Kaufmann Motorsport 19 Sébastien Buemi R All Mamerow Racing 20 Tim Sandtler R All Privateer 21 Martin Hippe All 29 Hanno Hess 1 AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH 24 Marco Holzer R All 25 Natacha Gachnang All Matson Motorsport 26 Henri Karjalainen R All 4speed Media 27 Dominik Wasem R All 28 Michael Woller R 1–4, 6–7, 9 Czech National Team 30 Jiri Micanek 4–10

Icon Class R Rookie Cup

2004 Schedule

The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at nine rounds, with additional round at the European Grand Prix on 29–30 May.

Round		Location	Circuit	Date
1	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	17 April
	R2			18 April
2	R1	Adria, Italy	Adria International Raceway	15 May
	R2			16 May
3	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	29 May
	R2			30 May
4	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	5 June
	R2			6 June
5	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	26 June
	R2			27 June
6	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	31 July
	R2			1 August
7	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	7 August
	R2			8 August
8	R1	Zandvoort, Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	4 September
	R2			5 September
9	R1	Brno, Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	18 September
	R2			19 September
10	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	2 October
	R2			3 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Chris van der Drift
	R2		Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
2	R1	Adria International Raceway	Sebastian Vettel	Sébastien Buemi	Átila Abreu	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
	R2		Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
3	R1	Nürburgring	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Chris van der Drift
	R2		Dominik Jackson	Dominik Jackson	Átila Abreu	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Chris van der Drift
4	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
	R2		Sébastien Buemi	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
5	R1	Norisring	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Chris van der Drift
	R2		Sébastien Buemi	Átila Abreu	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Chris van der Drift
6	R1	Nürburgring	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
	R2		Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Adrian Zaugg
7	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
	R2		Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Chris van der Drift
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Sebastian Vettel	Átila Abreu	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
	R2		Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Marcel Jeleniowski
9	R1	Masaryk Circuit	Fabio Onidi	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
	R2		Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Chris van der Drift
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Átila Abreu	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Sébastien Buemi
	R2		Sebastian Vettel	Sébastien Buemi	Sebastian Vettel	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	Chris van der Drift

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 HOC1 ADR NÜR1 LAU NOR NÜR2 OSC ZAN BRN HOC2 Pts 1 Sebastian Vettel 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 388 2 Átila Abreu 7 4 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 25† 4 4 263 3 Sébastien Buemi 4 2 3 4 6 5 3 2 DSQ 21 6 6 2 Ret 3 4 3 3 2 3 188 4 Chris van der Drift 3 3 7 6 4 4 6 DSQ 3 3 9 8 5 3 8 5 6 2 3 2 168 5 Dominik Jackson 2 5 5 5 3 2 5 6 8 6 7 14 8 Ret 9 14 8 7 Ret 7 109 6 Christopher Wassermann 8 Ret 6 Ret 8 8 10 Ret 4 4 3 3 4 20† 5 21 5 24† 6 12 92 7 Adrian Zaugg 11 6 19 14 5 22 8 10 Ret Ret 14 5 6 Ret 6 7 9 8 5 Ret 55 8 Fabio Onidi Ret 17 9 7 11 9 7 Ret 15 9 16 10 Ret 4 17 6 4 4 13 8 54 9 Mario Josten 6 23† DSQ 3 Ret 6 11 8 7 5 11 Ret 17 5 13 10 14 10 8 Ret 52 10 Michael Vorba 5 Ret 8 12 Ret 7 23† 5 6 22† 8 9 7 10 7 9 Ret 18 Ret 16 45 11 Martin Hippe Ret 8 14 10 7 12 4 4 5 12 13 16 10 21† 10 18 Ret 13 Ret Ret 38 12 Natacha Gachnang 12 11 11 11 Ret DNS 9 7 14 13 4 4 11 7 23 12 10 6 Ret 11 37 13 Marcel Jeleniowski 13 13 21 18 14 13 24† 16 16 10 15 22 22 9 4 3 7 20 7 9 35 14 Federico Montoya 9 14 25† 16 9 10 Ret 12 Ret 15 Ret 20 9 6 11 16 16 8 Ret 6 27 15 Dominik Tiroch 16 Ret 4 8 Ret 17 Ret 14 9 7 21 13 13 NC 15 15 15 16 19 16 Andreas Ciecior Ret 7 16 9 12 11 13 13 11 Ret 5 7 19 19† 14 Ret 18 17 Tim Sandtler 15 12 18 Ret 19 16 15 Ret Ret 14 18 15 16 8 22† 8 11 9 Ret 5 16 18 Sten Pentus 14 15 10 19 13 19 17 12 12 8 20 17 21 14 19 20 Ret 17 4 19 Benjamin Leuchter 17 16 22 15 15 15 12 9 17 16 12 19 23 12 16 19 Ret 14 9 13 4 20 Marco Holzer 20 10 12 17 10 14 16 11 10 Ret 22 Ret 14 DNS 12 13 17 12 Ret 10 4 21 Jan Charouz 10 9 13 13 20† Ret 14 15 13 11 26 12 24 11 Ret Ret 12 11 12 Ret 3 22 René Rast Ret Ret DNS Ret 17 18 12 Ret Ret 11 13 15 10 14 1 23 André Pablo Sander 18 18 15 Ret 21† 18 18 17 21 17 10 11 15 18 DSQ DNS 20 22 11 Ret 1 25 Henri Karjalainen 19 20 17 21 16 20 19 20 19 20 24 21 Ret 13 21 22 19 23 16 Ret 0 26 Jonathan Summerton 14 15 0 27 Dominik Wasem 21 19 20 20 17 21 Ret Ret 18 19 25 23 18 15 18 17 22 21 15 17 0 28 Jiri Micanek 20 19 20 18 23 24 20 16 20 Ret 18 19 NC Ret 0 29 Michael Woller 23 22 23 22 18 23 22 18 19 Ret 25 17 21 Ret 0 30 Ross Curnow 17 18 0 31 Michael Niemas 22 21 24 Ret Ret 24 21 Ret 0 Hanno Hess DSQ DNS 0 Pos Driver HOC1 ADR NÜR1 LAU NOR NÜR2 OSC ZAN BRN HOC2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

External links

• Formula BMW ADAC 2004 on adac-motorsport.de