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
edit| Team | # | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN | 1 |  Satoshi Motoyama
|
Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 2 | Toshihiro Kaneishi
|
All | |||
| Yellow Hat Kondo Racing Team | 3 | Ryo Michigami
|
Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 4 | Yuji Tachikawa
|
1–3 | |||
| Team LeMans | 7 | Juichi Wakisaka
|
Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 8 | Takeshi Tsuchiya
|
All | |||
| Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo | 11 | Tsugio Matsuda
|
Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 12 | Masami Kageyama
|
6–9 | |||
| mobilecast Team Impul | 19 |  Benoît Tréluyer
|
Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 20 | Yuji Ide
|
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 |
| 28 | Hideki Noda
|
All | |||
| PIAA Nakajima Racing | 31 |  André Lotterer
|
Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 32 | Takashi Kogure
|
All | |||
| DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing | 40 |  Richard Lyons
|
Lola B3/51 | Mugen MF308 | All |
| 41 | Naoki Hattori
|
All |
Race calendar and results
edit| 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
editDrivers' Championship
edit- 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
edit| 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 |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2 | PIAA Nakajima | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | 7 | 50 |
| 32 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 3 | DoCoMo Dandelion | 40 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 40 |
| 41 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 4 | LeMans LeMans Spirit |
7 | 13 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | |||
| 25 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 5 | ADiRECT 5ZIGEN | 1 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 | 6 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | |||
| 6 | Yellow Hat Kondo | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| 4 | Ret | NC | Ret | 6 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Cosmo Oil Cerumo | 11 | 4 | NC | 12 | 9 | DSQ | 12 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 |
| 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 15 | ||||||||
| 8 | Team MOHN | 27 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 14 |