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2004 Formula BMW UK season

The 2004 Formula BMW UK season was the inaugural season of the British Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The series supported every BTCC round apart from round nine at Rockingham which supported the Days of Thunder championship. Tim Bridgman won the championship with his small family fun team after scoring in every round. Ayrton Senna's nephew Bruno Senna also took part in the championship towards the end of the season.

Teams and drivers

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All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Guest drivers in italics. All teams were British-registered.

Team No Driver Class Rounds
Privateer 1 United Kingdom Tim Bridgman All
Soper Sport 2 United Kingdom Phil Glew All
7 United Kingdom Jordan Wise R All
10 Brazil Marcos Vilhena R 1-5
38 United Kingdom Dean Smith R 5-10
Panther Motorsport 3 United Kingdom Simon Walker-Hansell All
4 United Kingdom Ross Curnow R All
15 United Kingdom Jack Goldstraw R All
Team Virgin Mobile Barwell 5 United Kingdom Sam Edwards 1-4
6 United Kingdom Matt Harris All
16 United Kingdom Ollie Smith All
56 United Kingdom Steve Roberts 8-10
Fortec Motorsport 8 Norway Stian Sørlie All
9 United Kingdom James Sutton All
Carlin Motorsport 11 United Kingdom Sam Bird R All
12 Denmark Christian Bakkerud All
20 Brazil Bruno Senna 8-10
Carlin M/sport - Team Portugal 21 Portugal Duarte Félix da Costa 1-2, 4-10
22 Portugal João Urbano All
Motaworld - Quantexe Racing 29 United Kingdom Josh Fisher All
30 United Kingdom Ry Leon All
SWR Omegaland/Pioneer 34 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey 1-4, 6-10
38 United Kingdom Dean Smith R 1-4
40 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey 6-10
41 United Kingdom Craig Fleming 2-6
42 United Kingdom Matt Howson 7-10
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup

Results and Standings

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Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Thruxton 11 April Norway Stian Sørlie Norway Stian Sørlie United Kingdom Simon Walker-Hansell Panther Motorsport
2 Norway Stian Sørlie Norway Stian Sørlie United Kingdom Tim Bridgman Privateer
3 Brands Hatch (Indy) 25 April United Kingdom Phil Glew United Kingdom Tim Bridgman United Kingdom Phil Glew Soper Sport
4 United Kingdom Phil Glew United Kingdom Phil Glew United Kingdom Phil Glew Soper Sport
5 Silverstone (International) 9 May Portugal João Urbano United Kingdom Tim Bridgman United Kingdom Tim Bridgman Privateer
6 United Kingdom Tim Bridgman Norway Stian Sørlie United Kingdom Josh Fisher Motaworld - Quantexe Racing
7 Oulton Park (Island) 23 May United Kingdom Josh Fisher United Kingdom James Sutton United Kingdom James Sutton Fortec Motorsport
8 Norway Stian Sørlie United Kingdom Phil Glew Portugal João Urbano Carlin M/sport - Team Portugal
9 Mondello Park 13 June United Kingdom Josh Fisher United Kingdom Josh Fisher United Kingdom Josh Fisher Motaworld - Quantexe Racing
10 United Kingdom James Sutton United Kingdom Josh Fisher United Kingdom Simon Walker-Hansell Carlin Motorsport
11 Croft 24 July United Kingdom Josh Fisher United Kingdom James Sutton United Kingdom Josh Fisher Motaworld - Quantexe Racing
12 25 July United Kingdom Josh Fisher Portugal João Urbano United Kingdom Josh Fisher Motaworld - Quantexe Racing
13 Knockhill 8 August United Kingdom Ross Curnow Portugal João Urbano United Kingdom Ross Curnow Panther Motorsport
141 United Kingdom Matt Howson Portugal João Urbano Norway Stian Sørlie Fortec Motorsport
15 Brands Hatch (Indy) 22 August Portugal João Urbano Portugal João Urbano Portugal João Urbano Carlin M/sport - Team Portugal
16 United Kingdom James Sutton United Kingdom James Sutton United Kingdom James Sutton Fortec Motorsport
17 Rockingham
(International Super Sports Car Long)
5 September Portugal João Urbano Portugal João Urbano Portugal João Urbano Carlin M/sport - Team Portugal
18 United Kingdom James Sutton United Kingdom Tim Bridgman United Kingdom Oliver Turvey Team SWR Pioneer
19 Donington Park
(National)
26 September United Kingdom Matt Howson United Kingdom Matt Howson United Kingdom Matt Howson Team SWR Pioneer
20 United Kingdom Matt Howson Portugal João Urbano United Kingdom Tim Bridgman Privateer
  1. ^  –Race was stopped due to a big accident involving Jordan Wise and Duarte Félix da Costa. Half points were awarded.

Drivers Championship

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Pos Driver THR BRH SIL OUL MON CRO KNO BRH ROC DON Pts
1 United Kingdom Tim Bridgman 5 1 2 2 1 5 8 6 2 3 4 3 8 9 3 5 3 2 2 1 230
2 United Kingdom Phil Glew 6 3 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 5 2 4 Ret 8 4 3 4 4 4 9 210.5
3 United Kingdom Josh Fisher 4 18 4 6 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 4 1 1 7 5 8 4 6 5 7 5 178
4 Portugal João Urbano 3 4 3 3 Ret 4 Ret 1 6 7 6 7 16 2 1 2 1 Ret 15 2 173.5
5 United Kingdom James Sutton 14 Ret 17 5 3 18 1 7 13 2 5 2 10 6 2 1 2 12 Ret 12 136
6 Norway Stian Sørlie 2 Ret Ret 4 Ret 6 10 3 5 8 3 5 2 1 7 8 Ret 7 3 4 133
7 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey 9 10 7 12 7 11 9 4 9 6 5 7 5 6 7 1 17 7 83
8 United Kingdom Ross Curnow 10 12 11 16 15 7 6 Ret 4 6 7 11 1 3 15 10 Ret Ret 12 3 70
9 United Kingdom Simon Walker-Hansell 1 5 9 11 6 Ret Ret DNS 12 1 16 9 Ret Ret 12 15 9 8 Ret Ret 63
10 United Kingdom Ollie Smith 11 8 5 8 2 Ret Ret 8 8 Ret 11 8 4 DSQ DNS 14 11 6 5 11 62
11 Denmark Christian Bakkerud Ret 2 8 7 9 3 5 Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 15 16 14 12 Ret 3 Ret Ret 61
12 United Kingdom Matt Howson 3 4 20 7 5 Ret 1 Ret 49
13 Portugal Duarte Félix da Costa 7 7 6 Ret 7 12 7 Ret 10 10 9 Ret 13 Ret 8 15 9 Ret 31
14 United Kingdom Sam Bird 17 17 19 10 12 12 4 5 10 16 14 14 11 12 9 13 Ret 16 11 15 22
15 United Kingdom Dean Smith DNS 15 14 17 5 17 Ret 13 15 14 20 16 12 14 11 17 12 10 8 6 18
16 United Kingdom Jack Goldstraw 16 16 18 18 14 15 11 Ret 17 9 18 Ret 6 10 18 18 10 13 14 8 12.5
17 United Kingdom Sam Edwards 8 6 12 13 Ret 9 13 Ret 11
18 United Kingdom Matt Harris Ret 9 10 15 Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret 12 13 12 13 15 16 20 Ret 9 10 10 10
19 United Kingdom Craig Fleming 16 9 8 8 12 Ret 11 15 15 Ret 8
20 United Kingdom Jordan Wise 13 11 Ret 14 11 16 15 11 14 13 19 13 Ret Ret 6 11 Ret 18 Ret Ret 6
= Brazil Bruno Senna Ret 16 13 Ret 6 16 6
22 Republic of Ireland Peter Dempsey 12 Ret 17 11 10 9 Ret 11 Ret DNS 3
23 Brazil Marcos Vilhena 12 13 13 Ret 13 13 14 10 Ret 10 2
24 United Kingdom Ry Leon 15 14 15 Ret 10 14 16 14 16 11 17 15 14 13 17 19 Ret 17 13 14 1
United Kingdom Steve Roberts 19 21 14 14 16 13 0
Pos Driver THR BRH SIL OUL MON CRO KNO BRH ROC DON Pts

Sources

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