2004 BTCC Season

The 2004 BTCC Season was the first under new management, bringing with it a radical change in the race formats.

Teams & Drivers

Team	Car	Car Spec.	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Co-Driver	International Co-Driver
West Surrey Racing	MG ZS	BTC-T	2	Anthony Reid	1-5	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock
			3	Dan Eaves	1-5	Bertrand Baguette	Bertrand Baguette
VX Racing	Vauxhall Astra Coupé	BTC-T	5	Fabrizio Giovanardi	1-5	Marcel Fassler	Mark Skaife
			6	Warren Hughes	1-5	Peter Dumbreck	Jason Bright
VXR Junior (VX Racing)			88	Rob Huff	1-5	Timo Scheider	TBA
Team Honda	Honda Civic Type-R	BTC-T	7	James Thompson	1-5	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Jan Magnussen
			8	Satoshi Motoyama	1-5	Michael Krumm	Michael Krumm
TH-Larkham Motorsport	Ford Focus STI	S2000	10	Mark Larkham	1-5	Matt Halliday	Jason Bargwanna
			73	Nick Leason	1-5	Mike Doble	Mark Winterbottom
SEAT Sport UK	SEAT Toledo Cupra	S2000	17	Matt Neal	1-5	Rickard Rydell	Eric van de Poele
			18	Colin Turkington	1-5	Eric van de Poele Johnny Herbert	Johnny Herbert
			19	Tom Chilton	1-5	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe
Petronas Syntium Proton	Proton Impian	BTC-T	20	Gavin Pyper	1-5	Roberto Colciago	Ralph Firman
			81	Gareth Howell	1-5	Duncan Huisman	Jos Verstappen
			99	James Kaye	1-5	Tom Coronel	Nicolas Kiesa
GA Motorsports	Vauxhall Astra Coupé	BTC-T	21	Charlie Butler-Henderson	1-5	Phil Bennett	Ron Fellows
	Alfa Romeo 156	S2000	25	Carl Breeze	1-5	Stefan Hodgetts	Salvatore Tavano
Edenbridge Racing	MG ZS	BTC-T	23	Mike Jordan	1-5	Érik Comas	Mika Häkkinen
			64	David Pinkney	1-5	Tim Harvey	Ricardo Zonta
Synchro Motorsports	Honda Accord Euro R	S2000	48	Alexander Wurz	1-5	Sascha Maassen	Sascha Maassen
			49	David Leslie	1-5	Alan Gurr	Alan Gurr
Team Dynamics	Honda Civic Type-R	BTC-T	54	Darren Turner	1-5	John Cleland	Ingo Hoffman
			55	Jason Plato	1-5	Alan van der Merwe	Alan van der Merwe
			57	Luke Hines	1-5	Gordon Shedden	Cacá Bueno
Tech-Speed Motorsports	Vauxhall Astra Coupé	BTC-T	77	Alain Menu	1-5	Laurent Aïello	Nicola Larini
			78	Gavin Smith	1-5	Nicola Larini	Uwe Alzen
			79	John George	1-5	Kelvin Burt	Craig Baird
Collard Racing	BMW 320i	S2000	93	Rob Collard	1-5	TBA	TBA
Kartworld Racing	MG ZS	BTC-T	97	Andy Neate	1-5	Jason Hughes	TBA
John Batchelor Racing	Peugeot 406 Coupe	BTC-T	00	Richard Marsh	1-5	N/A 1	N/A 1
Wild Card Entries
N. Technology	Alfa Romeo 156	S2000	1	Yvan Muller	1, 3	Gabriele Tarquini
			4	Gabriele Tarquini	1, 3	Augusto Farfus Gianni Morbidelli
			9	Augusto Farfus	3
BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	S2000	11	Andy Priaulx	1	Kurt Mollekens
SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	S2000	16	Rickard Rydell	1	Jordi Gené Frank Diefenbacher
				Gianni Morbidelli	3
Fighting Mongooses	SEAT Toledo Cupra	S2000	27	Mat Jackson	4-5
RS-Line Rotpunkt Sport	Ford Focus ST170	S2000	28	Thomas Klenke		Roland Asch
Team Essex Invest	BMW 320i	S2000	33	Casper Elgaard		John Nielsen
Checkers or Wreckers Racing	Lexus IS200	BTC-T	35	Sam Hempsall	1, 5
Toyota Castrol Racing	Toyota Corolla T-sport	S2000	38	Henrik Lundgaard		Jens Edman
BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	S2000	42	Jörg Müller		Dirk Müller
Peugeot Sport Engineering	Peugeot 307 Gti	S2000	43	Jan Magnussen		Jason Watt
Oregon Team	Alfa Romeo 156	S2000	44	Salvatore Tavano	3
			46	Luca Rangoni	3	Salvatore Tavano
BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	S2000	45	Alessandro Zanardi	3	Antonio García
Restov Racing	Peugeot 406 Coupé	BTC-T	53	Tom Onslow-Cole	2, 4
Flash Engineering	Volvo S60	S2000	60	Robert Dahlgren		Jan Nilsson
Kristoffersson Motorsport	Audi A4	S2000	65	Tommy Kristoffersson		Fredrik Ekblom
West Coast Racing	BMW 320i	S2000	67	Richard Göransson		Thed Björk
Carly Motors	BMW 320i	S2000	72	Paulien Zwart		Klaas Zwart
JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	S2000	74	Alessandro Balzan	3	Stefano D'Aste
Motor Event	Volvo S60	S2000	75	Mike Doble	4
GR Asia	Honda Civic Type R	S2000	76	Simon Harrison		Toni Ruokonen
Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	S2000	85	Stefano D'Aste	3
Opel Team Sweden	Opel Astra Coupé	BTC-T	87	Tommy Rustad		Roger Möen
Lehtonen Motorsport	Audi A4	S2000	92	Olli Haapalainen		Mika Salo
Honda Dealer Team Sweden	Honda Civic Type R	S2000	94	Tomas Engström		Jens Hellström
MTS-AC Racing	BMW 320i	S2000	96	Grigory Komarov		Vladimir Nechaev

Mid Season Changes

• 1 John Batchelor Racing decided to not attend any of the races which required a co-driver, due to lack of funds.

Season Calender

Round	Event	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Winning Team
1	Cardiff 500	Cardiff Bay Circuit, Cardiff	19-21 March	Anthony Reid	Fabrizio Giovanardi	James Thompson	Team Honda
2				Anthony Reid	Fabrizio Giovanardi	James Thompson	Team Honda
3	Thruxton 400	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	9-11 April	Dan Eaves	Colin Turkington	Colin Turkington	SEAT Sport UK
4					Gavin Smith	Gavin Smith	Tech-Speed Motorsport
5				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Warren Hughes	James Thompson	Team Honda
6	Italia 400	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	23-25 April	James Thompson	James Thompson	James Thompson	Team Honda
7				Warren Hughes	Gianni Morbidelli	Warren Hughes	VX Racing
8	Silverstone 600	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	7-9 May	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Warren Hughes	Robert Huff	VX Racing
9				Robert Huff	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Warren Hughes	VX Racing
10	Fosters 400	Oulton Park, Cheshire	21-23 May	Jason Plato	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Jason Plato	Team Dynamics
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12	Irish 400	Mondello Park, Caragh	11-13 June
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14	Spa 500	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	2-4 July
15	Cadwell 1000	Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire	16-18 July
16	Jurassic Coast 600	Poole Bay, Bournemouth	6-8 August
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18	Croft 400	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	20-22 August
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20	Fife 400	Knockhill Circuit, Fife	3-5 September
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23	Brands Hatch 400	Brands Hatch GP Circuit, Kent	17-19 September
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25	Snetterton 400	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	1-3 October
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27	Donnington 400	Donnington Park, Leicestershire	15-17 October
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29	Birmingham Superprix	Birmingham Superprix Circuit, Birmingham	29-31 October
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Championship Standings

Points System

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
2 Race Format	50	40	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
3 Race Format (Saturday Races)	25	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Spa 500	100	80	70	64	60	56	52	48	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
Cadwell 1000	200	160	140	128	120	112	104	96	88	84	80	76	72	68	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28	24	20	16	12	8	4

Drivers Standings

Pos	Driver	Make	No.	CAR		THR			MNZ		SIL		OUL		MON		SPA	CAD	BOU		CRO		KNO			BRA		SNE		DON		BIR		Points
1	James Thompson		7	1	1	3	2	1	1	9	3	3	24																					341
2	Fabrizio Giovanardi		5	3	3	5	8	2	Ret	5	2	4	2																					281
3	Warren Hughes		6	2	16	8	4	5	3	1	Ret	1	18																					264
4	Anthony Reid		2	5	15	2	12	7	12	8	4	11	5																					228
5	Robert Huff		88	8	4	7	19	11	5	Ret	1	2	21																					222
6	Matt Neal		17	12	2	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	5	6	3																					213
7	Jason Plato		55	10	Ret	6	Ret	6	15	4	Ret	9	1																					184
8	Colin Turkington		18	4	7	1	Ret	DNS	10	33	9	5	7																					182
9	Tom Chilton		19	15	8	4	Ret	Ret	6	7	10	8	16																					172
10	Alain Menu		77	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	4	8	6	14	7	Ret																					139
11	Alexander Wurz		48	24	21	9	7	15	22	18	13	21	8																					133
12	Satoshi Motoyama		8	13	12	17	Ret	Ret	14	11	8	12	23																					129
13	Darren Turner		54	16	Ret	Ret	18	8	11	32	6	13	13																					126
14	James Kaye		99	28	Ret	13	6	13	24	13	15	Ret	4																					117
15	Gareth Howell		81	20	19	Ret	Ret	12	31	15	12	17	9																					113
16	Gavin Pyper		20	14	Ret	18	5	Ret	17	17	16	19	11																					111
17	Charlie Butler-Henderson		21	17	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	18	16	11	15	14																					105
18	David Leslie		49	18	13	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	24	22	16	6																					101
19	Carl Breeze		25	19	18	Ret	16	9	Ret	23	23	20	10																					100
20	Mike Jordan		23	26	17	19	3	14	26	28	18	26	17																					98
21	Robert Collard		93	27	22	NC	13	10	25	21	19	18	Ret																					83
22	Dan Eaves		3	22	11	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12																					80
23	Mark Larkham		10	25	Ret	12	15	16	29	26	21	23	19																					73
24	Gavin Smith		78	Ret	Ret	15	1	Ret	19	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	DNS																				69
25	Luke Hines		57	Ret	9	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	27	14	15																					66
26	David Pinkney		64	Ret	20	11	17	Ret	Ret	25	Ret	25	25																					43
27	John George		79	21	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	28	27	17	Ret	Ret	DNS																				32
28	Nick Leason		73	Ret	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	30	26	27	20																					29
29	Andy Neate		97	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	29	Ret	DNS	22																					19
30	Richard Marsh		00	29	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	30	31	Ret	Ret	Ret																					3
Wild Cards Ineligible For Points
	Gabriele Tarquini		4	11	10				2	2																								121
	Yvan Muller		1	6	14				9	Ret																								67
	Rickard Rydell		16	7	6																													54
	Gianni Morbidelli		16						13	3																								53
	Andy Priaulx		11	9	5																													52
	Augusto Farfus		9						4	14																								49
	Alessandro Zanardi		45						16	10																								36
	Tom Onslow-Cole		53			16	14	Ret			20	24																						30
	Luca Rangoni		46						23	12																								27
	Salvatore Tavano		44						20	19																								23
	Alessandro Balzan		74						21	22																								19
	Stefano D'Aste		85						27	20																								15
	Mike Doble		75								25	22																						15
	Mat Jackson		27								24	Ret	Ret	DNS																				6
	Sam Hempsall		35	Ret	Ret								26†																					5

Teams Standings

Pos	Team	No.	CAR		THR			MNZ		SIL		OUL		MON		SPA	CAD	BOU		CRO		KNO			BRA		SNE		DON		BIR		Points
1	VX Racing	5	3	3	5	8	2	Ret	5	2	4	2																					545
		6	2	16	8	4	5	3	1	Ret	1	18
2	Team Honda	7	1	1	3	2	1	1	9	3	3	24																					470
		8	13	12	17	Ret	Ret	14	11	8	12	23
3	SEAT Sport UK	17	12	2	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	5	6	3																					395
		18	4	7	1	Ret	DNS	10	33	9	5	7
4	Team Dynamics	54	16	Ret	Ret	18	8	11	32	6	13	13																					310
		55	10	Ret	6	Ret	6	15	4	Ret	9	1
5	West Surrey Racing	2	5	15	2	12	7	12	8	4	11	5																					308
		3	22	11	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12
6	Synchro Motorsports	48	24	21	9	7	15	22	18	13	21	8																					234
		49	18	13	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	24	22	16	6
7	Petronas Syntium Proton	20	14	Ret	18	5	Ret	17	17	16	19	11																					223
		81	20	19	Ret	Ret	12	31	15	12	17	9
8	Tech-Speed Motorsport	77	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	4	8	6	14	7	Ret																					209
		78	Ret	Ret	15	1	Ret	19	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	DNS
9	GA Motorsports	21	17	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	18	16	11	15	14																					205
		25	19	18	Ret	16	9	Ret	23	23	20	10
10	Edenbridge Racing	23	26	17	19	3	14	26	28	18	26	17																					141
		64	Ret	20	11	17	Ret	Ret	25	Ret	25	25
11	TH-Larkham Motorsports	10	25	Ret	12	15	16	29	26	21	23	19																					102
		73	Ret	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	30	26	27	20
12	Collard Racing	93	27	22	NC	13	10	25	21	19	18	Ret																					83
13	Kartworld Racing	97	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	29	Ret	DNS	22																					19
14	John Batchelor Racing	00	29	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	30	31	Ret	Ret	Ret																					3

Car Models Standings

Pos	Model	Make	CAR		THR			MNZ		SIL		OUL		MON		SPA	CAD	BOU		CRO		KNO			BRA		SNE		DON		BIR		Points
1	Honda Civic Type R		1	1	3	2	1	1	4	3	3	1																					394
2	Vauxhall Astra Coupe		2	3	5	1	2	3	1	1	1	2																					381
3	SEAT Toledo Cupra		4	2	1	Ret	3	6	3	5	5	3																					290
4	MG ZS		5	11	2	3	7	12	8	4	10	5																					244
5	Alfa Romeo 156		6	10	Ret	16	9	2	2	23	20	10																					197
6	Proton Impian		14	19	13	5	12	17	13	12	17	4																					169
7	Honda Accord Euro R		18	13	9	7	15	21	18	13	16	6																					157
8	BMW 320i		9	5	NC	13	10	16	10	19	18	Ret																					142
9	Ford Focus ST		25	23	12	15	16	29	26	21	23	19																					81
10	Peugeot 406 Coupe		29	Ret	16	14	Ret	30	31	20	24	Ret																					33
11	Volvo S60									25	22																						15
	Lexus IS200		Ret	Ret								26†																					5

Independents Standings

Pos	Driver	Make	No.	CAR		THR			MNZ		SIL		OUL		MON		SPA	CAD	BOU		CRO		KNO			BRA		SNE		DON		BIR		Points
1	Anthony Reid		2	5	15	2	12	7	12	8	4	11	5																					348
2	Jason Plato		55	10	Ret	6	Ret	6	15	4	Ret	9	1																					274
3	Alexander Wurz		48	24	21	9	7	15	22	18	13	21	8																					241
4	Alain Menu		77	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	4	8	6	14	7	Ret																					236
5	Darren Turner		54	16	Ret	Ret	18	8	11	32	6	13	13																					223
6	Mike Jordan		23	26	17	19	3	14	26	28	18	26	17																					193
7	Charlie Butler-Henderson		21	17	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	18	16	11	15	14																					189
8	Carl Breeze		25	19	18	Ret	16	9	Ret	23	23	20	10																					185
9	David Leslie		49	18	13	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	24	22	16	6																					178
10	Robert Collard		93	27	22	NC	13	10	25	21	19	18	Ret																					167
11	Mark Larkham		10	25	Ret	12	15	16	29	26	21	23	19																					160
12	Dan Eaves		3	22	11	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12																					143
13	Luke Hines		57	Ret	9	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	27	14	15																					128
14	David Pinkney		64	Ret	20	11	17	Ret	Ret	25	Ret	25	25																					102
15	Gavin Smith		78	Ret	Ret	15	1	Ret	19	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	DNS																				101
16	John George		79	21	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	28	27	17	Ret	Ret	DNS																				95
17	Nick Leason		73	Ret	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	30	26	27	20																					83
18	Andy Neate		97	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	29	Ret	DNS	22																					55
19	Richard Marsh		00	29	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	30	31	Ret	Ret	Ret																					45
Wild Cards Ineligible For Points
	Tom Onslow-Cole		53			16	14	Ret			20	24																						62
	Luca Rangoni		46						23	12																								53
	Salvatore Tavano		44						20	19																								52
	Alessandro Balzan		74						21	22																								45
	Stefano D'Aste		85						27	20																								42
	Mike Doble		75								25	22																						35
	Mat Jackson		27								24	Ret	Ret	DNS																				17
	Sam Hempsall		35	Ret	Ret								26†																					15

Team Budgets

Team	Starting Budget	Current Funds
VX Racing	£4,000,000	£1,467,000
SEAT Sport UK	£3,500,000	£332,000
Team Honda	£2,600,000	£180,000
Petronas Syntium Proton	£2,500,000	£91,000
Team Dynamics	£2,300,000	£316,000
West Surrey Racing	£1,800,000	£258,000
GA Motorsports	£1,600,000	-£275,000
Synchro Motorsport	£1,000,000	£134,000
Tech-Speed Motorsport	£850,000	£140,000
Collard Racing	£800,000	£283,000
Edenbridge Racing	£700,000	£491,000
Kartworld Racing	£650,000	£69,000
TH-Larkham Motorsport	£620,000	£82,000
John Batchelor Racing	£600,000	£33,000