2004 Formula BMW Asia season

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The 2004 Formula BMW Asia season was won by Marchy Lee of Hong Kong, driving for Team Meritus. Lee finished the season on 250 points, followed by BMW Junior driver, 24-year-old You Kyong-Ouk and Rookie Cup winner Mehdi Bennani), both on 124 points. Lee received an extra prize in recognition of his extraordinary achievements – a three-day test with the Team Rosberg Formula 3 outfit.^[1]

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds Minardi Team Asia 2 Dado Pena All 3 Tyson Sy All 4 Robert Boughey R All 5 Moreno Soeprapto G 1–4, 6 27 Mark Goddard 5 Team E-Rain 6 Han Han R All 7 Lee Kookhyun G 7 12 Gaby Dela Merced R 3–4 33 Ao Chi Hong G 6 61 You Kyongouk All 62 Karshana Dissanayake G 1 68 Michael Ting G 5 86 6 Belgravia Motorsport 21 Salman Al Khalifa All 22 Mohammed Al Baharna All 23 Hamad Al Fardan R All 24 Mehdi Bennani R 1 88 Hanss Lin Po Heng All Team Meritus 8 Chin Tzer Jinn G 2 11 Nik Iruwan Nik Izani R All 24 Mehdi Bennani R 2–7 38 Marchy Lee All 15 Tobia Kipper G 6 52 Mark Patterson G 6 77 Kuo Chia-Ming G 2 Team T.E.C Pilipinas 12 Gaby Dela Merced R 1–2 Autosport with Arto 19 Maekkasit Weraporasu R 1–3 20 Tohru Jitsukawa 1–2 San Miguel MP Turbo 33 Mike Potenciano G 3

Icon Class R Rookie Cup G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie
1	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	3 April	Marchy Lee	Marchy Lee	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Mehdi Bennani
	R2		4 April	Moreno Soeprapto	Maekkasit Weraporasu	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Mehdi Bennani
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	19 June	Hanss Lin Po Heng	no data	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Hamad Al Fardan
	R2			Marchy Lee	no data	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Mehdi Bennani
3	R1	Bira Circuit	10 July	Marchy Lee	no data	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Mehdi Bennani
	R2		11 July	Hanss Lin Po Heng	no data	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Mehdi Bennani
4	R1	Goldenport Park Circuit	15 August	Marchy Lee	Mehdi Bennani	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Mehdi Bennani
	R2		16 August	Marchy Lee	Hanss Lin Po Heng	Hanss Lin Po Heng	Belgravia Motorsport	Mehdi Bennani
5	R1	Autopolis	4 September	Marchy Lee	Marchy Lee	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Mehdi Bennani
	R2		5 September	Marchy Lee	Marchy Lee	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Mehdi Bennani
6	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	25 September	Marchy Lee	Tyson Sy	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Hamad Al Fardan
	R2		26 September	Marchy Lee	Mehdi Bennani	Moreno Soeprapto	Minardi Team Asia	Nik Iruwan Nik Izani
7	R1	Taebaek Racing Park	16 October	Marchy Lee	Hamad Al Fardan	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Hamad Al Fardan
	R2		17 October	Marchy Lee	Marchy Lee	Marchy Lee	Team Meritus	Mehdi Bennani

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos Driver BHR SEP BIR BEI AUT SIC TAE Pts 1 Marchy Lee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 250 2 You Kyongouk 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 10 7 6 10 3 7 Ret 124 3 Mehdi Bennani 5 5 Ret 2 3 3 5 2 5 3 Ret 4 12 3 124 4 Hanss Lin Po Heng 3 6 Ret 14 4 2 2 1 3 Ret 9 Ret 3 2 120 5 Tyson Sy Ret 2 3 4 6 11 9 Ret 2 2 3 12 4 5 108 6 Salman Al Khalifa 9 9 7 9 5 5 4 3 6 10 Ret 5 5 6 84 7 Dado Pena 6 4 5 5 8 16 10 5 4 12 5 6 6 Ret 83 8 Hamad Al Fardan Ret 13 6 6 Ret 8 6 Ret Ret 4 2 7 2 4 80 9 Nik Iruwan Nik Izani 11 14 12 11 12 14 7 6 8 11 Ret 2 10 7 42 10 Robert Boughey 10 7 11 10 9 10 12 8 12 5 6 DSQ 9 8 39 11 Han Han 7 10 9 Ret 14 9 13 9 10 7 7 10 11 9 32 12 Mohammed Al Baharna 12 11 10 8 Ret 7 8 Ret 9 8 8 8 8 10 32 13 Maekkasit Weraporasu 8 8 14 13 10 12 9 14 Tohru Jitsukawa 14 12 8 Ret 4 15 Gaby Dela Merced 13 16 16 15 13 15 14 11 1 Guest drivers ineligible to score points – Moreno Soeprapto 4 Ret 4 7 7 6 11 7 4 1 – – Mike Potenciano 11 13 – – Michael Ting 11 9 Ret 14 – – Mark Patterson 11 9 – – Ao Chi Hong 13 11 – – Chin Tzer Jinn 13 12 – – Tobia Kipper 12 13 – – Lee Kookhyun 13 Ret – – Karshana Dissanayake Ret 15 – – Kuo Chia-Ming 15 Ret – – Mark Goddard Ret Ret – Pos Driver BHR SEP BIR BEI AUT SIC TAE 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

Pos	Driver	BHR		SEP		BIR		BEI		AUT		SIC		TAE		Pts
1	Mehdi Bennani	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	2	5	1	223
2	Robert Boughey	4	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	DSQ	2	4	168
3	Hamad Al Fardan	Ret	5	1	2	Ret	2	2	Ret	Ret	2	1	3	1	2	155
4	Nik Iruwan Nik Izani	5	6	4	4	4	6	3	2	2	5	Ret	1	3	3	144
5	Han Han	2	4	2	Ret	6	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	138
6	Maekkasit Weraporasu	3	3	5	5	3	5									60
7	Gaby Dela Merced	6	7	6	6	5	7	6	5							48

• BMW Group's press releases for Formula BMW Asia
• BMW-Motorsport.com