2004 SEAT Cupra Championship

The 2004 SEAT Cupra Championship season was the second season of the SEAT Cupra Championship in car racing. It began on 24 April at Brands Hatch, and ended on 28 August at Donington Park, after twelve rounds held in England and Scotland. The championship was won by James Pickford, after he had finished fifth in the championship's inaugural season. He held off a late-season charge from Oli Wilkinson to win the championship by just five points, with ex-British Touring Car Championship driver Tom Boardman coming in third. Pickford's prize for winning the championship was to replace Robert Huff in the SEAT Sport UK team in the BTCC for the 2005 season. Pickford finished eighth in the championship, with a best result of second, three times.

Teams and drivers

All entries ran the Mk1 SEAT León entered by SEAT themselves.

No.	Drivers	Rounds
2	Gordon Shedden	All
3	Andy Neate	1-3
4	Simon Hepplewhite	All
5	Melanie Healey	All
6	James Pickford	All
7	Tom Boardman	All
8	Lewis Carter	All
9	Lorcan Johnson	1-4
10	Oli Wilkinson	All
11	Emmanuel Crouvisier	All
12	Daniel-Lee Stevens	All
14	Rui Chagas	1-5
17	Ben Winrow	All
18	Rob Austin	1-3
19	Emmet O'Brien	All
20	Gavin Smith	All
21	Spencer Marsh	1-3
22	Jon Lanceley	1-3

Calendar

Round	Track	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Brands Hatch	24 April	James Pickford	James Pickford	James Pickford
2	Brands Hatch	24 April	James Pickford	James Pickford	Gavin Smith
3	Silverstone	9 May	Oli Wilkinson	James Pickford	Tom Boardman
4	Silverstone	9 May	Lewis Carter	James Pickford	Gavin Smith
5	Oulton Park	25 May	James Pickford	Tom Boardman	James Pickford
6	Oulton Park	25 May	Lewis Carter	Gavin Smith	Gavin Smith
7	Croft	25 July	James Pickford	James Pickford	Tom Boardman
8	Croft	25 July	James Pickford	James Pickford	James Pickford
9	Knockhill	8 August	James Pickford	Gordon Shedden	Gordon Shedden
10	Knockhill	8 August	Oli Wilkinson	Gavin Smith	Oli Wilkinson
11	Donington Park	28 August	Oli Wilkinson	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman
12	Donington Park	28 August	Gordon Shedden	Oli Wilkinson	Oli Wilkinson

Championship Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Race 1	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
Race 2	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	BRH		SIL		OUL		CRO		KNO		DON		Pts
1	James Pickford	1	12	3	3	1	3	2	1	3	2	4	4	157
2	Oli Wilkinson	3	4	2	5	7	7	3	3	2	1	2	1	147
3	Tom Boardman	7	3	1	2	2	2	1	8	7	5	1	10	135
4	Gordon Shedden	4	2	4	4	3	6	6	5	1	Ret	3	2	124
5	Gavin Smith	2	1	11	1	5	1	8	Ret	4	6	Ret	Ret	100
6	Lewis Carter	Ret	4	6	7	4	5	5	2	Ret	9	5	3	90
7	Emmet O'Brien	10	8	14	Ret	9	Ret	4	6	5	3	Ret	5	57
8	Rui Chagas	6	9	8	8	Ret	8	7	4	6	7			51
9	Ben Winrow	9	7	7	Ret	10	Ret	10	7	9	4	9	Ret	39
10	Emmanuel Crouvisier	11	11	10	10	8	Ret	9	9	8	8	6	8	33
11	Rob Austin	5	Ret	9	Ret	11	4							21
12	Spencer Marsh	8	6	12	6	DNS	DNS							21
13	Daniel-Lee Stevens	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	7	6	18
14	Simon Hepplewhite	15	10	13	12	Ret	Ret	11	10	Ret	Ret	8	7	17
15	Melanie Healey	14	14	16	14	13	10	13	Ret	10	10	10	9	12
16	Jon Lanceley	Ret	DNS	5	11	DNS	DNS							8
17	Andy Neate	Ret	DNS	15	9	Ret	9							8
18	Lorcan Johnson	13	13	17	13	12	Ret	12	11					2
Pos	Driver	BRH		SIL		OUL		CRO		KNO		DON		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

External links

2004 season results on the SEAT Sport UK website Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

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