October 18, 2004
With a masterful display of driving, Fernando Laaff (MMC Racing) took his and the MMC Racing teams first ever F1VWC victory. 2nd was Steve Elencevski (FinOz), who closed the gap at the top of the Drivers Championship to 8 points when Mikko Jakonen (Mapes-VO) finished 3rd.

This means that the F1VWC 2004 Drivers Title will go to the last race again, this time in Brazil! However, for the third year running Mapes-VO are crowned Constructors Champions with both cars finishing in the points (and the second FinOz of Koski crashing out).

Japanese GP Race Result