Formula 1 World Championship 2004

Formula 1 World Championship 2004

World Champion
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher
Constructor:	Ferrari
Season dates
Number of races:	18th
<2003 season	2005 season>

Juan Pablo Montoya in the Williams FW26

Racing scene from the Monaco Grand Prix

The 2004 Formula 1 World Championship was the 55th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 18 races from March 7th to October 24th.

For the 7th time, for the 5th time in a row and for the last time, Michael Schumacher became world champion, making him the most successful Formula 1 driver in racing history. The Ferrari team won the world championship title for the 14th time and 6th time in a row.

In many of the races driven this season, the winner achieved the fastest average racing speed that is still valid today, either for the respective track configuration or even across all track configurations. The fastest speed ever recorded in a Formula 1 race and the individual lap with the highest average speed come from the 2004 race in Monza . In the following years, successive changes to the regulations to reduce costs and to make the competition more exciting for the spectators led to the fact that the best times from this fastest Formula 1 season on many tracks are maintained despite technical progress.

Changes in 2004

Racetracks

In the 2004 season, 18 grands prix were held. For the first time took place on April 4, Bahrain Grand Prix held, the Chinese Grand Prix was also held on 26 September for the first time. The Belgian Grand Prix returned to the calendar after a year off. The Austrian Grand Prix , which only became part of the Formula 1 World Championship again in 2014, was no longer held .

The season finale took place in Brazil in 2004. The Brazilian Grand Prix was previously usually held early in the season.

Technical regulations

In order to reduce costs, the rule was introduced that every engine should last an entire race weekend. If an engine has to be replaced during the weekend, the driver will be penalized with a decrease in the starting position by ten places.

Electronic driving aids have been restricted. The launch control and the fully automatic control of the transmission were prohibited. The traction control remained, but was only allowed to intervene from a speed of 100 km / h.

During the season, the Front Torque Transfer System , which BAR used and was first used by Benetton in 1999 , was banned by the FIA despite temporary legality.

Sporting regulations

Qualifying was completely scheduled for Saturday and divided into two sessions in which the driver is only allowed to drive one fast lap. In the first session the drivers start in the order in which they crossed the finish line in the previous race (in the first race the order was chosen according to the 2003 World Championship final result). It is used to determine the order for the second session, which is then about the starting positions for the race. The second session was right after the first. The pilots drove in reverse order to the first qualifying segment.

From the 2004 season onwards, the teams were allowed to use a third driver for Friday training. The teams that finished 1st to 4th in the constructors' championship in the previous season are excluded from this rule.

The speed limit in the pit lane has been increased from 80 km / h to 100 km / h. In individual cases, however, this was not done for security reasons.

driver

The 2004 season began with some changes in the team's driver line-up. The teams Minardi , Jordan and Sauber changed all drivers.

Nick Heidfeld and Giancarlo Fisichella changed places with Heidfeld going to Jordan and Fisichella to Sauber. The second new driver at Sauber was Felipe Massa, who returned to Sauber after a year as a test driver at Ferrari. Massa already competed in the 2002 season for the Sauber team. Jordan was the second driver to field third-placed Giorgio Pantano from the previous Formula 3000 season .

Takuma Satō replaced Jacques Villeneuve at BAR-Honda before the end of the 2003 Formula 1 season because the Canadian was too expensive to manage the team. Villeneuve left Formula 1 for a few months until he was reactivated by Renault for two races in the current 2004 season for the prematurely and surprisingly fired Jarno Trulli , without making any particular impression. Jarno Trulli left Renault after the Italian Grand Prix , but was able to return to the World Championship at the Japanese Grand Prix , this time for Toyota Racing .

Also Heinz-Harald Frentzen had left the Formula 1 because it could not find a more compact team. At Jaguar, Christian Klien replaced last year's driver Justin Wilson . Minardi started with Gianmaria Bruni and Zsolt Baumgartner as new drivers.

Other changes were made during the season.

Teams and drivers

image	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	driver	run	No.	Third driver	Test driver
	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2004	Ferrari 3.0 V10	B.	01	Michael sSchumacher	1-18		- 1	Luca Badoer Luciano Burti
					02	Rubens Barrichello	1-18
	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW26	BMW 3.0 V10	M.	03	Juan Pablo Montoya	1-18		- 1	Marc Gené Antonio Pizzonia
					04th	Ralf Schumacher	1-9, 16-18
						Marc Gené	10, 11
						Antonio Pizzonia	12-15
	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-19 McLaren MP4-19B	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	M.	05	David Coulthard	1-18		- 1	Pedro de la Rosa Alexander Wurz
					06th	Kimi Raikkonen	1-18
	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R24	Renault 3.0 V10	M.	07th	Jarno Trulli	1-15		- 1	Franck Montagny Jacques Villeneuve
						Jacques Villeneuve	16-18
					08th	Fernando Alonso	1-18
	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 006	Honda 3.0 V10	M.	09	Jenson Button	1-18	35	Anthony Davidson
					10	Takuma Satō	1-18
	Clean Petronas	Clean C23	Petronas 3.0 V10	B.	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	1-18	36	-	Neel Jani
					12	Felipe Massa	1-18
	Jaguar Racing	Jaguar R5	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	M.	14th	Mark Webber	1-18	37	Björn Werdenheim
					15th	Christian Klien	1-18
	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF104 Toyota TF104B	Toyota 3.0 V10	M.	16	Cristiano da Matta	1-12	38	Ryan Briscoe Ricardo Zonta	Ryan Briscoe
						Ricardo Zonta	13-16
						Jarno Trulli	17, 18
					17th	Olivier Panis	1-17
						Ricardo Zonta	18th
	Jordan Ford	Jordan EJ14	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	B.	18th	Nick Heidfeld	1-18	39	Robert Doornbo's Timo Glock	Robert Doornbos
					19th	Giorgio Pantano	1-7, 9-15
						Timo Glock	8, 16-18
	Wilux Minardi Cosworth	Minardi PS04B	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	B.	20th	Gianmaria Bruni	1-18	40	Bas Leinders	Tiago Monteiro
					21st	Zsolt Baumgartner	1-18

¹ The first four teams of the previous season were not allowed to use a third driver in the Friday practice sessions.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	7th March	Australia	Albert Park Circuit	307,574	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
02	March 21st	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	310.408	Michael sSchumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael sSchumacher
03	4. April	Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	308.769	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
04th	April 25	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	305.606	Jenson Button	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
05	May 9	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	305.256	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
06th	23. May	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	257.180	Jarno Trulli	Michael sSchumacher	Jarno Trulli
07th	30th May	Europe	Nürburgring	308,863	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
08th	June 13th	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	305.270	Ralf Schumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Michael sSchumacher
09	20th June	United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	306,016	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Michael sSchumacher
10	July 4th	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	308,586	Fernando Alonso	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
11	July 11th	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	308,355	Kimi Raikkonen	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
12	July 25th	Germany	Hockenheimring	301.884	Michael sSchumacher	Kimi Raikkonen	Michael sSchumacher
13	15th of August	Hungary	Hungaroring	306,670	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
14th	29th August	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	306.812	Jarno Trulli	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen
15th	12th September	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	306.720	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello
16	September 26th	People's Republic of China	Shanghai International Circuit	305.256	Rubens Barrichello	Michael sSchumacher	Rubens Barrichello
17th	October 10th	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	307,573	Michael sSchumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Michael sSchumacher
18th	October 24th	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	305.909	Rubens Barrichello	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya

Race reports

Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 24: 15.757
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 13.605
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 34.673
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+1: 00.423
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	+1: 08.536
6th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+1: 10.598
7th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 1 lap
8th	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1 lap

The Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne ( Australia ) took place on March 7, 2004 and ran over 58 laps (307.574 km).

Contrary to the expectations of the competition, who had expected tire problems at Bridgestone after the winter break, Michael Schumacher already achieved good lap times in practice after a few laps, which made the poor performance of Ferrari before the season forgotten.

Schumacher reached pole position ahead of Barrichello and Montoya and drove the fastest race lap with 1: 24.125 minutes. Only Alonso was able to keep up with the two leading Ferrari drivers during the race.

With Massa, Heidfeld, Bruni, Webber, Baumgartner and Räikkönen, six drivers could not finish the race due to technical problems.

Malaysian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 31: 07.490
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 5.022
3	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 6.546
4th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 13.616
5	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 23.744
6th	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+1: 15.738
7th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+1: 24.779
8th	Felipe Massa	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap

The Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia took place on March 21, 2004 and ran over 56 laps (310.408 km).

Ferrari was also able to bring the best car to the start in the glowing furnace of Malaysia - the air temperature was 40 degrees on the day of the race. Mark Webber , who surprisingly came second in qualifying in his Michelin-powered Jaguar , only led for a short time, only to retire after a spin on lap 24.

The race was disappointing for McLaren: Coulthard came in sixth place, but Kimi Räikkönen had to retire after the engine failure in Melbourne this time with a gearbox failure. Montoya drove the fastest race lap with 1: 34.223 minutes, while his teammate Ralf Schumacher initially fell back after a collision with Webber and was ultimately eliminated with an engine failure.

Bahrain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 28: 34.875
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 1.367
3	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 26.687
4th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 32.214
5	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 52.460
6th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 53.156
7th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+ 58.155
8th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 1 lap

The Bahrain Grand Prix in Bahrain took place on April 4, 2004 and ran over 57 laps (308.769 km).

The Ferrari drivers also achieved a double victory in the sheikdom. Overall, however, the deficits of the other teams were not as clear as in the first two races of the season.

McLaren experienced a "black weekend" with a flaming engine failure at Raikkonen's car and a gearbox failure at Coulthard. After only four points in three starts, no one at Mercedes spoke about the world title. Ralf Schumacher lost a better place than 7th in a collision with Satō.

Michael Schumacher, on the other hand, after the pole in front of Barrichello and Montoya and the victory, also managed the fastest race lap with 1: 34.223 minutes.

San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 26: 19.670
2	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 9,702
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 21.617
4th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 23.654
5	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 36.216
6th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 36.683
7th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 55.730
8th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1 lap

The San Marino Grand Prix in Imola took place on April 25, 2004 and ran over 62 laps (305.606 km).

Jenson Button celebrated his first pole in qualifying. Michael Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya were on the starting positions 2 and 3. Already on the first lap there was a wheel-to-wheel duel between the two drivers through two corners, with Montoya trying to overtake in unsuitable places and Schumacher his car so far behind carried outside that the Colombian got off the track. Race director Charlie Whiting , however, saw this as a normal racing duel, so that both opponents remained without warning.

Button only had fuel for ten laps and after his pit stop had to give Michael Schumacher the lead, which he did not give up until the finish. Last year's runner-up, Kimi Raikkonen , scored points for the first time in 2004 after a failed training session and starting from last place with eighth place and one lap behind.

Michael Schumacher set the fastest race lap with 1: 20.411 minutes. Heidfeld, da Matta, Bruni and Pantano dropped out with technical problems.

Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 27: 32.841
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 13.290
3	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 32.294
4th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 32.952
5	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 42.327
6th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+1: 13.804
7th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Clean - Petronas	+1: 17.108
8th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 1 lap

The Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona took place on May 9, 2004 and covered a distance of 66 laps (305.256 km).

The surprise man of the weekend Takuma Satō could not fully implement his steady speed and landed in fifth place, while his teammate Button completed a failed qualifying after a chase to get the last point. After the pole position for Michael Schumacher, Ferrari captured not only the fifth victory in the fifth race but also an undisputed double victory. With 1: 17.450 minutes, Schumacher again set the fastest race lap.

The 10th and 11th place of the two McLaren-Mercedes drivers Coulthard and Räikkönen meant another low point for the ambitious team. Both Williams drivers struggled with braking problems, which caused Montoya to even give up. Further failures were recorded by Pantano, Klien, Panis, Heidfeld, Bruni and Baumgartner.

Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1: 45: 46.601
2	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 0.497
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+1: 15.766
4th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 1 lap
5	Felipe Massa	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap
6th	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	+ 1 lap
7th	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan - Ford	+ 2 rounds
8th	Olivier Panis	Toyota	+ 3 rounds

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on May 23, 2004 and covered a distance of 77 laps (257.180 km).

In qualifying, Trulli took pole position ahead of Ralf Schumacher and Button.

Already in the 3rd lap of the race Giancarlo Fisichellas Sauber overturned due to an engine failure of Takuma Satōs BAR-Honda and the cloud of smoke that formed . This was followed by the first safety car phase, which was later followed by another after an accident involving Fernando Alonso , who drove into the guardrails while trying to lap Ralf Schumacher in the tunnel passage.

The leading trulli after the start came into the pit lane for an early stop during the first safety car phase. Michael Schumacher then took the lead and set the fastest lap with 1: 14.439.

One lap before the end of the second safety car phase, Juan Pablo Montoya behind the German drove into the rear of the Ferrari and pushed Schumacher into the guardrails. With a broken left front suspension and a torn off front spoiler, Schumacher had to give up the race. This enabled Trulli to celebrate his first Grand Prix victory, while Nick Heidfeld scored his first championship points this year in the defeated Jordan - Ford .

Grand Prix of Europe

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 32: 35.101
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 17.989
3	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 22,533
4th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 53.673
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+1: 00.987
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Clean - Petronas	+1: 13.448
7th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+1: 16.206
8th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 1 lap

The European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring took place on May 30, 2004 and covered a distance of 60 laps (308.863 km).

Michael Schumacher took pole position ahead of Satō and Trulli. Schumacher won safely and was again able to achieve the fastest race lap with 1: 29.468 minutes.

At the start, Montoya collided with his team mate Ralf Schumacher, who had to end the race straight away. Da Matta was also involved in the accident and also retired. Montoya also damaged the front spoiler of his car, but was finally able to reach 8th place.

Both McLaren-Mercedes drivers retired in the first half of the race with engine damage. With 13 laps to go, Satō also failed with a defective engine.

Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 28: 24.803
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 5.108
3	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 20.409
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1 lap
6th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 1 lap
7th	Timo Glock	Jordan - Ford	+ 2 rounds
8th	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan Ford	+ 2 rounds

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal took place on June 13, 2004 and went over a distance of 70 laps (305.270 km).

In qualifying, Ralf Schumacher was able to achieve pole position for the first time this season, ahead of Button and Trulli. After the race, Ralf Schumacher was on podium 2 at the award ceremony, but was later disqualified as well as his teammate Montoya and the two Toyota drivers da Matta and Panis due to irregular brake ventilation.

The two Renaults were eliminated for the first time in the 2004 season with technical problems. Massa, Satō, Bruni and Webber also dropped out due to problems with the technology.

Jordan substitute driver Timo Glock crossed the finish line in eleventh and moved up to 7th place due to the disqualifications of the Williams and Toyota and thus scored two championship points.

Barrichello set the fastest race lap with 1: 13.622 minutes just before the end of the race on lap 68.

United States Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 40: 29.914
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 2.950
3	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 22.036
4th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 34.544
5	Olivier Panis	Toyota	+ 37.534
6th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1 lap
7th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 1 lap
8th	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi - Cosworth	+ 3 rounds

The US Grand Prix in Indianapolis took place on June 20, 2004 and went over a distance of 73 laps (306.016 km).

Barrichello reached the best starting position ahead of Schumacher and Satō. Barrichello also set the fastest race lap with 1: 10.399 minutes. However, the victory again went to Michael Schumacher.

The race started with a spectacular collision between Klien, Pantano, Massa and Bruni. On the 10th lap, Ralf Schumacher had a serious accident, who had crashed backwards on the start-finish straight at around 300 km / h into the wall of the banked curve. Schumacher could not get out of the destroyed car himself and was taken straight to the hospital.

The second Williams-BMW driver Montoya could not finish the race either. He was disqualified 15 laps before the end of the race because he had switched to the replacement car a few seconds before the start of the warm-up lap because the starting mechanism of his car was not working.

French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 30: 18,133
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 8.329
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 31.622
4th	Jarno Trulli	Renault	+ 32.082
5	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 32,482
6th	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 35,520
7th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 36.230
8th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 43,419

The French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours took place on July 4, 2004 and covered a distance of 70 laps (308.586 km).

Alonso had reached pole position ahead of Michael Schumacher and Coulthard. In the race, however, Schumacher was able to prevail against Alonso. Schumacher used a 4-stop strategy for the first time in Formula 1 history and won with it.

McLaren-Mercedes got off to a good start with the new MP4-19B : Coulthard was sixth, Raikkonen seventh.

Michael Schumacher drove the fastest lap with 1: 15.377 minutes. Only two drivers could not finish the race: Baumgartner and Satō retired early.

Great Britain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 24: 42.700
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 2.130
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 3.114
4th	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 10.683
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 12,173
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Clean - Petronas	+ 12.888
7th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 19.668
8th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 23,701

The Grand Prix of Great Britain in Silverstone took place on July 11, 2004 and went over a distance of 60 laps (308.355 km).

Räikkönen achieved pole position ahead of Barrichello and Button. Michael Schumacher only started from 4th place. Nevertheless, he celebrated his 10th victory in the 11th race of the season and again set the fastest race lap with 1: 18.739 minutes.

Jarno Trulli had a spectacular accident on lap 41. Due to a broken suspension at 250 km / h, he lost control of his Renault, crashed into a pile of tires and rolled over, but was uninjured. Further failures were recorded by Pantano, Baumgartner and Panis.

Grand Prix of Germany

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 23: 54.848
2	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 8.388
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 16.351
4th	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 19.231
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 23.055
6th	Mark Webber	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 41.108
7th	Antonio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	+ 41,956
8th	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 46.842

The German Grand Prix in Hockenheim took place on July 25, 2004 and covered a distance of 66 laps (301.884 km).

With the seventh double success, Ferrari could have secured the constructors' world championship in this race. However, Barrichello was only 12th after a collision with Coulthard right at the start of the race and because of the subsequent repair of his car.

On lap 14 Raikkonen lost his rear wing and hit a pile of tires. For him, the race ended prematurely after he had previously completed the fastest lap with 1: 13.780 minutes. Heidfeld and da Matta were also unable to finish the race due to technical problems.

Michael Schumacher was able to convert his pole position into a victory again.

Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 35: 26,131
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 4.696
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 44,599
4th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+1: 02.613
5	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+1: 07.439
6th	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 1 lap
7th	Antonio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	+ 1 lap
8th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap

The Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest took place on August 15, 2004 and covered a distance of 70 laps (306.67 km).

Michael Schumacher drove the fastest race lap with 1: 19.071 minutes after he had already won the pole position in qualifying ahead of Barrichello and Satō.

Ferrari achieved the title of constructors' world champion with the double victory of Schumacher and Barrichello. McLaren-Mercedes could not get any points again, Raikkonen retired like in the last race and Coulthard also only achieved 9th place.

Belgian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 32: 35.274
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 3.132
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 4.371
4th	Felipe Massa	Clean - Petronas	+ 12.504
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Clean Petronas	+ 14.104
6th	Christian Klien	Jaguar - Cosworth	+ 14.614
7th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 17.970
8th	Olivier Panis	Toyota	+ 18.693

The Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps took place on August 29, 2004 and covered a distance of 44 laps (306.812 km).

Trulli took pole position ahead of Michael Schumacher and Alonso. Raikkonen started from 10th place, but was still able to win the race and also drove the fastest race lap with 1: 45.108 minutes.

The race started with two accidents on the first lap: First, Satō and Webber collided. A short time later, Pantano drove into Bruni's unusual Minardi.

For Michael Schumacher, second place was enough to win the world championship title for the seventh time, as after 14 of 18 races he was already 40 points ahead of Barrichello with 128 points.

Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 15: 18.448
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 1.347
3	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 10.197
4th	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 15,370
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 32,352
6th	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 33,439
7th	Antonio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	+ 33.752
8th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Clean - Petronas	+ 35.431

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 12, 2004 and covered a distance of 53 laps (306.720 km).

Barrichello achieved pole position ahead of Montoya and Michael Schumacher. In the race, the tire choice was crucial due to the initially very wet conditions. Barrichello started with rain tires and coped much better with the wet road than the competitors who started on dry tires. Michael Schumacher spun and fell back to 15th place. Panis lost his front wing in close traffic and had to give up.

Four laps later, the track was significantly drier and now the advantages were on the side of the drivers with dry tires, so Barrichello had to make the first pit stop very early, but was ultimately able to win the race.

Barrichello drove the fastest race lap with 1: 21.046 minutes.

Chinese Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 29: 12,420
2	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 1.035
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1.469
4th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 32.510
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	+ 45.193
6th	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 54.791
7th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Clean - Petronas	+1: 05.464
8th	Felipe Massa	Clean Petronas	+1: 20.080

The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai took place on September 26, 2004 and covered a distance of 56 laps (305.256 km).

The race sealed the Brazilian’s second place in the championship with Barrichello’s victory , who persistently fought against Raikkonen's attacks . Michael Schumacher's race to catch up at the start from the pit lane, which had meanwhile taken him to 10th place, literally came to nothing when he lost ten seconds after a collision with Jaguar driver Christian Klien shortly afterwards after a ride off the piste and got stuck behind the slower Jacques Villeneuve after his pit stop . After he finally turned into the pit lane, Schumacher caught up to the top again until a puncture threw him hopelessly backwards. So he had to be content with 12th place and the fastest race lap. Raikkonen, who was supposed to get past Barrichello with a short intermediate stint, was stopped at the end by Button , who was able to keep him in check with a two-stop strategy until the end of the race.

Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 24: 26.9851
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - BMW	+ 14.008
3	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	+ 19.662
4th	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 31.781
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 37.767
6th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 39,302
7th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	+ 55.347
8th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Clean - Petronas	+ 56.276

The Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka took place on October 10, 2004 and covered a distance of 53 laps (307.573 km).

In qualifying, Michael Schumacher took pole position ahead of his brother Ralf . The two of them were able to convert these starting positions into places one and two in the race.

Barrichello and Montoya had a bad starting position with starting positions 15 and 13 respectively, but worked their way forward continuously during the race. Montoya finally reached seventh place, Barrichello was also able to improve forward, but collided with Coulthard in the 38th lap. As a result, both had to end the race with a broken suspension. Shortly before that, Barrichello had completed the fastest race lap with 1: 32.730 minutes.

Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams - BMW	1: 28: 01.451
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 1.022
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 24.099
4th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 48.908
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	+ 49.740
6th	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 50.248
7th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 50.626
8th	Felipe Massa	Clean - Petronas	+1: 02.310

The Brazilian Grand Prix in São Paulo took place on October 24, 2004 and covered a distance of 71 laps (305.909 km).

Montoya achieved his first win of the season in his last race for Williams-BMW and set the fastest race lap with 1: 11.473 minutes. In qualifying, Barrichello had reached pole position ahead of Montoya and Raikkonen. In the race, Barrichello fell back to 3rd place.

After a penalty transfer of ten places due to an unauthorized engine change that became necessary after a serious training accident, Michael Schumacher reached 18th place on the grid and finally placed 7th. Despite the resulting low number of points in the last race of the season, Schumacher closed the season in the driver standings with 148 points with a new record number.

Qualifying duels

driver : driver  Ferrari  Michael sSchumacher 13: 5  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-BMW  Juan Pablo Montoya 8: 4  Ralf Schumacher 2-0  Marc Gené 3: 1  Antonio Pizzonia  McLaren-Mercedes  David Coulthard 6:12  Kimi Raikkonen  Renault  Jarno Trulli 8: 7  Fernando Alonso  Jacques Villeneuve 1: 2  BAR Honda  Jenson Button 11: 7  Takuma Satō  Clean Petronas  Giancarlo Fisichella 11: 7  Felipe Massa

driver : driver  Jaguar Cosworth  Mark Webber 16: 2  Christian Klien  Toyota  Cristiano da Matta 5: 7  Olivier Panis  Ricardo Zonta 1: 3  Jarno Trulli 1-0 1-0  Ricardo Zonta  Jordan Ford  Nick Heidfeld 11: 3  Giorgio Pantano 4-0  Timo Glock  Minardi-Cosworth  Gianmaria Bruni 12: 6  Zsolt Baumgartner

World championship ratings

Drivers' ranking of the 2004 Formula 1 season

The world champion will be the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The eight first-placed drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																			Points
01	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1	1	1	1	DNF	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	12	1	7th	148
02	R. Barrichello	Ferrari	2	4th	2	6th	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	12	2	3	1	1	DNF	3	114
03	J. Button	BAR Honda	6th	3	3	2	8th	2	3	3	DNF	5	4th	2	5	DNF	3	2	3	DNF	85
04th	F. Alonso	Renault	3	7th	6th	4th	4th	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	2	10	3	3	DNF	DNF	4th	5	4th	59
05	J. Montoya	Williams-BMW	5	2	13	3	DNF	4th	8th	DSQ	DSQ	8th	5	5	4th	DNF	5	5	7th	1	58
06th	J. Trulli	Renault	7th	5	4th	5	3	1	4th	DNF	4th	4th	DNF	11	DNF	9	10				46
		Toyota																	11	12	0
07th	K. Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	11	DNF	DNF	5	6th	7th	2	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	3	6th	2	45
08th	T. Satō	BAR Honda	9	15 *	5	16 *	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	11	8th	6th	DNF	4th	6th	4th	6th	34
09	R. Schumacher	Williams-BMW	4th	DNF	7th	7th	6th	10 *	DNF	DSQ	DNF	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	DNF	2	5	24
10	D. Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	8th	6th	DNF	12	10	DNF	DNF	6th	7th	6th	7th	4th	9	7th	6th	9	DNF	11	24
11	G. Fisichella	Clean Petronas	10	11	11	9	7th	DNF	6th	4th	9 *	12	6th	9	8th	5	8th	7th	8th	9	22nd
12	F. Massa	Clean Petronas	DNF	8th	12	10	9	5	9	DNF	DNF	13	9	13	DNF	4th	12	8th	9	8th	12
13	M. Webber	Jaguar Cosworth	DNF	DNF	8th	13	12	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	9	8th	6th	10	DNF	9	10	DNF	DNF	7th
14th	O. Panis	Toyota	13	12	9	11	DNF	8th	11	DSQ	5	15th	DNF	14th	11	8th	DNF	14th	14th		6th
15th	A. Pizzonia	Williams-BMW												7th	7th	DNF	7th				6th
16	C. Klien	Jaguar Cosworth	11	10	14th	14th	DNF	DNF	12	9	DNF	11	14th	10	13	6th	13	DNF	12	14th	3
17th	C. da Matta	Toyota	12	9	10	DNF	13	6th	DNF	DSQ	DNF	14th	13	DNF							3
18th	N. Heidfeld	Jordan Ford	DNF	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	7th	10	8th	DNF	16	15th	DNF	12	11	14th	13	13	DNF	3
19th	T. Glock	Jordan Ford								7th								15th	15th	15th	2
20th	Z. Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	DNF	16	DNF	15th	DNF	9	15th	10	8th	DNF	DNF	16	15th	DNF	15th	16	DNF	16	1
21st	J. Villeneuve	Renault																11	10	10	0
22nd	R. Zonta	Toyota													DNF	10 *	11	DNF		13	0
23	M. Gené	Williams-BMW										10	12								0
24	G. Pantano	Jordan Ford	14th	13	16	DNF	DNF	DNF	13		DNF	17th	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF				0
25th	G. Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	DNF	14th	17th	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	18th	16	17th	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	17th	0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Item	constructor	No.																			Points
01	Ferrari	01	1	1	1	1	1	DNF	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	12	1	7th	262
		02	2	4th	2	6th	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	12	2	3	1	1	DNF	3
02	BAR Honda	09	6th	3	3	2	8th	2	3	3	DNF	5	4th	2	5	DNF	3	2	3	DNF	119
		10	9	15 *	5	16 *	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	11	8th	6th	DNF	4th	6th	4th	6th
03	Renault	07th	7th	5	4th	5	3	1	4th	DNF	4th	4th	DNF	11	DNF	9	10	11	10	10	105
		08th	3	7th	6th	4th	4th	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	2	10	3	3	DNF	DNF	4th	5	4th
04th	Williams-BMW	03	5	2	13	3	DNF	4th	8th	DSQ	DSQ	8th	5	5	4th	DNF	5	5	7th	1	88
		04th	4th	DNF	7th	7th	6th	10 *	DNF	DSQ	DNF	10	12	7th	7th	DNF	7th	DNF	2	5
05	McLaren-Mercedes	05	8th	6th	DNF	12	10	DNF	DNF	6th	7th	6th	7th	4th	9	7th	6th	9	DNF	11	69
		06th	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	11	DNF	DNF	5	6th	7th	2	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	3	6th	2
06th	Clean Petronas	11	10	11	11	9	7th	DNF	6th	4th	9 *	12	6th	9	8th	5	8th	7th	8th	9	34
		12	DNF	8th	12	10	9	5	9	DNF	DNF	13	9	13	DNF	4th	12	8th	9	8th
07th	Jaguar Cosworth	14th	DNF	DNF	8th	13	12	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	9	8th	6th	10	DNF	9	10	DNF	DNF	10
		15th	11	10	14th	14th	DNF	DNF	12	9	DNF	11	14th	10	13	6th	13	DNF	12	14th
08th	Toyota	16	12	9	10	DNF	13	6th	DNF	DSQ	DNF	14th	13	DNF	DNF	10	11	DNF	11	12	9
		17th	13	12	9	11	DNF	8th	11	DSQ	5	15th	DNF	14th	11	8th	DNF	14th	14th	13
09	Jordan Ford	18th	DNF	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	7th	10	8th	DNF	16	15th	DNF	12	11	14th	13	13	DNF	5
		19th	14th	13	16	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	7th	DNF	17th	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	15th	15th	15th
10	Minardi-Cosworth	20th	DNF	14th	17th	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	18th	16	17th	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	17th	1
		21st	DNF	16	DNF	15th	DNF	9	15th	10	8th	DNF	DNF	16	15th	DNF	15th	16	DNF	16

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} "At a glance: rule changes for the 2004 season". Motorsport-Total.com, March 3, 2004, accessed April 1, 2013 . 
2. ↑ racecar-engineering.com: F1 Secrets: Front torque transfer. Racecar Engineering, December 31, 2004, accessed March 28, 2020 . 

Web links

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• Official Formula 1 Website - Results Season 2004 (English)