Formula 1 World Championship 2004
World Champion | |
Driver: | Michael sSchumacher |
Constructor: | Ferrari |
Season dates | |
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Number of races: | 18th |
<2003 season |
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
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 |
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1 | 7th March | Australia | Albert Park Circuit | 307,574 | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | Ferrari |
2 | March 21st | Malaysia | Sepang International Circuit | 310.408 | Michael sSchumacher | Juan Pablo Montoya | Michael sSchumacher | ||
3 | 4. April | Bahrain | Bahrain International Circuit | 308.769 | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | ||
4th | April 25 | San Marino | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 305.606 | Jenson Button | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | ||
5 | May 9 | Spain | Circuit de Catalunya | 305.256 | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | ||
6th | 23. May | Monaco | Circuit de Monaco | 257.180 | Jarno Trulli | Michael sSchumacher | Jarno Trulli | ||
7th | 30th May | Europe | Nürburgring | 308,863 | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | Michael sSchumacher | ||
8th | June 13th | Canada | Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve | 305.270 | Ralf Schumacher | Rubens Barrichello | Michael sSchumacher | ||
9 | 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
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
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World championship ratings
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 | ||||||||||
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space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | ||
Points | 10 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Driver ranking
Item | driver | constructor | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | M. Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7th | 148 |
2 | R. Barrichello | Ferrari | 2 | 4th | 2 | 6th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 3 | 114 |
3 | J. Button | BAR Honda | 6th | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8th | 2 | 3 | 3 | DNF | 5 | 4th | 2 | 5 | DNF | 3 | 2 | 3 | DNF | 85 |
4th | F. Alonso | Renault | 3 | 7th | 6th | 4th | 4th | DNF | 5 | DNF | DNF | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | DNF | DNF | 4th | 5 | 4th | 59 |
5 | J. Montoya | Williams-BMW | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | DNF | 4th | 8th | DSQ | DSQ | 8th | 5 | 5 | 4th | DNF | 5 | 5 | 7th | 1 | 58 |
6th | J. Trulli | Renault | 7th | 5 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4th | DNF | 4th | 4th | DNF | 11 | DNF | 9 | 10 | 46 | |||
Toyota | 11 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
7th | K. Raikkonen | McLaren-Mercedes | DNF | DNF | DNF | 8th | 11 | DNF | DNF | 5 | 6th | 7th | 2 | DNF | DNF | 1 | DNF | 3 | 6th | 2 | 45 |
8th | T. Satō | BAR Honda | 9 | 15 * | 5 | 16 * | 5 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 3 | DNF | 11 | 8th | 6th | DNF | 4th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 34 |
9 | 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 | ||
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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 |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Constructors' championship
Item | constructor | No. | Points | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Ferrari | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7th | 262 |
2 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 6th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 3 | |||
2 | BAR Honda | 9 | 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 | |||
3 | Renault | 7th | 7th | 5 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4th | DNF | 4th | 4th | DNF | 11 | DNF | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 105 |
8th | 3 | 7th | 6th | 4th | 4th | DNF | 5 | DNF | DNF | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | DNF | DNF | 4th | 5 | 4th | |||
4th | Williams-BMW | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | DNF | 4th | 8th | DSQ | DSQ | 8th | 5 | 5 | 4th | DNF | 5 | 5 | 7th | 1 | 88 |
4th | 4th | DNF | 7th | 7th | 6th | 10 * | DNF | DSQ | DNF | 10 | 12 | 7th | 7th | DNF | 7th | DNF | 2 | 5 | |||
5 | McLaren-Mercedes | 5 | 8th | 6th | DNF | 12 | 10 | DNF | DNF | 6th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 9 | 7th | 6th | 9 | DNF | 11 | 69 |
6th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 8th | 11 | DNF | DNF | 5 | 6th | 7th | 2 | DNF | DNF | 1 | DNF | 3 | 6th | 2 | |||
6th | 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 | |||
7th | 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 | |||
8th | 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 | |||
9 | 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 | ||
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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 |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c "At a glance: rule changes for the 2004 season". Motorsport-Total.com, March 3, 2004, accessed April 1, 2013 .
- ↑ racecar-engineering.com: F1 Secrets: Front torque transfer. Racecar Engineering, December 31, 2004, accessed March 28, 2020 .