Motorcycle World Championship 2004

Motorcycle World Championship 2004

MotoGP world champion
Driver:	Valentino Rossi
Team:	Gauloises Yamaha Team
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Dani Pedrosa
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Andrea Dovizioso
Constructor:	Aprilia
<2003 season	2005 season>

The 2004 motorcycle world championship season was the 56th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

16 races were held in all classes.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer 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 top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

MotoGP class (990 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 18	South African GP	Welkom	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi
2	02.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Sete Gibernau	Max Biaggi	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau
3	16.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Sete Gibernau	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau	Max Biaggi
4th	06.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau	Sete Gibernau
5	13.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Marco Melandri	Sete Gibernau	Sete Gibernau
6th	26.06.	74. Dutch TT	Aces	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Marco Melandri	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
7th	04.07.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Makoto Tamada	Max Biaggi	Nicky Hayden	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Makoto Tamada
8th	07/18	68th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Max Biaggi	Alex Barros	Nicky Hayden	Max Biaggi	Alex Barros
9	25.07.	British GP	Donington	Valentino Rossi	Colin Edwards	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi	Colin Edwards
10	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau	Alex Barros
11	05.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Valentino Rossi	Makoto Tamada	Alex Barros	Makoto Tamada	Valentino Rossi
12	19.09.	Japanese GP	Motegi	Makoto Tamada	Valentino Rossi	Shin'ya Nakano	Makoto Tamada	Makoto Tamada
13	02.10.	Qatar GP	Doha	Sete Gibernau	Colin Edwards	Rubén Xaus	Carlos Checa	Colin Edwards
14th	10.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
15th	17.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Valentino Rossi	Sete Gibernau	Loris Capirossi	Sete Gibernau	Loris Capirossi
16	October 31	Valencia GP	Valencia	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Troy Bayliss	Makoto Tamada	Max Biaggi

Driver ranking

1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 304 2 Sete Gibernau Honda 257 3 Max Biaggi Honda 217 4th Alex Barros Honda 165 5 Colin Edwards Honda 157 6th Makoto Tamada Honda 150 7th Carlos Checa Yamaha 117 8th Nicky Hayden Honda 117 9 Loris Capirossi Ducati 117 10 Shin'ya Nakano Kawasaki 83 11 Rubén Xaus Ducati 77 12 Marco Melandri Yamaha 75 13 Norick Abe Yamaha 74 14th Troy Bayliss Ducati 63 15th Alex Hofmann Kawasaki 51

16 John Hopkins Suzuki 45 17th Neil Hodgson Ducati 38 18th Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 37 19th Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 26th 20th Shane Byrne Aprilia 18th 21st Nobuatsu Aoki Proton KR 10 22nd Michel Fabrizio Harris-WCM / Aprilia 8th 23 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 7th 24 Olivier Jacque Moriwaki 5 25th James Haydon Proton KR 4th 26th James Ellison Harris-WCM 3 27 Andrew Pitt Moriwaki 2 28 Kurtis Roberts Proton KR 1 Yōichi Ui Harris-WCM 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	355
2	Yamaha	328
3	Ducati	169
4th	Kawasaki	95
5	Suzuki	73
6th	Aprilia	39
7th	proton	15th
8th	Harris-WCM	12
9	Moriwaki	7th

Team evaluation

1	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	421
2	Telefonica MoviStar Honda MotoGP	414
3	Camel Honda	367
4th	Repsol Honda Team	282
5	Ducati Marlboro Team	188
6th	Fortuna Gauloises Yamaha	149
7th	Kawasaki Racing Team	134
8th	D'Antin MotoGP	115
9	Team Suzuki MotoGP	89
10	MS Aprilia Racing	44
11	Proton Team KR	15th
12	WCM	12

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 18	South African GP	Welkom	Dani Pedrosa	Randy De Puniet	Sebastián Porto	Randy De Puniet	Sebastián Porto
2	02.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Roberto Rolfo	Randy De Puniet	Fonsi Nieto	Sebastián Porto	Roberto Rolfo
3	16.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Dani Pedrosa	Randy De Puniet	Toni Elías	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa
4th	06.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Sebastián Porto	Dani Pedrosa	Manuel Poggiali	Sebastián Porto	Sebastián Porto
5	13.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Randy De Puniet	Dani Pedrosa	Toni Elías	Randy De Puniet	Dani Pedrosa
6th	26.06.	74. Dutch TT	Aces	Sebastián Porto	Dani Pedrosa	Toni Elías	Sebastián Porto	Dani Pedrosa
7th	04.07.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Manuel Poggiali	Dani Pedrosa	Toni Elías	Sebastián Porto	Sebastián Porto
8th	07/18	68th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Dani Pedrosa	Sebastián Porto	Alex De Angelis	Sebastián Porto	Sebastián Porto
9	25.07.	British GP	Donington	Dani Pedrosa	Sebastián Porto	Randy De Puniet	Alex De Angelis	Dani Pedrosa
10	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Sebastián Porto	Randy De Puniet	Dani Pedrosa	Sebastián Porto	Dani Pedrosa
11	05.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Toni Elías	Sebastián Porto	Randy De Puniet	Dani Pedrosa	Toni Elías
12	19.09.	Japanese GP	Motegi	Dani Pedrosa	Toni Elías	Hiroshi Aoyama	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa
13	02.10.	Qatar GP	Doha	Sebastián Porto	Dani Pedrosa	Hiroshi Aoyama	Sebastián Porto	Alex De Angelis
14th	10.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Dani Pedrosa	Sebastián Porto	Toni Elías	Sebastián Porto	Dani Pedrosa
15th	17.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Sebastián Porto	Alex De Angelis	Manuel Poggiali	Sebastián Porto	Sebastián Porto
16	October 31	Valencia GP	Valencia	Dani Pedrosa	Toni Elías	Randy De Puniet	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa

Driver ranking

1 Dani Pedrosa Honda 317 2 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 256 3 Randy De Puniet Aprilia 214 4th Toni Elías Honda 199 5 Alex De Angelis Aprilia 147 6th Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 128 7th Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 124 8th Roberto Rolfo Honda 116 9 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 95 10 Franco Battaini Aprilia 93 11 Anthony West Aprilia 88 12 Alex Debón Honda 82 13 Chaz Davies Aprilia 51 14th Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 42 15th Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 41 16 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 36 17th Héctor Faubel Aprilia 31

18th Alex Baldolini Aprilia 30th 19th Joan Olivé Aprilia 27 20th Jakub Smrž Honda 20th 21st Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 15th 22nd Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 14th 23 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 13 24 Eric Bataille Honda 12 25th Yūki Takahashi Honda 11 26th Shuhei Aoyama Honda 8th 27 David De Gea Honda 8th 28 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 7th 29 Yuzo Fujioka Honda 4th Erwan Nigon Yamaha / Aprilia 4th 31 Tarō Sekiguchi Yamaha 4th 32 Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 3

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	354
2	Aprilia	344
3	Yamaha	44

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 18	South African GP	Welkom	Andrea Dovizioso	Roberto Locatelli	Casey Stoner	Andrea Dovizioso	Roberto Locatelli
2	02.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Marco Simoncelli	Steve Jenkner	Héctor Barberá	Marco Simoncelli	Steve Jenkner
3	16.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Andrea Dovizioso	Roberto Locatelli	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso	Andrea Dovizioso
4th	06.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Roberto Locatelli	Casey Stoner	Héctor Barberá	Steve Jenkner	Pablo Nieto
5	13.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Héctor Barberá	Andrea Dovizioso	Pablo Nieto	Jorge Lorenzo	Héctor Barberá
6th	26.06.	74. Dutch TT	Aces	Jorge Lorenzo	Roberto Locatelli	Casey Stoner	Casey Stoner	Jorge Lorenzo
7th	04.07.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Héctor Barberá	Casey Stoner	Andrea Dovizioso	Héctor Barberá	Héctor Barberá
8th	07/18	68th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Roberto Locatelli	Héctor Barberá	Pablo Nieto	Andrea Dovizioso	Héctor Barberá
9	25.07.	British GP	Donington	Andrea Dovizioso	Álvaro Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso	Álvaro Bautista
10	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso	Roberto Locatelli	Marco Simoncelli	Steve Jenkner
11	05.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Héctor Barberá	Mika Kallio	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso	Héctor Barberá
12	19.09.	Japanese GP	Motegi	Andrea Dovizioso	Fabrizio Lai	Simone Corsi	Andrea Dovizioso	Andrea Dovizioso
13	02.10.	Qatar GP	Doha	Jorge Lorenzo	Andrea Dovizioso	Álvaro Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo
14th	10.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Casey Stoner	Andrea Dovizioso	Álvaro Bautista	Andrea Dovizioso	Casey Stoner
15th	17.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Andrea Dovizioso	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Roberto Locatelli	Andrea Dovizioso
16	October 31	Valencia GP	Valencia	Héctor Barberá	Andrea Dovizioso	Álvaro Bautista	Andrea Dovizioso	Pablo Nieto

Driver ranking

1 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 293 2 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 202 3 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 192 4th Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 179 5 Casey Stoner KTM 145 6th Pablo Nieto Aprilia 138 7th Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 129 8th Steve Jenkner Aprilia 122 9 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 105 10 Mika Kallio KTM 86 11 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 79 12 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 79 13 Simone Corsi Honda 61 14th Julián Simón Honda 60 15th Mattia Pasini Aprilia 54 16 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 53 17th Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 43

18th Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 41 19th Sergio Gadea Aprilia 29 20th Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 29 21st Lukáš Pešek Honda 20th 22nd Yōichi Ui Aprilia 19th 23 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 16 24 Stefano Perugini Gilera 14th 25th Thomas Lüthi Honda 14th 26th Dario Giuseppetti Honda 8th 27 Tomoyoshi Koyama Yamaha 7th 28 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 7th 29  Imre Tóth Aprilia 6th 30th Robbin Harms Honda 5 31 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 2 32  Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 2 33 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 1

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	329
2	Honda	301
3	KTM	204
4th	Derbi	179
5	Gilera	61
6th	Malaguti	43
7th	Yamaha	7th

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 2004 season  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 2004 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)