2004 Australian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 7 March 2004
Winner	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Pole position	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Fastest lap	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Circuit	Melbourne, 58 laps
Round	1 of 18
Race numbers	The 2004 Australian Grand Prix was the: 714th World Championship race 20th World Championship Australian Grand Prix 9th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Previous race	2003 Japanese Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	58	1hr 24m 15.757s	10
2		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	58	+13.605s	8
3	+2	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	58	+34.673s	6
4	+4	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	58	+1m 00.423s	5
5	-2	(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	58	+1m 08.536s	4
6	-2	(GBR) Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	58	+1m 10.598s	3
7	+2	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Renault	57	+1 lap	2
8	+4	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+1 lap	1
9	-2	(JPN) Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	57	+1 lap
10	+4	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	57	+1 lap
11	+8	(AUT) Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	56	+2 laps
12	+1	(BRA) Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	56	+2 laps
13	+5	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Toyota	56	+2 laps
14	+2	(ITA) Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	55	+3 laps
R		(BRA) Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	44	DNF
R		(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	43	DNF
NC		(ITA) Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	43	+15 laps
R		(AUS) Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	29	DNF
R		(HUN) Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	13	DNF
R		(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	9	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:24.408
2	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:24.482	0.074
3	(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:24.998	0.590
4	(GBR) Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:24.998	0.590
5	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:25.699	1.291
6	(AUS) Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:25.805	1.397
7	(JPN) Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:25.851	1.443
8	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:25.925	1.517
9	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:26.290	1.882
10	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.297	1.889
11	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:27.065	2.657
12	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.294	2.886
13	(BRA) Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	1:27.823	3.415
14	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	1:27.845	3.437
15	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	1:28.178	3.770
16	(ITA) Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	1:30.140	5.732
17	(HUN) Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	1:30.681	6.273
18	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Toyota	–
19	(AUT) Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	–
20	(ITA) Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	–

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Gianmaria Bruni; Christian Klien (first Austrian driver to start a race since 2000); Giorgio Pantano
Milestone race start: 50th for Kimi Raikkonen (105th driver to start 50 races, 5th Finnish driver)
Wins: 71st for Michael Schumacher; 168th for Ferrari
Race 1-2: 62nd for Ferrari
Podiums: 123rd for Michael Schumacher; 44th for Rubens Barrichello; 5th for Fernando Alonso; 525th & 526th for Ferrari; 47th for Renault
Poles: 56th for Michael Schumacher; 167th for Ferrari
1-2 start: 57th for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 57th for Michael Schumacher; 168th for Ferrari
Front row starts: 90th for Michael Schumacher (1st driver to achieve 90 front row starts, 1st German driver); 22nd for Rubens Barrichello
Pole & win: 30th for Michael Schumacher (1st driver to win 30 races from pole, 1st German driver) NEW RECORD
Win & fastest lap: 36th for Michael Schumacher
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap): 16th for Michael Schumacher