2004 Belgian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 29 August 2004
Winner	Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Jarno Trulli Renault
Fastest lap	Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit	Spa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round	14 of 18
Race numbers	The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix was the: 727th World Championship race 50th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix 38th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps 2004 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+9	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	44	1hr 32m 35.274s	10
2		(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	44	+3.132s	8
3	+3	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	44	+4.371s	6
4	+4	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	44	+12.504s	5
5		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	44	+14.104s	4
6	+7	(AUT) Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	44	+14.614s	3
7	-3	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+17.970s	2
8	+1	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Toyota	44	+18.693s	1
9	-8	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Renault	44	+22.115s
10	+10	(BRA) Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	41	DNF
11	+5	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	40	+4 laps
R		(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	37	DNF
R		(BRA) Antonio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	31	DNF
R		(GBR) Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	29	DNF
R		(HUN) Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	28	DNF
R		(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	11	DNF
R		(AUS) Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	0	DNF
R		(JPN) Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	0	DNF
R		(ITA) Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	0	DNF
R		(ITA) Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	0	DNF

Notes

Ricardo Zonta ended lap 41 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
Fernando Alonso ended lap 11 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:56.232
2	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:56.304	0.072
3	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:56.686	0.454
4	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:57.990	1.758
5	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	1:58.040	1.808
6	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:58.175	1.943
7	(AUS) Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:58.729	2.497
8	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:59.008	2.776
9	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:59.552	3.320
10	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:59.635	3.403
11	(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:59.681	3.449
12	(GBR) Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	2:00.237	4.005
13	(AUT) Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	2:01.246	5.014
14	(BRA) Antonio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	2:01.447	5.215
15	(JPN) Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	2:01.813	5.581
16	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	2:02.645	6.413
17	(ITA) Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	2:02.651	6.419
18	(HUN) Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	2:03.303	7.071
19	(ITA) Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	2:03.833	7.601
20	(BRA) Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	2:03.895	7.663

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: 700th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 700 races)
World Champion: 7th and last title for Michael Schumacher (1st driver to win seven championships, 1st German driver; last German champion until 2010)
Wins: 2nd for Kimi Raikkonen; 138th for McLaren
Podiums: 135th for Michael Schumacher; 54th for Rubens Barrichello; 16th for Kimi Raikkonen; 547th & 548th for Ferrari; 365th for McLaren
Poles: 2nd for Jarno Trulli (last for Renault); 36th for Renault
Fastest laps: 6th for Kimi Raikkonen; 114th for McLaren
Front row starts: 100th for Michael Schumacher (1st driver to achieve 100 front row starts, 1st German driver); 6th for Jarno Trulli (last for Renault)
Points finishes: 100th for David Coulthard; 29th and last for Olivier Panis; 1st for Christian Klien (295th different point scorer, 6th Austrian driver)
Win & fastest lap: 1st for Kimi Raikkonen (59th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 3rd Finnish driver; first Finnish driver to win and set the fastest lap since 2001)