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2004 Chinese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitShanghai, 56 laps
Round16 of 18
Race numbers

The 2004 Chinese Grand Prix was the:

  • 729th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship Chinese Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Shanghai
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari561hr 29m 12.420s10
2+1(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda56+1.035s8
3-1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes56+1.469s6
4+2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault56+32.510s5
5+5(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW56+45.193s4
6+12(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda56+54.791s3
7 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas56+1m 05.464s2
8-4(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas56+1m 20.080s1
9 (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes56+1m 20.619s 
10+1(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth55+1 lap 
11+1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveRenault55+1 lap 
12PL(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari55+1 lap 
13+1(DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford55+1 lap 
14-6(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota55+1 lap 
15+1(DEU) Timo GlockJordan-Ford55+1 lap 
16+3(HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth53+3 laps 
R (ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth38DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW37DNF 
R (BRA) Ricardo ZontaToyota35DNF 
R (AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth11DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari
2 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes
3 (GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda
4 (BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas
5 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW
6 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault
7 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas
8 (FRA) Olivier PanisToyota
9 (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
10 (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW
11 (AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth
12 (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveRenault
13 (BRA) Ricardo ZontaToyota
14 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford
15 (AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth
16 (DEU) Timo GlockJordan-Ford
17 (ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth
18-10(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda
19-10(HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth
20   
Started from the pit lane
  (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari

Notes

  • Both Takuma Sato and Zsolt Baumgartner received 10-place grid penalties for engine changes.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:34.012 
2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:34.1780.166
3(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:34.2950.283
4(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:34.7590.747
5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:34.8910.879
6(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:34.9170.905
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas1:34.9510.939
8(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:34.9750.963
9(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:34.9930.981
10(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:35.0291.017
11(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:35.2451.233
12(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:35.2861.274
13(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveRenault1:35.3841.372
14(BRA) Ricardo ZontaToyota1:35.4101.398
15(DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford1:36.5072.495
16(AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth1:36.5352.523
17(DEU) Timo GlockJordan-Ford1:37.1403.128
18(HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth1:40.2406.228
19(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari– 
20(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(AUS) Ryan BriscoeToyota
(GBR) Anthony DavidsonBAR-Honda
(NLD) Robert DoornbosJordan-Ford
(BEL) Bas LeindersMinardi-Cosworth
(SWE) Bjorn WirdheimJaguar-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher136
2(BRA) Rubens Barrichello108
3(GBR) Jenson Button79
4(ESP) Fernando Alonso50
5(ITA) Jarno Trulli46
6(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya46
7(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen34
8(JPN) Takuma Sato26
9(GBR) David Coulthard24
10(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella21
11(DEU) Ralf Schumacher12
12(BRA) Felipe Massa11
13(AUS) Mark Webber7
14(FRA) Olivier Panis6
15(BRA) Antonio Pizzonia6
16(AUT) Christian Klien3
17(BRA) Cristiano da Matta3
18(DEU) Nick Heidfeld3
19(DEU) Timo Glock2
20(HUN) Zsolt Baumgartner1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari244
2BAR-Honda105
3Renault96
4Williams-BMW64
5McLaren-Mercedes58
6Sauber-Petronas32
7Jaguar-Cosworth10
8Toyota9
9Jordan-Ford5
10Minardi-Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
9th for Rubens Barrichello (last win until 2009; last for Ferrari)
181st for Ferrari
Podiums
56th for Rubens Barrichello
17th for Kimi Raikkonen
9th for Jenson Button
551st for Ferrari
366th for McLaren
12th for BAR
Poles
12th for Rubens Barrichello
176th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
66th for Michael Schumacher
180th for Ferrari
Front row starts
28th for Rubens Barrichello
7th for Kimi Raikkonen
Pole & win
5th and last for Rubens Barrichello