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2004 European Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitNurburgring, 60 laps
Round7 of 18
Race numbers

The 2004 European Grand Prix was the:

  • 720th World Championship race
  • 14th World Championship European Grand Prix
  • 34th World Championship race at Nurburgring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari601hr 32m 35.101s10
2+5(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari60+17.989s8
3+2(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda60+22.533s6
4-1(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault60+53.673s5
5+1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault60+1m 00.987s4
6+13(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas60+1m 13.448s3
7+7(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth60+1m 16.206s2
8 (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW59+1 lap1
9+7(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas59+1 lap 
10+3(DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford59+1 lap 
11-1(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota59+1 lap 
12 (AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth59+1 lap 
13+2(ITA) Giorgio PantanoJordan-Ford58+2 laps 
14+6(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth57+3 laps 
15+2(HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth57+3 laps 
R (JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda47DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes25DNF 
R (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes9DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW0DNF 
R (BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota0DNF 

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni, and David Coulthard received 10-place grid penalties for engine changes.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:28.351 
2(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:28.9860.635
3(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault1:29.1350.784
4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:29.1370.786
5(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:29.2450.894
6(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:29.3130.962
7(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:29.3531.002
8(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:29.3541.003
9(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:29.4591.108
10(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:29.6971.346
11(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota1:29.7061.355
12(AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth1:31.4313.080
13(DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford1:31.6043.253
14(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:31.7973.446
15(ITA) Giorgio PantanoJordan-Ford1:31.9793.628
16(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:31.9823.631
17(HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth1:34.3986.047
18(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas– 
19(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth– 
20(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes– 

Notes

  • Mark Webber initially set a lap time of 1:30.797, but received a one-second time penalty for ignoring yellow flags in practice.

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Anthony DavidsonBAR-Honda
(DEU) Timo GlockJordan-Ford
(BEL) Bas LeindersMinardi-Cosworth
(SWE) Bjorn WirdheimJaguar-Cosworth
(BRA) Ricardo ZontaToyota

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher60
2(BRA) Rubens Barrichello46
3(GBR) Jenson Button38
4(ITA) Jarno Trulli36
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso25
6(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya24
7(DEU) Ralf Schumacher12
8(JPN) Takuma Sato8
9(BRA) Felipe Massa5
10(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella5
11(GBR) David Coulthard4
12(BRA) Cristiano da Matta3
13(AUS) Mark Webber3
14(DEU) Nick Heidfeld2
15(FRA) Olivier Panis1
16(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari106
2Renault61
3BAR-Honda46
4Williams-BMW36
5Sauber-Petronas10
6McLaren-Mercedes5
7Toyota4
8Jaguar-Cosworth3
9Jordan-Ford2

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for Michael Schumacher (6th driver to start 200 races, 1st German driver)
Wins
76th for Michael Schumacher
173rd for Ferrari
Race 1-2
65th for Ferrari
Podiums
128th for Michael Schumacher
48th for Rubens Barrichello
5th for Jenson Button
534th & 535th for Ferrari
7th for BAR
Poles
60th for Michael Schumacher (2nd driver to take 60 pole positions, 1st German driver)
171st for Ferrari
Fastest laps
62nd for Michael Schumacher
173rd for Ferrari
Front row starts
95th for Michael Schumacher
1st and only for Takuma Sato (133rd different front row starter, 1st Japanese driver; last Japanese front row starter until 2012)
Pole & win
34th for Michael Schumacher
Win & fastest lap
40th for Michael Schumacher (1st driver to win and set the fastest lap in 40 races, 1st German driver)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
19th for Michael Schumacher