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Home / Seasons / 2004 F1 World Championship Season / 2004 French Grand Prix

2004 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 July 2004
Winner
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Fernando Alonso
  • Renault
Fastest lap
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
CircuitMagny-Cours, 70 laps
Round10 of 18
Race numbers

The 2004 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 723rd World Championship race
  • 54th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 14th World Championship race at Magny-Cours
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On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Free practice appearances
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari701hr 30m 18.133s10
2-1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault70+8.329s8
3+7(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari70+31.622s6
4+1(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault70+32.082s5
5-1(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda70+32.484s4
6-3(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes70+35.520s3
7+2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes70+36.230s2
8-2(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW70+43.419s1
9+3(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth70+52.394s 
10-2(ESP) Marc GeneWilliams-BMW70+58.166s 
11+2(AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth69+1 lap 
12+3(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas69+1 lap 
13+3(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas69+1 lap 
14-3(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota69+1 lap 
15-1(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota68+2 laps 
16+1(DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford68+2 laps 
17+1(ITA) Giorgio PantanoJordan-Ford67+3 laps 
18+1(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth65DNF 
R (HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth31DNF 
R (JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda15DNF 

Notes

  • Gianmaria Bruni ended lap 66 in P18 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:13.698 
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:13.9710.273
3(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:13.9870.289
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:13.9950.297
5(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault1:14.0700.372
6(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:14.1720.474
7(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:14.2400.542
8(ESP) Marc GeneWilliams-BMW1:14.2750.577
9(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:14.3460.648
10(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:14.4780.780
11(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota1:14.5530.855
12(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:14.7981.100
13(AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth1:15.0651.367
14(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:15.1301.432
15(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas1:16.1772.479
16(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:16.2002.502
17(DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford1:16.8073.109
18(ITA) Giorgio PantanoJordan-Ford1:17.4623.764
19(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth1:17.9134.215
20(HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth1:18.2474.549

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 Schumacher90
2(BRA) Rubens Barrichello68
3(GBR) Jenson Button48
4(ITA) Jarno Trulli46
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso33
6(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya25
7(JPN) Takuma Sato14
8(DEU) Ralf Schumacher12
9(GBR) David Coulthard12
10(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella10
11(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen10
12(BRA) Felipe Massa5
13(FRA) Olivier Panis5
14(BRA) Cristiano da Matta3
15(AUS) Mark Webber3
16(DEU) Nick Heidfeld3
17(DEU) Timo Glock2
18(HUN) Zsolt Baumgartner1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari158
2Renault79
3BAR-Honda62
4Williams-BMW37
5McLaren-Mercedes22
6Sauber-Petronas15
7Toyota8
8Jordan-Ford5
9Jaguar-Cosworth3
10Minardi-Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
150th for Olivier Panis (22nd driver to start 150 races, 4th French driver)
450th for Williams (4th constructor to start 450 races)
Wins
79th for Michael Schumacher
176th for Ferrari
Podiums
131st for Michael Schumacher
51st for Rubens Barrichello
6th for Fernando Alonso
540th & 541st for Ferrari
50th for Renault (11th constructor to score 50 podiums)
Poles
3rd for Fernando Alonso
35th for Renault
Fastest laps
63rd for Michael Schumacher
176th for Ferrari
Front row starts
97th for Michael Schumacher
3rd for Fernando Alonso
Win & fastest lap
41st for Michael Schumacher

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Magny-Cours circuit
  • 2004 World Championship season

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