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2004 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round17 of 18
Race numbers

The 2004 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 730th World Championship race
  • 20th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 18th World Championship race at Suzuka
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari531hr 24m 26.985s10
2 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW53+14.098s8
3+2(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda53+19.662s6
4 (JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda53+31.781s5
5+6(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault53+37.767s4
6+6(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes53+39.362s3
7+6(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW53+55.347s2
8-1(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas53+56.276s1
9+11(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas53+1m 29.656s 
10-1(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveRenault52+1 lap 
11-5(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota52+1 lap 
12+2(AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth52+1 lap 
13+3(DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford52+1 lap 
14-4(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota51+2 laps 
15+2(DEU) Timo GlockJordan-Ford51+2 laps 
16+2(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth50+3 laps 
R (HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth41DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes38DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari38DNF 
R (AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth20DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:33.542 
2(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:34.0320.490
3(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:34.5711.029
4(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:34.8971.355
5(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:35.1571.615
6(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:35.2131.671
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas1:36.1362.594
8(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:36.1562.614
9(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveRenault1:36.2742.732
10(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:36.4202.878
11(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:36.6633.121
12(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:36.8203.278
13(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:37.6534.111
14(AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth1:38.2584.716
15(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:38.6375.095
16(DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford1:41.9538.411
17(DEU) Timo GlockJordan-Ford1:43.5339.991
18(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth1:48.06914.527
19(HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth– 
20(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas– 

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 Schumacher146
2(BRA) Rubens Barrichello108
3(GBR) Jenson Button85
4(ESP) Fernando Alonso54
5(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya48
6(ITA) Jarno Trulli46
7(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen37
8(JPN) Takuma Sato31
9(GBR) David Coulthard24
10(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella22
11(DEU) Ralf Schumacher20
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
1Ferrari254
2BAR-Honda116
3Renault100
4Williams-BMW74
5McLaren-Mercedes61
6Sauber-Petronas33
7Jaguar-Cosworth10
8Toyota9
9Jordan-Ford5
10Minardi-Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Olivier Panis
Milestone race start
50th for Fernando Alonso (106th driver to start 50 races, 2nd Spanish driver)
100th for BAR (23rd constructor to start 100 races)
50th for Toyota (35th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
83rd for Michael Schumacher
182th for Ferrari
Podiums
137th for Michael Schumacher
24th for Ralf Schumacher (last for Williams)
10th for Jenson Button (62nd driver to score ten podiums, 14th British driver)
552nd for Ferrari
288th for Williams
13th for BAR
Poles
63rd for Michael Schumacher
177th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
15th for Rubens Barrichello (last until 2009; last for Ferrari)
181st for Ferrari
Front row starts
101st for Michael Schumacher
18th for Ralf Schumacher (last for Williams)
Pole & win
37th for Michael Schumacher (last until 2006)