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2004 United States Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitIndianapolis, 73 laps
Round9 of 18
Race numbers

The 2004 United States Grand Prix was the:

  • 722nd World Championship race
  • 30th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 16th World Championship race at Indianapolis
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari731hr 40m 29.914s10
2-1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari73+2.950s8
3 (JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda73+22.036s6
4+16(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault73+34.544s5
5+3(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota73+37.534s4
6+1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes72+1 lap3
7+5(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes72+1 lap2
8+11(HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth70+3 laps1
9+5(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas65DNF 
R (AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth60DNF 
DQ (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW57DSQ 
R (DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford43DNF 
R (GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda26DNF 
R (BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota17DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW9DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault8DNF 
R (AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth0DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas0DNF 
R (ITA) Giorgio PantanoJordan-Ford0DNF 
R (ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Juan Pablo Montoya was disqualified for abandoning his race car on the grid and jumping into the spare car in the garage with less than 15 seconds before the start of the formation lap.
  • Giancarlo Fisichella ended lap 65 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:10.223 
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:10.4000.177
3(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:10.6010.378
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:10.8200.597
5(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:11.0620.839
6(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:11.1060.883
7(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:11.1370.914
8(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota1:11.1670.944
9(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:11.1850.962
10(AUS) Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:11.2861.063
11(BRA) Cristiano da MattaToyota1:11.6911.468
12(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.0261.803
13(AUT) Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth1:12.1701.947
14(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas1:12.4702.247
15(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:12.7212.498
16(DEU) Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford1:13.1472.924
17(ITA) Giorgio PantanoJordan-Ford1:13.3753.152
18(ITA) Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth1:14.0103.787
19(HUN) Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth1:14.8124.589
20(ITA) Jarno TrulliRenault– 

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 Schumacher80
2(BRA) Rubens Barrichello62
3(GBR) Jenson Button44
4(ITA) Jarno Trulli41
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso25
6(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya24
7(JPN) Takuma Sato14
8(DEU) Ralf Schumacher12
9(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella10
10(GBR) David Coulthard9
11(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen8
12(BRA) Felipe Massa5
13(FRA) Olivier Panis5
14(BRA) Cristiano da Matta3
15(DEU) Nick Heidfeld3
16(AUS) Mark Webber3
17(DEU) Timo Glock2
18(HUN) Zsolt Baumgartner1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari142
2Renault66
3BAR-Honda58
4Williams-BMW36
5McLaren-Mercedes17
6Sauber-Petronas15
7Toyota8
8Jordan-Ford5
9Jaguar-Cosworth3
10Minardi-Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
78th for Michael Schumacher
175th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
67th for Ferrari
Podiums
130th for Michael Schumacher (1st driver to score 130 podiums, 1st German driver)
50th for Rubens Barrichello (9th driver to score 50 podiums, 3rd Brazilian driver)
1st and only for Takuma Sato (186th different podium finisher, 2nd Japanese driver; first Japanese driver to finish on the podium since 1990 and last until 2012)
538th & 539th for Ferrari
9th for BAR
Poles
10th for Rubens Barrichello (26th driver to take ten pole positions, 3rd Brazilian driver)
172nd for Ferrari
1-2 start
59th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
13th for Rubens Barrichello
175th for Ferrari
Front row starts
96th for Michael Schumacher
24th for Rubens Barrichello
Points finishes
1st and only for Zsolt Baumgartner (293rd different point scorer, 1st Hungarian driver)