2004 Japanese Grand Prix

November 2021 November 2021 F1 Japan Japanese 2004 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix 10 October Circuit Suzuka.png 2004 2004 Chinese Grand Prix 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix 17 18 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan Permanent racing facility 3.608 5.807 53 191.117 307.573 Sunny 204,000https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_japanesegp_mediakit_english.pdf Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 5 October 2022 5 October 2022 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:33.542 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:32.730 30 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda JPN The 2004 Japanese Grand Prix (officially the 2004 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix)2004 FORMULA 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix – Race https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/769/japan/race-result.html 28 December 2020 was a Formula One motor race held on 10 October 2004 at the Suzuka Circuit. It was Race 17 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. Friday drivers The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race. Wirdheim and Briscoe could not got to drive any single lap Friday training sessions. Teams confirmed it as a reason for not driving the drivers that they had a limited number of tyres for very wet weather, and were therefore not sufficient for the cars of the third drivers.Practice 2 Report – Schumacher tops list in rain soaked day https://www.grandprix.com/races/japanese-gp-2004-practice-2-report-schumacher-tops-list-in-rain-soaked-day.html 2 November 2021 Constructor No Driver BAR-Honda 35 UK Anthony Davidson Sauber-Petronas - Jaguar-Cosworth 37 SWE Björn Wirdheim Toyota 38 AUS Ryan Briscoe Jordan-Ford 39 NED Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 40 BEL Bas Leinders Report Background This was Jarno Trulli's first race with the Toyota team after missing the previous race. This was Olivier Panis's last race as he decided to retire from the race seat. But he stayed with the Toyota team, as the test driver. Qualifying All the running on Saturday was cancelled due to Typhoon Ma-on, meaning that both the qualifying sessions were run on Sunday morning. Qualifying took place on a track that was still damp but is drying out; Michael Schumacher took advantage of this and, taking to the track among the last thanks to an excellent performance in the first session, won pole position, with a large advantage over his rivals. Second was Ralf Schumacher, while Webber surprisingly took third place, still a full second behind the pole position time. The two BARs of Sato and Button followed, preceding Trulli, Fisichella, Coulthard and Villeneuve. The difficult conditions of the track put several drivers in difficulty: Alonso, Räikkönen, Montoya and Barrichello made mistakes, relegated to the second half of the grid. Race After some testing plagued by bad weather, the race started in dry conditions and sunshine. At the start, Michael and Ralf Schumacher had no difficulty maintaining the lead. Webber on the other hand, started poorly and was overtaken by Button, Sato and Trulli. Michael Schumacher immediately gained a clear advantage over his opponents. The only one who drove a similar pace was his brother Ralf, who also went into the pits first on the 9th lap. When Michael Schumacher refueled four laps later, he rejoined the track as the leader, ahead of Button (who started with a two-stop strategy and therefore had not yet pitted). The race for first place was practically over. While the BAR duo fought for third place (Sato with a three-stop strategy against Button's), the race is livened up by the comeback of Barrichello, Montoya, Räikkönen and Alonso; Trulli, however, is relegated and, having started with little petrol on board, has to deal with a Toyota that is very difficult to manage with a full tank of fuel. On lap 20, Webber retired for a rather unusual reason: the cockpit of his Jaguar inexplicably overheated to such an extent that the Australian driver suffered minor burns on his thigh. After the first series of stops, Trulli, Montoya, Barrichello and Fisichella gave rise to an intense duel, with the Sauber driver having difficulty with the tyres, having to give way to the Brazilian from Ferrari, but managing to defend himself from the other two until his second refueling, on the 24th lap. Michael Schumacher continued to lead undisturbed and didn't relinquish the lead for one lap. His brother Ralf also had no particular difficulties defending his second place from the two BAR drivers. Coulthard climbs sharply up the overall standings and initially only makes two stops. With around twenty laps to go, the Scot was in fifth place, having refueled for the second time. Behind him, however, Barrichello quickly recovered. On lap 38, the Brazilian attempted an attack, but the McLaren driver came out of the corner and the two subsequently touched each other. The two cars were damaged beyond repair and both had to give up. Alonso moved up to fifth place. Meanwhile, Button prevailed against his teammate in the duel for the podium. Sato got off to a slow start and pain from an old shoulder injury returned during the race and had to go without liquid for much of the race when a water bottle stopped working.https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/sato-battles-shoulder-pain-to-finish-fourth-5067234/5067234/ Sato Battles Shoulder Pain to Finish Fourth Autosport.com 8 December 2023 BAR virtually secured second place in the Constructors' Championship. The team increased its advantage over Renault to 16 points with one race remaining. There were no more surprises in the final laps and Michael Schumacher won ahead of Ralf Schumacher, Button, Sato, Alonso, Räikkönen, Montoya and Fisichella. It was Ferrari's fifteenth victory of the season. In doing so, they equaled the previous record of the McLaren, which won fifteen out of sixteen Grands Prix victories in 1988, and the Ferrari, which won fifteen out of seventeen in 2002. It was the last time the Schumacher brothers finished in 1–2 formation (having done so on four other occasions: 2001 Canadian Grand Prix, 2001 French Grand Prix, 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix, 2003 Canadian Grand Prix). It was also the last 1-2 finish between German drivers until the 2013 Indian Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Qualifying was held on Sunday morning due to weather conditions on Saturday. Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari1:38.397 1:33.542 — 1 2 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW1:38.864 1:34.032 +0.490 2 3 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth1:39.170 1:34.571 +1.029 3 4 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda1:40.135 1:34.897 +1.355 4 5 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda1:41.423 1:35.157 +1.615 5 6 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota1:37.716 1:35.213 +1.671 6 7 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas1:40.151 1:36.136 +2.594 7 8 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes1:41.126 1:36.156 +2.614 8 9 7 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Renault1:41.857 1:36.274 +2.732 9 10 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota1:40.029 1:36.420 +2.878 10 11 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault1:42.056 1:36.663 +3.121 11 12 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes1:41.517 1:36.820 +3.278 12 13 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW1:44.370 1:37.653 +4.111 13 14 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth1:42.054 1:38.258 +4.716 14 15 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari1:41.001 1:38.637 +5.095 15 16 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford1:42.434 1:41.953 +8.411 16 17 19 Germany Timo Glock Jordan-Ford1:43.682 1:43.533 +9.991 17 18 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth1:45.415 1:48.069 +14.527 18 19 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas1:41.707 No time1 1 19 20 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth No time2 2 No time3 3 204 4Source:2004 Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/730/6002/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130824072759/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/730/6002/ 24 August 2013 Notes 1 1 – Felipe Massa did not get a time in Q2 after spinning off the track. 2 2 – Zsolt Baumgartner did not get a time in Q1 after spinning off the track at turn 9. 3 3 – Zsolt Baumgartner did not get a time in Q2 after driving off the track in Q1. 4 4 – Zsolt Baumgartner received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 53 1:24:26.985 1 10 2 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Michelin 53 +14.098 2 8 3 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda Michelin 53 +19.662 5 6 4 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda Michelin 53 +31.781 4 5 5 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 53 +37.767 11 4 6 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 53 +39.362 12 3 7 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 53 +55.347 13 2 8 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 53 +56.276 7 1 9 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 53 +1:29.656 19   10 7 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Renault Michelin 52 +1 Lap 9   11 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota Michelin 52 +1 Lap 6   12 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 52 +1 Lap 14   13 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 52 +1 Lap 16   14 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 51 +2 Laps 10   15 19 Germany Timo Glock Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 51 +2 Laps 17   16 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 50 +3 Laps 18   Ret Retired 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 41 Spin PL4 4   Ret Retired 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 38 Collision 8   Ret Retired 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 38 Collision 15   Ret Retired 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 20 Overheating 3  Source:2004 Japanese Grand Prix – Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/730/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141116053326/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/730/ 16 November 2014 Notes 5 5 – Zsolt Baumgartner started the race from the pitlane. Championship standings after the race Bold text and an asterisk indicates the World Champions. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Germany Michael Schumacher* 146 10px 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 108 10px 3 UK Jenson Button 85 10px 4 Spain Fernando Alonso 54 10px 1 5 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 48Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2004/japon/championnat.aspx Japan 2004 – Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 Italy Ferrari* 254 10px 2 UK BAR-Honda 116 10px 3 France Renault 100 10px 4 UK Williams-BMW 74 10px 5 UK McLaren-Mercedes 61Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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