2004 Monaco Grand Prix

Formula One motor race held in 2004 March 2019 F1 Monaco Monaco Monte Carlo Formula 1 track map.svg 23 May 2004 2004 Spanish Grand Prix 2004 European Grand Prix 6 18 Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2004 Street circuit Circuit de Monaco, La Condamine and Monte Carlo, Monaco 2.07 3.34 77 159.08 257.18 78 161.85 260.52 Dry and sunny Jarno Trulli Renault 1:13.985 Italy Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:14.439 23 (lap record) Germany Jarno Trulli Renault Italy Jenson Button BAR-Honda UK Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Brazil MON The 2004 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2004)https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/758/monaco/race-result.html Monaco Formula1.com 9 November 2021 was a Formula One motor race held on 23 May 2004, at the Circuit de Monaco, contested over 77 laps. It was Race 6 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Renault driver Jarno Trulli; his only victory in Formula One. BAR driver, Jenson Button finished in second position, one second behind Trulli and Rubens Barrichello took the third and final podium spot for Ferrari. In fine conditions Trulli beat Button to the first corner off the grid, and the fast starting Takuma Sato beat Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher to fourth place before retiring at the end of the second lap. On lap three the safety car was deployed due to a collision between David Coulthard and Giancarlo Fisichella, with the race resuming on lap seven. The two Renault drivers, Trulli and Fernando Alonso remained close together at the front of the race until the pit stops which briefly saw Michael Schumacher lead the race. Alonso retired after crashing trying to lap Ralf Schumacher, and a second safety car period ensued. After briefly leading, Michael Schumacher retired behind the safety car following a collision with Juan Pablo Montoya, who subsequently finished fourth. Schumacher's retirement elevated Button to second, and Trulli to the lead. Button subsequently reduced Trulli's lead, and the pair raced closely until the finish. The race was Trulli's sole victory of his F1 career. The retirement of Michael Schumacher, the defending Drivers' Champion, brought to an end his run of five successive victories from the inaugural race of the season. Despite his retirement, Schumacher departed Monaco as the points leader, ahead of Barrichello and Button. Trulli's victory placed him ten points ahead of his teammate Alonso. Ferrari maintained their lead in the Constructors' Championship, 36 points ahead of Renault and 48 ahead of BAR, with 12 races of the season remaining. Report Practice and qualifying thumb|Michael Schumacher during free practice Four practice sessions were held before the qualifying session, two on the Thursday before the race, and two on Saturday morning before the qualifying session.Monaco GP -Preview Grandprix.com 19 May 2004 http://www.grandprix.com/race/r719preview.html 1 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213817/http://www.grandprix.com/race/r719preview.html 4 October 2013 dead The driver's championship leader, the Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher, was fastest in all four practice sessions, and in the final session set a record lap time for the Monaco circuit, of 1:14.014. Schumacher's record time was set in response to a fast lap time from Jarno Trulli.Practice 4: Michael Again Autosport 22 May 2004 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/27353 The Jaguar driver Mark Webber suffered an engine failure in the final practice session, and for changing his engine suffered an automatic 10 place grid penalty for the subsequent qualifying session, a penalty also suffered by Ralf Schumacher, for an engine failure in the first practice session. The Bridgestone tyres used by Schumacher were inferior to the Michelin tyres used by the Renault, BAR and Williams teams at the Monaco weekend. In the weeks before the Monaco race Bridgestone had worked with the Ferrari team on tyres that could perform a fast single lap during qualifying and the opening laps of the race. Schumacher had set his fast practice times on soft tyres, but after his tyres had struggled on a slippery track, Schumacher and the other Bridgestone teams returned to hard tyres. Qualifying thumb|right|Michael Schumacher and Takuma Sato, in qualifying, en route to setting the fifth and eighth best times respectively Michael Schumacher had won pole at four of the last five races.Trulli Knocks Schumacher off Pole Maurice Hamilton The Guardian 23 May 2004 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/may/23/formulaone.formulaone2004 In recent years the Monaco Grand Prix had rarely been won from pole position, the last winner from pole before 2004 had been Mika Häkkinen at the 1998 Monaco Grand Prix and Michael Schumacher at the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix. The first four fastest times in qualifying were set by cars with Michelin tyres.Trulli Takes Pole in Monaco Autosport 22 May 2004 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/27356 The Sauber team decided to use the soft Bridgestone tyre and their performance had suffered, with their drivers qualifying 10th and 16th. Renault driver Jarno Trulli set his pole time of 1m13.985s, it was the fastest ever recorded around the Monaco circuit, and was the first pole position of his career. His time was 0.411 faster than the next driver. Trulli Puts Amazing Lap for Pole – Monaco GP Gary Emmerson Autosport 22 May 2004 http://www.autosport.com/news/atlasf1-report.php/id/13323/ Trulli had previously started on the front row at Monaco in 2000. Of his first pole Trulli said that "I'm pretty impressed over my lap time because I couldn't believe I lapped under the 14s...I put in a very impressive lap. In Monaco, being on pole, which is something I have chased for such a long time, I'm so pleased." BAR driver Jenson Button started the race alongside Trulli on the front row, although Williams driver Ralf Schumacher had qualified second, he was demoted to twelfth for changing his engine. Ralf Schumacher had qualified on pole at Monaco at the previous year's race. Trulli's Renault teammate Fernando Alonso qualified third, with Michael Schumacher eventually qualified fifth. Michael Schumacher was moved to fourth following his brother Ralf's demotion. Takuma Sato qualified seventh after a fast time in the first sector of the circuit, but a driving error damaged his chances of a quick lap. "...Where we will end up from our situation is the big question. Monaco is a long race, it's not optimum where we start from, we're not very happy about that, but what can you do?" Michael Schumacher, following the qualifying session. 28% left Following the qualifying session, a mini-bus carrying the session's three fastest drivers was hit by a car. No one was hurt in the incident. Trulli described the accident as "...a big surprise...Maybe they thought we had not taken enough risks already on the track. But I don't think so. Not during qualifying in Monte Carlo." Race The race began with Trulli on pole and BAR's Jenson Button behind; Renault's Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher occupied the second row. After two aborted starts (Olivier Panis stalled his Toyota and Trulli's Renault leaked coolant onto the track) the parade lap began; Panis stalled again and started the race from the pits. As the race began, BAR's Takuma Sato made an excellent start, moving from eighth to fourth in seconds. Presently Sato's engine began smoking; on the third lap, it exploded spectacularly and released an enormous cloud of smoke, in which Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella collided with McLaren’s David Coulthard and overturned. Both drivers were unhurt but out of the race, as was Sato. Out came the yellow flags, and the race proceeded under the safety car until the eighth lap, at which point Alonso fought Trulli for the lead, followed by Button. When the race restarted, Juan Pablo Montoya moved past Rubens Barrichello to take sixth position, and Trulli set three consecutive fastest laps, but was only able to increase his lead to 1.2 seconds over Alonso. The leaders began their first pit stops on lap 18, and by Michael Schumacher's stop on lap 26, Trulli led from Alonso, with Schumacher now in third ahead of both Kimi Räikkönen and Button. On lap 28, Räikkönen retired with mechanical troubles, joining Jaguar's Christian Klien and Mark Webber, as well as Jordan's Giorgio Pantano and Minardi's Gianmaria Bruni on the sidelines. "...I've been waiting so long to win and it came at the best race in Monaco...In the end I just took no risks. I was just doing what I had to do and just responding to the lap times and there was no point taking any risks. Everything was under control...It has been a faultless weekend and it is the best way to win – being on top all weekend" Jarno Trulli, following his victory in the race. Trulli Savours 'Amazing' First GP Win Autosport 23 May 2004 http://www.autosport.com/news/atlasf1-report.php/id/13348/ 28% right In an attempt to lap Ralf Schumacher, who was down in 11th position, Alonso tried to pass him offline around the outside in the tunnel and crashed heavily. Alonso was enraged by this incident, and publicly accused Ralf of dangerous driving. The safety car was immediately deployed, and all of the front-runners (except Michael Schumacher and Montoya) took the opportunity to pit. While following the safety car, Schumacher locked his left front tyre in the tunnel in an apparent attempt to generate heat in his brake pads and discs ahead of the restart. Montoya, directly behind, moved to the inside trying to avoid running into the back of Schumacher. However, as Schumacher continued there was no space between his car and the barrier for Montoya's and he clipped Montoya's left front tyre with his right rear, spun sideways and hit the barriers. This accident ended Schumacher's hopes for a sixth consecutive victory and a perfect season. Upon investigations, the stewards declined to apportion blame to either driver.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/may/24/formulaone.formulaone20041 Monaco grand prix: Schumacher's run ends in farce and fury Alan Henry 24 May 2004 the Guardian 17 September 2018https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/schumacher-and-montoya-cleared/154129/ Schumacher and Montoya cleared motorsport.com 17 September 2018 16 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202219/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/schumacher-and-montoya-cleared/154129/ deadhttps://www.crash.net/f1/news/48895/1/stewards-take-no-action-in-montoya-schu-shunt Stewards take no action in Montoya-Schu shunt 23 May 2004 crash.net 17 September 2018 As the order settled down towards the end of the race, Trulli led from Button, with Barrichello in third. The top three were a lap in front of the rest of the field, and the only drivers with a chance of winning the race. Barrichello needed to pit with 22 laps remaining, and rejoined too far behind the top two in order to make a challenge. From then on, it was a straight fight between Trulli and Button, but the Circuit de Monaco is notoriously the hardest circuit to make a passing move on. Therefore, Button having no chance of passing, Trulli took the win by close to half a second. Following what would turn out to be the only Grand Prix win of his Formula One career, Trulli was left literally speechless during interviews, having teammate Alonso conduct interviews on his behalf.https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/other-sport/2004/05/29/trulli-loses-his-voice-after-monaco-thrills/ Trulli loses voice after Monaco Thrills The Star November 5, 2017 Jaguar unveiled a special Monaco livery to promote the new Ocean's Twelve film. The car's airbox and red-painted nose feature the movie's logo, and the car's nose features a diamond worth $300,000 owned by jewelry brand Steinmetz. Klien crashed into the guardrails at the Loews hairpin on the first lap. When Jaguar personnel arrived at the crash site, the diamond was gone.Superman, Star Wars, and Ocean's Twelve – 5 special Monaco Grand Prix liveries https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.superman-star-wars-and-the-missing-diamond-5-special-monaco-grand-prix.7pcegm7Lmuehn5sfoIHKR7.html 22 September 2022 Formula1.com Thursday drivers The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Thursday. These drivers drove on Thursday but did not compete in qualifying or the race. Constructor Nat Driver BAR-Honda UK Anthony Davidson Sauber-Petronas – Jaguar-Cosworth Sweden Björn Wirdheim Toyota Brazil Ricardo Zonta Jordan-Ford Germany Timo Glock Minardi-Cosworth Belgium Bas Leinders Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid Final grid position 1 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault1:14.993 1:13.985 —1 2 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW1:14.483 1:14.345 +0.360121 1 3 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda1:14.799 1:14.396 +0.4112 4 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault1:14.816 1:14.408 +0.4233 5 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari1:15.927 1:14.516 +0.5314 6 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes1:14.659 1:14.592 +0.6075 7 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari1:15.329 1:14.716 +0.7316 8 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda1:14.931 1:14.827 +0.8427 9 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes1:14.728 1:14.951 +0.9668 10 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW1:15.029 1:15.039 +1.0549 11 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas1:14.814 1:15.352 +1.36710 12 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth1:16.161 1:15.725 +1.74011 13 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota1:15.125 1:15.859 +1.87413 14 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth1:16.379 1:15.919 +1.93414 15 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota1:15.738 1:16.169 +2.18415 16 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas1:15.436 1:16.248 +2.26316 17 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford1:16.914 1:16.488 +2.50317 18 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford1:17.674 1:17.443 +3.45818 19 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth1:20.468 1:20.060 +6.07519 20 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth1:20.740 1:20.115 +6.13020 Sources:http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-results/38/qualifying-1-2004-monaco-formula-1-grand-prix/ Autosport Autosport.com www.gpupdate.net 17 September 20182004 Monaco Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/719/6044/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130925155931/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/719/6044/ 25 September 2013 Notes 1 1 – Ralf Schumacher received a 10 position grid penalty for an engine change on Friday. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 77 1:45:46.601 1 10 2 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda Michelin 77 +0.497 2 8 3 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 77 +1:15.766 6 6 4 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 76 +1 Lap 9 5 5 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 76 +1 Lap 16 4 6 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota Michelin 76 +1 Lap 15 3 7 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 75 +2 Laps 17 2 8 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 74 +3 Laps PL2 2 1 9 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 71 +6 Laps 19   10 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Michelin 69 Gearbox 12   Ret Retired 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 45 Collision damage 4   Ret Retired 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 41 Accident 3   Ret Retired 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 27 Hydraulics 5   Ret Retired 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 15 Gearbox 20   Ret Retired 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 12 Transmission 18   Ret Retired 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 11 Gearbox 11   Ret Retired 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda Michelin 2 Engine 7   Ret Retired 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 2 Collision damage 8   Ret Retired 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 2 Collision 10   Ret Retired 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 0 Accident 14   Sources:Formula 1 Race Results 2004 Monaco https://web.archive.org/web/20121209040625/http://www.f1plus.com/en/results/2004/monaco 2012-12-09 2004 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/719/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141116053504/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/719/ 16 November 2014 Notes 2 2 – Olivier Panis started from the pit lane after he stalled at the start of the parade lap. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Driver Points 10px 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 50 10px 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 38 10px 3 UK Jenson Button 32 10px 1 4 Italy Jarno Trulli 31 10px 1 5 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 23Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2004/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 2004 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Constructor Points 10px 1 Italy Ferrari 88 10px 2 France Renault 52 10px 3 UK BAR-Honda 40 10px 4 UK Williams-BMW 35 10px 1 5 Switzerland Sauber-Petronas 7Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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