2004 Malaysian Grand Prix

September 2014 April 2026 F1 Malaysia Malaysian 2004 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang.svg 21 March 2004 2004 Australian Grand Prix 2004 Bahrain Grand Prix 2 18 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia Permanent race circuit 3.444 5.543 56 192.879 310.408 Dry, light rain at the startAir Temp 34 C 84,010 (Weekend)https://www.racefans.net/2017/02/08/are-tickets-too-dear-attendance-fell-at-some-tracks-in-2016/ Are tickets too dear? Where F1 race attendance fell in 2016 - F1 Fanatic 8 February 2017 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:33.074 Germany Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:34.223 28 Colombia Michael Schumacher Ferrari Germany Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Colombia Jenson Button BAR-Honda Great Britain MAL The 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2004 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix)2004 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix - Race https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/754/malaysia/race-result.html 2 January 2021 was a Formula One motor race held on 21 March 2004 at the Sepang International Circuit. It was Race 2 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Michael Schumacher for Ferrari. This was also the first podium for future World Champion Jenson Button, who finished in 3rd place. 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. Constructor No Driver BAR-Honda 35 UK Anthony Davidson Sauber-Petronas - Jaguar-Cosworth 37 SWE Björn Wirdheim Toyota 38 BRA Ricardo Zonta Jordan-Ford 39 GER Timo Glock Minardi-Cosworth 40 BEL Bas Leinders Race report With all drivers starting on dry tyres, the action started sooner than expected as on the parade lap Kimi Räikkönen spun but was able to retake his grid position. Mark Webber, starting from P2, made a woeful start and slid down the field to be 9th by the 1st lap. Fernando Alonso on the other hand, made a brilliant start from 19th (2nd last) and was up behind Webber in 10th after lap 1. Michael Schumacher led from the start while drivers behind jostled for position. By the second lap, rain started to fall and cars were starting to lose traction on the dry tyres. Jarno Trulli overtook Button but the Brit promptly took the place back again. Alonso barreled past Webber for eighth and closed in on the McLaren of David Coulthard. From the back to a points position within four laps was an outstanding performance from Alonso but it was the best he got all race. By this time Michael Schumacher had already built up quite an advantage, but this was quickly eroded by the hard-charging Juan Pablo Montoya. It was to prove to be just a brief shower as soon the precipitation passed and Schumacher was back on his way. Webber managed to get past Ralf but the Williams retaliated and got ahead again, puncturing the Jaguar's rear right tyre on his way. Takuma Sato spun into the gravel but recovered the BAR smartly and Webber had to pit for a tyre change. To add insult to injury he got a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane and finally compounded his misery by spinning out of the race a few laps later. A string of cars in the midfield were jostling for position, starting with Nick Heidfeld's Jordan in 11th, then Cristiano da Matta's Toyota, the second Jaguar of Christian Klien, Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella and da Matta's teammate Olivier Panis. In the first round of pit stops Heidfeld's fuel rig failed and he had to go out and back in again. He eventually pulled into the pits to retire with a gearbox problem. Trulli got ahead of Coulthard in the first stops and running order at the front, where not much was happening, was Michael, Montoya, Räikkönen. Montoya was falling away from the Ferrari in the second stint of the race but not letting him get too far ahead. Alonso took Coulthard for sixth but then the pair pitted for the second time and the McLaren got out ahead. Alonso swapped to a two-stop strategy but it gave him no advantage and he seemed resigned to staying behind Coulthard, while Trulli, who had been on quite an early charge, also seemed to lose momentum. Ralf's engine unexpectedly gave up midway through the race, the first failure for BMW for 17 races. Felipe Massa, who was having a pretty good race, got held up by a Minardi and did a bit of agitated hand waving as he went by. The gap between Michael and Montoya was holding at around four seconds and Button moved up to third, jumping Räikkönen in the second pit stops. Both of the Finn's stops seemed quite long and eventually he pulled off to the side of the track with a transmission failure. Disappointing for Räikkönen and McLaren as Kimi was showing good pace until then. Panis ducked into the pits only to find no crew ready for him and had to go straight back out. Then next lap he was back in again to serve a drive-through for speeding on his previous effort. Not a good day for Panis, or Toyota in general. Da Matta finished ninth after a fairly anonymous race. In the final laps the BAR crew froze as one of the cars pulled off with an engine failure but it was Sato rather than third placed Button. Bad luck for Sato but the relief that it wasn't his teammate was palpable. Barrichello was gaining ground on Button but with only a few laps to go, he was not in a position to challenge. Michael took the win with Montoya five seconds behind. BAR and Button were by far the happiest of the lot and the Englishman got the biggest cheer from the crowd as he lifted his first trophy on the third step of the podium. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver ConstructorQ1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 1 DEU Michael Schumacher Ferrari1:33.865 1:33.074 — 1 2 14 AUS Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth1:34.016 1:33.715 +0.641 2 3 2 BRA Rubens Barrichello Ferrari1:34.132 1:33.756 +0.682 3 4 3 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW1:34.941 1:34.054 +0.980 4 5 6 FIN Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes1:33.452 1:34.164 +1.090 5 6 9 GBR Jenson Button BAR-Honda1:34.528 1:34.221 +1.147 6 7 4 DEU Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW1:34.777 1:34.235 +1.161 7 8 7 ITA Jarno Trulli Renault1:33.264 1:34.413 +1.339 8 9 5 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes1:34.321 1:34.602 +1.528 9 10 16 BRA Cristiano da Matta Toyota1:35.684 1:34.917 +1.843 10 11 12 BRA Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas1:35.132 1:35.039 +1.965 11 12 11 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas1:34.877 1:35.061 +1.987 12 13 15 AUT Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth1:35.618 1:35.158 +2.084 13 14 17 FRA Olivier Panis Toyota1:35.247 1:35.617 +2.543 14 15 18 DEU Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford1:36.769 1:36.569 +3.495 15 16 20 ITA Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth1:38.729 1:38.577 +5.503 16 17 21 HUN Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth1:39.805 1:39.272 +6.198 17 18 19 ITA Giorgio Pantano5 5 Jordan-Ford No time1 1 1:39.902 +6.828 184 4 19 8 ESP Fernando AlonsoRenault1:33.193 No time2 2 194 4 20 10 JPN Takuma SatoBAR-Honda 1:34.971 No time3 3 204 4Source:2004 Malaysian Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/715/5777/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130824061458/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/715/5777/ 24 August 2013 Notes 1 1 – Giorgio Pantano did not get time in Q1 due to gearbox problems. 2 2 – Fernando Alonso did not get a time in Q2 after spinning off the track at turn 14. 3 3 – Takuma Sato did not get a time in Q2 after spinning off the track at turn 11. 4 4 – Giorgio Pantano, Fernando Alonso and Takuma Sato received a 10-place grid penalty for engine changes. 5 5 – Giorgio Pantano became the first driver to experience the new penalty for using the spare car and as such a different engine during a Grand Prix weekend.http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=148192 Malaysian GP: Jordan Saturday qualifying notes Motorsport.com https://web.archive.org/web/20041026200424/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=148192 24 August 2025 26 October 2004 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 DEU Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 56 1:31:07.490 1 10 2 3 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 56 +5.022 4 8 3 9 GBR Jenson Button BAR-Honda Michelin 56 +11.568 6 6 4 2 BRA Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 56 +13.615 3 5 5 7 ITA Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 56 +37.360 8 4 6 5 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 56 +53.098 9 3 7 8 ESP Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 56 +1:07.877 19 2 8 12 BRA Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 55 +1 Lap 11 1 9 16 BRA Cristiano da Matta Toyota Michelin 55 +1 Lap 10   10 15 AUT Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 55 +1 Lap 13   11 11 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 55 +1 Lap 12   12 17 FRA Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 55 +1 Lap 14   13 19 ITA Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 54 +2 Laps PL6 6   14 20 ITA Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 53 +3 Laps 16   15 10 JPN Takuma Sato BAR-Honda Michelin 52 Engine 20   16 21 HUN Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 52 +4 Laps 17   Ret Retired 6 FIN Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 40 Hydraulics/Engine 5   Ret Retired 18 DEU Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 34 Transmission 15   Ret Retired 4 DEU Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Michelin 27 Engine 7   Ret Retired 14 AUS Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 23 Spun off 2  Source:2004 Malaysian Grand Prix - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/715/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141116053115/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/715/ 16 November 2014 Notes 6 6 – Giorgio Pantano started the race from the pitlane. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Driver Points 10px 1 DEU Michael Schumacher 20 10px 2 BRA Rubens Barrichello 13 10px 2 3 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 12 10px 2 4 GBR Jenson Button 9 10px 2 5 ESP Fernando Alonso 8Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2004/malaisie/championnat.aspx Malaysia 2004 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari 33 10px 2 GBR Williams-BMW 17 10px 3 FRA Renault 14 10px 4 GBR BAR-Honda 9 10px 5 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 4Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. N References Malaysian Grand Prix 2004 2004 Australian Grand Prix 2004 Bahrain Grand Prix 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix 2 45 39 N 101 44 18 E source:kolossus-nowiki title Malaysian Grand Prix Category:Malaysian Grand Prix Grand Prix Malaysian Grand Prix