2004 French Grand Prix

F1 France French 4 July 2004 2004 United States Grand Prix 2004 British Grand Prix Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.svg Formula 1 Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 2004 10 18 Magny-Cours, France Permanent racing facility 2.741 4.411Grand Prix de France http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Information/F1/F1_Press_Information/2004/france.html Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 2023-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100915024600/http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Information/F1/F1_Press_Information/2004/france.html 2010-09-15 70 191.746 308.586 Sunny, 28°CKeeble Tom 7 July 2004 The 2004 French GP Review https://www.atlasf1.com/2004/fra/rkeeble.html AtlasF1.com USA 25 July 2025 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:13.698 Spain Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.377 32 (lap record) Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Germany Fernando Alonso Renault Spain Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Brazil FRA The 2004 French Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 2004)https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/762/france/race-result.html FORMULA 1 Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 2004 - Race Formula1.com 29 December 2020 was a Formula One motor race that took place on 4 July 2004 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Nevers, France. It was the tenth round of the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. Famously, championship leader Michael Schumacher employed a four-stop strategy to beat Renault's Fernando Alonso and Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello. Background The event was held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Nevers for the fourteenth time in the circuit's history across the weekend of 2–4 July. The Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2004 Formula One World Championship and the 54th running of the French Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.Grands Prix France https://www.statsf1.com/en/grand-prix-france.aspx 30 July 2025 StatsF1 Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 80 points, 16 points ahead of his teammate Rubens Barrichello in second, and 36 ahead of BAR's Jenson Button in third.Jones Bruce https://archive.org/details/2005fiaformulaon0000jone/ The Official ITV Sport Guide: Grand Prix 2005 Carlton Books 2005 1-84442-578-9 London, England 102–103 Final Results 2004 registration Internet Archive Ferrari, with 142 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Renault with 66 and BAR-Honda with 58 points. Driver changes Williams reserve driver Marc Gené replaced Ralf Schumacher, following the German's back injury at the previous round. He would also drive in the next Grand Prix.30 June 2004 Gene for Magny-Cours, Webber for the rest of the year? https://www.grandprix.com/news/gene-for-magny-cours-webber-for-the-rest-of-the-year.html 30 July 2025 GrandPrix.com Practice Four free practice sessions were held for the event. On Friday it rained, but the first session was unsurprisingly topped by the Ferraris of Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher. The second session, however, saw Toyota's Cristiano da Matta on top, six tenths ahead of Jarno Trulli in the Renault, with Schumacher down in fifth.https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2004/races/762/france/practice/1 FORMULA 1 ™ MOBIL 1 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE 2004 - PRACTICE 1 formula1.com 24 July 2025 On Saturday, the sky was clear and Michael Schumacher topped the third session, ahead of David Coulthard in the McLaren.3 July 2004 Practice 3: Schu sets pace https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/practice-3-schu-sets-pace-5008575/5008575/ 30 July 2025 Autosport The German dropped down to third place in the fourth and final session, behind Coulthard's teammate Kimi Räikkönen and BAR's Jenson Button.3 July 2004 Practice 4: McLaren hits back https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/practice-4-mclaren-hits-back-5008576/5008576/ 30 July 2025 Autosport Friday drivers thumb|Björn Wirdheim driving for Jaguar 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 Nat Driver BAR-Honda UK Anthony Davidson Sauber-Petronas N/A N/A Jaguar-Cosworth SWE Björn Wirdheim Toyota BRA Ricardo Zonta Jordan-Ford GER Timo Glock Minardi-Cosworth BEL Bas Leinders Qualifying Qualifying on Saturday consisted of two sessions. In the first session, drivers went out one by one in the order in which they classified at the previous race. Each driver was allowed to set one lap time. The result determined the running order in the second session: the fastest driver in the first session was allowed to go last in the second session, which usually provided the benefit of a cleaner track. In the second session, drivers were again allowed to set one lap time, which determined the order on the grid for the race on Sunday, with the fastest driver scoring pole position.https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/deciding-the-grid-a-history-of-f1-qualifying-formats.1oh1hemlnZ4x9rt2nff8vn Deciding the grid - A history of F1 qualifying formats formula1.com 25 July 2025 Pos No Driver ConstructorQ1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault1:13.750 1:13.698 — 1 2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari1:13.541 1:13.971 +0.273 2 3 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes1:13.649 1:13.987 +0.289 3 4 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda1:13.772 1:13.995 +0.297 4 5 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault1:13.949 1:14.070 +0.372 5 6 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW1:13.377 1:14.172 +0.474 6 7 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda1:14.130 1:14.240 +0.542 7 8 4 Spain Marc Gené Williams-BMW1:14.133 1:14.275 +0.577 8 9 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes1:13.736 1:14.346 +0.648 9 10 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello FerrariNo time1 1 1:14.478 +0.780 10 11 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota1:14.245 1:14.553 +0.855 11 12 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth1:15.332 1:14.798 +1.100 12 13 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth1:15.205 1:15.065 +1.367 13 14 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota1:14.540 1:15.130 +1.432 14 15 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas1:15.793 1:16.177 +2.479 15 16 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas1:14.627 1:16.200 +2.502 16 17 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford1:16.366 1:16.807 +3.109 17 18 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford1:15.913 1:17.462 +3.764 18 19 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth1:18.070 1:17.913 +4.215 19 20 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth1:18.108 1:18.247 +4.549 20Source:2004 French Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/723/6084/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130824064752/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/723/6084/ 24 August 2013 Notes 1 1 – Rubens Barrichello was left without a time in Q1 due to a hydraulic problem.4 July 2004 Barrichello Laments Qualifying Problems https://www.atlasf1.com/news/2004/jul/report.php/id/13811/.html 29 May 2026 AtlasF1 Race Race report Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher kept their positions at the start, while Jarno Trulli took advantage of a slow-starting David Coulthard and managed to pass Jenson Button to take third position. Schumacher kept with Alonso as they traded fastest laps, until the German pitted on the end of lap 11. The leading Renault managed to continue three more laps and, after his stop, had grown his lead to three seconds.Hughes Mark 2 April 2020 France 2004: How Ferrari stole victory from Renault with a secret 4-stop plan https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/france-2004-how-ferrari-stole-victory-from-renault-with-a-secret-4-stop-plan.7yXeHIzXx8e8JEyBC401ET Formula1.com 25 July 2025 Schumacher stopped for a second time on lap 28 and then set a series of fastest laps, which led to Alonso falling behind him after his stop four laps later. Another stop by the Ferrari on lap 42 was a sign of low fuel levels, which explained his superior pace. After Alonso made his third and final stop on lap 45, he rejoined in second place but never managed to match Schumacher's lap times. The gap had opened up to over 20 seconds by lap 57, when the World Champion pitted for a fourth time and returned to the track, still seven seconds ahead of his nearest rival. Schumacher scored his ninth win of the season. Behind the leading duo, David Coulthard had started third but trouble with the fuel hose on his second stop, dropped him down to eighth, which became sixth at the finish. Jenson Button had started fourth but nearly stalled his engine at the third stop. This left Rubens Barrichello and Jarno Trulli fighting over third place, with the Brazilian getting the upper hand with an audacious overtaking manoeuvre just two corners from the finish line. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 70 1:30:18.133 2 10 2 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 70 +8.329 1 8 3 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 70 +31.622 10 6 4 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 70 +32.082 5 5 5 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda Michelin 70 +32.482 4 4 6 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 70 +35.520 3 3 7 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 70 +36.230 9 2 8 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 70 +43.419 6 1 9 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 70 +52.394 12   10 4 Spain Marc Gené Williams-BMW Michelin 70 +58.166 8   11 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 69 +1 lap 13   12 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 69 +1 lap 15   13 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 69 +1 lap 16   14 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota Michelin 69 +1 lap 11   15 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 68 +2 laps 14   16 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 68 +2 laps 17   17 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 67 +3 laps 18   18 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 65 Gearbox 19   Ret Retired 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 31 Spin 20   Ret Retired 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda Michelin 15 Engine 7  Source:2004 French Grand Prix - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/723/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141116053509/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/723/ 16 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 90 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 68 3 UK Jenson Button 48 4 Italy Jarno Trulli 46 5 Spain Fernando Alonso 33Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2004/france/championnat.aspx France 2004 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 17 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Italy Ferrari 158 2 France Renault 79 3 UK BAR-Honda 62 4 UK Williams-BMW 37 5 UK McLaren-Mercedes 22Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2004 Magny-Cours F3000 round References French Grand Prix 2004 2004 United States Grand Prix 2004 British Grand Prix 2003 French Grand Prix 2005 French Grand Prix 46 51 51 N 3 09 49 E source:kolossus-nowiki title French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Grand Prix Grand Prix