2004 German Grand Prix

F1 Germany German 25 July 2004 2004 British Grand Prix 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix Hockenheim2012.svg Formula 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2004 12 18 HockenheimringHockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Permanent racing facility 2.842 4.574 66 187.582 301.884 67 190.424 306.458 Sunny Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:13.306 Germany Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.780 10 (lap record)lap record N Although Michael Schumacher set a lap time of 1:13.306 in qualifying, Kimi Räikkönen's time of 1:13.780 is recognised as the lap record as it was set under race conditions. Finland Michael Schumacher Ferrari Germany Jenson Button BAR-Honda UK Fernando Alonso Renault Spain GER The 2004 German Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2004)FORMULA 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2004 - Race https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/764/germany/race-result.html 2 January 2021 was a Formula One motor race that took place on 25 July 2004 at the Hockenheimring in Germany. It was the twelfth round of the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. Michael Schumacher of Scuderia Ferrari took pole position for the race and went on to win the race ahead of Jenson Button of BAR and Fernando Alonso of Renault. This was the final Grand Prix for Brazilian driver Cristiano da Matta, and the final time Williams used the 'Walrus nose' on its FW26 racing car. Background The Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany hosted a Formula One Grand Prix for the 28th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 23–25 July. The Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2004 Formula One World Championship and the 52nd running of the German Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.Grands Prix Germany https://www.statsf1.com/en/grand-prix-germany.aspx 30 July 2025 StatsF1 Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 100 points, built up of 10 victories in 11 races. He was 26 points ahead of his teammate Rubens Barrichello in second, and 47 ahead of 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 174 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Renault and BAR-Honda, who were second and third with 79 and 67 points, respectively. Driver changes In the previous two races, Marc Gené had stepped in for Williams driver Ralf Schumacher. Schumacher was still recovering from his back injury at the United States Grand Prix and Gené did not provide the necessary results, so the team decided to promote their other test driver, Antônio Pizzonia, into the race seat.https://www.crash.net/f1/news/49585/1/jpm-gene-was-unlucky JPM: "Gene was unlucky." CRASH.net 31 March 2022 22 July 2004 28 July 2025 Practice Four free practice sessions were held for the event.https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2004/races/764/germany/practice/1 FORMULA 1™ GROSSER MOBIL 1 PREIS VON DEUTSCHLAND 2004 - PRACTICE 1 formula1.com 28 July 2025 The first session on Friday was topped by BAR's third driver Anthony Davidson, followed by Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari and Kimi Räikkönen for McLaren.23 July 2004 Practice 1: Little Ant sets pace https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/practice-1-little-ant-sets-pace-5007422/5007422/ 30 July 2025 Autosport The latter two reached the top of the standings in the second session.23 July 2004 Practice 2: Schu tops Kimi https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/practice-2-schu-tops-kimi-5007411/5007411/ 30 July 2025 Autosport On Saturday, Schumacher again set the quickest time in the third practice session, ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya for Williams and teammate Rubens Barrichello.24 July 2004 Practice 3: Schu in charge https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/practice-3-schu-in-charge-5007304/5007304/ 30 July 2025 Autosport Montoya was second again in the fourth and final session, this time headed by BAR's Jenson Button.24 July 2004 Practice 4: Button goes fastest https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/practice-4-button-goes-fastest-5007280/5007280/ 30 July 2025 Autosport 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 Nat Driver BAR-Honda UK Anthony Davidson Sauber-Petronas - 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 Michael Schumacher scored his sixth pole position of the season, ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya and Jenson Button, to make his 100th start from the front row.https://maxf1.net/en/2004-german-gp-50th-race-for-schumacher-without-failure/ Petric Darjan 2004 German GP – 50th race for Schumacher without mechanical failure MaxF1.net 25 July 2022 28 July 2025 October 2026 InternetArchiveBot Button was demoted 10 places on the grid for replacing the engine after Friday's second practice, so Kimi Räikkönen moved up to the third slot. Toyota brought a new car, the TF104B, but were still working on perfecting their aerodynamic set-up, as demonstrated by their tenth and fifteenth positions. Antônio Pizzonia's first qualifying in a Williams was met with mixed reviews: his time in the first qualifying session would have put him second on the grid, but when it mattered in the second session, he failed to reach higher than eleventh place.Elizalde Pablo Spain https://www.atlasf1.com/2004/ger/elizalde.html 2004 German Grand Prix Review AtlasF1.com 28 July 2004 28 July 2025 Pos No Driver ConstructorQ1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari1:14.042 1:13.306 1 2 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW1:13.391 1:13.668 +0.362 2 3 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda1:13.535 1:13.674 +0.368 131 1 4 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes1:13.842 1:13.690 +0.384 3 5 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes1:13.640 1:13.821 +0.515 4 6 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault1:13.582 1:13.874 +0.568 5 7 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault1:13.737 1:14.134 +0.828 6 8 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari1:14.111 1:14.278 +0.972 7 9 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda1:14.465 1:14.287 +0.981 8 10 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota1:13.641 1:14.368 +1.062 9 11 4 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW1:13.422 1:14.556 +1.250 10 12 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth1:15.093 1:14.802 +1.496 11 13 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth1:15.090 1:15.011 +1.705 12 14 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas1:13.914 1:15.395 +2.089 14 15 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota1:15.119 1:15.454 +2.148 15 16 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas1:13.899 1:15.616 +2.310 16 17 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford1:16.167 1:16.192 +2.886 17 18 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford1:16.538 1:16.310 +3.004 18 19 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth1:17.283 1:18.055 +4.749 19 20 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth1:17.515 1:18.400 +5.094 20Source:2004 German Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/725/5925/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131030082139/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/725/5925/ 30 October 2013 Notes 1 1 – Jenson Button received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.25 July 2004 German Grand Prix Starting Grid https://www.atlasf1.com/news/2004/jul/report.php/id/14043/.html 30 July 2025 AtlasF1 Race The race was held on 25 July 2004 and was due to run for 67 laps, but when Olivier Panis stalled his engine on the grid and the first start had to be aborted, the race was shortened to 66 laps.25 July 2004 Schumacher wins, Button stars http://formula1.com/race/news/1968/725.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040727114217/http://formula1.com/race/news/1968/725.html 27 July 2004 30 July 2025 Formula1.com Race report thumb|Kimi Räikkönen's accident on lap 13 thumb|Fans celebrating on track during the podium ceremony At the start, Michael Schumacher held the lead, but second-starting Juan Pablo Montoya dropped down to eighth place. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso shot up from fifth to second, which meant Kimi Räikkönen went on where he started, in third position. When the field arrived at the hairpin for the first time, Rubens Barrichello tried to pass David Coulthard for fifth place, but left his braking too late, locked his rear wheels and crashed into the back of the McLaren. The Scot continued without losing time, but the Brazilian lost his front wing and was forced to pit, dropping to the back of the field. Alonso was passed by Räikkönen at the hairpin on lap 2, while Montoya began his recovery by overtaking Mark Webber into the same corner mere moments later. Schumacher had opened a gap of three seconds to Räikkönen, but the Finn drew closer to the leader during the first round of pit stops. On lap 13, however, the rear wing collapsed on his McLaren as he was about to turn into the high-speed first corner. His car spun and slammed into the tyre barrier, but the driver escaped unhurt. It was Räikkönen seventh retirement of the season and left Schumacher in the lead with more than ten seconds over Alonso. Montoya had climbed up to fourth position, but his tyres degraded faster than those around him and on lap 21, he went off track and was passed by Jenson Button. The Colombian triggered the second round of pit stops anded rejoined in a distant fifth place. Schumacher and Alonso kept their positions, while Coulthard fell back behind Button and the latter continued his surge during the third round of pit stops by rejoining right behind Alonso and then passing the Renault driver on lap 51. Button was even faster than Schumacher but the championship leader had enough of a lead to cruise to the finish and take another dominant victory. Antônio Pizzonia finished seventh and scored two points on his first outing for Williams. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 66 1:23:54.848 1 10 2 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda Michelin 66 + 8.388 13 8 3 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 66 + 16.351 5 6 4 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 66 + 19.231 4 5 5 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 66 + 23.055 2 4 6 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 66 + 41.108 11 3 7 4 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW Michelin 66 + 41.956 10 2 8 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda Michelin 66 + 46.842 8 1 9 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 66 + 1:07.102 14   10 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 66 + 1:08.578 12   11 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 66 + 1:10.258 6   12 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 66 + 1:13.252 7   13 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 65 + 1 Lap 16   14 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 65 + 1 Lap PL2 2   15 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 63 + 3 Laps 17   16 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 62 + 4 Laps 20   17 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 62 + 4 Laps 19   Ret Retired 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 42 Handling 18   Ret Retired 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota Michelin 38 Puncture 15   Ret Retired 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 13 Rear Wing/Accident 3  Source:2004 German Grand Prix - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/725/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141116053119/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/725/ 16 November 2014 Notes 2 2 – Olivier Panis started the race from the pitlane. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 110 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 74 3 UK Jenson Button 61 4 Italy Jarno Trulli 46 5 Spain Fernando Alonso 39Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2004/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 2004 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Italy Ferrari 184 2 France Renault 85 3 UK BAR-Honda 76 4 UK Williams-BMW 47 5 UK McLaren-Mercedes 37Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2004 Hockenheimring F3000 round Footnotes N References External links German Grand Prix 2004 2004 British Grand Prix 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix 2003 German Grand Prix 2005 German Grand Prix 49 19 40 N 8 33 57 E source:kolossus-nowiki title German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix Grand Prix German Grand Prix