2004 European Grand Prix

F1 European Germany 30 May 2004 2004 Monaco Grand Prix 2004 Canadian Grand Prix Nürburgring - Grand-Prix Stecke.svg The Nürburgring 7 18 2004 Formula 1 Allianz Grand Prix of Europe Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 3.2 5.148 60 192 308.88 Cloudy at start, sunny later Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:28.351 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:29.468 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Germany Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Brazil Jenson Button BAR-Honda UK EUR The 2004 European Grand Prix (officially the 2004 Formula 1 Allianz Grand Prix of Europe)2004 FORMULA 1 Allianz Grand Prix of Europe - Race https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/759/europe/race-result.html 2 January 2021 was a Formula One motor race held on 30 May 2004 at the Nürburgring. It was Race 7 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. 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 Report Background Michael Schumacher in the drivers' championship with twelve points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and with 18 points ahead of Jenson Button. In the constructors' championship, Ferrari led Renault with 36 points and BAR-Honda with 48 points. Earlier in the week, Williams announced important changes to its technical organization chart. After 26 years, in fact, Patrick Head left the position of technical director, being replaced by Sam Michael, previously responsible for track operations. The replacement was also due to growing tensions between the English team and the BMW engine engineer, dissatisfied with the negative results in the first part of the season.Williams Confirm Technical Team Reshuffle https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/williams-confirm-technical-team-reshuffle-5065922/5065922/ 10 December 2023 Autosport.comWilliams reshuffle https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/williams-reshuffle-5010657/5010657/ 10 December 2023 Autosport.com Qualifying Michael Schumacher dominated qualifying and obtained his fifth pole position of the season with an advantage of more than six tenths over the second best time, set by Sato. Sato broke the overall lap record with a time of 1:27.691 in the first qualifying session, and also took his first front row start.2004 FORMULA 1 Allianz Grand Prix of Europe - QUALIFYING 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/759/europe/qualifying-1.html 2020-08-27 Formula 1 - The Official F1 Website en Race At the start, Michael Schumacher retained the lead. Behind the German driver, Trulli overtook Sato, who, however, gave the place back to his rival in the first corner. Further back, Montoya was too late when braking for the corner: the Colombian ended up ramming his teammate Ralf Schumacher, who in turn hit da Matta's Toyota. The latter and the German driver had to abandon the race, while Montoya returned to the pits with a damaged front wing and rejoined the race in last place. A few corners after the start, Sato braked and Trulli took the opportunity to take second place. However, the Japanese didn't give up and continued to have a heated duel with Trulli, in which he ultimately got the upper hand and Trulli lost places. At the end of the first lap, Michael Schumacher crossed the finish line ahead of Räikkönen, Alonso, Sato, Barrichello, Button and Trulli. The German Ferrari driver was significantly faster than Räikkönen, on whom he gained almost two seconds per lap. The Finn acted as a blocker against the chasing group, which was significantly faster, but could not overtake him and thus fell significantly behind Michael Schumacher. Michael Schumacher opened the first series of pit stops on the 8th lap. A lap later, Räikkönen also refueled, and shortly after leaving the pits he parked his McLaren at the side of the track with a broken engine. In the following laps, all drivers made their first stop, with the exception of Barrichello, Coulthard and Fisichella, who started with a two-stop strategy. The Brazilian then led for a few laps before refueling on lap 16. The last driver to make his first stop was Fisichella on lap 24. Michael Schumacher continued to lead the race ahead of Sato, Barrichello, Button, Trulli, Alonso and Webber. Further back, Montoya struggled to recover from the first lap accident, while Coulthard retired after having to retire with engine failure like his teammate. The second set of stops allowed Barrichello to overtake Sato; Behind the Japanese were Button, Trulli, Alonso and Webber. Virtually nothing happened until lap 42, when Alonso opened the third and final series of pit stops. Barrichello overtook Sato again, but the Japanese driver, who had less fuel on board, attacked him on lap 46. Sato's action was unsuccessful and in the end the two came into contact: the BAR driver damaged his front wing, while Barrichello's car suffered no significant damage. Sato returned to the pits to change the nose, but shortly afterwards his car's gearbox gave up. Button moved up to third place. There were no further notable events and Michael Schumacher won the sixth of seven races since the start of the season; Behind him were Barrichello, Button, Trulli, Alonso, Fisichella, Webber and Montoya. Schumacher and Barrichello left the champagne unsprayed after the death of former Fiat chairman Umberto Agnelli, who had died of lymphatic cancer aged 69 on 27 May.Schumacher Dedicates Win to Umberto Agnelli https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/schumacher-dedicates-win-to-umberto-agnelli-5066005/5066005/ 20 October 2021 Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari1:28.278 1:28.351 — 1 2 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda1:27.691 1:28.986 +0.635 2 3 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault1:29.905 1:29.135 +0.784 3 4 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes1:28.897 1:29.137 +0.786 4 5 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda1:28.816 1:29.245 +0.894 5 6 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault1:29.069 1:29.313 +0.962 6 7 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari1:29.014 1:29.353 +1.002 7 8 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW1:29.092 1:29.354 +1.003 8 9 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW1:28.655 1:29.459 +1.108 9 10 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota1:29.243 1:29.697 +1.346 10 11 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota1:29.272 1:29.706 +1.355 11 12 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth1:30.933 1:31.431 +3.080 12 13 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford1:32.216 1:31.604 +3.253 13 14 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth1:30.579 1:31.7971 1 +3.446 14 15 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford1:31.928 1:31.979 +3.628 15 16 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas1:31.879 1:31.982 +3.631 16 17 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth1:33.061 1:34.398 +6.047 172 2 18 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes1:28.717 No time4 4 202 2 19 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas1:29.327 No time5 5 182 2 20 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth1:33.077 1:34.0223 3 +5.671 192 2Source:2004 Grand Prix of Europe - Saturday Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/720/5833/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130824064737/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/720/5833/ 24 August 2013 Notes 1 1 – Mark Webber initially set a lap time of (1:30.797), but received a one-second time penalty for ignoring yellow flags in practice. 2 2 – Zsolt Baumgartner, David Coulthard, Giancarlo Fisichella and Gianmaria Bruni received a 10-place grid penalty for engine changes. 3 3 – Gianmaria Bruni had his time set (1:34.022) canceled for leaving the pits with the red light on. 4 4 – David Coulthard did not get time in Q2 due to gearbox problems. 5 5 – Giancarlo Fisichella did not set a time in the second section to save fuel and tyres. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 60 1:32:35.101 1 10 2 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 60 +17.989 7 8 3 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda Michelin 60 +22.533 5 6 4 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 60 +53.673 3 5 5 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 60 +1:00.987 6 4 6 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 60 +1:13.448 18 3 7 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 60 +1:16.206 14 2 8 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 59 +1 Lap 8 1 9 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 59 +1 Lap 16   10 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 59 +1 Lap 13   11 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 59 +1 Lap 10   12 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 59 +1 Lap 12   13 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 58 +2 Laps 15   14 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 57 +3 Laps 19   15 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 57 +3 Laps 17   Ret Retired 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda Michelin 47 Engine 2   Ret Retired 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 25 Engine 20   Ret Retired 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 9 Engine 4   Ret Retired 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Michelin 0 Collision 9   Ret Retired 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota Michelin 0 Collision 11  Source:2004 Grand Prix of Europe - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/720/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141116053316/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/720/ 16 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Driver Points 10px 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 60 10px 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 46 10px 3 UK Jenson Button 38 10px 4 Italy Jarno Trulli 36 10px 1 5 Spain Fernando Alonso 25Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2004/europe/championnat.aspx Europe 2004 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos Position Constructor Points 10px 1 Italy Ferrari 106 10px 2 France Renault 61 10px 3 UK BAR-Honda 46 10px 4 UK Williams-BMW 36 10px 5 Switzerland Sauber-Petronas 10Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2004 Nürburgring F3000 round References 30em European Grand Prix 2004 2004 Monaco Grand Prix 2004 Canadian Grand Prix 2003 European Grand Prix 2005 European Grand Prix 50 20 08 N 6 56 51 E source:kolossus-nowiki title European Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix European Grand Prix European Grand Prix