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2004 Hungarian Grand Prix
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F1 Hungary Hungarian 2004 Hungarian GP https://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2004&gp=Hungarian%20GP&r=1 ChicaneF1 8 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20230520231308/https://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2004&gp=Hungarian%20GP&r=1 20 May 2023 dead2004 Marlboro Hungarian Grand Prix https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2004_Marlboro_Hungarian_Grand_Prix/F/ Racing-Reference 8 June 2022 15 August 2004 2004 German Grand Prix 2004 Belgian Grand Prix Hungaroring.svg The Hungaroring after being modified in 2003. 13 18 Formula 1 Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 2004 Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary2004 Hungarian Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2004-hungarian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 8 June 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.722 4.381 70 190.552 306.663 Warm, dry and sunny, Air: 26 C F, Track 42 C F Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari 1:19.146 Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari 1:19.071 29 Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari Fernando Alonso Spain Renault HUN
The 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 2004)FORMULA 1 Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 2004 - Race https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2004/races/765/hungary/race-result.html 21 December 2020 was a Formula One motor race that took place on 15 August 2004 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the thirteenth round of the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Michael Schumacher of Scuderia Ferrari took pole position for the race and went on to take the race win ahead of teammate Rubens Barrichello and Fernando Alonso of Renault. It was Schumacher's twelfth win of the season and his seventh in succession, equalling Alberto Ascari's record. Ferrari's one-two finish meant that they secured their sixth consecutive Constructors' Championship.
Background
Across the weekend of 13–15 August, the Hungaroring in Mogyoród hosted a Formula One Grand Prix for the nineteenth time in the circuit's history, with it being the nineteenth Hungarian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship as well. It was the thirteenth round of the 2004 Formula One World Championship.Grands Prix Hungary https://www.statsf1.com/en/grand-prix-hungary.aspx 30 July 2025 StatsF1Formula One Calendar 2004 https://motorsportstats.com/series/formula-one/calendar/2004 4 April 2022 Motorsport Stats
Championship standings before the race
Going into the weekend, Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 110 points, ahead of Scuderia Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello on 74 points and BAR's Jenson Button on 65.Championship Classification http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/F1/F1_Classifications/2004.html FIA.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 12 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20041204122935/http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/F1/F1_Classifications/2004.html 4 December 2004 Ferrari were leading the Constructors' Championship with 184 points, from Renault (85 points) and BAR (76).
Driver changes
Cristiano da Matta was dropped by the Toyota team because of his poor performance relative to teammate Olivier Panis. He was replaced by the team's third driver Ricardo Zonta but would stay on to perform marketing work while Toyota test driver Ryan Briscoe assumed Zonta's former position.Da Matta out, Zonta in at Toyota http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/38904 Autosport Haymarket Publications 5 August 2004 9 December 2015
Practice
Four free practice sessions were held for the event.https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2004/races/765/hungary/practice/1 FORMULA 1™ MARLBORO MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2004 - PRACTICE 1 formula1.com 30 July 2025 The first session on Friday was topped by the Ferraris of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, ahead of Anthony Davidson, third driver for BAR.13 August 2004 Prac 1: Schu's opening salvo https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/prac-1-schus-opening-salvo-5006414/5006414/ 30 July 2025 Autosport McLaren's Kimi Räikkönen set the fastest time in the second session, ahead of Michael Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya of Williams.13 August 2004 Prac 2: Kimi strikes back https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/prac-2-kimi-strikes-back-5006388/5006388/ 30 July 2025 Autosport
On Saturday, Schumacher again set the quickest time in the third practice session, ahead of Williams drivers Antônio Pizzonia and Montoya.14 August 2004 Prac 3: Schuey back on top https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/prac-3-schuey-back-on-top-5006312/5006312/ 30 July 2025 Autosport Finally, Jenson Button was fastest in the fourth session in his BAR, ahead of Schumacher and Barrichello.14 August 2004 Prac 4: Button stakes claim https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/prac-4-button-stakes-claim-5006320/5006320/ 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 AUS Ryan Briscoe 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
Despite lower track temperatures and a few drops of the rain, the front of the field saw little surprises. Michael Schumacher scored his seventh pole position of the season and the 62nd of his career, ahead of Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello and over half a second ahead of the BARs of Takuma Sato and Jenson Button.Elizalde Pablo Spain https://www.atlasf1.com/2004/hun/elizalde.html 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix Review AtlasF1.com 18 August 2004 30 July 2025
Pos Position No Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari1:19.107 1:19.146 — 1 2 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari1:18.436 1:19.323 +0.177 2 3 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda1:19.695 1:19.693 +0.547 3 4 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda1:19.878 1:19.700 +0.554 4 5 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault1:20.135 1:19.996 +0.850 5 6 4 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW1:20.019 1:20.170 +1.024 6 7 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW1:19.821 1:20.199 +1.053 7 8 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas1:19.668 1:20.324 +1.178 8 9 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault1:19.879 1:20.411 +1.265 9 10 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes1:20.066 1:20.570 +1.424 10 11 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth1:21.452 1:20.730 +1.584 11 12 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes1:21.192 1:20.897 +1.751 12 13 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota1:20.491 1:21.068 +1.922 13 14 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth1:21.510 1:21.118 +1.972 14 15 16 Brazil Ricardo Zonta Toyota1:20.199 1:21.135 +1.989 15 16 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford1:20.439 1:22.180 +3.034 16 17 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford1:21.187 1:22.356 +3.210 17 18 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth1:24.656 1:24.329 +5.183 18 19 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth1:23.362 1:24.679 +5.533 19 20 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas1:19.658 No time1 1 202 2Source:2004 Hungarian Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/726/5953/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130824064807/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/726/5953/ 24 August 2013
Notes
1 1 – Multiple engine issues during practice, Sauber decided to save the Petronas engine and abort Massa's effort in the second qualifying session.14 August 2004 Massa Frustrated by Engine Failure https://www.atlasf1.com/news/2004/aug/report.php/id/14155/.html 29 May 2026 AtlasF1
2 2 – Felipe Massa received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.Emmerson Gary 14 August 2004 Massa Changes Engine; to Lose 10 Grid Spots https://www.atlasf1.com/news/2004/aug/report.php/id/14151/.html 30 July 2025 AtlasF1
Race
Race report
At the start, Michael Schumacher comfortably kept his lead, while second-starting Rubens Barrichello was under pressure from Fernando Alonso, who had jumped up from fifth position. Both BARs had a slow getaway: Takuma Sato fell down to eighth, Jenson Button to fifth behind Juan Pablo Montoya. Ricardo Zonta's first race for Toyota got off to a rocky start: he was pushed by one of the Jordans and could not avoid hitting the back of Mark Webber's Jaguar. Zonta spun and rejoined in last place. He would later retire from the race.
The Hungaroring's configuration had been altered over the winter, the organisers hoping to create more overtaking opportunities, but the layout still caused the field to spread out and there were very little overtakes. On lap 14, Kimi Räikkönen retired due to mechanical problems for the eighth time this season and on lap 43, the engine on Jarno Trulli's Renault failed. There were no other changes in the points-scoring positions for the remainder of the race. Button pressured Montoya for fourth place but never came closer than three seconds behind. Their respective teammates were fighting over sixth place but never went wheel-to-wheel.
Schumacher scored a dominant victory over Barrichello and Alonso. The German only needed to score two more points than Barrichello to clinch a record-breaking seventh World Championship. The 1-2 finish was enough for Scuderia Ferrari to clinch their sixth consecutive Constructors' Championship.
Race classification
Pos Position No Car number Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone 70 1:35:26.131 1 10 2 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone 70 + 4.696 2 8 3 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin 70 + 44.599 5 6 4 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW Michelin 70 + 1:02.613 7 5 5 9 UK Jenson Button BAR-Honda Michelin 70 + 1:07.439 4 4 6 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda Michelin 69 + 1 Lap 3 3 7 4 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW Michelin 69 + 1 Lap 6 2 8 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 69 + 1 Lap 8 1 9 5 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 69 + 1 Lap 12 10 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 69 + 1 Lap 11 11 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota Michelin 69 + 1 Lap 13 12 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 68 + 2 Laps 16 13 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth Michelin 68 + 2 Laps 14 14 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 66 + 4 Laps 19 15 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone 65 + 5 Laps 18 Ret Retired 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford Bridgestone 48 Gearbox 17 Ret Retired 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault Michelin 41 Engine 9 Ret Retired 16 Brazil Ricardo Zonta Toyota Michelin 31 Electronics 15 Ret Retired 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas Bridgestone 21 Brakes 20 Ret Retired 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin 13 Electrical 10 Source:2004 Hungarian Grand Prix - Race Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/726/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141225230557/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/726/ 25 December 2014
Championship standings after the race
Bold text and an asterisk indicates the World Champions.
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Position Driver Points 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 120 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 82 3 UK Jenson Button 65 4 Italy Jarno Trulli 46 5 Spain Fernando Alonso 45Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2004/hongrie/championnat.aspx Hungary 2004 - Championship www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Position Constructor Points 1 Italy Ferrari* 202 2 France Renault 91 3 UK BAR-Honda 83 4 UK Williams-BMW 54 5 UK McLaren-Mercedes 37Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
2004 Hungaroring F3000 round
References
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External links
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