2004 Brazilian Grand Prix

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2004 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 18 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 24 October 2004
Official name Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2004
Location Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.309 km (2.677 miles)
Distance 71 laps, 305.909 km (190.083 miles)
Weather Dry/Wet
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:10.646
Fastest lap
Driver Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW
Time 1:11.473 on lap 49
Podium
First Williams-BMW
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2004)[1] was a Formula One motor race held on 24 October 2004 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It was Race 18 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. It marked the first time that a GP in Brazil was held at the end of the F1 season.

Friday drivers[edit]

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 United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas -
Jaguar-Cosworth Sweden Björn Wirdheim
Toyota Australia Ryan Briscoe
Jordan-Ford Netherlands Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth Belgium Bas Leinders

Report[edit]

Background[edit]

Ricardo Zonta returned to his home race for the Toyota team, replacing Olivier Panis, who had retired from the sport after the previous race. It was the last race for Gianmaria Bruni and Zsolt Baumgartner and the Jaguar team. It was also the last race in which Sid Watkins took part in the role of medical officer.

Qualifying[edit]

In qualifying, Barrichello also achieved the fastest lap and secured pole position ahead of Montoya and Räikkönen. It was Barrichello's 13th career pole and his last until the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Race[edit]

The race starts with a damp asphalt, most of the riders use intermediate tyres, only Alonso, Villeneuve and Coulthard opt for dry tyres. At the start, Barrichello maintains the lead, but the Brazilian driver is overtaken after a few corners by Räikkönen. Montoya, however, got off to a bad start and was relegated to fourth place. The intermediate tires soon proved to be unsuitable for the track, which began to dry out the first to mount dry tires was Ralf Schumacher, during the 4th lap. Soon, the German pilot is imitated by all the others Alonso thus takes the lead of the race. Meanwhile, Räikkönen and Montoya engage in an intense duel exiting the pit lane, with the Colombian getting the better of his rival. After tire changes, Alonso leads ahead of Montoya, Räikkönen, Ralf Schumacher, Sato, Barrichello, Villeneuve and Coulthard the, Alonso gives up first place to the Montoya at the end of the 18th lap, when he returns to the pits to refuel.

On lap 23, Webber attempts to overtake teammate Klien, who closes the line the two come into contact and the Australian is forced to retire, while Klien returns to the pits to repair his car. At the head of the race, Räikkönen follows Montoya closely, but the Williams driver controls him without any particular problems. Further back, Barrichello tries to recover from Sato. The second series of pit stops brings no changes in position between these four drivers, but allows Alonso to move up to third place, ahead of Ralf Schumacher. On lap 32, however, Sato makes a mistake at the first braking, giving up fifth place to Barrichello. Montoya had a good lead over Räikkönen and was driving a car with more fuel.

The third series of pit stops proved decisive Alonso, the only one among the leading drivers to make two stops, refueled on lap 47, followed in sequence by Ralf Schumacher, Barrichello, Montoya and Michael Schumacher, who returned to the pits at the same time on lap 50. Räikkönen, leading the race, pushes hard to try to overtake his rival when the Finn also made his pit stop, on lap 55, he returned to the track just one second behind Montoya. Behind him, Barrichello prevailed against his direct competitors in the duel for third place. A lot of cars formed behind him, with Alonso a few tenths ahead of Sato, Ralf Schumacher and Michael Schumacher. At the front of the race, Räikkönen tried in vain to put pressure on Montoya, but the Colombian was not distracted and took his first win of the season ahead of Räikkönen, Barrichello, Alonso and Ralf Schumacher, Sato, Michael Schumacher and Massa. For Montoya it was the 4th victory in career and for Williams it was the last victory until the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix. It would be Barrichello's first finish at Interlagos in ten years and his only podium, with third place; his previous finish at the circuit being at the season opening in 1994 (a fourth place).

Classification[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid
1 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:09.822 1:10.646 1
2 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:09.862 1:10.850 +0.204 2
3 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:10.440 1:10.892 +0.246 3
4 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:09.930 1:10.922 +0.276 4
5 9 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:10.607 1:11.092 +0.446 5
6 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:10.373 1:11.120 +0.474 6
7 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:10.258 1:11.131 +0.485 7
8 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:10.192 1:11.386 +0.740 181
9 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:10.637 1:11.454 +0.808 8
10 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:10.478 1:11.483 +0.837 9
11 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 1:10.467 1:11.571 +0.925 10
12 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:11.230 1:11.665 +1.019 11
13 5 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:10.418 1:11.750 +1.104 12
14 7 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Renault 1:10.708 1:11.836 +1.190 13
15 17 Brazil Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1:11.315 1:11.974 +1.328 14
16 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 1:11.912 1:12.211 +1.565 15
17 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 1:11.394 1:12.829 +2.183 16
18 19 Germany Timo Glock Jordan-Ford 1:12.242 1:13.502 +2.856 17
19 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 1:13.032 1:13.550 +2.904 191
20 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 1:12.916 No time 201
Source:[2]
Notes
  • ^1 – Michael Schumacher, Zsolt Baumgartner and Gianmaria Bruni received a 10-place grid penalty for engine changes.

Race[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 71 1:28:01.451 2 10
2 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 71 +1.022 3 8
3 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 71 +24.099 1 6
4 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 71 +48.508 8 5
5 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 71 +49.740 7 4
6 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 71 +50.248 6 3
7 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 71 +50.626 18 2
8 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 71 +1:02.310 4 1
9 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 71 +1:03.842 10
10 7 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Renault 70 +1 Lap 13
11 5 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1 Lap 12
12 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 70 +1 Lap 9
13 17 Brazil Ricardo Zonta Toyota 70 +1 Lap 14
14 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 69 +2 Laps 15
15 19 Germany Timo Glock Jordan-Ford 69 +2 Laps 17
16 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 67 +4 Laps PL1
17 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 67 +4 Laps PL1
Ret 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 23 Collision 11
Ret 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 15 Clutch 16
Ret 9 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 3 Engine 5
Source:[3]
Notes
  • ^1 – Baumgartner and Bruni started the race from the pitlane.

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • Bold text and an asterisk indicates the World Champions.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FORMULA 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2004 - Race". Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ "2004 Brazilian Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. ^ "2004 Brazilian Grand Prix - Race Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Brazil 2004 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.


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