2004 French Grand Prix

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2004 French Grand Prix
Race 10 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One World Championship
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.svg
Race details
Date4 July 2004
Official name Formula 1 Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 2004
Location Magny-Cours, France
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.411 [1] km (2.741 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 308.586 [1] km (191.746 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Renault
Time 1:13.698
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:15.377 on lap 32 (lap record)
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Renault
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 2004 French Grand Prix

The 2004 French Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 2004) [2] was a Formula One motor race held on 4 July 2004 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. It was the 10th race of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. This race has become famous for a 4-stop strategy used by Michael Schumacher to beat Fernando Alonso's Renault. Rubens Barrichello finished third in his Ferrari, having overtaken Jarno Trulli in the last corners of the last lap.

Contents

Friday drivers

The bottom six 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.

ConstructorNatDriver
BAR-Honda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas N/AN/A
Jaguar-Cosworth Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim
Toyota Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Ford Flag of Germany.svg Timo Glock
Minardi-Cosworth Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bas Leinders

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1 TimeQ2 TimeGap
18 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:13.7501:13.698
21 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:13.5411:13.971+0.273
35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.6491:13.987+0.289
49 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:13.7721:13.995+0.297
57 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Renault 1:13.9491:14.070+0.372
63 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:13.3771:14.172+0.474
710 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:14.1301:14.240+0.542
84 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Gené Williams-BMW 1:14.1331:14.275+0.577
96 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.7361:14.346+0.648
102 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari No time1:14.478+0.780
1116 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Toyota 1:14.2451:14.553+0.855
1214 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:15.3321:14.798+1.100
1315 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 1:15.2051:15.065+1.367
1417 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Toyota 1:14.5401:15.130+1.432
1511 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 1:15.7931:16.177+2.479
1612 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:14.6271:16.200+2.502
1718 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 1:16.3661:16.807+3.109
1819 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 1:15.9131:17.462+3.764
1920 Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 1:18.0701:17.913+4.215
2021 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 1:18.1081:18.247+4.549
Source: [3]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 701:30:18.133210
28 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 70+8.32918
32 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 70+31.622106
47 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Renault 70+32.08255
59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda 70+32.48244
65 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 70+35.52033
76 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 70+36.23092
83 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 70+43.41961
914 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 70+52.39412 
104 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Gené Williams-BMW 70+58.1668 
1115 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 69+1 lap13 
1211 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 69+1 lap15 
1312 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 69+1 lap16 
1416 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Toyota 69+1 lap11 
1517 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Toyota 68+2 laps14 
1618 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 68+2 laps17 
1719 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 67+3 laps18 
1820 Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 65Gearbox19 
Ret21 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 31Spin20 
Ret10 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 15Engine7 
Source: [4]

Championship standings after the race

See also

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References

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