2004 Italian Grand Prix

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2004 Italian Grand Prix
Race 15 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One World Championship
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Monza track map.svg
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Race details
Date12 September 2004
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2004
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles)
Weather Wet track at the start, dry later on
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:20.089
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
Time 1:21.046 on lap 41 (lap record)
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third BAR-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 2004 Italian Grand Prix

The 2004 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2004) [1] was a Formula One motor race held on 12 September 2004 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. It was Race 15 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Contents

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.

ConstructorNatDriver
BAR-Honda Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas -
Jaguar-Cosworth Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim
Toyota Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Jordan-Ford Flag of Germany.svg Timo Glock
Minardi-Cosworth Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bas Leinders

Report

Background

After the Belgian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher was already crowned driver world champion. He led the drivers' championship unassailably with 40 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 63 points ahead of Jenson Button. After the Hungarian Grand Prix, Ferrari was confirmed as constructors' world champion. They held an unassailable lead in the constructors' championship with 125 points ahead of Renault and 131 points ahead of BAR-Honda.

This race was Scuderia Ferrari's 700th start in a World Championship event as a team. [2] This was the last race for Giorgio Pantano.

Qualifying

In the first qualifying, in which the starting positions for the second qualifying were determined, Montoya achieved the fastest time. Barrichello was fastest in qualifying and secured pole position with a time of 1:20.089 minutes. Montoya came second ahead of Michael Schumacher.

In the first part of qualifying (which did not count towards grid positions), Montoya lapped Monza in his Williams FW26 at an average speed of 262.242 km/h (162.950 mph), which at the time, was the fastest lap recorded at Monza, and the highest average speed over one lap in Formula One. These records would stand until the 2018 edition.

Race

Michael Schumacher finished second, driving for Ferrari. Fale F1 Monza 2004 31.jpg
Michael Schumacher finished second, driving for Ferrari.

The morning of the race was quite rainy and at the time of departure there were still wet parts of the circuit, which made tire selection difficult. At the beginning of the race, Alonso overtakes Barrichello; while Schumacher drops to 15th position after an incident. However, against all odds, Barrichello manages to regain third position after stopping on lap 5 to put on dry tires and Barrichello climbs back into first place.

In the Minardi pit garage, the car of Gianmaria Bruni caught fire after fuel escaped from the hose onto the hot bodywork during a routine pit-stop, and it was put out without any serious injury. Bruni inhaled some of the extinguishant and was having trouble breathing and so the team decided to retire the car. [3]

Montoya's teammate Antônio Pizzonia reached a top speed of 369.9 km/h (229.8 mph), the fastest speed recorded in Formula One at the time (it was to be exceeded by Montoya at the 2005 edition).

Ferrari took a 1–2 in front of the delighted Tifosi, with Rubens Barrichello ahead of teammate Michael Schumacher.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1 TimeQ2 TimeGapGrid
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:20.5521:20.0891
23 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:19.5251:20.620+0.5312
31 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.5281:20.637+0.5483
48 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.3411:20.645+0.5564
510 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:19.7331:20.715+0.6265
69 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:19.8561:20.786+0.6976
76 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.5011:20.877+0.7887
84 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:19.6711:20.888+0.7998
97 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Renault 1:21.0111:21.027+0.9389
105 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.4141:21.049+0.96010
1116 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1:21.8291:21.520+1.43111
1214 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:21.7831:21.602+1.51312
1317 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Toyota 1:22.1691:21.841+1.75213
1415 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 1:22.1141:21.989+1.90014
1511 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 1:20.3571:22.239+2.15015
1612 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:20.5711:22.287+2.19816
1718 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford No time 1 1:22.301+2.21220 2
1819 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 1:23.2641:23.239+3.15017
1921 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 1:25.0821:25.808 3 +4.71919
2020 Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 1:23.9631:24.910+4.82118
Source: [4]
Notes

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 531:15:18.448110
21 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 53+1.34738
39 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda 53+10.19766
410 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 53+15.37055
53 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 53+32.35224
65 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 53+33.439PL 4 3
74 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 53+33.75282
811 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 53+35.431151
914 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 53+56.76112 
107 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Renault 53+1:06.3169 
1116 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta Toyota 53+1:22.53111 
1212 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 52+1 Lap16 
1315 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 52+1 Lap14 
1418 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 52+1 LapPL 4  
1521 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 50+3 Laps19 
Ret8 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 40Spun off4 
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 33Accident17 
Ret20 Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 29Fire18 
Ret6 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 13Overheating7 
Ret17 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Toyota 0Spun off13 
Source: [5]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

See also

Footnotes

    References

    1. "Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2004 – Race". Formula1.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
    2. Privateer Ferrari entry in 1950 French Grand Prix, which is often a source of incorrect count for their races as a team (as opposed to as a manufacturer) doesn't count towards the team's participations.
    3. "Grand Prix Results: Italian GP, 2004". GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
    4. "2004 Italian Grand Prix – Saturday Qualifying Results". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
    5. "2004 Italian Grand Prix – Race Results". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
    6. 1 2 "Italy 2004 – Championship". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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