2004 Japanese Grand Prix

The 2004 Japanese Grand Prix (officially the 2004 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 10 October 2004 at the Suzuka Circuit. It was Race 17 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.

2004 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 17 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 10 October 2004
Official name 2004 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.821 km (3.617 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 308.513 km (191.701 miles)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 204,000[1]
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 1:33.542
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
Time 1:32.730 on lap 30
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Williams-BMW
Third
BAR-Honda
Lap leaders

Report

Background

This was Jarno Trulli's first race with the Toyota team after missing the previous race. This was Olivier Panis's last race as he decided to retire from the race seat. But he stayed with the Toyota team, as the test driver.

Qualifying

All the running on Saturday was cancelled due to Typhoon Ma-on, meaning that both the qualifying sessions were run on Sunday morning. The grid was shaken up due to rain, Ralf Schumacher and Mark Webber taking fortunate grid positions due to being allotted early running in the session.

Race

While Michael Schumacher was not as competitive towards the end of the season as he had been en route to his seventh title, Japan could be seen as normal service resumed, the German winning comfortably from pole. This was his 13th and last win of the season, breaking his own record from 2002 with 11. Ralf was behind him, taking his first podium since breaking his back at Indianapolis. It was the last time the Schumacher brothers finished in 1–2 formation (having done so on four other occasions: 2001 Canadian Grand Prix, 2001 French Grand Prix, 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix, 2003 Canadian Grand Prix).

At Suzuka in 2003 BAR upset the form book with a double points finish – in 2004 this was commonplace, although 11 points was still their biggest haul of the season. Contact between David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello ended the race for both drivers. This was Rubens Barrichello's only DNF of the season. Webber retired in bizarre circumstances – part of the seat had overheated, causing burns to his buttocks.

It was also the last 1-2 finish between German drivers until the 2013 Indian Grand Prix.

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.

Wirdheim and Briscoe could not got to drive any single lap Friday training sessions. Teams confirmed it as a reason for not driving the drivers that they had a limited number of tyres for very wet weather, and were therefore not sufficient for the cars of the third drivers.[3]

ConstructorNoDriver
BAR-Honda 35 United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas -
Jaguar-Cosworth 37 Sweden Björn Wirdheim
Toyota 38 Australia Ryan Briscoe
Jordan-Ford 39 Netherlands Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth 40 Belgium Bas Leinders

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Sunday morning due to weather conditions on Saturday.

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid
1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:38.397 1:33.542 — 1
2 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:38.864 1:34.032 +0.490 2
3 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:39.170 1:34.571 +1.029 3
4 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:40.135 1:34.897 +1.355 4
5 9 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:41.423 1:35.157 +1.615 5
6 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:37.716 1:35.213 +1.671 6
7 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 1:40.151 1:36.136 +2.594 7
8 5 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.126 1:36.156 +2.614 8
9 7 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Renault 1:41.857 1:36.274 +2.732 9
10 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota 1:40.029 1:36.420 +2.878 10
11 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:42.056 1:36.663 +3.121 11
12 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.517 1:36.820 +3.278 12
13 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:44.370 1:37.653 +4.111 13
14 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 1:42.054 1:38.258 +4.716 14
15 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:41.001 1:38.637 +5.095 15
16 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 1:42.434 1:41.953 +8.411 16
17 19 Germany Timo Glock Jordan-Ford 1:43.682 1:43.533 +9.991 17
18 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 1:45.415 1:48.069 +14.527 18
19 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:41.707 No time 19
20 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth No time No time 20
Source:[4]

Race
PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 53 1:24:26.985 1 10
2 4 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW M 53 +14.098 2 8
3 9 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 53 +19.662 5 6
4 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 53 +31.781 4 5
5 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault M 53 +37.767 11 4
6 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 53 +39.362 12 3
7 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW M 53 +55.347 13 2
8 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas B 53 +56.276 7 1
9 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas B 53 +1:29.656 19  
10 7 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Renault M 52 +1 Lap 9  
11 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota M 52 +1 Lap 6  
12 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth M 52 +1 Lap 14  
13 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford B 52 +1 Lap 16  
14 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota M 51 +2 Laps 10  
15 19 Germany Timo Glock Jordan-Ford B 51 +2 Laps 17  
16 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth B 50 +3 Laps 18  
Ret 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth B 41 Spin PL  
Ret 5 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes M 38 Collision 8  
Ret 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 38 Collision 15  
Ret 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth M 20 Overheating 3  
Source:[5]
  • Baumgartner started the race from the pitlane.

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

References
  1. "Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. "2004 FORMULA 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix - Race". Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. "Practice 2 Report - Schumacher tops list in rain soaked day". Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  4. "2004 Japanese Grand Prix - Qualifying Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. "2004 Japanese Grand Prix - Race Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. "Japan 2004 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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