2004 Bahrain Grand Prix

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2004 Bahrain Grand Prix
Race 3 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One World Championship
Circuit Bahrain 2004 01.svg
Race details
Date4 April 2004
Official name 2004 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Location Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.417 km (3.366 miles)
Distance 57 laps, 308.523 km (191.860 miles)
Weather Warm, dry and overcast
Attendance 68,000 (Weekend) [1]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:30.139
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:30.252 on lap 7 (lap record)
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third BAR-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 2004 Bahrain Grand Prix

The 2004 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially the 2004 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) [2] was a Formula One motor race held on 4 April 2004 at the Bahrain International Circuit. It was Race 3 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was the first Formula One race to be held in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Middle East. The 57-lap race was the third round of the 2004 Formula One season. The race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher. His teammate Rubens Barrichello completed a 1-2 for the team, whilst Jenson Button completed the podium for the BAR team by finishing in third position.

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 35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas -
Jaguar-Cosworth 37 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim
Toyota 38 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Ford 39 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Glock
Minardi-Cosworth 40 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bas Leinders

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1 TimeQ2 TimeGapGrid
11 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:30.7511:30.1391
22 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:31.2831:30.530+0.3912
33 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:30.2471:30.581+0.4423
44 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:29.9681:30.633+0.4944
510 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:31.1351:30.827+0.6885
69 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:31.1311:30.856+0.7176
77 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Renault 1:31.1031:30.971+0.8327
817 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Toyota 1:31.0011:31.686+1.5478
916 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Toyota 1:31.3291:31.717+1.5789
105 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.3641:31.719+1.58010
1111 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 1:31.2031:31.731+1.59211
1215 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 1:31.8681:32.332+2.19312
1312 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:32.1521:32.536+2.39713
1414 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:31.9451:32.625+2.48614
1518 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 1:32.6401:33.506+3.36718 1
1619 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 1:33.5981:34.105+3.96615
178 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:31.0401:34.130+3.99116
1820 Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 1:34.8791:34.584+4.44517
1921 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 1:35.6321:35.787+5.64820 1
206 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.353No time19 1
Source: [3]
Notes

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 571:28:34.875110
22 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 57+1.36728
39 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 57+26.68766
47 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Renault M 57+32.21475
510 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 57+52.46054
68 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault M 57+53.156163
74 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW M 57+58.15542
814 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth M 56+1 Lap141
917 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Toyota M 56+1 Lap8 
1016 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Toyota M 56+1 Lap9 
1111 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas B 56+1 Lap11 
1212 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas B 56+1 Lap13 
133 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW M 56Gearbox3 
1415 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth M 56+1 Lap12 
1518 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford B 56+1 Lap18 
1619 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford B 55+2 Laps15 
1720 Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth B 52+5 LapsPL 1  
Ret5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes M 50Pneumatics10 
Ret21 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth B 44Engine20 
Ret6 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 7Engine19 
Source: [4]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

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2005 Monaco Grand Prix

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