2004 British motorcycle Grand Prix

United Kingdom  2004 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the
2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date25 July 2004
Official nameCinzano British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationDonington Park
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:28.720
Fastest lap
Rider United States Colin Edwards
Time 1:29.973 on lap 8
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second United States Colin Edwards
Third Spain Sete Gibernau
250cc
Pole position
Rider San Marino Alex de Angelis
Time 1:32.430
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Time 1:33.217 on lap 11
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Second Argentina Sebastián Porto
Third France Randy de Puniet
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Time 1:37.211
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:38.263 on lap 8
Podium
First Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Second Spain Álvaro Bautista
Third Spain Jorge Lorenzo

The 2004 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 July 2004 at the Donington Park circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 30 45:30.473 1 25
2 45 United States Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +2.945 5 20
3 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +4.426 2 16
4 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +6.096 6 13
5 12 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +14.711 4 11
6 7 Spain Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 30 +17.110 7 10
7 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +23.313 3 9
8 21 United States John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +28.121 15 8
9 4 Brazil Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +35.380 9 7
10 50 United Kingdom Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +44.468 13 6
11 11 Spain Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +47.490 10 5
12 3 Italy Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 30 +54.004 8 4
13 67 United Kingdom Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +57.378 17 3
14 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 30 +1:07.158 14 2
15 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:15.795 11 1
16 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +1:26.485 18
17 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 29 +1 lap 12
18 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 29 +1 lap 21
19 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 29 +1 lap 20
20 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 29 +1 lap 19
Ret 17 Japan Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 28 Accident 16
Ret 80 United States Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 11 Retirement 22
Ret 35 United Kingdom Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 2 Retirement 23
DNS 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha Did not start
Sources:[4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 27 42:17.705 4 25
2 19 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 27 +6.003 2 20
3 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +11.463 5 16
4 51 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 27 +12.722 1 13
5 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +30.430 9 11
6 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 27 +33.007 8 10
7 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +51.931 13 9
8 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +55.055 11 8
9 73 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 27 +57.422 3 7
10 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +59.456 15 6
11 11 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 27 +1:06.270 14 5
12 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +1:06.566 20 4
13 9 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 27 +1:21.025 21 3
14 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 27 +1:21.800 16 2
15 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 27 +1:29.120 17 1
16 52 Spain José David de Gea Honda 27 +1:32.733 18
17 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:33.155 22
18 17 Germany Klaus Nöhles Honda 26 +1 lap 23
19 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +1 lap 25
20 65 United Kingdom Lee Dickinson Honda 26 +1 lap 27
21 43 Czech Republic Radomil Rous Yamaha 26 +1 lap 28
Ret 12 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24 Retirement 19
Ret 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 13 Retirement 6
Ret 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 3 Accident 10
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 2 Accident 7
Ret 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 2 Accident 12
Ret 36 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 0 Accident 24
DNS 33 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 0 Did not start 29
DNS 64 Sweden Frederik Watz Yamaha 0 Did not start 26
DNS 2 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda Did not start
DNS 40 Italy Max Sabbatani Yamaha Did not start
DNQ 66 United Kingdom Tony Campbell Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ 67 United Kingdom Bruce Dunn Honda Did not qualify
Source:[6]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 41:14.592 1 25
2 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 25 +3.807 9 20
3 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 25 +8.250 6 16
4 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 25 +8.641 3 13
5 24 Italy Simone Corsi Honda 25 +16.706 4 11
6 21 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +16.993 11 10
7 41 Japan Youichi Ui Aprilia 25 +22.120 5 9
8 10 Spain Julián Simón Honda 25 +23.070 8 8
9 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +23.860 15 7
10 42 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia 25 +29.993 23 6
11 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Gilera 25 +30.475 18 5
12 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Honda 25 +30.593 20 4
13 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 25 +40.502 22 3
14 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Gilera 25 +41.140 13 2
15 63 France Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 25 +45.295 16 1
16 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 25 +46.170 24
17 69 Denmark Robbin Harms Honda 25 +49.325 21
18 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 25 +54.672 17
19 25 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 25 +1:17.223 29
20 20 Germany Georg Fröhlich Honda 25 +1:20.434 35
21 49 United Kingdom Christian Elkin Honda 25 +1:23.026 30
22 18 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 25 +1:24.436 26
23 35 Czech Republic Václav Bittman Honda 25 +1:28.933 28
24 30 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Honda 25 +1:33.750 32
25 85 United Kingdom Eugene Laverty Honda 24 +1 lap 31
26 51 United Kingdom Kris Weston Honda 23 +2 laps 36
27 84 United Kingdom Tommy Bridewell Honda 23 +2 laps 37
Ret 47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 24 Accident 25
Ret 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 Retirement 7
Ret 66 Finland Vesa Kallio Aprilia 22 Retirement 27
Ret 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 17 Retirement 12
Ret 8 Italy Manuel Manna Malaguti 16 Retirement 34
Ret 16 Netherlands Raymond Schouten Honda 9 Retirement 33
Ret 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 4 Retirement 10
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 0 Accident 14
Ret 3 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 0 Accident 2
Ret 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 0 Accident 19
DNS 28 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia Did not start
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.[8]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ^ "2004 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2004 MotoGP (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | the Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2004 British MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2019.


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