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Japanese Grand Prix

2004 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 17 of 18Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 10 200453 laps

Podium

RSCWilliams

MSCFerrari

BUTBAR

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:24:26.985 from P1

PoleMSC1:33.542

Fastest lapBAR1:32.730 on lap 30

Pit stops52recorded stops

Finishers16 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	–	53	1:24:26.985	10	1:32.796	3
2	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	2	–	53	+14.098s	8	1:33.467	3
3	BUTJenson Button	BAR	5	▲2	53	+19.662s	6	1:33.819	2
4	SATTakuma Sato	BAR	4	–	53	+31.781s	5	1:33.742	3
5	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	11	▲6	53	+37.767s	4	1:34.279	2
6	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	12	▲6	53	+39.362s	3	1:33.920	2
7	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	13	▲6	53	+55.347s	2	1:33.779	3
8	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	7	▼1	53	+56.276s	1	1:33.850	3
9	MASFelipe Massa	Sauber	19	▲10	53	+89.656s		1:33.614	3
10	VILJacques Villeneuve	Renault	9	▼1	52	+1 lap		1:35.290	2
11	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	6	▼5	52	+1 lap		1:34.626	3
12	KLIChristian Klien	Jaguar	14	▲2	52	+1 lap		1:35.261	2
13	HEINick Heidfeld	Jordan	16	▲3	52	+1 lap		1:35.524	3
14	PANOlivier Panis	Toyota	10	▼4	51	+2 laps		1:34.438	3
15	GLOTimo Glock	Jordan	17	▲2	51	+2 laps		1:36.667	3
16	BRUGianmaria Bruni	Minardi	18	▲2	50	+3 laps		1:39.352	3
DNF	BAUZsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	PL		41	Spin		1:39.434	3
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	8		38	Collision		1:33.917	2
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	15		38	Collision		1:32.730	2
DNF	WEBMark Webber	Jaguar	3		20	Overheating		1:34.229	2

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MOY	28	20.8s
2	TRU	25	21.0s
3	MOY	11	21.1s
4	PAN	9	21.2s
5	TRU	12	21.4s
6	MAS	38	21.5s
7	BAR	28	21.5s
8	SAT	41	21.5s
9	RSC	24	21.5s
10	RSC	39	21.6s
11	FIS	41	21.6s
12	PAN	20	21.6s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 52 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33.542
2	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	1:34.032	+0.490s
3	WEBMark Webber	Jaguar	1:34.571	+1.029s
4	SATTakuma Sato	BAR	1:34.897	+1.355s
5	BUTJenson Button	BAR	1:35.157	+1.615s
6	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:35.213	+1.671s
7	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	1:36.136	+2.594s
8	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:36.156	+2.614s
9	VILJacques Villeneuve	Renault	1:36.274	+2.732s
10	PANOlivier Panis	Toyota	1:36.420	+2.878s
11	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:36.663	+3.121s
12	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	1:36.820	+3.278s
13	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1:37.653	+4.111s
14	KLIChristian Klien	Jaguar	1:38.258	+4.716s
15	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:38.637	+5.095s
16	HEINick Heidfeld	Jordan	1:41.953	+8.411s
17	GLOTimo Glock	Jordan	1:43.533	+9.991s
18	BRUGianmaria Bruni	Minardi	1:48.069	+14.527s
19	MASFelipe Massa	Sauber	–
20	BAUZsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	–

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2004. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2003	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams

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