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.

2004 Bahrain Grand Prix
Race 3 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 4 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 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:30.252 on lap 7 (lap record)
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Ferrari
Third
BAR-Honda
Lap leaders

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 Anthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas -
Jaguar-Cosworth Björn Wirdheim
Toyota Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Ford Timo Glock
Minardi-Cosworth Bas Leinders

Classification

Qualifying
Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap
1 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:30.751 1:30.139 —
2 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:31.283 1:30.530 +0.391
3 3 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:30.247 1:30.581 +0.442
4 4 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:29.968 1:30.633 +0.494
5 10 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:31.135 1:30.827 +0.688
6 9 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:31.131 1:30.856 +0.717
7 7 Jarno Trulli Renault 1:31.103 1:30.971 +0.832
8 17 Olivier Panis Toyota 1:31.001 1:31.686 +1.547
9 16 Cristiano da Matta Toyota 1:31.329 1:31.717 +1.578
10 5 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.364 1:31.719 +1.580
11 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 1:31.203 1:31.731 +1.592
12 15 Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 1:31.868 1:32.332 +2.193
13 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:32.152 1:32.536 +2.397
14 14 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:31.945 1:32.625 +2.486
15 18 Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 1:32.640 1:33.506 +3.367
16 19 Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 1:33.598 1:34.105 +3.966
17 8 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:31.040 1:34.130 +3.991
18 20 Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 1:34.879 1:34.584 +4.445
19 21 Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 1:35.632 1:35.787 +5.648
20 6 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.353 No time No time
Source:[3]

Race
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 57 1:28:34.875 1 10
2 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 57 +1.367 2 8
3 9 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 57 +26.687 6 6
4 7 Jarno Trulli Renault 57 +32.214 7 5
5 10 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 57 +52.460 5 4
6 8 Fernando Alonso Renault 57 +53.156 16 3
7 4 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 57 +58.155 4 2
8 14 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 56 +1 Lap 14 1
9 17 Olivier Panis Toyota 56 +1 Lap 8  
10 16 Cristiano da Matta Toyota 56 +1 Lap 9  
11 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 56 +1 Lap 11  
12 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 56 +1 Lap 13  
13 3 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 56 Gearbox 3  
14 15 Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 56 +1 Lap 12  
15 18 Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 56 +1 Lap 18  
16 19 Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 55 +2 Laps 15  
17 20 Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 52 +5 Laps PL  
Ret 5 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 50 Pneumatics 10  
Ret 21 Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 44 Engine 20  
Ret 6 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 7 Engine 19  
Source:[4]
  • Bruni started the race from the pitlane.

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

References
  1. "Trends in Bahrain". joesaward.wordpress.com. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. "2004 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix - Race". Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "2004 Bahrain Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. "2004 Bahrain Grand Prix - Race Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. "Bahrain 2004 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

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