2004 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the
2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date May 16, 2004
Location Le Mans Bugatti Circuit
Course Permanent racing facility
4.180 km (2.597 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Sete Gibernau
Time 1:33.425
Fastest lap
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:34.088
Podium
First Sete Gibernau
Second Carlos Checa
Third Max Biaggi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:37.123
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:38.202
Podium
First Dani Pedrosa
Second Randy de Puniet
Third Toni Elías
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Andrea Dovizioso
Time 1:42.608
Fastest lap
Rider Andrea Dovizioso
Time 1:42.651
Podium
First Andrea Dovizioso
Second Roberto Locatelli
Third Jorge Lorenzo

The 2004 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14 -May 16, 2004 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

MotoGP classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Sete Gibernau Honda 44:22.750 1 25
2 Carlos Checa Yamaha +1.671 2 20
3 Max Biaggi Honda +1.908 3 16
4 Valentino Rossi Yamaha +4.272 4 13
5 Colin Edwards Honda +15.755 5 11
6 Marco Melandri Yamaha +18.225 6 10
7 Alex Barros Honda +27.656 11 9
8 Troy Bayliss Ducati +31.530 10 8
9 Makoto Tamada Honda +33.164 8 7
10 Loris Capirossi Ducati +39.512 9 6
11 Nicky Hayden Honda +47.625 7 5
12 Kenny Roberts Jr Suzuki +1:12.140 13 4
13 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia +1:23.391 18 3
14 Rubén Xaus Ducati +1 Lap 15 2
15 Kurtis Roberts Proton +1 Lap 21 1
16 Michel Fabrizio Harris WCM +1 Lap 23
17 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton +1 Lap 20
Ret Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Retirement 12
Ret Chris Burns Harris WCM Retirement 24
Ret Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Retirement 19
Ret John Hopkins Suzuki Retirement 16
Ret Neil Hodgson Ducati Retirement 14
Ret Norifumi Abe Yamaha Retirement 17

250cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Dani Pedrosa Honda 43:03.338 1 25
2 Randy de Puniet Aprilia +7.711 2 20
3 Toni Elías Honda +19.233 5 16
4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda +20.427 9 13
5 Alex de Angelis Aprilia +21.175 10 11
6 Anthony West Aprilia +24.269 12 10
7 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia +38.537 7 9
8 Franco Battaini Aprilia +39.827 6 8
9 Alex Debón Honda +42.589 13 7
10 Joan Olivé Aprilia +47.541 16 6
11 Jakub Smrž Honda +47.874 18 5
12 Chaz Davies Aprilia +51.623 19 4
13 Héctor Faubel Aprilia +51.813 15 3
14 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha +58.880 20 2
15 Alex Baldolini Aprilia +1:03.261 25 1
16 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia +1:05.370 17
17 Hugo Marchand Aprilia +1:05.906 22
18 Erwan Nigon Yamaha +1:08.323 21
19 Christian Gemmel Honda +1:19.342 26
20 Grégory Lefort Aprilia +1:21.036 24
21 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha +1:39.861 30
22 Gregory Leblanc Aprilia +1 Lap 28
Ret Sebastián Porto Aprilia Retirement 3
Ret Arnaud Vincent Aprilia Retirement 23
Ret Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia Retirement 11
Ret Radomil Rous Aprilia Retirement 27
Ret Johann Stigefelt Aprilia Retirement 29
Ret Roberto Rolfo Honda Retirement 8
Ret Eric Bataille Honda Retirement 14
Ret Manuel Poggiali Aprilia Retirement 4

125cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 41:26.747 1 25
2 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +0.594 4 20
3 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi +6.680 2 16
4 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia +9.662 5 13
5 Héctor Barberá Aprilia +10.178 3 11
6 Mika Kallio KTM +20.698 20 10
7 Pablo Nieto Aprilia +20.967 10 9
8 Casey Stoner KTM +21.158 13 8
9 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia +21.645 11 7
10 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +23.080 6 6
11 Gino Borsoi Aprilia +26.699 15 5
12 Mattia Pasini Aprilia +29.332 17 4
13 Julian Simon Aprilia +33.187 18 3
14 Lukáš Pešek Honda +37.002 21 2
15 Simone Corsi Honda +40.239 12 1
16 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti +40.304 22
17 Gioele Pellino Aprilia +51.919 24
18 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi +54.523 31
19 Dario Giuseppetti Honda +54.575 26
20 Fabrizio Lai Gilera +54.922 19
21 Imre Tóth Aprilia +1:05.458 25
22 Sergio Gadea Aprilia +1:05.610 27
23 Manuel Manna Malaguti +1:13.982 29
24 Jordi Carchano Aprilia +1:14.248 35
25 Julian Miralles Aprilia +1:14.539 34
26 Vesa Kallio Aprilia +1:24.230 30
27 Mattia Angeloni Honda +1:27.607 37
28 Raymond Schouten Honda +1:36.938 33
29 Mathieu Gines Honda +1 Lap 39
30 Yannick Deschamps Honda +1 Lap 38
Ret Robbin Harms Honda Retirement 28
Ret Youichi Ui Aprilia Retirement 7
Ret Alexis Masbou Honda Retirement 36
Ret Mike Di Meglio Aprilia Retirement 8
Ret Stefano Perugini Gilera Retirement 16
Ret Andrea Ballerini Aprilia Retirement 23
Ret Marco Simoncelli Aprilia Retirement 9
Ret Thomas Lüthi Honda Retirement 14
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