| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | April 18, 2004 | ||
| Location | Welkom | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.242 km (2.636 mi) |
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| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:32.647 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Max Biaggi | ||
| Time | 1:33.208 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Second | Max Biaggi | ||
| Third | Sete Gibernau | ||
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Randy de Puniet | ||
| Time | 1:35.300 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Sebastián Porto | ||
| Time | 1:35.593 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Dani Pedrosa | ||
| Second | Randy de Puniet | ||
| Third | Sebastián Porto | ||
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Andrea Dovizioso | ||
| Time | 1:40.942 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Roberto Locatelli | ||
| Time | 1:40.711 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Andrea Dovizioso | ||
| Second | Roberto Locatelli | ||
| Third | Casey Stoner | ||
The 2004 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 April 2004 at Welkom.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 43:50.218 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +0.210 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | +7.255 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | +18.667 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | +24.094 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | +24.375 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | Colin Edwards | Honda | +28.855 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Makoto Tamada | Honda | +36.535 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | +36.643 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | +39.284 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | Marco Melandri | Yamaha | +43.806 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki | +43.920 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | John Hopkins | Suzuki | +56.028 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati | +56.558 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | Shane Byrne | Aprilia | +1:13.831 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | +1:22.206 | 17 | |
| 17 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton | +1:26.933 | 20 | |
| 18 | Michel Fabrizio | Harris WCM | +3 Laps | 22 | |
| Ret | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | Neil Hodgson | Ducati | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | Kenny Roberts Jr | Suzuki | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | Rubén Xaus | Ducati | Retirement | 16 |
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 42:04.690 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | +0.536 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | +5.859 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | +24.561 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | +30.018 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | +30.653 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | +31.458 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Toni Elías | Honda | +31.458 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | +31.940 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | +35.643 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | +36.418 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | +36.864 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | +39.105 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | +43.027 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | +51.493 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | Anthony West | Aprilia | +51.699 | 20 | |
| 17 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | +52.883 | 18 | |
| 18 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | +59.900 | 14 | |
| 19 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | +1:02.819 | 16 | |
| 20 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | +1:14.844 | 23 | |
| 21 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | +1:15.026 | 21 | |
| 22 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | +1:19.230 | 28 | |
| 23 | Johann Stigefelt | Aprilia | +1:21.627 | 26 | |
| 24 | Max Sabbatani | Yamaha | +1:28.990 | 29 | |
| 25 | Gregory Lefort | Aprilia | +1:29.832 | 27 | |
| Ret | Christian Gemmel | Honda | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | Eric Bataille | Honda | Retirement | 8 |
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 40:34.318 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | +0.071 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | KTM | +2.203 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | +2.416 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | +12.312 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | +13.270 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | +14.457 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +15.046 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | +24.835 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | +25.266 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | Julian Simon | Aprilia | +29.356 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | Mika Kallio | KTM | +33.134 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | +33.237 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | Simone Corsi | Honda | +33.682 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | +36.977 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | +43.650 | 13 | |
| 17 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | +45.230 | 19 | |
| 18 | Robbin Harms | Honda | +45.389 | 22 | |
| 19 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | +45.590 | 16 | |
| 20 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | +45.715 | 27 | |
| 21 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | +45.961 | 17 | |
| 22 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | +46.129 | 25 | |
| 23 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | +1:04.990 | 24 | |
| 24 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | +1:05.784 | 26 | |
| 25 | Mattia Angeloni | Honda | +1:23.541 | 32 | |
| 26 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | +1:23.753 | 31 | |
| 27 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | +1:24.960 | 33 | |
| Ret | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | Raymond Schouten | Honda | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | Retirement | 14 |
| Previous race: 2003 Valencian Community Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2004 season |
Next race: 2004 Spanish Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2003 South African Grand Prix |
South African motorcycle Grand Prix | Next race: None |