2004 Brazilian Grand Prix

  2004 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 18 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One season
Date	October 24, 2004
Official name	XXXIII Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.309 km (2.677 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 305.909 km (190.067 mi)
Weather	Dry/Wet
Pole position
Driver	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Time	1:10.646
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time	1:11.473 on lap 49
Podium
First	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Second	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

The 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 24, 2004 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It was the final race of the 2004 season, and local fans were delighted when Brazil's Rubens Barrichello took pole for his home race. It would be Barrichello's first non-retirement at Interlagos in ten years, his previous finish at the circuit being at the season opener in 1994. The early laps were held in changeable conditions, and the race ended up as a duel between Kimi Räikkönen and Juan Pablo Montoya, who were to be McLaren team-mates for 2005. The Colombian took victory in his final race for Williams, which was also the last win for the Williams team until the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix. Montoya's move to take the lead was brave even by his standards. Elsewhere, Jaguar's final race was a failure of epic proportions, with their two drivers colliding, with Webber trying an optimistic-looking move on Klien whilst expecting his team-mate to move over.

Ricardo Zonta returned to his home race for the Toyota team, replacing Olivier Panis.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time[1]	Gap
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:10.646	—
2	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:10.850	+0.204
3	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:10.892	+0.246
4	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:10.922	+0.276
5	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:11.092	+0.446
6	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:11.120	+0.474
7	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:11.131	+0.485
8*	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:11.386	+0.740
9	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:11.454	+0.808
10	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:11.483	+0.837
11	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	1:11.571	+0.925
12	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:11.665	+1.019
13	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:11.750	+1.104
14	7	Jacques Villeneuve	Renault	1:11.836	+1.190
15	17	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	1:11.974	+1.328
16	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:12.211	+1.565
17	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	1:12.829	+2.183
18	19	Timo Glock	Jordan-Ford	1:13.502	+2.856
19	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	1:13.550	+2.904
20	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	no time	no time

• Michael Schumacher qualified eighth but was demoted ten places because of an engine change. The engine was damaged in a crash during practice.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	71	1:28:01.451	2	10
2	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+1.022	3	8
3	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	71	+24.099	1	6
4	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	71	+48.508	8	5
5	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	71	+49.740	7	4
6	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	71	+50.248	6	3
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	71	+50.626	18	2
8	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	71	+1:02.310	4	1
9	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	71	+1:03.842	10
10	7	Jacques Villeneuve	Renault	70	+1 Lap	13
11	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	12
12	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	70	+1 Lap	9
13	17	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	70	+1 Lap	14
14	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	69	+2 Lap	15
15	19	Timo Glock	Jordan-Ford	69	+2 Lap	17
16	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	67	+4 Lap	19
17	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	67	+4 Laps	20
Ret	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	23	Collision	11
Ret	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	15	Clutch	16
Ret	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	3	Engine	5

• Lap Leaders: Kimi Räikkönen 9 (1-3, 29, 51-55), Rubens Barrichello 2 (4-5), Felipe Massa 2 (6-7), Fernando Alonso 11 (8-18) and Juan Pablo Montoya 47 (19-28, 30-50 and 56-71)

Standings after the race

• Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 148 2 Rubens Barrichello 114 3 Jenson Button 85 4 Fernando Alonso 59 5 Juan Pablo Montoya 58

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 262 2 BAR-Honda 119 3 Renault 105 4 Williams-BMW 88 5 McLaren-Mercedes 69

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

References

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