2004 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Spain  2004 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 16 races in the
2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 2 May 2004
Location Circuito de Jerez
Course Permanent racing facility
4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:40.818
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Sete Gibernau
Time 1:53.508
Podium
First Spain Sete Gibernau
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third Brazil Alex Barros
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Argentina Sebastián Porto
Time 1:43.673
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Roberto Rolfo
Time 1:58.815
Podium
First Italy Roberto Rolfo
Second France Randy de Puniet
Third Spain Fonsi Nieto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marco Simoncelli
Time 1:48.106
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Steve Jenkner
Time 2:00.510
Podium
First Italy Marco Simoncelli
Second Germany Steve Jenkner
Third Spain Héctor Barberá

The 2004 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 April-2 May 2004 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

MotoGP classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda 52:01.293 2 25
2 Italy Max Biaggi Honda +5.452 4 20
3 Brazil Alex Barros Honda +52.570 9 16
4 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha +58.556 1 13
5 United States Nicky Hayden Honda +59.283 7 11
6 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha +1:07.184 3 10
7 United States Colin Edwards Honda +1:19.539 8 9
8 United States Kenny Roberts Jr Suzuki +1:45.057 10 8
9 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki +1 Lap 6 7
10 Italy Michel Fabrizio Harris WCM +1 Lap 23 6
11 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha +1 Lap 20 5
12 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati +1 Lap 15 4
13 Germany Alex Hofmann Kawasaki +1 Lap 14 3
14 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton +1 Lap 21 2
15 United States John Hopkins Suzuki +1 Lap 13 1
Ret Italy Marco Melandri Yamaha Retirement 11
Ret United Kingdom Neil Hodgson Ducati Retirement 18
Ret United States Kurtis Roberts Proton Retirement 22
Ret Japan Makoto Tamada Honda Retirement 5
Ret United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Retirement 19
Ret Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati Retirement 17
Ret Spain Rubén Xaus Ducati Retirement 12
Ret United Kingdom Shane Byrne Aprilia Retirement 16
DNQ United Kingdom Chris Burns Harris WCM Did Not Qualify DNQ

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 52:20.145 5 25
2 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia +8.740 4 20
3 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia +32.623 7 16
4 Australia Anthony West Aprilia +32.844 13 13
5 Spain Alex Debón Honda +58.884 15 11
6 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia +1:03.950 8 10
7 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia +1:05.322 1 9
8 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia +1:08.923 21 8
9 France Grégory Lefort Aprilia +1:47.081 28 7
10 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha +1:49.191 19 6
11 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia +1:55.028 24 5
12 Spain Toni Elías Honda +2:01.756 6 4
13 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia +1 Lap 20 3
14 Sweden Johann Stigefelt Aprilia +1 Lap 27 2
15 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha +1 Lap 30 1
16 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia +1 Lap 22
17 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia +1 Lap 11
18 Italy Jarno Ronzoni Yamaha +1 Lap 32
19 Czech Republic Radomil Rous Aprilia +1 Lap 29
20 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia +1 Lap 14
21 France Gregory Leblanc Aprilia +2 Laps 31
Ret San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia Retirement 2
Ret Spain Alvaro Molina Aprilia Retirement 23
Ret Germany Christian Gemmel Honda Retirement 25
Ret France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia Retirement 12
Ret Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia Retirement 9
Ret Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda Retirement 18
Ret United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia Retirement 17
Ret Italy Max Sabbatani Yamaha Retirement 26
Ret Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda Retirement 3
Ret Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda Retirement 10
Ret France Eric Bataille Honda Retirement 16

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 47:45.700 1 25
2 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia +0.760 11 20
3 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia +7.195 12 16
4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda +8.042 5 13
5 Australia Casey Stoner KTM +14.612 3 11
6 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia +15.096 21 10
7 Japan Youichi Ui Aprilia +17.076 7 9
8 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +19.413 6 8
9 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia +27.056 4 7
10 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia +30.433 10 6
11 Spain Julian Simon Aprilia +32.702 17 5
12 Italy Simone Corsi Honda +33.160 27 4
13 Italy Fabrizio Lai Gilera +56.667 22 3
14 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia +1:09.373 25 2
15 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda +1:16.661 33 1
16 Spain Julián Miralles Aprilia +1:20.067 35
17 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia +1:20.141 24
18 Finland Vesa Kallio Aprilia +1:47.063 32
19 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia +1:54.016 13
20 Netherlands Raymond Schouten Honda +2:01.488 31
21 Italy Mattia Angeloni Honda +2:02.922 38
22 Germany Georg Fröhlich Honda +1 Lap 37
23 Italy Stefano Perugini Gilera +1 Lap 20
24 Italy Manuel Manna Malaguti +1 Lap 30
25 Spain Enrique Jerez Aprilia +1 Lap 36
26 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia +3 Laps 18
Ret Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda Retirement 28
Ret Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Honda Retirement 19
Ret Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia Retirement 16
Ret Spain Ángel Rodríguez Derbi Retirement 34
Ret Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti Retirement 9
Ret France Mike Di Meglio Aprilia Retirement 15
Ret Finland Mika Kallio KTM Retirement 8
Ret Spain Ismael Ortega Aprilia Retirement 39
Ret Denmark Robbin Harms Honda Retirement 29
Ret Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia Retirement 26
Ret Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia Retirement 23
Ret Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi Retirement 14
Ret Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Retirement 2
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