2004 Hungarian Grand Prix Explained

Type:F1
Country:Hungary
Grand Prix:Hungarian
Details Ref:[1] [2]
Date:15 August
Year:2004
Race No:13
Season No:18
Official Name:Formula 1 Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 2004
Location:Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary[3]
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:2.722
Course Km:4.381
Distance Laps:70
Distance Mi:190.552
Distance Km:306.663
Weather:Warm, dry and sunny, Air: 26C, Track 42C
Pole Driver:Michael Schumacher
Pole Country:Germany
Pole Team:Ferrari
Pole Time:1:19.146
Fast Driver:Michael Schumacher
Fast Country:Germany
Fast Team:Ferrari
Fast Time:1:19.071
Fast Lap:29
First Driver:Michael Schumacher
First Country:Germany
First Team:Ferrari
Second Driver:Rubens Barrichello
Second Country:Brazil
Second Team:Ferrari
Third Driver:Fernando Alonso
Third Country:Spain
Third Team:Renault

The 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 2004)[4] was a Formula One motor race held on 15 August 2004 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was Race 13 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship and the 20th Hungarian Grand Prix. The 70-lap race was won from pole position by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari, with teammate Rubens Barrichello second and Fernando Alonso third in a Renault.

The win was Michael Schumacher's twelfth of the season and his seventh in succession, equalling Alberto Ascari's record. The result meant that Schumacher increased his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 38 points over Barrichello. Jenson Button, who finished fifth in the race in his BAR-Honda, remained in third but was mathematically eliminated from the championship. Ferrari's one-two finish meant that they secured their sixth consecutive Constructors' Championship.

Report

Background

Heading into the thirteenth race of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 110 points, ahead of teammate Rubens Barrichello on 74 points and Jenson Button on 65. Jarno Trulli was fourth with 46 points with his Renault teammate Fernando Alonso in fifth place on 39 points.[5] Ferrari were leading the Constructors' Championship with 184 points; Renault (85 points) and BAR (76) contended for second place with Williams in fourth on 47 points and McLaren were a further ten points adrift in fifth place.[5] Ferrari had dominated the championship; Michael Schumacher had won eleven races for the team, while Trulli had clinched the victory in the Monaco Grand Prix. Barrichello, Button, Alonso, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Räikkönen had finished in second and third positions during the season.[5]

There was one driver change heading into the race. Cristiano da Matta was dropped by Toyota and was replaced by the team's third driver Ricardo Zonta. Da Matta was dropped because of his poor performance relative to teammate Olivier Panis, but remained at the team as a driver and would perform marketing work while Toyota test driver Ryan Briscoe assumed Zonta's former position.[6]

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.

Constructor Nat Driver
BAR-HondaAnthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas-
Jaguar-CosworthBjörn Wirdheim
ToyotaRyan Briscoe
Jordan-FordTimo Glock
Minardi-CosworthBas Leinders

Classification

Qualifying

DriverConstructorQ1 TimeQ2 TimeGapGrid
11 Michael SchumacherFerrari1:19.1071:19.146 - 1
22 Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:18.4361:19.323+0.1772
310 Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:19.6951:19.693+0.5473
49 Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:19.8781:19.700+0.5544
58 Fernando AlonsoRenault1:20.1351:19.996+0.8505
64 Antônio PizzoniaWilliams-BMW1:20.0191:20.170+1.0246
73 Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:19.8211:20.199+1.0537
811 Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas1:19.6681:20.324+1.1788
97 Jarno TrulliRenault1:19.8791:20.411+1.2659
106 Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.0661:20.570+1.42410
1114 Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth1:21.4521:20.730+1.58411
125 David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.1921:20.897+1.75112
1317 Olivier PanisToyota1:20.4911:21.068+1.92213
1415 Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth1:21.5101:21.118+1.97214
1516 Ricardo ZontaToyota1:20.1991:21.135+1.98915
1618 Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford1:20.4391:22.180+3.03416
1719 Giorgio PantanoJordan-Ford1:21.1871:22.356+3.21017
1821 Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth1:24.6561:24.329+5.18318
1920 Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth1:23.3621:24.679+5.53319
2012 Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:19.658No timeNo time20
Notes

Race

Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
11 Michael SchumacherFerrari701:35:26.131110
22 Rubens BarrichelloFerrari70+ 4.696 28
38 Fernando AlonsoRenault70+ 44.599 56
43 Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW70+ 1:02.613 75
59 Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda70+ 1:07.43944
610 Takuma SatoBAR-Honda69+ 1 Lap33
74 Antônio PizzoniaWilliams-BMW69+ 1 Lap62
811 Giancarlo FisichellaSauber-Petronas69+ 1 Lap81
95 David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes69+ 1 Lap12 
1014 Mark WebberJaguar-Cosworth69+ 1 Lap11 
1117 Olivier PanisToyota69+ 1 Lap13 
1218 Nick HeidfeldJordan-Ford68+ 2 Laps16 
1315 Christian KlienJaguar-Cosworth68+ 2 Laps14 
1420 Gianmaria BruniMinardi-Cosworth66+ 4 Laps19 
1521 Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi-Cosworth65+ 5 Laps18 
Ret19 Giorgio PantanoJordan-Ford48Gearbox17 
Ret7 Jarno TrulliRenault41Engine9 
Ret16 Ricardo ZontaToyota31Electronics15 
Ret12 Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas21Brakes20 
Ret6 Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes13Electrical10 

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Michael Schumacher120
2 Rubens Barrichello82
3 Jenson Button65
4 Jarno Trulli46
5 Fernando Alonso45
Source:[7]
Constructors' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1 Ferrari*202
2 Renault91
3 BAR-Honda83
4 Williams-BMW54
5 McLaren-Mercedes37
Source:

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004 Hungarian GP. ChicaneF1. 8 June 2022.
  2. Web site: 2004 Marlboro Hungarian Grand Prix. Racing-Reference. 8 June 2022.
  3. Web site: 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix. Motor Sport. 8 June 2022.
  4. Web site: FORMULA 1 Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 2004 - Race. 21 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Championship Classification. FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20041204122935/http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/F1/F1_Classifications/2004.html. 4 December 2004.
  6. Web site: Da Matta out, Zonta in at Toyota . Autosport . Haymarket Publications . 5 August 2004 . 9 December 2015.
  7. Web site: Hungary 2004 - Championship. www.statsf1.com. 18 March 2019.

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