2004 Molson Indy Toronto Explained

The 2004 Molson Indy Toronto was the sixth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 11, 2004 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais swept the pole and the race win, his third consecutive win and fourth overall for the season. In doing so he also took over the lead in the drivers championship standings, a lead which he would not relinquish for the remainder of the season.

Qualifying results

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	59.410	58.558	58.558
2	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.407	59.026	59.026
3	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	59.448	58.842	58.842
4	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	59.936	58.899	58.899
5	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59.644	59.029	59.029
6	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	1:00.069	59.200	59.200
7	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	59.759	59.260	59.260
8	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:00.208	59.379	59.379
9	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	59.754	59.469	59.469
10	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.347	59.469	59.469
11	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	59.966	59.471	59.471
12	Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	59.701	59.584	59.584
13	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	1:00.573	59.874	59.874
14	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	1:00.690	1:00.346	1:00.346
15	Roberto González	PKV Racing	1:01.186	1:00.812	1:00.812
16	Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	1:02.391	1:01.130	1:01.130
17	Alex Sperafico	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.959	1:01.253	1:01.253
18	Memo Gidley	Rocketsports Racing	—	1:01.497	1:01.497

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	84	1:45:36.930	1	34
2	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	84	+1.396 secs	11	28
3	7	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	84	+6.731 secs	6	25
4	5	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	84	+7.892 secs	14	24
5	1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	84	+9.665 secs	2	23
6	19	Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	84	+14.002 secs	16	19
7	8	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	84	+28.444 secs	9	17
8	4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	84	+43.175 secs	7	15
9	11	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	83	+ 1 Lap	10	13
10	14	Alex Sperafico	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	83	+ 1 Lap	17	11
11	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	82	+ 2 Laps	8	10
12	34	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	81	+ 3 Laps	5	9
13	21	Roberto González	PKV Racing	80	Contact	15	8
14	3	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	78	Stalled	13	7
15	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	73	Contact	12	6
16	17	Memo Gidley	Rocketsports Racing	36	Contact	18	5
17	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	0	Contact	4	4
18	6	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	0	Contact	3	3

Laps	Cause
1-6	Junqueira (6), Domínguez (55) & Allmendinger (10) contact
22-24	Gidley (17) spin/stall
38-41	Gidley (17) contact
42-45	Servià (11) & Wilson (34) contact
47-48	Debris
74-79	Jourdain (9) contact
81-82	Lavín (3) stall on course