2004 Spanish Grand Prix

  2004 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One season
Date	May 9, 2004
Official name	XLVI Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.627 km (2.875 mi)
Distance	66 laps, 305.256 km (189.75 mi)
Weather	Clear
Attendance	108,300
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:15.022
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:17.450 on lap 12
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Second	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Third	Jarno Trulli	Renault
Lap leaders

The 2004 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLVI Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 9 May 2004 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2004 Formula One season. The 66-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher for the Ferrari team. His teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second with Jarno Trulli third in a Renault car.

Report

Background

Heading into the fifth race of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was leading the World Drivers' Championship with 40 points; Rubens Barrichello was second on 24 points, 16 points behind Schumacher. Behind Schumacher and Barrichello in the Drivers' Championship, BAR driver Jenson Button was third on 23 points, with Juan Pablo Montoya and Fernando Alonso on 18 and 16 points respectively. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading on 64 points and Renault were second on 31 points, with Williams third on 27 points.

Practice and qualifying

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday, and two on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes.

The qualifying session was run as a one-lap session and took place on Friday and Saturday afternoon. The cars were run one at a time; the Friday running order was determined with the Championship leading heading out first. The Saturday running order was determined by times set in Friday afternoon qualifying with the fastest heading out last and the slowest running first. The lap times from the Friday afternoon session did not determine the grid order.

Race

The race started at 14:00 local time. During the warm-up lap of the race, a man calling himself Jimmy Jump ran through the starting grid, only to be apprehended soon by the security. While he claimed to have many fans (due to his other performances at football matches), he was criticized for risking the lives of the drivers, even though the cars were still travelling at low speed at this point.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.022	—
2	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:15.639	+0.617
3	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:15.809	+0.787
4	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:16.144	+1.122
5	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:16.272	+1.250
6	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:16.293	+1.271
7	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:16.313	+1.291
8	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:16.422	+1.400
9	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:16.514	+1.492
10	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.636	+1.614
11	16	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	1:17.038	+2.016
12	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	1:17.444	+2.422
13	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.445	+2.423
14	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:17.575	+2.553
15	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	1:17.802	+2.780
16	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:17.812	+2.790
17	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:17.866	+2.844
18	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	1:19.817	+4.795
19	19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	1:20.607	+5.585
20	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	1:21.470	+6.448
Source:[1]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	66	1:27:32.841	1	10
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	66	+13.290	5	8
3	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	66	+32.294	4	6
4	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	66	+32.952	8	5
5	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	66	+42.327	3	4
6	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	66	+1:13.804	6	3
7	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	66	+1:17.108	12	2
8	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	65	+1 Lap	14	1
9	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	65	+1 Lap	17
10	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	65	+1 Lap	10
11	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	65	+1 Lap	13
12	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	65	+1 Lap	9
13	16	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	65	+1 Lap	11
Ret	19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	51	Steering	19
Ret	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	46	Brakes	2
Ret	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	43	Throttle	16
Ret	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	33	Hydraulics	7
Ret	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	33	Hydraulics	15
Ret	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	31	Spin	18
Ret	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	17	Spin	20
Source:[2]

Notes

• Michael Schumacher's 5th victory out of 5 races, this equalled the record set by Nigel Mansell in the 1992 San Marino Grand Prix.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 50 2 Rubens Barrichello 32 3 Jenson Button 24 4 Jarno Trulli 21 5 Fernando Alonso 21

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 82 2 Renault 42 3 BAR-Honda 32 4 Williams-BMW 30 5 McLaren-Mercedes 5

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

References

Coordinates: 41°34′12″N 2°15′40″E / 41.57000°N 2.26111°E / 41.57000; 2.26111