2004 French Grand Prix

The 2004 French Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 2004)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was a Formula One motor race held on 4 July 2004 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. It was the 10th race of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship. This race has become famous for a 4-stop strategy used by Michael Schumacher to beat Fernando Alonso's Renault. Rubens Barrichello finished third in his Ferrari, having overtaken Jarno Trulli in the last corners of the last lap.

Friday drivers

The bottom six 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-Honda	Template:Flagicon	Anthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas	N/A	N/A
Jaguar-Cosworth	Template:Flagicon	Björn Wirdheim
Toyota	Template:Flagicon	Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Ford	Template:Flagicon	Timo Glock
Minardi-Cosworth	Template:Flagicon	Bas Leinders

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	8	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:13.750	1:13.698	—
2	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:13.541	1:13.971	+0.273
3	5	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.649	1:13.987	+0.289
4	9	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:13.772	1:13.995	+0.297
5	7	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:13.949	1:14.070	+0.372
6	3	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:13.377	1:14.172	+0.474
7	10	Template:Flagicon Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:14.130	1:14.240	+0.542
8	4	Template:Flagicon Marc Gené	Williams-BMW	1:14.133	1:14.275	+0.577
9	6	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.736	1:14.346	+0.648
10	2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	No time	1:14.478	+0.780
11	16	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	1:14.245	1:14.553	+0.855
12	14	Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:15.332	1:14.798	+1.100
13	15	Template:Flagicon Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:15.205	1:15.065	+1.367
14	17	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:14.540	1:15.130	+1.432
15	11	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	1:15.793	1:16.177	+2.479
16	12	Template:Flagicon Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:14.627	1:16.200	+2.502
17	18	Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	1:16.366	1:16.807	+3.109
18	19	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	1:15.913	1:17.462	+3.764
19	20	Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	1:18.070	1:17.913	+4.215
20	21	Template:Flagicon Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	1:18.108	1:18.247	+4.549
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	70	1:30:18.133	2	10
2	8	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	Renault	70	+8.329	1	8
3	2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	70	+31.622	10	6
4	7	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	Renault	70	+32.082	5	5
5	9	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	70	+32.482	4	4
6	5	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+35.520	3	3
7	6	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+36.230	9	2
8	3	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	70	+43.419	6	1
9	14	Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	70	+52.394	12
10	4	Template:Flagicon Marc Gené	Williams-BMW	70	+58.166	8
11	15	Template:Flagicon Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	69	+1 lap	13
12	11	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	69	+1 lap	15
13	12	Template:Flagicon Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	69	+1 lap	16
14	16	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	69	+1 lap	11
15	17	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Toyota	68	+2 laps	14
16	18	Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	68	+2 laps	17
17	19	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	67	+3 laps	18
18	20	Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	65	Gearbox	19
Ret	21	Template:Flagicon Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	31	Spin	20
Ret	10	Template:Flagicon Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	15	Engine	7
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	90
2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	68
3	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	48
4	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	46
5	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	33
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Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	158
2	Template:Flagicon Renault	79
3	Template:Flagicon BAR-Honda	62
4	Template:Flagicon Williams-BMW	37
5	Template:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes	22
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• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2004 Magny-Cours F3000 round

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