2004 Italian Grand Prix

Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 2004 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2004)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was a Formula One motor race held on 12 September 2004 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. It was Race 15 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.

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-Honda	Template:Flagicon	Anthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas		-
Jaguar-Cosworth	Template:Flagicon	Björn Wirdheim
Toyota	Template:Flagicon	Ryan Briscoe
Jordan-Ford	Template:Flagicon	Timo Glock
Minardi-Cosworth	Template:Flagicon	Bas Leinders

Report

Background

After the Belgian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher was already crowned driver world champion. He led the drivers' championship unassailably with 40 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 63 points ahead of Jenson Button. After the Hungarian Grand Prix, Ferrari was confirmed as constructors' world champion. They held an unassailable lead in the constructors' championship with 125 points ahead of Renault and 131 points ahead of BAR-Honda.

This race was Scuderia Ferrari's 700th start in a World Championship event as a team.<ref>Privateer Ferrari entry in 1950 French Grand Prix, which is often a source of incorrect count for their races as a team (as opposed to as a manufacturer) doesn't count towards the team's participations.</ref> This was the last race for Giorgio Pantano.

Qualifying

In the first qualifying, in which the starting positions for the second qualifying were determined, Montoya achieved the fastest time. Barrichello was fastest in qualifying and secured pole position with a time of 1:20.089 minutes. Montoya came second ahead of Michael Schumacher.

In the first part of qualifying (which did not count towards grid positions), Montoya lapped Monza in his Williams FW26 at an average speed of Template:Convert, which at the time, was the fastest lap recorded at Monza, and the highest average speed over one lap in Formula One. These records would stand until the 2018 edition.

Race

File:Fale F1 Monza 2004 31.jpg

Michael Schumacher finished second, driving for Ferrari.

The morning of the race was quite rainy and at the time of departure there were still wet parts of the circuit, which made tire selection difficult. At the beginning of the race, Alonso overtakes Barrichello; while Schumacher drops to 15th position after an incident. However, against all odds, Barrichello manages to regain third position after stopping on lap 5 to put on dry tires and Barrichello climbs back into first place.

In the Minardi pit garage, the car of Gianmaria Bruni caught fire after fuel escaped from the hose onto the hot bodywork during a routine pit-stop, and it was put out without any serious injury. Bruni inhaled some of the extinguishant and was having trouble breathing and so the team decided to retire the car.<ref name=gpe>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Montoya's teammate Antônio Pizzonia reached a top speed of Template:Convert, the fastest speed recorded in Formula One at the time (it was to be exceeded by Montoya at the 2005 edition).

Ferrari took a 1–2 in front of the delighted Tifosi, with Rubens Barrichello ahead of teammate Michael Schumacher.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap	Grid
1	2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:20.552	1:20.089	—	1
2	3	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:19.525	1:20.620	+0.531	2
3	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:20.528	1:20.637	+0.548	3
4	8	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:20.341	1:20.645	+0.556	4
5	10	Template:Flagicon Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:19.733	1:20.715	+0.626	5
6	9	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:19.856	1:20.786	+0.697	6
7	6	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.501	1:20.877	+0.788	7
8	4	Template:Flagicon Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	1:19.671	1:20.888	+0.799	8
9	7	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:21.011	1:21.027	+0.938	9
10	5	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.414	1:21.049	+0.960	10
11	16	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	1:21.829	1:21.520	+1.431	11
12	14	Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:21.783	1:21.602	+1.513	12
13	17	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:22.169	1:21.841	+1.752	13
14	15	Template:Flagicon Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:22.114	1:21.989	+1.900	14
15	11	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	1:20.357	1:22.239	+2.150	15
16	12	Template:Flagicon Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:20.571	1:22.287	+2.198	16
17	18	Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	No time	1:22.301	+2.212	1|[1]}}
18	19	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	1:23.264	1:23.239	+3.150	17
19	21	Template:Flagicon Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	1:25.082	2|[2]}}	+4.719	19
20	20	Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	1:23.963	1:24.910	+4.821	18
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Notes

• ^1{{#if:| }} – Nick Heidfeld received a ten-place grid penalty for an engine change in Friday practice.
• ^2{{#if:| }} – Zsolt Baumgartner initially set a lap time of (1:24.808), but received a one-second time penalty for cutting the chicane on his flying lap.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	53	1:15:18.448	1	10
2	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+1.347	3	8
3	9	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	53	+10.197	6	6
4	10	Template:Flagicon Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	53	+15.370	5	5
5	3	Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	53	+32.352	2	4
6	5	Template:Flagicon David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+33.439	1|[3]}}	3
7	4	Template:Flagicon Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	53	+33.752	8	2
8	11	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	53	+35.431	15	1
9	14	Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	53	+56.761	12
10	7	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	Renault	53	+1:06.316	9
11	16	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	53	+1:22.531	11
12	12	Template:Flagicon Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	52	+1 Lap	16
13	15	Template:Flagicon Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	52	+1 Lap	14
14	18	Template:Flagicon Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	52	+1 Lap	1|[4]}}
15	21	Template:Flagicon Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	50	+3 Laps	19
Ret	8	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	Renault	40	Spun off	4
Ret	19	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	33	Accident	17
Ret	20	Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	29	Fire	18
Ret	6	Template:Flagicon Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	13	Overheating	7
Ret	17	Template:Flagicon Olivier Panis	Toyota	0	Spun off	13
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Notes

• ^1{{#if:| }} – David Coulthard and Nick Heidfeld started the race from the pitlane.

Championship standings after the race

• Bold text and an asterisk indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher*	136
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello	98
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon Jenson Button	71
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Jarno Trulli	46
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	5	Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	45
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Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Ferrari*	234
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	2	Template:Flagicon BAR-Honda	94
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	3	Template:Flagicon Renault	91
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Williams-BMW	60
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	5	Template:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes	52
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• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2004 Monza F3000 round

External links

• Comments on 2004 Italian GP

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