2004 Hungarian Grand Prix

  2004 Hungarian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One season
The Hungaroring after being modified in 2003.
Date	15 August 2004
Official name	XX Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj
Location	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 306.663 km (190.552 mi)
Weather	Warm, dry and sunny, Air: 26 °C (79 °F), Track 42 °C (108 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:19.146
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:19:071 (lap record)
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Second	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Third	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Lap leaders

The 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XX Marlboro Magyar Nagydí) was a Formula One motor race held on 15 August 2004 at the Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary. It was the thirteenth race of the 2004 Formula One season and the 20th Hungarian Grand Prix. The 70-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher after starting from pole position. His teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second and Fernando Alonso came in third driving for Renault.

The win was Michael Schumacher's twelfth of the season and his seventh consecutive victory. The result meant Schumacher increased his lead in the Drivers' Championship to thirty-eight points over team-mate Barrichello. Jenson Button remained in third but was mathematically eliminated from the championship. Ferrari's one-two finish meant they secured the Constructors' Championship as their nearest rival Renault was too many points behind to catch them with five races of the season remaining.

Report

Background

Heading into the thirteenth race of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 110 points, ahead of team-mate 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.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:19.146	—
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:19.323	+0.177
3	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:19.693	+0.547
4	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:19.700	+0.554
5	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:19.996	+0.850
6	4	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	1:20.170	+1.024
7	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:20.199	+1.053
8	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	1:20.324	+1.178
9	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:20.411	+1.265
10	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.570	+1.424
11	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:20.730	+1.584
12	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.897	+1.751
13	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:21.068	+1.922
14	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:21.118	+1.972
15	16	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	1:21.135	+1.989
16	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	1:22.180	+3.034
17	19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	1:22.356	+3.210
18	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	1:24.329	+5.183
19	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	1:24.679	+5.533
20	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	no time	no time
Source:[3]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	70	1:35:26.131	1	10
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	70	+4.696	2	8
3	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	70	+44.599	5	6
4	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	70	+1:02.613	7	5
5	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	70	+1:07.439	4	4
6	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	69	+1 Lap	3	3
7	4	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	69	+1 Lap	6	2
8	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	69	+1 Lap	8	1
9	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+1 Lap	12
10	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	69	+1 Lap	11
11	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	69	+1 Lap	13
12	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	68	+2 Laps	16
13	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	68	+2 Laps	14
14	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	66	+4 Laps	19
15	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	65	+5 Laps	18
Ret	19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	48	Gearbox	17
Ret	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	41	Engine	9
Ret	16	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	31	Electronics	15
Ret	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	21	Brakes	20
Ret	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	13	Electrical	10
Source:[4]

Notes

• This race would become the last Grand Chelem to be set for another six years. The next Grand Chelem to be set was by Fernando Alonso during the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix.
• This is also Michael Schumacher's last grand chelem.
• Williams raced with 2003 nose cones.
• Michael Schumacher won his seventh consecutive Grand Prix with this race, equalling Alberto Ascari's record.
• This was the last time the race winner in Hungary went on to become world champion.^[5]
• This was Ferrari's last win in Hungary until Sebastian Vettel won the race with Ferrari 11 years later.

Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings[1] Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 120 2 Rubens Barrichello 82 3 Jenson Button 65 4 Jarno Trulli 46 5 Fernando Alonso 45

Constructors' Championship standings[1] Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 202 2 Renault 91 3 BAR-Honda 83 4 Williams-BMW 54 5 McLaren-Mercedes 37

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

References

1. "Championship Classification". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
2. "Da Matta out, Zonta in at Toyota". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
3. "2004 Hungarian Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
4. "2004 Hungarian Grand Prix - Race Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
5. "Hungarian GP & your Bianchi tributes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2015-07-24.

Coordinates: 47°34′44″N 19°14′55″E / 47.57889°N 19.24861°E