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 Nat 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
Race
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
Caution flags
Laps Cause1-6 Junqueira (6), Domínguez (55) & Allmendinger (10) contact22-24 Gidley (17) spin/stall38-41 Gidley (17) contact42-45 Servià (11) & Wilson (34) contact47-48 Debris74-79 Jourdain (9) contact81-82 Lavín (3) stall on course
Notes
Laps Leader1-63 Sébastien Bourdais64-68 Jimmy Vasser69-72 Paul Tracy73-84 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 75Jimmy Vasser 5Paul Tracy 4
New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:36.930 Average Speed 83.749 mph
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Sébastien Bourdais 164 1 2 Bruno Junqueira 136 3 Patrick Carpentier 129 1 4 Paul Tracy 108 1 5 Alex Tagliani 103
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
External links Full Weekend Times & Results Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Box Score