The 2004 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 May 2004 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 28 44:22.750 1 25 2 7 Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 28 +1.671 2 20 3 3 Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 28 +1.908 3 16 4 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 28 +4.272 4 13 5 45 Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +15.755 5 11 6 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +18.225 6 10 7 4 Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +27.656 11 9 8 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +31.530 10 8 9 6 Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 28 +33.164 8 7 10 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +39.512 9 6 11 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +47.625 7 5 12 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +1:12.140 13 4 13 99 Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 28 +1:23.391 18 3 14 11 Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 27 +1 lap 15 2 15 80 Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +1 lap 21 1 16 84 Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 27 +1 lap 22 17 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +1 lap 20 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 16 Retirement 12 Ret 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 14 Retirement 23 Ret 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 5 Retirement 19 Ret 17 Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 0 Accident 17 Ret 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 0 Accident 16 Ret 50 Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 0 Accident 14 DNS 67 Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Did not start Source:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 26 43:03.338 1 25 2 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +7.711 2 20 3 24 Toni Elías Honda 26 +19.233 5 16 4 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 26 +20.427 9 13 5 51 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +21.175 10 11 6 14 Anthony West Aprilia 26 +24.269 12 10 7 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +38.537 7 9 8 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +39.827 6 8 9 6 Alex Debón Honda 26 +42.589 13 7 10 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 26 +47.541 16 6 11 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 26 +47.874 18 5 12 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 26 +51.623 19 4 13 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +51.813 15 3 14 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +58.880 20 2 15 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:03.261 25 1 16 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:05.370 17 17 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 26 +1:05.906 22 18 36 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 26 +1:08.323 21 19 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 26 +1:19.342 26 20 77 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 26 +1:21.036 24 21 44 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +1:39.861 30 22 42 Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 25 +1 lap 28 Ret 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 17 Accident 3 Ret 12 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 11 Accident 23 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 10 Retirement 11 Ret 43 Radomil Rous Aprilia 6 Accident 27 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 6 Retirement 29 Ret 2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 4 Retirement 8 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 1 Accident 4 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 1 Retirement 14 DNQ 45 Samuel Aubry Honda Did not qualify DNQ 46 Vincent Eisen Honda Did not qualify DNQ 47 Marc-Antoine Scaccia Yamaha Did not qualify WD 40 Max Sabbatani Yamaha Withdrew Source:
125cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 41:26.747 1 25 2 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 +0.594 4 20 3 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 24 +6.680 2 16 4 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +9.662 5 13 5 3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +10.178 3 11 6 36 Mika Kallio KTM 24 +20.698 20 10 7 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +20.967 10 9 8 27 Casey Stoner KTM 24 +21.158 13 8 9 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +21.645 11 7 10 21 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +23.080 6 6 11 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +26.699 15 5 12 54 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 24 +29.332 17 4 13 10 Julián Simón Honda 24 +33.187 18 3 14 52 Lukáš Pešek Honda 24 +37.002 21 2 15 24 Simone Corsi Honda 24 +40.239 12 1 16 14 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 24 +40.304 22 17 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 24 +51.919 24 18 47 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 24 +54.523 31 19 26 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 24 +54.575 26 20 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 24 +54.922 19 21 25 Imre Tóth Aprilia 24 +1:05.458 25 22 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +1:05.610 27 23 8 Manuel Manna Malaguti 24 +1:13.982 29 24 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 24 +1:14.248 34 25 70 Julián Miralles Aprilia 24 +1:14.539 33 26 66 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 24 +1:24.230 30 27 11 Mattia Angeloni Honda 24 +1:27.607 36 28 16 Raymond Schouten Honda 24 +1:36.938 32 29 74 Mathieu Gines Honda 23 +1 lap 38 30 73 Yannick Deschamps Honda 23 +1 lap 37 Ret 69 Robbin Harms Honda 22 Accident 28 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 12 Accident 7 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 9 Accident 8 Ret 72 Alexis Masbou Honda 9 Retirement 35 Ret 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 7 Retirement 23 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Gilera 7 Retirement 16 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 1 Accident 9 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 0 Accident 14 DNS 20 Georg Fröhlich Honda Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Sete Gibernau 66 2 Max Biaggi 56 3 Valentino Rossi 51 4 Alex Barros 38 5 Carlos Checa 36
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 70 2 Yamaha 58 3 Ducati 22 4 Suzuki 15 5 Kawasaki 11
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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