The 2004 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 June 2004 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.
This race saw the last non-factory rider to lead the championship before Cal Crutchlow in the 2018 Argentine Grand Prix.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 25 44:03.255 2 25 2 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 25 +0.159 1 20 3 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +13.923 5 16 4 7 Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 25 +19.213 12 13 5 45 Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 25 +21.205 11 11 6 11 Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 25 +22.847 7 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 25 +24.014 13 9 8 3 Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 25 +24.104 4 8 9 17 Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +35.676 18 7 10 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 25 +40.775 15 6 11 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 25 +40.862 14 5 12 50 Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 25 +56.157 17 4 13 67 Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 25 +1:03.679 20 3 14 88 Andrew Pitt Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki 25 +1:05.933 22 2 15 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 25 +1:18.199 24 1 16 84 Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 25 +1:18.515 25 17 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +1 lap 16 18 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 20 +5 laps 26 Ret 32 Gregorio Lavilla Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 Retirement 21 Ret 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 Accident 10 Ret 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 18 Retirement 8 Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 16 Retirement 3 Ret 6 Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 12 Retirement 9 Ret 80 Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 5 Retirement 23 Ret 4 Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 Accident 6 DNS 99 Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0 Did not start 19 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 41:29.955 1 25 2 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +0.109 2 20 3 24 Toni Elías Honda 23 +9.521 5 16 4 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 23 +20.871 3 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +34.337 6 11 6 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +37.569 13 10 7 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +42.087 7 9 8 6 Alex Debón Honda 23 +45.850 16 8 9 14 Anthony West Aprilia 23 +45.938 19 7 10 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +46.235 10 6 11 34 Eric Bataille Honda 23 +50.694 14 5 12 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +50.980 24 4 13 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 23 +56.785 21 3 14 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +56.895 15 2 15 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +57.366 18 1 16 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +58.164 20 17 36 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 23 +1:32.322 22 18 44 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 22 +1 lap 26 19 63 Jarno Ronzoni Honda 22 +1 lap 27 20 72 David Fouloi Aprilia 22 +1 lap 29 Ret 2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 14 Accident 8 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 14 Accident 9 Ret 51 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 14 Retirement 4 Ret 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 12 Accident 11 Ret 77 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 12 Accident 12 Ret 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 7 Accident 17 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 7 Retirement 23 Ret 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 6 Retirement 25 DNS 40 Max Sabbatani Yamaha 0 Did not start 28 DNQ 30 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 22 41:17.986 2 25 2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 22 +0.016 8 20 3 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 22 +0.342 4 16 4 27 Casey Stoner KTM 22 +0.400 3 13 5 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 22 +0.548 1 11 6 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 22 +0.733 12 10 7 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 22 +7.907 13 9 8 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 22 +10.793 9 8 9 36 Mika Kallio KTM 22 +13.431 15 7 10 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 22 +13.513 7 6 11 54 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 22 +14.242 17 5 12 21 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 22 +14.333 10 4 13 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 22 +16.209 21 3 14 10 Julián Simón Honda 22 +22.605 11 2 15 47 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 22 +22.655 27 1 16 26 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 22 +22.773 22 17 14 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 22 +22.961 14 18 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 22 +23.575 18 19 25 Imre Tóth Aprilia 22 +40.669 19 20 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 22 +42.929 24 21 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 22 +51.446 26 22 7 Stefano Perugini Gilera 22 +58.908 20 23 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 22 +58.995 28 24 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 22 +59.548 25 25 38 Mikko Kyyhkynen Honda 22 +1:17.227 30 26 71 Enrique Jerez Honda 22 +1:36.638 34 27 66 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 22 +1:48.618 29 28 78 Jordi Planas Honda 21 +1 lap 35 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Honda 21 Retirement 5 Ret 11 Mattia Angeloni Honda 21 Retirement 33 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 17 Accident 6 Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 16 Retirement 23 Ret 68 Fabricio Perren Honda 12 Accident 31 Ret 8 Manuel Manna Malaguti 4 Retirement 32 Ret 24 Simone Corsi Honda 1 Accident 16 DNS 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Sete Gibernau 106 2 Valentino Rossi 101 3 Max Biaggi 80 4 Carlos Checa 49 5 Alex Barros 48
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 110 2 Yamaha 108 3 Ducati 45 4 Kawasaki 22 5 Suzuki 15
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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