2004 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 July 2004 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 24 44:21.976 7 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 24 +2.019 2 20 3 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +5.764 3 16 4 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 24 +11.145 6 13 5 4 Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +12.951 5 11 6 45 Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 24 +13.904 11 10 7 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +23.493 1 9 8 17 Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +27.498 15 8 9 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 24 +27.802 9 7 10 7 Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 24 +36.808 12 6 11 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 24 +37.713 14 5 12 11 Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 24 +48.924 16 4 13 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +57.102 13 3 14 99 Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 +1:03.046 18 2 15 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +1:10.296 17 1 16 50 Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 24 +1:12.548 19 17 67 Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 +1:19.734 20 18 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +1:31.512 21 19 80 Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 24 +1:43.627 22 20 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 23 +1 lap 23 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 12 Accident 8 Ret 52 José David de Gea WCM Harris WCM 7 Accident 24 Ret 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 3 Accident 10 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 1 Accident 4 Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 22 41:56.561 4 25 2 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 22 +0.076 6 20 3 24 Toni Elías Honda 22 +3.792 2 16 4 51 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 22 +4.678 5 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 22 +20.393 10 11 6 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 22 +20.576 15 10 7 2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 22 +30.399 9 9 8 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 22 +34.742 3 8 9 6 Alex Debón Honda 22 +36.021 12 7 10 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 22 +36.476 8 6 11 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 22 +50.991 23 5 12 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 22 +52.196 7 4 13 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 22 +53.576 19 3 14 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 22 +1:01.641 14 2 15 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 22 +1:02.014 24 1 16 17 Klaus Nöhles Honda 22 +1:11.756 20 17 36 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 22 +1:11.999 25 18 77 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 22 +1:20.226 21 19 12 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 22 +1:22.037 18 20 44 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 21 +1 lap 27 Ret 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 21 Accident 17 Ret 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 20 Retirement 1 Ret 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 11 Retirement 13 Ret 40 Max Sabbatani Yamaha 6 Retirement 28 Ret 14 Anthony West Aprilia 2 Accident 11 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 1 Accident 26 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1 Retirement 16 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 0 Accident 22 DNS 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia Did not start Source:

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 41:41.459 1 25 2 27 Casey Stoner KTM 21 +0.096 5 20 3 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +0.202 2 16 4 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 21 +0.359 6 13 5 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 21 +0.737 7 11 6 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 21 +7.614 20 10 7 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 21 +7.769 8 9 8 36 Mika Kallio KTM 21 +12.725 18 8 9 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 21 +13.950 14 7 10 54 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 21 +19.938 4 6 11 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 21 +25.983 9 5 12 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 21 +26.633 16 4 13 24 Simone Corsi Honda 21 +26.996 15 3 14 10 Julián Simón Honda 21 +27.131 13 2 15 52 Lukáš Pešek Honda 21 +30.697 17 1 16 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 21 +30.806 22 17 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +38.591 12 18 25 Imre Tóth Aprilia 21 +52.505 19 19 14 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 21 +59.593 21 20 21 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +1:07.333 11 21 66 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 21 +1:20.065 27 22 7 Stefano Perugini Gilera 21 +1:48.237 24 23 8 Manuel Manna Malaguti 21 +1:48.311 28 24 16 Raymond Schouten Honda 21 +1:49.405 29 Ret 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 11 Retirement 30 Ret 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 10 Accident 3 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 7 Accident 10 Ret 38 Mikko Kyyhkynen Honda 6 Accident 32 Ret 9 Markéta Janáková Honda 6 Accident 31 Ret 47 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 1 Retirement 25 Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 0 Accident 26 Ret 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 0 Accident 23 Source:

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 126 2 Sete Gibernau 126 3 Max Biaggi 113 4 Colin Edwards 64 5 Carlos Checa 62

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 155 2 Yamaha 141 3 Ducati 67 4 Kawasaki 32 5 Suzuki 26

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

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