The 2004 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 July 2004 at the Donington Park circuit.
For the first time in MotoGP class era history the MotoGP class race started at unusual 15:30 local time slot rather than usual 13:00 local time slot to avoid direct clash with Formula One 2004 German Grand Prix that held on the same date. MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 30 45:30.473 1 25 2 45 Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +2.945 5 20 3 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +4.426 2 16 4 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +6.096 6 13 5 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +14.711 4 11 6 7 Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 30 +17.110 7 10 7 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +23.313 3 9 8 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +28.121 15 8 9 4 Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +35.380 9 7 10 50 Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +44.468 13 6 11 11 Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +47.490 10 5 12 3 Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 30 +54.004 8 4 13 67 Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +57.378 17 3 14 6 Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 30 +1:07.158 14 2 15 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:15.795 11 1 16 99 Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +1:26.485 18 17 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 29 +1 lap 12 18 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 29 +1 lap 21 19 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 29 +1 lap 20 20 84 Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 29 +1 lap 19 Ret 17 Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 28 Accident 16 Ret 80 Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 11 Retirement 22 Ret 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 2 Retirement 23 DNS 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 27 42:17.705 4 25 2 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 27 +6.003 2 20 3 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +11.463 5 16 4 51 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 27 +12.722 1 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +30.430 9 11 6 14 Anthony West Aprilia 27 +33.007 8 10 7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +51.931 13 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +55.055 11 8 9 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 27 +57.422 3 7 10 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +59.456 15 6 11 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 27 +1:06.270 14 5 12 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +1:06.566 20 4 13 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 27 +1:21.025 21 3 14 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 27 +1:21.800 16 2 15 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 27 +1:29.120 17 1 16 52 José David de Gea Honda 27 +1:32.733 18 17 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:33.155 22 18 17 Klaus Nöhles Honda 26 +1 lap 23 19 44 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +1 lap 25 20 65 Lee Dickinson Honda 26 +1 lap 27 21 43 Radomil Rous Yamaha 26 +1 lap 28 Ret 12 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24 Retirement 19 Ret 24 Toni Elías Honda 13 Retirement 6 Ret 6 Alex Debón Honda 3 Accident 10 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 2 Accident 7 Ret 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 2 Accident 12 Ret 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 0 Accident 24 DNS 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 0 Did not start 29 DNS 64 Frederik Watz Yamaha 0 Did not start 26 DNS 2 Roberto Rolfo Honda Did not start DNS 40 Max Sabbatani Yamaha Did not start DNQ 66 Tony Campbell Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ 67 Bruce Dunn Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 41:14.592 1 25 2 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 25 +3.807 9 20 3 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 25 +8.250 6 16 4 36 Mika Kallio KTM 25 +8.641 3 13 5 24 Simone Corsi Honda 25 +16.706 4 11 6 21 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +16.993 11 10 7 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 25 +22.120 5 9 8 10 Julián Simón Honda 25 +23.070 8 8 9 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +23.860 15 7 10 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 25 +29.993 23 6 11 7 Stefano Perugini Gilera 25 +30.475 18 5 12 52 Lukáš Pešek Honda 25 +30.593 20 4 13 14 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 25 +40.502 22 3 14 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 25 +41.140 13 2 15 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 25 +45.295 16 1 16 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 25 +46.170 24 17 69 Robbin Harms Honda 25 +49.325 21 18 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 25 +54.672 17 19 25 Imre Tóth Aprilia 25 +1:17.223 29 20 20 Georg Fröhlich Honda 25 +1:20.434 35 21 49 Christian Elkin Honda 25 +1:23.026 30 22 18 Simone Sanna Aprilia 25 +1:24.436 26 23 35 Václav Bittman Honda 25 +1:28.933 28 24 30 Raffaele De Rosa Honda 25 +1:33.750 32 25 85 Eugene Laverty Honda 24 +1 lap 31 26 51 Kris Weston Honda 23 +2 laps 36 27 84 Tommy Bridewell Honda 23 +2 laps 37 Ret 47 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 24 Accident 25 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 Retirement 7 Ret 66 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 22 Retirement 27 Ret 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 17 Retirement 12 Ret 8 Manuel Manna Malaguti 16 Retirement 34 Ret 16 Raymond Schouten Honda 9 Retirement 33 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 4 Retirement 10 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 0 Accident 14 Ret 3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 0 Accident 2 Ret 54 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 0 Accident 19 DNS 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 164 2 Sete Gibernau 142 3 Max Biaggi 142 4 Colin Edwards 95 5 Alex Barros 86
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 200 2 Yamaha 179 3 Ducati 83 4 Kawasaki 42 5 Suzuki 42
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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