2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 September-2 October 2004 at the Losail International Circuit. It was the first running of the event.

This would be Sete Gibernau's 9th and final race win.

MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 22 44:01.741 3 25 2 45 Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +1.315 10 20 3 11 Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 22 +23.844 7 16 4 4 Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +25.458 2 13 5 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +31.417 4 11 6 3 Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 22 +39.209 24 10 7 17 Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +53.373 17 9 8 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +58.006 11 8 9 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +1:04.320 18 7 10 6 Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 22 +1:18.518 13 6 11 71 Yukio Kagayama Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +1:49.438 19 5 12 36 James Haydon Proton Team KR Proton KR 22 +1:52.158 21 4 13 77 James Ellison WCM Harris WCM 22 +1:53.900 22 3 Ret 7 Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 19 Retirement 1 Ret 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 13 Retirement 16 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 13 Retirement 6 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 12 Retirement 14 Ret 50 Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 10 Retirement 15 Ret 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 6 Accident 20 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 5 Accident 23 Ret 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 5 Retirement 9 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 3 Retirement 5 DNQ 41 Youichi Ui WCM Harris WCM Did not qualify Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 20 41:17.343 1 25 2 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 20 +1.614 2 20 3 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 20 +43.312 6 16 4 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +45.127 7 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +47.182 8 11 6 24 Toni Elías Honda 20 +59.471 5 10 7 2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 20 +1:11.413 16 9 8 6 Alex Debón Honda 20 +1:22.120 11 8 9 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 20 +1:22.162 23 7 10 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 20 +1:29.038 14 6 11 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +1:40.121 9 5 12 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 20 +1:43.016 18 4 13 44 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 20 +1:43.056 21 3 14 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 20 +1:50.884 22 2 15 52 José David de Gea Honda 20 +1:53.027 24 1 16 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 20 +1:53.335 13 17 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 20 +1:54.871 17 18 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 20 +2:25.588 15 19 17 Klaus Nöhles Honda 19 +1 lap 26 Ret 14 Anthony West Aprilia 19 Retirement 10 Ret 51 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 18 Retirement 3 Ret 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 15 Retirement 20 Ret 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 8 Retirement 19 Ret 43 Radomil Rous Yamaha 5 Retirement 27 Ret 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 4 Accident 4 Ret 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 2 Retirement 12 Ret 42 Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 0 Accident 25 DNQ 88 Gergő Talmácsi Yamaha Did not qualify Source:

125 cc classification The race produced a dead heat for first place between Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso. After a photo finish could not separate the riders, Lorenzo was awarded first place on the basis that he set a faster laptime during the race. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 18 39:11.620 1 25 2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 18 +0.000 2 20 3 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 18 +4.018 12 16 4 36 Mika Kallio KTM 18 +18.753 10 13 5 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 18 +35.458 16 11 6 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 18 +37.890 6 10 7 10 Julián Simón Honda 18 +39.023 8 9 8 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 18 +39.409 22 8 9 54 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 18 +42.901 15 7 10 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 18 +42.918 9 6 11 21 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 18 +47.425 3 5 12 3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 18 +48.015 14 4 13 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 18 +52.652 13 3 14 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 18 +1:03.092 21 2 15 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 18 +1:06.804 27 1 16 7 Stefano Perugini Gilera 18 +1:07.043 18 17 52 Lukáš Pešek Honda 18 +1:20.718 30 18 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 18 +1:23.808 19 19 26 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 18 +1:26.869 24 20 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 18 +1:28.482 5 21 45 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 18 +1:29.779 25 22 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 18 +1:37.395 26 23 8 Manuel Manna Malaguti 18 +1:37.540 31 24 16 Raymond Schouten Honda 18 +1:38.401 29 25 25 Imre Tóth Aprilia 18 +1:54.617 28 Ret 24 Simone Corsi Honda 15 Retirement 11 Ret 14 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 9 Retirement 17 Ret 27 Casey Stoner KTM 8 Retirement 4 Ret 31 Max Sabbatani Honda 2 Retirement 32 Ret 47 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 0 Accident 23 Ret 66 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 0 Accident 20 DNS 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 0 Did not start 7 DNQ 9 Markéta Janáková Honda Did not qualify DNQ 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia Did not qualify Source:

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 229 2 Sete Gibernau 215 3 Max Biaggi 168 4 Colin Edwards 131 5 Alex Barros 128

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 295 2 Yamaha 253 3 Ducati 127 4 Kawasaki 74 5 Suzuki 66

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

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