The 2004 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 29–31 October 2004 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
MotoGP classification Kenny Roberts Jr. was replaced by Gregorio Lavilla after the first practice session due to injury. Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 30 47:16.145 3 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 30 +0.425 2 20 3 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +3.133 6 16 4 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +6.128 4 13 5 6 Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 30 +7.768 1 11 6 4 Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +14.675 12 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +23.315 10 9 8 45 Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +27.441 8 8 9 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +29.403 13 7 10 17 Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +31.537 15 6 11 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +40.951 11 5 12 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +1:02.014 7 4 13 99 Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +1:04.637 14 3 14 7 Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 30 +1:08.042 9 2 15 50 Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +1:09.364 18 1 16 24 Garry McCoy MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +1:15.022 20 17 32 Gregorio Lavilla Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +1:15.274 19 18 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 29 +1 lap 21 19 77 James Ellison WCM Harris WCM 29 +1 lap 23 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki 24 Retirement 22 Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 Accident 5 Ret 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 11 Accident 25 Ret 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 10 Accident 16 Ret 11 Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 10 Accident 17 DNS 80 Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 0 Did not start 24 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 27 44:10.176 1 25 2 24 Toni Elías Honda 27 +8.086 5 20 3 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +27.412 4 16 4 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +31.620 6 13 5 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 27 +34.059 10 11 6 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +34.784 16 10 7 2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 27 +40.352 18 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +46.761 9 8 9 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +46.770 13 7 10 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +58.235 21 6 11 52 José David de Gea Honda 27 +1:03.287 12 5 12 12 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 27 +1:05.615 20 4 13 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 27 +1:06.024 14 3 14 6 Alex Debón Honda 27 +1:06.858 11 2 15 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 27 +1:10.842 15 1 16 41 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 27 +1:13.946 25 17 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 27 +1:14.621 22 18 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:15.103 19 19 43 Radomil Rous Yamaha 27 +1:40.045 27 20 42 Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 26 +1 lap 24 21 75 Hans Smees Aprilia 26 +1 lap 28 22 63 Jarno Ronzoni Aprilia 26 +1 lap 29 Ret 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 18 Accident 2 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 18 Accident 17 Ret 64 Frederik Watz Honda 17 Retirement 26 Ret 44 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 14 Retirement 23 Ret 51 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 3 Accident 3 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 1 Accident 8 DSQ 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 27 (+10.343) 7 DNS 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia Did not start DNS 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia Did not start DNQ 88 Gergő Talmácsi Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 40:45.283 2 25 2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +0.761 1 20 3 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +0.979 11 16 4 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +1.285 14 13 5 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +1.338 5 11 6 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 +3.708 7 10 7 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +8.782 4 9 8 24 Simone Corsi Honda 24 +12.425 13 8 9 14 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 24 +12.515 10 7 10 21 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +16.655 9 6 11 54 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 24 +19.936 15 5 12 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +20.076 25 4 13 10 Julián Simón Honda 24 +20.127 8 3 14 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 24 +31.001 17 2 15 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 24 +38.040 12 1 16 37 Michele Pirro Aprilia 24 +39.610 28 17 45 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 24 +39.951 21 18 88 Michael Ranseder KTM 24 +45.884 36 19 70 Julián Miralles Aprilia 24 +46.171 33 20 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 24 +46.357 32 21 25 Imre Tóth Aprilia 24 +46.403 26 22 59 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 24 +46.803 24 23 66 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 24 +56.536 31 24 57 Aleix Espargaró Honda 24 +56.557 29 25 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 24 +59.931 22 26 71 Enrique Jerez Honda 24 +1:02.191 34 27 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 24 +1:02.284 35 Ret 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 14 Accident 3 Ret 27 Casey Stoner KTM 14 Accident 6 Ret 26 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 9 Accident 19 Ret 16 Raymond Schouten Honda 6 Retirement 37 Ret 36 Mika Kallio KTM 5 Accident 20 Ret 8 Manuel Manna Malaguti 5 Retirement 30 Ret 31 Max Sabbatani Honda 2 Retirement 38 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Honda 1 Retirement 16 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Gilera 1 Retirement 27 Ret 47 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 0 Accident 23 Ret 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 0 Accident 18 DNQ 9 Markéta Janáková Honda Did not qualify Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 304 2 Sete Gibernau 257 3 Max Biaggi 217 4 Alex Barros 165 5 Colin Edwards 157
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 355 2 Yamaha 328 3 Ducati 169 4 Kawasaki 95 5 Suzuki 73
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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