2004 Italian Grand Prix

The 2004 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2004) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 September 2004 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. It was Race 15 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Friday drivers The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.

Constructor Nat Driver BAR-Honda Anthony Davidson Sauber-Petronas - Jaguar-Cosworth Björn Wirdheim Toyota Ryan Briscoe Jordan-Ford Timo Glock Minardi-Cosworth Bas Leinders

Report Background After the Belgian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher was already crowned driver world champion. He led the drivers' championship unassailably with 40 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and 63 points ahead of Jenson Button. After the Hungarian Grand Prix, Ferrari was confirmed as constructors' world champion. They held an unassailable lead in the constructors' championship with 125 points ahead of Renault and 131 points ahead of BAR-Honda.

This race was Scuderia Ferrari's 700th start in a World Championship event as a team.Privateer Ferrari entry in 1950 French Grand Prix, which is often a source of incorrect count for their races as a team (as opposed to as a manufacturer) doesn't count towards the team's participations. This was the last race for Giorgio Pantano.

Qualifying In the first qualifying, in which the starting positions for the second qualifying were determined, Montoya achieved the fastest time. Barrichello was fastest in qualifying and secured pole position with a time of 1:20.089 minutes. Montoya came second ahead of Michael Schumacher.

In the first part of qualifying (which did not count towards grid positions), Montoya lapped Monza in his Williams FW26 at an average speed of , which at the time, was the fastest lap recorded at Monza, and the highest average speed over one lap in Formula One. These records would stand until the 2018 edition.

Race

The morning of the race was quite rainy and at the time of departure there were still wet parts of the circuit, which made tire selection difficult. At the beginning of the race, Alonso overtakes Barrichello; while Schumacher drops to 15th position after an incident. However, against all odds, Barrichello manages to regain third position after stopping on lap 5 to put on dry tires and Barrichello climbs back into first place.

In the Minardi pit garage, the car of Gianmaria Bruni caught fire after fuel escaped from the hose onto the hot bodywork during a routine pit-stop, and it was put out without any serious injury. Bruni inhaled some of the extinguishant and was having trouble breathing and so the team decided to retire the car.

Montoya's teammate Antônio Pizzonia reached a top speed of , the fastest speed recorded in Formula One at the time (it was to be exceeded by Montoya at the 2005 edition).

Ferrari took a 1–2 in front of the delighted Tifosi, with Rubens Barrichello ahead of teammate Michael Schumacher.

Classification

Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid 1 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari1:20.552 1:20.089 — 1 2 3 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW1:19.525 1:20.620 +0.531 2 3 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari1:20.528 1:20.637 +0.548 3 4 8 Fernando Alonso Renault1:20.341 1:20.645 +0.556 4 5 10 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda1:19.733 1:20.715 +0.626 5 6 9 Jenson Button BAR-Honda1:19.856 1:20.786 +0.697 6 7 6 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes1:20.501 1:20.877 +0.788 7 8 4 Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW1:19.671 1:20.888 +0.799 8 9 7 Jarno Trulli Renault1:21.011 1:21.027 +0.938 9 10 5 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes1:20.414 1:21.049 +0.960 10 11 16 Ricardo Zonta Toyota1:21.829 1:21.520 +1.431 11 12 14 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth1:21.783 1:21.602 +1.513 12 13 17 Olivier Panis Toyota1:22.169 1:21.841 +1.752 13 14 15 Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth1:22.114 1:21.989 +1.900 14 15 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas1:20.357 1:22.239 +2.150 15 16 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas1:20.571 1:22.287 +2.198 16 17 18 Nick Heidfeld Jordan-FordNo time 1:22.301 +2.212 20 18 19 Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford1:23.264 1:23.239 +3.150 17 19 21 Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth1:25.082 1:25.808 +4.719 19 20 20 Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth1:23.963 1:24.910 +4.821 18 Notes – Nick Heidfeld did not get time in Q1 due to gearbox problems. – Nick Heidfeld received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change. – Zsolt Baumgartner initially set a lap time in Q2 (1:24.808), but received a one-second time penalty for cutting the first chicane on his flying lap.

Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 53 1:15:18.448 1 10 2 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 53 +1.347 3 8 3 9 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 53 +10.197 6 6 4 10 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 53 +15.370 5 5 5 3 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 53 +32.352 2 4 6 5 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 53 +33.439 PL 3 7 4 Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 53 +33.752 8 2 8 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 53 +35.431 15 1 9 14 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 53 +56.761 12 10 7 Jarno Trulli Renault 53 +1:06.316 9 11 16 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 53 +1:22.531 11 12 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 52 +1 Lap 16 13 15 Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 52 +1 Lap 14 14 18 Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 52 +1 Lap PL 15 21 Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 50 +3 Laps 19 8 Fernando Alonso Renault 40 Spun off 4 19 Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 33 Accident 17 20 Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 29 Fire 18 6 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 13 Overheating 7 17 Olivier Panis Toyota 0 Spun off 13 Notes – David Coulthard and Nick Heidfeld started the race from the pitlane.

Championship standings after the race Bold text and an asterisk indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher* 136 2 Rubens Barrichello 98 3 Jenson Button 71 4 Jarno Trulli 46 5 Fernando Alonso 45Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari* 234 1 2 BAR-Honda 94 1 3 Renault 91 4 Williams-BMW 60 5 McLaren-Mercedes 52Source:

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

2004 Italian Grand Prix

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