France 2004: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Alonso	Renault	1:13.698
2	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:13.971	+0.273
3	Coulthard	McLaren	1:13.987	+0.289
4	Button	BAR	1:13.995	+0.297
5	Trulli	Renault	1:14.070	+0.372
6	Montoya	Williams	1:14.172	+0.474
7	Sato	BAR	1:14.240	+0.542
8	Gené	Williams	1:14.275	+0.577
9	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:14.346	+0.648
10	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:14.478	+0.780
11	Da Matta	Toyota	1:14.553	+0.855
12	Webber	Jaguar	1:14.798	+1.100
13	Klien	Jaguar	1:15.065	+1.367
14	Panis	Toyota	1:15.130	+1.432
15	Fisichella	Sauber	1:16.177	+2.479
16	Massa	Sauber	1:16.200	+2.502
17	Heidfeld	Jordan	1:16.807	+3.109
18	Pantano	Jordan	1:17.462	+3.764
19	Bruni	Minardi	1:17.913	+4.215
20	Baumgartner	Minardi	1:18.247	+4.549

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine	Tyres
1	Michael SchumacherFastest lap	Ferrari	2	70	1:30:18.133	4	Ferrari	Bridgestone
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	70	+8.329	3	Renault	Michelin
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	10	70	+31.622	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
4	Jarno Trulli	Renault	5	70	+32.082	3	Renault	Michelin
5	Jenson Button	BAR	4	70	+32.484	3	Honda	Michelin
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	70	+35.520	3	Mercedes	Michelin
7	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	9	70	+36.230	3	Mercedes	Michelin
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	70	+43.419	3	BMW	Michelin
9	Mark Webber	Jaguar	12	70	+52.394	3	Cosworth	Michelin
10	Marc Gené	Williams	8	70	+58.166	3	BMW	Michelin
11	Christian Klien	Jaguar	13	69	+1 lap	3	Cosworth	Michelin
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	15	69	+1 lap	3	Petronas	Bridgestone
13	Felipe Massa	Sauber	16	69	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Bridgestone
14	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	11	69	+1 lap	3	Toyota	Michelin
15	Olivier Panis	Toyota	14	68	+2 laps	3	Toyota	Michelin
16	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	17	68	+2 laps	4	Ford	Bridgestone
17	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	18	67	+3 laps	4	Ford	Bridgestone
18	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	19	65	Gearbox	3	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNF	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	20	31	Spin	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNF	Takuma Sato	BAR	7	15	Engine	1	Honda	Michelin

Race

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Places gained

Barrichello10→3+7
Webber12→9+3
Fisichella15→12+3
Massa16→13+3
Räikkönen9→7+2
Klien13→11+2
Schumacher2→1+1
Trulli5→4+1
Heidfeld17→16+1
Pantano18→17+1
Bruni19→18+1
Alonso1→2-1
Button4→5-1
Panis14→15-1
Montoya6→8-2
Gené8→10-2
Coulthard3→6-3
Da Matta11→14-3

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Heidfeld11.042R35
2Pantano11.084R52
3Schumacher19.036R58
4Schumacher19.425R29
5Schumacher19.641R42
6Alonso19.791R32
7Trulli19.951R31
8Barrichello20.279R31
9Fisichella20.392R52
10Schumacher20.443R11

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher11181316124 stops
Alonso141814243 stops
Barrichello121920193 stops
Trulli131818213 stops
Button141622183 stops
Coulthard121719223 stops
Räikkönen111719233 stops
Montoya131819203 stops
Webber151818193 stops
Gené112221163 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

BruniGearbox, classified P18Minardi
BaumgartnerSpinMinardi
SatoEngineBAR

This race in history

13 races here since 1991Won from pole: 3 of 13

Win from furthest back (P5): Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1999

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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