Japan 2004: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33.542
2	Schumacher	Williams	1:34.032	+0.490
3	Webber	Jaguar	1:34.571	+1.029
4	Sato	BAR	1:34.897	+1.355
5	Button	BAR	1:35.157	+1.615
6	Trulli	Toyota	1:35.213	+1.671
7	Fisichella	Sauber	1:36.136	+2.594
8	Coulthard	McLaren	1:36.156	+2.614
9	Villeneuve	Renault	1:36.274	+2.732
10	Panis	Toyota	1:36.420	+2.878
11	Alonso	Renault	1:36.663	+3.121
12	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:36.820	+3.278
13	Montoya	Williams	1:37.653	+4.111
14	Klien	Jaguar	1:38.258	+4.716
15	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:38.637	+5.095
16	Heidfeld	Jordan	1:41.953	+8.411
17	Glock	Jordan	1:43.533	+9.991
18	Bruni	Minardi	1:48.069	+14.527
19	Massa	Sauber
20	Baumgartner	Minardi

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 Schumacher	Ferrari	1	53	1:24:26.985	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	2	53	+14.098	3	BMW	Michelin
3	Jenson Button	BAR	5	53	+19.662	2	Honda	Michelin
4	Takuma Sato	BAR	4	53	+31.781	3	Honda	Michelin
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	11	53	+37.767	2	Renault	Michelin
6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	12	53	+39.362	2	Mercedes	Michelin
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	13	53	+55.347	3	BMW	Michelin
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	7	53	+56.276	3	Petronas	Bridgestone
9	Felipe Massa	Sauber	19	53	+1:29.656	3	Petronas	Bridgestone
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Renault	9	52	+1 lap	2	Renault	Michelin
11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	6	52	+1 lap	3	Toyota	Michelin
12	Christian Klien	Jaguar	14	52	+1 lap	2	Cosworth	Michelin
13	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	16	52	+1 lap	3	Ford	Bridgestone
14	Olivier Panis	Toyota	10	51	+2 laps	3	Toyota	Michelin
15	Timo Glock	Jordan	17	51	+2 laps	3	Ford	Bridgestone
16	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	18	50	+3 laps	3	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNF	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	PL	41	Spin	3	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	38	Collision	2	Mercedes	Michelin
DNF	Rubens BarrichelloFastest lap	Ferrari	15	38	Collision	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
DNF	Mark Webber	Jaguar	3	20	Overheating	2	Cosworth	Michelin

Race

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Places gained

Massa19→9+10
Alonso11→5+6
Räikkönen12→6+6
Montoya13→7+6
Heidfeld16→13+3
Button5→3+2
Klien14→12+2
Glock17→15+2
Bruni18→16+2
Schumacher1→10
Schumacher2→20
Sato4→40
Fisichella7→8-1
Villeneuve9→10-1
Panis10→14-4
Trulli6→11-5

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

Fastest pit stops

1Montoya20.816R28
2Trulli21.018R25
3Montoya21.093R11
4Panis21.173R9
5Trulli21.394R12
6Massa21.470R38
7Barrichello21.475R28
8Sato21.496R41
9Schumacher21.546R24
10Schumacher21.553R39

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

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher131313143 stops
Schumacher91515143 stops
Button1520182 stops
Sato121415123 stops
Alonso1419202 stops
Räikkönen1422172 stops
Montoya111713123 stops
Fisichella121514123 stops
Massa111512153 stops
Villeneuve1519182 stops · +1 lap

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

This race in history

17 races here since 1987Won from pole: 8 of 17

Win from furthest back (P6): Alessandro Nannini 1989

Most wins here

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

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