Brazil 2004: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:10.646
2	Montoya	Williams	1:10.850	+0.204
3	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:10.892	+0.246
4	Massa	Sauber	1:10.922	+0.276
5	Button	BAR	1:11.092	+0.446
6	Sato	BAR	1:11.120	+0.474
7	Schumacher	Williams	1:11.131	+0.485
8	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:11.386	+0.740
9	Alonso	Renault	1:11.454	+0.808
10	Trulli	Toyota	1:11.483	+0.837
11	Fisichella	Sauber	1:11.571	+0.925
12	Webber	Jaguar	1:11.665	+1.019
13	Coulthard	McLaren	1:11.750	+1.104
14	Villeneuve	Renault	1:11.836	+1.190
15	Zonta	Toyota	1:11.974	+1.328
16	Klien	Jaguar	1:12.211	+1.565
17	Heidfeld	Jordan	1:12.829	+2.183
18	Glock	Jordan	1:13.502	+2.856
19	Baumgartner	Minardi	1:13.550	+2.904
20	Bruni	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	Juan Pablo MontoyaFastest lap	Williams	2	71	1:28:01.451	3	BMW	Michelin
2	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren	3	71	+1.022	3	Mercedes	Michelin
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1	71	+24.099	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	71	+48.908	2	Renault	Michelin
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	7	71	+49.740	3	BMW	Michelin
6	Takuma Sato	BAR	6	71	+50.248	3	Honda	Michelin
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	18	71	+50.626	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
8	Felipe Massa	Sauber	4	71	+1:02.310	3	Petronas	Bridgestone
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	10	71	+1:03.842	3	Petronas	Bridgestone
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Renault	13	70	+1 lap	2	Renault	Michelin
11	David Coulthard	McLaren	12	70	+1 lap	2	Mercedes	Michelin
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	70	+1 lap	3	Toyota	Michelin
13	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	14	70	+1 lap	3	Toyota	Michelin
14	Christian Klien	Jaguar	15	69	+2 laps	3	Cosworth	Michelin
15	Timo Glock	Jordan	17	69	+2 laps	3	Ford	Bridgestone
16	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	PL	67	+4 laps	3	Cosworth	Bridgestone
17	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	PL	67	+4 laps	3	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNF	Mark Webber	Jaguar	11	23	Collision	1	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	16	15	Clutch	1	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Jenson Button	BAR	5	3	Engine	0	Honda	Michelin

Starting grid vs qualifying

Schumacher Qualified 8, started 18 · 10-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Schumacher18→7+11
Alonso8→4+4
Villeneuve13→10+3
BaumgartnerPL→16+3
BruniPL→17+3
Schumacher7→5+2
Glock17→15+2
Montoya2→1+1
Räikkönen3→2+1
Fisichella10→9+1
Coulthard12→11+1
Zonta14→13+1
Klien15→14+1
Sato6→60
Barrichello1→3-2
Trulli9→12-3
Massa4→8-4

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

Fastest pit stops

1Barrichello23.354R6
2Sato23.712R5
3Fisichella23.801R54
4Räikkönen23.939R55
5Schumacher23.943R5
6Barrichello24.073R27
7Schumacher24.077R50
8Trulli24.079R28
9Trulli24.108R45
10Montoya24.115R5

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

Stints of the top 10

Montoya52322213 stops
Räikkönen52426163 stops
Barrichello62122223 stops
Alonso1829242 stops
Schumacher42222233 stops
Sato52227173 stops
Schumacher52322213 stops
Massa72620183 stops
Fisichella82620173 stops
Villeneuve2026242 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

21 races here since 1973Won from pole: 8 of 21

Win from furthest back (P8): Giancarlo Fisichella 2003

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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