2004 Belgian Grand Prix

2004 Belgium Grand Prix
Race 14 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	August 29, 2004
Official name	LXI Belgian Grand Prix
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.98 km (4.33 miles)
Distance	44 laps, 307.12 km (190.52 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jarno Trulli	Renault
Time	1:56.232
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:45.108 on lap 42
Podium
First	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Third	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One held on August 29, 2004 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It was at this race that Michael Schumacher won his seventh world championship despite Kimi Räikkönen taking his and McLaren's first race win of the season, from tenth place on the grid. Going into the race, Michael Schumacher only needed to finish in sixth place (three points) to win the championship.

Mark Webber triggered a pile-up at the start, eliminating four cars and damaging several others, although he did admit to his mistake later. The race saw Christian Klien score his first championship points, and Olivier Panis his last. For most of the race the Michelin-shod cars were faster, however the final result had four Bridgestone cars in the top five. Pole-setter Jarno Trulli lost pace throughout the race due to damage to the floor of the car, both Williams cars broke down, and David Coulthard was involved in several incidents in something of a repeat of the notorious 1998 race.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	44	1:32:35.274	10	10
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	44	+3.132 secs	2	8
3	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	44	+4.371 secs	6	6
4	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	44	+12.504 secs	8	5
5	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	44	+14.104 secs	5	4
6	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	44	+14.614 secs	13	3
7	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+17.970 secs	4	2
8	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	44	+18.693 secs	9	1
9	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	44	+22.115 secs	1
10	16	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	41	+3 Laps	20
11	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	40	+4 Laps	16
Ret	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	37	Tyre failure	11
Ret	4	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	31	Gearbox	14
Ret	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	29	Accident	12
Ret	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	28	Accident	18
Ret	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	11	Engine	3
Ret	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	0	Accident	7
Ret	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	0	Accident	15
Ret	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	0	Accident	17
Ret	19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	0	Accident	19

Notes

• Pole position: Jarno Trulli 1:56.232
• Fastest Lap: Kimi Räikkönen 1:45.108
• Kimi Räikkönen's only victory of the season.
• Ricardo Zonta was on course for a points finish, but his engine failed during the closing stages of the race.
• There was a first lap pile-up which caused several drivers to retire.

Standings after Grand Prix

• 1. Michael Schumacher - 128
• 2. Rubens Barrichello - 88
• 3. Jenson Button - 65
• 4. Jarno Trulli - 46
• 5. Fernando Alonso - 45
• 6. Juan Pablo Montoya - 38
• 7. Kimi Räikkönen - 28
• 8. David Coulthard - 21

Constructors

• 1. Ferrari - 216
• 2. Renault - 91
• 3. BAR-Honda - 83
• 4. Williams-BMW - 54

External links

• Comments of 2004 Belgium GP (The race)

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