2004 Australian Grand Prix

Circuit: Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2014 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F2004	1	58	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	F2004	2	58	Finished	8
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	—	5	58	Finished	6
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW26	8	58	Finished	5
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW26	3	58	Finished	4
6	Jenson Button	British American Racing	6	4	58	Finished	3
7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	—	9	57	Finished	2
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	—	12	57	Finished	1
9	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	6	7	57	Finished	0
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	C23	14	57	Finished	0
11	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	—	19	56	Finished	0
12	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	—	13	56	Finished	0
13	Olivier Panis	Toyota	—	18	56	Finished	0
14	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	EJ14	16	55	Finished	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Sauber	C23	11	44	Engine	0
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	EJ14	15	43	Transmission	0
NC	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	PS04	20	43	NC	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	—	6	29	Transmission	0
DNF	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	PS04	17	13	Electrical	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	—	10	9	Engine	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Michael Schumacher	1	1	58
Rubens Barrichello	2	2	58
Fernando Alonso	5	3	58
Ralf Schumacher	8	4	58
Juan Pablo Montoya	3	5	58
Jenson Button	4	6	58
Jarno Trulli	9	7	57
David Coulthard	12	8	57
Takuma Sato	7	9	57
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	10	57
Christian Klien	19	11	56
Cristiano da Matta	13	12	56
Olivier Panis	18	13	56
Giorgio Pantano	16	14	55
Felipe Massa	11	DNF	44
Nick Heidfeld	15	DNF	43
Gianmaria Bruni	20	NC	43
Mark Webber	6	DNF	29
Zsolt Baumgartner	17	DNF	13
Kimi Raikkonen	10	DNF	9

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:24.408	—	—
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:24.482	+0.074	+0.074
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:24.998	+0.590	+0.516
4	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:24.998	+0.590	+0.000
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:25.699	+1.291	+0.701
6	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:25.805	+1.397	+0.106
7	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:25.851	+1.443	+0.046
8	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:25.925	+1.517	+0.074
9	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:26.290	+1.882	+0.365
10	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:26.297	+1.889	+0.007
11	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:27.065	+2.657	+0.768
12	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:27.294	+2.886	+0.229
13	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:27.823	+3.415	+0.529
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	1:27.845	+3.437	+0.022
15	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:28.178	+3.770	+0.333
16	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:30.140	+5.732	+1.962
17	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:30.681	+6.273	+0.541
18	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	—	—	—
19	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	—	—	—
20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Michael Schumacher	1	58	3	12, 30, 45
Rubens Barrichello	2	58	3	11, 29, 44
Fernando Alonso	3	58	3	11, 24, 40
Ralf Schumacher	4	58	3	12, 28, 45
Juan Pablo Montoya	5	58	3	10, 26, 44
Jenson Button	6	58	3	11, 26, 42
Jarno Trulli	7	57	3	12, 28, 41
David Coulthard	8	57	2	14, 36
Takuma Sato	9	57	3	12, 27, 45
Giancarlo Fisichella	10	57	3	8, 28, 44
Christian Klien	11	56	2	16, 37
Cristiano da Matta	12	56	3	12, 24, 42
Olivier Panis	13	56	2	14, 37
Giorgio Pantano	14	55	2	18, 37
Felipe Massa	DNF	44	2	14, 36
Nick Heidfeld	DNF	43	3	14, 28, 43
Gianmaria Bruni	NC	43	3	11, 25, 35
Mark Webber	DNF	29	2	13, 27
Zsolt Baumgartner	DNF	13	1	11
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	9	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Michael Schumacher · Rubens Barrichello	1 · 2	1 · 2	12 · 11	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Fernando Alonso	2 · 5	2 · 3	11 · 11	Same lap	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Juan Pablo Montoya	2 · 3	2 · 5	11 · 10	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	6 · 3	11 · 11	Same lap	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Ralf Schumacher	5 · 8	3 · 4	11 · 12	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Juan Pablo Montoya · Ralf Schumacher	3 · 8	5 · 4	10 · 12	Juan Pablo Montoya	Swapped places
Takuma Sato · Ralf Schumacher	7 · 8	9 · 4	12 · 12	Same lap	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Jarno Trulli	8 · 9	4 · 7	12 · 12	Same lap	Kept their order
Juan Pablo Montoya · Jenson Button	3 · 4	5 · 6	10 · 11	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Jarno Trulli	4 · 9	6 · 7	11 · 12	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · David Coulthard	9 · 12	7 · 8	12 · 14	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Takuma Sato · David Coulthard	7 · 12	9 · 8	12 · 14	Takuma Sato	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Cristiano da Matta	12 · 13	8 · 12	14 · 12	Cristiano da Matta	Kept their order
Takuma Sato · Giancarlo Fisichella	7 · 14	9 · 10	12 · 8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Cristiano da Matta · Giancarlo Fisichella	13 · 14	12 · 10	12 · 8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Christian Klien	14 · 19	10 · 11	8 · 16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Cristiano da Matta · Christian Klien	13 · 19	12 · 11	12 · 16	Cristiano da Matta	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Christian Klien	18 · 19	13 · 11	14 · 16	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Cristiano da Matta · Olivier Panis	13 · 18	12 · 13	12 · 14	Cristiano da Matta	Kept their order
Giorgio Pantano · Olivier Panis	16 · 18	14 · 13	18 · 14	Olivier Panis	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3 · Practice 4

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:25.127	—	—	4
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:25.361	+0.234	+0.234	9
3	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:27.025	+1.898	+1.664	10
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:27.264	+2.137	+0.239	5
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:27.359	+2.232	+0.095	14
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:27.462	+2.335	+0.103	12
7	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:27.675	+2.548	+0.213	11
8	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:27.867	+2.740	+0.192	7
9	Anthony Davidson	British American Racing	35	1:27.921	+2.794	+0.054	25
10	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:28.089	+2.962	+0.168	6
11	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	38	1:28.118	+2.991	+0.029	17
12	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:28.233	+3.106	+0.115	5
13	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:28.874	+3.747	+0.641	6
14	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:28.955	+3.828	+0.081	11
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	1:29.120	+3.993	+0.165	6
16	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	1:29.169	+4.042	+0.049	12
17	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:29.826	+4.699	+0.657	11
18	Björn Wirdheim (never started a Grand Prix)	Jaguar Racing	37	1:30.033	+4.906	+0.207	24
19	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	1:30.046	+4.919	+0.013	7
20	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:30.100	+4.973	+0.054	18
21	Timo Glock	Jordan	39	1:30.618	+5.491	+0.518	12
22	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:32.886	+7.759	+2.268	14
23	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	1:33.236	+8.109	+0.350	8
24	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:24.718	—	—	15
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:24.826	+0.108	+0.108	22
3	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:25.757	+1.039	+0.931	23
4	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:25.786	+1.068	+0.029	15
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:25.853	+1.135	+0.067	22
6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:25.882	+1.164	+0.029	26
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:26.206	+1.488	+0.324	19
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:26.215	+1.497	+0.009	17
9	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:26.312	+1.594	+0.097	17
10	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:26.579	+1.861	+0.267	18
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	1:26.601	+1.883	+0.022	27
12	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:26.967	+2.249	+0.366	15
13	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:26.969	+2.251	+0.002	26
14	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	38	1:27.165	+2.447	+0.196	25
15	Anthony Davidson	British American Racing	35	1:27.516	+2.798	+0.351	11
16	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:27.710	+2.992	+0.194	11
17	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	1:27.724	+3.006	+0.014	20
18	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	1:27.807	+3.089	+0.083	16
19	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:27.826	+3.108	+0.019	15
20	Björn Wirdheim (never started a Grand Prix)	Jaguar Racing	37	1:28.781	+4.063	+0.955	30
21	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	1:28.991	+4.273	+0.210	18
22	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:29.708	+4.990	+0.717	9
23	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:30.061	+5.343	+0.353	18
24	Timo Glock	Jordan	39	1:30.291	+5.573	+0.230	4

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:25.786	—	—	13
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:26.159	+0.373	+0.373	8
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:26.195	+0.409	+0.036	13
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:26.390	+0.604	+0.195	11
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:26.428	+0.642	+0.038	5
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:26.610	+0.824	+0.182	7
7	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:26.725	+0.939	+0.115	6
8	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:26.804	+1.018	+0.079	5
9	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:26.817	+1.031	+0.013	14
10	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:26.995	+1.209	+0.178	11
11	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	1:27.107	+1.321	+0.112	16
12	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:27.717	+1.931	+0.610	14
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	1:27.744	+1.958	+0.027	9
14	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:28.341	+2.555	+0.597	15
15	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:28.438	+2.652	+0.097	12
16	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	1:28.572	+2.786	+0.134	7
17	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:30.057	+4.271	+1.485	13
18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:30.233	+4.447	+0.176	13
19	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	1:31.310	+5.524	+1.077	12
20	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:32.295	+6.509	+0.985	14

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 4

Practice 4
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:25.093	—	—	13
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:25.255	+0.162	+0.162	9
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	4	1:25.628	+0.535	+0.373	9
4	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:25.649	+0.556	+0.021	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:25.908	+0.815	+0.259	11
6	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	1:25.916	+0.823	+0.008	14
7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:25.927	+0.834	+0.011	9
8	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:26.066	+0.973	+0.139	11
9	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:26.127	+1.034	+0.061	8
10	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:26.133	+1.040	+0.006	11
11	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:26.403	+1.310	+0.270	14
12	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:26.597	+1.504	+0.194	17
13	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	1:27.088	+1.995	+0.491	14
14	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:27.172	+2.079	+0.084	13
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	1:27.195	+2.102	+0.023	12
16	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:27.592	+2.499	+0.397	9
17	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:27.755	+2.662	+0.163	14
18	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:28.825	+3.732	+1.070	12
19	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	1:30.496	+5.403	+1.671	16
20	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:31.763	+6.670	+1.267	13

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Williams FW26
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BAR 006
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Jordan EJ14
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Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 2004
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 7 Mar 2004
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.