Race · Round 10 of 18 · 4 July 2004

2004 French Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. 2 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Michael Schumacher set a new record of 79 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny-Cours, France
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Fernando Alonso
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F2004	2	70	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	—	1	70	Finished	8
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	F2004	10	70	Finished	6
4	Jarno Trulli	Renault	—	5	70	Finished	5
5	Jenson Button	British American Racing	6	4	70	Finished	4
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	—	3	70	Finished	3
7	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	—	9	70	Finished	2
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW26	6	70	Finished	1
9	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	—	12	70	Finished	0
10	Marc Gené	Williams	FW26	8	70	Finished	0
11	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	—	13	69	Finished	0
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	C23	15	69	Finished	0
13	Felipe Massa	Sauber	C23	16	69	Finished	0
14	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	—	11	69	Finished	0
15	Olivier Panis	Toyota	—	14	68	Finished	0
16	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	EJ14	17	68	Finished	0
17	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	EJ14	18	67	Finished	0
18	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	PS04	19	65	Gearbox	0
DNF	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	PS04	20	31	Spin	0
DNF	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	6	7	15	Engine	0

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

F1DB layout magny-cours-3 · 4.411 km · 17 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

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	2	1	70
Fernando Alonso	1	2	70
Rubens Barrichello	10	3	70
Jarno Trulli	5	4	70
Jenson Button	4	5	70
David Coulthard	3	6	70
Kimi Raikkonen	9	7	70
Juan Pablo Montoya	6	8	70
Mark Webber	12	9	70
Marc Gené	8	10	70
Christian Klien	13	11	69
Giancarlo Fisichella	15	12	69
Felipe Massa	16	13	69
Cristiano da Matta	11	14	69
Olivier Panis	14	15	68
Nick Heidfeld	17	16	68
Giorgio Pantano	18	17	67
Gianmaria Bruni	19	18	65
Zsolt Baumgartner	20	DNF	31
Takuma Sato	7	DNF	15

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:13.698	—	—
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:13.971	+0.273	+0.273
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:13.987	+0.289	+0.016
4	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:13.995	+0.297	+0.008
5	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:14.070	+0.372	+0.075
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:14.172	+0.474	+0.102
7	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:14.240	+0.542	+0.068
8	Marc Gené	Williams	4	1:14.275	+0.577	+0.035
9	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:14.346	+0.648	+0.071
10	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:14.478	+0.780	+0.132
11	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:14.553	+0.855	+0.075
12	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:14.798	+1.100	+0.245
13	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	1:15.065	+1.367	+0.267
14	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	1:15.130	+1.432	+0.065
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	1:16.177	+2.479	+1.047
16	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:16.200	+2.502	+0.023
17	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:16.807	+3.109	+0.607
18	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:17.462	+3.764	+0.655
19	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	1:17.913	+4.215	+0.451
20	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:18.247	+4.549	+0.334

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. 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	70	4	11, 29, 42, 58
Fernando Alonso	2	70	3	14, 32, 46
Rubens Barrichello	3	70	3	12, 31, 51
Jarno Trulli	4	70	3	13, 31, 49
Jenson Button	5	70	3	14, 30, 52
David Coulthard	6	70	3	12, 29, 48
Kimi Raikkonen	7	70	3	11, 28, 47
Juan Pablo Montoya	8	70	3	13, 31, 50
Mark Webber	9	70	3	15, 33, 51
Marc Gené	10	70	3	11, 33, 54
Christian Klien	11	69	3	16, 35, 53
Giancarlo Fisichella	12	69	3	20, 37, 52
Felipe Massa	13	69	2	21, 45
Cristiano da Matta	14	69	3	11, 30, 47
Olivier Panis	15	68	3	13, 32, 51
Nick Heidfeld	16	68	4	18, 35, 36, 50
Giorgio Pantano	17	67	4	13, 31, 48, 52
Gianmaria Bruni	18	65	3	13, 32, 50
Zsolt Baumgartner	DNF	31	2	11, 30
Takuma Sato	DNF	15	1	15

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
Fernando Alonso · Michael Schumacher	1 · 2	2 · 1	14 · 11	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard	2 · 3	1 · 6	11 · 12	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Rubens Barrichello	1 · 10	2 · 3	14 · 12	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Rubens Barrichello	5 · 10	4 · 3	13 · 12	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Rubens Barrichello	9 · 10	7 · 3	11 · 12	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Cristiano da Matta	10 · 11	3 · 14	12 · 11	Cristiano da Matta	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Jarno Trulli	4 · 5	5 · 4	14 · 13	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Juan Pablo Montoya	5 · 6	4 · 8	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Jenson Button	3 · 4	6 · 5	12 · 14	David Coulthard	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 9	6 · 7	12 · 11	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Juan Pablo Montoya · Kimi Raikkonen	6 · 9	8 · 7	13 · 11	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Marc Gené · Kimi Raikkonen	8 · 9	10 · 7	11 · 11	Same lap	Swapped places
Juan Pablo Montoya · Mark Webber	6 · 12	8 · 9	13 · 15	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Marc Gené · Mark Webber	8 · 12	10 · 9	11 · 15	Marc Gené	Swapped places
Cristiano da Matta · Mark Webber	11 · 12	14 · 9	11 · 15	Cristiano da Matta	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Christian Klien	12 · 13	9 · 11	15 · 16	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Marc Gené · Christian Klien	8 · 13	10 · 11	11 · 16	Marc Gené	Kept their order
Christian Klien · Giancarlo Fisichella	13 · 15	11 · 12	16 · 20	Christian Klien	Kept their order
Christian Klien · Olivier Panis	13 · 14	11 · 15	16 · 13	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Giancarlo Fisichella	14 · 15	15 · 12	13 · 20	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Felipe Massa	15 · 16	12 · 13	20 · 21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Cristiano da Matta · Felipe Massa	11 · 16	14 · 13	11 · 21	Cristiano da Matta	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Nick Heidfeld	16 · 17	13 · 16	21 · 18	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Cristiano da Matta · Olivier Panis	11 · 14	14 · 15	11 · 13	Cristiano da Matta	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Nick Heidfeld	14 · 17	15 · 16	13 · 18	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Giorgio Pantano	17 · 18	16 · 17	18 · 13	Giorgio Pantano	Kept their order
Giorgio Pantano · Gianmaria Bruni	18 · 19	17 · 18	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order

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	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:15.487	—	—	4
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:15.713	+0.226	+0.226	4
3	Marc Gené	Williams	4	1:19.348	+3.861	+3.635	14
4	Timo Glock	Jordan	39	1:19.428	+3.941	+0.080	17
5	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:19.466	+3.979	+0.038	12
6	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:20.531	+5.044	+1.065	12
7	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	1:21.203	+5.716	+0.672	13
8	Bas Leinders (never started a Grand Prix)	Minardi	40	1:22.267	+6.780	+1.064	11
9	Anthony Davidson	British American Racing	35	1:26.552	+11.065	+4.285	17
10	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:26.757	+11.270	+0.205	5
11	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	1:27.449	+11.962	+0.692	4
12	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:28.317	+12.830	+0.868	5
13	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	38	1:29.085	+13.598	+0.768	18
14	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	1:29.626	+14.139	+0.541	8
15	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:29.877	+14.390	+0.251	12
16	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:30.092	+14.605	+0.215	10
17	Björn Wirdheim (never started a Grand Prix)	Jaguar Racing	37	1:30.204	+14.717	+0.112	17
18	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:39.392	+23.905	+9.188	4
19	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	—	—	—	3
20	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	—	—	—	3
21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	—	—	—	1
22	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	—	—	—	1
23	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	—	—	—	3
24	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	—	—	—	1
25	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	—	—	—	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	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:15.518	—	—	12
2	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:16.206	+0.688	+0.688	9
3	Anthony Davidson	British American Racing	35	1:16.231	+0.713	+0.025	17
4	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:16.397	+0.879	+0.166	8
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:16.397	+0.879	+0.000	7
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:16.454	+0.936	+0.057	10
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:16.464	+0.946	+0.010	8
8	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:16.745	+1.227	+0.281	14
9	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:16.794	+1.276	+0.049	10
10	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:17.094	+1.576	+0.300	5
11	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	1:17.303	+1.785	+0.209	10
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	1:17.324	+1.806	+0.021	13
13	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:17.556	+2.038	+0.232	5
14	Marc Gené	Williams	4	1:17.688	+2.170	+0.132	17
15	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	38	1:17.735	+2.217	+0.047	15
16	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	1:17.936	+2.418	+0.201	10
17	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:17.967	+2.449	+0.031	11
18	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:18.614	+3.096	+0.647	7
19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:18.711	+3.193	+0.097	10
20	Björn Wirdheim (never started a Grand Prix)	Jaguar Racing	37	1:19.179	+3.661	+0.468	16
21	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:19.270	+3.752	+0.091	12
22	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	1:19.349	+3.831	+0.079	10
23	Timo Glock	Jordan	39	1:19.490	+3.972	+0.141	25
24	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:19.636	+4.118	+0.146	13
25	Bas Leinders (never started a Grand Prix)	Minardi	40	1:19.914	+4.396	+0.278	16

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	1:14.944	—	—	12
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:15.402	+0.458	+0.458	11
3	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:15.423	+0.479	+0.021	11
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:15.434	+0.490	+0.011	15
5	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	1:15.478	+0.534	+0.044	14
6	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:15.500	+0.556	+0.022	14
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:15.529	+0.585	+0.029	16
8	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:15.907	+0.963	+0.378	8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	1:15.910	+0.966	+0.003	11
10	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:16.304	+1.360	+0.394	15
11	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:16.384	+1.440	+0.080	17
12	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:16.569	+1.625	+0.185	16
13	Marc Gené	Williams	4	1:16.608	+1.664	+0.039	18
14	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:16.619	+1.675	+0.011	14
15	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	1:16.669	+1.725	+0.050	27
16	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	1:17.174	+2.230	+0.505	15
17	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:17.399	+2.455	+0.225	19
18	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:17.731	+2.787	+0.332	14
19	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:17.846	+2.902	+0.115	16
20	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	—	—	—	1

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	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	6	1:14.513	—	—	18
2	Jenson Button	British American Racing	9	1:14.568	+0.055	+0.055	14
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:14.571	+0.058	+0.003	14
4	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	10	1:14.711	+0.198	+0.140	18
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:14.817	+0.304	+0.106	12
6	Olivier Panis	Toyota	17	1:14.833	+0.320	+0.016	23
7	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	16	1:14.885	+0.372	+0.052	22
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	1:14.977	+0.464	+0.092	7
9	Jarno Trulli	Renault	7	1:15.033	+0.520	+0.056	12
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	1:15.096	+0.583	+0.063	15
11	Marc Gené	Williams	4	1:15.179	+0.666	+0.083	10
12	Mark Webber	Jaguar Racing	14	1:15.350	+0.837	+0.171	24
13	Christian Klien	Jaguar Racing	15	1:15.449	+0.936	+0.099	22
14	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:16.062	+1.549	+0.613	19
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber	11	1:16.161	+1.648	+0.099	9
16	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi	21	1:16.861	+2.348	+0.700	15
17	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan	19	1:17.104	+2.591	+0.243	12
18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan	18	1:17.162	+2.649	+0.058	15
19	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi	20	1:19.401	+4.888	+2.239	8
20	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	3	1:21.458	+6.945	+2.057	8

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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BAR 006
BAR006HCH · Mclarensenna · Public domain

Williams FW26
Montoya 2004 Canada · Sang Trinh from Ottawa, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked

Jordan EJ14
Nick Heidfeld 2004 Canada cropped · TMWolf cropped by Morio · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

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Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 2004
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 4 Jul 2004
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.