2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Germany  2004 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the
2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date18 July 2004
Official nameVeltins Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationSachsenring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:22.756
Fastest lap
Rider Brazil Alex Barros
Time 1:24.056 on lap 15
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi
Second Brazil Alex Barros
Third United States Nicky Hayden
250cc
Pole position
Rider Argentina Sebastián Porto
Time 1:25.078
Fastest lap
Rider Argentina Sebastián Porto
Time 1:25.118 on lap 4
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Second Argentina Sebastián Porto
Third San Marino Alex de Angelis
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Time 1:27.836
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Héctor Barberá
Time 1:27.680 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Roberto Locatelli
Second Spain Héctor Barberá
Third Spain Pablo Nieto

The 2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 July 2004 at the Sachsenring. This would prove to be Max Biaggi's final victory in the premier class.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Italy Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 30 42:23.287 1 25
2 4 Brazil Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.349 6 20
3 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +4.293 9 16
4 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 30 +4.500 2 13
5 45 United States Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +16.137 11 11
6 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 30 +16.482 13 10
7 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +18.477 5 9
8 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +23.335 3 8
9 21 United States John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +30.705 12 7
10 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +40.540 16 6
11 11 Spain Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +43.712 18 5
12 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +52.791 17 4
13 50 United Kingdom Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +53.690 19 3
14 67 United Kingdom Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +1:13.215 23 2
15 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 30 +1:20.050 21 1
16 35 United Kingdom Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 29 +1 lap 24
Ret 80 United States Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 26 Retirement 22
Ret 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 20 Accident 14
Ret 17 Japan Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 20 Accident 15
Ret 12 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 10 Accident 8
Ret 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 9 Accident 10
Ret 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 8 Accident 4
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 4 Accident 7
Ret 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 3 Accident 20
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 29 41:37.239 5 25
2 19 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 29 +4.279 1 20
3 51 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 29 +16.403 2 16
4 73 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 29 +16.769 12 13
5 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 29 +16.966 4 11
6 2 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 29 +18.135 3 10
7 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 29 +32.141 14 9
8 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 29 +32.766 8 8
9 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 29 +37.726 10 7
10 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 29 +38.088 11 6
11 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 29 +50.782 13 5
12 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 29 +50.934 17 4
13 11 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 29 +1:00.946 16 3
14 34 France Eric Bataille Honda 29 +1:02.410 24 2
15 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 29 +1:02.527 21 1
16 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 29 +1:02.554 9
17 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 29 +1:18.235 22
18 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 29 +1:18.386 15
19 36 France Erwan Nigon Yamaha 29 +1:21.155 23
20 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 29 +1:21.574 26
21 17 Germany Klaus Nöhles Honda 29 +1:22.048 19
22 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 28 +1 lap 7
Ret 9 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 19 Retirement 20
Ret 77 France Grégory Lefort Aprilia 16 Retirement 27
Ret 12 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 12 Retirement 25
Ret 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 11 Retirement 18
Ret 40 Italy Max Sabbatani Yamaha 8 Retirement 28
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 6 Accident 6
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 40:03.511 10 25
2 3 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 27 +0.165 2 20
3 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 27 +0.706 5 16
4 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 27 +0.715 1 13
5 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 27 +1.073 11 11
6 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 27 +1.176 12 10
7 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 27 +1.283 16 9
8 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 27 +1.459 4 8
9 10 Spain Julián Simón Honda 27 +9.636 7 7
10 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 27 +11.821 6 6
11 21 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 27 +17.967 3 5
12 24 Italy Simone Corsi Honda 27 +20.307 14 4
13 42 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia 27 +31.798 18 3
14 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 27 +31.927 17 2
15 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Gilera 27 +37.556 25 1
16 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 27 +37.720 19
17 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Honda 27 +37.911 12
18 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 27 +37.920 26
19 69 Denmark Robbin Harms Honda 27 +55.350 24
20 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 27 +55.384 23
21 39 Germany Patrick Unger Aprilia 27 +58.942 29
22 66 Finland Vesa Kallio Aprilia 27 +59.902 27
23 20 Germany Georg Fröhlich Honda 27 +1:17.723 33
24 28 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 27 +1:17.997 30
25 35 Czech Republic Václav Bittman Honda 27 +1:18.297 35
26 8 Italy Manuel Manna Malaguti 27 +1:18.550 36
27 40 Germany Manuel Mickan Honda 26 +1 lap 32
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Aprilia 23 Accident 8
Ret 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 Retirement 9
Ret 70 Spain Julián Miralles Aprilia 17 Retirement 34
Ret 25 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 16 Retirement 22
Ret 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Gilera 13 Accident 15
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 13 Retirement 20
Ret 18 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 9 Accident 21
Ret 47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 9 Retirement 28
Ret 16 Netherlands Raymond Schouten Honda 0 Accident 31
DNS 27 Australia Casey Stoner KTM Did not start
DNQ 9 Czech Republic Markéta Janáková Honda Did not qualify
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.[9]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ^ "2004 German MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2004 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2004 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Veltins Motorrad GP Deutschland – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · GERMAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2004". Motogp.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Veltins Motorrad GP Deutschland – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Veltins Motorrad GP Deutschland – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2004. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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