2004 Hungarian Grand Prix

2004 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One World Championship
The Hungaroring after being modified in 2003.
Race details
Date	15 August 2004
Official name	XX Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj
Location	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.381 km (2.722 miles)
Distance	70 laps, 306.663 km (190.552 miles)
Weather	Warm, dry and sunny, Air: 26 °C (79 °F), Track 42 °C (108 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:19.146
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:19.071 on lap 29
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Second	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Third	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Lap leaders

The 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XX Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj) was a Formula One motor race held on 15 August 2004 at the Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary. It was the thirteenth race of the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship and the 20th Hungarian Grand Prix. The 70-lap race was won from pole position by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari, with teammate Rubens Barrichello second and Fernando Alonso third in a Renault.

The win was Michael Schumacher's twelfth of the season and his seventh in succession. The result meant that Schumacher increased his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 38 points over Barrichello. Jenson Button, who finished fifth in the race in his BAR-Honda, remained in third but was mathematically eliminated from the championship. Ferrari's one-two finish meant that they secured their sixth consecutive Constructors' Championship.

Report

Background

Heading into the thirteenth race of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 110 points, ahead of teammate Rubens Barrichello on 74 points and Jenson Button on 65. Jarno Trulli was fourth with 46 points with his Renault teammate Fernando Alonso in fifth place on 39 points. Ferrari were leading the Constructors' Championship with 184 points; Renault (85 points) and BAR (76) contended for second place with Williams in fourth on 47 points and McLaren were a further ten points adrift in fifth place. Ferrari had dominated the championship; Michael Schumacher had won eleven races for the team, while Trulli had clinched the victory in the Monaco Grand Prix. Barrichello, Button, Alonso, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Räikkönen had finished in second and third positions during the season.

There was one driver change heading into the race. Cristiano da Matta was dropped by Toyota and was replaced by the team's third driver Ricardo Zonta. Da Matta was dropped because of his poor performance relative to teammate Olivier Panis, but remained at the team as a driver and would perform marketing work while Toyota test driver Ryan Briscoe assumed Zonta's former position.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:19.107	1:19.146	—
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:18.436	1:19.323	+0.177
3	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:19.695	1:19.693	+0.547
4	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:19.878	1:19.700	+0.554
5	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:20.135	1:19.996	+0.850
6	4	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	1:20.019	1:20.170	+1.024
7	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:19.821	1:20.199	+1.053
8	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	1:19.668	1:20.324	+1.178
9	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	1:19.879	1:20.411	+1.265
10	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.066	1:20.570	+1.424
11	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:21.452	1:20.730	+1.584
12	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.192	1:20.897	+1.751
13	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	1:20.491	1:21.068	+1.922
14	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:21.510	1:21.118	+1.972
15	16	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	1:20.199	1:21.135	+1.989
16	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	1:20.439	1:22.180	+3.034
17	19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	1:21.187	1:22.356	+3.210
18	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	1:24.656	1:24.329	+5.183
19	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	1:23.362	1:24.679	+5.533
20	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:19.658	no time	no time
Source:

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	70	1:35:26.131	1	10
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	70	+ 4.696	2	8
3	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	70	+ 44.599	5	6
4	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	70	+ 1:02.613	7	5
5	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	70	+ 1:07.439	4	4
6	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	69	+ 1 Lap	3	3
7	4	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	69	+ 1 Lap	6	2
8	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	69	+ 1 Lap	8	1
9	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+ 1 Lap	12
10	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	69	+ 1 Lap	11
11	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	69	+ 1 Lap	13
12	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	68	+ 2 Laps	16
13	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	68	+ 2 Laps	14
14	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	66	+ 4 Laps	19
15	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	65	+ 5 Laps	18
Ret	19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	48	Gearbox	17
Ret	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	41	Engine	9
Ret	16	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	31	Electronics	15
Ret	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	21	Brakes	20
Ret	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	13	Electrical	10
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Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	120
2	Rubens Barrichello	82
3	Jenson Button	65
4	Jarno Trulli	46
5	Fernando Alonso	45
Source:

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	202
2	Renault	91
3	BAR-Honda	83
4	Williams-BMW	54
5	McLaren-Mercedes	37
Source:

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