# 2004 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 April 2004 at the Phakisa Freeway. This was the last South African MotoGP round at Phakisa, because the race was not contracted for 2005 and beyond.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 28 | 43:50.218 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | Honda | 28 | +0.210 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +7.255 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +18.667 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +24.094 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +24.375 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +28.855 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | Honda | 28 | +36.535 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +36.643 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 28 | +39.284 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +43.806 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 28 | +43.920 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +56.028 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +56.558 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 67 | Shane Byrne | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 28 | +1:13.831 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 28 | +1:22.206 | 17 | |
| 17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 28 | +1:26.933 | 20 | |
| 18 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | WCM | Harris WCM | 25 | +3 laps | 22 | |
| Ret | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 15 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 15 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 6 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 11 | Rubén Xaus | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 4 | Retirement | 16 | |
| WD | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 26 | 42:04.690 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +0.536 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 26 | +5.859 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 26 | +24.561 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 26 | +30.018 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 26 | +30.653 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +31.458 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 26 | +31.872 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +31.940 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +35.643 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 26 | +36.418 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 26 | +36.864 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 26 | +39.105 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +43.027 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 26 | +51.493 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 26 | +51.699 | 20 | |
| 17 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 26 | +52.883 | 18 | |
| 18 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +59.900 | 14 | |
| 19 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.819 | 16 | |
| 20 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 26 | +1:14.844 | 23 | |
| 21 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 26 | +1:15.026 | 21 | |
| 22 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 26 | +1:19.230 | 28 | |
| 23 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 26 | +1:21.627 | 26 | |
| 24 | 40 | Max Sabbatani | Yamaha | 26 | +1:28.990 | 29 | |
| 25 | 77 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 26 | +1:29.832 | 27 | |
| Ret | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 24 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | 40:34.318 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +0.071 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | 24 | +2.203 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +2.416 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 24 | +12.312 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +13.270 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +14.457 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +15.046 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | +24.835 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +25.266 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Julián Simón | Honda | 24 | +29.356 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 24 | +33.134 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 24 | +33.237 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 24 | +33.682 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 24 | +36.977 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 24 | +43.650 | 13 | |
| 17 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 24 | +45.230 | 19 | |
| 18 | 69 | Robbin Harms | Honda | 24 | +45.389 | 22 | |
| 19 | 26 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 24 | +45.590 | 16 | |
| 20 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 24 | +45.715 | 27 | |
| 21 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 24 | +45.961 | 17 | |
| 22 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 24 | +46.129 | 25 | |
| 23 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 24 | +1:04.990 | 24 | |
| 24 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 24 | +1:05.784 | 26 | |
| 25 | 11 | Mattia Angeloni | Honda | 24 | +1:23.541 | 32 | |
| 26 | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 24 | +1:23.753 | 31 | |
| 27 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 24 | +1:24.960 | 33 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 17 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 16 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 7 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 3 | Retirement | 14 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 25 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 20 |
| 3 | Sete Gibernau | 16 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 13 |
| 5 | Nicky Hayden | 11 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 25 |
| 2 | Honda | 20 |
| 3 | Ducati | 10 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 4 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 3 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.