# 2004 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 October 2004 at the Sepang International Circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 21 | 43:29.146 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | Honda | 21 | +3.666 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +9.299 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +19.069 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | Honda | 21 | +21.155 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | +21.268 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 21 | +21.881 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 21 | +22.167 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 21 | +23.150 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | +32.615 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 21 | +33.958 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 21 | +44.302 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 21 | +55.235 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 71 | Yukio Kagayama | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +1:09.580 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 21 | +1:10.376 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Garry McCoy | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 21 | +1:16.134 | 19 | |
| 17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 21 | +1:55.097 | 21 | |
| 18 | 77 | James Ellison | WCM | Harris WCM | 20 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 19 | 41 | Youichi Ui | WCM | Harris WCM | 20 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 9 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 36 | James Haydon | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 8 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 7 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 6 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 2 | Retirement | 8 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 20 | 43:03.507 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 20 | +13.513 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 20 | +13.585 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 20 | +25.027 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 20 | +49.978 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:02.582 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 20 | +1:02.670 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 20 | +1:09.360 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 20 | +1:09.492 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 20 | +1:20.994 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:25.105 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 20 | +1:28.030 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 20 | +1:30.746 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 20 | +1:31.221 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 20 | +1:31.561 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 37 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 20 | +1:32.219 | 13 | |
| 17 | 52 | José David de Gea | Honda | 20 | +1:43.502 | 22 | |
| 18 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 20 | +1:48.609 | 24 | |
| 19 | 42 | Grégory Leblanc | Aprilia | 20 | +1:48.812 | 25 | |
| 20 | 43 | Radomil Rous | Yamaha | 20 | +2:07.022 | 27 | |
| Ret | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 15 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 9 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 5 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
| DNQ | 88 | Gergő Talmácsi | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| WD | 17 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | 19 | 43:10.360 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 19 | +0.029 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 19 | +6.547 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 19 | +11.579 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 19 | +17.136 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Julián Simón | Honda | 19 | +17.146 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 19 | +24.985 | 17 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 19 | +25.057 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 19 | +25.262 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 19 | +26.905 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 19 | +36.819 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 19 | +45.558 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | 26 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 19 | +47.997 | 26 | 3 |
| 14 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 19 | +48.441 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 62 | Toshihisa Kuzuhara | Honda | 19 | +1:06.926 | 28 | 1 |
| 16 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 19 | +1:18.854 | 32 | |
| 17 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 19 | +1:18.898 | 24 | |
| 18 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 19 | +1:24.061 | 29 | |
| 19 | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 19 | +1:27.129 | 33 | |
| 20 | 45 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 16 | +3 laps | 27 | |
| Ret | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 17 | Accident | 30 | |
| Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 15 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 10 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 8 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 31 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 8 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 9 | Markéta Janáková | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 35 | |
| Ret | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 3 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 3 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 1 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 1 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 254 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 224 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 188 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 144 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 136 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 315 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 278 |
| 3 | Ducati | 137 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 82 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 68 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.