# 2004 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 29–31 October 2004 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

## MotoGP classification

Kenny Roberts Jr. was replaced by Gregorio Lavilla after the first practice session due to injury.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | 47:16.145 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | Honda | 30 | +0.425 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +3.133 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +6.128 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | Honda | 30 | +7.768 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +14.675 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +23.315 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +27.441 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +29.403 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +31.537 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +40.951 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +1:02.014 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +1:04.637 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | +1:08.042 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 30 | +1:09.364 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Garry McCoy | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +1:15.022 | 20 | |
| 17 | 32 | Gregorio Lavilla | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +1:15.274 | 19 | |
| 18 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 29 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 19 | 77 | James Ellison | WCM | Harris WCM | 29 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Moriwaki Racing | Moriwaki | 24 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | 11 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 10 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 11 | Rubén Xaus | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 10 | Accident | 17 | |
| DNS | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 0 | Did not start | 24 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 27 | 44:10.176 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 27 | +8.086 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 27 | +27.412 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +31.620 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 27 | +34.059 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | +34.784 | 16 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 27 | +40.352 | 18 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +46.761 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 27 | +46.770 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 27 | +58.235 | 21 | 6 |
| 11 | 52 | José David de Gea | Honda | 27 | +1:03.287 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 27 | +1:05.615 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 27 | +1:06.024 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 27 | +1:06.858 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 27 | +1:10.842 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 41 | Álvaro Molina | Aprilia | 27 | +1:13.946 | 25 | |
| 17 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 27 | +1:14.621 | 22 | |
| 18 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 27 | +1:15.103 | 19 | |
| 19 | 43 | Radomil Rous | Yamaha | 27 | +1:40.045 | 27 | |
| 20 | 42 | Grégory Leblanc | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 21 | 75 | Hans Smees | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 22 | 63 | Jarno Ronzoni | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| Ret | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 18 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 18 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 64 | Frederik Watz | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 14 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 8 | |
| DSQ | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 27 | (+10.343) | 7 | |
| DNS | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| DNQ | 88 | Gergő Talmácsi | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | 40:45.283 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +0.761 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | +0.979 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +1.285 | 14 | 13 |
| 5 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 24 | +1.338 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +3.708 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +8.782 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 24 | +12.425 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 24 | +12.515 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +16.655 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 24 | +19.936 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +20.076 | 25 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | Julián Simón | Honda | 24 | +20.127 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 24 | +31.001 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 24 | +38.040 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 37 | Michele Pirro | Aprilia | 24 | +39.610 | 28 | |
| 17 | 45 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 24 | +39.951 | 21 | |
| 18 | 88 | Michael Ranseder | KTM | 24 | +45.884 | 36 | |
| 19 | 70 | Julián Miralles | Aprilia | 24 | +46.171 | 33 | |
| 20 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 24 | +46.357 | 32 | |
| 21 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 24 | +46.403 | 26 | |
| 22 | 59 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 24 | +46.803 | 24 | |
| 23 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 24 | +56.536 | 31 | |
| 24 | 57 | Aleix Espargaró | Honda | 24 | +56.557 | 29 | |
| 25 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 24 | +59.931 | 22 | |
| 26 | 71 | Enrique Jerez | Honda | 24 | +1:02.191 | 34 | |
| 27 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 24 | +1:02.284 | 35 | |
| Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 14 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | 14 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 26 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 9 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 37 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 5 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 5 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 31 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 38 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 1 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 18 | |
| DNQ | 9 | Markéta Janáková | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 304 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 257 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 217 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 165 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 157 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 355 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 328 |
| 3 | Ducati | 169 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 95 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 73 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.