# 2004 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 September 2004 at the Autódromo do Estoril.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 28 | 46:34.911 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | Honda | 28 | +5.111 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +8.157 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +8.312 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 28 | +17.966 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +18.631 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +23.670 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +25.126 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +25.611 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +26.727 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 28 | +44.704 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 28 | +50.511 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 28 | +54.372 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +59.518 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 28 | +1:32.853 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 77 | James Ellison | WCM | Harris WCM | 27 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 11 | Rubén Xaus | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 18 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 16 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 7 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | Honda | 0 | Accident | 4 | |
| DNS | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | | Did not start | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 26 | 44:23.399 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 26 | +0.323 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +9.918 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 26 | +9.935 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 26 | +21.441 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 26 | +27.638 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 26 | +27.866 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 26 | +34.673 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 26 | +45.923 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +54.238 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 26 | +58.751 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +59.123 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 26 | +1:11.620 | 27 | 3 |
| 14 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 26 | +1:11.785 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +1:12.305 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 26 | +1:14.925 | 16 | |
| 17 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 26 | +1:14.982 | 24 | |
| 18 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 26 | +1:22.255 | 18 | |
| 19 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 26 | +1:25.071 | 20 | |
| 20 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 26 | +1:26.573 | 23 | |
| 21 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 26 | +1:28.740 | 22 | |
| 22 | 42 | Grégory Leblanc | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 23 | 17 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 43 | Radomil Rous | Yamaha | 23 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 2 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 12 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 25 | |
| 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 | 23 | 41:01.272 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 23 | +0.151 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 23 | +8.824 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 23 | +8.888 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 23 | +9.666 | 16 | 11 |
| 6 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 23 | +10.347 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 23 | +11.919 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 23 | +11.962 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 23 | +19.186 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 23 | +19.548 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 23 | +26.981 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 23 | +31.708 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 23 | +32.492 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 23 | +32.896 | 26 | 2 |
| 15 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 23 | +34.820 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 23 | +34.845 | 21 | |
| 17 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 23 | +58.409 | 18 | |
| 18 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 23 | +1:00.159 | 27 | |
| 19 | 45 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 23 | +1:26.362 | 29 | |
| 20 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 23 | +1:26.498 | 31 | |
| 21 | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 23 | +1:36.654 | 32 | |
| 22 | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 23 | +1:36.716 | 30 | |
| 23 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 33 | |
| 24 | 9 | Markéta Janáková | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 34 | |
| Ret | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 11 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 11 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | 5 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 4 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 69 | Robbin Harms | Honda | 4 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| DNQ | 91 | Vincent Braillard | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 90 | Carlos Ferreira | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| WD | 10 | Julián Simón | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 209 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 180 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 158 |
| 4 | Colin Edwards | 111 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 102 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 245 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 224 |
| 3 | Ducati | 103 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 58 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 51 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.