# 2004 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 July 2004 at the Donington Park circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | 45:30.473 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +2.945 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +4.426 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +6.096 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +14.711 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | +17.110 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +23.313 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +28.121 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +35.380 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 30 | +44.468 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 30 | +47.490 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | Honda | 30 | +54.004 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 67 | Shane Byrne | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +57.378 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:07.158 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +1:15.795 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +1:26.485 | 18 | |
| 17 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 29 | +1 lap | 12 | |
| 18 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 29 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 19 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 29 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 20 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | WCM | Harris WCM | 29 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| Ret | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 11 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | 2 | Retirement | 23 | |
| DNS | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 27 | 42:17.705 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 27 | +6.003 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 27 | +11.463 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 27 | +12.722 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | +30.430 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 27 | +33.007 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +51.931 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +55.055 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 27 | +57.422 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 27 | +59.456 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 27 | +1:06.270 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 27 | +1:06.566 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 27 | +1:21.025 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 27 | +1:21.800 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 27 | +1:29.120 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 52 | José David de Gea | Honda | 27 | +1:32.733 | 18 | |
| 17 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 27 | +1:33.155 | 22 | |
| 18 | 17 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 19 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 20 | 65 | Lee Dickinson | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 21 | 43 | Radomil Rous | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 12 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 3 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 24 | |
| DNS | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 29 | |
| DNS | 64 | Frederik Watz | Yamaha | 0 | Did not start | 26 | |
| DNS | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 40 | Max Sabbatani | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
| DNQ | 66 | Tony Campbell | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 67 | Bruce Dunn | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 25 | 41:14.592 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 25 | +3.807 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 25 | +8.250 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 25 | +8.641 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 25 | +16.706 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 25 | +16.993 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 25 | +22.120 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 10 | Julián Simón | Honda | 25 | +23.070 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 25 | +23.860 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 25 | +29.993 | 23 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 25 | +30.475 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 25 | +30.593 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 25 | +40.502 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 25 | +41.140 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 25 | +45.295 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 25 | +46.170 | 24 | |
| 17 | 69 | Robbin Harms | Honda | 25 | +49.325 | 21 | |
| 18 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 25 | +54.672 | 17 | |
| 19 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 25 | +1:17.223 | 29 | |
| 20 | 20 | Georg Fröhlich | Honda | 25 | +1:20.434 | 35 | |
| 21 | 49 | Christian Elkin | Honda | 25 | +1:23.026 | 30 | |
| 22 | 18 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 25 | +1:24.436 | 26 | |
| 23 | 35 | Václav Bittman | Honda | 25 | +1:28.933 | 28 | |
| 24 | 30 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda | 25 | +1:33.750 | 32 | |
| 25 | 85 | Eugene Laverty | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| 26 | 51 | Kris Weston | Honda | 23 | +2 laps | 36 | |
| 27 | 84 | Tommy Bridewell | Honda | 23 | +2 laps | 37 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 24 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 22 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 16 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 9 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 3 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
| DNS | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 164 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 142 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 142 |
| 4 | Colin Edwards | 95 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 86 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 200 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 179 |
| 3 | Ducati | 83 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 42 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 42 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.