# 2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 July 2004 at the Sachsenring. This would prove to be Max Biaggi's final victory in the premier class.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | Honda | 30 | 42:23.287 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +0.349 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +4.293 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | +4.500 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +16.137 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | Honda | 30 | +16.482 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +18.477 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +23.335 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +30.705 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +40.540 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 30 | +43.712 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +52.791 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 30 | +53.690 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 67 | Shane Byrne | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +1:13.215 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | WCM | Harris WCM | 30 | +1:20.050 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | 29 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 26 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 10 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 9 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 8 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 3 | Accident | 20 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 29 | 41:37.239 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 29 | +4.279 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 29 | +16.403 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 29 | +16.769 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 29 | +16.966 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 29 | +18.135 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 29 | +32.141 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 29 | +32.766 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 29 | +37.726 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 29 | +38.088 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 29 | +50.782 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 29 | +50.934 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 29 | +1:00.946 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 29 | +1:02.410 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 29 | +1:02.527 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 29 | +1:02.554 | 9 | |
| 17 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 29 | +1:18.235 | 22 | |
| 18 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 29 | +1:18.386 | 15 | |
| 19 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 29 | +1:21.155 | 23 | |
| 20 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 29 | +1:21.574 | 26 | |
| 21 | 17 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 29 | +1:22.048 | 19 | |
| 22 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 28 | +1 lap | 7 | |
| Ret | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 19 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 77 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 12 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 40 | Max Sabbatani | Yamaha | 8 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 6 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 27 | 40:03.511 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 27 | +0.165 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | +0.706 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 27 | +0.715 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 27 | +1.073 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 27 | +1.176 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 27 | +1.283 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 27 | +1.459 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Julián Simón | Honda | 27 | +9.636 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 27 | +11.821 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 27 | +17.967 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 27 | +20.307 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 27 | +31.798 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 27 | +31.927 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 27 | +37.556 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 27 | +37.720 | 19 | |
| 17 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 27 | +37.911 | 12 | |
| 18 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 27 | +37.920 | 26 | |
| 19 | 69 | Robbin Harms | Honda | 27 | +55.350 | 24 | |
| 20 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 27 | +55.384 | 23 | |
| 21 | 39 | Patrick Unger | Aprilia | 27 | +58.942 | 29 | |
| 22 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 27 | +59.902 | 27 | |
| 23 | 20 | Georg Fröhlich | Honda | 27 | +1:17.723 | 33 | |
| 24 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 27 | +1:17.997 | 30 | |
| 25 | 35 | Václav Bittman | Honda | 27 | +1:18.297 | 35 | |
| 26 | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 27 | +1:18.550 | 36 | |
| 27 | 40 | Manuel Mickan | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 23 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 23 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 70 | Julián Miralles | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 13 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 18 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 9 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 0 | Accident | 31 | |
| DNS | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | | Did not start | | |
| 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 eight has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 139 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 138 |
| 3 | Sete Gibernau | 126 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 79 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 75 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 180 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 154 |
| 3 | Ducati | 72 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 41 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 34 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.