# 2004 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 July 2004 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | Honda | 24 | 44:21.976 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | Honda | 24 | +2.019 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +5.764 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 24 | +11.145 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +12.951 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 24 | +13.904 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 24 | +23.493 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +27.498 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 24 | +27.802 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 24 | +36.808 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 24 | +37.713 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 24 | +48.924 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +57.102 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 24 | +1:03.046 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 24 | +1:10.296 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 24 | +1:12.548 | 19 | |
| 17 | 67 | Shane Byrne | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 24 | +1:19.734 | 20 | |
| 18 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 24 | +1:31.512 | 21 | |
| 19 | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 24 | +1:43.627 | 22 | |
| 20 | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | 23 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 12 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 52 | José David de Gea | WCM | Harris WCM | 7 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 3 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 22 | 41:56.561 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 22 | +0.076 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 22 | +3.792 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 22 | +4.678 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 22 | +20.393 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 22 | +20.576 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 22 | +30.399 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 22 | +34.742 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 22 | +36.021 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 22 | +36.476 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 22 | +50.991 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 22 | +52.196 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 22 | +53.576 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 22 | +1:01.641 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 22 | +1:02.014 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 22 | +1:11.756 | 20 | |
| 17 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 22 | +1:11.999 | 25 | |
| 18 | 77 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 22 | +1:20.226 | 21 | |
| 19 | 12 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 22 | +1:22.037 | 18 | |
| 20 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 21 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 20 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 40 | Max Sabbatani | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
| DNS | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 21 | 41:41.459 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | 21 | +0.096 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 21 | +0.202 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 21 | +0.359 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 21 | +0.737 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 21 | +7.614 | 20 | 10 |
| 7 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 21 | +7.769 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 21 | +12.725 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 21 | +13.950 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 21 | +19.938 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 21 | +25.983 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 21 | +26.633 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 21 | +26.996 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Julián Simón | Honda | 21 | +27.131 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 21 | +30.697 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 21 | +30.806 | 22 | |
| 17 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 21 | +38.591 | 12 | |
| 18 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 21 | +52.505 | 19 | |
| 19 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 21 | +59.593 | 21 | |
| 20 | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +1:07.333 | 11 | |
| 21 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 21 | +1:20.065 | 27 | |
| 22 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 21 | +1:48.237 | 24 | |
| 23 | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 21 | +1:48.311 | 28 | |
| 24 | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 21 | +1:49.405 | 29 | |
| Ret | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 10 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 38 | Mikko Kyyhkynen | Honda | 6 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 9 | Markéta Janáková | Honda | 6 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 1 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 0 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 126 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | 126 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 113 |
| 4 | Colin Edwards | 64 |
| 5 | Carlos Checa | 62 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 155 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 141 |
| 3 | Ducati | 67 |
| 4 | Kawasaki | 32 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 26 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.