# Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2004

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2004 was de eerste race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2004. De race werd verreden op 18 april 2004 op de Phakisa Freeway nabij Welkom, Zuid-Afrika.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 28 | 43:50.218 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 28 | +0.210 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 28 | +7.255 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 28 | +18.667 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 28 | +24.094 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | 28 | +24.375 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Honda | 28 | +28.855 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Honda | 28 | +36.535 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 28 | +36.643 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 28 | +39.284 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Yamaha | 28 | +43.806 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki | 28 | +43.920 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki | 28 | +56.028 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati | 28 | +56.558 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 67 | Shane Byrne | Aprilia | 28 | +1:13.831 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 28 | +1:22.206 | 17 | |
| 17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton | 28 | +1:26.933 | 20 | |
| 18 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Harris WCM | 25 | +3 ronden | 22 | |
| DNF | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki | 15 | Ongeluk | 13 | |
| DNF | 50 | Neil Hodgson | Ducati | 15 | Uitgevallen | 15 | |
| DNF | 10 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 6 | Uitgevallen | 10 | |
| DNF | 11 | Rubén Xaus | Ducati | 4 | Uitgevallen | 16 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 26 | 42:04.690 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +0.536 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 26 | +5.859 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 26 | +24.561 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 26 | +30.018 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 26 | +30.653 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +31.458 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 26 | +31.458 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +31.940 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +35.643 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 26 | +36.418 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 26 | +36.864 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 26 | +39.105 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +43.027 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 26 | +51.493 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 26 | +51.699 | 20 | |
| 17 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 26 | +52.883 | 18 | |
| 18 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +59.900 | 14 | |
| 19 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.819 | 16 | |
| 20 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 26 | +1:14.844 | 23 | |
| 21 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 26 | +1:15.026 | 21 | |
| 22 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 26 | +1:19.230 | 28 | |
| 23 | 16 | Johann Stigefelt | Aprilia | 26 | +1:21.627 | 26 | |
| 24 | 40 | Max Sabbatani | Yamaha | 26 | +1:28.990 | 29 | |
| 25 | 77 | Gregory Lefort | Aprilia | 26 | +1:29.832 | 27 | |
| DNF | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 24 | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 0 | Botsing | 17 | |
| DNF | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 0 | Botsing | 8 | |
| DNF | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 0 | Botsing | 13 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | 40:34.318 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +0.071 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | 24 | +2.203 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +2.416 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 24 | +12.312 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +13.270 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +14.457 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +15.046 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | +24.835 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +25.266 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Julián Simón | Aprilia | 24 | +29.356 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 24 | +33.134 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 24 | +33.237 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 24 | +33.682 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 24 | +36.977 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 24 | +43.650 | 13 | |
| 17 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 24 | +45.230 | 19 | |
| 18 | 69 | Robbin Harms | Honda | 24 | +45.389 | 22 | |
| 19 | 26 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 24 | +45.590 | 16 | |
| 20 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 24 | +45.715 | 27 | |
| 21 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 24 | +45.961 | 17 | |
| 22 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 24 | +46.129 | 25 | |
| 23 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 24 | +1:04.990 | 24 | |
| 24 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 24 | +1:05.784 | 26 | |
| 25 | 11 | Mattia Angeloni | Honda | 24 | +1:23.541 | 32 | |
| 26 | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 24 | +1:23.753 | 31 | |
| 27 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 24 | +1:24.960 | 33 | |
| DNF | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 17 | Ongeluk | 23 | |
| DNF | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 16 | Ongeluk | 7 | |
| DNF | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 13 | Uitgevallen | 29 | |
| DNF | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 7 | Uitgevallen | 28 | |
| DNF | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 7 | Uitgevallen | 30 | |
| DNF | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 4 | Uitgevallen | 34 | |
| DNF | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 3 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 13 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 11 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 16 |
| 4 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 13 |
| 5 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 11 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 25 |
| 2 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 20 |
| 3 | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 13 |
| 5 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 11 |
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