2004 Formula One Season

The 2004 Formula One season was the 55th FIA Formula One season, contested over 18 Grands Prix. The season commenced on March 7, 2004 in Australia, and finished on October 24, 2004 in Brazil.
The season was dominated by driver Michael Schumacher who won an all-time record of 13 out of 18 races on his way to a seventh Drivers' World Championship. The success of Schumacher and his team-mate, Rubens Barrichello, propelled to a 14th World Constructors' Championship. driver, Jenson Button took third place in the Drivers' World Championship.
2004 was a debut season for Timo Glock, Giorgio Pantano and Gianmaria Bruni.
Drivers who left F1 after the 2004 season include Cristiano da Matta and 1996 Monaco winner Olivier Panis. 
==Teams and Drivers==
The 2004 season was entered by 10 teams, sporting a total of 25 drivers over 18 races. There were no new team entries in 2004.
In 2004, any team which had finished outside of the top-four in the 2003 Constructors' World Championship were allowed to run a third car in all practice sessions. This included all teams except , , and . All other teams apart from elected to take up the offer. Sauber decided against a third driver on financial grounds. These third drivers were ineligible for qualifying and the race. 
===Entry list===
====Free Practice Drivers====
The list of the following drivers who participated in free practice is shown below:
Team	No.	Driver 	Rounds
 	35 	Anthony Davidson	All
 	37 	Björn Wirdheim 	All
 	38 	Ricardo Zonta 	1–12
 	38 	Ryan Briscoe 	13–18
 	39 	Timo Glock 	1–7, 9–15
 	39 	Robert Doornbos 	16–18
 	40 	Bas Leinders 	All
===Changes===
====Team Changes====
There were no changes to the team lineup from 2003. This was, however, to be the last year that Jaguar Racing competed before the team were sold to Red Bull Racing.
====Driver Changes====
;Pre-season
*Felipe Massa: (test) → 
*Giancarlo Fisichella: → 
*Christian Klien: Mücke Motorsport (F3 Series) → 
*Nick Heidfeld: → 
*Giorgio Pantano: Durango (F3000 series) → 
*Zsolt Baumgartner: (test) → 
At the start of the season, Gianmaria Bruni (Minardi) was promoted to a race seat, having previously tested for the team.
;Mid-season
*Marc Gené (Rounds 10 and 11) and Antônio Pizzonia (12-15) replaced the injured Ralf Schumacher as second driver at following Schumacher's crash at the 2004 United States Grand Prix and subsequent injury.
*Ricardo Zonta replaced Cristiano da Matta at from the .
*Jacques Villeneuve replaced Jarno Trulli at from the 2004 Chinese Grand Prix onwards, while Trulli moved to for the final three races, replacing Ricardo Zonta. Zonta returned to a Toyota race seat for the season finalé in Brazil, deposing Olivier Panis.
*Timo Glock was promoted to a race seat at at the , replacing Giorgio Pantano. Although Pantano regained his place at the following race, the switch was made permanent at the later in the year.
==Calendar==
===Schedule===
Round	Race Title 	Grand Prix 	Circuit 	Date
1 	Foster's Australian Grand Prix 	Australian GP 	Albert Park, Melbourne 	March 7
2 	Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix 	Malaysian GP 	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	March 21
3 	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 	Bahrain GP 	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 	April 4
4 	Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 	San Marino GP 	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 	April 25
5 	Gran Premio Marlboro de España 	Spanish GP 	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 	May 9
6 	Grand Prix de Monaco 	Monaco GP 	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 	May 23
7 	Allianz Grand Prix of Europe 	European GP 	Nürburgring, Nürburg 	May 30
8 	Grand Prix du Canada 	Canadian GP 	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 	June 13
9 	United States Grand Prix 	United States GP	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, USA 	June 20
10 	Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 	French GP 	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	July 4
11 	Foster's British Grand Prix 	British GP 	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 	July 11
12 	Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland	German GP 	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 	July 25
13 	Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 	Hungarian GP 	Hungaroring, Budapest 	August 15
14 	Belgian Grand Prix 	Belgian GP 	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 	August 29
15 	Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 	Italian GP 	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 	September 12
16 	Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix 	Chinese GP 	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 	September 26
17 	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix 	Japanese GP 	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 	October 10
18 	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 	Brazilian GP 	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 	October 24
===Calendar Changes===
Following the treacherous conditions at the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix, the event was moved to the end of the season for 2004. There were two new races on the calendar: the Bahrain Grand Prix at the newly built Sakhir Circuit and the Chinese Grand Prix at the new Shanghai International Circuit. The Belgian Grand Prix returned to the calendar after a one year hiatus. Leaving the Formula One calendar in 2004 was the Austrian Grand Prix, previously held at the A1 Ring. The main circuit facilities were later demolished, before being bought by Red Bull. This meant that the number of races increased from 16 in 2003 to 18 in 2004.
==Results, Standings and Statistics==
===Results===
===Standings and Statistics===
Points system: 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 from first to eighth.
Drivers on equal points are separated by number of first places, then by number of second places if on equal number of first places and so on.
Sources: Manipe F1 Stats Centre - 2004 Season Manipe F1 - 2004 Standings
====Drivers====
WDC	Driver 	Races	Starts	Poles	FR	Wins	Podia	FLs	Laps Led	kms Led	GPs Led	DNFs	Pts	Report
1 	M. Schumacher	18 	18 	8 	12	13 	15 	10 	683 	3356 	16 	1 	148	Report
2 	Barrichello 	18 	18 	4 	8 	2 	14 	4 	102 	536 	8 	1 	114	Report
3 	Button 	18 	18 	1 	3 	0 	10 	0 	52 	278 	5 	3 	85 	Report
4 	Alonso 	18 	18 	1 	1 	0 	4 	0 	60 	277 	8 	5 	59 	Report
5 	Montoya 	18 	18 	0 	4 	1 	3 	2 	51 	226 	3 	4 	58 	Report
6 	Trulli 	17 	17 	2 	2 	1 	2 	0 	89 	340 	3 	3 	46 	Report
7 	Räikkönen 	18 	18 	1 	2 	1 	4 	2 	50 	302 	4 	8 	45 	Report
8 	Sato 	18 	18 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	2 	10 	1 	5 	34 	Report
9 	R. Schumacher	12 	12 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	30 	132 	2 	5 	24 	Report
10 	Coulthard 	18 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4 	24 	Report
11 	Fisichella 	18 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	22 	Report
12 	Massa 	18 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	9 	1 	4 	12 	Report
13 	Webber 	18 	18 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	8 	7 	Report
14 	Panis 	17 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4 	6 	Report
15 	Pizzonia 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	7 	1 	1 	6 	Report
16 	Klien 	18 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4 	3 	Report
17 	da Matta 	12 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	5 	3 	Report
18 	Heidfeld 	18 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	7 	3 	Report
19 	Glock 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	Report
20 	Baumgartner 	18 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	7 	1 	Report
21 	Villeneuve 	3 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	Report
22 	Gené 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	Report
23 	Zonta 	5 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	Report
24 	Pantano 	14 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	Report
25 	Bruni 	18 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	9 	0 	Report
====Constructors====
WCC	Constructor	Races	Starts	Poles	FR	Wins	Podia	FLs	Laps Led	kms Led	GPs Led	DNFs	Pts	Report
1 	 	36 	36 	12 	20	15 	29 	14 	785 	3892 	18 	2 	262	Report
2 	 	36 	36 	1 	4 	0 	11 	0 	54 	288 	6 	8 	119	Report
3 	 	36 	36 	3 	3 	1 	6 	0 	149 	617 	9 	8 	105	Report
4 	 	36 	36 	1 	6 	1 	4 	2 	82 	365 	5 	10 	88 	Report
5 	 	36 	36 	1 	2 	1 	4 	2 	50 	302 	4 	12 	69 	Report
6 	 	36 	36 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	9 	1 	5 	34 	Report
7 	 	36 	36 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	12 	10 	Report
8 	 	36 	36 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	11 	9 	Report
9 	 	36 	36 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	15 	5 	Report
10 	 	36 	36 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	16 	1 	Report
==External Links==
* Web Archive - F1 2004 Full Races
* F1 Classics - F1 2004 Practice, Qualifying and Races
==Notes==
===References===
Category:Formula One Seasons