The Australian Grand Prix 2004 was the 1st round of the 2004 F1 season, and took place at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 7th.

Michael Schumacher won the race from the pole, followed by Rubens Barrichello, and Fernando Alonso completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
1:24:15.757
Finished
2
-
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
+13.605
Finished
3
2
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+34.673
Finished
4
4
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Williams
+1:00.423
Finished
5
2
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
Williams
+1:08.536
Finished
6
2
BUT
Jenson Button
BAR
+1:10.598
Finished
7
2
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Renault
+1 Lap
8
4
COU
David Coulthard
McLaren
+1 Lap
9
2
SAT
Takuma Sato
BAR
+1 Lap
10
4
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Sauber
+1 Lap
11
8
KLI
Christian Klien
Jaguar
+2 Laps
12
1
Cristiano da Matta
Toyota
+2 Laps
13
5
Olivier Panis
Toyota
+2 Laps
14
2
Giorgio Pantano
Jordan
+3 Laps
15
4
MAS
Felipe Massa
Sauber
Engine
16
1
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
Jordan
Transmission
17
3
Gianmaria Bruni
Minardi
Not classified
18
12
WEB
Mark Webber
Jaguar
Transmission
19
2
Zsolt Baumgartner
Minardi
Electrical
20
10
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
Engine
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

There were some incidents during the race, with 6 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Felipe Massa, and Kimi Räikkönen, both suffered an engine malfunction, Nick Heidfeld, and Mark Webber, both had a transmission problem, Gianmaria Bruni, who did not classify on lap 43, and Zsolt Baumgartner, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 13.

Engine

  • Felipe Massa
    Lap 44
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    Lap 9

Transmission

  • Nick Heidfeld
    Lap 43
  • Mark Webber
    Lap 29

Not classified

  • Gianmaria Bruni
    Lap 43

Electrical

  • Zsolt Baumgartner
    Lap 13

Qualifying

#1
MSC
#2
BAR
#3
MON
#4
BUT
#5
ALO
#6
WEB
#7
SAT
#8
SCH
#9
TRU
#10
RAI
#11
MAS
#12
COU
#13
#14
FIS
#15
HEI
#16
#17
#18
#19
KLI
#20

During the 2024 season the qualifying format was held entirely on Saturday, and was structured as follows:

  1. Drivers would compelte a single flying lap, in the order the clasified in the previous race.
  2. Following the order from that attempt, drivers would complete another single flying lap to decide the final grid order.

This time around, Michael Schumacher managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:24.408 seconds, with his teammate Rubens Barrichello rigth behind him at 0.074 seconds, helping Ferrari score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Michael Schumacher
    1:24.408
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:24.482
    + 0.074
    + 0.074
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:24.998
    + 0.516
    + 0.59
  • Jenson Button
    1:24.998
    + 0
    + 0.59
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:25.699
    + 0.701
    + 1.291
  • Mark Webber
    1:25.805
    + 0.106
    + 1.397
  • Takuma Sato
    1:25.851
    + 0.046
    + 1.443
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:25.925
    + 0.074
    + 1.517
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:26.290
    + 0.365
    + 1.882
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:26.297
    + 0.007
    + 1.889
  • Felipe Massa
    1:27.065
    + 0.768
    + 2.657
  • David Coulthard
    1:27.294
    + 0.229
    + 2.886
  • Cristiano da Matta
    1:27.823
    + 0.529
    + 3.415
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:27.845
    + 0.022
    + 3.437
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:28.178
    + 0.333
    + 3.77
  • Giorgio Pantano
    1:30.140
    + 1.962
    + 5.732
  • Zsolt Baumgartner
    1:30.681
    + 0.541
    + 6.273