The Bahrain Grand Prix 2004 was the 3rd round of the 2004 F1 season, and took place at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, on April 4th.

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

Final results

1
-
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
1:28:34.875
Finished
2
-
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
+1.367
Finished
3
3
BUT
Jenson Button
BAR
+26.687
Finished
4
3
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Renault
+32.214
Finished
5
-
SAT
Takuma Sato
BAR
+52.460
Finished
6
10
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+53.156
Finished
7
3
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Williams
+58.155
Finished
8
6
WEB
Mark Webber
Jaguar
+1 Lap
9
1
Olivier Panis
Toyota
+1 Lap
10
1
Cristiano da Matta
Toyota
+1 Lap
11
-
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Sauber
+1 Lap
12
1
MAS
Felipe Massa
Sauber
+1 Lap
13
10
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
Williams
+1 Lap
14
2
KLI
Christian Klien
Jaguar
+1 Lap
15
3
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
Jordan
+1 Lap
16
1
Giorgio Pantano
Jordan
+2 Laps
17
-
Gianmaria Bruni
Minardi
+5 Laps
18
8
COU
David Coulthard
McLaren
Pneumatics
19
1
Zsolt Baumgartner
Minardi
Engine
20
1
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 4 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, David Coulthard, who had a pneumatic failure on lap 50, and Zsolt Baumgartner, and Kimi Räikkönen, both suffered an engine malfunction.

Pneumatics

  • David Coulthard
    Lap 50

Engine

  • Zsolt Baumgartner
    Lap 44
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    Lap 7

Qualifying

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

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 1:30.139 seconds, with his teammate Rubens Barrichello rigth behind him at 0.391 seconds, helping Ferrari score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Michael Schumacher
    1:30.139
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:30.530
    + 0.391
    + 0.391
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:30.581
    + 0.051
    + 0.442
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:30.633
    + 0.052
    + 0.494
  • Takuma Sato
    1:30.827
    + 0.194
    + 0.688
  • Jenson Button
    1:30.856
    + 0.029
    + 0.717
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:30.971
    + 0.115
    + 0.832
  • Olivier Panis
    1:31.686
    + 0.715
    + 1.547
  • Cristiano da Matta
    1:31.717
    + 0.031
    + 1.578
  • David Coulthard
    1:31.719
    + 0.002
    + 1.58
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:31.731
    + 0.012
    + 1.592
  • Christian Klien
    1:32.332
    + 0.601
    + 2.193
  • Felipe Massa
    1:32.536
    + 0.204
    + 2.397
  • Mark Webber
    1:32.625
    + 0.089
    + 2.486
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:33.506
    + 0.881
    + 3.367
  • Giorgio Pantano
    1:34.105
    + 0.599
    + 3.966
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:34.130
    + 0.025
    + 3.991
  • Gianmaria Bruni
    1:34.584
    + 0.454
    + 4.445
  • Zsolt Baumgartner
    1:35.787
    + 1.203
    + 5.648