The Brazilian Grand Prix 2004 was the 18th round of the 2004 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, on October 24th.

Juan Pablo Montoya won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Kimi Räikkönen, and Rubens Barrichello, who originally had the pole position, completing the podium.

Final results

1
1
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
Williams
1:28:01.451
Finished
2
1
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
+1.022
Finished
3
2
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
+24.099
Finished
4
4
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+48.508
Finished
5
2
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Williams
+49.740
Finished
6
-
SAT
Takuma Sato
BAR
+50.248
Finished
7
11
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
+50.626
Finished
8
4
MAS
Felipe Massa
Sauber
+1:02.310
Finished
9
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Sauber
+1:03.842
Finished
10
3
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
Renault
+1 Lap
11
1
COU
David Coulthard
McLaren
+1 Lap
12
3
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1 Lap
13
1
ZON
Ricardo Zonta
Toyota
+1 Lap
14
1
KLI
Christian Klien
Jaguar
+2 Laps
15
2
GLO
Timo Glock
Jordan
+2 Laps
16
3
Zsolt Baumgartner
Minardi
+4 Laps
17
3
Gianmaria Bruni
Minardi
+4 Laps
18
7
WEB
Mark Webber
Jaguar
Collision
19
3
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
Jordan
Clutch
20
15
BUT
Jenson Button
BAR
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 5 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Mark Webber, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 23, Nick Heidfeld, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 15, and Jenson Button, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 3.

Collision

  • Mark Webber
    Lap 23

Clutch

  • Nick Heidfeld
    Lap 15

Engine

  • Jenson Button
    Lap 3

Qualifying

#1
BAR
#2
MON
#3
RAI
#4
MAS
#5
BUT
#6
SAT
#7
SCH
#8
MSC
#9
ALO
#10
TRU
#11
FIS
#12
WEB
#13
COU
#14
VIL
#15
ZON
#16
KLI
#17
HEI
#18
GLO
#19
#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, Rubens Barrichello managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:10.646 seconds, 0.204 seconds faster than Juan Pablo Montoya, who completed the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:10.646
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:10.850
    + 0.204
    + 0.204
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:10.892
    + 0.042
    + 0.246
  • Felipe Massa
    1:10.922
    + 0.03
    + 0.276
  • Jenson Button
    1:11.092
    + 0.17
    + 0.446
  • Takuma Sato
    1:11.120
    + 0.028
    + 0.474
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:11.131
    + 0.011
    + 0.485
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:11.386
    + 0.255
    + 0.74
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:11.454
    + 0.068
    + 0.808
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:11.483
    + 0.029
    + 0.837
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:11.571
    + 0.088
    + 0.925
  • Mark Webber
    1:11.665
    + 0.094
    + 1.019
  • David Coulthard
    1:11.750
    + 0.085
    + 1.104
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:11.836
    + 0.086
    + 1.19
  • Ricardo Zonta
    1:11.974
    + 0.138
    + 1.328
  • Christian Klien
    1:12.211
    + 0.237
    + 1.565
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:12.829
    + 0.618
    + 2.183
  • Timo Glock
    1:13.502
    + 0.673
    + 2.856
  • Zsolt Baumgartner
    1:13.550
    + 0.048
    + 2.904