The Chinese Grand Prix 2004 was the 16th round of the 2004 F1 season, and took place at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China, on September 26th.
Rubens Barrichello won the race from the pole, followed by Jenson Button, and Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium.
Final results
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, Gianmaria Bruni, who had a wheel problem on lap 38, Ralf Schumacher, and Christian Klien, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, and Ricardo Zonta, who had a transmission problem on lap 35.
Wheel
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Gianmaria BruniLap 38
Collision
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Ralf SchumacherLap 37
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Christian KlienLap 11
Transmission
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Ricardo ZontaLap 35
Qualifying
During the 2024 season the qualifying format was held entirely on Saturday, and was structured as follows:
- Drivers would compelte a single flying lap, in the order the clasified in the previous race.
- 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 1:34.012 seconds, 0.166 seconds faster than Kimi Räikkönen, who completed the first line of the grid.