The Malaysian Grand Prix 2004 was the 2nd round of the 2004 F1 season, and took place at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 21st.

Michael Schumacher won the race from the pole, followed by Juan Pablo Montoya, and Jenson Button completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
1:31:07.490
Finished
2
2
MON
Juan Pablo Montoya
Williams
+5.022
Finished
3
3
BUT
Jenson Button
BAR
+11.568
Finished
4
1
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
+13.615
Finished
5
3
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Renault
+37.360
Finished
6
3
COU
David Coulthard
McLaren
+53.098
Finished
7
12
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+1:07.877
Finished
8
3
MAS
Felipe Massa
Sauber
+1 Lap
9
1
Cristiano da Matta
Toyota
+1 Lap
10
3
KLI
Christian Klien
Jaguar
+1 Lap
11
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Sauber
+1 Lap
12
2
Olivier Panis
Toyota
+1 Lap
13
5
Giorgio Pantano
Jordan
+2 Laps
14
2
Gianmaria Bruni
Minardi
+3 Laps
15
5
SAT
Takuma Sato
BAR
+4 Laps
16
1
Zsolt Baumgartner
Minardi
+4 Laps
17
12
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren
Transmission
18
3
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
Jordan
Transmission
19
12
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Williams
Engine
20
18
WEB
Mark Webber
Jaguar
Spun off
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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, Kimi Räikkönen, and Nick Heidfeld, both had a transmission problem, Ralf Schumacher, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 27, and Mark Webber, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 23.

Transmission

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    Lap 40
  • Nick Heidfeld
    Lap 34

Engine

  • Ralf Schumacher
    Lap 27

Spun off

  • Mark Webber
    Lap 23

Qualifying

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

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 1:33.074 seconds, 0.641 seconds faster than Mark Webber, who completed the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Michael Schumacher
    1:33.074
  • Mark Webber
    1:33.715
    + 0.641
    + 0.641
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:33.756
    + 0.041
    + 0.682
  • Juan Pablo Montoya
    1:34.054
    + 0.298
    + 0.98
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:34.164
    + 0.11
    + 1.09
  • Jenson Button
    1:34.221
    + 0.057
    + 1.147
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:34.235
    + 0.014
    + 1.161
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:34.413
    + 0.178
    + 1.339
  • David Coulthard
    1:34.602
    + 0.189
    + 1.528
  • Cristiano da Matta
    1:34.917
    + 0.315
    + 1.843
  • Felipe Massa
    1:35.039
    + 0.122
    + 1.965
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:35.061
    + 0.022
    + 1.987
  • Christian Klien
    1:35.158
    + 0.097
    + 2.084
  • Olivier Panis
    1:35.617
    + 0.459
    + 2.543
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:36.569
    + 0.952
    + 3.495
  • Gianmaria Bruni
    1:38.577
    + 2.008
    + 5.503
  • Zsolt Baumgartner
    1:39.272
    + 0.695
    + 6.198
  • Giorgio Pantano
    1:39.902
    + 0.63
    + 6.828