2004 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

2004 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 16 races in the; 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 May 2004
Official name	Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.423 km (2.748 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:40.818
Fastest lap
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:53.508 on lap 11
Podium
First	Sete Gibernau
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Alex Barros
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:43.673
Fastest lap
Rider	Roberto Rolfo
Time	1:58.815 on lap 16
Podium
First	Roberto Rolfo
Second	Randy de Puniet
Third	Fonsi Nieto
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:48.106
Fastest lap
Rider	Steve Jenkner
Time	2:00.510 on lap 7
Podium
First	Marco Simoncelli
Second	Steve Jenkner
Third	Héctor Barberá

The 2004 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 April – 2 May 2004 at the Circuito de Jerez.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	52:01.293	2	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Honda	Honda	27	+5.452	4	20
3	4	Alex Barros	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+52.570	9	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	27	+58.556	1	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+59.283	7	11
6	7	Carlos Checa	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	27	+1:07.184	3	10
7	45	Colin Edwards	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+1:19.539	8	9
8	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+1:45.057	10	8
9	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	26	+1 lap	6	7
10	84	Michel Fabrizio	WCM	Harris WCM	26	+1 lap	23	6
11	17	Norifumi Abe	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	20	5
12	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	26	+1 lap	15	4
13	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	26	+1 lap	14	3
14	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	26	+1 lap	21	2
15	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	26	+1 lap	13	1
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	18	Accident	11
Ret	50	Neil Hodgson	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	17	Retirement	18
Ret	80	Kurtis Roberts	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	13	Retirement	22
Ret	6	Makoto Tamada	Camel Honda	Honda	11	Retirement	5
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	10	Retirement	19
Ret	11	Rubén Xaus	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	1	Accident	12
Ret	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	1	Accident	17
Ret	67	Shane Byrne	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0	Accident	16
DNQ	35	Chris Burns	WCM	Harris WCM		Did not qualify
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	26	52:20.145	5	25
2	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	26	+8.740	4	20
3	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+32.623	7	16
4	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	26	+32.844	13	13
5	6	Alex Debón	Honda	26	+58.884	15	11
6	51	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	26	+1:03.950	8	10
7	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	26	+1:05.322	1	9
8	12	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	26	+1:08.923	21	8
9	77	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	26	+1:47.081	28	7
10	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+1:49.191	19	6
11	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+1:55.028	24	5
12	24	Toni Elías	Honda	26	+2:01.756	6	4
13	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	20	3
14	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	27	2
15	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	30	1
16	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	22
17	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	11
18	63	Jarno Ronzoni	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	32
19	43	Radomil Rous	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	29
20	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	14
21	42	Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	24	+2 laps	31
Ret	41	Álvaro Molina	Aprilia	24	Accident	23
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	23	Retirement	12
Ret	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	Accident	9
Ret	15	Christian Gemmel	Honda	23	Accident	25
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	17	Retirement	18
Ret	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	8	Accident	17
Ret	40	Max Sabbatani	Yamaha	5	Retirement	26
Ret	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	4	Accident	3
Ret	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	3	Accident	10
Ret	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	3	Accident	16
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	0	Accident	2
Source: ^[5]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	23	47:45.700	1	25
2	21	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+0.760	11	20
3	3	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	23	+7.195	12	16
4	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	23	+8.042	5	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	KTM	23	+14.612	3	11
6	50	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	23	+15.096	21	10
7	41	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	23	+17.076	7	9
8	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+19.413	6	8
9	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	23	+27.056	4	7
10	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	23	+30.433	10	6
11	10	Julián Simón	Honda	23	+32.702	17	5
12	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	23	+33.160	27	4
13	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	23	+56.667	22	3
14	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	23	+1:09.373	25	2
15	26	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	23	+1:16.661	33	1
16	70	Julián Miralles	Aprilia	23	+1:20.067	35
17	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+1:20.141	24
18	66	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	23	+1:47.063	32
19	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+1:54.016	13
20	16	Raymond Schouten	Honda	23	+2:01.488	31
21	11	Mattia Angeloni	Honda	23	+2:02.922	38
22	20	Georg Fröhlich	Honda	22	+1 lap	37
23	7	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	22	+1 lap	20
24	8	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	22	+1 lap	30
25	71	Enrique Jerez	Honda	22	+1 lap	36
26	25	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	20	+3 laps	18
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	21	Accident	28
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	20	Accident	19
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	19	Accident	16
Ret	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	16	Accident	34
Ret	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	15	Accident	9
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	10	Retirement	15
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	7	Accident	8
Ret	69	Robbin Harms	Honda	6	Accident	29
Ret	81	Ismael Ortega	Aprilia	6	Retirement	39
Ret	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	5	Accident	26
Ret	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	4	Accident	23
Ret	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	3	Accident	14
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	0	Accident	2
Source: ^[6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.^[7]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Sete Gibernau	41
2	Max Biaggi	40
3	Valentino Rossi	38
4	Alex Barros	29
5	Nicky Hayden	22

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	45
2	Yamaha	38
3	Ducati	14
4	Suzuki	11
5	Kawasaki	11

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ "2004 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "2004 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ "SPANISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2004". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2004. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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[1] "2004 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[2] "2004 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[3] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[4] "SPANISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2004". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[5] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[6] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[7] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2004. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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