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2004 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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France  2004 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the
2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date16 May 2004
Official nameGrand Prix Polini de France[1]
LocationBugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.180 km (2.597 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Sete Gibernau
Time 1:33.425
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:34.088 on lap 27
Podium
First Spain Sete Gibernau
Second Spain Carlos Checa
Third Italy Max Biaggi
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Time 1:37.123
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Time 1:38.202 on lap 5
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Second France Randy de Puniet
Third Spain Toni Elías
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Time 1:42.608
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Time 1:42.651 on lap 14
Podium
First Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Second Italy Roberto Locatelli
Third Spain Jorge Lorenzo

The 2004 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 May 2004 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

MotoGP classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 28 44:22.750 1 25
2 7 Spain Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 28 +1.671 2 20
3 3 Italy Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 28 +1.908 3 16
4 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 28 +4.272 4 13
5 45 United States Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +15.755 5 11
6 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +18.225 6 10
7 4 Brazil Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +27.656 11 9
8 12 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +31.530 10 8
9 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 28 +33.164 8 7
10 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +39.512 9 6
11 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +47.625 7 5
12 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +1:12.140 13 4
13 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 28 +1:23.391 18 3
14 11 Spain Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 27 +1 lap 15 2
15 80 United States Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +1 lap 21 1
16 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 27 +1 lap 22
17 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +1 lap 20
Ret 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 16 Retirement 12
Ret 35 United Kingdom Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 14 Retirement 23
Ret 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 5 Retirement 19
Ret 17 Japan Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 0 Accident 17
Ret 21 United States John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 0 Accident 16
Ret 50 United Kingdom Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 0 Accident 14
DNS 67 United Kingdom Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Did not start
Source: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 26 43:03.338 1 25
2 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +7.711 2 20
3 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 26 +19.233 5 16
4 73 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 26 +20.427 9 13
5 51 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +21.175 10 11
6 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 26 +24.269 12 10
7 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +38.537 7 9
8 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +39.827 6 8
9 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 26 +42.589 13 7
10 11 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 26 +47.541 16 6
11 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 26 +47.874 18 5
12 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 26 +51.623 19 4
13 33 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +51.813 15 3
14 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +58.880 20 2
15 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:03.261 25 1
16 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:05.370 17
17 9 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 26 +1:05.906 22
18 36 France Erwan Nigon Yamaha 26 +1:08.323 21
19 15 Germany Christian Gemmel Honda 26 +1:19.342 26
20 77 France Grégory Lefort Aprilia 26 +1:21.036 24
21 44 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +1:39.861 30
22 42 France Grégory Leblanc Aprilia 25 +1 lap 28
Ret 19 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 17 Accident 3
Ret 12 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 11 Accident 23
Ret 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 10 Retirement 11
Ret 43 Czech Republic Radomil Rous Aprilia 6 Accident 27
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 6 Retirement 29
Ret 2 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 4 Retirement 8
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 1 Accident 4
Ret 34 France Eric Bataille Honda 1 Retirement 14
DNQ 45 France Samuel Aubry Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 46 France Vincent Eisen Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 47 France Marc-Antoine Scaccia Yamaha Did not qualify
WD 40 Italy Max Sabbatani Yamaha Withdrew
Source: [5]

125cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 41:26.747 1 25
2 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 +0.594 4 20
3 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 24 +6.680 2 16
4 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +9.662 5 13
5 3 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +10.178 3 11
6 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 24 +20.698 20 10
7 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +20.967 10 9
8 27 Australia Casey Stoner KTM 24 +21.158 13 8
9 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +21.645 11 7
10 21 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +23.080 6 6
11 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +26.699 15 5
12 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 24 +29.332 17 4
13 10 Spain Julián Simón Honda 24 +33.187 18 3
14 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Honda 24 +37.002 21 2
15 24 Italy Simone Corsi Honda 24 +40.239 12 1
16 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 24 +40.304 22
17 42 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia 24 +51.919 24
18 47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 24 +54.523 31
19 26 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda 24 +54.575 26
20 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Gilera 24 +54.922 19
21 25 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 24 +1:05.458 25
22 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +1:05.610 27
23 8 Italy Manuel Manna Malaguti 24 +1:13.982 29
24 28 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia 24 +1:14.248 34
25 70 Spain Julián Miralles Aprilia 24 +1:14.539 33
26 66 Finland Vesa Kallio Aprilia 24 +1:24.230 30
27 11 Italy Mattia Angeloni Honda 24 +1:27.607 36
28 16 Netherlands Raymond Schouten Honda 24 +1:36.938 32
29 74 France Mathieu Gines Honda 23 +1 lap 38
30 73 France Yannick Deschamps Honda 23 +1 lap 37
Ret 69 Denmark Robbin Harms Honda 22 Accident 28
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Aprilia 12 Accident 7
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 9 Accident 8
Ret 72 France Alexis Masbou Honda 9 Retirement 35
Ret 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 7 Retirement 23
Ret 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Gilera 7 Retirement 16
Ret 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 1 Accident 9
Ret 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 0 Accident 14
DNS 20 Germany Georg Fröhlich Honda Did not start
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "2004 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2004 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Grand Prix Polini de France – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2004". Motogp.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Grand Prix Polini de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Grand Prix Polini de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 May 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2004. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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