Grand Prix: | French |
Flag: | France |
Official Name: | Grand Prix Polini de France[1] |
Location: | Bugatti Circuit |
Course Mi: | 2.597 |
Course Km: | 4.180 |
Race No: | 3 |
Season No: | 16 |
Date: | 16 May |
Year: | 2004 |
Pole Rider Motogp: | Sete Gibernau |
Pole Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
Pole Time Motogp: | 1:33.425 |
Fast Rider Motogp: | Max Biaggi |
Fast Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Fast Time Motogp: | 1:34.088 on lap 27 |
First Rider Motogp: | Sete Gibernau |
First Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
Second Rider Motogp: | Carlos Checa |
Second Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
Third Rider Motogp: | Max Biaggi |
Third Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Pole Rider 250: | Daniel Pedrosa |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Pole Time 250: | 1:37.123 |
Fast Rider 250: | Daniel Pedrosa |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Fast Time 250: | 1:38.202 on lap 5 |
First Rider 250: | Daniel Pedrosa |
First Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Second Rider 250: | Randy de Puniet |
Second Rider 250 Country: | France |
Third Rider 250: | Toni Elías |
Third Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Pole Rider 125: | Andrea Dovizioso |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 125: | 1:42.608 |
Fast Rider 125: | Andrea Dovizioso |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Fast Time 125: | 1:42.651 on lap 14 |
First Rider 125: | Andrea Dovizioso |
First Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Second Rider 125: | Roberto Locatelli |
Second Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Third Rider 125: | Jorge Lorenzo |
Third Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
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.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | 44:22.750 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 28 | +1.671 | 2 | 20 | |
3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | Honda | 28 | +1.908 | 3 | 16 | |
4 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 28 | +4.272 | 4 | 13 | |
5 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +15.755 | 5 | 11 | |
6 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +18.225 | 6 | 10 | |
7 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +27.656 | 11 | 9 | |
8 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +31.530 | 10 | 8 | |
9 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | Honda | 28 | +33.164 | 8 | 7 | |
10 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +39.512 | 9 | 6 | |
11 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +47.625 | 7 | 5 | |
12 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +1:12.140 | 13 | 4 | |
13 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 28 | +1:23.391 | 18 | 3 | |
14 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 27 | +1 lap | 15 | 2 | |
15 | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 27 | +1 lap | 21 | 1 | |
16 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | WCM | Harris WCM | 27 | +1 lap | 22 | ||
17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 27 | +1 lap | 20 | ||
Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 16 | Retirement | 12 | ||
Ret | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | 14 | Retirement | 23 | ||
Ret | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 5 | Retirement | 19 | ||
Ret | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 17 | ||
Ret | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 0 | Accident | 16 | ||
Ret | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 0 | Accident | 14 | ||
DNS | 67 | Shane Byrne | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | Did not start | ||||
Source: [2] [3] [4] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 26 | 43:03.338 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +7.711 | 2 | 20 | |
3 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 26 | +19.233 | 5 | 16 | |
4 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 26 | +20.427 | 9 | 13 | |
5 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 26 | +21.175 | 10 | 11 | |
6 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 26 | +24.269 | 12 | 10 | |
7 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +38.537 | 7 | 9 | |
8 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +39.827 | 6 | 8 | |
9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 26 | +42.589 | 13 | 7 | |
10 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 26 | +47.541 | 16 | 6 | |
11 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 26 | +47.874 | 18 | 5 | |
12 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 26 | +51.623 | 19 | 4 | |
13 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 26 | +51.813 | 15 | 3 | |
14 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +58.880 | 20 | 2 | |
15 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 26 | +1:03.261 | 25 | 1 | |
16 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +1:05.370 | 17 | ||
17 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 26 | +1:05.906 | 22 | ||
18 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 26 | +1:08.323 | 21 | ||
19 | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 26 | +1:19.342 | 26 | ||
20 | 77 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 26 | +1:21.036 | 24 | ||
21 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 26 | +1:39.861 | 30 | ||
22 | 42 | Grégory Leblanc | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 28 | ||
Ret | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 17 | Accident | 3 | ||
Ret | 12 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 23 | ||
Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 11 | ||
Ret | 43 | Radomil Rous | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 27 | ||
Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 29 | ||
Ret | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 8 | ||
Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 4 | ||
Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 14 | ||
DNQ | 45 | Samuel Aubry | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | 46 | Vincent Eisen | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | 47 | Marc-Antoine Scaccia | Yamaha | Did not qualify | ||||
WD | 40 | Max Sabbatani | Yamaha | Withdrew | ||||
Source: [5] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | 41:26.747 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +0.594 | 4 | 20 | |
3 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 24 | +6.680 | 2 | 16 | |
4 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +9.662 | 5 | 13 | |
5 | 3 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +10.178 | 3 | 11 | |
6 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 24 | +20.698 | 20 | 10 | |
7 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +20.967 | 10 | 9 | |
8 | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | 24 | +21.158 | 13 | 8 | |
9 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | +21.645 | 11 | 7 | |
10 | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +23.080 | 6 | 6 | |
11 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +26.699 | 15 | 5 | |
12 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 24 | +29.332 | 17 | 4 | |
13 | 10 | Julián Simón | Honda | 24 | +33.187 | 18 | 3 | |
14 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 24 | +37.002 | 21 | 2 | |
15 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 24 | +40.239 | 12 | 1 | |
16 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 24 | +40.304 | 22 | ||
17 | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 24 | +51.919 | 24 | ||
18 | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 24 | +54.523 | 31 | ||
19 | 26 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 24 | +54.575 | 26 | ||
20 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 24 | +54.922 | 19 | ||
21 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 24 | +1:05.458 | 25 | ||
22 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 24 | +1:05.610 | 27 | ||
23 | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 24 | +1:13.982 | 29 | ||
24 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 24 | +1:14.248 | 34 | ||
25 | 70 | Julián Miralles | Aprilia | 24 | +1:14.539 | 33 | ||
26 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 24 | +1:24.230 | 30 | ||
27 | 11 | Mattia Angeloni | Honda | 24 | +1:27.607 | 36 | ||
28 | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 24 | +1:36.938 | 32 | ||
29 | 74 | Mathieu Gines | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 38 | ||
30 | 73 | Yannick Deschamps | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 37 | ||
Ret | 69 | Robbin Harms | Honda | 22 | Accident | 28 | ||
Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 12 | Accident | 7 | ||
Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 8 | ||
Ret | 72 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 9 | Retirement | 35 | ||
Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 23 | ||
Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 7 | Retirement | 16 | ||
Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 9 | ||
Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 0 | Accident | 14 | ||
DNS | 20 | Georg Fröhlich | Honda | Did not start | ||||
Source: [6] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.[7]
Rider | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sete Gibernau | 66 | |
2 | Max Biaggi | 56 | |
3 | Valentino Rossi | 51 | |
4 | Alex Barros | 38 | |
5 | Carlos Checa | 36 |
Constructor | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Honda | 70 | |
2 | Yamaha | 58 | |
3 | Ducati | 22 | |
4 | Suzuki | 15 | |
5 | Kawasaki | 11 |