2004 Brazilian Grand Prix

The 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 24, 2004 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It was the final race of the 2004 season, and local fans were delighted when Brazil's Rubens Barrichello took pole for his home race. The early laps were held in changeable conditions, and the race ended up as a duel between Kimi Räikkönen and Juan Pablo Montoya, who were to be McLaren team-mates for 2005. Montoya's move to take the lead was brave even by his standards. Elsewhere, Jaguar's final race was a disaster, with their two drivers colliding, with Webber trying an optimistic-looking move on Klien whilst expecting his team-mate to move over.

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Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	71	1:28:01.451	2	10
2	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+1.022	3	8
3	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	71	+24.099	1	6
4	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	71	+48.508	8	5
5	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	71	+49.740	7	4
6	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	71	+50.248	6	3
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	71	+50.626	18	2
8	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	71	+1:02.310	4	1
9	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	71	+1:03.842	10
10	7	Jacques Villeneuve	Renault	70	+1 Lap	13
11	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	12
12	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	70	+1 Lap	9
13	17	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	70	+1 Lap	14
14	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	69	+2 Lap	15
15	19	Timo Glock	Jordan-Ford	69	+2 Lap	17
16	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	67	+4 Lap	19
17	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	67	+4 Laps	20
Ret	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	23	Collision	11
Ret	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	15	Clutch	16
Ret	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	3	Engine	5

Notes

• Lap Leaders: Kimi Räikkönen 9 (1-3, 29, 51-55), Rubens Barrichello 2 (4-5), Felipe Massa 2 (6-7), Fernando Alonso 11 (8-18) and Juan Pablo Montoya 47 (19-28, 30-50 and 56-71)
• Pole position: Rubens Barrichello 1:10.646
• Fastest Lap: Juan Pablo Montoya 1:11.473
• Last Race: Gianmaria Bruni, Zsolt Baumgartner
• This was the Jaguar team's last Grand Prix. That team was changed to Red Bull Racing starting from the 2005 Formula One season.
• This was also the last race for Ford engine.
• This was the last race for David Coulthard for the McLaren team, he moved to the new Red Bull Racing team starting from the 2005 Formula One season.
• This was Juan Pablo Montoya's last race and last victory with the Williams team before he moved to McLaren team in 2005.
• This was also Ralf Schumacher's last race for the Williams team as well, as he moved to Toyota team starting from 2005.
• This was, to this date, the latest Grand Prix victory for the Williams team.
• This was also the last time that the Sauber team raced with Bridgestone tyres, as they switched to Michelin tyres for the 2005 Formula One season, which was the final season for the team.
• Michael Schumacher qualified 8th but was demoted 10 places because of an engine change. The engine was damaged in his practice crash.
• Ricardo Zonta returned to his home race for the Toyota team and replaced Olivier Panis and partnered Jarno Trulli for this race.
• Ricardo Zonta was driving car no.17 instead of no.16, because Jarno Trulli took no.16.
• After the completion of this race, all teams had scored at least one World Championship point for the season.
• That was last race the F1 in Indonesia broadcasting on TPI, then F1's broadcasting in Indonesia switched to GlobalTV from 2005 to present.