2004 Chinese Grand Prix

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Friday Drivers

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	56	1:29:12.420	1	10
2	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	56	+ 1.035	3	8
3	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+ 1.469	2	6
4	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	+ 32.510	6	5
5	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	56	+ 45.193	10	4
6	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	56	+ 54.791	18	3
7	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	56	+ 1:05.454	7	2
8	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	56	+ 1:20.080	4	1
9	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+ 1:20.619	9
10	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	55	+ 1 Lap	11
11	7	Jacques Villeneuve	Renault	55	+ 1 Lap	12
12	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	55	+ 1 Lap	20
13	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	55	+ 1 Lap	14
14	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	55	+1 Lap	8
15	19	Timo Glock	Jordan-Ford	55	+1 Lap	16
16	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	53	+3 Laps	19
Ret	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	38	Wheel	17
Ret	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	37	Collision	5
Ret	16	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	35	Transmission	13
Ret	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	11	Collision	15

Lap Leaders: Rubens Barrichello 47 (1-12, 16-29, 36-56), Jenson Button 8 (13-14, 30-35) and Ralf Schumacher 1 (15)
Pole position: Rubens Barrichello 1:34.012
Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher 1:32.238
This race saw Michael Schumacher start from the pit lane for the first time due to spinning out in qualifying.
This race saw Michael Schumacher finish a race out of the podium positions and points-paying positions for the first time of the season.
Jacques Villeneuve returned to F1 with the Renault team, replacing Jarno Trulli.
Ralf Schumacher returned to racing with Williams following his accident at the 2004 United States Grand Prix.
Giorgio Pantano had been dropped by the Jordan team; his seat had been taken by Timo Glock, who scored 2 points on his F1 debut in the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix.
It was Rubens Barrichello's last win to date.