2004 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 October 2004
Official name	Cinzano Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:30.122
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:31.102
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:32.099
Fastest lap
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:33.381
Podium
First	Sebastián Porto
Second	Alex de Angelis
Third	Manuel Poggiali
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	1:37.417
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:38.024
Podium
First	Andrea Dovizioso
Second	Jorge Lorenzo
Third	Casey Stoner

The 2004 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 October 2004 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	41:25.819	2	25
2	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+0.097	1	20
3	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+10.486	3	16
4	Colin Edwards	Honda	+10.817	4	13
5	Alex Barros	Honda	+10.851	6	11
6	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+12.210	14	10
7	Max Biaggi	Honda	+12.847	7	9
8	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+12.965	5	8
9	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+18.607	9	7
10	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+21.245	13	6
11	Rubén Xaus	Ducati	+23.173	12	5
12	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+25.718	11	4
13	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+35.137	8	3
14	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	+45.155	15	2
15	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+45.197	17	1
16	Gregorio Lavilla	Suzuki	+52.205	16
17	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+52.665	18
18	Neil Hodgson	Ducati	+1:11.394	19
19	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+1 Lap	21
20	James Haydon	Proton	+1 Lap	22
21	Youichi Ui	Harris WCM	+1 Lap	24
22	James Ellison	Harris WCM	+3 Laps	23
Ret	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	Retirement	10
Ret	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	Retirement	20

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	39:24.604	1	25
2	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+5.941	2	20
3	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	+13.289	3	16
4	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+14.966	4	13
5	Toni Elías	Honda	+46.083	9	11
6	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+55.140	10	10
7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+1:01.014	7	9
8	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+1:04.684	13	8
9	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	+1:07.656	12	7
10	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+1:09.889	17	6
11	Alex Debón	Honda	+1:13.572	11	5
12	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:13.608	19	4
13	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:14.681	14	3
14	José David de Gea	Honda	+1:21.473	18	2
15	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+1:21.515	15	1
16	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1:26.860	27
17	Gregory Leblanc	Aprilia	+1:30.317	22
18	Joshua Waters	Honda	+1 Lap	28
19	Radomil Rous	Aprilia	+1 Lap	24
Ret	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	Retirement	25
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	20
Ret	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	Retirement	21
Ret	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	Retirement	26
Ret	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	Retirement	8
Ret	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Retirement	5
Ret	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	Retirement	6
Ret	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	Retirement	16

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	38:01.877	5	25
2	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+0.123	2	20
3	Casey Stoner	KTM	+0.123	3	16
4	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+2.480	1	13
5	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+5.336	4	11
6	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+5.415	8	10
7	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+5.448	6	9
8	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	+17.976	16	8
9	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+18.404	24	7
10	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+18.427	14	6
11	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	+18.501	12	5
12	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	+18.530	11	4
13	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+18.739	9	3
14	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	+19.331	19	2
15	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+19.826	13	1
16	Simone Corsi	Honda	+27.971	21
17	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+27.983	29
18	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+27.996	23
19	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+28.006	22
20	Julian Simon	Aprilia	+28.892	10
21	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+40.943	20
22	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	+41.080	26
23	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	+48.127	27
24	Lorenzo Zanetti	Honda	+55.439	25
25	Max Sabbatani	Honda	+1:28.474	33
26	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+1:28.656	32
27	Matthew Kuhne	Honda	+1:28.730	30
28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:36.917	34
29	Bryan Staring	Honda	+3 Laps	31
Ret	Mika Kallio	KTM	Retirement	7
Ret	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	Retirement	18
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	Retirement	15
Ret	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	Retirement	28
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	Retirement	17