2004 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 July 2004
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.5 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:28.720
Fastest lap
Rider	Colin Edwards
Time	1:29.973
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Colin Edwards
Third	Sete Gibernau
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alex de Angelis
Time	1:32.430
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:33.217
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Sebastián Porto
Third	Randy de Puniet
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:37.211
Fastest lap
Rider	Álvaro Bautista
Time	1:38.263
Podium
First	Andrea Dovizioso
Second	Álvaro Bautista
Third	Jorge Lorenzo

The 2004 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 July 2004 at the Donington Park circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	45:30.473	1	25
2	Colin Edwards	Honda	+2.945	5	20
3	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+4.326	2	16
4	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+6.096	6	13
5	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+14.711	4	11
6	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+17.110	7	10
7	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+23.313	3	9
8	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+28.121	16	8
9	Alex Barros	Honda	+35.380	9	7
10	Neil Hodgson	Ducati	+44.468	14	6
11	Rubén Xaus	Ducati	+47.490	10	5
12	Max Biaggi	Honda	+54.004	8	4
13	Shane Byrne	Aprilia	+57.378	18	3
14	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+1:07.158	15	2
15	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+1:15.795	12	1
16	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	+1:26.485	19
17	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+1 Lap	13
18	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+1 Lap	22
19	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+1 Lap	21
20	Michel Fabrizio	Harris WCM	+1 Lap	20
Ret	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Retirement	17
Ret	Kurtis Roberts	Proton	Retirement	23
Ret	Chris Burns	Harris WCM	Retirement	24

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	42:17.705	4	25
2	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+6.003	2	20
3	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+11.463	5	16
4	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+12.722	1	13
5	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+30.430	9	11
6	Anthony West	Aprilia	+33.007	8	10
7	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+51.931	13	9
8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+55.055	11	8
9	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+57.422	3	7
10	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+59.456	15	6
11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+1:06.270	14	5
12	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1:06.566	21	4
13	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:21.025	22	3
14	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	+1:21.800	16	2
15	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:29.120	17	1
16	José David de Gea	Honda	+1:32.733	19
17	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:33.155	23
18	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	+1 Lap	24
19	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	+1 Lap	26
20	Lee Dickinson	Honda	+1 Lap	28
21	Radomil Rous	Aprilia	+1 Lap	29
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	Retirement	20
Ret	Toni Elías	Honda	Retirement	6
Ret	Alex Debón	Honda	Retirement	10
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	Retirement	12
Ret	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	Retirement	25

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	41:14.592	1	25
2	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+3.807	9	20
3	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+8.250	6	16
4	Mika Kallio	KTM	+8.641	3	13
5	Simone Corsi	Honda	+16.706	4	11
6	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+16.993	11	10
7	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	+22.120	5	9
8	Julian Simon	Aprilia	+23.070	8	8
9	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+23.860	15	7
10	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+29.993	23	6
11	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	+30.475	18	5
12	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	+30.593	20	4
13	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	+40.502	22	3
14	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	+41.140	13	2
15	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	+45.295	16	1
16	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+46.170	24
17	Robbin Harms	Honda	+49.325	21
18	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+54.672	17
19	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+1:17.223	30
20	Georg Fröhlich	Honda	+1:20.434	36
21	Christian Elkin	Honda	+1:23.026	31
22	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	+1:24.436	27
23	Vaclav Bittman	Honda	+1:28.933	29
24	Raffaele de Rosa	Honda	+1:33.750	33
25	Eugene Laverty	Honda	+1 Lap	32
26	Kris Weston	Honda	+2 Laps	37
27	Tommy Bridewell	Honda	+2 Laps	38
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	Retirement	25
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	Retirement	28
Ret	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	Retirement	12
Ret	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	Retirement	35
Ret	Raymond Schouten	Honda	Retirement	34
Ret	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	Retirement	2
Ret	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	Retirement	19
Ret	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	Retirement	14