2004 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 September 2004
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Makoto Tamada
Time	1:46.673
Fastest lap
Rider	Makoto Tamada
Time	1:48.524
Podium
First	Makoto Tamada
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Shinya Nakano
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:52.137
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:52.788
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Toni Elías
Third	Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:58.385
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:58.766
Podium
First	Andrea Dovizioso
Second	Fabrizio Lai
Third	Simone Corsi

The 2004 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 September 2004 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Makoto Tamada	Honda	43:43.220	1	25
2	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	+6.168	3	20
3	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+13.396	12	16
4	Alex Barros	Honda	+15.435	10	13
5	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+23.577	6	11
6	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+27.378	13	10
7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+35.834	11	9
8	Neil Hodgson	Ducati	+47.976	17	8
9	Rubén Xaus	Ducati	+49.881	18	7
10	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+56.107	19	6
11	Olivier Jacque	Moriwaki	+1:21.237	21	5
12	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	+1:27.683	20	4
13	Shane Byrne	Aprilia	+1 Lap	23	3
14	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+1 Lap	22	2
15	Youichi Ui	Harris WCM	+1 Lap	24	1
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	Retirement	16
Ret	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Retirement	15
Ret	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	Retirement	14
Ret	Colin Edwards	Honda	Retirement	5
Ret	Nicky Hayden	Honda	Retirement	9
Ret	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Retirement	7
Ret	John Hopkins	Suzuki	Retirement	2
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	Retirement	8
Ret	Max Biaggi	Honda	Retirement	4

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	43:36.798	1	25
2	Toni Elías	Honda	+3.174	4	20
3	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+15.991	2	16
4	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+20.075	5	13
5	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	+25.450	6	11
6	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+33.451	7	10
7	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+43.084	12	9
8	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	+43.270	13	8
9	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+48.773	9	7
10	Alex Debón	Honda	+52.000	14	6
11	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+1:00.707	3	5
12	Yuzo Fujioka	Honda	+1:01.472	15	4
13	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+1:02.120	16	3
14	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:06.488	25	2
15	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+1:09.070	18	1
16	Choyun Kameya	Honda	+1:12.091	17
17	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	+1:15.444	10
18	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	+1:17.484	30
19	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+1:17.753	24
20	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha	+1:27.294	28
21	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:44.246	23
22	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	+1:45.825	20
Ret	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	Retirement	19
Ret	Anthony West	Aprilia	Retirement	8
Ret	Klaus Nohles	Aprilia	Retirement	33
Ret	Radomil Rous	Aprilia	Retirement	32
Ret	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	Retirement	29
Ret	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	Retirement	11
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	31
Ret	Jakub Smrž	Honda	Retirement	21
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	Retirement	27

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	25:52.175	1	25
2	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	+11.082	12	20
3	Simone Corsi	Honda	+11.101	10	16
4	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+11.341	15	13
5	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+11.519	14	11
6	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+14.491	11	10
7	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+25.279	6	9
8	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	+25.320	7	8
9	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Yamaha	+25.863	17	7
10	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	+30.172	24	6
11	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+30.432	13	5
12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+30.562	19	4
13	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+32.170	25	3
14	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+32.949	2	2
15	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	+41.950	30	1
16	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+42.058	38
17	Sunathai Chaemsap	Honda	+44.536	32
18	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	+51.234	33
19	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+51.283	31
20	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+1:04.719	36
21	Lorenzo Zanetti	Honda	+1:11.829	34
22	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	+1:13.894	37
23	Marketa Janakova	Honda	+1:36.250	39
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	Retirement	22
Ret	Shigeki Norikane	Yamaha	Retirement	29
Ret	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	Retirement	4
Ret	Mika Kallio	KTM	Retirement	5
Ret	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	Retirement	8
Ret	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	Retirement	28
Ret	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	Retirement	27
Ret	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Retirement	18
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	Retirement	23

Notes

• The 125cc race was stopped due to heavy rain. It was later restarted with the grid order determined by the running order after the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.