2004 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 South African Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 April 2004
Location	Welkom
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.242 km (2.636 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:32.647
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:33.208
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Sete Gibernau
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Randy de Puniet
Time	1:35.300
Fastest lap
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:35.593
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Randy de Puniet
Third	Sebastián Porto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:40.942
Fastest lap
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	1:40.711
Podium
First	Andrea Dovizioso
Second	Roberto Locatelli
Third	Casey Stoner

The 2004 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 April 2004 at Welkom.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	43:50.218	1	25
2	Max Biaggi	Honda	+0.210	3	20
3	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+7.255	2	16
4	Alex Barros	Honda	+18.667	8	13
5	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+24.094	4	11
6	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+24.375	9	10
7	Colin Edwards	Honda	+28.855	5	9
8	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+36.535	12	8
9	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+36.643	18	7
10	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+39.284	14	6
11	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+43.806	7	5
12	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+43.920	6	4
13	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+56.028	11	3
14	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+56.558	21	2
15	Shane Byrne	Aprilia	+1:13.831	19	1
16	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	+1:22.206	17
17	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+1:26.933	20
18	Michel Fabrizio	Harris WCM	+3 Laps	22
Ret	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	Retirement	13
Ret	Neil Hodgson	Ducati	Retirement	15
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	Retirement	10
Ret	Rubén Xaus	Ducati	Retirement	16

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	42:04.690	4	25
2	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+0.536	1	20
3	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+5.859	2	16
4	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	+24.561	3	13
5	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+30.018	5	11
6	Alex Debón	Honda	+30.653	15	10
7	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+31.458	6	9
8	Toni Elías	Honda	+31.458	11	8
9	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+31.940	7	7
10	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+35.643	10	6
11	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+36.418	9	5
12	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+36.864	12	4
13	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+39.105	24	3
14	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+43.027	22	2
15	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+51.493	19	1
16	Anthony West	Aprilia	+51.699	20
17	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+52.883	18
18	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+59.900	14
19	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:02.819	16
20	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	+1:14.844	23
21	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:15.026	21
22	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	+1:19.230	28
23	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	+1:21.627	26
24	Max Sabbatani	Yamaha	+1:28.990	29
25	Gregory Lefort	Aprilia	+1:29.832	27
Ret	Christian Gemmel	Honda	Retirement	25
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	17
Ret	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	Retirement	13
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	8

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	40:34.318	1	25
2	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+0.071	2	20
3	Casey Stoner	KTM	+2.203	5	16
4	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+2.416	6	13
5	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	+12.312	4	11
6	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+13.270	12	10
7	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+14.457	3	9
8	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+15.046	18	8
9	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+24.835	8	7
10	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+25.266	11	6
11	Julian Simon	Aprilia	+29.356	10	5
12	Mika Kallio	KTM	+33.134	15	4
13	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+33.237	20	3
14	Simone Corsi	Honda	+33.682	21	2
15	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	+36.977	9	1
16	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+43.650	13
17	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	+45.230	19
18	Robbin Harms	Honda	+45.389	22
19	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	+45.590	16
20	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	+45.715	27
21	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	+45.961	17
22	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+46.129	25
23	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+1:04.990	24
24	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	+1:05.784	26
25	Mattia Angeloni	Honda	+1:23.541	32
26	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	+1:23.753	31
27	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:24.960	33
Ret	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Retirement	23
Ret	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	Retirement	29
Ret	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	Retirement	30
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	Retirement	28
Ret	Raymond Schouten	Honda	Retirement	34
Ret	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	Retirement	14