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| Race 9 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | June 20, 2004 | |
| Official name | XXXIII Foster's United States Grand Prix | |
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.195 km (2.606 mi) |
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| Distance | 73 laps, 306.016 km (190.238 mi) | |
| Weather | Fine | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Rubens Barrichello |
Ferrari |
| Time | 1:10.223 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Rubens Barrichello |
Ferrari |
| Time | 1:10.399 on lap 7 | |
| Podium | ||
| First |  Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
| Second | Rubens Barrichello |
Ferrari |
| Third |  Takuma Sato |
BAR-Honda |
The 2004 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on June 20, 2004 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
There was a pile-up at the start of the race in turn 1, which caused Christian Klien, Felipe Massa, Giorgio Pantano, and Gianmaria Bruni to crash out and retire from the race.
A few laps later, a rear tyre on Ralf Schumacher's Williams failed, pitching his car into the concrete wall at speeds of up to 180 mph (290 km/h), Schumacher suffered a fractured spine. Michael Schumacher reportedly said after the race that he considered retiring from the race to see to his brother. The Safety Car was deployed to clear up the wreckage left by the Williams car and so that the medical teams could get to Ralf.
The two Ferrari drivers led the entire race. Michael Schumacher finished first, Barrichello placed second and Takuma Sato collected the only podium finish of his career when placed third. The race also saw the first ever point scored by a Hungarian driver in Formula One, with Zsolt Baumgartner finishing eighth.
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Classification
Qualifying
Race
Notes
- Lap Leaders: Rubens Barrichello 14 (1-5, 42-50) and Michael Schumacher 59 (6-41 and 51-73)
- First podium: Takuma Sato.
- First points: Zsolt Baumgartner.
- Juan Pablo Montoya was black-flagged for joining the race in his spare car, having elected to change to it later than the regulations allow.
- Juan Pablo Montoya started this race from the pit lane.
- Ralf Schumacher was involved in a serious accident and he was out of action for 6 races.
- This is also the first points finish for the Minardi team since the 2002 Australian Grand Prix, where Mark Webber finished 5th.
- This is the last time the Minardi team would score points in a Grand Prix with a full grid. They scored points in the following United States Grand Prix where only 6 cars started.
- 150th Grand Prix: Olivier Panis
References
- ^ "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2004/722/5988/. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
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