2004 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix explained

The 2004 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 June 2004 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

This race saw the last non-factory rider to lead the championship before Cal Crutchlow in the 2018 Argentine Grand Prix.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	25	44:03.255	2	25
2	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	25	+0.159	1	20
3	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+13.923	5	16
4	7	Carlos Checa	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	25	+19.213	12	13
5	45	Colin Edwards	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	25	+21.205	11	11
6	11	Rubén Xaus	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	25	+22.847	7	10
7	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+24.014	13	9
8	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Honda	Honda	25	+24.104	4	8
9	17	Norifumi Abe	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+35.676	18	7
10	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	+40.775	15	6
11	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+40.862	14	5
12	50	Neil Hodgson	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	25	+56.157	17	4
13	67	Shane Byrne	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	25	+1:03.679	20	3
14	88	Andrew Pitt	Moriwaki Racing	Moriwaki	25	+1:05.933	22	2
15	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	25	+1:18.199	24	1
16	84	Michel Fabrizio	WCM	Harris WCM	25	+1:18.515	25
17	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+1 lap	16
18	35	Chris Burns	WCM	Harris WCM	20	+5 laps	26
Ret	32	Gregorio Lavilla	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	Retirement	21
Ret	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	21	Accident	10
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	18	Retirement	8
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	16	Retirement	3
Ret	6	Makoto Tamada	Camel Honda	Honda	12	Retirement	9
Ret	80	Kurtis Roberts	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	5	Retirement	23
Ret	4	Alex Barros	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	4	Accident	6
DNS	99	Jeremy McWilliams	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0	Did not start	19
Sources: [2] [3] [4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	41:29.955	1	25
2	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	23	+0.109	2	20
3	24	Toni Elías	Honda	23	+9.521	5	16
4	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	23	+20.871	3	13
5	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	23	+34.337	6	11
6	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	23	+37.569	13	10
7	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	23	+42.087	7	9
8	6	Alex Debón	Honda	23	+45.850	16	8
9	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	23	+45.938	19	7
10	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	+46.235	10	6
11	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	23	+50.694	14	5
12	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	23	+50.980	24	4
13	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	23	+56.785	21	3
14	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	23	+56.895	15	2
15	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	23	+57.366	18	1
16	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+58.164	20
17	36	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	23	+1:32.322	22
18	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	26
19	63	Jarno Ronzoni	Honda	22	+1 lap	27
20	72	David Fouloi	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	29
Ret	2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	14	Accident	8
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	14	Accident	9
Ret	51	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	14	Retirement	4
Ret	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	12	Accident	11
Ret	77	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	12	Accident	12
Ret	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	7	Accident	17
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	7	Retirement	23
Ret	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	6	Retirement	25
DNS	40	Max Sabbatani	Yamaha	0	Did not start	28
DNQ	30	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source: [5]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	22	41:17.986	2	25
2	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	22	+0.016	8	20
3	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	22	+0.342	4	16
4	27	Casey Stoner	KTM	22	+0.400	3	13
5	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	22	+0.548	1	11
6	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	22	+0.733	12	10
7	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	22	+7.907	13	9
8	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	22	+10.793	9	8
9	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	22	+13.431	15	7
10	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	22	+13.513	7	6
11	54	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	22	+14.242	17	5
12	21	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	22	+14.333	10	4
13	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	22	+16.209	21	3
14	10	Julián Simón	Honda	22	+22.605	11	2
15	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	22	+22.655	27	1
16	26	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	22	+22.773	22
17	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	22	+22.961	14
18	41	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	22	+23.575	18
19	25	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	22	+40.669	19
20	50	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	22	+42.929	24
21	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	22	+51.446	26
22	7	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	22	+58.908	20
23	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	22	+58.995	28
24	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	22	+59.548	25
25	38	Mikko Kyyhkynen	Honda	22	+1:17.227	30
26	71	Enrique Jerez	Honda	22	+1:36.638	34
27	66	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	22	+1:48.618	29
28	78	Jordi Planas	Honda	21	+1 lap	35
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	21	Retirement	5
Ret	11	Mattia Angeloni	Honda	21	Retirement	33
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	17	Accident	6
Ret	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	16	Retirement	23
Ret	68	Fabricio Perren	Honda	12	Accident	31
Ret	8	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	4	Retirement	32
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	1	Accident	16
DNS	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera		Did not start
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.^[7]

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Sete Gibernau	106
2	Valentino Rossi	101
3	Max Biaggi	80
4	Carlos Checa	49
5	Alex Barros	48

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	110
2	Yamaha	108
3	Ducati	45
4	Kawasaki	22
5	Suzuki	15

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2004 Catalan MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 17 May 2018.
2. Web site: 2004 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 25 August 2018.
3. Web site: Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya – MotoGP – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 June 2004. 26 July 2018.
4. Web site: motogp.com · CATALUNYA GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2004. Motogp.com. 25 August 2018. 20 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201120164746/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2004/CAT/MotoGP/RAC. dead.
5. Web site: Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya – 250cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 June 2004. 26 July 2018.
6. Web site: Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya – 125cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 June 2004. 26 July 2018.
7. Web site: Standings . 2004. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-21.