2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Qatar
Flag:	Qatar
Official Name:	Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar^[1]
Location:	Losail International Circuit
Course Mi:	3.343
Course Km:	5.380
Race No:	13
Season No:	16
Date:	2 October
Year:	2004
Pole Rider Motogp:	Carlos Checa
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	Spain
Pole Time Motogp:	1:58.988
Fast Rider Motogp:	Colin Edwards
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	USA
Fast Time Motogp:	1:59.293 on lap 11
First Rider Motogp:	Sete Gibernau
First Rider Motogp Country:	Spain
Second Rider Motogp:	Colin Edwards
Second Rider Motogp Country:	USA
Third Rider Motogp:	Rubén Xaus
Third Rider Motogp Country:	Spain
Pole Rider 250:	Sebastián Porto
Pole Rider 250 Country:	Argentina
Pole Time 250:	2:02.710
Fast Rider 250:	Alex de Angelis
Fast Rider 250 Country:	San Marino
Fast Time 250:	2:03.015 on lap 4
First Rider 250:	Sebastián Porto
First Rider 250 Country:	Argentina
Second Rider 250:	Daniel Pedrosa
Second Rider 250 Country:	Spain
Third Rider 250:	Hiroshi Aoyama
Third Rider 250 Country:	Japan
Pole Rider 125:	Jorge Lorenzo
Pole Rider 125 Country:	Spain
Pole Time 125:	2:09.644
Fast Rider 125:	Jorge Lorenzo
Fast Rider 125 Country:	Spain
Fast Time 125:	2:09.569 on lap 8
First Rider 125:	Jorge Lorenzo
First Rider 125 Country:	Spain
Second Rider 125:	Andrea Dovizioso
Second Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Third Rider 125:	Álvaro Bautista
Third Rider 125 Country:	Spain

The 2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 September-2 October 2004 at the Losail International Circuit. It was the first running of the event.

This would be Sete Gibernau 9th and his final race win.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	44:01.741	3	25
2	45	Colin Edwards	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+1.315	10	20
3	11	Rubén Xaus	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	22	+23.844	7	16
4	4	Alex Barros	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+25.458	2	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+31.417	4	11
6	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Honda	Honda	22	+39.209	24	10
7	17	Norifumi Abe	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+53.373	17	9
8	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+58.006	11	8
9	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+1:04.320	18	7
10	6	Makoto Tamada	Camel Honda	Honda	22	+1:18.518	13	6
11	71	Yukio Kagayama	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+1:49.438	19	5
12	36	James Haydon	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	22	+1:52.158	21	4
13	77	James Ellison	WCM	Harris WCM	22	+1:53.900	22	3
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	19	Retirement	1
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	13	Retirement	16
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	13	Retirement	6
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	12	Retirement	14
Ret	50	Neil Hodgson	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	10	Retirement	15
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	6	Accident	20
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	5	Accident	23
Ret	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	5	Retirement	9
Ret	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	3	Retirement	5
DNQ	41	Youichi Ui	WCM	Harris WCM		Did not qualify
Sources: ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	20	41:17.343	1	25
2	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	20	+1.614	2	20
3	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	20	+43.312	6	16
4	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+45.127	7	13
5	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	20	+47.182	8	11
6	24	Toni Elías	Honda	20	+59.471	5	10
7	2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	20	+1:11.413	16	9
8	6	Alex Debón	Honda	20	+1:22.120	11	8
9	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	20	+1:22.162	23	7
10	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	20	+1:29.038	14	6
11	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+1:40.121	9	5
12	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	20	+1:43.016	18	4
13	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	20	+1:43.056	21	3
14	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	20	+1:50.884	22	2
15	52	José David de Gea	Honda	20	+1:53.027	24	1
16	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	20	+1:53.335	13
17	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	20	+1:54.871	17
18	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+2:25.588	15
19	17	Klaus Nöhles	Honda	19	+1 lap	26
Ret	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	19	Retirement	10
Ret	51	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	18	Retirement	3
Ret	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	15	Retirement	20
Ret	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	8	Retirement	19
Ret	43	Radomil Rous	Yamaha	5	Retirement	27
Ret	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	4	Accident	4
Ret	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	2	Retirement	12
Ret	42	Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	0	Accident	25
DNQ	88	Gergő Talmácsi	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source: ^[5]

125 cc classification

The race produced a dead heat for first place between Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso. After a photo finish could not separate the riders, Lorenzo was awarded first place on the basis that he set a faster laptime during the race.^[6]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	18	39:11.620	1	25
2	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	18	+0.000	2	20
3	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	18	+4.018	12	16
4	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	18	+18.753	10	13
5	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	18	+35.458	16	11
6	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	18	+37.890	6	10
7	10	Julián Simón	Honda	18	+39.023	8	9
8	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	18	+39.409	22	8
9	54	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	18	+42.901	15	7
10	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	18	+42.918	9	6
11	21	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	18	+47.425	3	5
12	3	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	18	+48.015	14	4
13	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	18	+52.652	13	3
14	50	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	18	+1:03.092	21	2
15	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	18	+1:06.804	27	1
16	7	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	18	+1:07.043	18
17	52	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	18	+1:20.718	30
18	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	18	+1:23.808	19
19	26	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	18	+1:26.869	24
20	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	18	+1:28.482	5
21	45	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	18	+1:29.779	25
22	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	18	+1:37.395	26
23	8	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	18	+1:37.540	31
24	16	Raymond Schouten	Honda	18	+1:38.401	29
25	25	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	18	+1:54.617	28
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	15	Retirement	11
Ret	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	9	Retirement	17
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	KTM	8	Retirement	4
Ret	31	Max Sabbatani	Honda	2	Retirement	32
Ret	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	0	Accident	23
Ret	66	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	0	Accident	20
DNS	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	0	Did not start	7
DNQ	9	Markéta Janáková	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia		Did not qualify
Source: ^[7]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.^[8]

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	229
2	Sete Gibernau	215
3	Max Biaggi	168
4	Colin Edwards	131
5	Alex Barros	128

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	295
2	Yamaha	253
3	Ducati	127
4	Kawasaki	74
5	Suzuki	66

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

Notes and References

Web site: 2004 Qatar MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 17 May 2018.
Web site: 2004 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 26 August 2018.
Web site: Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar – MotoGP – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 October 2004. 27 July 2018.
Web site: motogp.com · GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2004. Motogp.com. 26 August 2018. 26 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180826150252/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2004/QAT/MotoGP/RAC. dead.
Web site: Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar – 250cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 October 2004. 27 July 2018.
News: Lorenzo vince, Dovizioso anche. gazzetta.it. La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2 October 2004. 27 July 2018. it.
Web site: Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar – 125cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 October 2004. 27 July 2018.
Web site: Standings . 2004. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-22.