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Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 July 2004
Official name	Cinzano British Grand Prix
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:28.720 Fastest lap Rider Colin Edwards Time 1:29.973 on lap 8 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Colin Edwards Third Sete Gibernau
250cc
Pole position Rider Alex de Angelis Time 1:32.430 Fastest lap Rider Daniel Pedrosa Time 1:33.217 on lap 11 Podium First Daniel Pedrosa Second Sebastián Porto Third Randy de Puniet
125cc
Pole position Rider Andrea Dovizioso Time 1:37.211 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:38.263 on lap 8 Podium First Andrea Dovizioso Second Álvaro Bautista Third Jorge Lorenzo

The 2004 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 July 2004 at the Donington Park circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	30	45:30.473	1	25
2	45	Colin Edwards	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	30	+2.945	5	20
3	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	30	+4.426	2	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+6.096	6	13
5	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+14.711	4	11
6	7	Carlos Checa	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+17.110	7	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+23.313	3	9
8	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+28.121	15	8
9	4	Alex Barros	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+35.380	9	7
10	50	Neil Hodgson	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	30	+44.468	13	6
11	11	Rubén Xaus	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	30	+47.490	10	5
12	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Honda	Honda	30	+54.004	8	4
13	67	Shane Byrne	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+57.378	17	3
14	6	Makoto Tamada	Camel Honda	Honda	30	+1:07.158	14	2
15	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+1:15.795	11	1
16	99	Jeremy McWilliams	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+1:26.485	18
17	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	29	+1 lap	12
18	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	29	+1 lap	21
19	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	29	+1 lap	20
20	84	Michel Fabrizio	WCM	Harris WCM	29	+1 lap	19
Ret	17	Norifumi Abe	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	28	Accident	16
Ret	80	Kurtis Roberts	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	11	Retirement	22
Ret	35	Chris Burns	WCM	Harris WCM	2	Retirement	23
DNS	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha		Did not start
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	27	42:17.705	4	25
2	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	27	+6.003	2	20
3	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	27	+11.463	5	16
4	51	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	27	+12.722	1	13
5	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	27	+30.430	9	11
6	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	27	+33.007	8	10
7	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	27	+51.931	13	9
8	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	27	+55.055	11	8
9	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	27	+57.422	3	7
10	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	27	+59.456	15	6
11	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	27	+1:06.270	14	5
12	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	27	+1:06.566	20	4
13	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	27	+1:21.025	21	3
14	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	27	+1:21.800	16	2
15	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	27	+1:29.120	17	1
16	52	José David de Gea	Honda	27	+1:32.733	18
17	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	27	+1:33.155	22
18	17	Klaus Nöhles	Honda	26	+1 lap	23
19	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	25
20	65	Lee Dickinson	Honda	26	+1 lap	27
21	43	Radomil Rous	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	28
Ret	12	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	24	Retirement	19
Ret	24	Toni Elías	Honda	13	Retirement	6
Ret	6	Alex Debón	Honda	3	Accident	10
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	2	Accident	7
Ret	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	2	Accident	12
Ret	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	0	Accident	24
DNS	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	0	Did not start	29
DNS	64	Frederik Watz	Yamaha	0	Did not start	26
DNS	2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda		Did not start
DNS	40	Max Sabbatani	Yamaha		Did not start
DNQ	66	Tony Campbell	Yamaha		Did not qualify
DNQ	67	Bruce Dunn	Honda		Did not qualify
Source:

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	25	41:14.592	1	25
2	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	25	+3.807	9	20
3	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	25	+8.250	6	16
4	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	25	+8.641	3	13
5	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	25	+16.706	4	11
6	21	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	25	+16.993	11	10
7	41	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	25	+22.120	5	9
8	10	Julián Simón	Honda	25	+23.070	8	8
9	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	25	+23.860	15	7
10	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	25	+29.993	23	6
11	7	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	25	+30.475	18	5
12	52	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	25	+30.593	20	4
13	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	25	+40.502	22	3
14	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	25	+41.140	13	2
15	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	25	+45.295	16	1
16	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	25	+46.170	24
17	69	Robbin Harms	Honda	25	+49.325	21
18	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	25	+54.672	17
19	25	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	25	+1:17.223	29
20	20	Georg Fröhlich	Honda	25	+1:20.434	35
21	49	Christian Elkin	Honda	25	+1:23.026	30
22	18	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	25	+1:24.436	26
23	35	Václav Bittman	Honda	25	+1:28.933	28
24	30	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda	25	+1:33.750	32
25	85	Eugene Laverty	Honda	24	+1 lap	31
26	51	Kris Weston	Honda	23	+2 laps	36
27	84	Tommy Bridewell	Honda	23	+2 laps	37
Ret	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	24	Accident	25
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	24	Retirement	7
Ret	66	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	22	Retirement	27
Ret	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	17	Retirement	12
Ret	8	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	16	Retirement	34
Ret	16	Raymond Schouten	Honda	9	Retirement	33
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	4	Retirement	10
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	0	Accident	14
Ret	3	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	0	Accident	2
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	0	Accident	19
DNS	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia		Did not start
Source:

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 164 2 Sete Gibernau 142 3 Max Biaggi 142 4 Colin Edwards 95 5 Alex Barros 86

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 200 2 Yamaha 179 3 Ducati 83 4 Kawasaki 42 5 Suzuki 42

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

References

1. "2004 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
2. "2004 MotoGP (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | the Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
4. "2004 British MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
5. "Cinzano British Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
6. "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
7. "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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