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  2004 United States Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One season.
Date	June 20 2004
Official name	XXXIII Foster's United States Grand Prix
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.195 km (2.606 mi)
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 180mph, 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 his first podium finish of his career when placing third. The race also saw the first ever point scored by a Hungarian driver in Formula One, with Zsolt Baumgartner finishing eighth.

The McLaren mechanics push Kimi Räikkönen's MP4-19 into the garage during qualifying.

Fernando Alonso before the race. He did not finish, however.

Classification

Fernando Alonso driving for the Renault Formula One team during practice.

Coulthard catching Fisichella rapidly.

Button behind the wheel for BAR in practice. He retired from the race.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	73	1:40:29.914	2	10
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	73	+2.950	1	8
3	10	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	73	+22.036	3	6
4	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	73	+34.544	20	5
5	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	73	+37.534	8	4
6	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+1 Lap	7	3
7	5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+1 Lap	12	2
8	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi-Cosworth	70	+3 Laps	19	1
9	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber-Petronas	65	+8 Laps	14
Ret	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar-Cosworth	60	Engine	10
DSQ	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	57	Disqualified	5
Ret	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan-Ford	40	Engine	16
Ret	9	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	26	Gearbox	4
Ret	16	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	17	Gearbox	11
Ret	4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	9	Tyre	6
Ret	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	8	Tyre	9
Ret	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar-Cosworth	0	Collision	13
Ret	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	0	Collision	15
Ret	19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan-Ford	0	Collision	17
Ret	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi-Cosworth	0	Collision	18

Notes

Jenson Button at a party after the race.

• 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.

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