Grand Prix: | South African |
Flag: | South Africa |
Official Name: | betandwin.com Africa's Grand Prix[1] |
Location: | Phakisa Freeway |
Course Mi: | 2.636 |
Course Km: | 4.242 |
Race No: | 1 |
Season No: | 16 |
Date: | 18 April |
Year: | 2004 |
Pole Rider Motogp: | Valentino Rossi |
Pole Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Pole Time Motogp: | 1:32.647 |
Fast Rider Motogp: | Max Biaggi |
Fast Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Fast Time Motogp: | 1:33.208 on lap 28 |
First Rider Motogp: | Valentino Rossi |
First Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Second Rider Motogp: | Max Biaggi |
Second Rider Motogp Country: | Italy |
Third Rider Motogp: | Sete Gibernau |
Third Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
Pole Rider 250: | Randy de Puniet |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | France |
Pole Time 250: | 1:35.300 |
Fast Rider 250: | Sebastián Porto |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | Argentina |
Fast Time 250: | 1:35.593 on lap 5 |
First Rider 250: | Daniel Pedrosa |
First Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
Second Rider 250: | Randy de Puniet |
Second Rider 250 Country: | France |
Third Rider 250: | Sebastián Porto |
Third Rider 250 Country: | Argentina |
Pole Rider 125: | Andrea Dovizioso |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 125: | 1:40.942 |
Fast Rider 125: | Roberto Locatelli |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Fast Time 125: | 1:40.711 on lap 21 |
First Rider 125: | Andrea Dovizioso |
First Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Second Rider 125: | Roberto Locatelli |
Second Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Third Rider 125: | Casey Stoner |
Third Rider 125 Country: | Australia |
The 2004 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 April 2004 at the Phakisa Freeway. This was the last South African MotoGP round at Phakisa, because the race was not contracted for 2005 and beyond.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 28 | 43:50.218 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | Honda | 28 | +0.210 | 3 | 20 | |
3 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +7.255 | 2 | 16 | |
4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +18.667 | 8 | 13 | |
5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +24.094 | 4 | 11 | |
6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +24.375 | 9 | 10 | |
7 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +28.855 | 5 | 9 | |
8 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | Honda | 28 | +36.535 | 12 | 8 | |
9 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +36.643 | 18 | 7 | |
10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 28 | +39.284 | 14 | 6 | |
11 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +43.806 | 7 | 5 | |
12 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 28 | +43.920 | 6 | 4 | |
13 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +56.028 | 11 | 3 | |
14 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +56.558 | 21 | 2 | |
15 | 67 | Shane Byrne | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 28 | +1:13.831 | 19 | 1 | |
16 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 28 | +1:22.206 | 17 | ||
17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 28 | +1:26.933 | 20 | ||
18 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | WCM | Harris WCM | 25 | +3 laps | 22 | ||
Ret | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 15 | Accident | 13 | ||
Ret | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 15 | Retirement | 15 | ||
Ret | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 6 | Retirement | 10 | ||
Ret | 11 | Rubén Xaus | D'Antin MotoGP | Ducati | 4 | Retirement | 16 | ||
WD | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | Withdrew | ||||
Sources: [2] [3] [4] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 26 | 42:04.690 | 4 | 25 | |
2 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +0.536 | 1 | 20 | |
3 | 19 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 26 | +5.859 | 2 | 16 | |
4 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 26 | +24.561 | 3 | 13 | |
5 | 51 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 26 | +30.018 | 5 | 11 | |
6 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 26 | +30.653 | 15 | 10 | |
7 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +31.458 | 6 | 9 | |
8 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 26 | +31.872 | 11 | 8 | |
9 | 2 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +31.940 | 7 | 7 | |
10 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +35.643 | 10 | 6 | |
11 | 73 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 26 | +36.418 | 9 | 5 | |
12 | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 26 | +36.864 | 12 | 4 | |
13 | 12 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 26 | +39.105 | 24 | 3 | |
14 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +43.027 | 22 | 2 | |
15 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 26 | +51.493 | 19 | 1 | |
16 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 26 | +51.699 | 20 | ||
17 | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 26 | +52.883 | 18 | ||
18 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +59.900 | 14 | ||
19 | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.819 | 16 | ||
20 | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 26 | +1:14.844 | 23 | ||
21 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 26 | +1:15.026 | 21 | ||
22 | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 26 | +1:19.230 | 28 | ||
23 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 26 | +1:21.627 | 26 | ||
24 | 40 | Max Sabbatani | Yamaha | 26 | +1:28.990 | 29 | ||
25 | 77 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 26 | +1:29.832 | 27 | ||
Ret | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 24 | Retirement | 25 | ||
Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 17 | ||
Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 0 | Accident | 8 | ||
Ret | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 13 | ||
Source: [5] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | 40:34.318 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +0.071 | 2 | 20 | |
3 | 27 | Casey Stoner | KTM | 24 | +2.203 | 5 | 16 | |
4 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +2.416 | 6 | 13 | |
5 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia | 24 | +12.312 | 4 | 11 | |
6 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +13.270 | 12 | 10 | |
7 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +14.457 | 3 | 9 | |
8 | 21 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +15.046 | 18 | 8 | |
9 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | +24.835 | 8 | 7 | |
10 | 3 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +25.266 | 11 | 6 | |
11 | 10 | Julián Simón | Honda | 24 | +29.356 | 10 | 5 | |
12 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 24 | +33.134 | 15 | 4 | |
13 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 24 | +33.237 | 20 | 3 | |
14 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 24 | +33.682 | 21 | 2 | |
15 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Aprilia | 24 | +36.977 | 9 | 1 | |
16 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 24 | +43.650 | 13 | ||
17 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Gilera | 24 | +45.230 | 19 | ||
18 | 69 | Robbin Harms | Honda | 24 | +45.389 | 22 | ||
19 | 26 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 24 | +45.590 | 16 | ||
20 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda | 24 | +45.715 | 27 | ||
21 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 24 | +45.961 | 17 | ||
22 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 24 | +46.129 | 25 | ||
23 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 24 | +1:04.990 | 24 | ||
24 | 66 | Vesa Kallio | Aprilia | 24 | +1:05.784 | 26 | ||
25 | 11 | Mattia Angeloni | Honda | 24 | +1:23.541 | 32 | ||
26 | 8 | Manuel Manna | Malaguti | 24 | +1:23.753 | 31 | ||
27 | 28 | Jordi Carchano | Aprilia | 24 | +1:24.960 | 33 | ||
Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 17 | Accident | 23 | ||
Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 16 | Accident | 7 | ||
Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 29 | ||
Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Derbi | 7 | Retirement | 28 | ||
Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 30 | ||
Ret | 16 | Raymond Schouten | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 34 | ||
Ret | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Malaguti | 3 | Retirement | 14 | ||
Source: [6] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[7]
Rider | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Valentino Rossi | 25 | |
2 | Max Biaggi | 20 | |
3 | Sete Gibernau | 16 | |
4 | Alex Barros | 13 | |
5 | Nicky Hayden | 11 |
Constructor | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yamaha | 25 | |
2 | Honda | 20 | |
3 | Ducati | 10 | |
4 | Kawasaki | 4 | |
5 | Suzuki | 3 |