| Race details | ||
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| Race 2 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | 21 March 2004 | |
| Official name | VI Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix | |
| Location | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia | |
| Course | Permanent race circuit 5.543 km | |
| Distance | 56 laps, 310.408 km | |
| Weather | Dry at first, rain in the final laps | |
| Pole Position | ||
| Driver |  Mane Goddard
|
Minardi-Cosworth |
| Time | 1:35.550 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Tapio Rinneaho
|
Minardi-Cosworth |
| Time | 1:35.393 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Tapio Rinneaho
|
Minardi-Cosworth |
| Second | Mane Goddard
|
Minardi-Cosworth |
| Third |  Josh Noack
|
Jaguar-Cosworth |
The 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 21, 2004 at Sepang. It was the 2nd race of the 2004 Formula One season.
Classification[]
Qualifying[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mane Goddard
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Minardi-Cosworth | 1:35.550 | |
| 2 | 7 |  Ben Utzer
|
Renault | 1:35.674 | +0.124 |
| 3 | 2 | Tapio Rinneaho
|
Minardi-Cosworth | 1:35.713 | +0.163 |
| 4 | 22 |  Pablo Diehl
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Arrows-Cosworth | 1:35.806 | +0.256 |
| 5 | 8 |  Rui Martins
|
Renault | 1:35.815 | +0.265 |
| 6 | 11 |  Jack Laskey
|
Toyota | 1:35.824 | +0.274 |
| 7 | 19 |  Oorjit Mishra
|
Williams-BMW | 1:35.895 | +0.345 |
| 8 | 3 | Tobi Kederer
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Sauber-Petronas | 1:35.915 | +0.365 |
| 9 | 17 |  Milos Ancevski
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.011 | +0.461 |
| 10 | 5 |  Tim Engberink
|
Jordan-Ford | 1:36.015 | +0.465 |
| 11 | 4 |  Matteo Heymans
|
Sauber-Petronas | 1:36.027 | +0.477 |
| 12 | 9 | Lesley Buurlage
|
Ferrari | 1:36.054 | +0.504 |
| 13 | 18 | Aidan Keranen
|
Williams-BMW | 1:36.113 | +0.563 |
| 14 | 16 | Jimmy Laad
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.129 | +0.579 |
| 15 | 12 | Daniel Harvey
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Toyota | 1:36.146 | +0.596 |
| 16 | 23 | Nathan Cornes
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Arrows-Cosworth | 1:36.156 | +0.606 |
| 17 | 21 | Josh Noack
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Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:36.292 | +0.742 |
| 18 | 20 |  Andy Black
|
Jaguar-Cosworth | 1:36.297 | +0.747 |
| 19 | 15 | Aaron Reed
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BAR-Honda | 1:36.326 | +0.776 |
| 20 | 10 |  Manolis Sigoulakis
|
Ferrari | 1:36.395 | +0.845 |
| 21 | 6 | Andy Graham
|
Jordan-Ford | 1:36.402 | +0.852 |
| 22 | 14 |  Márk Lintner
|
BAR-Honda | 1:36.657 | +1.107 |
Race[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Tapio Rinneaho
|
Minardi-Cosworth | 56 | 1:32:53.575 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | Mane Goddard
|
Minardi-Cosworth | 56 | +17.460 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 21 | Josh Noack
|
Jaguar-Cosworth | 56 | +32.007 | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Ben Utzer
|
Renault | 56 | +38.702 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | Tim Engberink
|
Jordan-Ford | 56 | +40.285 | 10 | 4 |
| 6 | 22 | Pablo Diehl
|
Arrows-Cosworth | 56 | +50.775 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | Andy Graham
|
Jordan-Ford | 56 | +52.522 | 21 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | Lesley Buurlage
|
Ferrari | 56 | +56.058 | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | Andy Black
|
Jaguar-Cosworth | 56 | +1:01.823 | 18 | |
| 10 | 18 | Aidan Keranen
|
Williams-BMW | 56 | +1:17.417 | 13 | |
| 11 | 19 | Oorjit Mishra
|
Williams-BMW | 56 | +1:25.406 | 7 | |
| 12 | 3 | Tobi Kederer
|
Sauber-Petronas | 56 | +1:35.127 | 8 | |
| 13 | 17 | Milos Ancevski
|
McLaren-Mercedes | 52 | +4 Laps | 9 | |
| Ret | 23 | Nathan Cornes
|
Arrows-Cosworth | 45 | Engine | 16 | |
| Ret | 15 | Aaron Reed
|
BAR-Honda | 42 | Engine | 19 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jimmy Laad
|
McLaren-Mercedes | 36 | Engine | 14 | |
| Ret | 10 | Manolis Sigoulakis
|
Ferrari | 36 | Suspension | 20 | |
| Ret | 14 | Márk Lintner
|
BAR-Honda | 35 | Gearbox | 22 | |
| Ret | 11 | Jack Laskey
|
Toyota | 5 | Suspension | 6 | |
| Ret | 12 | Daniel Harvey
|
Toyota | 5 | Suspension | 15 | |
| Ret | 4 | Matteo Heymans
|
Sauber-Petronas | 4 | Suspension | 11 | |
| Ret | 8 | Rui Martins
|
Renault | 0 | Didn't finish | 5 |
Standings after the race[]
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FIA Formula One World Championship 2004 season |
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