2004 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 October 2004
Official name	Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 2:01.833 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 2:03.253 on lap 8 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Max Biaggi Third Alex Barros
250cc
Pole position Rider Sebastián Porto Time 2:06.940 Fastest lap Rider Daniel Pedrosa Time 2:08.015 on lap 3 Podium First Daniel Pedrosa Second Sebastián Porto Third Toni Elías
125cc
Pole position Rider Andrea Dovizioso Time 2:12.684 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 2:14.928 on lap 2 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Andrea Dovizioso Third Álvaro Bautista

The 2004 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 October 2004 at the Sepang International Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	21	43:29.146	1	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Honda	Honda	21	+3.666	7	20
3	4	Alex Barros	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+9.299	2	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+19.069	6	13
5	6	Makoto Tamada	Camel Honda	Honda	21	+21.155	5	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	21	+21.268	11	10
7	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	21	+21.881	4	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	21	+22.167	3	8
9	7	Carlos Checa	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	21	+23.150	9	7
10	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	21	+32.615	14	6
11	45	Colin Edwards	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	21	+33.958	12	5
12	17	Norifumi Abe	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+44.302	16	4
13	11	Rubén Xaus	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	21	+55.235	15	3
14	71	Yukio Kagayama	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	+1:09.580	20	2
15	99	Jeremy McWilliams	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	21	+1:10.376	18	1
16	24	Garry McCoy	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	21	+1:16.134	19
17	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	21	+1:55.097	21
18	77	James Ellison	WCM	Harris WCM	20	+1 lap	23
19	41	Youichi Ui	WCM	Harris WCM	20	+1 lap	24
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	9	Retirement	10
Ret	36	James Haydon	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	8	Retirement	22
Ret	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	7	Retirement	13
Ret	50	Neil Hodgson	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	6	Retirement	17
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	2	Retirement	8
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	20	43:03.507	2	25
2	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	20	+13.513	1	20
3	24	Toni Elías	Honda	20	+13.585	5	16
4	51	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	20	+25.027	4	13
5	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	20	+49.978	3	11
6	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+1:02.582	9	10
7	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	20	+1:02.670	7	9
8	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	20	+1:09.360	12	8
9	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	20	+1:09.492	18	7
10	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	20	+1:20.994	17	6
11	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+1:25.105	16	5
12	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+1:28.030	21	4
13	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	20	+1:30.746	20	3
14	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	20	+1:31.221	15	2
15	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	20	+1:31.561	19	1
16	37	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	20	+1:32.219	13
17	52	José David de Gea	Honda	20	+1:43.502	22
18	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	20	+1:48.609	24
19	42	Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	20	+1:48.812	25
20	43	Radomil Rous	Yamaha	20	+2:07.022	27
Ret	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	15	Accident	6
Ret	6	Alex Debón	Honda	9	Retirement	11
Ret	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	5	Retirement	26
Ret	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	0	Accident	8
Ret	2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	0	Accident	10
Ret	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	0	Accident	14
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	0	Accident	23
DNQ	88	Gergő Talmácsi	Yamaha		Did not qualify
WD	17	Klaus Nöhles	Honda		Withdrew
Source:

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	KTM	19	43:10.360	3	25
2	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	19	+0.029	1	20
3	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	19	+6.547	13	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	19	+11.579	7	13
5	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	19	+17.136	10	11
6	10	Julián Simón	Honda	19	+17.146	15	10
7	54	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	19	+24.985	17	9
8	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	19	+25.057	11	8
9	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+25.262	18	7
10	21	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	19	+26.905	16	6
11	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	19	+36.819	19	5
12	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	19	+45.558	23	4
13	26	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	19	+47.997	26	3
14	50	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	19	+48.441	22	2
15	62	Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	19	+1:06.926	28	1
16	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	19	+1:18.854	32
17	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	19	+1:18.898	24
18	25	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	19	+1:24.061	29
19	16	Raymond Schouten	Honda	19	+1:27.129	33
20	45	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	16	+3 laps	27
Ret	66	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	17	Accident	30
Ret	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	15	Accident	25
Ret	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	10	Retirement	21
Ret	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	8	Retirement	5
Ret	31	Max Sabbatani	Honda	8	Retirement	34
Ret	9	Markéta Janáková	Honda	7	Retirement	35
Ret	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	5	Accident	9
Ret	8	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	3	Retirement	31
Ret	7	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	2	Accident	12
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	2	Accident	4
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	2	Accident	8
Ret	3	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	1	Accident	2
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	1	Accident	6
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	1	Accident	20
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	0	Accident	14
Source:

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	254
2	Sete Gibernau	224
3	Max Biaggi	188
4	Alex Barros	144
5	Colin Edwards	136

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	315
2	Yamaha	278
3	Ducati	137
4	Kawasaki	82
5	Suzuki	68

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