2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 July 2004 at the Sachsenring. This would prove to be Max Biaggi's final victory in the premier class.

  2004 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 July 2004
Official name	Veltins Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2][3]
Location	Sachsenring
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:22.756 Fastest lap Rider Alex Barros Time 1:24.056 on lap 15 Podium First Max Biaggi Second Alex Barros Third Nicky Hayden
250cc
Pole position Rider Sebastián Porto Time 1:25.078 Fastest lap Rider Sebastián Porto Time 1:25.118 on lap 4 Podium First Daniel Pedrosa Second Sebastián Porto Third Alex de Angelis
125cc
Pole position Rider Andrea Dovizioso Time 1:27.836 Fastest lap Rider Héctor Barberá Time 1:27.680 on lap 3 Podium First Roberto Locatelli Second Héctor Barberá Third Pablo Nieto

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Honda	Honda	30	42:23.287	1	25
2	4	Alex Barros	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+0.349	6	20
3	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+4.293	9	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+4.500	2	13
5	45	Colin Edwards	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	30	+16.137	11	11
6	6	Makoto Tamada	Camel Honda	Honda	30	+16.482	13	10
7	56	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+18.477	5	9
8	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+23.335	3	8
9	21	John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+30.705	12	7
10	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+40.540	16	6
11	11	Rubén Xaus	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	30	+43.712	18	5
12	99	Jeremy McWilliams	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+52.791	17	4
13	50	Neil Hodgson	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	30	+53.690	19	3
14	67	Shane Byrne	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+1:13.215	23	2
15	84	Michel Fabrizio	WCM	Harris WCM	30	+1:20.050	21	1
16	35	Chris Burns	WCM	Harris WCM	29	+1 lap	24
Ret	80	Kurtis Roberts	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	26	Retirement	22
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	20	Accident	14
Ret	17	Norifumi Abe	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	20	Accident	15
Ret	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	10	Accident	8
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	9	Accident	10
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	8	Accident	4
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	4	Accident	7
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	3	Accident	20
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	29	41:37.239	5	25
2	19	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	29	+4.279	1	20
3	51	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	29	+16.403	2	16
4	73	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	29	+16.769	12	13
5	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	29	+16.966	4	11
6	2	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	29	+18.135	3	10
7	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	29	+32.141	14	9
8	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	29	+32.766	8	8
9	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	29	+37.726	10	7
10	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	29	+38.088	11	6
11	6	Alex Debón	Honda	29	+50.782	13	5
12	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	29	+50.934	17	4
13	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	29	+1:00.946	16	3
14	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	29	+1:02.410	24	2
15	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	29	+1:02.527	21	1
16	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	29	+1:02.554	9
17	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	29	+1:18.235	22
18	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	29	+1:18.386	15
19	36	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	29	+1:21.155	23
20	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	29	+1:21.574	26
21	17	Klaus Nöhles	Honda	29	+1:22.048	19
22	24	Toni Elías	Honda	28	+1 lap	7
Ret	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	19	Retirement	20
Ret	77	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	16	Retirement	27
Ret	12	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	12	Retirement	25
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	11	Retirement	18
Ret	40	Max Sabbatani	Yamaha	8	Retirement	28
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	6	Accident	6
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	27	40:03.511	10	25
2	3	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	27	+0.165	2	20
3	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	27	+0.706	5	16
4	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	27	+0.715	1	13
5	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	27	+1.073	11	11
6	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	27	+1.176	12	10
7	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+1.283	16	9
8	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	27	+1.459	4	8
9	10	Julián Simón	Honda	27	+9.636	7	7
10	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	27	+11.821	6	6
11	21	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	27	+17.967	3	5
12	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	27	+20.307	14	4
13	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	27	+31.798	18	3
14	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	27	+31.927	17	2
15	7	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	27	+37.556	25	1
16	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	27	+37.720	19
17	52	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	27	+37.911	12
18	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	27	+37.920	26
19	69	Robbin Harms	Honda	27	+55.350	24
20	54	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	27	+55.384	23
21	39	Patrick Unger	Aprilia	27	+58.942	29
22	66	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	27	+59.902	27
23	20	Georg Fröhlich	Honda	27	+1:17.723	33
24	28	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	27	+1:17.997	30
25	35	Václav Bittman	Honda	27	+1:18.297	35
26	8	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	27	+1:18.550	36
27	40	Manuel Mickan	Honda	26	+1 lap	32
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	23	Accident	8
Ret	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	Retirement	9
Ret	70	Julián Miralles	Aprilia	17	Retirement	34
Ret	25	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	16	Retirement	22
Ret	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	13	Accident	15
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	13	Retirement	20
Ret	18	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	9	Accident	21
Ret	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	9	Retirement	28
Ret	16	Raymond Schouten	Honda	0	Accident	31
DNS	27	Casey Stoner	KTM		Did not start
DNQ	9	Markéta Janáková	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.^[9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 139 2 Max Biaggi 138 3 Sete Gibernau 126 4 Alex Barros 79 5 Colin Edwards 75

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 180 2 Yamaha 154 3 Ducati 72 4 Kawasaki 41 5 Suzuki 34

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