2004 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 July 2004
Official name	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time	1:48.418
Fastest lap
Rider	Makoto Tamada
Time	1:49.789
Podium
First	Makoto Tamada
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:52.503
Fastest lap
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:53.573
Podium
First	Manuel Poggiali
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Toni Elías
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Héctor Barberá
Time	1:57.323
Fastest lap
Rider	Héctor Barberá
Time	1:57.789
Podium
First	Héctor Barberá
Second	Casey Stoner
Third	Andrea Dovizioso

The 2004 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 July 2004 at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Makoto Tamada	Honda	44:21.976	7	25
2	Max Biaggi	Honda	+2.019	2	20
3	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+5.764	3	16
4	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+11.145	6	13
5	Alex Barros	Honda	+12.951	5	11
6	Colin Edwards	Honda	+13.904	11	10
7	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+23.493	1	9
8	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+27.498	15	8
9	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+27.802	9	7
10	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+36.808	12	6
11	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+37.713	14	5
12	Rubén Xaus	Ducati	+48.924	16	4
13	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+57.102	13	3
14	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	+1:03.046	18	2
15	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+1:10.296	17	1
16	Neil Hodgson	Ducati	+1:12.548	19
17	Shane Byrne	Aprilia	+1:19.734	20
18	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+1:31.512	21
19	Kurtis Roberts	Proton	+1:43.627	22
20	Chris Burns	Harris WCM	+1 Lap	23
Ret	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Retirement	8
Ret	José David de Gea	Harris WCM	Retirement	24
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	Retirement	10
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Honda	Retirement	4

250 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	41:56.561	4	25
2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+0.076	6	20
3	Toni Elías	Honda	+3.792	2	16
4	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+4.678	5	13
5	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+20.393	10	11
6	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+20.576	15	10
7	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+30.399	9	9
8	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+34.742	3	8
9	Alex Debón	Honda	+36.021	12	7
10	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+36.476	8	6
11	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+50.991	23	5
12	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+52.196	7	4
13	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+53.576	19	3
14	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+1:01.641	14	2
15	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:02.014	24	1
16	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	+1:11.756	20
17	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	+1:11.999	25
18	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	+1:20.226	21
19	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	+1:22.037	18
20	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	+1 Lap	28
Ret	Jakub Smrž	Honda	Retirement	17
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Retirement	1
Ret	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	Retirement	13
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Yamaha	Retirement	29
Ret	Anthony West	Aprilia	Retirement	11
Ret	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	Retirement	26
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	22
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	16

125 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	41:41.459	1	25
2	Casey Stoner	KTM	+0.096	5	20
3	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+0.202	2	16
4	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+0.359	6	13
5	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+0.737	7	11
6	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+7.614	20	10
7	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+7.769	8	9
8	Mika Kallio	KTM	+12.725	18	8
9	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+13.950	14	7
10	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+19.938	4	6
11	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	+25.983	9	5
12	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	+26.633	16	4
13	Simone Corsi	Honda	+26.996	15	3
14	Julián Simón	Aprilia	+27.131	13	2
15	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	+30.697	17	1
16	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+30.806	22
17	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+38.591	12
18	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+52.505	19
19	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	+59.593	21
20	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+1:07.333	11
21	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	+1:20.065	27
22	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	+1:48.237	24
23	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	+1:48.311	28
24	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+1:49.405	29
Ret	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	Retirement	30
Ret	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	Retirement	3
Ret	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Markéta Janáková	Honda	Retirement	31
Ret	Mikko Kyyhkynen	Honda	Retirement	32
Ret	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	Retirement	26
Ret	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	Retirement	2