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2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Qatar
flag	Qatar
Official Name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Losail International Circuit
Course_mi	3.343
Course_km	5.380
Race_No	13
Season_No	16
Date	2 October
Year	2004
Image	Losail.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Carlos Checa
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:58.988
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Colin Edwards
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:59.293 on lap 11
First_Rider_MotoGP	Sete Gibernau
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Colin Edwards
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Rubén Xaus
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Sebastián Porto
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Argentina
Pole_Time_250	2:02.710
Fast_Rider_250	Alex de Angelis
Fast_Rider_250_Country	San Marino
Fast_Time_250	2:03.015 on lap 4
First_Rider_250	Sebastián Porto
First_Rider_250_Country	Argentina
Second_Rider_250	Daniel Pedrosa
Second_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_250	Hiroshi Aoyama
Third_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_125	Jorge Lorenzo
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_125	2:09.644
Fast_Rider_125	Jorge Lorenzo
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_125	2:09.569 on lap 8
First_Rider_125	Jorge Lorenzo
First_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_125	Andrea Dovizioso
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_125	Álvaro Bautista
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

The 2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 September-2 October 2004 at the Losail International Circuit. It was the first running of the event.

This would be Sete Gibernau's 9th and final race win.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	44:01.741	3	25
45	USA Colin Edwards	Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+1.315	10	20
11	ESP Rubén Xaus	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	22	+23.844	7	16
4	BRA Alex Barros	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+25.458	2	13
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+31.417	4	11
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Camel Honda	Honda	22	+39.209	24	10
17	JPN Norifumi Abe	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+53.373	17	9
21	USA John Hopkins	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+58.006	11	8
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+1:04.320	18	7
6	JPN Makoto Tamada	Camel Honda	Honda	22	+1:18.518	13	6
71	JPN Yukio Kagayama	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+1:49.438	19	5
36	GBR James Haydon	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	22	+1:52.158	21	4
77	GBR James Ellison	WCM	Harris WCM	22	+1:53.900	22	3
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	19	Retirement	1
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3	Yamaha	13	Retirement	16
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	13	Retirement	6
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	MS Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	12	Retirement	14
50	GBR Neil Hodgson	D'Antin MotoGP	Ducati	10	Retirement	15
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	6	Accident	20
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha	Yamaha	5	Accident	23
12	AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	5	Retirement	9
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	3	Retirement	5
41	JPN Youichi Ui	WCM	Harris WCM		Did not qualify

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
19	ARG Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	20	41:17.343	1	25
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	20	+1.614	2	20
73	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	20	+43.312	6	16
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+45.127	7	13
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	20	+47.182	8	11
24	ESP Toni Elías	Honda	20	+59.471	5	10
2	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Honda	20	+1:11.413	16	9
6	ESP Alex Debón	Honda	20	+1:22.120	11	8
9	FRA Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	20	+1:22.162	23	7
11	ESP Joan Olivé	Aprilia	20	+1:29.038	14	6
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+1:40.121	9	5
36	FRA Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	20	+1:43.016	18	4
44	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	20	+1:43.056	21	3
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	20	+1:50.884	22	2
52	ESP José David de Gea	Honda	20	+1:53.027	24	1
57	GBR Chaz Davies	Aprilia	20	+1:53.335	13
96	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	20	+1:54.871	17
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+2:25.588	15
17	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Honda	19	+1 lap	26
14	AUS Anthony West	Aprilia	19	Retirement	10
51	SMR Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	18	Retirement	3
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	15	Retirement	20
28	DEU Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	8	Retirement	19
43	CZE Radomil Rous	Yamaha	5	Retirement	27
7	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	4	Accident	4
33	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	2	Retirement	12
42	FRA Grégory Leblanc	Aprilia	0	Accident	25
88	HUN Gergő Talmácsi	Yamaha		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

The race produced a dead heat for first place between Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso. After a photo finish could not separate the riders, Lorenzo was awarded first place on the basis that he set a faster laptime during the race.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	18	39:11.620	1	25
34	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	18	+0.000	2	20
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	18	+4.018	12	16
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	18	+18.753	10	13
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	18	+35.458	16	11
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	18	+37.890	6	10
10	ESP Julián Simón	Honda	18	+39.023	8	9
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	18	+39.409	22	8
54	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	18	+42.901	15	7
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	18	+42.918	9	6
21	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	18	+47.425	3	5
3	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	18	+48.015	14	4
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Honda	18	+52.652	13	3
50	ITA Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	18	+1:03.092	21	2
42	ITA Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	18	+1:06.804	27	1
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Gilera	18	+1:07.043	18
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Honda	18	+1:20.718	30
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	18	+1:23.808	19
26	DEU Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	18	+1:26.869	24
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	18	+1:28.482	5
45	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	18	+1:29.779	25
28	ESP Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	18	+1:37.395	26
8	ITA Manuel Manna	Malaguti	18	+1:37.540	31
16	NLD Raymond Schouten	Honda	18	+1:38.401	29
25	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	18	+1:54.617	28
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Honda	15	Retirement	11
14	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	9	Retirement	17
27	AUS Casey Stoner	KTM	8	Retirement	4
31	ITA Max Sabbatani	Honda	2	Retirement	32
47	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	0	Accident	23
66	FIN Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	0	Accident	20
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	0	Did not start	7
9	CZE Markéta Janáková	Honda		Did not qualify
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	229
2	SPA Sete Gibernau	215
3	ITA Max Biaggi	168
4	USA Colin Edwards	131
5	BRA Alex Barros	128

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	295
2	JPN Yamaha	253
3	ITA Ducati	127
4	JPN Kawasaki	74
5	JPN Suzuki	66

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

Notes

References

| Previous_year's_race = None | Next_year's_race = 2005 Qatar Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2004 Qatar MotoGP".
(1 October 2004). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar – MotoGP – Official Combined Practice Time". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2 October 2004). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar – MotoGP – Official Starting Grid". [[Dorna Sports]].
(13 June 2017). "2004 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2 October 2004). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar – MotoGP – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2004".
(2 October 2004). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2 October 2004). "Lorenzo vince, Dovizioso anche". [[La Gazzetta dello Sport]].
(2 October 2004). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2004). "Standings".

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