2004 Alternate Formula One season

2004 Formula One season
James James Davies took his first Driver's Title, beating his teammate Michael Schumacher by 6 points.
Season
Races	10 (scheduled 19)
Start date	7 March
Start Event	Template:AUS Australian Grand Prix
End date	3 October
End Event	Japanese Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Template:GBR James James Davies
Constructor's Champion	Ferrari
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2003	2005

The 2004 Formula One season was the 55th season of Formula One. Williams' Rhys Davies entered the season as reigning driver's champion, with Ferrari the defending Constructor's champions. The season was a low point in the Mid-2000's Formula One crisis, where the FIA and Formula One teams boycotted races within the European Union as result of a conflict regarding the European Arrest Warrant. Additionally, the Korean Grand Prix was cancelled after an FIA inspection found the Seoul International Street Circuit to not meet FIA Grade 1 standards. Despite the UK government eventually reaching a separate agreement with Bernie Ecclestone, the European boycott and the Korean Grand Prix cancellation left the season with 10 races. This, in combination with a dominant Ferrari team, left F1 with record lows in TV ratings and on-track attendance. After a severe income loss, Formula One yielded and accepted to fully obey the EU regulations, resulting in a return of the European races for the 2005 season.

On the track, reigning Constructor's champions Ferrari successfully defended their title with the dominant F2004, which took 8 out of 10 race victories in a dominant season. This reduced the driver's championship to an intra-Ferrari batle, with James James Davies taking his first title after a season-long battle with Michael Schumacher. Williams were the best of the rest, taking second place in the Constructor's championship, with McLaren enduring their worst season in 10 years, plummeting to 7th in the Constructor's championship behind Sauber.

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	#	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Template:GBR BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams-BMW	FW26	BMW P84	Template:Michelin	1	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	All
					2	Ralf Schumacher	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2004	Ferrari 053	Template:Bridgestone	3	Michael Schumacher	All	Felipe Massa
					4	Template:GBR James James Davies	All
Template:GBR West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-19 MP4-19B	Mercedes FO110Q	Template:Michelin	5	Nick Heidfeld	All
					6	Template:AUT Alexander Wurz	All
Template:FRA Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault	R24	Renault RS24	Template:Michelin	7	Fernando Alonso	All	Heikki Kovalainen
					8	Template:AUS Mark Webber	1-6, 11
						Jacques Villeneuve	7-10
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF104 TF104B	Toyota RVX-04	Template:Pirelli	9	Template:GBR Jenson Button	All	Cristiano da Matta Template:AUS Ryan Briscoe
					10	Template:GBR Jack Christopherson	All
Template:GBR Jaguar Racing F1 Team	Jaguar-Cosworth	R5	Cosworth CR-6	Template:Bridgestone	11	Template:GBR David Coulthard	All	Template:AUT Christian Klien
					12	José María López	All
Template:GBR Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	006	Honda RA004E	Template:Michelin	14	Template:GBR Anthony Davidson	All	Template:GBR James Rossiter Template:GBR Adam Carroll Template:FRA Jean-Maxime Bachot
					15	Takuma Sato	All
Jordan Grand Prix	Jordan-Mercedes	EJ14	Mercedes FO110Q	Template:Pirelli	16	Rubens Barrichello	All	Timo Glock Giorgio Pantano
					17	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	All
Template:SUI Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber-Petronas	C23	Petronas 04A	Template:Pirelli	18	Kimi Räikkönen	All	Template:SUI Neel Jani Template:AUS Dave Simpson
					19	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	All
Minardi F1 Team [?]	Minardi-Cosworth	PS04B	Cosworth CR-6	Template:Bridgestone	20	Luca Badoer	All	Yuji Ide Pastor Maldonado
					21	HWNSNBM	All

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Race	Reject of the Race
1	Template:AUS Foster's Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	7 March	Template:GBR James James Davies	Michael Schumacher	Template:GBR James James Davies	Ferrari	Takuma Sato	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes
2	Template:MAS Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	28 March	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Template:GBR Jenson Button	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose
3	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	18 April	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Template:GBR Williams-BMW	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Ferrari
4	Grand Prix de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	23 May	Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Template:AUS Mark Webber	Template:GBR Jack Christopherson
5	Grand Prix Air Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	27 June	Michael Schumacher	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR James James Davies	Ferrari	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR BMW-Williams/ Toyota
6	Template:USA Foster's United States Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	11 July	Michael Schumacher	Template:GBR James James Davies	Fernando Alonso	Template:FRA Renault	Fernando Alonso	Michael Schumacher
7	Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	1 August	Template:GBR James James Davies	Michael Schumacher	Template:GBR James James Davies	Ferrari	Template:GBR David Coulthard	Template:AUT Alexander Wurz
8	Grande Prêmio Nextel do Brasil	Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura	22 August	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	Michael Schumacher	Template:GBR James James Davies	Ferrari	Jacques Villeneuve	Michael Schumacher
9	Template:GBR Foster's British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	5 September	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Template:GBR David Coulthard	Template:GBR BMW-Williams
10	Korean Grand Prix	Seoul International Street Circuit	19 September	Cancelled
11	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	3 October	Template:GBR James James Davies	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Template:GBR BAR-Honda	Template:GBR James James Davies

• The planned Korean Grand Prix was cancelled on 8 September because the track failed to receive approval by the FIA

The following rounds were included on the original calendar, but were cancelled in response to the EU race boycott:

Race	Track	Original Date
Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	25 April
Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuit de Catalunya	2 May
Template:AUT Großer A1 Preis von Österreich	A1-Ring	16 May
Großer Allianz Preis von Europa	Nürburgring	4 July
Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring	1 August
Marlboro Magyar Nagydij	Hungaroring	8 August
Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	5 September
Template:BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	12 September

Standings

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver AUS Template:AUS MAL Template:MAS BAH MON CAN USA Template:USA CHN BRA GBR Template:GBR KOR JPN Pts 1 Template:GBR James James Davies 1 2 2 3 1 Ret 1 1 4 C 6 70 2 Michael Schumacher 2 1 Ret 1 2 Ret 2 Ret 1 C 1 64 3 Ralf Schumacher 11 6 1 4 Ret 3 6 9 3 C 4 38 4 Template:AUS Rhys Davies Ret 7 6 5 DSQ 2 4 2 2 C Ret 38 5 Takuma Sato 3 5 4 7 Ret 5 Ret 6 Ret C 3 30 6 Template:GBR Jenson Button 6 3 9 9 DSQ 4 5 8 7 C 5 25 7 Template:GBR Anthony Davidson 5 4 8 Ret Ret 8 10 11 Ret C 2 19 8 Fernando Alonso 8 9 Ret 8 Ret 1 Ret 3 Ret C Ret 18 9 Template:AUS Daniel Melrose 10 Ret 3 6 4 10 12 15 5 C Ret 18 10 Template:AUS Mark Webber 4 Ret 5 2 Ret Ret INJ INJ INJ C 9 17 11 Nick Heidfeld Ret Ret Ret 13 5 Ret 3 12 6 C Ret 13 12 Template:GBR David Coulthard 9 8 Ret Ret 3 7 7 10 Ret C Ret 11 13 Template:GBR Jack Christopherson 7 10 7 Ret DSQ 6 8 Ret Ret C Ret 8 14 Jacques Villeneuve 9 4 8 C 6 15 Template:AUT Alexander Wurz 12 Ret Ret 12 7 9 13 7 9 C 7 6 16 Kimi Räikkönen Ret Ret 10 14 8 11 Ret 5 11 C Ret 5 17 Rubens Barrichello 13 11 11 15 6 12 Ret Ret Ret C 10 3 18 José María López 17† Ret Ret 11 10 13 11 14 Ret C 8 1 19 Template:GBR Sammy Jones 14 Ret 14† 10 9 14 Ret 13 10 C Ret 0 20 Luca Badoer 15 Ret 13 16 11 16 14 Ret 12 C 11 0 21 Zsolt Baumgartner 16 12 12 17 12 15 Ret 16 13 C 12 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Constructor's Championship

Pos Constructor # AUS Template:AUS MAL Template:MAS BAH MON CAN USA Template:USA CHN BRA GBR Template:GBR KOR JPN Pts 1 Ferrari 3 2 1 Ret 1 2 Ret 2 Ret 1 C 1 134 4 1 2 2 3 1 Ret 1 1 4 C 6 2 Template:GBR Williams-BMW 1 Ret 7 6 5 DSQ 2 4 2 2 C Ret 76 2 11 6 1 4 Ret 3 6 9 3 C 4 3 Template:GBR BAR-Honda 14 5 4 8 Ret Ret 8 10 11 Ret C 2 49 15 3 5 4 7 Ret 5 Ret 6 Ret C 3 4 Template:FRA Renault 7 8 9 Ret 8 Ret 1 Ret 3 Ret C Ret 41 8 4 Ret 5 2 Ret Ret 9 4 8 C 9 5 Toyota 9 6 3 9 9 DSQ 4 5 8 7 C 5 33 10 7 10 7 Ret DSQ 6 8 Ret Ret C Ret 6 Template:SUI Sauber-Petronas 18 Ret Ret 10 14 8 11 Ret 5 11 C Ret 23 19 10 Ret 3 6 4 10 12 15 5 C Ret 7 Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes 5 Ret Ret Ret 13 5 Ret 3 12 6 C Ret 19 6 12 Ret Ret 12 7 9 13 7 9 C 7 8 Template:GBR Jaguar-Cosworth 11 9 8 Ret Ret 3 7 7 10 Ret C Ret 12 12 17† Ret Ret 11 10 13 11 14 Ret C 8 9 Jordan-Mercedes 16 13 11 11 15 6 12 Ret Ret Ret C 10 3 17 14 Ret 14† 10 9 14 Ret 13 10 C Ret 10 Minardi-Cosworth 20 15 Ret 13 16 11 16 14 Ret 12 C 11 0 21 16 12 12 17 12 15 Ret 16 13 C 12