2004 Alternate Formula One season

2004 Formula One season
Rhys Davies entered the season as reigning champion
Season
Races	10 (scheduled 19)
Start date	7 March
Start Event	Template:AUS Australian Grand Prix
End date	10 October
End Event	Japanese Grand Prix
Awards
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-00 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. Despite a one-year rebirth of the Argentine Grand Prix, the boycott 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 obey the EU regulations, resulting in a return of the European races for the 2005 season.

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

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	Template:GBR James James Davies	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
8	Grande Prêmio Nextel do Brasil	Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura	22 August
9	Gran Premio de la República Argentina	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	29 August
10	Korean Grand Prix	Seoul International Street Circuit	18 September	Cancelled
11	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	3 October

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