2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 July 2004
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
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Alex Barros
Third	Nicky Hayden
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:25.078
Fastest lap
Rider	Sebastián Porto
Time	1:25.118
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Sebastián Porto
Third	Alex de Angelis
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:27.836
Fastest lap
Rider	Héctor Barberá
Time	1:27.680
Podium
First	Roberto Locatelli
Second	Héctor Barberá
Third	Pablo Nieto

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.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Honda	42:23.287	1	25
2	Alex Barros	Honda	+0.349	6	20
3	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+4.293	9	16
4	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	+4.500	2	13
5	Colin Edwards	Honda	+16.137	11	11
6	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+16.482	13	10
7	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	+18.477	5	9
8	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+23.335	3	8
9	John Hopkins	Suzuki	+30.705	12	7
10	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	+40.540	16	6
11	Rubén Xaus	Ducati	+43.712	18	5
12	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	+52.791	17	4
13	Neil Hodgson	Ducati	+53.690	19	3
14	Shane Byrne	Aprilia	+1:13.215	23	2
15	Michel Fabrizio	Harris WCM	+1:20.050	21	1
16	Chris Burns	Harris WCM	+1 Lap	24
Ret	Kurtis Roberts	Proton	Retirement	22
Ret	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	Retirement	14
Ret	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Retirement	15
Ret	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	Retirement	8
Ret	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Retirement	10
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Honda	Retirement	4
Ret	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	Retirement	7
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	Retirement	20

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	41:37.239	5	25
2	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	+4.279	1	20
3	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+16.403	2	16
4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+16.769	12	13
5	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+16.966	4	11
6	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	+18.135	3	10
7	Anthony West	Aprilia	+32.141	14	9
8	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+32.766	8	8
9	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+37.726	10	7
10	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+38.088	11	6
11	Alex Debón	Honda	+50.782	13	5
12	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+50.934	17	4
13	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+1:00.946	16	3
14	Eric Bataille	Honda	+1:02.410	24	2
15	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+1:02.527	21	1
16	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+1:02.554	9
17	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	+1:18.235	22
18	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:18.386	15
19	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	+1:21.155	23
20	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	+1:21.574	26
21	Klaus Nohles	Aprilia	+1:22.048	19
22	Toni Elías	Honda	+1 Lap	7
Ret	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	Retirement	20
Ret	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	Retirement	27
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	Retirement	25
Ret	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	Retirement	18
Ret	Max Sabbatani	Yamaha	Retirement	28
Ret	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	Retirement	6

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	40:03.511	10	25
2	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+0.165	2	20
3	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+0.706	5	16
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	+0.715	1	13
5	Mika Kallio	KTM	+1.073	11	11
6	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+1.176	13	10
7	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+1.283	17	9
8	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+1.459	4	8
9	Julian Simon	Aprilia	+9.636	7	7
10	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	+11.821	6	6
11	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+17.967	3	5
12	Simone Corsi	Honda	+20.307	15	4
13	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+31.798	19	3
14	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+31.927	18	2
15	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	+37.556	26	1
16	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	+37.720	20
17	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	+37.911	14
18	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	+37.920	27
19	Robbin Harms	Honda	+55.350	25
20	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+55.384	24
21	Patrick Unger	Aprilia	+58.942	30
22	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	+59.902	28
23	Georg Fröhlich	Honda	+1:17.723	34
24	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:17.997	31
25	Vaclav Bittman	Honda	+1:18.297	36
26	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	+1:18.550	37
27	Manuel Mickan	Honda	+1 Lap	33
Ret	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	Retirement	8
Ret	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	Retirement	9
Ret	Julián Miralles	Aprilia	Retirement	35
Ret	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	Retirement	16
Ret	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	Retirement	21
Ret	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	Retirement	22
Ret	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	Retirement	29
Ret	Raymond Schouten	Honda	Retirement	32