2004 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2004 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 May 2004
Location	Le Mans Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.180 km (2.597 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:33.425
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:34.088
Podium
First	Sete Gibernau
Second	Carlos Checa
Third	Max Biaggi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:37.123
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	1:38.202
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa
Second	Randy de Puniet
Third	Toni Elías
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:42.608
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:42.651
Podium
First	Andrea Dovizioso
Second	Roberto Locatelli
Third	Jorge Lorenzo

The 2004 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 May 2004 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.

MotoGP classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Sete Gibernau	Honda	44:22.750	1	25
2	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+1.671	2	20
3	Max Biaggi	Honda	+1.908	3	16
4	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	+4.272	4	13
5	Colin Edwards	Honda	+15.755	5	11
6	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	+18.225	6	10
7	Alex Barros	Honda	+27.656	11	9
8	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	+31.530	10	8
9	Makoto Tamada	Honda	+33.164	8	7
10	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	+39.512	9	6
11	Nicky Hayden	Honda	+47.625	7	5
12	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+1:12.140	13	4
13	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	+1:23.391	18	3
14	Rubén Xaus	Ducati	+1 Lap	15	2
15	Kurtis Roberts	Proton	+1 Lap	21	1
16	Michel Fabrizio	Harris WCM	+1 Lap	23
17	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton	+1 Lap	20
Ret	Shinya Nakano	Kawasaki	Retirement	12
Ret	Chris Burns	Harris WCM	Retirement	24
Ret	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki	Retirement	19
Ret	John Hopkins	Suzuki	Retirement	16
Ret	Neil Hodgson	Ducati	Retirement	14
Ret	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Retirement	17

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	43:03.338	1	25
2	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	+7.711	2	20
3	Toni Elías	Honda	+19.233	5	16
4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+20.427	9	13
5	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	+21.175	10	11
6	Anthony West	Aprilia	+24.269	12	10
7	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+38.537	7	9
8	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+39.827	6	8
9	Alex Debón	Honda	+42.589	13	7
10	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	+47.541	16	6
11	Jakub Smrž	Honda	+47.874	18	5
12	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	+51.623	19	4
13	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	+51.813	15	3
14	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+58.880	20	2
15	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	+1:03.261	25	1
16	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	+1:05.370	17
17	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	+1:05.906	22
18	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	+1:08.323	21
19	Christian Gemmel	Honda	+1:19.342	26
20	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	+1:21.036	24
21	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	+1:39.861	30
22	Gregory Leblanc	Aprilia	+1 Lap	28
Ret	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Retirement	3
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	Retirement	11
Ret	Radomil Rous	Aprilia	Retirement	27
Ret	Johann Stigefelt	Aprilia	Retirement	29
Ret	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	Retirement	8
Ret	Eric Bataille	Honda	Retirement	14
Ret	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	Retirement	4

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	41:26.747	1	25
2	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+0.594	4	20
3	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	+6.680	2	16
4	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	+9.662	5	13
5	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	+10.178	3	11
6	Mika Kallio	KTM	+20.698	20	10
7	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	+20.967	10	9
8	Casey Stoner	KTM	+21.158	13	8
9	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	+21.645	11	7
10	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	+23.080	6	6
11	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	+26.699	15	5
12	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	+29.332	17	4
13	Julian Simon	Aprilia	+33.187	18	3
14	Lukáš Pešek	Honda	+37.002	21	2
15	Simone Corsi	Honda	+40.239	12	1
16	Gábor Talmácsi	Malaguti	+40.304	22
17	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	+51.919	24
18	Ángel Rodríguez	Derbi	+54.523	31
19	Dario Giuseppetti	Honda	+54.575	26
20	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	+54.922	19
21	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	+1:05.458	25
22	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	+1:05.610	27
23	Manuel Manna	Malaguti	+1:13.982	29
24	Jordi Carchano	Aprilia	+1:14.248	35
25	Julián Miralles	Aprilia	+1:14.539	34
26	Vesa Kallio	Aprilia	+1:24.230	30
27	Mattia Angeloni	Honda	+1:27.607	37
28	Raymond Schouten	Honda	+1:36.938	33
29	Mathieu Gines	Honda	+1 Lap	39
30	Yannick Deschamps	Honda	+1 Lap	38
Ret	Robbin Harms	Honda	Retirement	28
Ret	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	Retirement	7
Ret	Alexis Masbou	Honda	Retirement	36
Ret	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	Retirement	8
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Gilera	Retirement	16
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	Retirement	23
Ret	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	Retirement	9
Ret	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Retirement	14

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