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Rubens Barrichello won the 2004 Chinese Grand Prix

Rubens Barrichello won the 2004 Chinese Grand Prix for Ferrari, ahead of Jenson Button and Kimi Räikkönen at Shanghai International Circuit.

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Race recap

Winner
Rubens Barrichello
Team
Ferrari
Top listed
Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, and Kimi Räikkönen
Race date
September 26, 2004
Pole
Rubens Barrichello
Fastest lap
Michael Schumacher
Classified drivers
20
Circuit
Shanghai International Circuit

The decisive result

Rubens Barrichello finished first for Ferrari. Jenson Button is listed 2 for BAR, with Kimi Räikkönen 3 for McLaren.

Grid to finish

Takuma Sato from P18 to P6 (+12), Juan Pablo Montoya from P10 to P5 (+5), and Zsolt Baumgartner from P19 to P16 (+3) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Rubens Barrichello started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 9 Finished, 6 +1 lap, 1 +3 laps, 1 Collision damage, and 1 Mechanical. Michael Schumacher holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:32.238 on lap 55. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:29:12.42010
2Jenson ButtonBAR1:29:13.4558
3Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren1:29:13.8896
4Fernando AlonsoRenault1:29:44.9305
5Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams1:29:57.6134
6Takuma SatoBAR1:30:07.2113
7Giancarlo FisichellaSauber1:30:17.8842
8Felipe MassaSauber1:30:32.5001
9David CoulthardMcLaren1:30:33.0390
10Mark WebberJaguar+1 lap0
11Jacques VilleneuveRenault+1 lap0
12Michael SchumacherFerrari+1 lap0
13Nick HeidfeldJordan+1 lap0
14Olivier PanisToyota+1 lap0
15Timo GlockJordan+1 lap0
16Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi+3 laps0
DNFGianmaria BruniMinardiMechanical0
DNFRalf SchumacherWilliamsCollision damage0
DNFRicardo ZontaToyotaTransmission0
DNFChristian KlienJaguarSuspension0