- 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.