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Michael Schumacher won the 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won the 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix for Ferrari, ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya and Jenson Button at Sepang International Circuit.

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Race recap

Winner
Michael Schumacher
Team
Ferrari
Top listed
Michael Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Jenson Button
Race date
March 21, 2004
Pole
Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap
Juan Pablo Montoya
Classified drivers
20
Circuit
Sepang International Circuit

The decisive result

Michael Schumacher finished first for Ferrari. Juan Pablo Montoya is listed 2 for Williams, with Jenson Button 3 for BAR.

Grid to finish

Fernando Alonso from P19 to P7 (+12), Takuma Sato from P20 to P15 (+5), and Jenson Button from P6 to P3 (+3) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Michael Schumacher started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 7 Finished, 5 +1 lap, 2 Engine, 1 +2 laps, and 1 +3 laps. Juan Pablo Montoya holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:34.223 on lap 28. 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
1Michael SchumacherFerrari1:31:07.49010
2Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams1:31:12.5128
3Jenson ButtonBAR1:31:19.0586
4Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:31:21.1065
5Jarno TrulliRenault1:31:44.8504
6David CoulthardMcLaren1:32:00.5883
7Fernando AlonsoRenault1:32:15.3672
8Felipe MassaSauber+1 lap1
9Cristiano da MattaToyota+1 lap0
10Christian KlienJaguar+1 lap0
11Giancarlo FisichellaSauber+1 lap0
12Olivier PanisToyota+1 lap0
13Giorgio PantanoJordan+2 laps0
14Gianmaria BruniMinardi+3 laps0
15Takuma SatoBAREngine0
16Zsolt BaumgartnerMinardi+4 laps0
DNFKimi RäikkönenMcLarenHydraulics0
DNFNick HeidfeldJordanTransmission0
DNFRalf SchumacherWilliamsEngine0
DNFMark WebberJaguarSpun off0