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As of August 2004

2004 Hungarian Grand Prix

🇭🇺 Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary Round 13 of 18

Going Into This Race

WDC Leader
110 pts (+36 over P2)
WCC Leader
184 pts (+99 over P2)

Pre-Race Report

Championship standings

Schumacher leads the championship with 110 points, 36 ahead of Barrichello and 45 ahead of Button. Ferrari’s 184 Constructors’ points lead Renault on 85 and BAR on 76.

Previous race

Schumacher won from pole at Hockenheim — his eleventh victory of the season — with Button second and Alonso third. Räikkönen’s rear wing collapsed at high speed as he entered the first corner on lap thirteen, spinning him into the barrier; he escaped unhurt but the retirement was his seventh of the season. Barrichello crashed into the back of Coulthard on the opening lap and dropped to the back of the field. Pizzonia finished seventh to score two points on his Williams debut.

Between-race developments

Toyota have dropped Cristiano da Matta following a run of poor results relative to teammate Panis. Test driver Ricardo Zonta takes the race seat from this round. Ryan Briscoe assumes Zonta’s former test role.

Practice

Schumacher and Barrichello topped the first session; Räikkönen led the second ahead of Schumacher and Montoya. Schumacher was fastest in the third on Saturday, ahead of Williams drivers Pizzonia and Montoya; Button led the fourth session ahead of Schumacher and Barrichello.

Adapted by AI summarisation from “2004 Hungarian Grand Prix” on Wikipedia . This adapted text is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 . Modifications: summarised and spoiler-trimmed.

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PosTeamPtsWins
1Ferrari18411
2Renault851
3BAR760
4Williams470
5McLaren370