Race details | |
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Race 6 of 14 in the 2004 Champ Car season | |
![]() Exhibition Place track layout | |
Date | July 11, 2004 |
Official name | Molson Indy Toronto |
Location | Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Course | Temporary Street Course 1.755 mi / 2.824 km |
Distance | 84 laps 147.420 mi / 240.576 km |
Weather | Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 25 °C (77 °F); wind speeds approaching 8 kilometres per hour (5.0 mph)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Time | 58.558 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Time | 1:00.304 (on lap 58 of 84) |
Podium | |
First | Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing) |
Second | Jimmy Vasser (PKV Racing) |
Third | Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
The 2004 Molson Indy Toronto was the sixth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 11, 2004 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais swept the pole and the race win, his third consecutive win and fourth overall for the season. In doing so he also took over the lead in the drivers championship standings, a lead which he would not relinquish for the remainder of the season.
Qualifying results
[edit]Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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1 | ![]() |
Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 59.410 | 58.558 | 58.558 |
2 | ![]() |
Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 59.407 | 59.026 | 59.026 |
3 | ![]() |
Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 59.448 | 58.842 | 58.842 |
4 | ![]() |
Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 59.936 | 58.899 | 58.899 |
5 | ![]() |
Justin Wilson | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 59.644 | 59.029 | 59.029 |
6 | ![]() |
Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 1:00.069 | 59.200 | 59.200 |
7 | ![]() |
Ryan Hunter-Reay | Herdez Competition | 59.759 | 59.260 | 59.260 |
8 | ![]() |
A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 1:00.208 | 59.379 | 59.379 |
9 | ![]() |
Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 59.754 | 59.469 | 59.469 |
10 | ![]() |
Oriol Servià | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:00.347 | 59.469 | 59.469 |
11 | ![]() |
Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 59.966 | 59.471 | 59.471 |
12 | ![]() |
Michel Jourdain Jr. | RuSPORT | 59.701 | 59.584 | 59.584 |
13 | ![]() |
Rodolfo Lavín | Forsythe Racing | 1:00.573 | 59.874 | 59.874 |
14 | ![]() |
Mario Haberfeld | Walker Racing | 1:00.690 | 1:00.346 | 1:00.346 |
15 | ![]() |
Roberto González | PKV Racing | 1:01.186 | 1:00.812 | 1:00.812 |
16 | ![]() |
Gastón Mazzacane | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:02.391 | 1:01.130 | 1:01.130 |
17 | ![]() |
Alex Sperafico | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:01.959 | 1:01.253 | 1:01.253 |
18 | ![]() |
Memo Gidley | Rocketsports Racing | — | 1:01.497 | 1:01.497 |
Race
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 2 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 84 | 1:45:36.930 | 1 | 34 |
2 | 12 | ![]() |
PKV Racing | 84 | +1.396 secs | 11 | 28 |
3 | 7 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 84 | +6.731 secs | 6 | 25 |
4 | 5 | ![]() |
Walker Racing | 84 | +7.892 secs | 14 | 24 |
5 | 1 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 84 | +9.665 secs | 2 | 23 |
6 | 19 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 84 | +14.002 secs | 16 | 19 |
7 | 8 | ![]() |
Rocketsports Racing | 84 | +28.444 secs | 9 | 17 |
8 | 4 | ![]() |
Herdez Competition | 84 | +43.175 secs | 7 | 15 |
9 | 11 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 83 | + 1 Lap | 10 | 13 |
10 | 14 | ![]() |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 83 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 11 |
11 | 10 | ![]() |
RuSPORT | 82 | + 2 Laps | 8 | 10 |
12 | 34 | ![]() |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 81 | + 3 Laps | 5 | 9 |
13 | 21 | ![]() |
PKV Racing | 80 | Contact | 15 | 8 |
14 | 3 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 78 | Stalled | 13 | 7 |
15 | 9 | ![]() |
RuSPORT | 73 | Contact | 12 | 6 |
16 | 17 | ![]() |
Rocketsports Racing | 36 | Contact | 18 | 5 |
17 | 55 | ![]() |
Herdez Competition | 0 | Contact | 4 | 4 |
18 | 6 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 0 | Contact | 3 | 3 |
Caution flags
[edit]Laps | Cause |
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1-6 | Junqueira (6), Domínguez (55) & Allmendinger (10) contact |
22-24 | Gidley (17) spin/stall |
38-41 | Gidley (17) contact |
42-45 | Servià (11) & Wilson (34) contact |
47-48 | Debris |
74-79 | Jourdain (9) contact |
81-82 | Lavín (3) stall on course |
Notes
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- New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:36.930
- Average Speed 83.749 mph
Championship standings after the race
[edit]- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points | |
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1 | ![]() |
164 |
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2 | ![]() |
136 |
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3 | ![]() |
129 |
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4 | ![]() |
108 |
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5 | ![]() |
103 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
[edit]- ^ "2004 Molson Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
External links
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