The 2004 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 April 2004 at the Phakisa Freeway. This was the last South African MotoGP round at Phakisa, because the race was not contracted for 2005 and beyond.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 28 43:50.218 1 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 28 +0.210 3 20 3 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +7.255 2 16 4 4 Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +18.667 8 13 5 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +24.094 4 11 6 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +24.375 9 10 7 45 Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +28.855 5 9 8 6 Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 28 +36.535 12 8 9 17 Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +36.643 18 7 10 7 Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 28 +39.284 14 6 11 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +43.806 7 5 12 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +43.920 6 4 13 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +56.028 11 3 14 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +56.558 21 2 15 67 Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 28 +1:13.831 19 1 16 99 Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 28 +1:22.206 17 17 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 28 +1:26.933 20 18 84 Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 25 +3 laps 22 Ret 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 15 Accident 13 Ret 50 Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 15 Retirement 15 Ret 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 6 Retirement 10 Ret 11 Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 4 Retirement 16 WD 80 Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR Withdrew Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 26 42:04.690 4 25 2 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +0.536 1 20 3 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 26 +5.859 2 16 4 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 26 +24.561 3 13 5 51 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +30.018 5 11 6 6 Alex Debón Honda 26 +30.653 15 10 7 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +31.458 6 9 8 24 Toni Elías Honda 26 +31.872 11 8 9 2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +31.940 7 7 10 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +35.643 10 6 11 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 26 +36.418 9 5 12 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +36.864 12 4 13 12 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 26 +39.105 24 3 14 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +43.027 22 2 15 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +51.493 19 1 16 14 Anthony West Aprilia 26 +51.699 20 17 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 26 +52.883 18 18 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +59.900 14 19 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 26 +1:02.819 16 20 36 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 26 +1:14.844 23 21 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 26 +1:15.026 21 22 44 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 26 +1:19.230 28 23 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 26 +1:21.627 26 24 40 Max Sabbatani Yamaha 26 +1:28.990 29 25 77 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 26 +1:29.832 27 Ret 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 24 Retirement 25 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 0 Accident 17 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 0 Accident 8 Ret 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 0 Accident 13 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 40:34.318 1 25 2 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 +0.071 2 20 3 27 Casey Stoner KTM 24 +2.203 5 16 4 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +2.416 6 13 5 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 24 +12.312 4 11 6 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +13.270 12 10 7 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +14.457 3 9 8 21 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +15.046 18 8 9 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +24.835 8 7 10 3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +25.266 11 6 11 10 Julián Simón Honda 24 +29.356 10 5 12 36 Mika Kallio KTM 24 +33.134 15 4 13 54 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 24 +33.237 20 3 14 24 Simone Corsi Honda 24 +33.682 21 2 15 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 24 +36.977 9 1 16 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 24 +43.650 13 17 7 Stefano Perugini Gilera 24 +45.230 19 18 69 Robbin Harms Honda 24 +45.389 22 19 26 Dario Giuseppetti Honda 24 +45.590 16 20 52 Lukáš Pešek Honda 24 +45.715 27 21 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 24 +45.961 17 22 25 Imre Tóth Aprilia 24 +46.129 25 23 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +1:04.990 24 24 66 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 24 +1:05.784 26 25 11 Mattia Angeloni Honda 24 +1:23.541 32 26 8 Manuel Manna Malaguti 24 +1:23.753 31 27 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 24 +1:24.960 33 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 17 Accident 23 Ret 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 16 Accident 7 Ret 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 13 Retirement 29 Ret 47 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 7 Retirement 28 Ret 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 7 Retirement 30 Ret 16 Raymond Schouten Honda 4 Retirement 34 Ret 14 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 3 Retirement 14 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 25 2 Max Biaggi 20 3 Sete Gibernau 16 4 Alex Barros 13 5 Nicky Hayden 11
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 25 2 Honda 20 3 Ducati 10 4 Kawasaki 4 5 Suzuki 3
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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