The 2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 July 2004 at the Sachsenring. This would prove to be Max Biaggi's final victory in the premier class.

MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 30 42:23.287 1 25 2 4 Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.349 6 20 3 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +4.293 9 16 4 46 Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 30 +4.500 2 13 5 45 Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +16.137 11 11 6 6 Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 30 +16.482 13 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +18.477 5 9 8 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +23.335 3 8 9 21 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +30.705 12 7 10 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +40.540 16 6 11 11 Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +43.712 18 5 12 99 Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +52.791 17 4 13 50 Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 30 +53.690 19 3 14 67 Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +1:13.215 23 2 15 84 Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 30 +1:20.050 21 1 16 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 29 +1 lap 24 Ret 80 Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 26 Retirement 22 Ret 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 20 Accident 14 Ret 17 Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 20 Accident 15 Ret 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 10 Accident 8 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 9 Accident 10 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 8 Accident 4 Ret 7 Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 4 Accident 7 Ret 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 3 Accident 20 Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 29 41:37.239 5 25 2 19 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 29 +4.279 1 20 3 51 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 29 +16.403 2 16 4 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 29 +16.769 12 13 5 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 29 +16.966 4 11 6 2 Roberto Rolfo Honda 29 +18.135 3 10 7 14 Anthony West Aprilia 29 +32.141 14 9 8 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 29 +32.766 8 8 9 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 29 +37.726 10 7 10 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 29 +38.088 11 6 11 6 Alex Debón Honda 29 +50.782 13 5 12 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 29 +50.934 17 4 13 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 29 +1:00.946 16 3 14 34 Eric Bataille Honda 29 +1:02.410 24 2 15 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 29 +1:02.527 21 1 16 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 29 +1:02.554 9 17 44 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 29 +1:18.235 22 18 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 29 +1:18.386 15 19 36 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 29 +1:21.155 23 20 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 29 +1:21.574 26 21 17 Klaus Nöhles Honda 29 +1:22.048 19 22 24 Toni Elías Honda 28 +1 lap 7 Ret 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 19 Retirement 20 Ret 77 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 16 Retirement 27 Ret 12 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 12 Retirement 25 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 11 Retirement 18 Ret 40 Max Sabbatani Yamaha 8 Retirement 28 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 6 Accident 6 Source:

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 40:03.511 10 25 2 3 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 27 +0.165 2 20 3 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 27 +0.706 5 16 4 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 27 +0.715 1 13 5 36 Mika Kallio KTM 27 +1.073 11 11 6 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 27 +1.176 12 10 7 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 27 +1.283 16 9 8 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 27 +1.459 4 8 9 10 Julián Simón Honda 27 +9.636 7 7 10 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 27 +11.821 6 6 11 21 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 27 +17.967 3 5 12 24 Simone Corsi Honda 27 +20.307 14 4 13 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 27 +31.798 18 3 14 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 27 +31.927 17 2 15 7 Stefano Perugini Gilera 27 +37.556 25 1 16 14 Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 27 +37.720 19 17 52 Lukáš Pešek Honda 27 +37.911 12 18 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 27 +37.920 26 19 69 Robbin Harms Honda 27 +55.350 24 20 54 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 27 +55.384 23 21 39 Patrick Unger Aprilia 27 +58.942 29 22 66 Vesa Kallio Aprilia 27 +59.902 27 23 20 Georg Fröhlich Honda 27 +1:17.723 33 24 28 Jordi Carchano Aprilia 27 +1:17.997 30 25 35 Václav Bittman Honda 27 +1:18.297 35 26 8 Manuel Manna Malaguti 27 +1:18.550 36 27 40 Manuel Mickan Honda 26 +1 lap 32 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 23 Accident 8 Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 Retirement 9 Ret 70 Julián Miralles Aprilia 17 Retirement 34 Ret 25 Imre Tóth Aprilia 16 Retirement 22 Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 13 Accident 15 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 13 Retirement 20 Ret 18 Simone Sanna Aprilia 9 Accident 21 Ret 47 Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 9 Retirement 28 Ret 16 Raymond Schouten Honda 0 Accident 31 DNS 27 Casey Stoner KTM Did not start DNQ 9 Markéta Janáková Honda Did not qualify Source:

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 139 2 Max Biaggi 138 3 Sete Gibernau 126 4 Alex Barros 79 5 Colin Edwards 75

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 180 2 Yamaha 154 3 Ducati 72 4 Kawasaki 41 5 Suzuki 34

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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