World Driving Champion Michael Schumacher Wins European Grand Prix

NEURBURGRING, GERMANY May 30, 2004; Michael F. Hollander writing for RIS reported that World Driving Champion Michael Schumacher was back on form today as he took the lead at the start and put on a driving school in the European Grand Prix. Teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second. Complete reports to follow from Benoit Langevin.

2004 European Grand Prix 


Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 

1 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 60 Winner 1 10 

2 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 60 +17.9 secs 7 8 

3 9 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 60 +22.5 secs 5 6 

4 7 Jarno Trulli Renault 60 +53.6 secs 3 5 

5 8 Fernando Alonso Renault 60 +60.9 secs 6 4 

6 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 60 +73.4 secs 19 3 

7 14 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 60 +76.2 secs 14 2 

8 3 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 59 +1 Lap 8 1 

9 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 59 +1 Lap 16 

10 18 Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 59 +1 Lap 13 

11 17 Olivier Panis Toyota 59 +1 Lap 10 

12 15 Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 59 +1 Lap 12 

13 19 Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 58 +2 Lap 15 

14 20 Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 57 +3 Lap 20 

15 21 Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 57 +3 Lap 17 

Ret 10 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 47 +13 Lap 2 

Ret 5 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 25 +35 Laps 18 

Ret 6 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 9 +51 Laps 4 

Ret 4 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 0 + secs 9 

Ret 16 Cristiano da Matta Toyota 0 + secs 11 

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* Provisional Results