2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate

The 2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate was the fourteenth and final round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on November 7, 2004, at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Sébastien Bourdais won the pole and the race and in doing so also secured his first of four Champ Car titles.

2004 Mexico City

Race details
Race 14 of 14 in the 2004 Champ Car season
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Track Layout
Date	November 7, 2004
Official name	Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate presented by Banamex
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
Course	Permanent Road Course 2.786 mi / 4.484 km
Distance	63 laps 175.518 mi / 282.492 km
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:25.919
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:28.794 (on lap 25 of 63)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	A. J. Allmendinger (RuSPORT)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:27.822	1:25.919	1:25.919
2		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:27.565	1:26.545	1:26.545
3		Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:27.870	1:27.016	1:27.016
4		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:29.303	1:27.038	1:27.038
5		Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	1:28.460	1:27.114	1:27.114
6		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:27.971	1:27.172	1:27.172
7		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:27.858	1:27.205	1:27.205
8		Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	1:28.583	1:27.338	1:27.338
9		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	1:28.372	1:27.432	1:27.432
10		Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	1:28.401	1:27.537	1:27.537
11		Roberto González	PKV Racing	1:28.106	1:27.610	1:27.610
12		Michael Valiante	Walker Racing	1:30.473	1:27.642	1:27.642
13		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:28.278	1:27.841	1:27.841
14		Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	1:29.353	1:27.886	1:27.886
15		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:28.737	1:27.892	1:27.892
16		Tarso Marques	Dale Coyne Racing	1:29.024	1:27.976	1:27.976
17		Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	1:30.708	1:28.200	1:28.200
18		Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	1:31.423	1:28.804	1:28.804
19		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:29.059	1:31.531	1:29.059

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	63	1:39:02.662	1	34
2	6	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	63	+4.604 secs	2	28
3	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	63	+6.780 secs	7	25
4	34	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	63	+7.902 secs	3	23
5	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	63	+17.081 secs	4	21
6	7	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	63	+57.788 secs	8	19
7	11	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	63	+1:21.101	5	17
8	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	63	+1:22.727	15	16
9	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	63	+1:31.899	10	13
10	1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	62	+ 1 Lap	6	11
11	8	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	62	+ 1 Lap	13	10
12	21	Roberto González	PKV Racing	62	+ 1 Lap	11	9
13	3	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	62	+ 1 Lap	14	8
14	15	Michael Valiante	Walker Racing	62	+ 1 Lap	12	7
15	5	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	62	+ 1 Lap	17	6
16	14	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	62	+ 1 Lap	19	5
17	17	Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	62	+ 1 Lap	18	4
18	19	Tarso Marques	Dale Coyne Racing	60	+ 3 Laps	16	3
19	4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	58	+ 5 Laps	9	2

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
3-4	González (21) spin/stall
5	Yellow restart - Junqueira (6)

Notes

Laps Leader 1-63 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 63

• New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:25.919 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:39:02.662
• Average Speed 106.327 mph

Final championship standings

• Bold indicates the Season Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	369
	2	Bruno Junqueira	341
	3	Patrick Carpentier	266
	4	Paul Tracy	254
	5	Mario Domínguez	244

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results
• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Bourdais Earns the Title with Victory in Mexico
• Race Box Score