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{{Short description|Motor racing competition}}
{{Motorsport season
|title = [[Race of Champions]]
|link = Race of Champions
|year = 2004
}}
[[File:Circuit RoC 2004 Paris Stade de France.svg|thumb|250px|Layout of 2004 Race of Champions]]
The '''2004 Race of Champions''' took place on December 4 at the [[Stade de France]] in [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]. Unlike previous events at a gravel course in [[Gran Canaria]], the new Stade de France event was all-tarmac, so road racers became more competitive than rally drivers.

The Nations' Cup underwent some significant changes - nations were now represented by only two competitors instead of three, with the motorcyclists axed. In addition, the rules regarding having one rally driver and one circuit driver were relaxed, leading to some all-circuit driver teams. As the host nation, [[France]] was permitted to field two teams.

The individual event was won by a then-relatively unknown [[Heikki Kovalainen]], and the team event by [[Jean Alesi]] and [[Sébastien Loeb]] representing [[France]]. There was also a special "World Champions Challenge" race held between 2004 Formula One world champion [[Michael Schumacher]] and 2004 world rally champion [[Sébastien Loeb]], which Schumacher won.

==Participants==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
!Driver 1
!Driver 2
|-
|'''[[Brazil]]'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Felipe Massa]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tony Kanaan]]
|-
|'''[[Finland]]'''
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Heikki Kovalainen]]
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Marcus Grönholm]]
|-
|'''[[France]]'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Alesi]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Loeb]]
|-
|'''France (Team [[PlayStation]])'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stéphane Sarrazin]]
|-
|'''[[Germany]]'''
|{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Michael Schumacher]]
|{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Armin Schwarz]]
|-
|'''[[United Kingdom|Great Britain]]'''
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Coulthard]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Colin McRae]]
|-
|'''[[Sweden]]'''
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kenny Bräck]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mattias Ekström]]
|-
|'''[[United States|USA]]'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Casey Mears]]*
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmie Johnson]]
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> - Casey Mears was a last-minute substitute for [[Jeff Gordon]], who was hospitalized with the [[influenza|flu]] and told not to participate in this event by doctors while at NASCAR's awards banquet in New York City that week.

==Race of Champions==

===Racing Group===
{{Round8
|ROC Car
|'''{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Heikki Kovalainen]]'''|'''1:45.8988'''
|{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[David Coulthard]]|1:56.9983 (penalty)
|ROC Car
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Casey Mears]]|1:45.4170
|'''{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Alesi]]'''|'''1:44.8707'''
|ROC Car
|{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Kenny Bräck]]|1:59.0832 (penalty)
|'''{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]'''|'''1:43.9553'''
|ROC Car
|'''{{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Michael Schumacher]]'''|'''1:43.6905'''
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Felipe Massa]]|1:53.6368 (penalty)
|Ferrari 360 Modena
|'''{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Heikki Kovalainen]]'''|'''1:48.9325'''
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Alesi]]|1:50.6410
|Ferrari 360 Modena
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]|1:52.5493
|'''{{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Michael Schumacher]]'''|'''1:49.2940'''
|Ferrari 360 Modena
|'''{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Heikki Kovalainen]]'''|'''1:45.3851'''
|{{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Michael Schumacher]]|1:56.3805 (penalty)
}}

===Rallying Group===
{{Round8
|Citroën Xsara WRC
|'''{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Mattias Ekström]]'''|'''1:48.7732'''
|{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Colin McRae]]|1:58.7684 (penalty)
|Citroën Xsara WRC
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Stéphane Sarrazin]]|1:47.6678
|'''{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Marcus Grönholm]]'''|'''1:46.0241'''
|Peugeot 307 WRC
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmie Johnson]]|2:18.5842 (penalty)
|'''{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Armin Schwarz]]'''|'''1:50.7135'''
|Peugeot 307 WRC
|'''{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Loeb]]'''|'''1:46.4110'''
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Tony Kanaan]]|1:54.8822 (penalty)
|Peugeot 307 WRC
|{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Mattias Ekström]]|1:46.5447
|'''{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Marcus Grönholm]]'''|'''1:45.2022'''
|Citroën Xsara WRC
|{{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Armin Schwarz]]|1:47.3488
|'''{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Loeb]]'''|'''1:45.6719'''
|Citroën Xsara WRC
|{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Marcus Grönholm]]|1:44.6967
|'''{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Loeb]]'''|'''1:44.0306'''
}}

===Final===
{| class="wikitable"
! Driver 1
! Time 1
! Car
! Driver 2
! Time 2
|-
| '''{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Heikki Kovalainen]]'''
| '''1:42.2602'''
! [[Peugeot 307 WRC]]
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Loeb]]
| 1:43.0579
|-
| '''{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Heikki Kovalainen]]'''
| '''1:47.4383'''
! [[Ferrari 360 Modena]]
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Loeb]]
| 1:55.5842 {{yel}}
|}

==World Champions Challenge==
{| class="wikitable"
! Driver 1
! Time 1
! Car
! Driver 2
! Time 2
|-
| '''{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Schumacher]]'''
| '''1:46.7832'''
! ROC Car
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Loeb]]
| 1:46.9166
|-
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Schumacher]]
| 1:43.6134
! ROC Car
| '''{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Loeb]]'''
| '''1:43.3109'''
|-
| '''{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Schumacher]]'''
| '''1:41.8246'''
! ROC Car
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Loeb]]
| 1:42.7484
|}

==The Nations Cup==
{{Round8
|
|'''{{Flagicon|FRA}} France'''|'''2'''
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Team Playstation France|0
|
|'''{{Flagicon|BRA}} Brazil'''|'''2'''
|{{Flagicon|GER}} Germany|0
|
|'''{{Flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain'''|'''2'''
|{{Flagicon|USA}} USA|1
|
|'''{{Flagicon|FIN}} Finland'''|'''2'''
|{{Flagicon|SWE}} Sweden|0
|
|'''{{Flagicon|FRA}} France'''|'''2'''
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Brazil|0
|
|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain|0
|'''{{Flagicon|FIN}} Finland'''|'''2'''
|
|'''{{Flagicon|FRA}} France'''|'''3'''
|{{Flagicon|FIN}} Finland|2
}}

===Quarterfinals===
{| class="wikitable"
! Team 1
! Time 1
! Score
! Team 2
! Time 2
! 
! Car
|-
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''France'''
!rowspan=3| 2-0
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Team PlayStation France
!
!
|-
| '''[[Jean Alesi]]'''
| '''1:50.3002'''
| [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
| 1:51.2661
!
| [[Ferrari 360 Modena]]
|-
| '''[[Sébastien Loeb]]'''
| '''1:44.1263'''
| [[Stéphane Sarrazin]]
| 1:47.5831
!
| [[Peugeot 307 WRC]]
|-
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''Brazil'''
!rowspan=3| 2-0
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|GER}} Germany
!
!
|-
| '''[[Felipe Massa]]'''
| '''1:50.1074'''
| [[Michael Schumacher]]
| 1:53.7634
!
| [[Ferrari 360 Modena]]
|-
| '''[[Tony Kanaan]]'''
| '''1:49.7582'''
| [[Armin Schwarz]]
| 1:50.0430
!
| [[Citroën Xsara WRC]]
|-
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} '''Great Britain'''
!rowspan=4| 2-1
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} USA
!
!
|-
| [[David Coulthard]]
| 1:56.2226
| '''[[Casey Mears]]'''
| '''1:53.5186'''
!
| [[Ferrari 360 Modena]]
|-
| '''[[Colin McRae]]'''
| '''1:53.9080'''
| [[Jimmie Johnson]]
| 2:15.4507
!
| [[Citroën Xsara WRC]]
|-
| '''[[David Coulthard]]'''
| '''1:44.7981'''
| [[Casey Mears]]
| 1:45.0045
!
| [[Ferrari 360 Modena]]
|-
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|FIN}} '''Finland'''
!rowspan=3| 2-0
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
!
!
|-
| '''[[Heikki Kovalainen]]'''
| '''1:46.6362'''
| [[Kenny Bräck]]
| 1:51.3292
!
| [[Ferrari 360 Modena]]
|-
| '''[[Marcus Grönholm]]'''
| '''1:49.0011'''
| [[Mattias Ekström]]
| 1:49.6333
!
| [[Citroën Xsara WRC]]
|}

===Semifinals===
{| class="wikitable"
! Team 1
! Time 1
! Score
! Team 2
! Time 2
!
! Car
|-
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''France'''
!rowspan=3| 2-0
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil
!
!
|-
| '''[[Jean Alesi]]'''
| '''1:41.7459'''
| [[Felipe Massa]]
| 1:42.1434
!
| ROC Car
|-
| '''[[Sébastien Loeb]]'''
| '''1:47.0386'''
| [[Tony Kanaan]]
| 1:51.4750
!
| [[Citroën Xsara WRC]]
|-
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain
!rowspan=3| 0-2
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|FIN}} '''Finland'''
!
!
|-
| [[David Coulthard]]
| 1:43.6151
| '''[[Heikki Kovalainen]]'''
| '''1:41.6780'''
!
| ROC Car
|-
| [[Colin McRae]]
| 1:46.7798
| '''[[Marcus Grönholm]]'''
| '''1:43.8857'''
!
| [[Peugeot 307 WRC]]
|}

===Final===
{| class="wikitable"
! Team 1
! Time 1
! Score
! Team 2
! Time 2
!
! Car
|-
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''France'''
!rowspan=6| 3-2
!colspan=2| {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland
!
!
|-
| [[Jean Alesi]]
| 1:42.2688
| '''[[Heikki Kovalainen]]'''
| '''1:40.8116'''
!
| ROC Car
|-
| '''[[Sébastien Loeb]]'''
| '''1:44.8087'''
| [[Marcus Grönholm]]
| 1:46.0491
!
| [[Citroën Xsara WRC]]
|-
| [[Jean Alesi]]
| 1:57.9157 (penalty)
| '''[[Heikki Kovalainen]]'''
| '''1:46.8295'''
!
| [[Ferrari 360 Modena]]
|-
| '''[[Sébastien Loeb]]'''
| '''1:43.1858'''
| [[Marcus Grönholm]]
| 1:44.3120
!
| [[Peugeot 307 WRC]]
|-
| '''[[Jean Alesi]]'''
| '''2:22.4891'''
| [[Heikki Kovalainen]]
| DNF
!
| [[Ferrari 360 Modena]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.raceofchampions.com/history/2004/ History 2004]

{{Race of Champions years}}

[[Category:Race of Champions]]
[[Category:2004 in French motorsport|Race of Champions]]
[[Category:December 2004 sports events in France|Race of Champions]]
[[Category:International sports competitions hosted by France]]


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