Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2004-09-26
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) took pole for the 2004 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:34.012 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.166s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (BAR) third on the grid. David Coulthard (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) missed the cut by 0.216s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.017s — pole to P10 — with David Coulthard (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:34.012 | — | — | 1:34.012 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:34.178 | — | — | +0.166 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:34.295 | — | — | +0.283 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Sauber |
| 1:34.759 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.747 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:34.891 | — | — | +0.879 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:34.917 | — | — | +0.905 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Sauber | 1:34.951 | — | — | +0.939 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Toyota | 1:34.975 | — | — | +0.963 |
| 9 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:34.993 | — | — | +0.981 |
| 10 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:35.029 | — | — | +1.017 |
| 11 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:35.245 | — | — | +1.233 |
| 12 | Mark Webber | Jaguar | 1:35.286 | — | — | +1.274 |
| 13 | Jacques Villeneuve | Renault | 1:35.384 | — | — | +1.372 |
| 14 | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 1:35.410 | — | — | +1.398 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Jordan | 1:36.507 | — | — | +2.495 |
| 16 | Christian Klien | Jaguar | 1:36.535 | — | — | +2.523 |
| 17 | Timo Glock | Jordan | 1:37.140 | — | — | +3.128 |
| 18 | Zsolt Baumgartner | Minardi | 1:40.240 | — | — | +6.228 |
| 19 | Gianmaria Bruni | Minardi | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | — | — | — | — |