Ronda 18 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2004-10-24
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Brazilian Grand Prix de 2004 con un crono de 1:10.646.
Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) completó la primera fila a 0.204s de la pole, con Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Giancarlo Fisichella (Sauber) se quedó fuera por 0.088s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 0.837s — de la pole a P10 — con Jarno Trulli (Toyota) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:10.646 | — | — | 1:10.646 |
| 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:10.850 | — | — | +0.204 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:10.892 | — | — | +0.246 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Sauber |
| 1:10.922 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.276 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:11.092 | — | — | +0.446 |
| 6 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:11.120 | — | — | +0.474 |
| 7 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:11.131 | — | — | +0.485 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:11.386 | — | — | +0.740 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:11.454 | — | — | +0.808 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:11.483 | — | — | +0.837 |
| 11 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Sauber | 1:11.571 | — | — | +0.925 |
| 12 | Mark Webber | Jaguar | 1:11.665 | — | — | +1.019 |
| 13 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:11.750 | — | — | +1.104 |
| 14 | Jacques Villeneuve | Renault | 1:11.836 | — | — | +1.190 |
| 15 | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 1:11.974 | — | — | +1.328 |
| 16 | Christian Klien | Jaguar | 1:12.211 | — | — | +1.565 |
| 17 | Nick Heidfeld | Jordan | 1:12.829 | — | — | +2.183 |
| 18 | Timo Glock | Jordan | 1:13.502 | — | — | +2.856 |
| 19 | Zsolt Baumgartner | Minardi | 1:13.550 | — | — | +2.904 |
| 20 | Gianmaria Bruni | Minardi | — | — | — | — |