Pit Lane F1
Etapa 16 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2004-09-26
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) cravou a pole do Chinese Grand Prix de 2004 com uma volta de 1:34.012.
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) completou a primeira fila a 0.166s da pole, com Jenson Button (BAR) em terceiro no grid. David Coulthard (McLaren) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) ficou de fora por 0.216s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.017s — da pole ao P10 — com David Coulthard (McLaren) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | — |