Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2004-10-24
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) took pole for the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:10.646 lap.
Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) joined the front row, 0.204s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) third on the grid. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Giancarlo Fisichella (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.088s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.837s — pole to P10 — with Jarno Trulli (Toyota) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |