Pit Lane F1
Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2004-06-20
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) took pole for the 2004 United States Grand Prix with a 1:10.223 lap.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.177s shy of pole, with Takuma Sato (BAR) third on the grid. Mark Webber (Jaguar) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Cristiano da Matta (Toyota) missed the cut by 0.405s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.063s — pole to P10 — with Mark Webber (Jaguar) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:10.223 | — | — | 1:10.223 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:10.400 | — | — | +0.177 |
| 3 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:10.601 | — | — | +0.378 |
| 4 | Jenson Button |
| BAR |
| 1:10.820 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.597 |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:11.062 | — | — | +0.839 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:11.106 | — | — | +0.883 |
| 7 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:11.137 | — | — | +0.914 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Toyota | 1:11.167 | — | — | +0.944 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:11.185 | — | — | +0.962 |
| 10 | Mark Webber | Jaguar | 1:11.286 | — | — | +1.063 |
| 11 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota | 1:11.691 | — | — | +1.468 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:12.026 | — | — | +1.803 |
| 13 | Christian Klien | Jaguar | 1:12.170 | — | — | +1.947 |
| 14 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Sauber | 1:12.470 | — | — | +2.247 |
| 15 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:12.721 | — | — | +2.498 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Jordan | 1:13.147 | — | — | +2.924 |
| 17 | Giorgio Pantano | Jordan | 1:13.375 | — | — | +3.152 |
| 18 | Gianmaria Bruni | Minardi | 1:14.010 | — | — | +3.787 |
| 19 | Zsolt Baumgartner | Minardi | 1:14.812 | — | — | +4.589 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Renault | — | — | — | — |