2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate
# 2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate

The 2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate was the fourteenth and final round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on November 7, 2004, at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Sébastien Bourdais won the pole and the race and in doing so also secured his first of four Champ Car titles.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:27.822 | 1:25.919 | 1:25.919 |
| 2 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:27.565 | 1:26.545 | 1:26.545 |
| 3 | Justin Wilson | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:27.870 | 1:27.016 | 1:27.016 |
| 4 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 1:29.303 | 1:27.038 | 1:27.038 |
| 5 | Oriol Servià | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:28.460 | 1:27.114 | 1:27.114 |
| 6 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1:27.971 | 1:27.172 | 1:27.172 |
| 7 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 1:27.858 | 1:27.205 | 1:27.205 |
| 8 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 1:28.583 | 1:27.338 | 1:27.338 |
| 9 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Herdez Competition | 1:28.372 | 1:27.432 | 1:27.432 |
| 10 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RuSPORT | 1:28.401 | 1:27.537 | 1:27.537 |
| 11 | Roberto González | PKV Racing | 1:28.106 | 1:27.610 | 1:27.610 |
| 12 | Michael Valiante | Walker Racing | 1:30.473 | 1:27.642 | 1:27.642 |
| 13 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 1:28.278 | 1:27.841 | 1:27.841 |
| 14 | Rodolfo Lavín | Forsythe Racing | 1:29.353 | 1:27.886 | 1:27.886 |
| 15 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:28.737 | 1:27.892 | 1:27.892 |
| 16 | Tarso Marques | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:29.024 | 1:27.976 | 1:27.976 |
| 17 | Mario Haberfeld | Walker Racing | 1:30.708 | 1:28.200 | 1:28.200 |
| 18 | Guy Smith | Rocketsports Racing | 1:31.423 | 1:28.804 | 1:28.804 |
| 19 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:29.059 | 1:31.531 | 1:29.059 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 63 | 1:39:02.662 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 6 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 63 | +4.604 secs | 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 10 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 63 | +6.780 secs | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | 34 | Justin Wilson | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 63 | +7.902 secs | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 63 | +17.081 secs | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | 7 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 63 | +57.788 secs | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | 11 | Oriol Servià | Dale Coyne Racing | 63 | +1:21.101 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 63 | +1:22.727 | 15 | 16 |
| 9 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RuSPORT | 63 | +1:31.899 | 10 | 13 |
| 10 | 1 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 62 | + 1 Lap | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 8 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 62 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 10 |
| 12 | 21 | Roberto González | PKV Racing | 62 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 9 |
| 13 | 3 | Rodolfo Lavín | Forsythe Racing | 62 | + 1 Lap | 14 | 8 |
| 14 | 15 | Michael Valiante | Walker Racing | 62 | + 1 Lap | 12 | 7 |
| 15 | 5 | Mario Haberfeld | Walker Racing | 62 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 6 |
| 16 | 14 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 62 | + 1 Lap | 19 | 5 |
| 17 | 17 | Guy Smith | Rocketsports Racing | 62 | + 1 Lap | 18 | 4 |
| 18 | 19 | Tarso Marques | Dale Coyne Racing | 60 | + 3 Laps | 16 | 3 |
| 19 | 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Herdez Competition | 58 | + 5 Laps | 9 | 2 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 3-4 | González (21) spin/stall |
| 5 | Yellow restart - Junqueira (6) |
