Kimi Räikkönen won from tenth on the grid, while Michael Schumacher clinched his seventh and final Formula One world championship.
Key Facts
- Race number in season
- 14 of 18
- Total laps
- 44 laps
- Winner's grid position
- 10th
- Schumacher championship count
- 7th and final world title
- Pole position
- Jarno Trulli
- Cars eliminated at start
- 4 cars
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Mark Webber triggered a multi-car pile-up at the race start, eliminating four cars and damaging several others. Multiple safety car periods that followed reshuffled the running order significantly, allowing Kimi Räikkönen to advance from his lowly tenth starting position toward the front of the field.
The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix was held on 29 August 2004 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps over 44 laps. Räikkönen led in the closing laps and took victory for McLaren, with Michael Schumacher finishing second ahead of Rubens Barrichello. The lead changed hands numerous times throughout the race.
Räikkönen's win was the only victory for himself and McLaren that season. Schumacher's second-place finish secured his seventh and final Formula One world championship. The race also marked the first points finish for Christian Klien, and the final points scored by both Olivier Panis and the Jaguar team in Formula One.