posted on Apr, 25 2004 @ 08:48 AM
Michael Schumacher made
it four wins out four with victory in the San Marino Grand Prix.But Britain's Jenson Button was a best ever second in the BAR. Button had started the
race at Imola in pole position but lost out to the world champions on the first round of pit stops and was never able to match the winner's pace after
that.
Michael Schumacher cruised to his fourth consecutive victory at the San Marino Grand Prix after brushing off Jenson Button's challenge. Button led for
nine laps after starting the race from pole position, but the Ferrari was much faster and the Englishman had to settle for second.
Juan Pablo Montoya was a distant third for Williams, ahead of the Renaults of Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli. David Coulthard was 13th after
damaging his front wing at the first corner. Coulthard's McLaren team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who started from the back of the grid following an engine
failure in qualifying, scored his first point of the season. The Finn inherited eight place when Takuma Sato's BAR-Honda retired with engine failure
with four laps to go. It was the first time Raikkonen had finished a race in 2004. Alonso made up three places in the closing stages to grab his
fourth place.