The
2004 Formula One season was the 55th season of
FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship, which was contested over an eighteen event series which ran from 7 March to 24 October 2004. The championship was dominated by
Michael Schumacher and
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro with the German driver winning the Drivers' Championship for the fifth consecutive year and the Italian constructor winning the Constructors' Championship for the sixth straight season. Also notable were the success of
BAR and
Renault, and the relatively poor performance of
Williams and
McLaren.